Winter birds
Half of identification is knowing what is even possible on the date you are looking. These 81 birds are ones to expect in winter — ranges are wide, so check each species page for where it applies.
81 birds
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
American WigeonMareca americana
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
CanvasbackAythya valisineria
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
MerlinFalco columbarius
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
RedheadAythya americana
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
SanderlingCalidris alba
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
American PipitAnthus rubescens
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
BrantBranta bernicla
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
DunlinCalidris alpina
Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
Greater ScaupAythya marila
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
American CootFulica americana
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
GadwallMareca strepera
Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Common LoonGavia immer
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
WilletTringa semipalmata
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
California GullLarus californicus
Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius
Cassin's FinchHaemorhous cassinii
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi
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