Statistics for Breeding Birds of North America - Non-passerines

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Scientific Name	Common Name	% Correct
Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Bald Eagle	100%
Gavia immer	Common Loon	100%
Ardea alba	Great Egret	100%
Cygnus olor*	Mute Swan	100%
Pandion haliaetus	Osprey	100%
Falco peregrinus	Peregrine Falcon	100%
Recurvirostra americana	American Avocet	67%
Botaurus lentiginosus	American Bittern	67%
Anas rubripes	American Black Duck	67%
Fulica americana	American Coot	67%
Falco sparverius	American Kestrel	67%
Haematopus palliatus	American Oystercatcher	67%
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos	American White Pelican	67%
Scolopax minor	American Woodcock	67%
Synthliboramphus antiquus	Ancient Murrelet	67%
Anhinga anhinga	Anhinga	67%
Calypte anna	Anna's Hummingbird	67%
Gavia arctica	Arctic Loon	67%
Sterna paradisaea	Arctic Tern	67%
Dryobates arizonae	Arizona Woodpecker	67%
Fratercula arctica	Atlantic Puffin	67%
Tyto alba	Barn Owl	67%
Strix varia	Barred Owl	67%
Megaceryle alcyon	Belted Kingfisher	67%
Coccyzus erythropthalmus	Black-billed Cuckoo	67%
Nycticorax nycticorax	Black-crowned Night-Heron	67%
Cepphus grylle	Black Guillemot	67%
Rissa tridactyla	Black-legged Kittiwake	67%
Melanitta nigra	Black Scoter	67%
Chlidonias niger	Black Tern	67%
Coragyps atratus	Black Vulture	67%
Spatula discors	Blue-winged Teal	67%
Chroicocephalus philadelphia	Bonaparte's Gull	67%
Buteo platypterus	Broad-winged Hawk	67%
Pelecanus occidentalis	Brown Pelican	67%
Bucephala albeola	Bufflehead	67%
Athene cunicularia	Burrowing Owl	67%
Gymnogyps californianus	California Condor	67%
Larus californicus	California Gull	67%
Callipepla californica	California Quail	67%
Selasphorus calliope	Calliope Hummingbird	67%
Branta canadensis	Canada Goose	67%
Hydroprogne caspia	Caspian Tern	67%
Alectoris chukar*	Chukar	67%
Rallus crepitans	Clapper Rail	67%
Aechmophorus clarkii	Clark's Grebe	67%
Somateria mollissima	Common Eider	67%
Mergus merganser	Common Merganser	67%
Uria aalge	Common Murre	67%
Sterna hirundo	Common Tern	67%
Accipiter cooperii	Cooper's Hawk	67%
Calypte costae	Costa's Hummingbird	67%
Caracara plancus	Crested Caracara	67%
Nannopterum auritum	Double-crested Cormorant	67%
Alle alle	Dovekie	67%
Megascops asio	Eastern Screech-Owl	67%
Thalasseus elegans	Elegant Tern	67%
Trogon elegans	Elegant Trogon	67%
Micrathene whitneyi	Elf Owl	67%
Sterna forsteri	Forster's Tern	67%
Leucophaeus pipixcan	Franklin's Gull	67%
Callipepla gambelii	Gambel's Quail	67%
Plegadis falcinellus	Glossy Ibis	67%
Aquila chrysaetos	Golden Eagle	67%
Ardea herodias	Great Blue Heron	67%
Phalacrocorax carbo	Great Cormorant	67%
Tympanuchus cupido	Greater Prairie-Chicken	67%
Strix nebulosa	Great Gray Owl	67%
Bubo virginianus	Great Horned Owl	67%
Butorides virescens	Green Heron	67%
Anas crecca	Green-winged Teal	67%
Histrionicus histrionicus	Harlequin Duck	67%
Larus argentatus	Herring Gull	67%
Fratercula corniculata	Horned Puffin	67%
Larus glaucoides	Iceland Gull	67%
Columbina inca	Inca Dove	67%
Pagophila eburnea	Ivory Gull	67%
Somateria spectabilis	King Eider	67%
Rallus elegans	King Rail	67%
Leucophaeus atricilla	Laughing Gull	67%
Ixobrychus exilis	Least Bittern	67%
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus	Lesser Prairie-Chicken	67%
Melanerpes lewis	Lewis's Woodpecker	67%
Egretta caerulea	Little Blue Heron	67%
Asio otus	Long-eared Owl	67%
Clangula hyemalis	Long-tailed Duck	67%
Stercorarius longicaudus	Long-tailed Jaeger	67%
Anas platyrhynchos	Mallard	67%
Falco columbarius	Merlin	67%
Anas diazi	Mexican Duck	67%
Cyrtonyx montezumae	Montezuma Quail	67%
Anas fulvigula	Mottled Duck	67%
Cairina moschata*	Muscovy Duck	67%
Nannopterum brasilianum	Neotropic Cormorant	67%
Colinus virginianus	Northern Bobwhite	67%
Morus bassanus	Northern Gannet	67%
Circus hudsonius	Northern Harrier	67%
Anas acuta	Northern Pintail	67%
Dryobates nuttallii	Nuttall's Woodpecker	67%
Gavia pacifica	Pacific Loon	67%
Stercorarius parasiticus	Parasitic Jaeger	67%
Podilymbus podiceps	Pied-billed Grebe	67%
Cepphus columba	Pigeon Guillemot	67%
Dryocopus pileatus	Pileated Woodpecker	67%
Stercorarius pomarinus	Pomarine Jaeger	67%
Falco mexicanus	Prairie Falcon	67%
Alca torda	Razorbill	67%
Melanerpes carolinus	Red-bellied Woodpecker	67%
Sphyrapicus ruber	Red-breasted Sapsucker	67%
Egretta rufescens	Reddish Egret	67%
Aythya americana	Redhead	67%
Melanerpes erythrocephalus	Red-headed Woodpecker	67%
Rissa brevirostris	Red-legged Kittiwake	67%
Podiceps grisigena	Red-necked Grebe	67%
Phalaropus lobatus	Red-necked Phalarope	67%
Phalaropus fulicarius	Red Phalarope	67%
Buteo lineatus	Red-shouldered Hawk	67%
Buteo jamaicensis	Red-tailed Hawk	67%
Gavia stellata	Red-throated Loon	67%
Cerorhinca monecerata	Rhinoceros Auklet	67%
Phasianus colchicus*	Ring-necked Pheasant	67%
Columba livia*	Rock Pigeon	67%
Lagopus muta	Rock Ptarmigan	67%
Platalea ajaja	Roseate Spoonbill	67%
Sterna dougallii	Roseate Tern	67%
Anser rossii	Ross's Goose	67%
Rhodostethia rosea	Ross's Gull	67%
Buteo lagopus	Rough-legged Hawk	67%
Archilochus colubris	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	67%
Oxyura jamaicensis	Ruddy Duck	67%
Bonasa umbellus	Ruffed Grouse	67%
Xema sabini	Sabine's Gull	67%
Calidris alba	Sanderling	67%
Antigone canadensis	Sandhill Crane	67%
Thalasseus sandvicensis	Sandwich Tern	67%
Synthliboramphus scrippsi	Scripps's Murrelet	67%
Charadrius semipalmatus	Semipalmated Plover	67%
Tympanuchus phasianellus	Sharp-tailed Grouse	67%
Asio flammeus	Short-eared Owl	67%
Anser caerulescens	Snow Goose	67%
Egretta thula	Snowy Egret	67%
Bubo scandiacus	Snowy Owl	67%
Porzana carolina	Sora	67%
Somateria fischeri	Spectacled Eider	67%
Strix occidentalis	Spotted Owl	67%
Calidris virgata	Surfbird	67%
Buteo swainsoni	Swainson's Hawk	67%
Uria lomvia	Thick-billed Murre	67%
Egretta tricolor	Tricolored Heron	67%
Fratercula cirrhata	Tufted Puffin	67%
Cathartes aura	Turkey Vulture	67%
Rallus limicola	Virginia Rail	67%
Bubulcus ibis	Western Cattle Egret	67%
Aechmophorus occidentalis	Western Grebe	67%
Plegadis chihi	White-faced Ibis	67%
Eudocimus albus	White Ibis	67%
Grus americana	Whooping Crane	67%
Meleagris gallopavo	Wild Turkey	67%
Phalaropus tricolor	Wilson's Phalarope	67%
Aix sponsa	Wood Duck	67%
Coccyzus americanus	Yellow-billed Cuckoo	67%
Gavia adamsii	Yellow-billed Loon	67%
Nyctanassa violacea	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	67%
Conturnicops noveboracensis	Yellow Rail	67%
Melanerpes formicivorus	Acorn Woodpecker	33%
Streptopelia roseogrisea*	African Collared-Dove	33%
Onychoprion aleuticus	Aleutian Tern	33%
Pluvialis dominica	American Golden-Plover	33%
Accipiter atricapillus	American Goshawk	33%
Picoides dorsalis	American Three-toed Woodpecker	33%
Mareca americana	American Wigeon	33%
Falco femoralis	Aplomado Falcon	33%
Calidris bairdii	Baird's Sandpiper	33%
Patagioenas fasciata	Band-tailed Pigeon	33%
Bucephala islandica	Barrow's Goldeneye	33%
Limosa lapponica	Bar-tailed Godwit	33%
Picoides arcticus	Black-backed Woodpecker	33%
Pluvialis squatarola	Black-bellied Plover	33%
Dendrocygna autumnalis	Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	33%
Archilochus alexandri	Black-chinned Hummingbird	33%
Himantopus mexicanus	Black-necked Stilt	33%
Haematopus bachmani	Black Oystercatcher	33%
Laterallus jamaicensis	Black Rail	33%
Rynchops niger	Black Skimmer	33%
Cypseloides niger	Black Swift	33%
Arenaria melanocephala	Black Turnstone	33%
Aegolius funereus	Boreal Owl	33%
Urile penicillatus	Brandt's Cormorant	33%
Branta bernicla	Brant	33%
Numenius tahitiensis	Bristle-thighed Curlew	33%
Cynanthus latirostris	Broad-billed Hummingbird	33%
Anous stolidus	Brown Noddy	33%
Calidris subruficollis	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	33%
Branta hutchinsii	Cackling Goose	33%
Aythya valisineria	Canvasback	33%
Ptychoramphus aleuticus	Cassin's Auklet	33%
Chaetura pelagica	Chimney Swift	33%
Antrostomus carolinensis	Chuck-will's-widow	33%
Spatula cyanoptera	Cinnamon Teal	33%
Buteogallus anthacinus	Common Black-Hawk	33%
Gallinula galeata	Common Gallinule	33%
Bucephala clangula	Common Goldeneye	33%
Columbina passerina	Common Ground Dove	33%
Chordeiles minor	Common Nighthawk	33%
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii	Common Poorwill	33%
Charadrius hiaticula	Common Ringed Plover	33%
Dryobates pubescens	Downy Woodpecker	33%
Calidris alpina	Dunlin	33%
Dendragapus obscurus	Dusky Grouse	33%
Podiceps nigricollis	Eared Grebe	33%
Antrostomus vociferus	Eastern Whip-poor-will	33%
Anser canagica	Emperor Goose	33%
Numenius borealis	Eskimo Curlew	33%
Streptopelia decaocto*	Eurasian Collared-Dove	33%
Buteo regalis	Ferruginous Hawk	33%
Glaucidium brasilianum	Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl	33%
Psiloscops flammeolus	Flammulated Owl	33%
Dendrocygna bicolor	Fulvous Whistling-Duck	33%
Mareca strepera	Gadwall	33%
Melanerpes uropygialis	Gila Woodpecker	33%
Colaptes chrysoides	Gilded Flicker	33%
Larus hyperboreus	Glaucous Gull	33%
Larus glaucescens	Glaucous-winged Gull	33%
Melanerpes aurifrons	Golden-fronted Woodpecker	33%
Perdix perdix*	Gray Partridge	33%
Larus marinus	Great Black-backed Gull	33%
Geococcyx californianus	Greater Roadrunner	33%
Centrocercus urophasianus	Greater Sage-Grouse	33%
Aythya marila	Greater Scaup	33%
Tringa melanoleuca	Greater Yellowlegs	33%
Chloroceryle americana	Green Kingfisher	33%
Crotophaga sulcirostris	Groove-billed Ani	33%
Gelochelidon nilotica	Gull-billed Tern	33%
Centrocercus minimus	Gunnison Sage-Grouse	33%
Falco rusticolus	Gyrfalcon	33%
Dryobates villosus	Hairy Woodpecker	33%
Lophodytes cucullatus	Hooded Merganser	33%
Podiceps auritis	Horned Grebe	33%
Limosa haemastica	Hudsonian Godwit	33%
Campephilus principalis	Ivory-billed Woodpecker	33%
Charadrius vociferus	Killdeer	33%
Dryobates scalaris	Ladder-backed Woodpecker	33%
Aethia pusilla	Least Auklet	33%
Tachybaptus dominicus	Least Grebe	33%
Calidris minutilla	Least Sandpiper	33%
Sternula antillarum	Least Tern	33%
Chordeiles acutipennis	Lesser Nighthawk	33%
Aythya affinis	Lesser Scaup	33%
Tringa flavipes	Lesser Yellowlegs	33%
Aramus guarauna	Limpkin	33%
Numenius americanus	Long-billed Curlew	33%
Limnodromus scolopaceus	Long-billed Dowitcher	33%
Calothorax lucifer	Lucifer Hummingbird	33%
Fregata magnificens	Magnificent Frigatebird	33%
Coccyzus minor	Mangrove Cuckoo	33%
Limosa fedoa	Marbled Godwit	33%
Brachyramphus marmoratus	Marbled Murrelet	33%
Nomonyx dominicus	Masked Duck	33%
Antrostomus arizonae	Mexican Whip-poor-will	33%
Ictinia mississippiensis	Mississippi Kite	33%
Myiopsitta monachus*	Monk Parakeet	33%
Anarhynchus montanus	Mountain Plover	33%
Oreortyx pictus	Mountain Quail	33%
Zenaida macroura	Mourning Dove	33%
Colaptes auratus	Northern Flicker	33%
Fulmarus glacialis	Northern Fulmar	33%
Surnia ulula	Northern Hawk Owl	33%
Glaucidium gnoma	Northern Pygmy-Owl	33%
Aegolius acadicus	Northern Saw-whet Owl	33%
Spatula clypeata	Northern Shoveler	33%
Pluvialis fulva	Pacific Golden-Plover	33%
Aethia psittacula	Parakeet Auklet	33%
Calidris melanotos	Pectoral Sandpiper	33%
Urile pelagicus	Pelagic Cormorant	33%
Charadrius melodus	Piping Plover	33%
Ortalis vetula	Plain Chacalaca	33%
Porphyrio martinica	Purple Gallinule	33%
Calidris maritima	Purple Sandpiper	33%
Mergus serrator	Red-breasted Merganser	33%
Dryobates borealis	Red-cockaded Woodpecker	33%
Amazona viridigenalis*	Red-crowned Parrot	33%
Calidris canutus	Red Knot	33%
Sphyrapicus nuchalis	Red-naped Sapsucker	33%
Rallus obsoletus	Ridgway's Rail	33%
Larus delawarensis	Ring-billed Gull	33%
Megaceryle torquata	Ringed Kingfisher	33%
Aythya collaris	Ring-necked Duck	33%
Eugenes fulgens	Rivoli's Hummingbird	33%
Thalasseus maximus	Royal Tern	33%
Arenaria interpres	Ruddy Turnstone	33%
Selasphorus rufus	Rufous Hummingbird	33%
Callipepla squamata	Scaled Quail	33%
Calidris pusilla	Semipalmated Sandpiper	33%
Accipiter striatus	Sharp-shinned Hawk	33%
Limnodromus griseus	Short-billed Dowitcher	33%
Buteo brachyurus	Short-tailed Hawk	33%
Crotophaga ani	Smooth-billed Ani	33%
Rostrhamus sociabilis	Snail Kite	33%
Anarhynchus nivosus	Snowy Plover	33%
Tringa solitaria	Solitary Sandpiper	33%
Dendragapus fuliginosus	Sooty Grouse	33%
Onychoprion fuscatus	Sooty Tern	33%
Spilopelia chinensis*	Spotted Dove	33%
Actitis macularius	Spotted Sandpiper	33%
Canachites canadensis	Spruce Grouse	33%
Polysticta stelleri	Steller's Eider	33%
Calidris himantopus	Stilt Sandpiper	33%
Melanitta perspicillata	Surf Scoter	33%
Elanoides forficatus	Swallow-tailed Kite	33%
Cygnus buccinator	Trumpeter Swan	33%
Cygnus columbianus	Tundra Swan	33%
Bartramia longicauda	Upland Sandpiper	33%
Chaetura vauxi	Vaux's Swift	33%
Tringa incana	Wandering Tattler	33%
Larus occidentalis	Western Gull	33%
Calidris mauri	Western Sandpiper	33%
Megascops kennicottii	Western Screech-Owl	33%
Numenius phaeopus	Whimbrel	33%
Megascops trichopsis	Whiskered Screech-Owl	33%
Patagioenas leucocephala	White-crowned Pigeon	33%
Basilinna leucotis	White-eared Hummingbird	33%
Dryobates albolarvatus	White-headed Woodpecker	33%
Calidris fuscicollis	White-rumped Sandpiper	33%
Elanus leucurus	White-tailed Kite	33%
Lagopus leucura	White-tailed Ptarmigan	33%
Aeronautes saxatalis	White-throated Swift	33%
Zenaida asiatica	White-winged Dove	33%
Melanitta fusca	White-winged Scoter	33%
Tringa semipalmata	Willet	33%
Sphyrapicus thyroideus	Williamson's Sapsucker	33%
Lagopus lagopus	Willow Ptarmigan	33%
Anarhynchus wilsonia	Wilson's Plover	33%
Gallinago delicata	Wilson's Snipe	33%
Mycteria americana	Wood Stork	33%
Sphyrapicus varius	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	33%
Buteo albonotatus	Zone-tailed Hawk	33%
Selasphorus sasin	Allen's Hummingbird	0%
Chordeiles gundlachii	Antillean Nighthawk	0%
Hydrobates homocrhoa	Ashy Storm-Petrel	0%
Hydrobates melania	Black Storm-Petrel	0%
Selasphorus platycercus	Broad-tailed Hummingbird	0%
Antrostomus ridgwayi	Buff-collared Nightjar	0%
Nyctridromus albicollis	Common Pauraque	0%
Aethia cristatella	Crested Auklet	0%
Hydrobates furcata	Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel	0%
Buteo plagiatus	Gray Hawk	0%
Porphyrio poliocephalus*	Gray-headed Swamphen	0%
Anser albifrons	Greater White-fronted Goose	0%
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus	Guadeloupe Murrelet	0%
Parabuteo unicinctus	Harris's Hawk	0%
Chonrohierax uncinatus	Hook-billed Kite	0%
Brachyramphus brevirostris	Kittlitz's Murrelet	0%
Hydrobates leucorhous	Leach's Storm-Petrel	0%
Hydrocoloeus minutus	Little Gull	0%
Puffinus puffinus	Manx Shearwater	0%
Patagioenas flavirostris	Red-billed Pigeon	0%
Urile urile	Red-faced Cormorant	0%
Calidris ptilocnemis	Rock Sandpiper	0%
Larus brachyrhynchus	Short-billed Gull	0%
Larus schistisagus	Slaty-backed Gull	0%
Aethia pygmaea	Whiskered Auklet	0%
Geranoaetus albicaudatus	White-tailed Hawk	0%
Leptotila verrauxi	White-tipped Dove	0%