Boreal Bird Species

 

80 Species with 50% or More of Their Western Hemisphere Breeding Range and Breeding Populations in North America’s Boreal Forest

From a Report by Peter Blancher of Bird Studies Canada to the Boreal Songbird Initiative (2005).  To download this list click the link at the bottom of this page.

 

Waterfowl Family

• Trumpeter Swan

• American Wigeon

• American Black Duck

• Green-winged Teal

• Ring-necked Duck

• Greater Scaup

• Lesser Scaup

• Surf Scoter

• White-winged Scoter

• Black Scoter

• Bufflehead

• Common Goldeneye

• Common Merganser

 

Grouse Family

• Ruffed Grouse

• Spruce Grouse

• White-tailed Ptarmigan

 

Loon Family

• Pacific Loon

• Common Loon

 

Grebe Family

• Horned Grebe

• Red-necked Grebe

 

Cormorant Family

• Great Cormorant

 

Falcon Family

• Merlin

 

Rail Family

• Yellow Rail

 

Plover Family

• Semipalmated Plover

 

Sandpiper Family

• Greater Yellowlegs

• Lesser Yellowlegs

• Solitary Sandpiper

• Whimbrel

• Hudsonian Godwit

• Least Sandpiper

• Short-billed Dowitcher

• Red-necked Phalarope

 

Gull and Family

• Bonaparte’s Gull

• Mew Gull

• Herring Gull

• Great Black-backed Gull

• Common Tern

 

Owl Family

• Northern Hawk Owl

• Great Gray Owl

• Boreal Owl

 

Woodpecker Family

• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

• American Three-toed Woodpecker

• Black-backed Woodpecker

 

Flycatcher Family

• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

• Alder Flycatcher

 

Shrike Family

• Northern Shrike

 

Vireo Family

• Blue-headed Vireo

• Philadelphia Vireo

 

Crow and Jay Family

• Gray Jay

 

Chickadee and Titmouse Family

• Boreal Chickadee

• Gray-headed Chickadee

 

Kinglet Family

• Ruby-crowned Kinglet

 

Thrush Family

• Gray-cheeked Thrush

• Swainson’s Thrush

 

Waxwing Family

• Bohemian Waxwing

 

Wood-warbler Family

• Tennessee Warbler

• Orange-crowned Warbler

• Magnolia Warbler

• Cape May Warbler

• Yellow-rumped Warbler

• Black-throated Green Warbler

• Palm Warbler

• Bay-breasted Warbler

• Blackpoll Warbler

• Northern Waterthrush

• Connecticut Warbler

• Wilson’s Warbler

• Canada Warbler

 

Sparrow Family

• Le Conte’s Sparrow

• Fox Sparrow

• Lincoln’s Sparrow

• Swamp Sparrow

• White-throated Sparrow

• White-crowned Sparrow

• Golden-crowned Sparrow

• Dark-eyed Junco

 

Blackbird Family

• Rusty Blackbird

 

Finch Family

• Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

• Pine Grosbeak

• White-winged Crossbill