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Partial List of Birds of the Northern Rockies and Plains of Montana
Grouped by Family

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• Blue-winged teal (female) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Blue-winged teal (male) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Blue-winged teal (male) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Canada goose - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Cinnamon teal (female) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)
• Cinnamon teal (male) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Common goldeneye (female) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Common goldeneye (male) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Common merganser (female) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Common merganser (male) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Gadwall (female) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Gadwall (male) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)
• Hooded merganser (female) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Hooded merganser (male) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Mallard (female) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Mallard (male) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Northern pintail (female) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)
• Northern pintail (male) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Northern shoveler (female) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Northern shoveler (male) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Redhead (female) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Redhead (male) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Ruddy duck (male) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Trumpeter swan - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Dusky grouse (female) - 05 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Dusky grouse (male) - 05 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)
• Franklin's spruce grouse (female) - 05 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)
• Franklin's spruce grouse (male) - 05 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Greater sage grouse (female) - 05 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Greater sage grouse (male) - 05 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Ring-necked pheasant (female) - 05 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Ring-necked pheasant (male) - 05 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Ruffed grouse (female) - 05 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Ruffed grouse (male) - 05 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Wild turkey (female) - 05 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Wild turkey (male) - 05 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Common loon - 06 Gaviidae (loons)*
• Western grebe - 07 Podicipedidae*
• Pied-billed grebe - 07 Podicipedidae (grebes)*
• Double crested cormorant - 16 Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants)*
• American white pelican - 18 Pelecanidae (pelicans)*
• American bittern - 19 Ardeidae (herons,bitterns,egrets)
• Great blue heron - 19 Ardeidae (herons,bitterns,egrets)*
• Turkey vulture - 21 Cathartidae (new world vultures)*
• Bald eagle - 23 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)*
• Coopers hawk (adult) - 23 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)
• Coopers hawk (juvenile) - 23 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)
• Ferruginous hawk - 23 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)*
• Golden eagle - 23 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)*
• Northern goshawk (juvenile) - 23 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)*
• Northern harrier (female) - 23 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)
• Northern harrier (male) - 23 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)*
• Osprey - 23 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)*
• Red-tailed hawk - 23 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)*
• Rough-legged hawk - 23 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)*
• Sharp-shinned hawk (adult) - 23 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)*
• Sharp-shinned hawk (juvenile) - 23 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)
• American coot - 24 Rallidae (rails,coots)*
• Sandhill crane - 26 Gruidae (cranes)*
• American avocet - 27 Recurvirostridae (stilts,avocets)*
• Black-necked stilt - 27 Recurvirostridae (stilts,avocets)*
• Killdeer - 29 Charadriidae (plovers,killdeer)*
• Greater yellowlegs - 31 Scolopacidae (sandpipers, peeps,phalaropes,curlews)*
• Least sandpiper - 31 Scolopacidae (sandpipers, peeps,phalaropes,curlews)*
• Long-billed curlew - 31 Scolopacidae (sandpipers, peeps,phalaropes,curlews)*
• Marbled godwit - 31 Scolopacidae (sandpipers, peeps,phalaropes,curlews)*
• Spotted sandpiper - 31 Scolopacidae (sandpipers, peeps,phalaropes,curlews)*
• Western sandpiper - 31 Scolopacidae (sandpipers, peeps,phalaropes,curlews)
• Wilson's snipe - 31 Scolopacidae (sandpipers, peeps,phalaropes,curlews)*
• Ring-billed gull - 34 Laridae (gulls,terns,skimmers)
• Eurasian collared dove - 35 Columbidae (doves)*
• Mourning dove - 35 Columbidae (doves)*
• Rock pigeons - 35 Columbidae (doves)
• Barred owl - 38 Strigidae (typical owls)*
• Great gray owl - 38 Strigidae (typical owls)*
• Great horned owl - 38 Strigidae (typical owls)*
• Northern pygmy owl - 38 Strigidae (typical owls)*
• Short-eared owl - 38 Strigidae (typical owls)*
• Western screech owl - 38 Strigidae (typical owls)
• Common nighthawk - 39 Caprimulgidae (goatsuckers)*
• Black-chinned hummingbird (female) - 41 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
• Black-chinned hummingbird (male) - 41 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)*
• Calliope hummingbird (female) - 41 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)*
• Calliope hummingbird (male) - 41 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)*
• Rufous hummingbird (female) - 41 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)*
• Rufous hummingbird (male) - 41 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)*
• Belted kingfisher (female) - 43 Alcedinidae (kingfishers)*
• Belted kingfisher (male) - 43 Alcedinidae (kingfishers)
• Downy woodpecker (female) - 44 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Downy woodpecker (male) - 44 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Hairy woodpecker (female) - 44 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Hairy woodpecker (male) - 44 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Lewis' woodpecker - 44 Picidae (woodpeckers)
• Northern flicker (red-shafted) (female) - 44 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Northern flicker (red-shafted) (male) - 44 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Pileated woodpecker (female) - 44 Picidae (woodpeckers)
• Pileated woodpecker (male) - 44 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Red naped sapsucker (female) - 44 Picidae (woodpeckers)
• Red naped sapsucker (male) - 44 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• American kestral (female) - 45 Falconidae (true falcons)
• American kestral (male) - 45 Falconidae (true falcons)*
• American kestral (male) - 45 Falconidae (true falcons)*
• Prairie falcon - 45 Falconidae (true falcons)
• Cordilleran flycatcher - 48 Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)*
• Eastern kingbird - 48 Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)*
• Western kingbird - 48 Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)*
• Western wood-pewee - 48 Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)*
• Willow flycatcher - 48 Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)*
• Northern shrike - 50 Laniidae (shrikes)
• Red-eyed vireo - 51 Vireonidae (vireos)*
• Warbling vireo - 51 Vireonidae (vireos)*
• Black-billed magpie - 52 Corvidae (crows,jays,ravens,magpies,nutcrackers)*
• Blue jay - 52 Corvidae (crows,jays,ravens,magpies,nutcrackers)*
• Clark's nutcracker - 52 Corvidae (crows,jays,ravens,magpies,nutcrackers)*
• Common raven - 52 Corvidae (crows,jays,ravens,magpies,nutcrackers)*
• Gray jay - 52 Corvidae (crows,jays,ravens,magpies,nutcrackers)*
• Stellar's jay - 52 Corvidae (crows,jays,ravens,magpies,nutcrackers)*
• Horned lark - 53 Alaudidae (lark)*
• Bank swallow - 54 Hirundinidae (swallows)
• Barn swallow - 54 Hirundinidae (swallows)*
• Cliff swallow - 54 Hirundinidae (swallows)*
• Northern rough-winged swallow - 54 Hirundinidae (swallows)
• Tree swallow - 54 Hirundinidae (swallows)*
• Violet-green swallow - 54 Hirundinidae (swallows)
• Black-capped chickadee - 55 Paridae (chickadees,titmice)*
• Mountain chickadee - 55 Paridae (chickadees,titmice)*
• Pygmy nuthatch - 58 Sittidae (nuthatches)*
• Red breasted nuthatch - 58 Sittidae (nuthatches)*
• White-breasted nuthatch - 58 Sittidae (nuthatches)*
• Brown creeper - 59 Certhiidae (creepers)*
• House wren - 60 Troglodytidae (wrens)*
• Marsh wren - 60 Troglodytidae (wrens)*
• Rock wren - 60 Troglodytidae (wrens)*
• Winter wren - 60 Troglodytidae (wrens)
• American Dipper - 62 Cinclidae (dippers)*
• Ruby-crowned kinglet - 64 Regulidae (kinglets)*
• American robin (female) - 69 Turdidae (thrushes, bluebirds, solitaires,veery)*
• American robin (male) - 69 Turdidae (thrushes, bluebirds, solitaires,veery)*
• Hermit thrush - 69 Turdidae (thrushes, bluebirds, solitaires,veery)
• Mountain bluebird (female) - 69 Turdidae (thrushes, bluebirds, solitaires,veery)*
• Mountain bluebird (male) - 69 Turdidae (thrushes, bluebirds, solitaires,veery)*
• Swainson's thrush - 69 Turdidae (thrushes, bluebirds, solitaires,veery)*
• Townsend's solitaire - 69 Turdidae (thrushes, bluebirds, solitaires,veery)*
• Varied thrush (female) - 69 Turdidae (thrushes, bluebirds, solitaires,veery)
• Varied thrush (male) - 69 Turdidae (thrushes, bluebirds, solitaires,veery)*
• Veery - 69 Turdidae (thrushes, bluebirds, solitaires,veery)*
• Western bluebird (female) - 69 Turdidae (thrushes, bluebirds, solitaires,veery)*
• Western bluebird (male) - 69 Turdidae (thrushes, bluebirds, solitaires,veery)*
• Gray catbird - 70 Mimidae (mockingbirds,thrashers,gray catbird)*
• European starling - 71 Sturnidae (starlings)
• Bohemian waxwing - 74 Bombycillidae (waxwings)*
• Cedar waxwing - 74 Bombycillidae (waxwings)*
• Chestnut-collared longspur (male) - 77 Calcariidae*
• American redstart (female) - 78 Parulidae (wood warblers)*
• American redstart (male) - 78 Parulidae (wood warblers)*
• Common yellowthroat (female) - 78 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Common yellowthroat (male) - 78 Parulidae (wood warblers)*
• MacGillivray's warbler (female) - 78 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• MacGillivray's warbler (male) - 78 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Nashville warbler (female) - 78 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Nashville warbler (male) - 78 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Orange-crowned warbler - 78 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Townsend's warbler (female) - 78 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Townsend's warbler (male) - 78 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Wilson's warbler - 78 Parulidae (wood warblers)*
• Yellow warbler (female) - 78 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Yellow warbler (male) - 78 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Yellow-rumped warbler (Audubon's) (female) - 78 Parulidae (wood warblers)*
• Yellow-rumped warbler (Audubon's) (male) - 78 Parulidae (wood warblers)*
• Yellow-rumped warbler (Myrtle) (female) - 78 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Yellow-rumped warbler (Myrtle) (male) - 78 Parulidae (wood warblers)*
• Western tanager (female) - 80 Thraupidae (tanagers)*
• Western tanager (male) - 80 Thraupidae (tanagers)*
• Brewer's sparrow - 81 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Chipping sparrow - 81 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Dark-eyed junco - 81 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Grasshopper sparrow - 81 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Lark bunting (female) - 81 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)
• Lark bunting (male) - 81 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Lark sparrow - 81 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Lincoln's sparrow - 81 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Savannah sparrow - 81 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Song sparrow - 81 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Spotted towhee - 81 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Vesper sparrow - 81 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• White-crowned sparrow (adult) - 81 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• White-crowned sparrow (juvenile) - 81 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Black-headed grosbeak (female) - 82 Cardinalidae (cardinals,grosbeaks,some buntings)*
• Black-headed grosbeak (male) - 82 Cardinalidae (cardinals,grosbeaks,some buntings)*
• Lazuli bunting (female) - 82 Cardinalidae (cardinals,grosbeaks,some buntings)*
• Lazuli bunting (male) - 82 Cardinalidae (cardinals,grosbeaks,some buntings)*
• Bobolink (female) - 83 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks
• Bobolink (male) - 83 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks*
• Brewer's blackbird (female) - 83 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks*
• Brewer's blackbird (male) - 83 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks*
• Brown-headed cowbird (female) - 83 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks*
• Brown-headed cowbird (male) - 83 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks
• Bullock's oriole (female) - 83 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks*
• Bullock's oriole (male) - 83 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks
• Red-winged blackbird (female) - 83 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks
• Red-winged blackbird (male) - 83 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks*
• Western meadowlark - 83 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks*
• Yellow-headed blackbird (female) - 83 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks*
• Yellow-headed blackbird (male) - 83 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks*
• American goldfinch (female) - 84 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• American goldfinch (male) - 84 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• Cassin's finch (female) - 84 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• Cassin's finch (male) - 84 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• Evening grosbeak (female) - 84 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• Evening grosbeak (male) - 84 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• House finch (female) - 84 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• House finch (male) - 84 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• Pine siskin - 84 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• Red crossbill (female) - 84 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• Red crossbill (male) - 84 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• House sparrow (female) - 85 Passeridae (old world sparrows)
• House sparrow (male) - 85 Passeridae (old world sparrows)

*Species page has photo(s).