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

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• Northern pintail (female) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)
• Northern pintail (male) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Cinnamon teal (female) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)
• Cinnamon teal (male) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Mallard (female) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Mallard (male) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Gadwall (female) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Gadwall (male) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)
• Canada goose - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Common goldeneye (female) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Common goldeneye (male) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Trumpeter swan - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Hooded merganser (female) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Hooded merganser (male) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Common merganser (female) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Common merganser (male) - 01 Anatidae (geese,ducks,swans)*
• Ruffed grouse (female) - 02 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Ruffed grouse (male) - 02 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Greater sage grouse (female) - 02 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Greater sage grouse (male) - 02 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Dusky grouse (female) - 02 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Dusky grouse (male) - 02 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)
• Franklin's spruce grouse (female) - 02 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)
• Franklin's spruce grouse (male) - 02 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Wild turkey (female) - 02 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Wild turkey (male) - 02 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Ring-necked pheasant (female) - 02 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Ring-necked pheasant (male) - 02 Phasianidae (grouse,turkeys,pheasants,partridges)*
• Pied-billed grebe - 05 Podicipedidae (grebes)*
• American white pelican - 07 Pelecanidae (pelicans)*
• Double crested cormorant - 08 Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants)*
• Great blue heron - 09 Ardeidae (herons,bitterns,egrets)*
• American bittern - 09 Ardeidae (herons,bitterns,egrets)
• Turkey vulture - 11 Cathartidae (new world vultures)*
• Coopers hawk (adult) - 12 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)
• Coopers hawk (juvenile) - 12 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)
• Sharp-shinned hawk (adult) - 12 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)*
• Sharp-shinned hawk (juvenile) - 12 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)
• Golden eagle - 12 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)*
• Red-tailed hawk - 12 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)*
• Rough-legged hawk - 12 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)*
• Ferruginous hawk - 12 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)*
• Northern harrier (female) - 12 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)
• Northern harrier (male) - 12 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)*
• Bald eagle - 12 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)*
• Osprey - 12 Accipitridae (hawks,kites,eagles,osprey)*
• Prairie falcon - 13 Falconidae (true falcons)
• American kestral (female) - 13 Falconidae (true falcons)
• American kestral (male) - 13 Falconidae (true falcons)*
• American kestral (male) - 13 Falconidae (true falcons)*
• American coot - 14 Rallidae (rails,coots)
• Sandhill crane - 15 Gruidae (cranes)*
• Killdeer - 16 Charadriidae (plovers,killdeer)*
• Black-necked stilt - 17 Recurvirostridae (stilts,avocets)*
• American avocet - 17 Recurvirostridae (stilts,avocets)*
• Spotted sandpiper - 18 Scolopacidae (sandpipers, peeps,phalaropes,curlews)*
• Western sandpiper - 18 Scolopacidae (sandpipers, peeps,phalaropes,curlews)
• Least sandpiper - 18 Scolopacidae (sandpipers, peeps,phalaropes,curlews)*
• Wilson's snipe - 18 Scolopacidae (sandpipers, peeps,phalaropes,curlews)*
• Long-billed curlew - 18 Scolopacidae (sandpipers, peeps,phalaropes,curlews)*
• Greater yellowlegs - 18 Scolopacidae (sandpipers, peeps,phalaropes,curlews)*
• Ring-billed gull - 19 Laridae (gulls,terns,skimmers)
• Rock pigeons - 20 Columbidae (doves)
• Eurasian collared dove - 20 Columbidae (doves)*
• Mourning dove - 20 Columbidae (doves)*
• Short-eared owl - 23 Strigidae (typical owls)*
• Great horned owl - 23 Strigidae (typical owls)*
• Northern pygmy owl - 23 Strigidae (typical owls)*
• Western screech owl - 23 Strigidae (typical owls)
• Great gray owl - 23 Strigidae (typical owls)*
• Barred owl - 23 Strigidae (typical owls)*
• Black-chinned hummingbird (female) - 26 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
• Black-chinned hummingbird (male) - 26 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)*
• Rufous hummingbird (female) - 26 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)*
• Rufous hummingbird (male) - 26 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)*
• Calliope hummingbird (female) - 26 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)*
• Calliope hummingbird (male) - 26 Trochilidae (hummingbirds)*
• Belted kingfisher (female) - 28 Alcedinidae (kingfishers)*
• Belted kingfisher (male) - 28 Alcedinidae (kingfishers)
• Northern flicker (red-shafted) (female) - 29 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Northern flicker (red-shafted) (male) - 29 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Pileated woodpecker (female) - 29 Picidae (woodpeckers)
• Pileated woodpecker (male) - 29 Picidae (woodpeckers)
• Lewis' woodpecker - 29 Picidae (woodpeckers)
• Downy woodpecker (female) - 29 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Downy woodpecker (male) - 29 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Hairy woodpecker (female) - 29 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Hairy woodpecker (male) - 29 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Red naped sapsucker (female) - 29 Picidae (woodpeckers)
• Red naped sapsucker (male) - 29 Picidae (woodpeckers)*
• Western wood-pewee - 30 Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)*
• Cordilleran flycatcher - 30 Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)*
• Willow flycatcher - 30 Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)*
• Eastern kingbird - 30 Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)*
• Western kingbird - 30 Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)*
• Northern shrike - 31 Laniidae
• Warbling vireo - 32 Vireonidae (vireos)*
• Red-eyed vireo - 32 Vireonidae (vireos)*
• Common raven - 33 Corvidae (crows,jays,ravens,magpies,nutcrackers)*
• Blue jay - 33 Corvidae (crows,jays,ravens,magpies,nutcrackers)*
• Stellar's jay - 33 Corvidae (crows,jays,ravens,magpies,nutcrackers)*
• Clark's nutcracker - 33 Corvidae (crows,jays,ravens,magpies,nutcrackers)*
• Gray jay - 33 Corvidae (crows,jays,ravens,magpies,nutcrackers)*
• Black-billed magpie - 33 Corvidae (crows,jays,ravens,magpies,nutcrackers)*
• Horned lark - 34 Alaudidae (lark)*
• Cliff swallow - 35 Hirundinidae (swallows)*
• Barn swallow - 35 Hirundinidae (swallows)*
• Bank swallow - 35 Hirundinidae (swallows)
• Northern rough-winged swallow - 35 Hirundinidae (swallows)
• Tree swallow - 35 Hirundinidae (swallows)*
• Violet-green swallow - 35 Hirundinidae (swallows)
• Black-capped chickadee - 36 Paridae (chickadees,titmice)*
• Mountain chickadee - 36 Paridae (chickadees,titmice)*
• Brown creeper - 39 Certhiidae*
• Red breasted nuthatch - 40 Sittidae (nuthatches)*
• White-breasted nuthatch - 40 Sittidae (nuthatches)*
• Pygmy nuthatch - 40 Sittidae (nuthatches)*
• Marsh wren - 41 Troglodytidae (wrens)*
• Rock wren - 41 Troglodytidae (wrens)*
• House wren - 41 Troglodytidae (wrens)*
• Winter wren - 41 Troglodytidae (wrens)
• American Dipper - 42 Cinclidae*
• Ruby-crowned kinglet - 43 Regulidae (kinglets)*
• Veery - 45 Turdidae (thrushes)
• Hermit thrush - 45 Turdidae (thrushes)
• Swainson's thrush - 45 Turdidae (thrushes)*
• Varied thrush (female) - 45 Turdidae (thrushes)
• Varied thrush (male) - 45 Turdidae (thrushes)*
• Townsend's solitaire - 45 Turdidae (thrushes)*
• Mountain bluebird (female) - 45 Turdidae (thrushes)*
• Mountain bluebird (male) - 45 Turdidae (thrushes)*
• Western bluebird (female) - 45 Turdidae (thrushes)
• Western bluebird (male) - 45 Turdidae (thrushes)
• American robin (female) - 45 Turdidae (thrushes)*
• American robin (male) - 45 Turdidae (thrushes)*
• Gray catbird - 46 Mimidae (mockingbirds,thrashers,gray catbird)*
• European starling - 47 Sturnidae (starlings)
• Cedar waxwing - 49 Bombycillidae (waxwings)*
• Bohemian waxwing - 49 Bombycillidae (waxwings)*
• Yellow-rumped warbler (Audubon's) (female) - 51 Parulidae (wood warblers)*
• Yellow-rumped warbler (Audubon's) (male) - 51 Parulidae (wood warblers)*
• Yellow-rumped warbler (Myrtle) (female) - 51 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Yellow-rumped warbler (Myrtle) (male) - 51 Parulidae (wood warblers)*
• Yellow warbler (female) - 51 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Yellow warbler (male) - 51 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Townsend's warbler (female) - 51 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Townsend's warbler (male) - 51 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Common yellowthroat (female) - 51 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Common yellowthroat (male) - 51 Parulidae (wood warblers)*
• MacGillivray's warbler (female) - 51 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• MacGillivray's warbler (male) - 51 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• American redstart (female) - 51 Parulidae (wood warblers)*
• American redstart (male) - 51 Parulidae (wood warblers)*
• Orange-crowned warbler - 51 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Nashville warbler (female) - 51 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Nashville warbler (male) - 51 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Wilson's warbler (female) - 51 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Wilson's warbler (male) - 51 Parulidae (wood warblers)
• Western tanager (female) - 53 Thraupidae (tanagers)*
• Western tanager (male) - 53 Thraupidae (tanagers)*
• Lark bunting (female) - 54 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)
• Lark bunting (male) - 54 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Lark sparrow - 54 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Dark-eyed junco - 54 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Lincoln's sparrow - 54 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Song sparrow - 54 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Savannah sparrow - 54 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Spotted towhee - 54 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Vesper sparrow - 54 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Brewer's sparrow - 54 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Chipping sparrow - 54 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• White-crowned sparrow (adult) - 54 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• White-crowned sparrow (juvenile) - 54 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)*
• Lazuli bunting (female) - 55 Cardinalidae (cardinals,grosbeaks,some buntings)
• Lazuli bunting (male) - 55 Cardinalidae (cardinals,grosbeaks,some buntings)*
• Black-headed grosbeak (female) - 55 Cardinalidae (cardinals,grosbeaks,some buntings)*
• Black-headed grosbeak (male) - 55 Cardinalidae (cardinals,grosbeaks,some buntings)*
• Red-winged blackbird (female) - 56 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks
• Red-winged blackbird (male) - 56 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks*
• Bobolink (female) - 56 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks
• Bobolink (male) - 56 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks*
• Brewer's blackbird (female) - 56 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks*
• Brewer's blackbird (male) - 56 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks*
• Bullock's oriole (female) - 56 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks
• Bullock's oriole (male) - 56 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks
• Brown-headed cowbird (female) - 56 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks*
• Brown-headed cowbird (male) - 56 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks
• Western meadowlark - 56 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks*
• Yellow-headed blackbird (female) - 56 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks*
• Yellow-headed blackbird (male) - 56 Icteridae (blackbirds,orioles,cowbirds,meadowlarks*
• Pine siskin - 57 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• American goldfinch (female) - 57 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• American goldfinch (male) - 57 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• Cassin's finch (female) - 57 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)
• Cassin's finch (male) - 57 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)
• House finch (female) - 57 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• House finch (male) - 57 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• Evening grosbeak (female) - 57 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• Evening grosbeak (male) - 57 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• Red crossbill (female) - 57 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• Red crossbill (male) - 57 Fringillidae (finches,crossbills,grosbeaks,siskins,goldfinches)*
• House sparrow (female) - 58 Passeridae (old world sparrows)
• House sparrow (male) - 58 Passeridae (old world sparrows)

*Species page has photo(s).