Bird list -- Sponsor-a-species
Birds of Montana will contain accounts for the 422 species listed below. Crossed-out species are no longer available for sponsorship - highlighted species are available! Please contact Jeff Marks (jeff17_marks@msn.com; 503-774-4783) for instructions on sponsoring species.
All contributions are tax-deductible donations to Montana Audubon
Priority 1 ($300 per species): Trumpeter Swan, Harlequin Duck, Greater Sage-Grouse, Common Loon, Ferruginous Hawk, Whooping Crane, Piping Plover, Mountain Plover, Long-billed Curlew, Least Tern, Flammulated Owl, Burrowing Owl, Red-headed Woodpecker, Black-backed Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Pinyon Jay, Brown Creeper, Sprague’s Pipit, Brewer’s Sparrow, Baird’s Sparrow, Chestnut-collared Longspur, Cassin’s Finch
Priority 2 ($200 per species): Barrow’s Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Ruffed Grouse, Horned Grebe, White-faced Ibis, Bald Eagle, Northern Goshawk, Peregrine Falcon, Marbled Godwit, Franklin’s Gull, Caspian Tern, Black Tern, Common Tern, Forster’s Tern, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Black-billed Cuckoo, Black Swift, Vaux’s Swift, Calliope Hummingbird, Lewis’s Woodpecker, Williamson’s Sapsucker, Red-naped Sapsucker, American Three-toed Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Willow Flycatcher, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Loggerhead Shrike, Red-eyed Vireo, Winter Wren, Veery, Lark Bunting, Grasshopper Sparrow, McCown’s Longspur, Lazuli Bunting, Black Rosy-Finch
Priority 3 ($100 per species): Greater White-fronted Goose, Snow Goose, Ross’s Goose, Brant, Cackling Goose, Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Tundra Swan, Wood Duck, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, American Wigeon, American Black Duck, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Garganey, Green-winged Teal, Canvasback, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Tufted Duck, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Black Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Chukar, Gray Partridge, Ring-necked Pheasant, Spruce Grouse, Willow Ptarmigan, White-tailed Ptarmigan, Dusky Grouse, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Greater Prairie-Chicken, Wild Turkey, Red-throated Loon, Pacific Loon, Yellow-billed Loon, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Eared Grebe, Western Grebe, Clark’s Grebe, Manx Shearwater, American White Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, American Bittern, Least Bittern, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Cattle Egret, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Glossy Ibis, Wood Stork, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, White-tailed Kite, Mississippi Kite, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, Swainson’s Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Golden Eagle, American Kestrel, Merlin, Gyrfalcon, Prairie Falcon, Yellow Rail, Virginia Rail, Sora, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Sandhill Crane, Black-bellied Plover, American Golden-Plover, Snowy Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Spotted Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Willet, Lesser Yellowlegs, Upland Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Hudsonian Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone, Black Turnstone, Red Knot, Sanderling, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Baird’s Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Dunlin, Curlew Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Long-billed Dowitcher, Wilson’s Snipe, American Woodcock, Wilson’s Phalarope, Red-necked Phalarope, Red Phalarope, Laughing Gull, Little Gull, Bonaparte’s Gull, Mew Gull, Ring-billed Gull, California Gull, Herring Gull, Thayer’s Gull, Iceland Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Glaucous Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Sabine’s Gull, Black-legged Kittiwake, Ross's Gull, Arctic Tern, Pomarine Jaeger, Parasitic Jaeger, Long-tailed Jaeger, Long-billed Murrelet, Ancient Murrelet, Rock Pigeon, Band-tailed Pigeon, Eurasian Collared-Dove, White-winged Dove, Mourning Dove, Inca Dove, Barn Owl, Western Screech-Owl, Eastern Screech-Owl, Great Horned Owl, Snowy Owl, Northern Hawk Owl, Northern Pygmy-Owl, Barred Owl, Great Gray Owl, Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl, Boreal Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Common Nighthawk, Common Poorwill, Whip-poor-will, Chimney Swift, White-throated Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Anna’s Hummingbird, Costa’s Hummingbird, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Rufous Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, White-headed Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Western Wood-Pewee, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Alder Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Gray Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Say’s Phoebe, Vermilion Flycatcher, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Cassin’s Kingbird, Western Kingbird, Eastern Kingbird, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Northern Shrike, White-eyed Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, Plumbeous Vireo, Cassin’s Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Philadelphia Vireo, Gray Jay, Steller’s Jay, Blue Jay, Western Scrub-Jay, Clark’s Nutcracker, Black-billed Magpie, American Crow, Common Raven, Horned Lark, Purple Martin, Tree Swallow, Violet-green Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Bank Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Barn Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, Mountain Chickadee, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Boreal Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch, Pygmy Nuthatch, Rock Wren, Canyon Wren, Bewick’s Wren, House Wren, Sedge Wren, Marsh Wren, American Dipper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Eastern Bluebird, Western Bluebird, Mountain Bluebird, Townsend’s Solitaire, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Swainson’s Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Wood Thrush, American Robin, Varied Thrush, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, Sage Thrasher, Brown Thrasher, Curve-billed Thrasher, European Starling, Siberian Accentor, American Pipit, Bohemian Waxwing, Cedar Waxwing, Blue-winged Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, Yellow Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Townsend’s Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Pine Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Palm Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, Prothonotary Warbler, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Kentucky Warbler, Connecticut Warbler, Mourning Warbler, MacGillivray’s Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Hooded Warbler, Wilson’s Warbler, Canada Warbler, Painted Redstart, Yellow-breasted Chat, Summer Tanager, Scarlet Tanager, Western Tanager, Green-tailed Towhee, Spotted Towhee, Eastern Towhee, American Tree Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, Black-throated Sparrow, Sage Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Le Conte’s Sparrow, Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Harris’s Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Lapland Longspur, Smith’s Longspur, Snow Bunting, Northern Cardinal, Pyrrhuloxia, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Black-headed Grosbeak, Blue Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Painted Bunting, Dickcissel, Bobolink, Red-winged Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird, Brewer’s Blackbird, Common Grackle, Great-tailed Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Orchard Oriole, Hooded Oriole, Bullock's Oriole, Baltimore Oriole, Brambling, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Pine Grosbeak, Purple Finch, House Finch, Red Crossbill, White-winged Crossbill, Common Redpoll, Hoary Redpoll, Pine Siskin, Lesser Goldfinch, American Goldfinch, Evening Grosbeak, House Sparrow
For information contact Jeff Marks, Senior Author: 503-774-4783, jeff17_marks@msn.com
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