Great Backyard Bird Count: 2008 Results: Species List

2008 Results: Species List

Other years: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Species [taxonomic] [alphabetic]	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	6,010	117
Fulvous Whistling-Duck	594	12
Pink-footed Goose	2	2
Greater White-fronted Goose	21,199	163
Emperor Goose	1,282	9
Snow Goose	927,059	618
Ross's Goose	9,372	62
Brant	11,246	147
Barnacle Goose	3	3
Cackling Goose	24,580	166
Canada Goose	778,867	10,757
Hawaiian Goose	66	8
Mute Swan	4,157	608
Trumpeter Swan	7,661	241
Tundra Swan	28,248	308
Egyptian Goose	14	4
Muscovy Duck	1,207	223
Wood Duck	7,343	1,231
Mandarin Duck	9	2
Gadwall	14,250	820
Eurasian Wigeon	303	68
American Wigeon	40,122	1,036
American Black Duck	16,632	861
Mallard	233,279	7,722
Mottled Duck	2,009	315
Hawaiian Duck	31	11
Blue-winged Teal	9,864	294
Cinnamon Teal	1,559	203
Northern Shoveler	38,586	890
Northern Pintail	38,904	631
Green-winged Teal	15,250	759
Canvasback	25,845	519
Redhead	29,635	422
Ring-necked Duck	29,075	1,212
Tufted Duck	4	3
Greater Scaup	33,579	336
Lesser Scaup	50,255	901
Steller's Eider	316	12
King Eider	17	12
Common Eider	7,536	99
Harlequin Duck	1,058	121
Surf Scoter	11,228	274
White-winged Scoter	5,326	142
Black Scoter	5,416	86
Long-tailed Duck	5,246	175
Bufflehead	26,570	2,067
Common Goldeneye	26,382	1,334
Barrow's Goldeneye	2,847	218
Hooded Merganser	11,912	1,616
Common Merganser	29,440	1,413
Red-breasted Merganser	5,885	678
Masked Duck	5	2
Ruddy Duck	24,078	781
Plain Chachalaca	669	64
Chukar	67	11
Gray Francolin	10	3
Black Francolin	4	2
Erckel's Francolin	1	1
Gray Partridge	1,033	116
Red Junglefowl	326	9
Kalij Pheasant	2	1
Ring-necked Pheasant	4,819	1,014
Common Peafowl	93	16
Ruffed Grouse	714	379
Greater Sage-Grouse	112	6
Spruce Grouse	47	27
Willow Ptarmigan	215	17
Rock Ptarmigan	7	2
White-tailed Ptarmigan	2	1
Dusky Grouse	2	2
Sooty Grouse	2	1
Sharp-tailed Grouse	640	63
Greater Prairie-Chicken	161	11
Wild Turkey	44,104	3,044
Mountain Quail	109	21
Scaled Quail	771	60
California Quail	17,467	1,109
Gambel's Quail	5,920	478
Northern Bobwhite	1,060	218
Montezuma Quail	51	7
Red-throated Loon	741	81
Arctic Loon	1	1
Pacific Loon	1,093	73
Common Loon	2,546	646
Yellow-billed Loon	1	1
Least Grebe	271	56
Pied-billed Grebe	6,217	1,586
Horned Grebe	2,844	394
Red-necked Grebe	173	68
Eared Grebe	1,032	139
Western Grebe	2,157	227
Clark's Grebe	171	45
Laysan Albatross	98	8
Black-footed Albatross	3	1
Northern Fulmar	5	1
Greater Shearwater	1	1
Sooty Shearwater	3	1
Manx Shearwater	3	1
White-tailed Tropicbird	8	3
Red-tailed Tropicbird	3	1
Brown Booby	23	2
Red-footed Booby	1,732	3
Northern Gannet	1,393	92
American White Pelican	15,863	446
Brown Pelican	9,971	981
Brandt's Cormorant	1,287	58
Neotropic Cormorant	1,703	102
Double-crested Cormorant	55,953	2,466
Great Cormorant	452	104
Pelagic Cormorant	912	135
Anhinga	3,656	847
Magnificent Frigatebird	22	17
Great Frigatebird	5	2
American Bittern	97	68
Least Bittern	16	2
Great Blue Heron	14,012	5,279
Great Egret	10,777	2,245
Snowy Egret	8,129	1,233
Little Blue Heron	1,901	719
Tricolored Heron	1,892	465
Reddish Egret	157	71
Cattle Egret	8,966	445
Green Heron	471	295
Black-crowned Night-Heron	2,241	367
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	409	101
White Ibis	23,073	1,133
Scarlet Ibis	4	4
Glossy Ibis	2,576	163
White-faced Ibis	1,903	78
Roseate Spoonbill	2,314	118
Wood Stork	2,525	491
Black Vulture	20,110	3,164
Turkey Vulture	43,899	8,177
California Condor	10	2
Osprey	2,467	1,166
Hook-billed Kite	2	2
Swallow-tailed Kite	8	7
White-tailed Kite	445	211
Snail Kite	31	12
Bald Eagle	11,278	3,651
Northern Harrier	2,797	1,519
Sharp-shinned Hawk	3,075	2,846
Cooper's Hawk	4,982	4,361
Northern Goshawk	168	147
Harris's Hawk	131	63
Red-shouldered Hawk	5,520	3,540
Broad-winged Hawk	45	19
Gray Hawk	15	13
Short-tailed Hawk	10	10
Swainson's Hawk	16	9
White-tailed Hawk	41	29
Zone-tailed Hawk	5	5
Hawaiian Hawk	2	2
Red-tailed Hawk	17,475	10,126
Ferruginous Hawk	180	99
Rough-legged Hawk	1,289	555
Golden Eagle	407	254
Crested Caracara	249	124
American Kestrel	4,537	2,595
Merlin	415	366
Aplomado Falcon	3	3
Gyrfalcon	13	12
Peregrine Falcon	399	319
Prairie Falcon	138	111
Yellow Rail	6	1
Black Rail	13	3
Clapper Rail	174	64
King Rail	9	6
Virginia Rail	85	44
Sora	102	60
Purple Swamphen	54	6
Purple Gallinule	99	40
Common Moorhen	6,176	540
Hawaiian Coot	64	8
American Coot	248,778	2,273
Limpkin	258	122
Sandhill Crane	90,782	782
Whooping Crane	91	20
Black-bellied Plover	3,730	143
Pacific Golden-Plover	145	33
Snowy Plover	555	27
Wilson's Plover	218	17
Semipalmated Plover	2,767	71
Piping Plover	154	19
Killdeer	10,709	2,131
Mountain Plover	86	3
American Oystercatcher	577	79
Black Oystercatcher	212	53
Black-necked Stilt	2,860	169
American Avocet	6,407	131
Northern Jacana	3	3
Spotted Sandpiper	342	187
Solitary Sandpiper	27	18
Wandering Tattler	6	5
Greater Yellowlegs	1,486	286
Willet	4,428	268
Lesser Yellowlegs	1,346	108
Whimbrel	92	27
Bristle-thighed Curlew	1	1
Long-billed Curlew	1,052	101
Marbled Godwit	1,879	71
Ruddy Turnstone	1,540	120
Black Turnstone	772	56
Surfbird	152	14
Red Knot	980	18
Sanderling	8,103	243
Western Sandpiper	4,755	76
Least Sandpiper	5,175	190
Pectoral Sandpiper	3	2
Purple Sandpiper	733	29
Rock Sandpiper	3,250	12
Dunlin	36,106	141
Stilt Sandpiper	86	10
Ruff	1	1
Short-billed Dowitcher	3,139	45
Long-billed Dowitcher	13,216	80
Wilson's Snipe	1,327	252
American Woodcock	241	106
Red Phalarope	105	5
Black-legged Kittiwake	9	5
Ivory Gull	1	1
Bonaparte's Gull	7,302	252
Black-headed Gull	147	13
Little Gull	4	3
Laughing Gull	29,355	765
Franklin's Gull	4	2
Black-tailed Gull	1	1
Heermann's Gull	375	39
Mew Gull	5,294	213
Ring-billed Gull	196,427	3,887
Western Gull	7,257	325
California Gull	23,758	618
Herring Gull	68,233	2,371
Thayer's Gull	672	73
Iceland Gull	1,834	53
Lesser Black-backed Gull	375	78
Slaty-backed Gull	2	2
Glaucous-winged Gull	12,229	486
Glaucous Gull	2,081	81
Great Black-backed Gull	10,751	622
Brown Noddy	5	1
White Tern	20	3
Sooty Tern	2	1
Gull-billed Tern	33	15
Caspian Tern	440	83
Common Tern	5	3
Forster's Tern	3,852	349
Royal Tern	2,135	177
Sandwich Tern	192	24
Black Skimmer	8,873	97
Great Skua	2	1
Pomarine Jaeger	2	1
Parasitic Jaeger	3	2
Dovekie	18	6
Common Murre	5,608	29
Thick-billed Murre	56	6
Razorbill	48	6
Black Guillemot	137	31
Pigeon Guillemot	222	49
Marbled Murrelet	142	30
Cassin's Auklet	1	1
Rhinoceros Auklet	17	12
Atlantic Puffin	2	2
Tufted Puffin	2	1
Rock Pigeon	110,820	6,405
White-crowned Pigeon	32	4
Red-billed Pigeon	1	1
Band-tailed Pigeon	3,257	350
Eurasian Collared-Dove	10,620	2,248
Spotted Dove	328	53
Zebra Dove	675	46
White-winged Dove	14,447	1,551
Mourning Dove	268,950	42,105
Inca Dove	3,178	586
Common Ground-Dove	2,437	618
Ruddy Ground-Dove	2	1
White-tipped Dove	219	49
Budgerigar	31	3
Peach-faced Lovebird	174	35
Rose-ringed Parakeet	64	9
Black-hooded Parakeet	277	33
Monk Parakeet	1,525	165
Blue-crowned Parakeet	7	1
Green Parakeet	106	5
Mitred Parakeet	41	3
Red-masked Parakeet	2	1
Chestnut-fronted Macaw	12	1
White-winged Parakeet	1	1
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet	151	18
Red-crowned Parrot	887	31
Lilac-crowned Parrot	2	1
Red-lored Parrot	5	1
Blue-fronted Parrot	12	2
Yellow-headed Parrot	8	3
Yellow-naped Parrot	12	1
Greater Roadrunner	379	287
Smooth-billed Ani	1	1
Groove-billed Ani	10	4
Barn Owl	267	190
Western Screech-Owl	86	63
Eastern Screech-Owl	563	429
Whiskered Screech-Owl	1	1
Great Horned Owl	1,520	1,071
Snowy Owl	102	65
Northern Hawk Owl	14	14
Northern Pygmy-Owl	59	56
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl	1	1
Burrowing Owl	83	42
Spotted Owl	4	3
Barred Owl	1,138	876
Great Gray Owl	10	10
Long-eared Owl	109	44
Short-eared Owl	294	113
Boreal Owl	4	4
Northern Saw-whet Owl	80	62
Lesser Nighthawk	2	2
Common Nighthawk	2	2
Common Pauraque	55	25
Common Poorwill	2	1
Chuck-will's-widow	4	2
Whip-poor-will	34	20
Chimney Swift	1	1
Vaux's Swift	70	1
White-throated Swift	684	38
Green-breasted Mango	2	2
Broad-billed Hummingbird	42	30
Buff-bellied Hummingbird	107	76
Violet-crowned Hummingbird	1	1
Blue-throated Hummingbird	3	3
Magnificent Hummingbird	7	4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	292	218
Black-chinned Hummingbird	65	51
Anna's Hummingbird	7,556	3,057
Costa's Hummingbird	402	220
Calliope Hummingbird	10	9
Broad-tailed Hummingbird	18	16
Rufous Hummingbird	496	321
Allen's Hummingbird	517	232
Elegant Trogon	3	3
Ringed Kingfisher	17	17
Belted Kingfisher	3,187	2,358
Green Kingfisher	63	39
Lewis's Woodpecker	281	73
Red-headed Woodpecker	3,427	2,293
Acorn Woodpecker	2,438	655
Gila Woodpecker	876	363
Golden-fronted Woodpecker	606	246
Red-bellied Woodpecker	33,138	22,571
Williamson's Sapsucker	6	5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	3,151	2,487
Red-naped Sapsucker	55	39
Red-breasted Sapsucker	231	206
Ladder-backed Woodpecker	543	367
Nuttall's Woodpecker	790	504
Downy Woodpecker	63,241	33,921
Hairy Woodpecker	21,193	13,313
Arizona Woodpecker	18	11
Red-cockaded Woodpecker	95	57
White-headed Woodpecker	65	40
American Three-toed Woodpecker	27	24
Black-backed Woodpecker	37	28
Northern Flicker	17,203	9,498
Gilded Flicker	104	67
Pileated Woodpecker	6,357	4,656
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet	14	11
Olive-sided Flycatcher	1	1
Eastern Wood-Pewee	1	1
Least Flycatcher	3	3
Hammond's Flycatcher	4	4
Gray Flycatcher	21	17
Dusky Flycatcher	4	3
Pacific-slope Flycatcher	8	7
Black Phoebe	2,290	1,152
Eastern Phoebe	2,816	1,726
Say's Phoebe	536	346
Vermilion Flycatcher	126	85
Dusky-capped Flycatcher	3	3
Ash-throated Flycatcher	7	6
Great Crested Flycatcher	63	38
Brown-crested Flycatcher	2	2
Great Kiskadee	526	119
Tropical Kingbird	13	12
Couch's Kingbird	124	41
Cassin's Kingbird	241	91
Thick-billed Kingbird	1	1
Western Kingbird	47	17
Eastern Kingbird	3	3
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	44	23
Fork-tailed Flycatcher	1	1
Loggerhead Shrike	1,187	648
Northern Shrike	386	336
White-eyed Vireo	624	263
Plumbeous Vireo	4	3
Cassin's Vireo	1	1
Blue-headed Vireo	296	194
Hutton's Vireo	180	109
Gray Jay	1,043	428
Steller's Jay	9,431	2,578
Blue Jay	105,275	31,056
Green Jay	484	89
Florida Scrub-Jay	103	28
Island Scrub-Jay	5	2
Western Scrub-Jay	8,811	3,229
Mexican Jay	311	47
Pinyon Jay	5,008	117
Clark's Nutcracker	547	178
Black-billed Magpie	8,287	2,006
Yellow-billed Magpie	1,172	177
American Crow	363,385	26,719
Northwestern Crow	14,456	573
Fish Crow	21,409	976
Chihuahuan Raven	266	46
Common Raven	20,774	4,089
Elepaio	2	1
Sky Lark	46	4
Horned Lark	23,589	752
Purple Martin	1,980	422
Tree Swallow	20,528	623
Violet-green Swallow	189	38
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	775	82
Cliff Swallow	165	18
Cave Swallow	276	27
Barn Swallow	64	24
Carolina Chickadee	59,376	18,854
Black-capped Chickadee	128,352	26,775
Mountain Chickadee	6,035	1,595
Mexican Chickadee	2	1
Chestnut-backed Chickadee	6,293	1,680
Boreal Chickadee	827	296
Bridled Titmouse	163	48
Oak Titmouse	1,918	777
Juniper Titmouse	143	72
Tufted Titmouse	79,217	28,037
Black-crested Titmouse	960	386
Verdin	565	271
Bushtit	15,204	1,351
Red-breasted Nuthatch	25,323	13,989
White-breasted Nuthatch	52,505	26,529
Pygmy Nuthatch	2,470	492
Brown-headed Nuthatch	5,476	2,763
Brown Creeper	3,136	2,324
Cactus Wren	646	298
Rock Wren	106	74
Canyon Wren	136	69
Carolina Wren	29,929	15,898
Bewick's Wren	1,881	1,191
House Wren	2,686	1,036
Winter Wren	2,652	1,161
Sedge Wren	214	54
Marsh Wren	784	283
American Dipper	211	127
Red-vented Bulbul	123	16
Red-whiskered Bulbul	60	20
Golden-crowned Kinglet	3,049	861
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	6,353	3,119
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	1,646	541
California Gnatcatcher	13	7
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher	67	35
Black-capped Gnatcatcher	2	1
White-rumped Shama	47	15
Eastern Bluebird	27,255	8,344
Western Bluebird	2,553	552
Mountain Bluebird	398	77
Townsend's Solitaire	562	337
Omao	1	1
Hermit Thrush	1,776	1,120
Wood Thrush	2	2
Clay-colored Thrush	22	15
Rufous-backed Robin	2	2
American Robin	534,560	15,887
Varied Thrush	2,009	808
Hwamei	10	6
Red-billed Leiothrix	3	2
Wrentit	329	104
Japanese White-eye	169	36
Gray Catbird	1,655	919
Northern Mockingbird	22,513	12,424
Sage Thrasher	17	11
Brown Thrasher	3,199	2,286
Long-billed Thrasher	152	80
Bendire's Thrasher	49	28
Curve-billed Thrasher	949	497
California Thrasher	245	124
Crissal Thrasher	94	54
Le Conte's Thrasher	8	5
European Starling	767,754	19,443
Common Myna	875	67
Hill Myna	2	1
American Pipit	3,837	250
Sprague's Pipit	13	9
Bohemian Waxwing	33,633	339
Cedar Waxwing	55,845	2,727
Phainopepla	251	122
Olive Warbler	5	2
Orange-crowned Warbler	1,292	760
Nashville Warbler	13	11
Northern Parula	189	85
Tropical Parula	6	6
Yellow Warbler	42	21
Cape May Warbler	2	2
Black-throated Blue Warbler	2	2
Yellow-rumped Warbler	30,693	6,015
Black-throated Gray Warbler	15	15
Black-throated Green Warbler	13	9
Townsend's Warbler	601	363
Hermit Warbler	2	1
Yellow-throated Warbler	191	128
Pine Warbler	6,558	2,578
Prairie Warbler	62	39
Palm Warbler	2,835	612
Black-and-white Warbler	214	155
American Redstart	12	12
Ovenbird	47	33
Northern Waterthrush	9	5
Louisiana Waterthrush	2	1
MacGillivray's Warbler	1	1
Common Yellowthroat	812	353
Wilson's Warbler	40	32
Painted Redstart	5	5
Yellow-breasted Chat	8	5
Bananaquit	2	2
Summer Tanager	21	21
Western Tanager	16	12
Saffron Finch	18	4
Red-crested Cardinal	179	28
Yellow-billed Cardinal	5	2
Olive Sparrow	106	53
Green-tailed Towhee	32	23
Spotted Towhee	6,949	2,794
Eastern Towhee	8,129	4,087
Canyon Towhee	536	261
California Towhee	2,819	1,161
Abert's Towhee	665	223
Rufous-winged Sparrow	55	15
Cassin's Sparrow	11	3
Bachman's Sparrow	44	20
Rufous-crowned Sparrow	389	118
American Tree Sparrow	47,456	6,871
Chipping Sparrow	43,131	4,414
Clay-colored Sparrow	29	14
Brewer's Sparrow	252	34
Field Sparrow	11,872	2,312
Black-chinned Sparrow	50	14
Vesper Sparrow	895	158
Lark Sparrow	1,048	154
Black-throated Sparrow	590	125
Sage Sparrow	219	39
Lark Bunting	447	20
Savannah Sparrow	5,684	826
Grasshopper Sparrow	87	34
Baird's Sparrow	2	1
Henslow's Sparrow	34	11
Le Conte's Sparrow	58	19
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow	70	12
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow	29	7
Seaside Sparrow	94	30
Fox Sparrow	4,420	2,003
Song Sparrow	37,066	11,793
Lincoln's Sparrow	667	303
Swamp Sparrow	1,997	555
White-throated Sparrow	60,165	12,296
Harris's Sparrow	2,630	469
White-crowned Sparrow	33,311	5,176
Golden-crowned Sparrow	8,035	1,366
Dark-eyed Junco	307,984	39,497
Yellow-eyed Junco	47	7
McCown's Longspur	5	3
Lapland Longspur	1,213	79
Smith's Longspur	10	1
Chestnut-collared Longspur	369	3
Snow Bunting	18,856	526
McKay's Bunting	22	7
Northern Cardinal	200,906	43,956
Pyrrhuloxia	446	190
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	5	5
Black-headed Grosbeak	14	13
Blue Grosbeak	1	1
Lazuli Bunting	11	5
Indigo Bunting	298	65
Painted Bunting	731	259
Dickcissel	6	4
Red-winged Blackbird	302,864	9,259
Tricolored Blackbird	168	32
Eastern Meadowlark	5,210	693
Western Meadowlark	4,716	583
Yellow-headed Blackbird	2,795	22
Rusty Blackbird	6,767	386
Brewer's Blackbird	26,847	906
Common Grackle	509,020	7,254
Boat-tailed Grackle	12,114	788
Great-tailed Grackle	31,295	846
Bronzed Cowbird	123	10
Brown-headed Cowbird	53,562	3,116
Orchard Oriole	1	1
Hooded Oriole	8	7
Bullock's Oriole	4	4
Spot-breasted Oriole	20	12
Altamira Oriole	91	34
Audubon's Oriole	14	7
Baltimore Oriole	605	262
Scott's Oriole	4	3
Brambling	3	3
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch	10,823	113
Black Rosy-Finch	348	24
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch	2,319	25
Pine Grosbeak	15,868	1,634
Purple Finch	38,573	8,722
Cassin's Finch	5,102	694
House Finch	188,392	29,986
Red Crossbill	1,849	311
White-winged Crossbill	1,085	101
Common Redpoll	101,052	4,293
Hoary Redpoll	1,036	360
Pine Siskin	56,157	4,754
Lesser Goldfinch	24,142	2,443
Lawrence's Goldfinch	184	48
American Goldfinch	338,498	31,787
Yellow-fronted Canary	6	2
Evening Grosbeak	14,491	918
Hawaii Amakihi	15	4
Kauai Amakihi	3	1
Anianiau	3	1
Maui Alauahio	6	3
Iiwi	14	4
Akohekohe	1	1
Apapane	49	9
House Sparrow	251,970	25,359
Eurasian Tree Sparrow	846	125
Orange Bishop	5	1
Lavender Waxbill	2	1
Common Waxbill	41	4
Nutmeg Mannikin	77	15
Chestnut Munia	13	4
Java Sparrow	331	16
Total	9,787,367

A total of 634 species were reported.

This report was updated 15-Mar-2009 16:25 ET.