Great Backyard Bird Count: 2009 Results: Species List

2009 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
Snow Goose	1,337,300	886
Canada Goose	971,776	13,473
American Robin	968,788	21,775
European Starling	549,309	21,368
American Crow	504,994	31,300
Common Grackle	499,616	9,000
Red-winged Blackbird	423,188	11,161
American Goldfinch	421,685	39,659
Dark-eyed Junco	285,120	41,320
Pine Siskin	279,469	18,528
House Sparrow	270,332	27,410
Mourning Dove	268,683	45,134
Mallard	247,468	9,304
Ring-billed Gull	208,784	4,507
Northern Cardinal	206,315	47,747
House Finch	196,655	32,919
American Coot	191,274	2,365
Black-capped Chickadee	142,572	29,692
Common Redpoll	125,608	5,980
Blue Jay	116,559	34,360
Rock Pigeon	116,147	7,119
Tufted Titmouse	86,642	31,870
Cedar Waxwing	78,523	3,650
Herring Gull	76,860	2,881
Double-crested Cormorant	75,815	2,600
Sandhill Crane	70,849	753
Downy Woodpecker	66,253	36,870
Carolina Chickadee	64,417	21,288
Lesser Scaup	62,441	963
White-throated Sparrow	61,504	13,151
Cackling Goose	59,261	326
American Wigeon	58,520	1,356
Chipping Sparrow	52,271	5,022
White-breasted Nuthatch	49,844	26,355
Dunlin	49,792	239
Northwestern Crow	46,672	648
Brown-headed Cowbird	46,092	3,501
Common Merganser	45,498	1,799
Turkey Vulture	44,525	8,813
Wild Turkey	43,689	3,300
Yellow-rumped Warbler	42,045	6,971
American Tree Sparrow	40,467	6,783
Song Sparrow	40,266	12,943
Purple Finch	38,517	9,482
White-crowned Sparrow	37,281	5,619
Northern Pintail	37,153	782
Red-bellied Woodpecker	36,633	24,993
Brewer's Blackbird	36,005	1,078
Northern Shoveler	34,401	974
Greater White-fronted Goose	33,696	193
Eastern Bluebird	33,103	10,384
Ring-necked Duck	33,097	1,447
Bufflehead	32,932	2,550
Great-tailed Grackle	32,932	1,097
Redhead	32,547	489
Common Goldeneye	32,167	1,698
Carolina Wren	31,944	16,939
Green-winged Teal	31,149	991
Lesser Goldfinch	29,113	2,708
Laughing Gull	27,731	740
Northern Mockingbird	26,110	14,093
Brant	25,864	237
Greater Scaup	25,506	394
Black Vulture	24,526	3,601
Glaucous-winged Gull	23,699	729
Ruddy Duck	22,720	705
Tree Swallow	22,431	523
Hairy Woodpecker	22,285	14,507
Common Raven	21,479	4,651
Tundra Swan	21,216	359
White-winged Dove	19,942	1,913
White Ibis	19,546	1,127
Northern Flicker	19,432	10,624
Red-tailed Hawk	19,339	11,200
American Black Duck	19,242	1,085
Canvasback	18,991	595
California Quail	18,625	1,149
Bohemian Waxwing	18,174	333
Snow Bunting	18,123	512
Fish Crow	17,964	1,124
Bushtit	17,249	1,424
California Gull	16,796	625
Surf Scoter	16,315	302
Great Blue Heron	15,617	5,644
Gadwall	15,557	1,083
Boat-tailed Grackle	15,553	843
Red-breasted Nuthatch	15,472	7,732
American White Pelican	15,350	436
Horned Lark	15,197	820
Eurasian Collared-Dove	15,070	2,985
Evening Grosbeak	13,983	899
Pine Grosbeak	13,079	1,457
Field Sparrow	12,214	2,411
Mew Gull	12,153	338
Bald Eagle	12,045	4,310
Hooded Merganser	11,991	1,894
Killdeer	11,814	2,446
Brown Pelican	11,789	972
Blue-winged Teal	11,273	254
Black Skimmer	10,822	95
Long-tailed Duck	10,769	298
Common Eider	10,737	129
Red-breasted Merganser	10,238	815
Northern Gannet	10,096	67
Steller's Jay	9,872	2,766
Trumpeter Swan	9,710	307
Great Egret	9,441	2,220
Eastern Towhee	9,405	4,803
Chestnut-backed Chickadee	9,115	2,310
Spotted Towhee	9,032	3,469
Black-billed Magpie	8,772	2,099
Anna's Hummingbird	8,156	3,368
Golden-crowned Sparrow	8,074	1,567
Wood Duck	8,009	1,339
Western Scrub-Jay	7,850	3,044
Rusty Blackbird	7,810	444
Western Gull	7,750	453
Pine Warbler	7,564	3,135
Great Black-backed Gull	7,544	724
Mute Swan	7,515	727
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	7,499	3,413
Sanderling	7,434	283
Bonaparte's Gull	7,394	229
White-winged Scoter	7,380	180
Savannah Sparrow	7,316	978
Snowy Egret	7,187	1,144
Pileated Woodpecker	7,160	5,244
Eastern Meadowlark	6,690	896
Pied-billed Grebe	6,621	1,694
Gambel's Quail	6,569	510
Brown-headed Nuthatch	6,549	3,329
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch	6,372	98
Red-shouldered Hawk	5,857	3,874
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	5,793	158
Long-billed Dowitcher	5,484	90
Least Sandpiper	5,440	197
Cattle Egret	5,269	507
Common Moorhen	5,254	496
Cooper's Hawk	5,249	4,570
Western Meadowlark	5,244	508
Western Grebe	5,183	322
American Kestrel	4,942	2,790
Fox Sparrow	4,921	2,278
Western Sandpiper	4,881	122
Black-bellied Plover	4,836	166
White-winged Crossbill	4,824	589
Band-tailed Pigeon	4,765	469
Mountain Chickadee	4,556	1,183
Willet	4,521	268
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	4,443	66
Barrow's Goldeneye	4,346	355
Golden-crowned Kinglet	4,235	1,165
Brown Thrasher	4,133	2,952
Anhinga	3,947	808
Palm Warbler	3,891	770
Inca Dove	3,802	636
Pinyon Jay	3,714	129
Ring-necked Pheasant	3,630	897
American Pipit	3,598	251
Marbled Godwit	3,572	95
Varied Thrush	3,556	1,244
Royal Tern	3,541	178
Brown Creeper	3,483	2,521
Red-headed Woodpecker	3,456	2,291
Belted Kingfisher	3,449	2,520
Semipalmated Plover	3,392	93
Eastern Phoebe	3,309	1,985
Sharp-shinned Hawk	3,287	2,983
California Towhee	3,243	1,360
Rock Sandpiper	3,207	13
House Wren	3,191	1,266
Forster's Tern	3,189	348
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	3,160	2,533
Winter Wren	3,070	1,303
Harris's Sparrow	3,015	544
Horned Grebe	2,959	498
Brandt's Cormorant	2,905	95
Common Ground-Dove	2,786	751
Common Loon	2,759	690
American Avocet	2,701	92
Glossy Ibis	2,678	149
Northern Harrier	2,506	1,415
Swamp Sparrow	2,432	663
Western Bluebird	2,409	499
Osprey	2,395	1,120
Black-necked Stilt	2,376	114
Bewick's Wren	2,332	1,402
Gray Catbird	2,299	1,095
Black Scoter	2,116	108
Little Blue Heron	2,112	719
Short-billed Dowitcher	2,109	68
Pygmy Nuthatch	2,108	501
Black Phoebe	2,090	1,110
Mottled Duck	2,013	326
Acorn Woodpecker	1,934	585
Ruddy Turnstone	1,890	167
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	1,883	622
Red Crossbill	1,845	257
Great Horned Owl	1,828	1,300
Black-crowned Night-Heron	1,827	308
Oak Titmouse	1,781	875
Tricolored Heron	1,708	459
Hermit Thrush	1,669	1,211
Harlequin Duck	1,660	151
Iceland Gull	1,645	65
Ross's Goose	1,638	62
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch	1,589	15
Wilson's Snipe	1,540	303
Thayer's Gull	1,524	129
Marbled Murrelet	1,519	44
Orange-crowned Warbler	1,457	902
Wood Stork	1,450	375
Monk Parakeet	1,383	173
Gray Jay	1,380	521
Greater Yellowlegs	1,380	279
Northern Bobwhite	1,366	242
Glaucous Gull	1,348	113
White-faced Ibis	1,340	64
Lesser Yellowlegs	1,316	110
Rough-legged Hawk	1,287	573
Cassin's Finch	1,263	271
Loggerhead Shrike	1,251	702
Lark Sparrow	1,248	169
Barred Owl	1,246	920
Purple Martin	1,220	286
Gila Woodpecker	1,197	421
Cinnamon Teal	1,183	158
Roseate Spoonbill	1,168	132
Black-crested Titmouse	1,160	463
Gray Partridge	1,156	106
Pelagic Cormorant	1,147	151
Mountain Bluebird	1,140	103
Vesper Sparrow	1,109	188
Ruffed Grouse	1,049	604
Curve-billed Thrasher	1,041	547
Yellow-headed Blackbird	1,030	21
Cactus Wren	1,008	411
Painted Bunting	1,006	293
Sharp-tailed Grouse	1,003	96
Hoary Redpoll	1,001	378
Emperor Goose	981	7
Baltimore Oriole	980	320
Yellow-billed Magpie	968	179
Eurasian Tree Sparrow	963	136
Heermann's Gull	943	39
Common Yellowthroat	922	336
White-throated Swift	918	44
Eared Grebe	873	122
Lapland Longspur	869	68
Boreal Chickadee	865	305
Red-crowned Parrot	838	44
Red-throated Loon	836	119
Verdin	836	359
Marsh Wren	810	310
Neotropic Cormorant	797	90
Great Cormorant	781	114
Scaled Quail	781	70
Nuttall's Woodpecker	766	478
Lincoln's Sparrow	744	336
Black-throated Sparrow	742	156
Black Turnstone	709	43
Allen's Hummingbird	679	283
Ladder-backed Woodpecker	667	441
Golden-fronted Woodpecker	659	283
Common Murre	654	35
Abert's Towhee	632	207
Clark's Nutcracker	632	198
Costa's Hummingbird	632	299
Long-billed Curlew	632	85
Townsend's Warbler	617	427
Green Heron	606	332
Say's Phoebe	601	352
Eastern Screech-Owl	591	445
Zebra Dove	588	52
Canyon Towhee	576	265
Pyrrhuloxia	575	229
White-eyed Vireo	553	242
American Oystercatcher	541	97
Pigeon Guillemot	537	79
Phainopepla	517	181
Merlin	496	442
Purple Sandpiper	493	41
Common Myna	478	61
Greater Roadrunner	475	344
Golden Eagle	459	266
Townsend's Solitaire	459	312
Eurasian Wigeon	449	111
Pacific Loon	426	61
Rufous Hummingbird	416	279
Lark Bunting	412	20
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	411	275
Lesser Black-backed Gull	400	70
Peregrine Falcon	394	325
American Woodcock	393	146
Steller's Eider	392	4
Great Kiskadee	372	84
Green Jay	365	84
Chihuahuan Raven	352	44
Crested Caracara	350	142
Bronzed Cowbird	347	22
Northern Shrike	346	321
Red-necked Grebe	338	111
Wrentit	338	120
Blue-headed Vireo	333	211
Rufous-crowned Sparrow	327	108
Indigo Bunting	316	70
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	315	73
Brewer's Sparrow	314	49
Fulvous Whistling-Duck	310	11
Willow Ptarmigan	310	12
Red Knot	308	16
Cave Swallow	306	17
Caspian Tern	305	88
Cassin's Kingbird	292	90
Java Sparrow	291	30
Snowy Plover	283	29
Red-breasted Sapsucker	280	239
Tricolored Blackbird	280	38
Greater Prairie-Chicken	278	12
Spotted Sandpiper	273	149
Black-hooded Parakeet	269	43
Mexican Jay	268	50
Black Rosy-Finch	264	23
Barn Owl	262	202
White-tailed Kite	257	146
Piping Plover	255	27
Yellow-throated Warbler	253	204
Spotted Dove	252	45
Snowy Owl	237	141
Black Oystercatcher	232	56
Limpkin	232	112
Black-and-white Warbler	225	165
Florida Scrub-Jay	221	39
Least Grebe	221	48
California Thrasher	216	123
Purple Gallinule	215	48
Sandwich Tern	203	24
Rock Wren	193	92
American Dipper	187	128
Clark's Grebe	185	40
Pacific Golden-Plover	185	37
Bridled Titmouse	184	60
Surfbird	183	12
Juniper Titmouse	182	98
Hutton's Vireo	180	111
McCown's Longspur	165	3
Plain Chachalaca	158	21
Prairie Falcon	157	131
Lawrence's Goldfinch	155	16
Lewis's Woodpecker	155	57
Cliff Swallow	154	16
Nutmeg Mannikin	153	24
Vermilion Flycatcher	151	80
Canyon Wren	149	89
Northern Goshawk	146	134
Harris's Hawk	142	75
Clapper Rail	141	64
Peach-faced Lovebird	138	27
Ferruginous Hawk	134	102
Gilded Flicker	129	79
Sora	128	71
Chestnut-collared Longspur	127	5
Short-eared Owl	127	65
Red-masked Parakeet	123	11
Barn Swallow	122	33
Northern Parula	122	52
Sage Sparrow	121	25
Wilson's Plover	121	17
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher	118	41
Red Junglefowl	117	17
Violet-green Swallow	115	25
Laysan Albatross	107	8
Stilt Sandpiper	106	11
Virginia Rail	106	65
White-tipped Dove	103	27
Red-crested Cardinal	99	26
American Bittern	97	64
Sedge Wren	94	44
Chukar	93	15
Long-eared Owl	93	44
Reddish Egret	93	57
Green Parakeet	91	5
Prairie Warbler	91	56
Crissal Thrasher	87	55
Northern Saw-whet Owl	87	69
Great Crested Flycatcher	86	49
Couch's Kingbird	85	36
Northern Hawk Owl	85	71
Black Guillemot	84	23
Chestnut Munia	84	7
Burrowing Owl	81	35
Japanese White-eye	81	29
Louisiana Waterthrush	78	2
Buff-bellied Hummingbird	77	58
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet	76	11
Broad-billed Hummingbird	74	29
Seaside Sparrow	71	16
Common Waxbill	70	12
Western Screech-Owl	70	60
Red-cockaded Woodpecker	69	41
Long-billed Thrasher	67	45
Common Tern	66	21
Red-naped Sapsucker	66	46
Ovenbird	64	48
Sprague's Pipit	64	6
Whooping Crane	63	15
Whimbrel	62	33
Grasshopper Sparrow	60	30
Black-legged Kittiwake	57	6
Muscovy Duck	57	11
Rock Ptarmigan	55	1
Saffron Finch	55	7
White-headed Woodpecker	54	35
Le Conte's Sparrow	53	18
Mountain Quail	53	13
Black-chinned Hummingbird	51	42
Purple Swamphen	50	6
Red-vented Bulbul	50	21
Spruce Grouse	49	27
Cassin's Auklet	48	2
Black-vented Shearwater	47	4
Green-tailed Towhee	47	29
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	47	15
Bachman's Sparrow	43	15
Common Pauraque	43	22
Northern Pygmy-Owl	43	41
Mitred Parakeet	42	7
White-tailed Hawk	42	26
Yellow Warbler	42	32
Green Kingfisher	41	28
Rose-ringed Parakeet	41	8
California Gnatcatcher	40	12
Cassin's Sparrow	40	8
Greater Sage-Grouse	40	4
Rufous-winged Sparrow	40	14
Apapane	39	7
Audubon's Oriole	39	15
Bendire's Thrasher	39	16
Common Peafowl	39	8
Gull-billed Tern	39	13
Black-backed Woodpecker	38	25
Egyptian Goose	38	9
Wilson's Warbler	37	30
Lilac-crowned Parrot	36	4
Sage Thrasher	36	18
Red-whiskered Bulbul	35	15
White-crowned Pigeon	34	8
Black-chinned Sparrow	33	13
Black-headed Gull	33	13
Great Gray Owl	33	27
Hawaiian Goose	33	4
Olive Sparrow	33	24
Ringed Kingfisher	32	19
Gray Flycatcher	28	25
Spot-breasted Oriole	27	13
Red-footed Booby	26	4
Western Kingbird	26	14
Altamira Oriole	24	15
American Three-toed Woodpecker	24	18
Razorbill	24	8
Gray Francolin	22	6
Red-faced Cormorant	22	2
Snail Kite	22	12
Tropical Kingbird	22	14
Yellow-headed Parrot	22	5
Clay-colored Thrush	21	12
Whip-poor-will	21	13
Mountain Plover	20	3
Blue-crowned Parakeet	19	3
Budgerigar	19	3
Rhinoceros Auklet	19	10
Common Poorwill	17	4
Henslow's Sparrow	17	9
Ash-throated Flycatcher	16	11
Black-throated Gray Warbler	16	15
Broad-winged Hawk	16	16
King Rail	16	9
White-rumped Shama	16	7
Dickcissel	15	15
Groove-billed Ani	15	7
Le Conte's Thrasher	15	6
Summer Tanager	15	15
Western Tanager	15	14
Yellow-fronted Canary	15	4
Black-headed Grosbeak	14	12
Lazuli Bunting	14	5
Ruddy Ground-Dove	14	8
Swainson's Hawk	14	9
Franklin's Gull	13	5
Hooded Oriole	13	12
Montezuma Quail	13	2
Wandering Tattler	13	7
Williamson's Sapsucker	13	8
Arizona Woodpecker	12	10
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow	12	5
Tropical Parula	12	11
Northern Waterthrush	11	9
Plumbeous Vireo	11	6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	11	9
Solitary Sandpiper	11	10
Swallow-tailed Kite	11	5
Hawaiian Duck	10	4
King Eider	10	9
Nashville Warbler	10	10
Shiny Cowbird	10	1
Tufted Duck	10	5
Yellow-eyed Junco	10	4
Boreal Owl	9	7
Calliope Hummingbird	9	9
Hawaii Amakihi	9	3
Kalij Pheasant	9	5
Red Phalarope	9	2
Yellow-billed Cardinal	9	4
Yellow-billed Loon	9	8
American Redstart	8	8
Black-throated Green Warbler	8	7
Clay-colored Sparrow	8	7
Dovekie	8	3
Hammond's Flycatcher	8	6
Hawaiian Coot	8	5
Hwamei	8	5
Painted Redstart	8	7
Pectoral Sandpiper	8	3
Short-tailed Hawk	8	6
Gyrfalcon	7	7
Mandarin Duck	7	3
Orange Bishop	7	3
Parasitic Jaeger	7	5
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow	7	6
White Tern	7	4
Black-footed Albatross	6	3
Bullock's Oriole	6	5
Iiwi	6	1
Island Scrub-Jay	6	4
Least Bittern	6	6
Little Gull	6	3
Red-billed Pigeon	6	1
White-tailed Ptarmigan	6	2
Baird's Sparrow	5	2
Black-throated Blue Warbler	5	5
Cassin's Vireo	5	4
Graylag Goose	5	1
Hepatic Tanager	5	4
Least Flycatcher	5	5
Maui Alauahio	5	1
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet	5	5
Orchard Oriole	5	5
Pacific-slope Flycatcher	5	4
Red-lored Parrot	5	2
Scott's Oriole	5	4
Smith's Longspur	5	3
White-tailed Tropicbird	5	1
Black-capped Gnatcatcher	4	3
Blue-throated Hummingbird	4	4
Broad-tailed Hummingbird	4	4
California Condor	4	1
Common Nighthawk	4	3
Gray Hawk	4	4
Great Frigatebird	4	1
Magnificent Frigatebird	4	4
Northern Fulmar	4	2
Sky Lark	4	1
Swan Goose	4	1
Tennessee Warbler	4	4
Yellow-breasted Chat	4	4
Baird's Sandpiper	3	1
Blue Mockingbird	3	3
Dusky Flycatcher	3	3
Hawaiian Hawk	3	2
Japanese Bush-Warbler	3	1
Lavender Waxbill	3	1
Magnolia Warbler	3	2
Olive Warbler	3	1
Pomarine Jaeger	3	2
Zone-tailed Hawk	3	3
Aplomado Falcon	2	2
Atlantic Puffin	2	2
Black-billed Cuckoo	2	1
Blue Bunting	2	1
Brown Booby	2	1
Chuck-will's-widow	2	2
Dusky-capped Flycatcher	2	1
Elegant Trogon	2	2
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl	2	1
Lesser Nighthawk	2	1
Masked Duck	2	2
Red-billed Leiothrix	2	1
Slaty-backed Gull	2	2
Spotted Owl	2	2
Tufted Puffin	2	1
Violet-crowned Hummingbird	2	2
White-collared Seedeater	2	1
White-winged Parakeet	2	1
Whooper Swan	2	2
Xantus's Murrelet	2	1
Ancient Murrelet	1	1
Bell's Vireo	1	1
Blackpoll Warbler	1	1
Chestnut-sided Warbler	1	1
Dusky Grouse	1	1
Elepaio	1	1
Erckel's Francolin	1	1
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel	1	1
Gray Kingbird	1	1
Helmeted Guineafowl	1	1
Mangrove Cuckoo	1	1
McKay's Bunting	1	1
Omao	1	1
Pink-footed Shearwater	1	1
Rufous-capped Warbler	1	1
Sinaloa Wren	1	1
Smooth-billed Ani	1	1
Thick-billed Murre	1	1
Vaux's Swift	1	1
Virginia's Warbler	1	1
Wood Thrush	1	1
Worm-eating Warbler	1	1
Yellow-footed Gull	1	1
Yellow-legged Gull	1	1
Total	11,479,549

A total of 619 species were reported.

This report was updated 15-Mar-2009 16:25 ET. Bird checklists submitted to GBBC are included on these results within about 2 hours of submission.