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2009 Results: British Columbia

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

See list of localities in British Columbia with reports.


Species [taxonomic]
[alphabetic] 		Number of Birds   Number of Checklists
Reporting the Species
Greater White-fronted Goose 14       1      
Snow Goose 561       7      
Brant 413       3      
Cackling Goose 177       2      
Canada Goose 5,823       186      
Mute Swan 70       9      
Trumpeter Swan 1,954       63      
Tundra Swan 36       3      
Wood Duck 152       22      
Gadwall 183       24      
Eurasian Wigeon 122       22      
American Wigeon 8,267       107      
Mallard 14,060       259      
Northern Shoveler 219       18      
Northern Pintail 2,371       39      
Green-winged Teal 1,338       59      
Canvasback 191       13      
Redhead 15       3      
Ring-necked Duck 657       40      
Greater Scaup 1,515       17      
Lesser Scaup 420       34      
Harlequin Duck 340       34      
Surf Scoter 10,939       40      
White-winged Scoter 1,478       19      
Black Scoter 159       12      
Long-tailed Duck 37       12      
Bufflehead 1,777       165      
Common Goldeneye 618       104      
Barrow's Goldeneye 401       42      
Hooded Merganser 307       70      
Common Merganser 760       119      
Red-breasted Merganser 236       42      
Ruddy Duck 48       2      
Chukar 8       1      
Gray Partridge 2       1      
Ring-necked Pheasant 31       14      
Ruffed Grouse 73       37      
Spruce Grouse 1       1      
Sharp-tailed Grouse 27       3      
Wild Turkey 57       8      
California Quail 859       68      
Red-throated Loon 3       3      
Pacific Loon 98       13      
Common Loon 102       37      
Pied-billed Grebe 28       16      
Horned Grebe 119       28      
Red-necked Grebe 16       5      
Eared Grebe 1       1      
Western Grebe 13       6      
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel 1       1      
Brandt's Cormorant 90       10      
Double-crested Cormorant 314       62      
Pelagic Cormorant 156       28      
Great Blue Heron 346       140      
Cattle Egret 5       1      
Black-crowned Night-Heron 7       2      
Turkey Vulture 9       4      
Bald Eagle 1,194       377      
Northern Harrier 33       22      
Sharp-shinned Hawk 43       38      
Cooper's Hawk 76       46      
Northern Goshawk 3       2      
Red-tailed Hawk 147       89      
Rough-legged Hawk 2       2      
Golden Eagle 7       7      
American Kestrel 4       4      
Merlin 33       29      
Gyrfalcon 2       2      
Peregrine Falcon 6       6      
Prairie Falcon 3       1      
American Coot 650       45      
Sandhill Crane 2       1      
Black-bellied Plover 92       11      
Pacific Golden-Plover 4       1      
Killdeer 19       11      
Black Oystercatcher 43       15      
Greater Yellowlegs 12       2      
Lesser Yellowlegs 2       1      
Long-billed Curlew 1       1      
Black Turnstone 265       12      
Sanderling 29       2      
Western Sandpiper 4       1      
Least Sandpiper 2       1      
Rock Sandpiper 100       1      
Dunlin 1,397       13      
Long-billed Dowitcher 2       2      
Wilson's Snipe 2       2      
Bonaparte's Gull 17       4      
Mew Gull 1,597       52      
Ring-billed Gull 179       23      
Western Gull 337       35      
California Gull 47       12      
Herring Gull 334       33      
Thayer's Gull 668       19      
Slaty-backed Gull 1       1      
Glaucous-winged Gull 10,307       188      
Glaucous Gull 64       18      
Common Murre 123       3      
Pigeon Guillemot 63       6      
Marbled Murrelet 12       4      
Rhinoceros Auklet 1       1      
Rock Pigeon 3,170       129      
Band-tailed Pigeon 81       19      
Eurasian Collared-Dove 9       5      
Mourning Dove 160       26      
Barn Owl 6       5      
Western Screech-Owl 4       2      
Great Horned Owl 18       11      
Snowy Owl 2       1      
Northern Pygmy-Owl 11       11      
Barred Owl 10       9      
Great Gray Owl 1       1      
Northern Saw-whet Owl 4       4      
Anna's Hummingbird 260       115      
Belted Kingfisher 29       26      
Red-breasted Sapsucker 23       19      
Downy Woodpecker 524       355      
Hairy Woodpecker 308       191      
American Three-toed Woodpecker 1       1      
Black-backed Woodpecker 3       1      
Northern Flicker 1,020       497      
Pileated Woodpecker 212       153      
Say's Phoebe 1       1      
Northern Shrike 14       14      
Hutton's Vireo 14       9      
Gray Jay 123       47      
Steller's Jay 1,202       373      
Blue Jay 71       28      
Clark's Nutcracker 59       21      
Black-billed Magpie 233       63      
American Crow 911       123      
Northwestern Crow 42,800       420      
Common Raven 1,923       397      
Sky Lark 4       1      
Tree Swallow 5       2      
Violet-green Swallow 2       1      
Barn Swallow 2       1      
Black-capped Chickadee 4,805       705      
Mountain Chickadee 465       108      
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1,476       322      
Boreal Chickadee 22       7      
Bushtit 2,004       146      
Red-breasted Nuthatch 649       353      
White-breasted Nuthatch 57       33      
Pygmy Nuthatch 85       24      
Brown Creeper 87       66      
Bewick's Wren 105       71      
Winter Wren 114       57      
Marsh Wren 29       13      
American Dipper 28       18      
Golden-crowned Kinglet 344       57      
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 52       34      
Western Bluebird 3       1      
Townsend's Solitaire 33       30      
Hermit Thrush 11       9      
American Robin 2,321       341      
Varied Thrush 814       272      
European Starling 6,445       317      
American Pipit 19       4      
Bohemian Waxwing 4,398       37      
Cedar Waxwing 83       5      
Orange-crowned Warbler 3       2      
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4       1      
Townsend's Warbler 6       6      
Spotted Towhee 1,307       443      
American Tree Sparrow 30       9      
Savannah Sparrow 1       1      
Fox Sparrow 573       223      
Song Sparrow 1,027       450      
Lincoln's Sparrow 8       6      
White-throated Sparrow 10       9      
Harris's Sparrow 1       1      
White-crowned Sparrow 181       70      
Golden-crowned Sparrow 467       130      
Dark-eyed Junco 6,225       668      
Snow Bunting 124       1      
Red-winged Blackbird 2,024       165      
Western Meadowlark 9       5      
Brewer's Blackbird 823       30      
Brown-headed Cowbird 19       5      
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 61       2      
Pine Grosbeak 1,076       88      
Purple Finch 286       89      
Cassin's Finch 2       1      
House Finch 2,325       373      
Red Crossbill 85       7      
White-winged Crossbill 15       1      
Common Redpoll 1,466       62      
Hoary Redpoll 45       2      
Pine Siskin 3,120       257      
American Goldfinch 427       67      
Evening Grosbeak 1,671       52      
House Sparrow 1,959       255      
Total 179,002             

A total of 193 species were reported.

See list of localities in British Columbia with reports.

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.

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