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Northern BC & Alberta – Where West & East Meet
This list includes species likely, but not guaranteed, to be seen on this tour. The birds included here have been seen on the majority of past tours to the region.
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis |
| Trumpeter Swan | Cygnus buccinator |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca |
| American Wigeon | Anas americana |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta |
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata |
| Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors |
| Cinnamon Teal | Anas cyanoptera |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria |
| Redhead | Aythya americana |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis |
| White-winged Scoter | Melanitta fusca |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes Cucullatus |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis |
| Gray Partridge | Perdix perdix |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus |
| Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus |
| Spruce Grouse | Falcipennis canadensis |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena |
| Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis |
| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus |
| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| Northern Harrier | Circus cyaneus |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos |
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus |
| Cooper's Hawk | Accipiter cooperii |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis |
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius |
| Prairie Falcon | Falco mexicanus |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| Sora | Porzana carolina |
| Yellow Rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis |
| American Coot | Fulica americana |
| Sandhill Crane | Grus canadensis |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana |
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius |
| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos |
| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolapaceus |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| Franklin's Gull | Larus pipixcan |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Larus philadelphia |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis |
| California Gull | Larus californicus |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus |
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus |
| Great Gray Owl | Strix nebulosa |
| Northern Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium gnoma |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus |
| Northern Hawk-Owl | Surnia ulula |
| Black Swift | Cypseloides niger |
| Vaux's Swift | Chaetura vauxi |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris |
| Calliope Hummingbird | Stellula calliope |
| Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus |
| Belted Kingfisher | Ceryle alcyon |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus |
| Red-breasted Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus ruber |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius |
| Downy Woodpecker | Picoides pubescens |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Picoides villosus |
| American Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides dorsalis |
| Pileated Woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi |
| Western Wood-Pewee | Contopus sordidulus |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris |
| Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum |
| Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii |
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus |
| Hammond's Flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii |
| Dusky Flycatcher | Empidonax oberholseri |
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe |
| Say's Phoebe | Sayornis saya |
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus |
| Northern Shrike | Lanius excubitor |
| Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius |
| Cassin's Vireo | Vireo cassinii |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus |
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus |
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata |
| Steller's Jay | Cyanocitta stelleri |
| Gray Jay | Perisoreus canadensis |
| Black-billed Magpie | Pica hudsonia |
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor |
| Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus |
| Mountain Chickadee | Poecile gambeli |
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee | Poecile rufescens |
| Boreal Chickadee | Poecile hudsonicus |
| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon |
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes |
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris |
| American Dipper | Cinclus mexicanus |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus carlendula |
| Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides |
| Townsend's Solitaire | Myadestes townsendi |
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus |
| Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius |
| European Starling | Sternus vulgaris |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens |
| Sprague's Pipit | Anthus spragueii |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum |
| Tennessee Warbler | Vermivora peregrina |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Vermivora celata |
| Nashville Warbler | Vermivora ruficapilla |
| Cape May Warbler | Dendroica tigrina |
| Magnolia Warbler | Dendroica magnolia |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Dendroica coronata |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia |
| Townsend's Warbler | Dendroica townsendi |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Dendroica virens |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Dendroica castanea |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Dendroica striata |
| Palm Warbler | Dendroica palmarum |
| Yellow Warbler | Dendroica petechia |
| Mourning Warbler | Oporornis philadelphia |
| MacGillivray's Warbler | Oporornis tolmiei |
| Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis |
| Canada Warbler | Wilsonia canadensis |
| Wilson's Warbler | Wilsonia pusilla |
| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla |
| Northern Waterthrush | Seiurus noveboracensis |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla |
| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida |
| Le Conte's Sparrow | Ammodramus leconteii |
| Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow | Ammodramus nelsoni |
| Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii |
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia |
| Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus |
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheuticus ludovicianus |
| Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus |
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscala |
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus |
| Brewer's Blackbird | Euphagus cyancophalus |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula |
| Purple Finch | Carpodacus purpureus |
| House Finch | Carpodacus mexicanus |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra |
| White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera |
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator |
| Pine Siskin | Carduelis pinus |
| American Goldfinch | Carduelis tristis |
| Evening Grosbeak | Coccothraustes vespertinus |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
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