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Winter Birds of Alberta

Birding doesn't stop when it's winter.

Black-capped Chickadee 1
Poecile atricapillus
Boreal Chickadee 2
Poecile hudsonicus
Mountain Chickadee 3
Poecile gambeli
Black-billed Magpie 4
Pica hudsonia
Bohemian Waxwing 5
Bombycilla garrulus
Common Raven 6
Corvus corax
Canada Goose 7
Branta canadensis
Red-breasted Nuthatch 8
Sitta canadensis
Canada Jay 9
Perisoreus canadensis
Northern Shrike 10
Lanius borealis
Great Gray Owl 11
Strix nebulosa
Great Horned Owl 12
Bubo virginianus
Hoary Redpoll 13
Acanthis hornemanni
House Finch 14
Haemorhous mexicanus
Snow Bunting 15
Plectrophenax nivalis
Common Redpoll 16
Acanthis flammea
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 17
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Snowy Owl 18
Bubo scandiacus
Purple Finch 19
Haemorhous purpureus
Cassin's Finch 20
Haemorhous cassinii
Merlin 21
Falco columbarius
Rough-legged Hawk 22
Buteo lagopus
Northern Goshawk 23
Accipiter gentilis
Northern Hawk Owl 24
Surnia ulula
Gyrfalcon 25
Falco rusticolus
Clark's Nutcracker 26
Nucifraga columbiana
House Sparrow 27
Passer domesticus
American Dipper 20
Cinclus mexicanus
White-breasted Nuthatch 28
Sitta carolinensis
Pine Siskin 29
Spinus pinus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 30
Regulus calendula
Red Crossbill 31
Loxia curvirostra
Pine Grosbeak 32
Pinicola enucleator
White-winged Crossbill 33
Loxia leucoptera
Evening Grosbeak 34
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden-crowned Kinglet 10
Regulus satrapa
Ring-necked Pheasant 35
Phasianus colchicus
Ruffed Grouse 36
Bonasa umbellus
Boreal Owl 37
Aegolius funereus
White-tailed Ptarmigan 38
Lagopus leucura
Willow Ptarmigan 39
Lagopus lagopus
Feral Pigeon 20
Columba livia domestica
Gray Partridge 40
Perdix perdix
Downy Woodpecker 41
Dryobates pubescens
Northern Pygmy-Owl 42
Glaucidium gnoma
Hairy Woodpecker 43
Dryobates villosus
Pileated Woodpecker 44
Dryocopus pileatus
American Three-toed Woodpecker 45
Picoides dorsalis
Northern Saw-whet Owl 46
Aegolius acadicus
Varied Thrush 47
Ixoreus naevius
Brown Creeper 48
Certhia americana
Black-backed Woodpecker 49
Picoides arcticus
Dark-eyed Junco 50
Junco hyemalis
Mallard 51
Anas platyrhynchos
Spruce Grouse 52
Falcipennis canadensis
European Starling 53
Sturnus vulgaris
Dusky Grouse 54
Dendragapus obscurus
Bald Eagle 55
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Golden Eagle 56
Aquila chrysaetos
Common Goldeneye 13
Bucephala clangula
Townsend's Solitaire 57
Myadestes townsendi
Greater Scaup 58
Aythya marila
Hooded Merganser 59
Lophodytes cucullatus
American White Pelican 60
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Blue Jay 61
Cyanocitta cristata
Trumpeter Swan 28
Cygnus buccinator
Northern Harrier 62
Circus hudsonius
Ring-necked Duck 63
Aythya collaris
Common Merganser 64
Mergus merganser
Lesser Scaup 65
Aythya affinis
Canvasback 54
Aythya valisineria
Northern Flicker 66
Colaptes auratus
Barrow's Goldeneye 67
Bucephala islandica
Wood Duck 68
Aix sponsa
Redhead 69
Aythya americana
Eurasian Collared-Dove 70
Streptopelia decaocto

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