Bird Species Observed in Montana through April 2012 Notes: Verified breeding records for MT Indirect evidence of breeding for MT No evidence of breeding for MT, transient Verified overwinter records for MT (12/15-2/15) w = Present during winter season Species with fewer than 20 accepted records are listed in italics B = b = t = W = 1 Greater White-fronted Goose t w 2 Snow Goose t w 3 Ross's Goose t w 4 _ Cackling Goose t W 5 Canada Goose B W 6 Brant t 7 Mute Swan B W 8 _ Trumpeter Swan B W 9 Tundra Swan t W 10 Wood Duck B W 11 Gadwall B W 12 _ Eurasian Wigeon t w 13 American Wigeon B W 14 American Black Duck t w 15 Mallard B W 16 _ Blue-winged Teal B w 17 Cinnamon Teal B W 18 Northern Shoveler B W 19 Northern Pintail B W 20 _ Garganey t 21 Green-winged Teal B W 22 Canvasback B W 23 Redhead B w 24 _ Ring-necked Duck B w 25 Tufted Duck t 26 _ Greater Scaup t w 27 _ Lesser Scaup B w 28 Harlequin Duck B w 29 Surf Scoter t w 30 _ White-winged Scoter t w 31 Black Scoter t w 32 _ Long-tailed Duck t W 33 Bufflehead B W 34 _ Common Goldeneye B W 35 _ Barrow's Goldeneye B W 36 _ Hooded Merganser B W 37 _ Common Merganser B W 38 _ Red-breasted Merganser t W 39 Ruddy Duck B W 40 Chukar B w 41 _ Gray Partridge B w 42 _ Ring-necked Pheasant B w 43 Ruffed Grouse B w 44 _ Greater Sage-Grouse B w 45 _ Spruce Grouse B w 46 _ Willow Ptarmigan w 47 White-tailed Ptarmigan B w 48 _ Dusky Grouse B w 49 Sharp-tailed Grouse B w 50 Greater Prairie-Chicken b 51 Wild Turkey B w 52 Red-throated Loon t 53 Pacific Loon t w 54 Common Loon B W 55 Yellow-billed Loon t w 56 Pied-billed Grebe B W 57 Horned Grebe B W 58 Red-necked Grebe B W 59 Eared Grebe B W 60 Western Grebe B W 61 Clark's Grebe B 62 Manx Shearwater t 63 Wood Stork t 64 Double-crested Cormorant B w 65 American White Pelican B w 66 American Bittern B w 67 Least Bittern t 68 Great Blue Heron B W 69 Great Egret t 70 Snowy Egret B 71 Little Blue Heron t 72 Cattle Egret t 73 Green Heron t 74 Black-crowned Night-Heron B 75 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron t 76 Glossy Ibis t 77 White-faced Ibis B 78 Turkey Vulture B w 79 Osprey B w 80 White-tailed Kite t 81 Mississippi Kite t 82 Bald Eagle B W 83 Northern Harrier B W 84 Sharp-shinned Hawk B W 85 Cooper's Hawk B W 86 Northern Goshawk B W 87 Red-shouldered Hawk t 88 Broad-winged Hawk t 89 Swainson's Hawk B w 90 Red-tailed Hawk B W 91 Ferruginous Hawk B W 92 Rough-legged Hawk t W 93 Golden Eagle B W 94 Crested Caracara t 95 American Kestrel B W 96 Merlin B w 97 Gyrfalcon t w 98 Peregrine Falcon B w 99 Prairie Falcon B w 100 Yellow Rail b 101 Virginia Rail B w 102 Sora B w 103 Common Gallinule t 104 American Coot B w 105 Sandhill Crane B w 106 Whooping Crane t 107 Black-bellied Plover t 108 American Golden-Plover t 109 Snowy Plover b 110 Semipalmated Plover t 111 Piping Plover B 112 Killdeer B w 113 Mountain Plover B 114 Black-necked Stilt B 115 American Avocet B 116 Spotted Sandpiper B w 117 _ Solitary Sandpiper b 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 Greater Yellowlegs \ Willet . Lesser Yellowlegs . Upland Sandpiper . Whimbrel _ Long-billed Curlew . Hudsonian Godwit _ Marbled Godwit . Ruddy Turnstone _ Black Turnstone . Red Knot . Sanderling . Semipalmated Sandpiper _ Western Sandpiper . Least Sandpiper _ White-rumped Sandpiper . Baird's Sandpiper . Pectoral Sandpiper . Sharp-tailed Sandpiper _ Dunlin . Curlew Sandpiper _ Stilt Sandpiper . Buff-breasted Sandpiper . Short-billed Dowitcher _ Long-billed Dowitcher _ Wilson's Snipe _ American Woodcock _ Wilson's Phalarope _ Red-necked Phalarope . Red Phalarope Least Tern _ Caspian Tern Black Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern Forster's Tern Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger Long-billed Murrelet Ancient Murrelet Rock Pigeon Band-tailed Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove White-winged Dove Mourning Dove Inca Dove W B W w _ Black-legged Kittiwake _ Sabine's Gull Bonaparte's Gull . Little Gull _ Ross's Gull _ Laughing Gull Franklin's Gull B Mew Gull t W . Ring-billed Gull B W . California Gull B W Herring Gull B W Thayer's Gull t W . Iceland Gull t W Lesser Black-backed Gull t _ Glaucous-winged Gull t W Glaucous Gull t W Great Black-backed Gull t w B W t B W t B w t 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo b B Barn Owl B w Flammulated Owl B w Western Screech-Owl B w Eastern Screech-Owl B W Great Horned Owl B W _ Snowy Owl t W Northern Hawk Owl B W _ Northern Pygmy-Owl B W _ Burrowing Owl B w Barred Owl B W _ Great Gray Owl B W Long-eared Owl B W Short-eared Owl B W Boreal Owl B W Northern Saw-whet Owl B w _ Common Nighthawk B Common Poorwill B Whip-poor-will sp. t Black Swift B _ Chimney Swift B Vaux's Swift B White-throated Swift B _ Ruby-throated Hummingbird B _ Black-chinned Hummingbird B _ Anna's Hummingbird t w _ Costa's Hummingbird t _ Calliope Hummingbird B _ Broad-tailed Hummingbird B Rufous Hummingbird B Belted Kingfisher B w _ Lewis's Woodpecker B w _ Red-headed Woodpecker B w _ Red-bellied Woodpecker t _ Williamson's Sapsucker B _ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker t _ Red-naped Sapsucker B w _ Downy Woodpecker B W _ Hairy Woodpecker B W _ White-headed Woodpecker t w _ American Three-toed Woodpecker B W _ Black-backed Woodpecker B W Northern Flicker B W Pileated Woodpecker B W Olive-sided Flycatcher Western Wood -Pe wee Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Hammond's Flycatcher Gray Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher Cordilleran Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Say's Phoebe Vermilion Flycatcher Ash-throated Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Cassin's Kingbird Western Kingbird Eastern Kingbird B B t t b B B B B B B t w B w w t t B B w B 246 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher t 247 _ Loggerhead Shrike B W 248 Northern Shrike t W 249 _ White-eyed Vireo b 250 Yellow-throated Vireo b 251 Plumbeous Vireo B 252 Cassin's Vireo B 253 Blue-headed Vireo t 254 _ Warbling Vireo B 255 _ Philadelphia Vireo t 256 Red-eyed Vireo B 257 _ Gray Jay B W 258 _ Pinyon Jay B W 259 Steller's Jay B W 260 Blue Jay B W 261 _ Western Scrub- Jay t W 262 Clark's Nutcracker B W 263 _ Black-billed Magpie B W 264 American Crow B W 265 Common Raven B W 266 Horned Lark B W 267 _ Purple Martin B 268 Tree Swallow B 269 Violet-green Swallow B 270 Northern Rough-winged Swallow B 271 Bank Swallow B 272 Cliff Swallow B 273 Barn Swallow B 274 Black-capped Chickadee B W 275 Mountain Chickadee B W 276 Chestnut-sided Chickadee B W 277 Boreal Chickadee B W 278 Red-breasted Nuthatch B W 279 White-breasted Nuthatch B W 280 Pygmy Nuthatch B W 281 Brown Creeper B W 282 Rock Wren B w 283 _ Canyon Wren B W 284 Carolina Wren t 285 Bewick's Wren t W 286 House Wren B w 287 Pacific Wren B W 288 Winter Wren t 289 _ Sedge Wren B 290 Marsh Wren B W 291 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher B 292 American Dipper B W 293 _ Golden-crowned Kinglet B W 294 Ruby-crowned Kinglet B W 295 Eastern Bluebird B w 296 Western Bluebird B w 297 Mountain Bluebird B w 298 Townsend's Solitaire B W 299 _ Veery B 300 Gray-cheeked Thrush t 301 Swainson's Thrush B 302 Hermit Thrush B w 303 Wood Thrush t 304 American Robin B W 305 Varied Thrush B W 306 Gray Catbird B w 307 _ Northern Mockingbird B W 308 Sage Thrasher B 309 Brown Thrasher B W 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 Curve-billed Thrasher t W European Starling B W Siberian Accentor t W _ American Pipit B W Sprague's Pipit B _ Bohemian Waxwing b W Cedar Waxwing B W _ Lapland Longspur t W _ Chestnut-collared Longspur B _ Smith's Longspur t _ McCown's Longspur B Snow Bunting t W Ovenbird B Northern Waterthrush B _ Golden-winged Warbler t _ Blue-winged Warbler t Black-and-White Warbler B _ Prothonotary Warbler t Tennessee Warbler B _ Orange-crowned Warbler B Nashville Warbler B Connecticut Warbler t _ MacGillivray's Warbler B _ Mourning Warbler t _ Kentucky Warbler t Common Yellowthroat B w Hooded Warbler t American Redstart B _ Cape May Warbler t Northern Parula t _ Magnolia Warbler t Bay-breasted Warbler t Blackburnian Warbler t Yellow Warbler B Chestnut-sided Warbler t _ Blackpoll Warbler t Black-throated Blue Warbler t w Palm Warbler t w Pine Warbler t _ Yellow-rumped Warbler B W Yellow-throated Warbler t W Prairie Warbler t _ Black-throated Gray Warbler B w Townsend's Warbler B Black-throated Green Warbler t Canada Warbler t Wilson's Warbler B Painted Redstart t Yellow-breasted Chat B . Green-tailed Towhee . Spotted Towhee . Eastern Towhee _ American Tree Sparrow . Chipping Sparrow . Clay-colored Sparrow _ Brewer's Sparrow . Field Sparrow . Vesper Sparrow _ Lark Sparrow _ Black-throated Sparrow _ Sage Sparrow _ Lark Bunting _ Savannah Sparrow _ Grasshopper Sparrow B W B W t t W B W B B B B w B t B B B w B 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 Baird's Sparrow B Le Conte's Sparrow B w Nelson's Sparrow B Fox Sparrow B w Song Sparrow B W Lincoln's Sparrow B w Swamp Sparrow t W White-throated Sparrow t W Harris's Sparrow t W White-crowned Sparrow B W Golden-crowned Sparrow b w Dark-eyed J unco B W _ Summer Tanager t _ Scarlet Tanager t Western Tanager B Northern Cardinal t W _ Pyrrhuloxia t Rose-breasted Grosbeak B w Black-headed Grosbeak B W Blue Grosbeak B _ Lazuli Bunting B _ Indigo Bunting b _ Painted Bunting t w Dickcissel B Bobolink B _ Red-winged Blackbird B W Eastern Meadowlark t Western Meadowlark B W Yellow-headed Blackbird B W _ Rusty Blackbird t W Brewer's Blackbird B W Common Grackle B w Great-tailed Grackle b Brown-headed Cowbird B w Orchard Oriole B Hooded Oriole t Bullock's Oriole B w Baltimore Oriole B _ Brambling t W _ Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch B W Black Rosy-Finch B W Pine Grosbeak B W Purple Finch t W Cassin's Finch B W House Finch B w Red Crossbill B w White-winged Crossbill b w _ Common Redpoll t w _ Hoary Redpoll t w Pine Siskin B w Lesser Goldfinch B w American Goldfinch B w Evening Grosbeak B w House Sparrow B W CHECKLIST OF MONTANA BIRDS Lewis's Woodpecker Painting by Andrew Guttenburg N T A N A M Natural Heritage This checklist is based on the Montana Bird Records Committee official list, available online at: http://mtaudubon.org/birds/ mbrc.html and the Montana Bird Distribution Database, also available online at: http://mtnhp.org/tracker. This list can also be downloaded at: http://fwp.mt.gov/fishAndWildlife/ nongameCheckoff/birds.html and http://www.mtnhp. org/animal/. MONTANA BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE • : '?Jfc^% Montana ^ 1 1 Audubon | M Montana Nongame Wildlife Checkoff April 2012