Birds of Washington, NH
Bird list from information collected by Elinor M. Johnson and others,
and printed in Appendix C of :
Portrait of a hill town: a history of Washington, New Hampshire, 1876-1976,
Washington History Committee, Washington, N.H. 1977.
The source of this page was excerpted from the USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter; Gough, G.A., Sauer, J.R., Iliff, M. Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter. 1998. Version 97.1. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD.
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Blackbirds & Orioles
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- Order Gaviiformes: LOONS
- Order Ciconiiformes: HERONS, IBIS & NEW WORLD VULTURES
- Order Anseriformes: SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS
- Order Falconiformes: EAGLES, KITES, FALCONS & HAWKS
- Order Galliformes: GROUSE, TURKEY & QUAIL
- Order Gruiformes: RAILS, LIMPKIN & CRANES
- Order Charadriiformes: SHOREBIRDS
- Order Columbiformes: DOVES
- Order Cuculiformes: CUCKOOS, ROADRUNNER & ANIS
- Order Strigiformes: OWLS
- Order Caprimulgiformes: GOATSUCKERS
- Order Apodiformes: SWIFTS & HUMMINGBIRDS
- Order Coraciiformes: KINGFISHERS
- Order Piciformes: WOODPECKERS
- Order Passeriformes: PERCHING BIRDS
- Family Tyrannidae: Flycatchers
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Family Laniidae: Shrikes
- Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Family Vireonidae: Vireos
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Family Corvidae: Jays & Crows
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Family Hirundinidae: Swallows
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Family Paridae: Chickadees & Titmice
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Family Sittidae: Nuthatches
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Family Certhiidae: Creeper
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Family Troglodytidae: Wrens
- House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Family Regulidae: Kinglets
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
- Family Turdidae: Thrushes
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Family Mimidae: Mockingbirds & Thrashers
- Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Family Bombycillidae: Waxwings
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Family Peucedramidae: Olive Warbler
- Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus
- Family Parulidae: Warblers
- Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla
- Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
- Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
- Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
- Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
- Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
- Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus
- Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis
- Family Thraupidae: Tanagers
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Family Emberizidae: Towhees & Sparrows
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Family Cardinalidae: Grosbeaks & Buntings
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Family Icteridae: Blackbirds & Orioles
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Family Fringillidae: Finches
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea
- Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus
- American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
- Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
- Family Tyrannidae: Flycatchers