r= Rare: May be present every year, but is encountered only a few times per season or in very specific locations

o= Occasional Observations are very infrequent as occurrences are generally far from the species' typical geographical or seasonal range

Checklist of Birds of the Upper Columbia Valley, British Columbia
 
 
Occas-
sional
Rare
Sightings
2010
2011
2012
2013
Comments
 
Loons
 
Common Loon
            
             
             
Grebes
 
Pied-billed Grebe
            
Horned Grebe
            
Red-necked Grebe
            
Eared Grebe
            
Western Grebe
           
             
             
Pelicans
 
American White Pelican
O
          
             
             
Cormorants
 
Double-crested Cormorant
O
          
             
             
Herons, Bitterns & Ibises
 
American Bittern
           
Great Blue Heron
            
Great egret
O
          
Cattle Egret
O
          
White-faced Ibis
O
          
             
             
Swans & Geese
 
Tundra Swan
           
Trumpeter Swan
           
Greater White-fronted Goose
O
          
Snow Goose
R
          
Ross' Goose
RRR
          
Canada Goose
           
             
             
Ducks
 
Wood Duck
           
Green-winged Teal
           
Mallard
            
Northern Pintail
           
Blue-winged Teal
           
Cinnamon Teal
           
Northern Shoveler
           
Gadwall
R
          
Eurasian Wigeon
R
          
American Widgeon
           
Canvasback
            
Redhead
            
Ring-necked Duck
           
Greater Scaup
           
Lesser Scaup
           
Harlequin Duck
           
Surf Scooter
O
          
White-winged Scooter
R
          
Common Goldeneye
           
Barrow's Goldeneye
           
Buffelhead
            
Hooded Merganzer
           
Red-breasted Merganzer
R
          
Ruddy Duck
           
             
             
Vultures
 
Turkey Vulture
R
          
             
             
Hawks & Eagles
 
Osprey
            
Bald Eagle
           
Northern Harrier
           
Sharp-shinned Hawk
           
Cooper's Hawk
           
Northern Goshawk
           
Broad-winged Hawk
O
          
Swainson's Hawk
O
          
Red-tailed Hawk
           
Rough-legged Hawk
           
Golden Eagle
           
American Kestrel
           
Merlin
            
Perigrine Falcon
O
          
Prairie Falcon
O
          
             
             
Grouse & Ptarmigan
 
Spruce Grouse
           
Blue Grouse
           
White-tailed Ptarmigan
            
Ruffed Grouse
           
Sharp-tailed Grouse
RRR
          
Wild Turkey
           
             
             
Rails & Cranes
 
Virginia Rail
R
          
Sora
            
American Coot
           
Sandhill Crane
O-R
          
             
             
Plovers, Stilts & Avocet
 
Black-bellied Plover
R
          
Lesser Golden Plover
R
          
Semipalmated Plover
R
          
Kildeer
            
Black-necked Stilt
RRR
          
American Avocet
O
          
             
             
Sandpipers
 
Greater Yellowlegs
           
Lesser Yellowlegs
           
Solitary Sandpiper
           
Spotted Sandpiper
           
Whimbrel
RRR
          
Long-billed Curlew
R
          
Marbled Godwit
RRR
          
Sanderling
O
          
Semipalmated Sandpiper
O
          
Western Sandpiper
O
          
Least Sandpiper
O
          
Baird's Sandpiper
R
          
Pectoral Sandpiper
           
Stilt Sandpiper
O
          
Short-billed Dowitcher
O
          
Long-billed Dowitcher
           
Common Snipe
           
Wilson's Phalarope
R
          
Red-necked Phalarope
O
          
             
             
Gulls & Terns
 
Pomaine Haeger
RRR
          
Bonaparte's Gull
           
Red-billed Gull
           
California Gull
           
Herring Gull
           
Common Tern
           
Arctic Tern
RRR
          
Foster's Tern
RRR
          
Black Tern
           
             
             
Doves
 
Rock Dove
            
Band-tailed Pidgeon
            
Mourning Dove
           
             
             
Cuckoos
 
Black-billed Cuckoo
O
          
             
             
OWLS
  Burrowing Owl
R
          
Flammulated Owl
R
          
Great-horned Owl
           
Snowy Owl
O
          
Northern Hawk Owl
R
          
Northern Pigmy Owl
            
Barred Owl
           
Great Gray Owl
R
          
Long-eared Owl
R
          
Short-eared Owl
O-R
          
Boreal Owl
R
          
Northern Saw-whet Owl
            
             
             
Nightjars & Swifts
 
Common Nighthawk
           
Common Poorwill
O
          
Black Swift
           
Vaux's Swift
           
White-throated Swift
R
          
             
             
Hummingbirds
 
Black-chinned hummingbird
           
Anna's hummingbird
RRR
          
Calliope hummingbird
R
         
Rufous hummingbird
           
             
             
Kingfishers
 
Belted Kingfisher
           
             
             
Woodpeckers
 
Lewis' Woodpecker
R
         
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
RRR
          
Red-naped Sapsucker
           
Downy Woodpecker
           
Hairy Woodpecker
           
White-headed Woodpecker
RRR
          
Three-toed Woodpecker
           
Black-backed Woodpecker
R
          
Northern Flicker
           
Pileated Woodpecker
           
             
             
Flycatchers
 
Olive-sided Flycatcher
            
Western Wood-Pewee
           
Alder Flycatcher
           
Willow Flycatcher
           
Least Flycatcher
           
Hammond's Flycatcher
           
Dusky Flycatcher
           
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
           
Eastern Phobe
O
          
Say's Phobe
O
          
Western Kingbird
           
Eastern Kingbird
           
             
             
Larks
 
Horned Lark
           
             
             
Swallows
 
Tree Swallow
           
Violet-green Swallow
           
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
            
Bank Swallow
           
Cliff Swallow
           
Barn Swallow
           
             
             
Jays & Crows
 
Gray Jay
           
Steller's Jay
           
Blue Jay
R
          
Clarck's Nutcracker
           
Black-billed Magpie
           
American Crow
           
Common Raven
            
             
             
Chickadees
 
Black-capped Chickadee
           
Mountain Chickadee
           
Boreal Chickadee
R
          
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
R
          
             
             
Nuthatches
 
Red-breasted Nuthatch
           
White-breasted Nuthatch
R
          
Pygmy Nuthatch
RRR
          
             
             
Creepers
 
Brown Creeper
           
             
             
Wrens
 
Rock Wren
R
          
House Wren
R
          
Winter Wren
           
Marsh Wren
           
             
             
Dippers
 
American Dipper
           
             
             
Kinglets
 
Golden-crowned Kinglet
           
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
           
             
             
Thrushes
 
Western Bluebird
O
          
Mountain Bluebird
           
Townsend's Solitaire
           
Veery
            
Swainson's Thrush
           
Hermit Thrush
           
American Robin
           
Varied Thrush
           
             
             
Mimic Thrushes
 
Gray Catbird
           
Northern Mockingbird
O
          
Brown Thrasher
RRR
          
             
             
Pipits
 
American Pipet
            
             
             
Waxwings
 
Bohemian Waxwing
           
Cedar Waxwing
           
             
             
Shrikes
 
Northern Shrike
           
Loggerhead Shrike
O
          
             
             
Starlings
 
European Starling
           
             
             
Vireos
 
Solitary Vireo
           
Warbling Vireo
           
Red-eyed Vireo
           
             
             
Wood Warblers
 
Tennessee Warbler
R
          
Orange-crowned Warbler
           
Nashville Warbler
           
Yellow Warbler
           
Magnolia Warbler
           
Yellow-rumped Warbler
           
Townsend's Warbler
           
Palm Warbler
RRR
          
Blackpoll Warbler
R
          
Black-and-white Warbler
RRR
          
American Redstart
           
Ovenbird
O
          
Northern Waterthrush
           
Mourning Warbler
RRR
          
MacGillvray's Warbler
           
Common Yellowthroat
           
Wilson's Warbler
           
Yellow-breasted Chat
RRR
          
             
             
Tanagers, Buntings & Sparrows
 
Western Tanager
           
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
O
          
Black-headed Grosbeak
           
Lazuli Bunting
           
Indigo Bunting
O
          
Rufous-side Towhee
R
          
American Tree Sparrow
            
Chipping Sparrow
           
Clay-colored Sparrow
           
Brewer's Sparrow
           
Vesper Sparrow
           
Lark Sparrow
O
          
Savannah Sparrow
           
LeConte's Sparrow
R
          
Fox Sparrow
           
Song Sparrow
           
Lincoln's Sparrow
           
White-throated Sparrow
O
          
Golden-crowned Sparrow
RRR
          
White-crowned Sparrow
            
Harris' Sparrow
RRR
         
Dark-eyed Junco
           
Lapland Longspur
O
          
Snow Bunting
           
             
             
Blackbirds & Orioles
 
Bobolink
            
Red-winged Blackbird
           
Western Meadowlark
           
Yellow-headed Blackbird
           
Rusty Blackbird
O-R
          
Brewer's Blackbird
           
Common Grackle
O
          
Brown-headed Cowbird
            
Northern Oriole
           
             
             
Finches
 
Grey-crowned Rosy-Finch
           
Pine Grosbeak
           
Purple Finch
           
Cassin's Finch            
House Finch
O
          
Red Crossbill
            
White-winged Crossbill
           
Common Redpoll
           
Hoary Redpoll
O
          
Pine Siskin
           
American Goldfinch
O
          
Evening Grosbeak
           
             
             
Old World Sparrows
 
House Sparrow
           
             
             
 
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