Cranes & Allies:

Rallidae (rails): American coot

Cuckoos, Anis, Roadrunners:

Cuculidae (cuckoos): Black-billed cuckoo | Yellow-billed cuckoo

Empidonax Flycatchers:

Tyrannidae (Tyrant flycatchers): Acadian flycatcher | Willow flycatcher

Gallinaceous Birds:

Phasianidae (heavy ground-birds): Greater prairie chicken | Ring-necked pheasant | Ruffed grouse | Wild turkey

Galliformes (heavy ground-feeding birds): Northern bobwhite

Goatsuckers:

Caprimulgidae (nightjars): Chuck-will's-widow | Common nighthawk | Whip-poor-will

Grebes:

Podicipedidae (grebes): Pied-billed grebe

Herons & Allies:

Ardeidae (herons, egrets): Great blue heron | Green-backed heron | Least bittern

Ardeidae (herons): American bittern

Kingfishers:

Alcedinidae (kingfishers): Belted kingfisher

Owls:

Strigidae (owls): Barred owl | Eastern screech-owl | Great horned owl

Perching Birds:

Alaudidae (larks): Horned lark

Laniidae (shrikes): Loggerhead shrike

Paridae (chickadees, titmice): Black-capped chickadee | Blue-gray gnatcatcher | Carolina chickadee | Tufted titmouse

Passerellidae (new world sparrows): American goldfinch | Blue grosbeak | Chipping sparrow | Dickcissel | Eastern towhee | Field sparrow | Grasshopper sparrow | Indigo bunting | Larksparrow | Northern cardinal | Purple finch | Rose-breasted grosbeak | Song sparrow | White-crowned sparrow | White-throated sparrow

Passeridae (old world sparrows): House sparrow

Sittidae (nuthatches): White-breasted nuthatch

Tyrannidae (Tyrant flycatchers): Eastern kingbird | Eastern phoebe | Eastern wood peewee | Great crested flycatcher

Vireonidae (vireos): Bell's vireo | Red-eyed vireo | Warbling vireo | White-eyed vireo | Yellow-throated vireo

Corvidae (jays, magpies, crows): Bluejay | Common crow

Hirundinidae (swallows): Barn swallow | Purple martin

Icteridae (blackbirds, orioles): Baltimore oriole | Brown-headed cowbird | Common grackle | Eastern meadowlark | Orchard oriole | Red-winged blackbird | Scarlet tanager | Summer tanager | Western meadowlark

Mimidae (mimic thrushes): Brown thrasher | Gray catbird | Northern mockingbird

Parulidae (warblers, sparrows): American redstart | Black and white warbler | Blue-winged warbler | Cerulean warbler | Common yellow throat | Kentucky warbler | Louisiana waterthrush | Northern parula | Ovenbird | Prairie warbler | Prothonotary warbler | Worm-eating warbler | Yellow warbler | Yellow-breasted chat | Yellow-throated warbler

Sturnidae (starlings): Starling

Troglodytidae (wrens): Bewick's wren | Carolina wren | House wren

Turdidae (thrushes): American Robin | Eastern bluebird | Wood thrush

Pigeons, Doves:

Columbidae (pigeons, doves): Mourning dove | Rock dove

Shorebirds:

Charadriidae (plovers, dotterels, lapwings): Killdeer

Scolopacidae (sandpipers): American woodcock | Greater yellowlegs | Lesser yellowlegs | Upland sandpiper

Swifts, Hummingbirds:

Apodidae (swifts): Chimney swift

Trochilidae (hummingbirds): Ruby-throated hummingbird

Vultures, Hawks, Falcons:

Falconidae (falcons, caracaras): American kestrel

Accipitridae (hawks, kites): Bald eagle | Broad-winged hawk | Red-shouldered hawk | Red-tailed hawk

Cathartidae (condors): Turkey vulture

Waterfowl:

Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans): Canada goose | Mallard | Snow goose | Wood duck

Woodpeckers:

Picidae (woodpeckers): Downy woodpecker | Hairy woodpecker | Northern flicker | Pileated woodpecker | Red-bellied woodpecker | Red-headed woodpecker

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