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[HOME PAGE][Lab Information][Lab syllabus][List of birds to learn][Related Web Links][Student List] The following pages include all birds of Virginia (425). You must know the Order and family and be able to identify by sight each species marked with a
, approximately 190 birds. In addition, you will be expected to learn the vocalization for the 58 species labeled with a
symbol. Each week you will have to know about 15 new species for field quizzes and lab practicals. A list of the birds you will be required to know each week is listed in the weekly species list. This list is cumulative, therefore you will be responsible for all new birds each week, as well as, all birds you learned in the prior weeks.
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Order Falconiformes Hawks,
Eagles, Falcons, etc |
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| Family Accipitridae Hawks, Eagles and
Kites |
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| Pandion haliaetus |
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| Elanoides forficatus |
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| Elanus leucurus |
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| Ictinia mississippiensis
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| Haliaeetus leucocephalus
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| Circus cyaneus |
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| Accipiter striatus |
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| Accipiter cooperii |
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| Accipiter gentilis |
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| Buteo lineatus |
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| Buteo platypterus |
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| Buteo swainsoni |
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| Buteo jamaicensis Buteo regalis |
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| Buteo lagopus |
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| Aquila chrysaetos |
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| Family Falconidae Falcons and Caracaras |
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| Falco sparverius |
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| Falco columbarius |
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| Falco peregrinus |
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| Falco rusticolus |
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| Order Galliformes Pheasants,
Guineafowl,Cracids, etc |
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| Phasianus colchicus |
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| Bonasa umbellus |
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| Meleagris gallopavo |
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| Colinus virginianus |
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| Order Gruiformes Rails,
Cranes, Bustards, etc |
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| Coturnicops noveboracensis
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| Laterallus jamaicensis |
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| Rallus longirostris |
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| Rallus elegans |
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| Rallus limicola |
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| Porzana carolina Neocrex erythrops |
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| Porphyrio martinicus |
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| Gallinula chloropus |
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| Fulica americana |
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| Family Aramidae Limpkin |
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| Aramus guarauna |
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| Family Gruidae Cranes | ||
| Grus canadensis |
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| Order Charadriiformes Gulls,
Terns, Alcids, Sandpipers, etc |
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| Vanellus vanellus |
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| Pluvialis squatarola |
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| Pluvialis dominicus |
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| Charadrius wilsonia |
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| Charadrius semipalmatus
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| Charadrius melodus Charadrius montanus |
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| Charadrius vociferus |
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| Family Haematopodidae Oystercatchers |
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| Haematopus palliatus |
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| Family Recurvirostridae Avocets and Stilts |
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| Himantopus mexicanus |
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| Recurvirostra americana
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| Family Scolopacidae Sandpipers |
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| Tringa melanoleuca |
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| Tringa flavipes |
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| Tringa erythropus |
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| Tringa solitaria |
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| Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
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| Actitis macularia |
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| Bartramia longicauda |
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| Numenius phaeopus |
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| Numenius americanus |
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| Limosa limosa |
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| Limosa haemastica |
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| Limosa lapponica |
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| Limosa fedoa |
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| Arenaria interpres |
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| Calidris canutus |
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| Calidris alba |
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| Calidris pusilla |
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| Calidris mauri Calidris temminckii |
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| Calidris minuta |
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| Calidris minutilla |
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| Calidris fuscicollis |
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| Calidris bairdii |
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| Calidris melanotos |
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| Calidris maritima |
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| Calidris alpina |
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| Calidris ferruginea |
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| Micropalama himantopus |
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| Tryngites subruficollis
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| Philomachus pugnax |
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| Limnodromus griseus |
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| Limnodromus scolopaceus
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| Gallinago gallinago |
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| Scolopax minor |
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| Steganopus tricolor |
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| Phalaropus lobatus |
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| Phalaropus fulicaria |
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| Family Laridae Gulls and Terns |
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| Stercorarius pomarinus |
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| Stercorarius parasiticus
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| Stercorarius longicaudus
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| Catharacta skua |
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| Catharacta maccormicki |
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| Larus atricilla |
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| Larus pipixcan |
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| Larus minutus |
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| Larus ridibundus |
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| Larus philadelphia Larus crassirostris |
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| Larus canus |
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| Larus delawarensis |
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| Larus californicus |
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| Larus argentatus |
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| Larus thayeri |
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| Larus glaucoides |
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| Larus fuscus |
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| Larus hyperboreus |
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| Larus marinus |
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| Rissa tridactyla |
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| Xema sabini |
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| Sterna nilotica |
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| Sterna caspia |
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| Sterna maxima |
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| Sterna sandvicensis |
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| Sterna dougallii |
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| Sterna hirundo |
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| Sterna paradisaea |
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| Sterna forsteri |
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| Sterna antillarum |
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| Sterna anaethetus |
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| Sterna fuscata |
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| Chlidonias niger |
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| Chlidonias leucopterus |
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| Rynchops niger |
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| Family Alcidae Alcids |
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| Alle alle |
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| Uria lomvia |
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| Alca torda |
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| Cepphus grylle Fratercula arctica |
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