ALBERTA
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The Decade 2001-2011


Courtesy of CSI: Life

(Return to Winter Birding in Alberta)


 The table below lists the species sighted somewhere in the province of Albertaa
in the months of December through February, between 2001 and 2011. 


Compiled by Richard Klauke from the Albertabird discussion group

Web Page by Blake Maybank  (CSI: Life)




Core Species* have a YELLOW backdrop.
Alberta's Core List  = 110 Species

*(are seen every winter, or are elusive winter residents)


Species not encountered every winter have an ORANGE backdrop.

Species which are rare in any season in Alberta have a PINK backdrop.
 

Note: The Species List has NOT been updated to the latest AOU taxonomic order.


Alberta Provincial Flag
 Winter Lists
 Year of occurence
for species noted
only
pre-2001
BIRD SPECIES 2010/
2011
 2009/
2010
 2008/
2009		 2007/
2008 		2006/
2007 		2005/
2006 		2004/
2005 		2003/
2004 		2002/
2003 		2001/
2002
Greater White-fronted Goose

X


X
X
 X
Snow Goose
X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
X
 X
Ross's Goose

X

X

X

Cackling Goose X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
X

Canada Goose X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Tundra Swan X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Trumpeter Swan X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
X
 X
Mute Swan









1998
Wood Duck
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Gadwall X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Eurasian Wigeon





X



American Wigeon X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
American Black Duck






X


Mallard X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Blue-winged Teal




X




Cinnamon Teal










Northern Shoveler X
 X
 X
 X
X
 X
 X
 X

Northern Pintail X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Green-winged Teal X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Canvasback X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Redhead X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Ring-necked Duck X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Greater Scaup X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Lesser Scaup X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Common Eider







X
 X
King Eider




X




Harlequin Duck X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Surf Scoter






X
 X

White-winged Scoter X
 X
 X
 X
X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Long-tailed Duck X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Bufflehead X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Common Goldeneye X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Barrow's Goldeneye X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Hooded Merganser X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Common Merganser X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Red-breasted Merganser

X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Ruddy Duck X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Gray Partridge X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Ring-necked Pheasant X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Ruffed Grouse X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Spruce Grouse X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
White-tailed Ptarmigan X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Willow Ptarmigan X
 X
 X
 X
 X
X
X
 X
Rock Ptarmigan










Greater Sage-Grouse


X






Sharp-tailed Grouse X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Wild Turkey X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Red-throated Loon









1974
Pacific Loon

X
 X
 X

X
 X
 X
Common Loon X
 X
 X
 X

X
 X
X
Yellow-billed Loon





X



Horned Grebe X

X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Red-necked Grebe X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
X
 X
Eared Grebe
X
X
 X
X
 X
 X

Pied-billed Grebe
X
 X
X
X
 X
 X
 X
Western Grebe X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
X
 X
 X
American White Pelican

X




X
 X
Double-crested Cormorant
X
X
X
 X

X
Great Blue Heron X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X

Cattle Egret









2001
Black-crowned Night-Heron









1987
Turkey Vulture
X
X
X
 X



Bald Eagle X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Northern Harrier X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Sharp-shinned Hawk X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Cooper's Hawk X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Northern Goshawk X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Swainson's Hawk









1976
Red-tailed Hawk X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Ferruginous Hawk


X



X

Rough-legged Hawk X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Golden Eagle X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
American Kestrel X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Merlin X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Gyrfalcon X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Peregrine Falcon
X
 X
 X
X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Prairie Falcon X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Virginia Rail
X
 X
 X


X


American Coot X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Sandhill Crane









1996
Common Crane









1957
Sora

X







American Golden-Plover









1999
Killdeer X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Spotted Sandpiper









1999
Wilson's Snipe X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
jaeger sp.








X
Parasitic Jaeger









year?
Bonaparte's Gull









1976
Mew Gull




X
 X



Ring-billed Gull X
 X
 X
 X
X
 X
 X
 X
 X
California Gull

X

X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Herring Gull X
 X
 X
 X
X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Thayer's Gull




X




Iceland Gull









1993
Lesser Black-backed Gull









1987
Slaty-backed Gull









2001
Glaucous Gull

X

X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Great Black-backed Gull









1988
Black-legged Kittiwake









1979
Ivory Gull


X





1986
gull sp.



X





Rock Pigeon X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Eurasian Collared-Dove X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X

White-winged Dove
 X









Mourning Dove X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
X
 X
Eastern Screech-Owl
X
 X
 X






Barn Owl









2000
Great Horned Owl X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Snowy Owl X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Northern Hawk Owl X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Northern Pygmy-Owl X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Barred Owl X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Great Gray Owl X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Long-eared Owl X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Short-eared Owl X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Boreal Owl X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Northern Saw-whet Owl X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Green Violet-Ear









1993
Belted Kingfisher X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
X
 X

Lewis's Woodpecker


X





2000
Red-headed Woodpecker









1999
Red-bellied Woodpecker


X






sapsucker sp.
 X









Yellow-bellied Sapsucker


X

X
 X
 X
 X
Downy Woodpecker X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Hairy Woodpecker X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
American Three-toed Woodpecker X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Black-backed Woodpecker X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Northern Flicker X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Pileated Woodpecker X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Loggerhead Shrike









1974
Northern Shrike X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Gray Jay X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Stellar's Jay
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Blue Jay X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Clarke's Nutcracker X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Black-billed Magpie X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
American Crow X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Common Raven X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Horned Lark X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Black-capped Chickadee X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Mountain Chickadee X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Boreal Chickadee X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Chestnut-backed Chickadee



X





Red-breasted Nuthatch X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Brown Creeper X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Rock Wren









2000
Winter Wren


X

X
X
 X
Pacific Wren










Marsh Wren







X

wren sp.
X








American Dipper X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Golden-crowned Kinglet X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet






X

1974
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher









1987
Eastern Bluebird










Mountain Bluebird








X
Townsend's Solitaire X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Swainson's Thrush









1997
Hermit Thrush








X
American Robin X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Varied Thrush X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Gray Catbird




X




Northern Mockingbird



X
 X
 X
X

Brown Thrasher






X


Curve-billed Thrasher









1998
European Starling X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
American Pipit







X

Bohemian Waxwing X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Cedar Waxwing X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Orange-crowned Warbler









1979
Yellow Warbler








X
Chestnut-sided Warbler









1999
Magnolia Warbler









1999
Cape May Warbler
X


X

X

Black-throated Blue Warbler









1999
Yellow-rumped Warbler

X


X
 X
 X

Pine Warbler









1994
Palm Warbler







X

Ovenbird









1999
Northern Waterthrush









year?
Common Yellowthroat









1997
Hooded Warbler





X



Wilson's Warbler







X

Green-tailed Towhee
X








Spotted Towhee




X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Eastern Towhee

X






1994
American Tree Sparrow X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Chipping Sparrow

X




X

Clay-colored Sparrow










Lark Sparrow









1982
Savannah Sparrow









1986
Nelson's Sparrow









2001
Fox Sparrow X
 X
X
X




"Sooty" Fox Sparrow




X




Song Sparrow X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
X
Lincoln's Sparrow
X







1990
Swamp Sparrow

X



X
X
White-throated Sparrow X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Harris's Sparrow X
 X
X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
White-crowned Sparrow X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Golden-crowned Sparrow

X







Dark-eyed Junco X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
"Gray-headed" Junco
x








"Oregon Junco"










"Pink-sided Junco"










Lapland Longspur X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Smith's Longspur







X

Snow Bunting X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Northern Cardinal X
 X
 X
 X
 X


X
 X
Indigo Bunting



X





Red-winged Blackbird X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Western Meadowlark
X
X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Yellow-headed Blackbird


X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Rusty Blackbird X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Brewer's Blackbird X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Common Grackle X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Brown-headed Cowbird


X
X




Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Pine Grosbeak X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Purple Finch X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Cassin's Finch


X





1989
House Finch X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Red Crossbill X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
White-winged Crossbill X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Common Redpoll X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Hoary Redpoll X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Pine Siskin X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
American Goldfinch X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
Evening Grosbeak X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
House Sparrow X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
SINGLE-WINTER TOTALS
 126
 136
 139
 144
 130
 142
 145
 137
 153
 143

Average = 139 species (over 13 years)


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