Important Animals of the Bottomland
Spruce-Poplar Forest Community |
Important
Animals of the Upland Spruce-Hardwood Community |
Important Animals of the Lowland Spruce-Hardwood Community |
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Masked shrew |
Sorex cinereus |
Masked shrew |
Sorex cinereus |
Masked shrew |
Sorex cinereus |
Dusky shrew |
S. obscurus |
Dusky shrew |
S. obscurus |
Dusky shrew |
S. obscurus |
Little brown bat |
Myotis lucifugus |
Little brown bat |
Myotis lucifugus |
Snowshoe hare |
Lepus americanus |
Snowshoe hare |
Lepus americanus |
Showshoe hare |
Lepus americanus |
Red squirrel |
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus |
Red squirrel |
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus |
Red squirrel |
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus |
Red-backed vole |
Clethrionomys rutilus |
Northern flying squirrel |
Glaucomys sabrinus |
Northern flying squirrel |
Glaucomys sabrinus |
Porcupine |
Erethizon dorsatum |
Red-backed vole |
Clethrionomys rutilus |
Red-backed vole |
Clethrionomys rutilus |
Coyote |
Canis latrans |
Porcupine |
Erethizon dorsatum |
Yellow-cheeked vole |
Microtus xanthognathus |
Gray wolf |
C. lupus |
Coyote |
Canis latrans |
Meadow jumping mouse |
Zapus hudsonius |
Red fox |
Vulpes fulva |
Gray wolf |
C. lupus |
Porcupine |
Erethizon dorsatum |
Black bear |
Ursus americanus |
Red fox |
Vulpes fulva |
Coyote |
Canis latrans |
Grizzly bear |
U. arctos |
Black bear |
Ursus americanus |
Gray wolf |
C. lupus |
Pine marten |
Mertes americana |
Grizzly bear |
U. arctos |
Red fox |
Vulpes fulva |
Ermine |
Mustela erminea |
Pine marten |
Martes americana |
Black bear |
Ursus americanus |
Wolverine |
Gulo gulo |
Ermine |
Mustela erminea |
Grizzly bear |
U. arctos |
Lynx |
Lynx canadensis |
Wolverine |
Gulo gulo |
Pine marten |
Martes americana |
Moose |
Alces alces |
Lynx |
Lynx canadensis |
Ermine |
Mustela erminea |
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Moose |
Alces alces |
Least weasel |
M. rixosa |
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Wolverine |
Gulo gulo |
Common loon |
Gavia immer |
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Lynx |
Lynx canadensis |
Arctic loon |
G. arctica |
Common goldeneye |
Bucephala clangula |
Moose |
Alces alces |
Red-necked grebe |
Podiceps grisegena |
Barrow's goldeneye |
B. islandica |
Caribou |
Rangifer tarandus |
Horned grebe |
P. auritus |
Bufflehead |
B. albeola |
Bison |
Bison bison |
Whistling swan |
Olor columbianus |
Goshawk |
Accipiter gentilis |
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Trumpeter swan |
0. buccinator |
Sharpshinned hawk |
A. striatus |
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Canada goose |
Branta canadensis |
Bald eagle |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
Common goldeneye |
Bucephala clangula |
Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
Barrow's goldeneye |
B. islandica |
Pintail |
A. acuta |
Spruce grouse |
Canachites canadensis |
Bufflehead |
B. albeola |
American wigeon |
A. americana |
Ruffed grouse |
Bonasa umbellus |
Harlequin duck |
Histrionicus histrionicus |
Northern shoveler |
A. clypeata |
Spotted sandpiper |
Actitis macularia |
Goshawk |
Accipiter gentilis |
American green-winged teal |
A. crecca |
Great horned owl |
Bubo virginianus |
Sharpshinned hawk |
A. striatus |
Canvasback |
Aythya valisineria |
Belted kingfisher |
Megaceryle alcyon |
Rough-legged hawk |
Buteo lagopus |
Lesser scaup |
A. affinis |
Yellow-shafted flicker |
Colaptes auratus |
Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
Common goldeneye |
Bucephala clangula |
Hairy woodpecker |
Dendrocopos villosus |
Peregrine falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
Oldsquaw |
Clangula hyemalis |
Northern three-toed woodpecker |
Picoides tridactylus |
Spruce grouse |
Canachites canadensis |
White-winged scoter |
Melanitta deglandi |
Gray jay |
Perisoreus canadensis |
Willow ptarmigan |
Lagopus lagopus |
Surf scoter |
M. perspicillata |
Common raven |
Corvus corax |
Great horned owl |
Bubo virginianus |
Goshawk |
Accipiter gentilis |
Black-capped chickadee |
Parus atricapillus |
Hawk-owl |
Surnia ulula |
Sharpshinned hawk |
A. striatus |
Boreal chickadee |
P. hudsonicus |
Yellow-shafted flicker |
Colaptes auratus |
Peregrine falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
Robin |
Turdus migratorius |
Hairy woodpecker |
Dendrocopos villosus |
Spruce grouse |
Canachites canadensis |
Varied thrush |
Ixoreus naevius |
Northern three-toed woodpecker |
Picoides tridactylus |
Lesser sandhill crane |
Grus canadensis |
Hermit thrush |
Catharus guttatus |
Barn swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
Spotted sandpiper |
Actitis macularia |
Swainson's thrush |
C. ustulatus |
Cliff swallow |
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
Greater yellowlegs |
Tringa melanoleuca |
Ruby-crowned kinglet |
Regulus calendulus |
Tree swallow |
Iridoprocne bicolor |
Lesser yellowlegs |
T. flavipes |
Orange-crowned warbler |
Vermivora celata |
Bank swallow |
Riparia riparia |
Northern phalarope |
Lobipes lobatus |
Myrtle warbler |
Dendroica coronata |
Gray jay |
Perisoreus canadensis |
Common snipe |
Capella gallinago |
Pine grosbeak |
Pinicola enucleator |
Common raven |
Corvus corax |
Mew gulf |
Larus canus |
White-winged crossbill |
Loxia leucoptera |
Black-capped chickadee |
Parus atricapillus |
Bonaparte's gull |
L. philadelphia |
Slate-colored junco |
Junco hyemalis |
Boreal chickadee |
P. hudsonicus |
Arctic tern |
Sterna paradisaea |
White-crowned sparrow |
Zonotrichia leucophrys |
Gray-headed chickadee |
P. cinctus |
Great horned owl |
Bubo virginianus |
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Robin |
Turdus migratorius |
Hawk-owl |
Surnia ulula |
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Varied thrush |
Ixoreus naevius |
Belted kingfisher |
Megaceryle alcyon |
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Hermit thrush |
Catharus guttatus |
Yellow-shafted flicker |
Colaptes auratus |
Important Animals of Alpine Tundra and Barren Ground Communities |
Swainson's thrush |
C. ustulatus |
Hairy woodpecker |
Dendrocopos villosus |
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Gray-cheeked thrush |
C. minimus |
Northern three-toed woodpecker |
Picoides tridactylus |
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Mountain bluebird |
Sialia currucoides |
Tree swallow |
Iridoprocne bicolor |
Tundra shrew |
Sorex tundrensis |
Ruby-crowned kinglet |
Regulus calendulus |
Gray jay |
Perisoreus canadensis |
Pika |
Ochotona collaris |
Northern shrike |
Lanius excubitor |
Common raven |
Corvus corax |
Hoary marmot |
Marmota monax |
Myrtle warbler |
Dendroica coronata |
Black-capped chickadee |
Parus atricapillus |
Arctic ground squirrel |
Citellus parryi |
Blackpoll warbler |
D. striata |
Robin |
Turdus migratorius |
Greenland collared lemming |
Dicrostonyx groenlandicus |
Northern waterthrush |
Seiurus noveboracensis |
Varied thrush |
Ixoreus naevius |
Alaska vole |
Microtus miurus |
Pine grosbeak |
Pinicola enucleator |
Hermit thrush |
Catharus guttatus |
Gray wolf |
C. lupus |
Hoary redpoll |
Acanthis hornemanni |
Swainson's thrush |
C. ustulatus |
Black bear |
Ursus americanus |
Common redpoll |
A. flammea |
Ruby-crowned kinglet |
Regulus calendulus |
Grizzly bear |
U. arctos |
White-winged crossbill |
Loxia leucoptera |
Orange-crowned warbler |
Vermivora celata |
Ermine |
Mustela erminea |
Slate-colored junco |
Junco hyemalis |
Myrtle warbler |
Dendroica coronata |
Wolverine |
Gulo gulo |
White-crowned sparrow |
Zonotrichia leucophrys |
Blackpoll warbler |
D. striata |
Moose |
AIces alces |
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Northern waterthrush |
Seiurus noveboracensis |
Caribou |
Rangifer tarandus |
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Pine grosbeak |
Pinicola enucleator |
Dall sheep |
Ovis dalli |
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White-winged crossbill |
Loxia leucoptera |
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Slate-colored junco |
Junco hyemalis |
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White-crowned sparrow |
Zonotrichia leucophrys |
Marsh hawk |
Circu cyaneus |
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Rough-legged hawk |
Buteo lagopus |
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Gyrfalcon |
Falco rusticolus |
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Rock ptarmigan |
Lagopus mutus |
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American golden plover |
Pluvialis dominica |
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Ruddy turnstone |
Arenaria interpres |
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Wandering tattler |
Heteroscelus incanus |
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Horned lark |
Eremophila alpestris |
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Barn swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
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Cliff swallow |
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
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Bank swallow |
Riparia riparia |
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Common raven |
Corvus corax |
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Water pipit |
Anthus spinolettus |
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Gray-crowned rosy finch |
Leucosticte tephrocotis |
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Savannah sparrow |
Passerculus sandwichensis |
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Golden-crowned sparrow |
Zonotrichia atricapilla |
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Lapland longspur |
Calcarius lapponicus |
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Snow bunting |
Plectrophenax nivalis |
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McKay's bunting |
P. hyperboreus |
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Important Animals of the Low Brush, Muskeg-Bog Community |
Important
Animals of the Wet Tundra Community |
Important Animals of the Moist Tundra Community |
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Mammals |
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Masked shrew |
Sorex cinereus |
Masked shrew |
Sorex cinercus |
Masked shrew |
Sorex cinereus |
Snowshoe hare |
Lepus americanus |
Tundra shrew |
S. tundrensis |
Tundra shrew |
S. tundrensis |
Northern bog lemming |
Synaptomys borealis |
Tundra hare |
Lepus othus |
Tundra hare |
Lepus othus |
Meadow vole |
Microtus pennsylvanicus |
Arctic ground squirrel |
Citellus parryi |
Arctic ground squirrel |
Citellus parryi |
Tundra vole |
M. oeconomus |
Greenland collared lemming |
Dicrostonyx groenlandicus |
Greenland collared lemming |
Dicrostonyx groenlandicus |
Coyote |
Canis latrans |
Brown lemming |
Lemmus trimucronatus |
Brown lemming |
Lemmus trimucronatus |
Gray wolf |
C. lupus |
Tundra vole |
Microtus oeconomus |
Tundra vole |
Microtus oeconomus |
Black bear |
Ursus americanus |
Gray wolf |
C. lupus |
Meadow jumping mouse |
Zapus hudsonius |
Grizzly bear |
U. arctos |
Arctic fox |
Alopex lagopus |
Gray wolf |
Canis lupus |
Ermine |
Mustela erminea |
Grizzly bear |
Ursus arctos |
Red fox |
Vulpes fulva |
Wolverine |
Gulo gulo |
Ermine |
Mustela erminea |
Grizzly bear |
Ursus arotos |
Lynx |
Lynx candensis |
Wolverine |
Gulo gulo |
Ermine |
Mustela erminea |
Caribou |
Rangifer tarandus |
Caribou |
Rangifer tarandus |
Least weasel |
M. rixosa |
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Wolverine |
Gulo gulo |
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Moose |
A Ices alces |
Common loon |
Gavia immer |
Whistling swan |
Olor columbianus |
Caribou |
Rangifer tarandus |
Arctic loon |
G. arctica |
Canada goose |
Branta canadensis |
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Red-necked grebe |
Podiceps grisegena |
White-fronted goose |
Anser albifrons |
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Horned grebe |
P. auritus |
Snow goose |
Chen caerulescens |
Whistling swan |
Olor columbianus |
Whistling swan |
Olor columbianus |
Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
Canada goose |
Branta canadensis |
Trumpeter swan |
0. buccinator |
Pintail |
A. acuta |
White-fronted goose |
Anser albifrons |
Canada goose |
Brenta canadensis |
American wigeon |
A. americana |
Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
Northern shoveler |
A. clypeata |
Pintail |
A. acuta |
Pintail |
A. acuta |
American green-winged teal |
A. creeca |
American wigeon |
A. americana |
American wigeon |
A. americana |
Greater scaup |
Aythya marila |
Northern shoveler |
A. clypeata |
Northern shoveler |
A. clypeata |
Lesser scaup |
A. affinis |
American green-winged teal |
A. crecca |
American green-winged teal |
A. crecca |
Spectacled eider |
Somateria fischeri |
Greater scaup |
Aythya marila |
Canvasback |
Aythya valisineria |
Steller's eider |
Polysticta stelleri |
Lesser scaup |
A. affinis |
Lesser scaup |
A. affinis |
Oldsquaw |
Clangula hyemalis |
Oldsquaw |
Clangula hyemalis |
Oldsquaw |
Clangula hyemalis |
Black scoter |
Melanitta nigra |
Black scoter |
Melanitta nigra |
White-winged scoter |
Melanitta deglandi |
Red-breasted merganser |
Mergus serrator |
Red-breasted merganser |
Mergus serrator |
Surf scoter |
M. perspicillata |
Willow ptarmigan |
Lagopus lagopus |
Willow ptarmigan |
Lagopus lagopus |
Peregrine falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
Rock ptarmigan |
L. mutus |
Rock ptarmigan |
L. mutus |
Lesser sandhill crane |
Grus canadensis |
Lesser sandhill crane |
Grus canadensis |
Lesser sandhill crane |
Grus canadensis |
Greater yellowlegs |
Tringa malanoleuca |
American golden plover |
Pluvialis dominica |
Black-bellied plover |
Pluvialis squatarola |
Lesser yellowlegs |
T. flavipes |
Black-bellied plover |
P. squatarola |
Rock sandpiper |
Calidris ptilocnemis |
Northern phalarope |
Lobipes lobatus |
Semipalmated plover |
Charadrius semipalmatus |
Dunlin |
C. alpina |
Common snipe |
Capella gallinago |
Whimbrel |
Numenius phaeopus |
Western sandpiper |
C. mauri |
Mew gull |
Larus canus |
Bristle-thighed curlew |
N. tahitiensis |
Red phalarope |
Phalaropus fulicularius |
Bonarparte's gull |
L. philadelphia |
Bar-tailed godwit |
Limosa lapponica |
Northern phalarope |
Lobipes lobatus |
Arctic tern |
Sterna paradisaea |
Long-billed dowitcher |
Limnodromus scolopaceus |
Common snipe |
Capella gallinago |
Hawk-owl |
Surnia ulula |
Ruddy turnstone |
Arenaria interpres |
Parasitic jaeger |
Stercorarius parasiticus |
Tree swallow |
Iridoproche bicolor |
Black turnstone |
A. melanocephala |
Long-tailed jaeger |
S. longicaudus |
Gray jay |
Perisoreus canadensis |
Rock sandpiper |
Calidris ptilocnemis |
Glaucous gull |
Larus hyperboreus |
Common raven |
Corvus corax |
Dunlin |
C. alpina |
Glaucous-winged gull |
L. glaucescens |
Bohemian waxwing |
Bombycilla garrulus |
Western sandpiper |
C. mauri |
Mew gull |
L. canus |
Rusty blackbird |
Euphagus cyanocephalus |
Red phalarope |
Phalaropus fulicularius |
Sabine's gull |
Xema sabini |
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Northern phalarope |
Lobipes lobatus |
Arctic tern |
Sterna paradisaea |
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Common snipe |
Capella gallinago |
Short-eared owl |
Asio flammeus |
Important Animals of the High Brush Community |
Parasitic jaeger |
Stercorarius parasiticus |
Snowy owl |
Nyctea scandiaca |
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Long-tailed jaeger |
S. longicaudus |
Common raven |
Corvus corax |
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Glaucous gull |
Larus hyperboreus |
Yellow wagtall |
Motacilla flava |
Masked shrew |
Sorex cinereus |
Glaucous-winged gull |
L. glaucescens |
Savannah sparrow |
Passerculus sandwichensis |
Tundra hare |
Lepus othus |
Mew gull |
L. canus |
Lapland longspur |
Calcarius lapponicus |
Snowshoe hare |
L. americanus |
Sabine's gull |
Xema sabini |
Snow bunting |
Plectrophenax nivalis |
Meadow jumping mouse |
Zapus hudsonius |
Arctic tern |
Sterna paradisaea |
McKay's bunting |
P. hyperboreus |
Coyote |
Canis latrans |
Short-eared owl |
Asio flammeus |
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Gray wolf |
C. lupus |
Snowy owl |
Nyctea scandiaca |
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Red fox |
Vulpes fulva |
Common raven |
Corvus corax |
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Black bear |
Ursus americanus |
Savannah sparrow |
Passerculus sandwichensis |
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Grizzly bear |
U. arctos |
Lapland longspur |
Calcarius lapponicus |
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Ermine |
Mustela erminea |
Snow bunting |
Plectrophenax nivalis |
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Least weasel |
M. rixosa |
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Wolverine |
Gulo gulo |
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Lynx |
Lynx canadensis |
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Moose |
Alces alces |
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Birds |
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Sharpshinned hawk |
Accipiter striatus |
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Marsh hawk |
Circus cyaneus |
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Rough-legged hawk |
Buteo lagopus |
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Golden eagle |
Aquila chrysaetos |
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Willow ptarmigan |
Lagopus lagopus |
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Traill's flycatcher |
Empidonax trailii |
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Barn swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
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Cliff swallow |
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
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Bank swallow |
Riparia riparia |
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Common raven |
Corvus corax |
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Gray-cheeked thrush |
Catharus minimus |
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Arctic warbler |
Phylloscopus borealis |
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Yellow wagtail |
Motacilla flava |
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Bohemian waxwing |
Bombycilla garrulus |
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Northern shrike |
Lanius excubitor |
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Yellow warbler |
Dendroica petechia |
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Northern water thrush |
Seiurus noveboracensis |
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Wilson's warbler |
Wilsonia pusilla |
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Rusty blackbird |
Euphagus cyanocephalus |
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Hoary redpoll |
Acanthis hornemanni |
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Common redpoll |
A. flammea |
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Tree sparrow |
Spizella arborea |
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White-crowned sparrow |
Zonotrichia leucophrys |
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Golden-crowned sparrow |
Z atricapilla |
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Fox sparrow |
Passerella iliaca |
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