Color Key to North American Birds with bibliographical appendix
Part 28
Family ICTERIDÃ. Blackbirds, Orioles, etc.
A.O.U. No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
494 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus 251 495 Cowbird Molothrus ater ater 253 495_a_ Dwarf Cowbird " " obscurus 253 496 Red-eyed Cowbird Tangavius æneus involucratus 253 496_a_ Bronzed Cowbird " " æneus 304 497 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus 199 498 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phÅniceus phÅniceus 178 498_a_ Sonora Red-wing " " sonoriensis 178 498_b_ Bahama Red-wing " " bryanti 178 498_c_ Florida Red-wing " " floridanus 178 498_d_ Thick-billed Red-wing " " fortis 178 498_e_ San Diego Red-wing " " neutralis 178 498_f_ Northwestern Red-wing " " caurinus 178 498_g_ Vera Cruz Red-wing " " richmondi 298 499 Bicolored Blackbird " gubernator californicus 179 500 Tricolored Blackbird " tricolor 179 501 Meadowlark Sturnella magna magna 199 501_a_ Rio Grande Meadowlark " " hoopesi 199 501_c_ Southern Meadowlark " " argutula 199 501.1 Western Meadowlark " neglecta 199 503 Audubon's Oriole Icterus melanocephalus auduboni 180 504 Scott's Oriole " parisorum 186 505 Sennett's Oriole " cucullatus sennetti 186 505_a_ Arizona Hooded Oriole " " nelsoni 186 506 Orchard Oriole " spurius 206 507 Baltimore Oriole " galbula 186 508 Bullock's Oriole " bullocki 186 509 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus 254 510 Brewer's Blackbird " cyanocephalus 254 511 Purple Grackle Quiscalus quiscula quiscula 254 511_a_ Florida Grackle " " aglæus 254 511_b_ Bronzed Grackle " " æneus 254 513 Boat-tailed Grackle Megaquiscalus major major 254 513_a_ Great-tailed Grackle " " macrourus 254
Family FRINGILLIDÃ. Finches, Sparrows, etc.
A.O.U. No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
514 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina vespertina 199 514_a_ Western Evening Grosbeak " " montana 199 515 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator leucura 171 515_a_ Rocky Mt. Pine Grosbeak " " montana 171 515_b_ California Pine Grosbeak " " californica 171 515_c_ Alaska Pine Grosbeak " " alascensis 171 515_d_ Kadiak Pine Grosbeak " " flammula 171 [516] Cassin's Bullfinch Pyrrhula cassini A.V. 517 Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus purpureus 171 517_a_ California Purple Finch " " californicus 171 518 Cassin's Purple Finch " cassini 175 519 House Finch " mexicanus frontalis 175 519_b_ San Lucas House Finch " " ruberrimus 175 519_c_ San Clemente House Finch " " clementis 175 520 Guadalupe House Finch " amplus 175 520.1 McGregor's House Finch " mcgregori 175 521 American Crossbill Loxia curvirostra minor 173 521_a_ Mexican Crossbill " " stricklandi 173 522 White-winged Crossbill " leucoptera 171 523 Aleutian Rosy Finch Leucosticte griseonucha 179 524 Gray-crowned Rosy Finch " tephrocotis tephrocotis 179 524_a_ Hepburn's Rosy Finch " " littoralis 179 525 Black Rosy Finch " atrata 179 526 Brown-capped Rosy Finch " australis 179 527 Greenland Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni hornemanni 176 527_a_ Hoary Redpoll " " exilipes 176 528 Redpoll " linaria linaria 176 528_a_ HolbÅll's Redpoll " " holbÅlli 176 528_b_ Greater Redpoll " " rostrata 176 529 Goldfinch Astragalinus tristis tristis 192 529_a_ Pale Goldfinch " " pallidus 192 529_b_ Willow Goldfinch " " salicamans 192 530 Arkansas Goldfinch " psaltria psaltria 192 530_a_ Green-backed Goldfinch " " hesperophilus 299 531 Lawrence's Goldfinch " lawrencei 189 [532] Black-headed Goldfinch Spinus notatus A.V. 533 Pine Siskin " pinus pinus 225 534 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis 211 534_a_ Pribilof Snow Bunting " " townsendi 211 535 McKay's Snow Bunting " hyperboreus 211 536 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus lapponicus 219 536_a_ Alaska Longspur " " alascensis 219 537 Smith's Longspur " pictus 220 538 Chestnut-collared Longspur " ornatus 218 539 McCown's Longspur Rhynchophanes mccowni 218 540 Vesper Sparrow PoÅcetes gramineus gramineus 221 540_a_ Western Vesper Sparrow " " confinis 221 540_b_ Oregon Vesper Sparrow " " affinis 221 541 Ipswich Sparrow Passerculus princeps 225 542 Aleutian Savannah Sparrow " sandwichensis sandwichensis 223 542_a_ Savannah Sparrow " sandwichensis savanna 223 542_b_ Western Savannah Sparrow " " alaudinus 223 542_c_ Bryant's Sparrow " " bryanti 223 542_d_ Nevada Savannah Sparrow " " nevadensis 300 543 Belding's Sparrow " beldingi 223 544 Large-billed Sparrow " rostratus rostratus 223 544_a_ San Lucas Sparrow " " guttatus 223 544_c_ San Benito Sparrow " " sanctorum 224 545 Baird's Sparrow Ammodramus bairdi 224 546 Grasshopper Sparrow " savannarum australis 224 546_a_ Western Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum bimaculatus 224 546_b_ Florida Grasshopper Sparrow " " floridanus 224 547 Henslow's Sparrow Passerherbulus henslowi henslowi 224 547_a_ Western Henslow's Sparrow " " occidentalis 224 548 Leconte's Sparrow " lecontei 225 549 Sharp-tailed Sparrow " caudacutus 225 549.1 Nelson's Sparrow " nelsoni nelsoni 225 549.1_a_ Acadian Sharp-tailed Sparrow " " subvirgatus 225 550 Seaside Sparrow " maritimus maritimus 226 550_a_ Scott's Seaside Sparrow " " peninsulæ 226 550_b_ Texas Seaside Sparrow " " sennetti 226 550_c_ Fisher's Seaside Sparrow " " fisheri 226 550_d_ Macgillivray's Seaside Sparrow " " macgillivraii 226 551 Dusky Seaside Sparrow " nigrescens 226 552 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus grammacus 228 552_a_ Western Lark Sparrow " " strigatus 228 553 Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula 229 554 White-crowned Sparrow " leucophrys leucophrys 227 554_a_ Gambel's Sparrow " " gambeli 227 554_b_ Nuttall's Sparrow " " nuttalli 227 557 Golden-crowned Sparrow " coronata 227 558 White-throated Sparrow " albicollis 227 559 Tree Sparrow Spizella monticola monticola 222 559_a_ Western Tree Sparrow " " ochracea 222 560 Chipping Sparrow " passerina passerina 222 560_a_ Western Chipping Sparrow " " arizonæ 222 561 Clay-colored Sparrow " pallida 228 562 Brewer's Sparrow " breweri 228 563 Field Sparrow " pusilla pusilla 222 563_a_ Western Field Sparrow " " arenacea 222 564 Worthen's Sparrow " wortheni 228 565 Black-chinned Sparrow " atrogularis 219 566 White-winged Junco Junco aikeni 240 567 Slate-Colored Junco " hyemalis hyemalis 240 567_a_ Oregon Junco " " oreganus 241 567_b_ Shufeldt's Junco " " connectens 241 567_c_ Thurber's Junco " " thurberi 241 567_d_ Point Pinos Junco " " pinosus 241 567_e_ Carolina Junco " " carolinensis 240 567_f_ Montana Junco " " montanus 240 567_g_ Pink-sided Junco Junco hyemalis mearnsi 240 567_h_ Ridgway's Junco " " annectens 303 567_i_ Townsend's Junco " " townsendi 240 570 Arizona Junco " phæonotus palliatus 241 570_a_ Red-backed Junco " " dorsalis 241 570_b_ Gray-headed Junco " " caniceps 241 571 Baird's Junco " bairdi 240 572 Guadalupe Junco " insularis 240 573 Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata bilineata 249 573_a_ Desert Black-throated Sparrow " " deserticola 249 574 Bell's Sparrow " belli 228 574.1 Sage Sparrow " nevadensis nevadensis 228 574.1_a_ Gray Sage Sparrow " " cinerea 228 574.1_b_ California Sage Sparro " " canescens 300 575 Pine-woods Sparrow Peucæa æstivalis 221 575_a_ Bachman's Sparrow " " bachmani 221 576 Botteri's Sparrow " botterii 221 578 Cassin's Sparrow " cassini 221 579 Rufous-winged Sparrow Aimophila carpalis 220 580 Rufous-crowned Sparrow " ruficeps ruficeps 220 580_a_ Scott's Sparrow " " scotti 220 580_b_ Rock Sparrow " " eremÅca 220 580_c_ Laguna Sparrow " " sororia 220 581 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia melodia 229 581_a_ Desert Song Sparrow " " fallax 229 581_b_ Mountain Song Sparrow " " montana 229 581_c_ Heermann's Song Sparrow " " heermanni 229 581_d_ Samuel's Song Sparrow " " samuelis 230 581_e_ Rusty Song Sparrow " " morphna 230 581_f_ Sooty Song Sparrow " " rufina 230 581_g_ Brown's Song Sparrow " " rivularis 229 581_h_ Santa Barbara Song Sparrow " " graminea 230 581_i_ San Clemente Song Sparrow " " clementæ 230 581_j_ Dakota Song Sparrow " " juddi 229 581_k_ Merrill's Song Sparrow " " merrilli 229 581_l_ Alameda Song Sparrow " " pusillula 230 581_m_ San Diego Song Sparrow " " cooperi 230 581_n_ Yakutat Song Sparrow " " caurina 230 581_o_ Kenai Song Sparrow " " kenaiensis 230 581_p_ Mendocino Song Sparrow " " cleonensis 301 581_q_ Kadiak Song Sparrow " " insignis 230 581_r_ Aleutian Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia sanaka 230 581_s_ Suisun Song Sparrow " " maxillaris 300 583 Lincoln's Sparrow " lincolni lincolni 226 583_a_ Forbush's Sparrow " " striata 226 584 Swamp Sparrow " georgiana 222 585 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca iliaca 231 585_a_ Shumagin Sparrow " " unalaschcensis 231 585_b_ Thick-billed Sparrow " " megarhyncha 231 585_c_ Slate-colored Sparrow " " schistacea 231 585_d_ Stephen's Sparrow " " stephensi 231 585_e_ Sooty Fox Sparrow " " fuliginosa 301 585_f_ Kadiak Fox Sparrow " " insularis 301 586 Texas Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus 215 587 Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus 204 587_a_ White-eyed Towhee " erythrophthalmus alleni 204 588 Arctic Towhee " maculatus arcticus 204 588_a_ Spurred Towhee " " montanus 204 588_b_ Oregon Towhee " " oregonus 204 588_c_ San Clemente Towhee " " clementæ 204 588_d_ San Diego Towhee " " megalonyx 204 588_e_ Large-billed Towhee " " magnirostris 204 589 Guadalupe Towhee " consobrinus 204 591 Cañon Towhee " fuscus mesoleucus 205 591_a_ San Lucas Towhee " " albigula 205 591.1 California Towhee " crissalis crissalis 205 591.1_a_ Anthony's Towhee " " senicula 205 592 Abert's Towhee " aberti 205 592.1 Green-tailed Towhee Oreospiza chlorura 206 593 Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis 177 593_a_ Arizona Cardinal " " superbus 172 593_b_ San Lucas Cardinal " " igneus 172 593_c_ Gray-tailed Cardinal " " canicaudus 172 593_d_ Florida Cardinal " " floridanus 172 594 Arizona Pyrrhuloxia Pyrrhuloxia sinuata sinuata 172 594_a_ Texas Pyrrhuloxia " " texana 172 594_b_ San Lucas Pyrrhuloxia " " peninsulæ 172 595 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Zamelodia ludoviciana 174 596 Black-headed Grosbeak " melanocephala 207 597 Blue Grosbeak Guiraca cærulea cærulea 181 597_a_ Western Blue Grosbeak Guiraca cærulea lazula 181 598 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 181 599 Lazuli Bunting " amÅna 180 600 Varied Bunting " versicolor versicolor 180 600_a_ Beautiful Bunting " " pulchra 180 601 Painted Bunting " ciris 180 602 Sharpe's Seed-eater Sporophila morelleti sharpei 249 [603] Grassquit Tiaris bicolor A.V. [603.1] Melodious Grassquit " canora A.V. 604 Dickcissel Spiza americana 198 605 Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys 252
Family TANGARIDÃ. Tanagers.
A.O.U. No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
607 Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana 171 608 Scarlet Tanager " erythromelas 171 609 Hepatic Tanager " hepatica 171 610 Summer Tanager " rubra rubra 171 610_a_ Cooper's Tanager " " cooperi 171
Family HIRUNDINIDÃ. Swallows.
A.O.U. No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
611 Purple Martin Progne subis subis 250 611_a_ Western Martin " " hesperia 250 611.1 Cuban Martin " cryptoleuca 250 611.2 Gray-breasted Martin " chalybea 304 612 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons 250 612_a_ Lesser Cliff Swallow " " tachina 304 612_b_ Mexican Cliff Swallow " " melanogastra 250 [612.1] Cuban Cliff Swallow " fulva A.V. 613 Barn Swallow Hirundo erythrogastra 250 [613.1] European Swallow " rustica A.V. 614 Tree Swallow Iridoprocne bicolor 250 615 Northern Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina lepida 250 615_a_ San Lucas Swallow " " brachyptera 250 [615.1] Bahama Swallow Callichelidon cyaneoviridis A.V. [615.2] European Martin Chelidonaria urbica A.V. 616 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia A.V. 617 Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis 211
Family BOMBYCILLIDÃ Waxwings.
A.O.U. No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
618 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrula 198 619 Cedar Waxwing " cedrorum 198
Family PTILOGONATIDÃ. Silky Flycatchers.
A.O.U. No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
620 Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens 253
Family LANIIDÃ. Shrikes.
A.O.U. No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
621 Northern Shrike Lanius borealis 248 622 Loggerhead Shrike " ludovicianus ludovicianus 248 622_a_ White-rumped Shrike " " excubitorides 248 622_b_ California Shrike " " gambeli 248 622_c_ Island Shrike " " anthonyi 248 622_e_ Migrant Shrike " " migrans 304
Family VIREONIDÃ. Vireos.
A.O.U. No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
623 Black-whiskered Vireo Vireosylva calidris barbatula 212 624 Red-eyed Vireo " olivacea 212 [625] Yellow-green Vireo " flavoviridis 233 626 Philadelphia Vireo " philadelphica 213 627 Warbling Vireo " gilva gilva 213 627_a_ Western Warbling Vireo " " swainsoni 213 628 Yellow-throated Vireo Lanivireo flavifrons 198 629 Blue-headed Vireo " solitarius solitarius 213 629_a_ Cassin's Vireo " " cassini 213 629_b_ Plumbeous Vireo " " plumbeus 213 629_c_ Mountain Solitary Vireo " " alticola 213 629_d_ San Lucas Solitary Vireo " " lucasanus 213 630 Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapillus 245 631 White-eyed Vireo " griseus griseus 213 631_a_ Key West Vireo " " griseus maynardi 213 631_b_ Bermuda Vireo " " bermudianus 213 631_c_ Small White-eyed Vireo " " micrus 213 632 Hutton's Vireo " huttoni huttoni 212 632_a_ Stephens's Vireo " " stephensi 212 632_c_ Anthony's Vireo " " obscurus 212 632_d_ Frazar's Vireo " " cognatus 299 633 Bell's Vireo " " belli belli 214 633_a_ Least Vireo " " pusillus 214 633_b_ Texas Vireo " " medius 299 634 Gray Vireo " vicinior 214
Family COEREBIDÃ. Honey Creepers.
A.O.U. No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page
[635] Bahama Honey Creeper CÅreba bahamensis A.V.
Family MNIOTILTIDÃ. Wood Warblers.
A.O.U. No. COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Page