Bird Species Infested by Species of Bird Blow Flies |
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Blackbirds |
Brewer's - Euphagus cyanocephalus - asiovora, braueri, interrupta, metallica, seminuda, sialia |
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red-winged - Agelaius phoeniceus - fallisi, interrupta, metallica, shannoni |
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yellow-headed - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus - braueri, hirundo, interrupta, metallica |
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Bluebirds |
eastern - Sialia sialis - braueri , deceptor , hirundo, shannoni, sialia |
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mountain - Sialia currucoides - sialia |
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western - Sialia mexicana - braueri, parorum, shannoni, seminuda, sialia |
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Buntings |
indigo - Passerina cyanea - metallica |
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lazuli - Passerina amoena - metallica |
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snow - Plectrophenax nivalis - tundrae |
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Bushtit |
Psaltriparus minimus - hesperioides |
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Cardinal |
northern - Cardinalis cardinalis - deceptor, metallica |
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Catbird |
gray - Dumetella carolinenis - avium, metallica, shannoni |
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Chat |
yellow-breasted - Icteria virens - metallica |
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Chickadees |
black-capped - Parus atricapillus - braueri, deceptor, parorum, shannoni |
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Carolina - Parus carolinensis - bennetti, deceptor |
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chestnut-backed - Parus rufescens - parorum |
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mountain - Parus gambeli - braueri, parorum, sialia |
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Cowbird |
brown-headed - Molothrus ater - deceptor, shannoni |
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Creeper |
brown - Certhia americana - parorum |
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Crow |
American - Corvus brachyrhynchos - asiovora, avium, deceptor, sialia |
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Cuckoo |
black-billed - Coccyzus erythropthalmus - metallica |
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Dipper |
American - Cinclus mexicanus - aenea, braueri |
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Dove |
mourning - Zenaida macroura - asiovora, cuprina, metallica |
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Eagles |
bald - Haliaeetus leucocephalus - avium |
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golden - Aquila chrysaetos - asiovora, braueri |
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Falcons |
gyrfalcon - Falco rusticolus - avium |
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peregrine - Falco peregrinus - avium |
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prairie - Falco mexicanus - (possible) asiovora |
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Finches |
Cassin's - Carpodacus cassinii - hesperia |
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house - Carpodacus mexicanus - asiovora, braueri, cuprina, hesperia, hesperioides, interrupta |
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Flickers |
northern (common) Colaptes auratus |
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northern yellow shafted - C. auratus auratus - sialia |
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Flycatchers |
alder - Empidonax alnorum - bicolor, braueri, metallica |
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acadian - Empidonax virescens - deceptor |
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ash-throated - Myiarchus cinerascens - parorum, sialia |
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dusky - Empidonax oberholseri - cuprina, hesperioides |
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great-crested - Myiarchus crinitus - braueri, deceptor, sialia |
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western - Empidonax difficilis - cuprina, hesperioides |
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willow - Empidonax traillii - cuprina |
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Goldfinches |
American - Carduelis tristis - bicolor, braueri, cuprina, metallica, shannoni |
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unidentified - hesperioides |
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Grackle |
common - Quiscalus quiscula - braueri, deceptor, fallisi, hirundo, metallica, shannoni, sialia |
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Grosbeaks |
blackheaded - Pheucticus melanocephalus - braueri |
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blue - Guiraca caerulea - metallica |
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pine - Pinicola enucleator - halli, hesperia |
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Hawks |
broad-winged - Buteo platypterus - avium |
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Cooper's - Accipiter cooperii - asiovora, avium |
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ferruginous - Buteo regalis - asiovora |
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northern goshawk - Accipiter gentilis – asiovora, avium, lata |
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northern harrier - Circus cyaneus - avium |
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red-shouldered - Buteo lineatus - avium |
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red-tailed - Buteo jamaicensis – asiovora, avium, lata |
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Swainson's - Buteo swainsoni - asiovora, avium |
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Jays |
blue - Cyanocitta cristata - shannoni |
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gray - Perisoreus canadensis - hesperia, shannoni |
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Pinyon - Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus - asiovora |
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Steller's - Cyanocitta stelleri - asiovora |
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Juncos |
dark-eyed - Junco hyemalis - spatulata |
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oregon - J. hyemalis oreganus - braueri, parorum |
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slate colored - J. hyemalis hyemalis - metallica |
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unidentified - braueri, shannoni |
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Kestrel |
American - Falco sparvarius - asiovora, lata, sialia |
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Kingbirds |
eastern - Tyrannus tyrannus - bicolor, cuprina, metallica, shannoni, sialia |
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western - Tyrannus verticalis - braueri, cuprina, sialia |
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Lark |
horned - Eremophila alpestris - braueri, seminuda, spatulata |
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Magpie |
black-billed - Pica pica - asiovora, braueri |
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Martin |
Purple - Progne subis - rugosa, sialia |
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Meadowlarks |
Eastern - Sturnella magna - braueri |
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Western - Sturnella neglecta - braueri |
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Mockingbird |
Northern - Mimus polyglottos - deceptor, metallica, sialia |
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Nuthatches |
brown-headed - Sitta pusilla - possible sialia |
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pygmy - Sitta pygmaea - parorum |
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red-breasted - Sitta canadensis - parorum, sialia |
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white-breasted - Sitta carolinensis - sialia |
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Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus - avium |
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Ovenbird |
Seiurus aurocapillus - braueri |
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Owls |
eastern-screech - Otus asio - sialia |
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flamulated - Otus flammeolus - sialia |
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great-horned - Bubo virginianus - asiovora, avium, sialia |
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long-eared - Asio otus - asiovora |
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western-screech - Otus kennicottii - sialia |
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Pewee |
western-wood - Contopus sordidulus - cuprina |
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Phoebes |
black - Sayornis nigricans - halli |
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eastern - Sayornis phoebe - aenea, deceptor, hirundo, sialia |
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Say's - Sayronis saya - aenea, halli, sialia |
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Pipit |
water - Anthus spinoletta - spatulata |
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Raven |
common - Corvus corax - asiovora, sialia |
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Redstart |
American - Setophaga ruticilla - bicolor, spenceri |
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Robin |
American - Turdus migratorius - aenea, asiovora, avium, braueri, |
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cuprina, hesperia, metallica shannoni, sialia |
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Shrike |
loggerhead - Lanius ludovicianus - asiovora, braueri |
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Siskin |
pine - Carduelis pinus - braueri |
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Solitaire |
Townsend's - Myadestes townsendi - braueri |
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Sparrows |
American tree - Spizella arborea - braueri |
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Bachman's - Aimophila aestivalis - deceptor |
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Brewer's - Spizella breweri - braueri |
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chipping - Spizella passerina - braueri, brunneisquama, hesperia, metallica |
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field - Spizella pusilla - metallica |
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fox - Passerella iliaca - metallica, interrupta |
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grasshopper - Ammodramus savannarum - metallica |
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house - Passer domesticus - braueri, rognesi, rugosa, sialia |
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savannah - Passerculus sandwichensis - braueri, metallica, spatulata |
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song - Melospiza melodia - braueri, interrupta, metallica, shannoni, sialia
swamp - Melospiza georgiana - fallisi, metallica |
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unidentified - braueri, metallica |
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vesper - Pooecetes gramineus - braueri, metallica |
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white-crowned - Zonotrichia leucophrys - braueri, metallica, spatulata |
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white-throated - Zonotrichia albicollis - fallisi, metallica, shannoni, spatulata |
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Starling |
European - Sturnus vulgaris - asiovora, bennetti, braueri, rugosa, sialia, bicolor |
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Swallows |
bank - Riparia riparia - braueri, hirundo, metallica, rognesi, sialia |
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barn - Hirundo rustica - aenea, asiovora, braueri, cuprina, deceptor, halli, hesperia, parorum, rognesi rugosa, seminuda, sialia |
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cliff - Hirundo pyrrhonota - asiovora, braueri, hirundo, rognesi rugosa, sialia |
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northern rough-winged - Stelgidopteryx serripennis - metallica, sialia |
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tree - Tachycineta bicolor - bennetti, bicolor, braueri, hirundo, lata, metallica, parorum, rugosa, shannoni, sialia |
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unidentified - asiovora, avium, beameri, halli, hesperia |
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violet-green - Tachycineta thalassina - braueri, hirundo, rognesi, rugosa, sialia |
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Tanager |
scarlet - Piranga olivacea - metallica |
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Thrashers |
brown - Toxostoma rufum - metallica, shannoni |
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sage - Oreoscoptes montanus - braueri |
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Thrushes |
hermit - Catharus guttatus - shannoni |
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Swainson's - Catharus ustulatus - braueri, hesperia, shannoni |
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varied - Ixoreus nacvius - hesperia |
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wood - Hylocichla mustelina - bicolor, deceptor, shannoni |
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Titmice |
oak - Baeolophus inornatus - parorum, sialia |
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tufted - Parus bicolor - deceptor |
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Towhees |
Brown - Pipilo fuscus - lata |
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Rufous-sided - Pipilo erythrophthalmus - metallica |
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Vireos |
Plumbeous - Plumbeous plumbeous - cuprina |
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Red-eyed - Vireo olivaceus - bicolor |
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solitary - Vireo solitarius - bicolor |
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warbling - Vireo gilvus - spenceri |
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yellow-throated - Vireo flavifrons - braueri |
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Warblers |
blackpoll - Dendroica striata - spenceri |
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black-throated blue - Dendroica caerulescens - bicolor |
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black & white - Mniotilta varia - braueri |
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Canada - Wilsonia canadensis - braueri |
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chestnut-sided - Dendroica pensylvanica - bicolor |
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hooded - Wilsonia citrina - deceptor |
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Kentucky - Oporonis formosus - braueri |
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McGillivray's - Oporonis tolmiei - metallica |
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Nashville - Vermivora ruficapilla - metallica |
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orange-crowned - Vermivora celata - braueri |
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prairie - Dendroica discolor - deceptor |
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prothonotary - Protonotaria citrea - deceptor |
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Townsend - Dendroica townsendi - braueri, shannoni, spenceri |
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Wilson's - Wilsonia pusilla - braueri |
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worm-eating - Helmitheros vermivorus - deceptor |
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yellow - Dendroica petechia - bicolor, braueri, cuprina, hesperioides, metallica, spenceri |
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yellow-rumped - Dedroica coronata - bicolor, braueri, cuprina, metallica, shannoni, spenceri, spatulata |
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Waterthrushes |
Louisiana - Seiurus motacilla - aenea |
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northern - Seiurus noveboracensis - metallica |
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Waxwing |
cedar - Bombycilla cedrorum - braueri, shannoni |
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Woodpecker |
downy - Picoides pubescens - fallisi, siallia |
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Wrens |
Bewick's - Thryomanes bewickii - parorum |
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Carolina - Thryothorus ludovicianus - deceptor |
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house - Troglodytes aedon - aenea, bennetti, braueri, deceptor, parorum, shannoni, sialia |
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marsh - Cistothorus palustris - braueri, interrupta |
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unidentified - metallica |
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Yellowthroat |
Common - Geothlypis trichas - fallisi, metallica |
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Terry Whitworth, Ph.D.
Entomologist
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