Bird List for Allegheny County
This is a preliminary list of the birds recorded in this county.
The list shows all species on the Official State List with a Yes next to each species recorded in this county or a B for those species which breed in the county (Ie., species who coded Probable or Confirmed during the latest Breeding Bird Atlas).
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Allegheny County List
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Yes
Snow Goose x Ross's Goose
-
Snow Goose X Canada Goose
-
Snow Goose
Yes
Ross's Goose
Yes
Greater White-fronted Goose
Yes
Tundra Bean-Goose
-
Pink-footed Goose
-
Black Brant
-
Brant
Yes
Barnacle Goose
-
Cackling Goose
Yes
Canada Goose
B
Canada (Richardson's) Goose
-
Mute Swan
Yes
Trumpeter Swan
-
Tundra "Bewick's" Swan
-
Tundra Swan
Yes
Whooper Swan
-
Gadwall x Mallard
-
Wood Duck
B
Blue-winged Teal X Northern Shoveler
-
Blue-winged Teal
Yes
Cinnamon Teal
-
Northern Shoveler
Yes
Gadwall
Yes
Eurasian X American Wigeon
-
Eurasian Wigeon
Yes
American Wigeon
Yes
Mallard
B
American Black Duck
Yes
Northern Pintail
Yes
Green-winged 'Common' Teal
-
Green-winged Teal x Common Teal
-
Green-winged Teal
Yes
Canvasback
Yes
Redhead x Ring-necked Duck
Yes
Redhead
Yes
Ring-necked Duck
Yes
Tufted Duck
-
Greater Scaup
Yes
Lesser Scaup
Yes
King Eider
-
Common Eider
-
Harlequin Duck
Yes
Surf Scoter
Yes
White-winged Scoter
Yes
Black Scoter
Yes
Long-tailed Duck
Yes
Bufflehead
Yes
Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser
-
Common Goldeneye
Yes
Barrow's X Common Goldeneye
-
Barrow's Goldeneye
-
Smew
-
Hooded Merganser
B
Common Merganser
Yes
Red-breasted Merganser
Yes
Masked Duck
-
Ruddy Duck
Yes
Northern Bobwhite
Yes
Wild Turkey
B
Ruffed Grouse
Yes
Ring-necked Pheasant
B
Pied-billed Grebe
Yes
Horned Grebe
Yes
Red-necked Grebe
Yes
Eared Grebe
-
Western Grebe
-
Rock Pigeon
B
Eurasian Collared-Dove
-
Common Ground Dove
-
White-winged Dove
-
Mourning Dove
B
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
B
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yes
Common Nighthawk
Yes
Chuck-will's-widow
-
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Yes
Chimney Swift
B
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
B
Black-chinned Hummingbird
-
Bahama Woodstar
-
Anna's Hummingbird
-
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
-
Calliope Hummingbird
-
Rufous Hummingbird
Yes
Allen's Hummingbird
-
Spotted Rail
-
King/Clapper Rail
-
King Rail
-
Clapper Rail
-
Virginia Rail
B
Sora
Yes
Common Gallinule
Yes
American Coot
Yes
Purple Gallinule
-
Yellow Rail
Yes
Black Rail
-
Sandhill 'Lesser' Crane
-
Sandhill Crane
Yes
Black-necked Stilt
-
American Avocet
Yes
American Oystercatcher
-
American/Pacific Golden-Plover
-
Black-bellied Plover
Yes
American Golden-Plover
Yes
Killdeer
B
Semipalmated Plover
Yes
Piping Plover
-
Wilson's Plover
-
Black-headed x Ring-billed Gull
-
Snowy Plover
Yes
Upland Sandpiper
Yes
Whimbrel
Yes
Long-billed Curlew
-
Hudsonian Godwit
Yes
Marbled Godwit
Yes
Ruddy Turnstone
Yes
Lesser Black-backed X Herring Gull
-
Red Knot
-
Ruff
-
Stilt Sandpiper
Yes
Curlew Sandpiper
-
Sanderling
Yes
Dunlin
Yes
Purple Sandpiper
-
Baird's Sandpiper
Yes
Least Sandpiper
Yes
White-rumped Sandpiper
Yes
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Yes
Pectoral Sandpiper
Yes
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Yes
Western Sandpiper
Yes
Short-billed Dowitcher
Yes
Long-billed Dowitcher
Yes
American Woodcock
B
Wilson's Snipe
Yes
Spotted Sandpiper
B
Solitary Sandpiper
Yes
Lesser Yellowlegs
Yes
Willet
Yes
Greater Yellowlegs
Yes
Wilson's Phalarope
Yes
Red-necked Phalarope
Yes
Red Phalarope
Yes
Pomarine/Parasitic Jaeger
-
South Polar Skua
-
Pomarine Jaeger
Yes
Parasitic Jaeger
-
Long-tailed Jaeger
Yes
Dovekie
-
Thick-billed Murre
-
Black Guillemot
-
Long-billed Murrelet
-
Ancient Murrelet
-
Black-legged Kittiwake
Yes
Sabine's Gull
-
Bonaparte's Gull
Yes
Black-headed Gull
Yes
Little Gull
Yes
Ross's Gull
-
Laughing Gull
Yes
Franklin's Gull
-
Black-tailed Gull
-
Ring-billed x Franklin's Gull
-
Common Gull
-
Ring-billed Gull
Yes
Herring 'Vega' Gull
-
Iceland "Thayer's" Gull
Yes
Iceland/Thayer's Gull
-
California Gull
-
Herring Gull
Yes
Yellow-legged Gull
-
Iceland Gull
Yes
Glaucous Gull X Herring Gull (Nelson's Gull)
-
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Yes
Great Black-backed Gull x Herring Gull
-
Slaty-backed Gull
-
Glaucous-winged Gull
-
Glaucous Gull
Yes
Great Black-backed Gull
Yes
Kelp Gull
Yes
Sooty Tern
-
Least Tern
-
Gull-billed Tern
-
Caspian Tern
Yes
Black Tern
Yes
White-winged Tern
-
Roseate Tern
-
Common Tern
Yes
Arctic Tern
Yes
Forster's Tern
Yes
Royal Tern
-
Sandwich Tern
-
Black Skimmer
Yes
White-tailed Tropicbird
-
Red-throated Loon
Yes
Pacific Loon
-
Common Loon
Yes
Yellow-billed Loon
-
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
-
Leach's Storm-Petrel
-
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
-
Trindade Petrel
-
Black-capped Petrel
Yes
Cory's Shearwater
-
Great Shearwater
-
Wood Stork
-
Magnificent Frigatebird
-
Brown Booby
-
Northern Gannet
-
Anhinga
-
Great Cormorant
-
Double-crested Cormorant
Yes
Neotropic Cormorant
-
American White Pelican
Yes
Brown Pelican
Yes
American Bittern
Yes
Great Blue 'White' Heron
-
Least Bittern
Yes
Great Blue Heron
B
Great Egret
Yes
Snowy Egret
Yes
Little Blue Heron
Yes
Tricolored Heron
Yes
Cattle Egret
Yes
Green Heron
Yes
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yes
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Yes
White Ibis
Yes
Glossy Ibis
Yes
White-faced Ibis
-
Roseate Spoonbill
-
Black Vulture
Yes
Turkey Vulture
B
Osprey
Yes
White-tailed Kite
-
Swallow-tailed Kite
Yes
Golden Eagle
Yes
Northern Harrier
B
Sharp-shinned Hawk
B
Cooper's Hawk
B
Northern Goshawk
Yes
Bald Eagle
Yes
Mississippi Kite
Yes
Snail Kite
-
Broad-winged Hawk (dark morph)
-
Red-shouldered Hawk
B
Red-tailed Hawk (Western dark form)
-
Red-tailed 'Harlan's' Hawk
-
Broad-winged Hawk
B
Swainson's Hawk
Yes
Red-tailed Hawk
B
Rough-legged Hawk
Yes
Barn Owl
Yes
Eastern Screech-Owl
B
Great Horned Owl
B
Snowy Owl
Yes
Northern Hawk Owl
Yes
Barred Owl
B
Great Gray Owl
-
Long-eared Owl
Yes
Short-eared Owl
Yes
Boreal Owl
Yes
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Yes
Belted Kingfisher
B
Lewis's Woodpecker
-
Red-headed Woodpecker
Yes
Red-bellied Woodpecker
B
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yes
Black-backed Woodpecker
-
Downy Woodpecker
B
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
-
Hairy Woodpecker
B
Northern Flicker
B
Pileated Woodpecker
B
Crested Caracara
-
Eurasian Kestrel
-
American Kestrel
B
Merlin
Yes
Gyrfalcon
-
Peregrine Falcon
Yes
Prairie Falcon
-
Monk Parakeet
-
Ash-throated Flycatcher
-
Great Crested Flycatcher
Yes
Tyrranus sp.
-
Tropical Kingbird
-
Western Kingbird
-
Eastern Kingbird
B
Gray Kingbird
-
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
-
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
-
Eastern x Western Kingbird
-
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yes
Eastern Wood-Pewee
B
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yes
Acadian Flycatcher
B
Alder Flycatcher
Yes
Willow Flycatcher
B
Least Flycatcher
B
Hammond's Flycatcher
-
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
-
Eastern Phoebe
B
Say's Phoebe
-
Vermilion Flycatcher
-
White-eyed Vireo
B
Yellow-throated Vireo
Yes
Blue-headed Vireo
Yes
Philadelphia Vireo
Yes
Warbling Vireo
Yes
Red-eyed Vireo
B
Loggerhead Shrike
Yes
Northern Shrike
Yes
Blue Jay
B
American Crow
B
Fish Crow
Yes
Common Raven
B
Carolina Chickadee
B
Black-capped Chickadee
B
Boreal Chickadee
Yes
Tufted Titmouse
B
Horned Lark
B
Bank Swallow
B
Tree Swallow
B
Violet-green Swallow
-
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
B
Purple Martin
B
Barn Swallow
B
Cliff Swallow
Yes
Cave Swallow
-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Yes
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Yes
Bicknell's/Gray-cheeked Thrush
-
Bohemian Waxwing
Yes
Cedar Waxwing
B
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Yes
White-breasted Nuthatch
B
Brown-headed Nuthatch
-
Brown Creeper
Yes
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
B
Rock Wren
-
Bewick's Wren
Yes
Carolina Wren
B
House Wren
B
Winter Wren
Yes
Sedge Wren
Yes
Marsh Wren
Yes
Gray Catbird
B
Brown Thrasher
Yes
Northern Mockingbird
B
European Starling
B
Eastern Bluebird
B
Mountain Bluebird
-
Townsend's Solitaire
-
Veery
Yes
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Yes
Bicknell's Thrush
-
Swainson's Thrush
Yes
Hermit Thrush
Yes
Wood Thrush
Yes
Redwing
-
American Robin
B
Varied Thrush
Yes
European Robin
-
Northern Wheatear
-
House Sparrow
B
American Pipit
Yes
Brambling
Yes
Evening Grosbeak
Yes
Pine Grosbeak
Yes
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
-
Common 'Greater' Redpoll
-
House Finch
B
Purple Finch
B
Common Redpoll
Yes
Hoary Redpoll
Yes
Red Crossbill
Yes
White-winged Crossbill
Yes
European Goldfinch
-
Pine Siskin
Yes
Lesser Goldfinch
-
American Goldfinch
B
Lapland Longspur
Yes
Snow Bunting
Yes
Bachman's Sparrow
Yes
Grasshopper Sparrow
Yes
Lark Sparrow
Yes
Lark Bunting
-
Chipping Sparrow
Yes
Clay-colored Sparrow
Yes
Field Sparrow
B
Brewer's Sparrow
-
Fox Sparrow (Slate-colored)
Yes
Dark-eyed 'Cassiar' Junco
Yes
Dark-eyed 'Oregon' Junco
Yes
Dark-eyed 'Pink-sided' Junco
-
Dark-eyed 'White-winged'Junco
-
Fox Sparrow
Yes
American Tree Sparrow
Yes
White-crowned 'Gambel's' Sparrow
Yes
Dark-eyed Junco
Yes
White-throated Sparrow X Dark-eyed Junco hybrid
-
White-crowned Sparrow
Yes
Golden-crowned Sparrow
-
Harris's Sparrow
Yes
Sharp-tailed Sparrow
-
White-throated Sparrow
Yes
Nelson's 'Atlantic' Sparrow
-
Vesper Sparrow
Yes
Savannah "Ipswich" Sparrow
-
LeConte's Sparrow
-
Seaside Sparrow
-
Nelson's Sparrow
Yes
Saltmarsh Sparrow
-
Henslow's Sparrow
Yes
Savannah Sparrow
B
Song Sparrow
B
Lincoln's Sparrow
Yes
Swamp Sparrow
B
Green-tailed Towhee
-
Spotted Towhee
Yes
Eastern Towhee
B
Yellow-breasted Chat
B
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Yes
Bobolink
B
Eastern Meadowlark
B
Western Meadowlark
Yes
Orchard Oriole
B
Bullock's Oriole
Yes
Baltimore Oriole
Yes
Black-backed Oriole
-
Scott's Oriole
-
Red-winged Blackbird
B
Shiny Cowbird
-
Brown-headed Cowbird
B
Rusty Blackbird
Yes
Brewer's Blackbird
Yes
Common Grackle
B
Waterthrush sp.
-
Lawrence's Warbler
Yes
Brewster's Warbler
Yes
Ovenbird
Yes
Worm-eating Warbler
B
Louisiana Waterthrush
Yes
Northern Waterthrush
Yes
Golden-winged Warbler
Yes
Blue-winged Warbler
B
Black-and-white Warbler
Yes
Prothonotary Warbler
Yes
Swainson's Warbler
Yes
Tennessee Warbler
Yes
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yes
Nashville Warbler
Yes
Connecticut Warbler
Yes
MacGillivray's Warbler
-
Mourning Warbler
Yes
Kentucky Warbler
B
Common Yellowthroat
Yes
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler
-
Hooded Warbler
Yes
American Redstart
B
Kirtland's Warbler
Yes
Cape May Warbler
Yes
Chestnut-sided X Black-throated Blue Warbler
-
Cerulean Warbler
B
Northern Parula
B
Palm Warbler 'Yellow Race'
-
Magnolia Warbler
Yes
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yes
Yellow-rumped 'Audubon's' Warbler
-
Blackburnian Warbler
Yes
Yellow Warbler
B
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Yes
Blackpoll Warbler
Yes
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yes
Palm Warbler
Yes
Pine Warbler
Yes
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yes
Yellow-throated Warbler
Yes
Prairie Warbler
Yes
Black-throated Green X Cape May Warbler
Yes
Black-throated Gray Warbler
-
Townsend's Warbler
-
Black-throated Green Warbler
Yes
Canada Warbler
Yes
Wilson's Warbler
Yes
Summer Tanager
Yes
Scarlet Tanager
B
Western Tanager
Yes
Northern Cardinal
B
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
B
Black-headed Grosbeak
Yes
Blue Grosbeak
Yes
Lazuli Bunting
-
Indigo Bunting
Yes
Varied Bunting
Yes
Painted Bunting
Yes
Dickcissel
Yes
Chen sp.
Yes
Frigatebird sp.
-
Oceanodroma sp.
-
Jaeger sp.
Yes
Phalarope sp.
-
Dowitcher sp.
-
Sutton's Warbler
-
Pelecanus sp.
Yes
Plegadis sp.
Yes
Selasphorus sp.
-
Storm-Petrel sp.
-
Eider sp.
-
Streptopelia sp.
-
White Pelican sp.
-
Empidonax sp.
-
Sphyrapicus sp.
-
Yellowlegs sp.
-