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River Basin Center Distinguished Fellow Pierre Howard is compiling a database of photographs and information on Georgia's birds. More birds are being added regularly!

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Scientific Name		Common Name

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Accipiter cooperii, Cooper's Hawk Ajaia ajaja, Roseate Spoonbill Alca torda, Razorbill Ammodramus caudacutus, Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii, Henslow's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii, LeConte's Sparrow Anas americana, American Wigeon Anas penelope, Eurasian Wigeon Anous stolidus, Brown Noddy Anthracothorax prevostii, Green-breasted Mango Anthus rubescens, American Pipit Aramus guarauna, Limpkin Ardea herodias, Great Blue Heron Aythya valisineria, Canvasback		American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana American Crow, Corvus ossifragus American Golden-Plover, Pluvialis dominica American Goldfinch, Carduelis tristis American Oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus American Pipit, Anthus rubescens American Redstart, Setophaga ruticilla American White Pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos American Wigeon, Anas americana Ash-throated Flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens Audubon's Shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri
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Baeolophus bicolor, Tufted Titmouse Bartramia longicauda, Upland Sandpiper Bombycilla cedrorum, Cedar Waxwing Branta bernicla, Brant Bubulcus ibis, Cattle Egret Buteo lineatus, Red-shouldered Hawk		Bell's Vireo, Vireo bellii Black Scoter, Melanitta nigra Black Tern, Chlidonias niger surinamensis Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus Black-crowned Night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax Black-headed Grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus Black-headed Gull, Larus ridibundus Black-throated Gray Warbler, Dendroica nigrescens Blue Grosbeak, Guiraca caerulea Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ,Polioptila caerulea Blue-headed Vireo, Vireo solitarius Blue-winged Warbler, Vermivora pinus Boat-tailed Graclke, Quiscalus major Bonaparte's Gull, Larus philadelphia Brant, Branta bernicla Bridled Tern, Sterna anaethetus Broad-billed Hummingbird, Cynanthus latirostris Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus Brown Booby, Sula leucogaster Brown Noddy, Anous stolidus Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis Bullock's Oriole, Icterus bullocki
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Calcarius lapponicus, Lapland Longspur Calcarius pictus, Smith's Longspur Calidris alpina, Dunlin Calonectris diomedea, Cory's Shearwater Cardinalis cardinalis, Northern Cardinal Carduelis tristis, American Goldfinch Carpodacus purpureus, Purple Finch Catharus fusescens, Veery Catharus guttatus, Hermit Thrush Catharus minimus, Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus ustulatus, Swainson's Thrush Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, Willet Charadrius alexandrinus, Snowy Plover Charadrius vociferus, Killdeer Charadrius wilsonia, Wilson's Plover Chlidonias niger surinamensis, Black Tern Chondestes grammacus grammacus, Lark Sparrow Cistothorus palustris, Marsh Wren Cistothorus platensis, Sedge Wren Clangula hyemalis, Long-tailed Duck Coccyzus americanus, Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus, Black-billed Cuckoo Colaptes auratus, Northern Flicker Contopus virens, Eastern Wood-Pewee Coragyps atratus, Black Vulture Corvus ossifragus, American Crow Crotophaga ani, Smooth-billed Ani Cygnus columbianus, Tundra Swan Cynanthus latirostris, Broad-billed Hummingbird		Calliope Hummingbird, Stellula calliope Canvasback, Aythya valisineria Carolina Chickadee, Poecile carolinensis Carolina Wren, Thyrothorus ludovicianus Caspian Tern, Sterna caspia Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis Cedar Waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum Cerulean Warbler, Dendroica cerulea Chestnut-sided warbler, Dendroica pensylvanica Clay-colored Sparrow, Spizella pallida Common Eider, Somateria mollissima Common Loon, Gavia immer Common Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus Common Tern, Sterna hirundo Common Yellowthroat, Geothlypis trichas Connecticut Warbler, Oporornis agilis Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperii Cory's Shearwater, Calonectris diomedea
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Dendroica cerulea, Cerulean Warbler Dendroica discolor, Prairie Warbler Dendroica nigrescens, Black-throated Gray Warbler Dendroica palmarum, Palm Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica, Chestnut-sided warbler Dendroica pinus, Pine Warbler		Dickcissel, Spiza americana Dunlin, Calidris alpina
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Egretta tricolor, Tricolored Heron Empidonax trailli, Willow Flycatcher Eremophila alpestris, Horned Lark Eudocimus albus, White Ibis Euphogus carolinus, Rusty Blackbird		Eared Grebe, Podiceps nigricollis Eastern Phoebe, Sayornis phoebe Eastern Wood-Pewee, Contopus virens Eurasian Wigeon, Anas penelope
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		Fox Sparrow, Passerella iliaca iliaca Forster's Tern, Sterna forsteri Franklin's Gull, Larus pipixcan
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Gallinago delicata, Wilson's Snipe Gallinula chloropus, Common Moorhen Gavia immer, Common Loon Gavia pacifica, Pacific Loon Gavia stellata, Red-throated Loon Geothlypis trichas, Common Yellowthroat Grus americana, Whooping Crane Grus canadensis, Sandhill Crane Guiraca caerulea, Blue Grosbeak		Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus Gray Kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis Gray-cheeked Thrush, Catharus minimus Great Black-backed Gull, Larus marinus Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias Great-crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus Greater Shearwater, Puffinus gravis Green-breasted Mango, Anthracothorax prevostii Gull-billed Tern, Sterna nilotica
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Haematopus palliatus, American Oystercatcher		Harris's Sparrow, Zonotrichia querela Henslow's Sparrow, Ammodramus henslowii Hermit Thrush, Catharus guttatus Hooded Warbler, Wilsonia citrina Horned Grebe, Podiceps auritus Horned Lark, Eremophila alpestris House Wren, Troglodytes aedon
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Icterus bullocki, Bullock's Oriole
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		Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus King Rail, Rallus elegans
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Larus marinus, Great Black-backed Gull Larus philadelphia, Bonaparte's Gull Larus pipixcan, Franklin's Gull Larus ridibundus, Black-headed Gull Limnodromus griseus, Short-billed Dowitcher Limosa fedoa, Marbled Godwit		Lapland Longspur, Calcarius lapponicus Lark Sparrow, Chondestes grammacus grammacus Least Tern, Sterna antillarum LeConte's Sparrow, Ammodramus leconteii Limpkin, Aramus guarauna Lincoln's Sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis
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Meagris gallopavo, Wild Turkey Melanerpes carolinus, Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanitta fusca, White-winged Scoter Melanitta nigra, Black Scoter Melanitta perspicillata, Surf Scoter Melospiza lincolnii, Lincoln's Sparrow, Melospiza melodia, Song Sparrow Mergus serrator, Red-breasted Merganser Morus bassanus, Northern Gannet Myiarchus cinerascens, Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus, Great-crested Flycatcher		MacGillivray's Warbler, Oporornis tolmiei Manx Shearwater, Puffinus puffinus Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa Marsh Wren, Cistothorus palustris Masked Booby, Sula dactylatra Masked Duck, Nomonyx dominicus Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura
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Nomonyx dominicus, Masked Duck Numenius americanus, Long-billed Curlew Nyctanassa violacea, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax, Black-crowned Night-heron,		Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis Northern Flicker, Colaptes auratus Northern Gannet, Morus bassanus Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Stelgidopteryx serripennis
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Onychoprion fuscatus, Sooty Tern Oporornis agilis, Connecticut Warbler Oporornis tolmiei, MacGillivray's Warbler Oreoscoptes montanus, Sage Thrasher		Orange-crowned Warbler, Vermivora celata
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Passerculus sandwichensis, Savannah Sparrow Passerella iliaca iliaca, Fox Sparrow Passerina ciris, Painted Bunting Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, American White Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis, Brown Pelican Phalaropus fulcaria, Red Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus, Red-necked Phalarope Pheucticus ludovicianus, Rose-breased Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus, Black-headed Grosbeak Piranga bidentata, Western Tanager Piranga olivacea, Scarlet Tanager Piranga rubra, Summer Tanager Plectrophenax nivalis, Snow Bunting Plegadis chihi, White-faced Ibis Plegadis falcinellus, Glossy Ibis Pluvialis dominica, American Golden-Plover Podiceps auritus, Horned Grebe Podiceps grisegena, Red-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis, Eared Grebe Podilymbus podiceps, Pied-billed Grebe Poecile carolinensis, Carolina Chickadee Polioptila caerulea, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Porzana Carolina, Sora Protonotaria citrea, Prothonotary Warbler Puffinus gravis, Greater Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri, Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus puffinus, Manx Shearwater Pyrocephalus rubinus, Vermilion Flycatcher		Pacific Loon, Gavia pacifica Painted Bunting, Passerina ciris Palm Warbler, Dendroica palmarum Parasitic Jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus Philadelphia Vireo, Vireo philadelphicus Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps Pine Warbler, Dendroica pinus Pomarine Jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus Prairie Warbler, Dendroica discolor Prothonotary Warbler, Protonotaria citrea Purple Finch, Carpodacus purpureus
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Quiscalus major, Boat-tailed Graclke
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Rallus elegans, King Rail Recurvirostra americana, American Avocet		Razorbill, Alca torda Red-bellied Woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator Red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus Red-necked Grebe, Podiceps grisegena Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus Red-throated Loon, Gavia stellata Rose-breased Grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus Roseate Spoonbill, Ajaia ajaja Royal Tern, Sterna maxima Rufous Hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus Rusty Blackbird, Euphogus carolinus
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Sayornis phoebe, Eastern Phoebe Sayornis saya, Say's Phoebe Selasphorus platycercus, Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus, Rufous Hummingbird Setophaga ruticilla, American Redstart Somateria mollissima, Common Eider Spiza americana, Dickcissel Spizella pallida, Clay-colored Sparrow Stelgidopteryx serripennis, Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stellula calliope, Calliope Hummingbird Stercorarius maccormicki, South Polar Skua Stercorarius parasiticus, Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus, Pomarine Jaeger Sterna anaethetus, Bridled Tern Sterna antillarum, Least Tern Sterna caspia, Caspian Tern Sterna forsteri, Forster's Tern Sterna hirundo, Common Tern Sterna maxima, Royal Tern Sterna nilotica, Gull-billed Tern Sterna sandvicensis, Sandwich Tern Sula dactylatra, Masked Booby Sula leucogaster, Brown Booby		Sage Thrasher, Oreoscoptes montanus Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Ammodramus caudacutus Sandhill Crane, Grus canadensis Sandwich Tern, Sterna sandvicensis Savannah Sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis Say's Phoebe, Sayornis saya Scarlet Tanager, Piranga olivacea Sedge Wren, Cistothorus platensis Short-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus Smith's Longspur, Calcarius pictus Smooth-billed Ani, Crotophaga ani Snow Bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis Snowy Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus Solitary Sandpiper, Tringa solitaria Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus Sora, Porzana Carolina South Polar Skua, Stercorarius maccormicki Summer Tanager, Piranga rubra Surf Scoter, Melanitta perspicillata Swainson's Thrush, Catharus ustulatus
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Thyrothorus ludovicianus, Carolina Wren Tringa solitaria, Solitary Sandpiper Troglodytes aedon, House Wren Troglodytes troglodytes, Winter Wren Tryngites subruficollis, Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tyrannus dominicensis, Gray Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis, Western Kingbird		Tricolored Heron, Egretta tricolor Tufted Titmouse, Baeolophus bicolor Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus
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		Upland Sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda
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Vermivora celata, Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora pinus, Blue-winged Warbler Vireo belli, Bell's Vireo Vireo flavifrons, Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo gilvus, Warbling Vireo Vireo griseus, White-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus, Red-eyed Vireo Vireo philadelphicus, Philadelphia Vireo Vireo solitarius, Blue-headed Vireo		Veery, Catharus fusescens Vermilion Flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus
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Wilsonia citrina, Hooded Warbler		Warbling Vireo, Vireo gilvus Western Kingbird, Tyrannus verticalis Western Tanager, Piranga bidentata White Ibis, Eudocimus albus White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia eucophrys White-eyed Vireo, Vireo griseus White-faced Ibis, Plegadis chihi White-winged Dove, Zenaida asiatica White-winged Scoter, Melanitta fusca Whooping Crane, Grus americana Wild Turkey, Meagris gallopavo Willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Willow Flycatcher, Empidonax traillii Wilson's Plover, Charadrius wilsonia Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata Winter Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes
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Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, Yellow-headed Blackbird
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		Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Nyctanassa violacea Yellow-headed Blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Yellow-throated Vireo, Vireo flavifrons
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Zenaida asiatica, White-winged Dove Zenaida macroura, Mourning Dove Zonotrichia eucophrys, White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia querela, Harris's Sparrow
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