The only reason for a bird families chaser to visit North America
Project progress - Bird Families of the World 214/250
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The only Nearctic endemic bird family is the monotype Olive Warbler. All other bird families in North America have at least one member who appears in other biogeography zone. So here I am, climbing up to Mount Lemmon pine forest area, raising surprisingly above the arid Tocson Arizona landscape, to tick this tiny beauty. Pine trees habitat occurred only in high elevation, but since this is a ski resort, a good road takes you to the top. Finding the tiny bird can take sometime, and I choose spring time while the bird is singing. Trip list includes also some species seen in NYC, mainly on Central Park.
214. Family #226: Olive Warbler (Peucedramidae) | Olive Warbler
Brant | Branta bernicla | NY Hudson River Pier 25 |
Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | NY |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | NY |
Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata | NY |
Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | NY |
Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | NY |
Gambel’s Quail | Callipepla gambelii | AZ Madera Canyon |
Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | AZ Madera Canyon |
Common Loon | Gavia immer | NY |
Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | NY |
Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus | NY, AZ |
Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | AZ Madera Canyon |
California Condor | Gymnogyps californianus | AZ Grand Canyon |
Harris’s Hawk | Parabuteo unicinctus | AZ Green Valley |
Swainson’s Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | AZ @Grand Canyon |
Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | NY |
American Coot | Fulica americana | NY |
Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | NY |
Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | NY, AZ Madera Canyon |
Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | AZ Madera Canyon |
White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | AZ Madera Canyon |
Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | NY, AZ Madera Canyon |
Whiskered Screech-Owl | Megascops trichopsis | AZ Madre Canyon |
Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | AZ Green Valley |
Elf Owl | Micrathene whitneyi | AZ Madre Canyon |
Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | AZ Madre Canyon |
White-throated Swift | Aeronautes saxatalis | AZ Grand Canyon |
Magnificent Hummingbird | Eugenes fulgens | AZ Madera Canyon split to Rivoli’s Hummingbird * fulgens (Northern) |
Black-chinned Hummingbird | Archilochus alexandri | AZ Madera Canyon |
Anna’s Hummingbird | Calypte anna | AZ Madera Canyon |
Broad-tailed Hummingbird | Selasphorus platycercus | AZ Madera Canyon |
Broad-billed Hummingbird | Cynanthus latirostris | AZ Madera Canyon |
Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus | AZ Madera Canyon |
Gila Woodpecker | Melanerpes uropygialis | AZ Madera Canyon |
Red-naped Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus nuchalis | AZ Madera Canyon |
Downy Woodpecker | Picoides pubescens | NY |
Hairy Woodpecker | Picoides villosus | AZ Lemmon Mountain |
Gilded Flicker | Colaptes chrysoides | AZ Green Valley |
American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | AZ Madera Canyon |
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma imberbe | AZ Madera Canyon |
Dusky Flycatcher | Empidonax oberholseri | AZ Madera Canyon |
Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | AZ Madera Canyon |
Ash-throated Flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens | AZ Madera Canyon |
Bell’s Vireo | Vireo bellii | AZ Madera Canyon |
Plumbeous Vireo | Vireo plumbeus | AZ Madera Canyon |
Hutton’s Vireo | Vireo huttoni | AZ Madera Canyon |
Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus | AZ Madera Canyon |
Steller’s Jay | Cyanocitta stelleri | AZ @Lemmon Mt. |
Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | NY |
Mexican Jay | Aphelocoma wollweberi | AZ Madera Canyon |
Common Raven | Corvus corax | AZ Madera Canyon |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | AZ Madera Canyon |
Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus | NY |
Bridled Titmouse | Baeolophus wollweberi | AZ Madera Canyon |
Juniper Titmouse | Baeolophus ridgwayi | AZ Grand Canyon |
Tufted Titmouse | Baeolophus bicolor | NY |
Verdin | Auriparus flaviceps | AZ Madera Canyon |
White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis | AZ Madera Canyon *> [mexicana Group] (Interior West) |
Pygmy Nuthatch | Sitta pygmaea | AZ Lemmon Mnt. |
House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | AZ Madera Canyon *> [brunneicollis Group] (Brown-thro |
Bewick’s Wren | Thryomanes bewickii | AZ @Grand Canyon |
Black-capped Gnatcatcher | Polioptila nigriceps | AZ Madera Canyon |
Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides | AZ @Grand Canyon |
Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | NY, AZ Madera Canyon |
American Robin | Turdus migratorius | NY, AZ Madera Canyon |
Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | NY @Central Park |
Curve-billed Thrasher | Toxostoma curvirostre | AZ Madera Canyon *> [palmeri Group] (Western) |
Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | NY |
European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | NY |
Olive Warbler | Peucedramus taeniatus | AZ Lemmon Mountain |
Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | NY @Central Park |
Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | NY @Central Park |
Lucy’s Warbler | Oreothlypis luciae | AZ Madera Canyon |
Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | NY Central Park |
American Yellow Warbler | Setophaga aestiva | AZ Madera Canyon |
Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus | NY |
Myrtle Warbler | Setophaga coronata | NY @Central Park |
Audubon’s Warbler | Setophaga auduboni | AZ Madera Canyon |
Grace’s Warbler | Setophaga graciae | AZ Madera Canyon |
Black-throated Gray Warbler | Setophaga nigrescens | AZ Madera Canyon |
Townsend’s Warbler | Setophaga townsendi | AZ Madera Canyon |
Hermit Warbler | Setophaga occidentalis | AZ Madera Canyon |
Wilson’s Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | AZ Madera Canyon |
Painted Redstart | Myioborus pictus | AZ Madera Canyon |
Green-tailed Towhee | Pipilo chlorurus | AZ Madera Canyon *> [mexicana Group] (Interior West) |
Spotted Towhee | Pipilo maculatus | AZ Lemmon Mountain |
Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | NY |
Rufous-crowned Sparrow | Aimophila ruficeps | AZ Madera Canyon *> [mexicana Group] (Interior West) |
Canyon Towhee | Melozone fusca | AZ Madera Canyon |
Rufous-winged Sparrow | Peucaea carpalis | AZ Madera Canyon |
Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | NY, AZ Madera Canyon *> [mexicana Group] (Interior West) |
Black-throated Sparrow | Amphispiza bilineata | AZ Madera Canyon |
Lincoln’s Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | AZ Madera Canyon |
Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | NY Central Park |
White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | NY |
Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | NY |
Yellow-eyed Junco | Junco phaeonotus | AZ Madera Canyon |
Hepatic Tanager | Piranga flava | AZ Madera Canyon |
Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | AZ Madera Canyon |
Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | NY, AZ Madera Canyon |
Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus | AZ Madera Canyon |
Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | NY |
Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | NY |
Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | AZ Madera Canyon |
Hooded Oriole | Icterus cucullatus | AZ Madera Canyon |
House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | AZ Madre Canyon |
Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria | AZ Madera Canyon |
House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | AZ Madera Canyon |