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The following list of birds is not exhaustive, but it does include the most common Yellowstone birds and other birds of interest.

Species	Bird	Abundant	Common	Uncommon	Occasional	Rare
Blackbirds & Orioles	Brewer's blackbird		C
	Brown-headed cowbird		C
	Northern oriole					R
	Red-winged blackbird		C
	Western Meadowlark		C
	Yellow-headed blackbird		C
Chickadees, nuthatches, creepers	Black-capped chickadee		C
	Brown creeper					R
	Mountain chickadee	A
	Pygmy nuthatch					R
	Red-breasted nuthatch		C
	White-breasted nuthatch			U
Doves	Mourning Dove			U
Dipper	Dipper		C
Ducks, Swans & Geese	American Wigeon		C
	Barrow's goldeneye		C
	Blue-winged teal			U
	Bufflehead			U
	Canada Goose	A
	Canvasback			U
	Cinnamon teal		C
	Common goldeneye		C
	Common loon			U
	Common merganser		C
	Double-crested cormorant			U
	Eared grebe			U
	Gadwall		C
	Green-winged teal		C
	Harlequin duck					R
	Hooded merganser					R
	Horned grebe					R
	Mallard		C
	Northern pintail			U
	Northern shoveler			U
	Pied-billed grebe			U
	Red-breasted merganser					R
	Redhead			U
	Red-necked grebe					R
	Ring-necked duck		C
	Ruddy duck			U
	Snow goose					R
	Trumpeter swan		C
	Tundra swan			U
	Western grebe		C
	White pelican		C
Flycatchers	Dusky flycatcher		C
	Eastern kingbird				O
	Hammond's flycatcher			U
	Olive-sided flycatcher			U
	Western flycatcher				O
	Western kingbird					R
	Western wood peewee			U
	Willow flycatcher			U
Grosbeaks, Finches, Sparrows & Buntings	American goldfinch				O
	Cassin's finch		C
	Chipping sparrow		C
	Common redpoll			U
	Dark-eyed Junco		C
	Evening grosbeak			U
	Green-tailed towhee				O
	Lazuli bunting				O
	Lark sparrow			U
	Lincoln's sparrow		C
	Pine grosbeak		C
	Pine siskin		C
	Red crossbill			U
	Rosy finch		C
	Savannah sparrow			U
	Snow bunting			U
	Song sparrow		C
	Vesper sparrow		C
	White-crowned sparrow		C
Grouse	Blue grouse			U
	Ruffed grouse		C
	Sage grouse				O
Gulls and terns	Black tern			U
	California gull	A
	Forster's tern			U
	Franklin's gull			U
	Ring-billed gull			U
Hawks, Falcons & Eagles	Bald Eagle			U
	Cooper's hawk			U
	Ferruginous hawk					R
	Golden eagle		C
	Kestrel		C
	Merlin					R
	Northern harrier		C
	Northern goshawk			U
	Osprey			U
	Peregrine falcon				O
	Prairie falcon		C
	Red-tailed hawk		C
	Rough-legged hawk		C
	Sharp-shinned hawk			U
	Swainson's hawk		C
	Turkey vulture				O
Hummingbirds	Black-chinned hummingbird				O
	Broad-tailed hummingbird				O
	Calliope hummingbird			U
	Rufous hummingbird			U
Jays & Crows	American crow					R
	Black-billed magpie		C
	Clark's nutcracker		C
	Common raven	A
	Gray jay		C
	Steller's jay			U
Kingfishers	Belted kingfisher		C
Kinglets	Golden-crowned kinglet			U
	Ruby-crowned kinglet		C
Larks	Horned lark		C
Nighthawks	Common nighthawk		C
Owls	Boreal owl					R
	Burrowing owl					R
	Great gray owl			U
	Great horned owl		C
	Long-eared owl				O
	Northern pygmy owl					R
	Northern saw-whet owl					R
	Short-eared owl				O
Pipits	Water pipit		C
Shrikes	Loggerhead shrike					R
	Northern shrike			U
Starlings	European starling		C
Swallows	Bank swallow			U
	Barn swallow		C
	Cliff swallow	A
	Northern rough-winged swallow			U
	Tree swallow		C
	Violet-green swallow		C
Swifts	White-throated swift			U
Tanagers	Western tanager		C
Thrashers	Sage thrasher			U
Thrushes	American robin		C
	Hermit thrush			U
	Mountain bluebird	A
	Swainson's thrush		C
	Townsend's solitaire		C
	Veery					R
Turkey	Turkey			U
Vireos & Warblers	American redstart					R
	Common yellowthroat		C
	MacGillivray's warbler		C
	Orange-crowned warbler				O
	Red-eyed vireo					R
	Solitary vireo					R
	Townsend's warbler					R
	Warbling vireo		C
	Wilson's warbler		C
	Yellow-rumped warbler	A
	Yellow warbler		C
Wading birds & Dabblers	American avocet		C
	American bittern				O
	American coot	A
	Black-crowned night heron					R
	Great blue heron		C
	Greater yellowlegs					R
	Killdeer		C
	Lesser yellowlegs					R
	Marbled godwit				O
	Sandhill crane			U
	Semipalmated polver					R
	Snowy egret					R
	Solitary sandpiper				O
	Sora			U
	Virginia rail				O
	White-faced ibis				O
	Whooping crane					R
	Yellow rail					R
Waxwings	Bohemian waxwing			U
	Cedar waxwing			U
Weaver Finches	House sparrow		C
Woodpeckers	Flicker		C
	Hairy woodpecker		C
	Lewis's woodpecker					R
	Pileated woodpecker					R
	Red-naped sapsucker		C
	Williamson's sapsucker			U
Wrens	House wren		C
	Marsh wren			U
	Rock wren			U

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Information is from the books, "Yellowstone - A Visitor's Companion" by George Wuerthner and "Birds of Yellowstone" by Terry McEneaney and birder Ken Drury.

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