Michael W
Mountain Chickadee
My 2005 World Year List
The following is my complete 2005 World Year List. I birded Washington state, SE Arizona, a little bit of Idaho, southern British Columbia, Oregon, the Tokyo Airport in Japan, and the Philippines. My World life list stands at 625 at the end of 2005.
It was a great year! My highest-ever year list.
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Black-footed Albatross
Northern Fulmar
Pink-footed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Egret
Cattle Egret
Striated Heron
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow Bittern
American Bittern
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Wood Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Brahminy Kite
Bald Eagle
Philippine Serpent-Eagle
Northern Harrier
Chinese Goshawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Gray Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Prairie Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Wild Turkey
Blue Grouse
White-tailed Ptarmigan
Ruffed Grouse
California Quail
Gambel's Quail
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheasant
Barred Rail
Virginia Rail
White-breasted Waterhen
Sora
American Coot
Black-winged Stilt
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Hudsonian Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Black Turnstone
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
South Polar Skua
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Western Gull
Thayer's Gull
American Herring Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Franklin's Gull
Sabine's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black Tern
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Cassin's Auklet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Zebra Dove
Mourning Dove
White-winged Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Inca Dove
Philippine Hanging-Parrot
Philippine Coucal
Greater Roadrunner
Barn Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Whiskered Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Spotted Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Elf Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Northern Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Buff-collared Nightjar
Glossy Swiftlet
Pygmy Swiftlet
Uniform Swiftlet
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift
Fork-tailed Swift
House Swift
Broad-billed Hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird
Violet-crowned Hummingbird
Magnificent Hummingbird
Lucifer Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Elegant Trogon
White-throated Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Blue-throated Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Coppersmith Barbet
Lewis's Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Philippine Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Arizona Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Gilded Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Greater Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Buff-breasted Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Pacific Swallow
Striated Swallow
Black-backed Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Richard's Pipit
American Pipit
Pied Triller
Yellow-vented Bulbul
Philippine Bulbul
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Phainopepla
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
American Dipper
Cactus Wren
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Bendire's Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
Blue Rock-Thrush
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Dusky Thrush
Redwing
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Golden-headed Cisticola
Arctic Warbler
Tawny Grassbird
Striated Grassbird
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Gray-spotted Flycatcher
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Pied Bushchat
Pied Fantail
Black-naped Monarch
Bushtit
Golden-bellied Gerygone
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Elegant Tit
Bridled Titmouse
Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Verdin
Olive-backed Sunbird
Red-striped Flowerpecker
Pygmy Flowerpecker
Lowland White-eye
Yellowish White-eye
Black-naped Oriole
Brown Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
White-breasted Woodswallow
Gray Jay
Steller's Jay
Blue Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Mexican Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Clark's Nutcracker
Slender-billed Crow
American Crow
Northwestern Crow
Carrion Crow
Large-billed Crow
Common Raven
Asian Glossy Starling
Crested Myna
European Starling
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Chestnut Munia
Bell's Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Pine Grosbeak
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Grace's Warbler
American Redstart
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Painted Redstart
Yellow-breasted Chat
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Flame-colored Tanager
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Canyon Towhee
Abert's Towhee
Botteri's Sparrow
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Rufous-winged Sparrow
Five-striped Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Sage Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Yellow-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Varied Bunting
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Total: 422 species
Last updated: 12/31/2005
The following is my complete 2005 World Year List. I birded Washington state, SE Arizona, a little bit of Idaho, southern British Columbia, Oregon, the Tokyo Airport in Japan, and the Philippines. My World life list stands at 625 at the end of 2005.
It was a great year! My highest-ever year list.
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Black-footed Albatross
Northern Fulmar
Pink-footed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Egret
Cattle Egret
Striated Heron
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow Bittern
American Bittern
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Wood Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Brahminy Kite
Bald Eagle
Philippine Serpent-Eagle
Northern Harrier
Chinese Goshawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Gray Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Prairie Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Wild Turkey
Blue Grouse
White-tailed Ptarmigan
Ruffed Grouse
California Quail
Gambel's Quail
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheasant
Barred Rail
Virginia Rail
White-breasted Waterhen
Sora
American Coot
Black-winged Stilt
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Hudsonian Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Black Turnstone
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
South Polar Skua
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Western Gull
Thayer's Gull
American Herring Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Franklin's Gull
Sabine's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black Tern
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Cassin's Auklet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Zebra Dove
Mourning Dove
White-winged Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Inca Dove
Philippine Hanging-Parrot
Philippine Coucal
Greater Roadrunner
Barn Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Whiskered Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Spotted Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Elf Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Northern Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Buff-collared Nightjar
Glossy Swiftlet
Pygmy Swiftlet
Uniform Swiftlet
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift
Fork-tailed Swift
House Swift
Broad-billed Hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird
Violet-crowned Hummingbird
Magnificent Hummingbird
Lucifer Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Elegant Trogon
White-throated Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Blue-throated Bee-eater
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Coppersmith Barbet
Lewis's Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Philippine Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Arizona Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Gilded Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Greater Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Buff-breasted Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Pacific Swallow
Striated Swallow
Black-backed Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Richard's Pipit
American Pipit
Pied Triller
Yellow-vented Bulbul
Philippine Bulbul
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Phainopepla
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
American Dipper
Cactus Wren
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Bendire's Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
Blue Rock-Thrush
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Dusky Thrush
Redwing
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Golden-headed Cisticola
Arctic Warbler
Tawny Grassbird
Striated Grassbird
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Gray-spotted Flycatcher
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Pied Bushchat
Pied Fantail
Black-naped Monarch
Bushtit
Golden-bellied Gerygone
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Elegant Tit
Bridled Titmouse
Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Verdin
Olive-backed Sunbird
Red-striped Flowerpecker
Pygmy Flowerpecker
Lowland White-eye
Yellowish White-eye
Black-naped Oriole
Brown Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
White-breasted Woodswallow
Gray Jay
Steller's Jay
Blue Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Mexican Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Clark's Nutcracker
Slender-billed Crow
American Crow
Northwestern Crow
Carrion Crow
Large-billed Crow
Common Raven
Asian Glossy Starling
Crested Myna
European Starling
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Chestnut Munia
Bell's Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Pine Grosbeak
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Grace's Warbler
American Redstart
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Painted Redstart
Yellow-breasted Chat
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Flame-colored Tanager
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Canyon Towhee
Abert's Towhee
Botteri's Sparrow
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Rufous-winged Sparrow
Five-striped Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Sage Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Yellow-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Varied Bunting
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Total: 422 species
Last updated: 12/31/2005
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