Minnesota Birds |
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Class Aves |
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Aves (birds) is the class of animals that is characterized by being warm-blooded, laying hard-shelled eggs, and having a backbone, feathers, wings, a beak with no teeth, and two legs for forelimbs. They are the only clade of dinosaurs (Dinosauria) to have survived the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event 65.5 million years ago. According to the American Ornithologists’ Union, there are 2,008 species of birds naturally occurring without the intervention of man in “North and Middle America including the adjacent islands under the jurisdiction of the included nations; the Hawaiian Islands; Clipperton Island; Bermuda; the West Indies, including the Bahama Islands, the Greater Antilles, Leeward and Windward islands of the Lesser Antilles.” According to the Minnesota DNR, there are 428 bird species found in Minnesota, 44 of which are year-round residents. |
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Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) |
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American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) |
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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) |
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Baird’s Sparrow (Ammodramus bairdii) |
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Barrow’s Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) |
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Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii) |
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Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) |
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Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) |
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Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) |
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Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) |
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Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens) |
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Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) |
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Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca) |
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) |
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Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) |
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Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus) |
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Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) |
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Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) |
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Bonaparte’s Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) |
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Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus) |
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Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) |
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Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) |
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Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia) |
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Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia) |
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Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) |
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Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea) |
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Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus) |
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Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) |
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Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) |
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Clark’s Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) |
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Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) |
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Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) |
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Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) |
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Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) |
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Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) |
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Connecticut Warbler (Oporonis agilis) |
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Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) |
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Eastern Screech Owl (Otus asio) |
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Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) |
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Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis) |
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Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri) |
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Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) |
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Franklin’s Gull (Larus pipixcan) |
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Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) |
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Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) |
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Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) |
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Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) |
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Harris’s Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) |
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Henslow’s Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) |
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Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) |
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Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) |
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Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina) |
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Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) |
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Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) |
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Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica) |
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Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis formosus) |
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King Rail (Rallus elegans) |
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Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) |
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Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) |
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Le Conte’s Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii) |
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Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) |
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Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) |
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Lincoln’s Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) |
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Little Blue Heron (Egrettacaerulea) |
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Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) |
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Louisiana Waterthrush (Seiurus motacilla) |
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Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia) |
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Marsh Wren (Othorus palustris) |
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Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) |
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Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia) |
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Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) |
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Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni) |
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Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) |
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Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) |
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Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) |
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Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) |
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) |
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Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) |
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Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis) |
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Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) |
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Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) |
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Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) |
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Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) |
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Pine Warbler (Dendroica pinus) |
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Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) |
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Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) |
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Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor) |
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Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) |
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Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) |
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Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) |
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Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) |
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Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) |
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Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) |
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Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) |
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Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) |
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Say’s Phoebe (Sayornis saya) |
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Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) |
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Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) |
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Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) |
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Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) |
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Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) |
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Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) |
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Sora (Porzana carolina) |
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Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia) |
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Sprague’s Pipit (Anthus spragueii) |
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Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis) |
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Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) |
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Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) |
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Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) |
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Townsend’s Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) |
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Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) |
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Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) |
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Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) |
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Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) |
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Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) |
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White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) |
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White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) |
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Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) |
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Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) |
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Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) |
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Wilson’s Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) |
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Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) |
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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) |
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Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea) |
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Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) |
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Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) |
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