Big Year List

78 species (69 ABA countable)

† Swan Goose ✓ Dec 14 in California LIFER! † Graylag Goose ✓ Dec 17 in California LIFER! Emperor Goose† Mandarin Duck ✓ Dec 14 in California LIFER! Tufted Duck ✓ Dec 17 in California LIFER! Steller's EiderSpectacled EiderMontezuma Quail ✓ Nov 19 in Arizona LIFER! Himalayan SnowcockGunnison Sage-Grouse ✓ Apr 15 in Colorado LIFER! Arctic LoonBlack-footed Albatross ✓ Sep 6 in California LIFER! Northern Fulmar ✓ Dec 20 in California LIFER! Bermuda PetrelPink-footed Shearwater ✓ Sep 6 in California LIFER! Flesh-footed Shearwater ✓ Sep 9 in California LIFER! Buller's Shearwater ✓ Sep 9 in California LIFER! Short-tailed Shearwater ✓ Dec 20 in California LIFER! Manx Shearwater ✓ Sep 9 in California LIFER! Leach's Storm-PetrelAshy Storm-Petrel ✓ Sep 6 in California LIFER! Black Storm-Petrel ✓ Sep 9 in California LIFER! Least Storm-PetrelBlue-footed Booby ✓ Sep 16 in California LIFER! Hook-billed Kite ✓ Nov 11 in Texas LIFER! Aplomado Falcon ✓ Feb 19 in Texas LIFER! Black Rail** Rufous-necked Wood-Rail ✓ Jul 17 in New Mexico LIFER! Common Ringed PloverWood SandpiperEskimo Curlew (probably extinct)Bristle-thighed CurlewBar-tailed GodwitRed-legged KittiwakeIvory GullSabine's Gull ✓ Sep 6 in California LIFER! Yellow-footed GullAleutian TernSouth Polar Skua ✓ Sep 9 in California LIFER! DovekieThick-billed MurreLong-billed MurreletScripp's Murrelet ✓ Sep 9 in California LIFER! Craveri's MurreletParakeet AukletLeast AukletWhiskered AukletCrested Auklet† Rose-ringed Parakeet ✓ Dec 21 in California LIFER! Rosy-faced Lovebird ✓ Nov 17 in Arizona LIFER! † Red-masked Parakeet ✓ Dec 14 in California LIFER! Thick-billed Parrot† Red-lored Parrot ✓ Feb 19 in Texas LIFER! † Yellow-headed Parrot ✓ Feb 19 in Texas LIFER! ** Groove-billed Ani ✓ Nov 10 in Texas LIFER! Antillean NighthawkMexican Whip-poor-willAmazon Kingfisher ✓ Nov 9 in Texas LIFER! Ivory-billed Woodpecker (probably extinct)Gray VireoSinaloa Wren† Red-whiskered Bulbul ✓ Dec 14 in California LIFER! Arctic WarblerBicknell's Thrush ✓ Jun 17 in New Hampshire LIFER! Clay-colored Thrush ✓ Feb 20 in Texas LIFER! Le Conte's Thrasher ✓ Dec 21 in California LIFER! McKay's BuntingBachman's Warbler (probably extinct)** Swainson's Warbler ✓ May 3 in Oklahoma LIFER! Colima Warbler ✓ Jul 21 in Texas LIFER! ** Golden-cheeked Warbler ✓ Jul 23 in Texas LIFER! Bell's Sparrow ✓ Dec 21 in California LIFER! * Saltmarsh Sparrow ✓ Jun 15 in New York LIFER! Crimson-collared Grosbeak ✓ Feb 19 in Texas LIFER! Black Rosy-Finch ✓ Apr 14 in Colorado LIFER! Lawrence's Goldfinch ✓ Sep 14 in California LIFER! † Orange Bishop ✓ Dec 14 in California LIFER! Nutmeg Mannikin ✓ Dec 14 in California LIFER!
* Seen within the National Wildlife Refuge System ** Seen only within the National Wildlife Refuge System † Not countable by ABA rules