Alberta Rare Bird List

The following list of birds require a rare bird form to be filled out and submitted. Please help us help research by using the simple form provided on this site. 

	Family	Common Name	Latin Name
	Gaviidae	Red-throated Loon	Gavia stellata
	Gaviidae	Pacific Loon	Gavia pacifica
	Podicipedidae	Clark's Grebe	Aechmophorus clarkii
	Ardeidae	Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
	Threskiornithidae	White-faced Ibis	Plegadis chihi
	Cathartidae	Turkey Vulture	Cathartes aura
	Anatidae	Trumpeter Swan	Cygnus buccinator
	Anatidae	Wood Duck	Aix sponsa
	Anatidae	Eurasian Wigeon	Anas penelope
	Anatidae	American Black Duck	Anas rubripes
	Anatidae	Greater Scaup	Aythya marila
	Anatidae	Surf Scoter	Melanitta perspicillata
	Anatidae	Hooded Merganser	Lophodytes cucullatus
	Falconidae	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
	Phasianidae	Sage Grouse	Centrocercus urophasianus
	Phasianidae	Wild Turkey	Meleagris gallopavo
	Rallidae	Yellow Rail	Coturnicops noveboracensis
	Gruidae	Whooping Crane	Grus americana
	Charadriidae	Piping Plover	Charadrius melodus
	Charadriidae	Mountain Plover	Charadrius montanus
	Recurcirostridae	Black-necked Stilt	Himantopus mexicanus
	Scolopacidae	Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
	Scolopacidae	Western Sandpiper	Calidris mauri
	Scolopacidae	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Tryngites subruficollis
	Scolopacidae	Ruff	Philomachus pugnax
	Scolopacidae	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus
	Scolopacidae	Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicaria
	Laridae	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus
	Laridae	Thayer's Gull	Larus thayeri
	Laridae	Glaucous Gull	Larus hyperboreus
	Laridae	Sabine's Gull	Xema sabini
	Laridae	Caspian Tern	Sterna caspia
	Laridae	Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea
	Caprimulgidae	Common Poorwill	Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
	Apodidae	Black Swift	Cypseloides niger
	Apodidae	Vaux's Swift	Chaetura vauxi
	Picidae	Red-headed Woodpecker	Melanerpes erythrocephalus
	Tyrannidae	Great Crested Flycatcher	Myiarchus crinitus
	Hirundinidae	Violet-green Swallow	Tachycineta thalassina
	Paridae	Chestnut-backed Chickadee	Poecile rufescens
	Troglodytidae	Sedge Wren	Cistothorus platensis
	Turdidae	Eastern Bluebird	Sialia sialis
	Turdidae	Western Bluebird	Sialia mexicana
	Mimidae	Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos
	Mimidae	Sage Thrasher	Oreoscoptes montanus
	Parulidae	Nashville Warbler	Vermivora ruficapilla
	Parulidae	Black-throated Blue Warbler	Dendroica caerulescens
	Parulidae	Blackburnian Warbler	Dendroica fusca
	Emberizidae	Baird's Sparrow	Ammodramus bairdii
	Emberizidae	Smith's Longspur	Calcarius pictus
	Cardinalidae	Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis
	Cardinalidae	Black-headed Grosbeak	Pheucticus melanocephalus
	Cardinalidae	Lazuli Bunting	Passerina amoena
	Fringillidae	Cassin's Finch	Carpodacus cassinii
	Fringillidae	House Finch	Carpodacus mexicanus