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 Climate Change Bird Atlas (A Spatial Database of 147 Bird Species of the Eastern USA)
 Steve Matthews, Louis R Iverson, Anantha M Prasad, Matt Peters
 NRS-4151, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Delaware, Ohio
Model Reliability: Green/High Reliability High Yellow/Medium Reliability Medium Low
Sortable Table of 147 Bird Species:
(Click Table-Header-Link to Sort by that Column - Ascending/Descending)
Reliability Spp. # Common Name Scientific Name
2 Medium Model Reliability 0070 Common Loon Gavia immer
2 Medium Model Reliability 1320 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
2 Medium Model Reliability 1400 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
3 Low Model Reliability 1720 Canada Goose Branta canadensis
2 Medium Model Reliability 1840 White Ibis Eudocimus albus
3 Low Model Reliability 1900 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
3 Low Model Reliability 1940 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
2 Medium Model Reliability 1960 Great Egret Ardea alba
3 Low Model Reliability 1970 Snowy Egret Egretta thula
2 Medium Model Reliability 2000 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
1 High Model Reliability 2001 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
3 Low Model Reliability 2010 Green Heron Butorides virescens
3 Low Model Reliability 2030 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
2 Medium Model Reliability 2140 Sora Porzana carolina
3 Low Model Reliability 2210 American Coot Fulica americana
2 Medium Model Reliability 2300 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
3 Low Model Reliability 2630 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
2 Medium Model Reliability 2730 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
2 Medium Model Reliability 2881 Gray Partridge Perdix perdix
1 High Model Reliability 2890 Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
3 Low Model Reliability 3000 Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
1 High Model Reliability 3091 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
3 Low Model Reliability 3131 Rock Dove Columba livia
2 Medium Model Reliability 3160 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
1 High Model Reliability 3200 Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
2 Medium Model Reliability 3250 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
2 Medium Model Reliability 3260 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
2 Medium Model Reliability 3290 Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
3 Low Model Reliability 3310 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
3 Low Model Reliability 3370 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
2 Medium Model Reliability 3390 Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
3 Low Model Reliability 3430 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
3 Low Model Reliability 3600 American Kestrel Falco sparverius
3 Low Model Reliability 3750 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
1 High Model Reliability 3870 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
1 High Model Reliability 3880 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
3 Low Model Reliability 3940 Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
1 High Model Reliability 4020 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
2 Medium Model Reliability 4050 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopuc pileatus
1 High Model Reliability 4060 Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
1 High Model Reliability 4090 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
1 High Model Reliability 4160 Chuck-Will's Widow Caprimulgus carolinenis
3 Low Model Reliability 4170 Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus
2 Medium Model Reliability 4200 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
2 Medium Model Reliability 4230 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
3 Low Model Reliability 4280 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
3 Low Model Reliability 4430 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
3 Low Model Reliability 4440 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
3 Low Model Reliability 4560 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
3 Low Model Reliability 4610 Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
3 Low Model Reliability 4650 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
3 Low Model Reliability 4664 Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
2 Medium Model Reliability 4670 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
1 High Model Reliability 4740 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
3 Low Model Reliability 4770 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
3 Low Model Reliability 4880 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
3 Low Model Reliability 4900 Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
3 Low Model Reliability 4930 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
1 High Model Reliability 4940 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
3 Low Model Reliability 4950 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
1 High Model Reliability 4970 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
2 Medium Model Reliability 5010 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
1 High Model Reliability 5060 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
1 High Model Reliability 5070 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
2 Medium Model Reliability 5100 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
2 Medium Model Reliability 5140 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
1 High Model Reliability 5170 Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
1 High Model Reliability 5190 House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
1 High Model Reliability 5290 American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
2 Medium Model Reliability 5400 Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
1 High Model Reliability 5420 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
2 Medium Model Reliability 5460 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
1 High Model Reliability 5580 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
1 High Model Reliability 5600 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
1 High Model Reliability 5610 Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
1 High Model Reliability 5630 Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
2 Medium Model Reliability 5670 dark eyed junco Junco hyemalis
3 Low Model Reliability 5750 Bachman's Sparrow Aimophila aestivalis
1 High Model Reliability 5810 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
3 Low Model Reliability 5830 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
2 Medium Model Reliability 5840 Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
2 Medium Model Reliability 5870 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
1 High Model Reliability 5930 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
1 High Model Reliability 5950 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
1 High Model Reliability 5970 Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea
1 High Model Reliability 5980 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
1 High Model Reliability 6010 Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
1 High Model Reliability 6040 Dickcissel Spiza americana
1 High Model Reliability 6100 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
2 Medium Model Reliability 6110 Purple Martin Progne subis
2 Medium Model Reliability 6120 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
2 Medium Model Reliability 6130 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
1 High Model Reliability 6140 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
3 Low Model Reliability 6160 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
1 High Model Reliability 6190 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
1 High Model Reliability 6220 Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
1 High Model Reliability 6240 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
2 Medium Model Reliability 6270 Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
3 Low Model Reliability 6280 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
2 Medium Model Reliability 6290 Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
1 High Model Reliability 6310 White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
2 Medium Model Reliability 6360 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
2 Medium Model Reliability 6370 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
3 Low Model Reliability 6390 Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorus
2 Medium Model Reliability 6410 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus
2 Medium Model Reliability 6420 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
1 High Model Reliability 6450 Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla
3 Low Model Reliability 6480 Northern Parula Parula americana
1 High Model Reliability 6520 Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
1 High Model Reliability 6540 Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens
1 High Model Reliability 6550 Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
1 High Model Reliability 6570 Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
3 Low Model Reliability 6580 Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea
2 Medium Model Reliability 6620 Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
3 Low Model Reliability 6630 Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica
2 Medium Model Reliability 6670 Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
1 High Model Reliability 6710 Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
2 Medium Model Reliability 6730 Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor
1 High Model Reliability 6740 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus
2 Medium Model Reliability 6750 Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis
2 Medium Model Reliability 6770 Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus
2 Medium Model Reliability 6790 Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia
1 High Model Reliability 6810 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
1 High Model Reliability 6830 Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
2 Medium Model Reliability 6840 Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina
2 Medium Model Reliability 6860 Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis
2 Medium Model Reliability 6870 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
3 Low Model Reliability 6882 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
1 High Model Reliability 7030 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
1 High Model Reliability 7040 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
2 Medium Model Reliability 7050 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
1 High Model Reliability 7180 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
1 High Model Reliability 7210 House Wren Troglodytes aedon
1 High Model Reliability 7220 Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
1 High Model Reliability 7240 Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
2 Medium Model Reliability 7260 Brown Creeper Certhia americana
2 Medium Model Reliability 7270 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
1 High Model Reliability 7280 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
1 High Model Reliability 7290 Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
1 High Model Reliability 7310 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
1 High Model Reliability 7350 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
2 Medium Model Reliability 7510 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
1 High Model Reliability 7550 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
1 High Model Reliability 7560 Veery Catharus fuscescens
2 Medium Model Reliability 7580 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
1 High Model Reliability 7590 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
1 High Model Reliability 7610 American Robin Turdus migratorius
147 Species Combined/Compared
          

            

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