Note: This checklist omits all rarities and accidental sightings that are included in the Calgary Region Checklist. Some of the species below are uncommon but most are seen in Calgary in most years.
Greater White-fronted Goose |
Snow Goose |
Cackling Goose |
Canada Goose |
Trumpeter Swan |
Tundra Swan |
Wood Duck |
Gadwall |
Eurasian Wigeon |
American Wigeon |
Mallard |
Blue-winged Teal |
Cinnamon Teal |
Northern Shoveler |
Northern Pintail |
Green-winged Teal |
Canvasback |
Redhead |
Ring-necked Duck |
Greater Scaup |
Lesser Scaup |
Harlequin Duck |
Surf Scoter |
White-winged Scoter |
Long-tailed Duck |
Bufflehead |
Common Goldeneye |
Barrow’s Goldeneye |
Hooded Merganser |
Common Merganser |
Red-breasted Merganser |
Ruddy Duck |
Gray Partridge |
Ring-necked Pheasant |
Ruffed Grouse |
Spruce Grouse |
White-tailed Ptarmigan |
Blue Grouse |
Sharp-tailed Grouse |
Wild Turkey |
Pacific Loon |
Common Loon |
Pied-billed Grebe |
Horned Grebe |
Red-necked Grebe |
Eared Grebe |
Western Grebe |
American White Pelican |
Double-crested Cormorant |
American Bittern |
Great Blue Heron |
Black-crowned Night-Heron |
White-faced Ibis |
Turkey Vulture |
Osprey |
Bald Eagle |
Northern Harrier |
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
Cooper’s Hawk |
Northern Goshawk |
Broad-winged Hawk |
Swainson’s Hawk |
Red-tailed Hawk |
Ferruginous Hawk |
Rough-legged Hawk |
Golden Eagle |
American Kestrel |
Merlin |
Gyrfalcon |
Peregrine Falcon |
Prairie Falcon |
Yellow Rail |
Virginia Rail |
Sora |
American Coot |
Sandhill Crane |
Black-bellied Plover |
American Golden-Plover |
Semipalmated Plover |
Killdeer |
Black-necked Stilt |
American Avocet |
Greater Yellowlegs |
Lesser Yellowlegs |
Solitary Sandpiper |
Willet |
Spotted Sandpiper |
Upland Sandpiper |
Whimbrel |
Long-billed Curlew |
Hudsonian Godwit |
Marbled Godwit |
Sanderling |
Semipalmated Sandpiper |
Western Sandpiper |
Least Sandpiper |
Baird’s Sandpiper |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
Dunlin |
Stilt Sandpiper |
Short-billed Dowitcher |
Long-billed Dowitcher |
Wilson’s Snipe |
Wilson’s Phalarope |
Red-necked Phalarope |
Mew Gull |
Ring-billed Gull |
California Gull |
Herring Gull |
Thayer’s Gull |
Glaucous Gull |
Sabine’s Gull |
Caspian Tern |
Common Tern |
Arctic Tern |
Forster’s Tern |
Black Tern |
Rock Pigeon |
Eurasian Collared-Dove |
Mourning Dove |
Great Horned Owl |
Snowy Owl |
Northern Hawk Owl |
Northern Pygmy-Owl |
Barred Owl |
Great Gray Owl |
Long-eared Owl |
Short-eared Owl |
Boreal Owl |
Northern Saw-whet Owl |
Common Nighthawk |
Black Swift |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Anna’s Hummingbird |
Calliope Hummingbird |
Rufous Hummingbird |
Belted Kingfisher |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Red-naped Sapsucker |
Downy Woodpecker |
Hairy Woodpecker |
American Three-toed Woodpecker |
Black-backed Woodpecker |
Northern Flicker |
Pileated Woodpecker |
Olive-sided Flycatcher |
Western Wood-Pewee |
Alder Flycatcher |
Willow Flycatcher |
Least Flycatcher |
Dusky Flycatcher |
“Western Flycatcher” |
Eastern Phoebe |
Say’s Phoebe |
Western Kingbird |
Eastern Kingbird |
Cassin’s Vireo |
Blue-headed Vireo |
Warbling Vireo |
Philadelphia Vireo |
Red-eyed Vireo |
Gray Jay |
Steller’s Jay |
Blue Jay |
Clark’s Nutcracker |
Black-billed Magpie |
American Crow |
Common Raven |
Horned Lark |
Purple Martin |
Tree Swallow |
Violet-green Swallow |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
Bank Swallow |
Cliff Swallow |
Barn Swallow |
Black-capped Chickadee |
Mountain Chickadee |
Boreal Chickadee |
Red-breasted Nuthatch |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
Brown Creeper |
Rock Wren |
House Wren |
Winter Wren |
Marsh Wren |
American Dipper |
Golden-crowned Kinglet |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Mountain Bluebird |
Townsend’s Solitaire |
Veery |
Swainson’s Thrush |
Hermit Thrush |
American Robin |
Varied Thrush |
Gray Catbird |
Brown Thrasher |
European Starling |
American Pipit |
Sprague’s Pipit |
Bohemian Waxwing |
Cedar Waxwing |
Tennessee Warbler |
Orange-crowned Warbler |
Nashville Warbler |
Yellow Warbler |
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Magnolia Warbler |
Cape May Warbler |
Black-throated Blue Warbler |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Townsend’s Warbler |
Blackburnian Warbler |
Pine Warbler |
Palm Warbler |
Bay-breasted Warbler |
Blackpoll Warbler |
Black-and-white Warbler |
American Redstart |
Ovenbird |
Northern Waterthrush |
Connecticut Warbler |
Mourning Warbler |
MacGillivray’s Warbler |
Common Yellowthroat |
Wilson’s Warbler |
Canada Warbler |
American Tree Sparrow |
Chipping Sparrow |
Clay-colored Sparrow |
Vesper Sparrow |
Savannah Sparrow |
Baird’s Sparrow |
Le Conte’s Sparrow |
Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow |
Fox Sparrow |
Song Sparrow |
Lincoln’s Sparrow |
Swamp Sparrow |
White-throated Sparrow |
Harris’s Sparrow |
White-crowned Sparrow |
Golden-crowned Sparrow |
Dark-eyed Junco |
Lapland Longspur |
Snow Bunting |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
Lazuli Bunting |
Red-winged Blackbird |
Western Meadowlark |
Yellow-headed Blackbird |
Rusty Blackbird |
Brewer’s Blackbird |
Common Grackle |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
Baltimore Oriole |
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch |
Pine Grosbeak |
Purple Finch |
House Finch |
Red Crossbill |
White-winged Crossbill |
Common Redpoll |
Hoary Redpoll |
Pine Siskin |
American Goldfinch |
Evening Grosbeak |
House Sparrow |
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