nabirdsppvernacularnames
PROPOSALS FOR VERNACULAR NAMES OF VARIOUS BIRD SPECIES.
Mathew Louis
The following list is not in a sequence that is consistent with any published book or listing of bird names.
SCIENTIFIC NAME STANDARD VERNACULAR NAME PROPOSED VERNACULAR NAME
Pterodroma ultima Murphy's Petrel Oeno Petrel
Pterodroma madeira Zino's Petrel Madeira Petrel
Pterodroma feae Fea's Petrel Cape Verde Petrel {ML}
Pterodroma solandri Solander's Petrel
Pterodroma externa Juan Fernández Petrel Más Afuera Petrel {ML} ? (see also P. longirostris)
Pterodroma cookii Cook's Petrel Tītī
Pterodroma pycrofti Pycroft's Petrel Tuatara Petrel {ML}
Pterodroma longirostris Stejneger's Petrel Long-billed Petrel {ML}
Nannopterum brasilianum Neotropic(al) Cormorant Olivaceous Cormorant
Larus thayeri Thayer's Gull Black-winged Glaucous Gull {ML}
Phalaropus tricolor Wilson's Phalarope Tricolored Phalarope {ML}
Aechmophorus clarkii Clark's Grebe White-lored Grebe {ML}; White-faced Grebe
Chen rossii Ross's Goose Maritime Snow Goose {ML}
Aythya valisineria Canvasback Bay Duck
Bucephala islandica Barrow's Goldeneye Rocky Mountain Garrot
Lophortyx gambellii Gambel's Quail Black-bellied Quail
Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi Harris's Hawk Bay-winged Hawk
Buteo swainsoni Swainson's Hawk Prairie Hawk
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii Common Poorwill Least Ground Nightjar {ML}
Chaetura vauxi Vaux's Swift Western Sooty Swift {ML}
Columbina inca Inca Dove Northern Scaled Dove {ML}
Calypte anna Anna's Hummingbird Rose-throated Hummingbird {ML}
Calypte costae Costa's Hummingbird Chuparosa Hummingbird {ML}
Megaceryle alcyon Belted Kingfisher American Kingfisher {ML}
Melanerpes lewis Lewis's Woodpecker Crow Woodpecker {ML}
Sphyrapicus thyroideus Williamson's Sapsucker Rocky Mountain Sapsucker
Dryobates scalaris cactophilus Ladder-backed Woodpecker Mesquite Woodpecker {ML}
Sayornis saya Say's Phoebe Sagebrush Phoebe {ML}
Empidonax hammondii Hammond's Flycatcher Coniferous Flycatcher {ML}
Myiarchus nuttingi Nutting's Flycatcher Pale-throated Flycatcher
Tyrannus couchii Couch's Kingbird Texas Kingbird {ML}
Tyrannus vociferans Cassin's Kingbird Vociferous Kingbird {ML}
Thryomanes bewickii eremophilus Bewick's Wren Desert Wren
Toxostoma bendirei Bendire's Thrasher Small-billed Thrasher {ML}
Myadestes townsendi Townsend's Solitaire Mountain Solitaire {ML}
Catharus ustulatus Swainson's Thrush Russet-backed Thrush
Catharus ustulatus swainsoni Olive-backed Thrush
Ridgwayia pinicola Aztec Thrush Madrean Thrush {ML}
Cyanocitta stelleri Steller's Jay Long-crested Jay
Anthus spragueii Sprague's Pipit Tallgrass Pipit {ML}
Icterus graduacauda Audubon's Oriole Long-tailed Oriole {ML}; Black-headed Oriole (see also Oriolus larvatus)
Leiothlypis celata lutescens Lutescent Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrina Tennessee Warbler Peregrine Warbler {ML}
Leiothlypis ruficapilla ridgwayi Nashville Warbler Rufous-crowned Warbler
Leiothlypis luciae Lucy's Warbler Spring Warbler {ML}
Setophaga nigrescens halseii Arizona Black-throated Gray Warbler
Setophaga townsendi Townsend's Warbler Black-throated Yellow Warbler {ML}
Oporornis tolmiei MacGillivray's Warbler White-eyed Bush Warbler
Cardellina pusilla Wilson's Warbler Black-crowned Warbler {ML}
Cardellina pusilla chryseola Golden Pileolated Warbler
Vireo huttoni stephensi Hutton's Vireo Juniper Vireo {ML}
Vireo bellii arizonae Bell's Vireo Arizona Vireo
Vireo cassinii Cassin's Vireo Pacific Vireo; California Vireo {ML}
Melospiza lincolnii Lincoln's Sparrow Streaked Sparrow {ML}
Zonotrichia querula Harris's Sparrow Black-faced Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus Vesper Sparrow Bay-winged Sparrow
Centronyx bairdii Baird's Sparrow Prairie Sparrow {ML}
Peucaea cassinii Cassin's Sparrow Southwestern Gray Sparrow {ML}
Peucaea botterii arizonae Botteri's Sparrow Arizona Sparrow
Melozone aberti Abert's Towhee Desert Towhee
Spizella breweri Brewer's Sparrow Spring Sparrow {ML}
Spizella wortheni Worthen's Sparrow Coahuilan Sparrow {ML}
Spinus lawrencii Lawrence's Goldfinch California Goldfinch {ML}