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SYNOPSIS OF THE NEARCTIC AVIFAUNA

Mathew Louis

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NUMBER OF ESTABLISHED SPECIES:  

KEY:  ○ ESTABLISHED IN REGION.  ‡ ESCAPE.  e ERRONEOUS NAME.  † EXTINCT OR EXTIRPATED.  

[v]  VOCALIZATION.  н  Hypothetical.  [nv]  NOMEN NOVUM.  [nn]  NOMEN NUDUM.  *  INTRODUCED.

DEFINTION, Nearctic region.

The Nearctic region includes the contiguous forty-eight states of the United States, the District of Columbia, Canada, Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), St.-Pierre et Miquelon, the Bermudas islands, and part of Mexico.  It also includes certain waters north of the Hawaiian islands and east to the Pacific coast of North America, as well as waters along the Atlantic coast of the continent.

The Nearctic region does not includes part of Mexico, the Caribbean and West Indies, nor the Lesser Antilles and the seven nations which comprise Central America.  It also excludes the Hawaiian islands, the Midway islands, and any United States possessions in the Pacific Ocean which are south of them.  The following areas of Mexico are excluded also:  Colima, Tres Marias islands.

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Phoenicopteridae, Phaethontidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Ardeidae, Pelecanidae, Fregatidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Cathartidae, Pandionidae, Accipitridae, Heliornithidae, Rallidae, Gruidae, Aramidae, Burhinidae, Haematopodidae, Recurvirostridae, Charadriidae, Jacanidae

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Casuariidae, Rheidae, Tinamidae, Anseranatidae, Anatidae, Cracidae, Numididae, Odontophoridae, Phasianidae, Gaviidae, Diomedeidae, Oceanitidae, Hydrobatidae, Procellariidae, Podicipedidae

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Scolopacidae, Glareolidae, Laridae, Stercorariidae, Alcidae, Pteroclidae, Columbidae

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Musophagidae, Cuculidae, Tytonidae, Strigidae, Caprimulgidae, Apodidae, Trochilidae, Trogonidae, Coraciidae, Alcedinidae, Momotidae, Upupidae, Bucerotidae, Ramphastidae, Picidae, Falconidae, Cacatuidae, Psittacidae, Psittaculidae

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Pittidae, Furnariidae, Thamnophilidae, Tyrannidae, Tityridae, Pipridae (?), Laniidae, Vireonidae, Corvidae, Bombycillidae, Ptiliogonatidae, Paridae, Remizidae

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Alaudidae, Pycnonotidae, Hirundinidae, Aegithalidae, Phylloscopidae, Acrocephalidae, Sylviidae, Zosteropidae, Regulidae, Troglodytidae, Polioptilidae, Sittidae, Certhiidae, Mimidae, Sturnidae, Turdidae, Cinclidae, Passeridae, Ploceidae, Estrildidae, Viduidae, Peucedramidae, Prunellidae, Motacillidae

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Fringillidae, Calcariidae, Emberizidae, Passerellidae, Spindalidae, Icteriidae, Icteridae

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Parulidae, Cardinalidae, Thraupidae

ORDER CATHARTIFORMES

FAMILY CATHARTIDAE

Cathartes aura  (Linnaeus, 1758)  TURKEY VULTURE.  

Cathartes burrovianus

Coragyps atratus

Sarcoramphus papa  Linnaeus, 1758.  KING VULTURE.

Gymnogyps californianus

[Vultur gryphus  Linnaeus, 1758.  ANDEAN CONDOR.  Hypothetical:  Illinois, Michigan, Nevada.  e:  "southwestern states" (conflated with Gymnogyps californianus  CALIFORNIA CONDOR  e:  Republic of Panama).

       Vultur cuntur

        Vultur magellanicus  Shaw, 1792 +

        Vultur cuntur

        Vultur condor

        Sarcorhamphus aequatorialis  Sharpe, 1874 +]

ORDER ACCIPITRIFORMES

FAMILY PANDIONIDAE

Pandion haliaetus carolinensis  (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

        Falco haliaetos carolinensis  J. F. Gmelin, 1788

        Falco haliaetos cayennensis  J. F. Gmelin, 1788

        Aquila americana  Vieillot, 1807  ?

        Aquila piscatrix  Vieillot, 1807

Pandion haliaeetus ridgwayi  Maynard, 1887

        Pandion ridgwayi  Maynard, 1887

FAMILY ACCIPITRIDAE

Elanus leucurus majusculus

Chondrohierax uncinatus

Elanoides forficatus

Pernis apivorus

[Gyps africanus

[Gyps bengalensis

[Gyps fulvus

Harpia harpyja

[Stephanoaetus coronatus

Spizaetus tyrannus

Spizaetus ornatus vicarius

Aquila chrysaetos canadensis

Harpagus bidentatus fasciatus  Lawrence, 1868

[Accipiter nisus

Accipiter striatus 

Accipiter striatus velox

Accipiter striatus suttoni

Accipiter cooperii

[Accipiter gundlachi  Lawrence, 1860

Accipiter gentilis

Accipiter gentilis atricapillus

Accipiter gentilis apache

Accipiter gentilis laingi

Circus aeruginosus

Circus cyaneus

Circus cyaneus hudsonius

Milvus migrans

Haliaeetus albicilla

Haliaeetus groenlandicus

Haliaeetus leucocephalus  (Linnaeus, 1766)

Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis  (Audubon, 1827)

Haliaeetus pelagicus

Ictinia mississippiensis

Busarellus nigricollis

Rostrhamus sociabilis

Geranospiza caerulescens

Buteogallus anthracinus

Buteogallus anthracinus gundlachii

[Buteogallus meridionalis  (Latham, 1790).  SAVANNA HAWK.  Hypothetical:  California (1974).

        Falco meridionalis  Latham, 1790

          Circus rufulus  Vieillot, 1816

          Falco rutilans  Temminck, 1820

          Aquila buzon  Spix, 1824

          Heterospizias meridionalis australis  Swann, 1922]

Buteogallus urubitinga ridgwayi

Harpyhaliaetus solitarius sheffleri  van Rossem, 1948

Rupornis magnirostris griseocauda

Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi

[Geranoaetus polyosoma

Geranoaetus albicaudatus hypospodius

Buteo plagiatus

Buteo lineatus

Buteo lineatus elegans

Buteo lineatus alleni

Buteo lineatus texanus

Buteo lineatus extimus

Buteo platypterus

Buteo brachyurus fuliginosus

[Buteo solitarius

Buteo swainsoni

Buteo albonotatus

Buteo jamaicensis

Buteo jamaicensis borealis

Buteo jamaicensis alascensis

Buteo jamaicensis kriderii

Buteo jamaicensis harlani

Buteo jamaicensis calurus

Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi

Buteo jamaicensis suttoni

Buteo regalis

Buteo lagopus sanctijohannis

[Buteo buteo japonicus

[Buteo buteo

Buteo rufinus  (Cretzschmar, 1829).  LONG-LEGGED BUZZARD.  Alaska.

        Falco rufinus  Cretzschmar, 1829

         Falco ferox  Gmelin, 1769  indeterminate

         Buteo canescens  Hodgson, 1836

         Buteo longipes  Jerdon, 1839

         Butaquila leucocephala  Hodgson, 1844

         Buteo aquilinus  Hodgson, 1845

         Buteo leucurus  Naumann, 1853

         Buteo eximius  Brehm, 1855

         Buteo pectoralis  Strickland, 1855

         Limnosalius africanus  von Württemberg, 1857

         Buteo ferox obscura  Pelzeln, 1862

         Buteo fuliginosus  Hume, 1869