Important Bird Area - Bird List
Twin Cities Mississippi
River IBA
August 2010 Checklist of Minnesota Birds
Red: PIF Continental Importance
Green: Stewardship Species
Blue: BCR Important Species
Purple: PIF Priority in one or more regions
Compiled list from all available data
sources (BOLD RED are Nesting Species
as documented by one of the sources)
REGULAR
Ducks, Geese, Swans
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Cackling Goose (tallgrass prairie)
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
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
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
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Important Bird Area - Bird List
Twin Cities Mississippi
River IBA
August 2010 Checklist of Minnesota Birds
Red: PIF Continental Importance
Green: Stewardship Species
Blue: BCR Important Species
Purple: PIF Priority in one or more regions
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Partridge, Grouse, Turkey
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
Spruce Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Wild Turkey
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Gebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Herons and Bitterns
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
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Important Bird Area - Bird List
Twin Cities Mississippi
River IBA
August 2010 Checklist of Minnesota Birds
Red: PIF Continental Importance
Green: Stewardship Species
Blue: BCR Important Species
Purple: PIF Priority in one or more regions
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Ibises
White-faced Ibis
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture
Hawks and Eagles
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Falcons
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Rails, Gallinules, Coots
Yellow Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot
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Important Bird Area - Bird List
Twin Cities Mississippi
River IBA
August 2010 Checklist of Minnesota Birds
Red: PIF Continental Importance
Green: Stewardship Species
Blue: BCR Important Species
Purple: PIF Priority in one or more regions
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover: Great Lakes
Piping Plover: Great Plains
Killdeer
Avocet
American Avocet
Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit (Hudson's Bay)
Marbled Godwit (Great Plains)
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot (Calidis canutus roselaari)
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin (Calidris alpina hudsonia)
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher (L. g. hendersoni)
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Important Bird Area - Bird List
Twin Cities Mississippi
River IBA
August 2010 Checklist of Minnesota Birds
Red: PIF Continental Importance
Green: Stewardship Species
Blue: BCR Important Species
Purple: PIF Priority in one or more regions
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Jaegers, Gulls, Terns
Bonaparte's Gull
Little Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Parasitic Jaeger
Pigeons & Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Owls
Eastern Screech Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
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Important Bird Area - Bird List
Twin Cities Mississippi
River IBA
August 2010 Checklist of Minnesota Birds
Red: PIF Continental Importance
Green: Stewardship Species
Blue: BCR Important Species
Purple: PIF Priority in one or more regions
Barred Owl
Great Gray Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Nighthawks & Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Tyrant Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
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Important Bird Area - Bird List
Twin Cities Mississippi
River IBA
August 2010 Checklist of Minnesota Birds
Red: PIF Continental Importance
Green: Stewardship Species
Blue: BCR Important Species
Purple: PIF Priority in one or more regions
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Jays & Crows
Gray Jay
Blue Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Larks
Horned Lark
Swallows
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chickadees & Titmouse
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
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Important Bird Area - Bird List
Twin Cities Mississippi
River IBA
August 2010 Checklist of Minnesota Birds
Red: PIF Continental Importance
Green: Stewardship Species
Blue: BCR Important Species
Purple: PIF Priority in one or more regions
Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Creepers
Brown Creeper
Wrens
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Starlings
European Starling
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Important Bird Area - Bird List
Twin Cities Mississippi
River IBA
August 2010 Checklist of Minnesota Birds
Red: PIF Continental Importance
Green: Stewardship Species
Blue: BCR Important Species
Purple: PIF Priority in one or more regions
Pipits
American Pipit
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Smith's Longspur
Snow Bunting
Wood-Warblers
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
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Twin Cities Mississippi
River IBA
Important Bird Area - Bird List
August 2010 Checklist of Minnesota Birds
Red: PIF Continental Importance
Green: Stewardship Species
Blue: BCR Important Species
Purple: PIF Priority in one or more regions
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Towhees and Sparrows
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
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Twin Cities Mississippi
River IBA
Important Bird Area - Bird List
August 2010 Checklist of Minnesota Birds
Red: PIF Continental Importance
Green: Stewardship Species
Blue: BCR Important Species
Purple: PIF Priority in one or more regions
Cardinals and Grosbeaks
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Blackbirds & Orioles
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Pine Grosbeak
Finches
Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
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River IBA
Important Bird Area - Bird List
August 2010 Checklist of Minnesota Birds
Red: PIF Continental Importance
Green: Stewardship Species
Blue: BCR Important Species
Purple: PIF Priority in one or more regions
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
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Sprague's Pipit
Lark Bunting
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