List of AVES species in Canada
This is a list of AVES in Canada according to the IUCN Red List.
This list was last updated 2019-09-14
This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.
Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.
| scientific_name | common_name | taxonid | category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanius borealis | Northern Grey Shrike | 103718956 | LC |
| Pica hudsonia | Black-billed Magpie | 103727176 | LC |
| Grus americana | Whooping Crane | 22692156 | EN |
| Sialia mexicana | Western Bluebird | 22708553 | LC |
| Sialia currucoides | Mountain Bluebird | 22708556 | LC |
| Myadestes townsendi | Townsend's Solitaire | 22708587 | LC |
| Myiarchus cinerascens | Ash-throated Flycatcher | 22700427 | LC |
| Tyrannus crassirostris | Thick-billed Kingbird | 22700494 | LC |
| Patagioenas fasciata | Band-tailed Pigeon | 22725264 | LC |
| Branta hutchinsii | Cackling Goose | 22733619 | LC |
| Arenaria melanocephala | Black Turnstone | 22693341 | LC |
| Calidris ptilocnemis | Rock Sandpiper | 22693424 | LC |
| Falcipennis canadensis | Spruce Grouse | 61204079 | LC |
| Falcipennis franklinii | Franklin's Grouse | 61204155 | LC |
| Colaptes auratus | Northern Flicker | 22726404 | LC |
| Colaptes cafer | Red-shafted Flicker | 22726414 | LC |
| Dendragapus obscurus | Dusky Grouse | 22734690 | LC |
| Dendragapus fuliginosus | Sooty Grouse | 22734695 | LC |
| Spizella breweri | Brewer's Sparrow | 22734705 | LC |
| Charadrius montanus | Mountain Plover | 22693876 | NT |
| Troglodytes pacificus | Pacific Wren | 103884879 | LC |
| Anthus spragueii | Sprague's Pipit | 22718591 | VU |
| Vireo gilvus | Warbling Vireo | 22735122 | LC |
| Rallus elegans | King Rail | 62155060 | NT |
| Larus heermanni | Heermann's Gull | 22694296 | NT |
| Larus californicus | California Gull | 22694321 | LC |
| Larus glaucescens | Glaucous-winged Gull | 22694334 | LC |
| Larus occidentalis | Western Gull | 22694337 | LC |
| Larus schistisagus | Slaty-backed Gull | 22694362 | LC |
| Rissa brevirostris | Red-legged Kittiwake | 22694502 | VU |
| Oreoscoptes montanus | Sage Thrasher | 22711096 | LC |
| Onychoprion aleuticus | Aleutian Tern | 22694716 | VU |
| Sitta pygmaea | Pygmy Nuthatch | 22711170 | LC |
| Sitta canadensis | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 22711196 | LC |
| Sitta carolinensis | White-breasted Nuthatch | 22711202 | LC |
| Troglodytes hiemalis | Winter Wren | 103885731 | LC |
| Pinguinus impennis | Great Auk | 22694856 | EX |
| Certhia americana | American Treecreeper | 22711244 | LC |
| Cepphus columba | Pigeon Guillemot | 22694864 | LC |
| Brachyramphus marmoratus | Marbled Murrelet | 22694870 | EN |
| Brachyramphus brevirostris | Kittlitz's Murrelet | 22694875 | NT |
| Synthliboramphus antiquus | Ancient Murrelet | 22694896 | LC |
| Ptychoramphus aleuticus | Cassin's Auklet | 22694903 | NT |
| Aethia psittacula | Parakeet Auklet | 22694906 | LC |
| Aethia cristatella | Crested Auklet | 22694915 | LC |
| Aethia pusilla | Least Auklet | 22694921 | LC |
| Cerorhinca monocerata | Rhinoceros Auklet | 22694924 | LC |
| Fratercula corniculata | Horned Puffin | 22694931 | LC |
| Fratercula cirrhata | Tufted Puffin | 22694934 | LC |
| Salpinctes obsoletus | Rock Wren | 22711332 | LC |
| Catherpes mexicanus | Canyon Wren | 22711335 | LC |
| Thryomanes bewickii | Bewick's Wren | 22711377 | LC |
| Poecile atricapillus | Black-capped Chickadee | 22711716 | LC |
| Poecile gambeli | Mountain Chickadee | 22711724 | LC |
| Poecile cinctus | Siberian Tit | 22711750 | LC |
| Poecile hudsonicus | Boreal Chickadee | 22711759 | LC |
| Poecile rufescens | Chestnut-backed Chickadee | 22711767 | LC |
| Baeolophus bicolor | Tufted Titmouse | 22711983 | LC |
| Basilinna xantusii | Xantus's Hummingbird | 22687424 | LC |
| Ammospiza nelsoni | Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow | 22728393 | LC |
| Psaltriparus minimus | American Bushtit | 22712028 | LC |
| Tachycineta thalassina | Violet-green Swallow | 22712077 | LC |
| Catharus bicknelli | Bicknell's Thrush | 22728467 | VU |
| Spinus pinus | Pine Siskin | 22720359 | LC |
| Lagopus leucura | White-tailed Ptarmigan | 22679473 | LC |
| Buteo lineatus | Red-shouldered Hawk | 22695883 | LC |
| Bonasa umbellus | Ruffed Grouse | 22679500 | LC |
| Centrocercus urophasianus | Greater Sage Grouse | 22679503 | NT |
| Tympanuchus phasianellus | Sharp-tailed Grouse | 22679511 | LC |
| Tympanuchus cupido | Greater Prairie Chicken | 22679514 | VU |
| Leucosticte tephrocotis | Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch | 22720482 | LC |
| Buteo regalis | Ferruginous Hawk | 22695970 | LC |
| Oreortyx pictus | Mountain Quail | 22679591 | LC |
| Haemorhous purpureus | Purple Finch | 22720553 | LC |
| Haemorhous cassinii | Cassin's Finch | 22720560 | NT |
| Haemorhous mexicanus | House Finch | 22720563 | LC |
| Cistothorus stellaris | Sedge Wren | 103887005 | LC |
| Hesperiphona vespertina | Evening Grosbeak | 22720702 | VU |
| Urile pelagicus | Kenyon's Shag | 22728950 | LC |
| Regulus satrapa | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 22712594 | LC |
| Cygnus buccinator | Trumpeter Swan | 22679859 | LC |
| Thryothorus ludovicianus | Carolina Wren | 103887192 | LC |
| Anser rossii | Ross's Goose | 22679909 | LC |
| Anser canagicus | Emperor Goose | 22679919 | NT |
| Icterus bullockiorum | Bullock's Oriole | 22729123 | LC |
| Archilochus alexandri | Black-chinned Hummingbird | 22688196 | LC |
| Calypte anna | Anna's Hummingbird | 22688199 | LC |
| Calypte costae | Costa's Hummingbird | 22688202 | LC |
| Selasphorus calliope | Calliope Hummingbird | 22688232 | LC |
| Pipilo maculatus | Spotted Towhee | 103772680 | LC |
| Calcarius pictus | Smith's Longspur | 22721037 | LC |
| Calcarius ornatus | Chestnut-collared Longspur | 22721040 | VU |
| Plectrophenax hyperboreus | McKay's Bunting | 22721046 | LC |
| Calamospiza melanocorys | Lark Bunting | 22721049 | LC |
| Selasphorus platycercus | Broad-tailed Hummingbird | 22688293 | LC |
| Selasphorus sasin | Allen's Hummingbird | 22688299 | LC |
| Falco mexicanus | Prairie Falcon | 22696504 | LC |
| Zonotrichia querula | Harris's Sparrow | 22721082 | NT |
| Zonotrichia atricapilla | Golden-crowned Sparrow | 22721091 | LC |
| Ammospiza maritima | Seaside Sparrow | 22721123 | LC |
| Ammospiza caudacuta | Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow | 22721129 | EN |
| Ammospiza leconteii | Le Conte's Sparrow | 22721135 | LC |
| Passerculus henslowii | Henslow's Sparrow | 22721138 | LC |
| Passerculus bairdii | Baird's Sparrow | 22721141 | LC |
| Passerella arborea | American Tree Sparrow | 22721159 | LC |
| Spizella pusilla | Field Sparrow | 22721179 | LC |
| Aechmophorus occidentalis | Western Grebe | 22696631 | LC |
| Aechmophorus clarkii | Clark's Grebe | 22696634 | LC |
| Peucaea cassinii | Cassin's Sparrow | 22721272 | LC |
| Pipilo chlorurus | Green-tailed Towhee | 22721304 | LC |
| Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Eastern Towhee | 22721310 | LC |
| Urile penicillatus | Brandt's Cormorant | 22696753 | LC |
| Camptorhynchus labradorius | Labrador Duck | 22680418 | EX |
| Psiloscops flammeolus | Flammulated Owl | 22688637 | LC |
| Bucephala islandica | Barrow's Goldeneye | 22680459 | LC |
| Urile urile | Red-faced Cormorant | 22696887 | LC |
| Megascops kennicottii | Western Screech-owl | 22688747 | LC |
| Vireo cassinii | Cassin's Vireo | 22705228 | LC |
| Melanerpes lewis | Lewis's Woodpecker | 22680801 | LC |
| Melanerpes erythrocephalus | Red-headed Woodpecker | 22680810 | LC |
| Geothlypis tolmiei | MacGillivray's Warbler | 22721830 | LC |
| Sphyrapicus nuchalis | Red-naped Sapsucker | 22680871 | LC |
| Sphyrapicus ruber | Red-breasted Sapsucker | 22680874 | LC |
| Sphyrapicus thyroideus | Williamson's Sapsucker | 22680877 | LC |
| Strix occidentalis | Spotted Owl | 22689089 | NT |
| Myioborus pictus | Painted Whitestart | 22721894 | LC |
| Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus | Pinyon Jay | 22705608 | VU |
| Cyanocitta cristata | Blue Jay | 22705611 | LC |
| Cyanocitta stelleri | Steller's Jay | 22705614 | LC |
| Dryobates pubescens | Downy Woodpecker | 22681155 | LC |
| Leuconotopicus albolarvatus | White-headed Woodpecker | 22681169 | LC |
| Picoides arcticus | Black-backed Woodpecker | 22681181 | LC |
| Perisoreus canadensis | Gray Jay | 22705783 | LC |
| Synthliboramphus hypoleucus | Guadalupe Murrelet | 62101215 | EN |
| Nucifraga columbiana | Clark's Nutcracker | 22705909 | LC |
| Synthliboramphus scrippsi | Scripps's Murrelet | 62101249 | VU |
| Hylatomus pileatus | Pileated Woodpecker | 22681363 | LC |
| Corvus caurinus | Northwestern Crow | 22705986 | LC |
| Corvus brachyrhynchos | American Crow | 22705990 | LC |
| Phalaenoptilus nuttallii | Common Poorwill | 22689735 | LC |
| Phoebastria albatrus | Short-tailed Albatross | 22698335 | VU |
| Phoebastria nigripes | Black-footed Albatross | 22698350 | NT |
| Phoebastria immutabilis | Laysan Albatross | 22698365 | NT |
| Hydrobates furcatus | Fork-tailed Storm Petrel | 22698572 | LC |
| Ectopistes migratorius | Passenger Pigeon | 22690733 | EX |
| Glaucidium californicum | Northern Pygmy-owl | 61791401 | LC |
| Pheucticus melanocephalus | Black-headed Grosbeak | 22723816 | LC |
| Passerina amoena | Lazuli Bunting | 22723948 | LC |
| Passerina versicolor | Varied Bunting | 22723954 | LC |
| Icterus parisorum | Scott's Oriole | 22724160 | LC |
| Melanitta americana | American Scoter | 22732425 | NT |
| Sturnella neglecta | Western Meadowlark | 22724256 | LC |
| Quiscalus major | Boat-tailed Grackle | 22724311 | LC |
| Euphagus carolinus | Rusty Blackbird | 22724329 | VU |
| Empidonax hammondii | Hammond's Flycatcher | 22699857 | LC |
| Empidonax wrightii | Gray Flycatcher | 22699860 | LC |
| Empidonax oberholseri | American Dusky Flycatcher | 22699864 | LC |
| Empidonax difficilis | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | 22699871 | LC |
| Empidonax occidentalis | Cordilleran Flycatcher | 22699874 | LC |
| Phainopepla nitens | Phainopepla | 22708139 | LC |
| Cinclus mexicanus | American Dipper | 22708163 | LC |
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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups: