Two MBW composite checklists follow: the first with those species
found in Minnesota during MBWeekends; the second with the species
found on all MBWeeks and MBWeekends combined.
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MBW COMPOSITE CHECKLIST
720+ species ~ as of March 2023
The following species have been recorded on a MBWeek or MBWeekend since 1986. The nomenclature, sequence, and "countable" exotics are according to the 2021 American Ornithological Society / American Birding Association checklist.
REGULAR
(312 / 313 species seen)
√ Snow Goose
√ Ross's Goose
√ Greater White-fronted Goose
√ Cackling Goose
√ Canada Goose
√ Mute Swan
√ Trumpeter Swan
√ Tundra Swan
√ Wood Duck
√ Blue-winged Teal
√ Cinnamon Teal
√ Northern Shoveler
√ Gadwall
√ American Wigeon
√ Mallard
√ American Black Duck
√ 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
√ Barrow's Goldeneye
√ Hooded Merganser
√ Common Merganser
√ Red-breasted Merganser
√ Ruddy Duck
√ Wild Turkey
√ Ruffed Grouse
√ Spruce Grouse
√ Sharp-tailed Grouse
√ Greater Prairie-Chicken
√ Gray Partridge
√ Ring-necked Pheasant
√ Pied-billed Grebe
√ Horned Grebe
√ Red-necked Grebe
√ Eared Grebe
√ Western Grebe
√ Clark's Grebe
√ Rock Pigeon
√ Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
√ Mourning Dove
√ Yellow-billed Cuckoo
√ Black-billed Cuckoo
√ Common Nighthawk
√ Eastern Whip-poor-will
√ Chimney Swift
√ Ruby-throated Hummingbird
√ Virginia Rail
√ Sora
√ Common Gallinule
√ American Coot
√ Yellow Rail
√ Sandhill Crane
√ American Avocet
√ Black-bellied Plover
√ American Golden-Plover
√ Killdeer
√ Semipalmated Plover
√ Piping Plover
√ Upland Sandpiper
√ Whimbrel
√ Hudsonian Godwit
√ Marbled Godwit
√ Ruddy Turnstone
√ Stilt Sandpiper
√ Sanderling
√ Dunlin
√ Baird's Sandpiper
√ Least Sandpiper
√ White-rumped Sandpiper
√ Buff-breasted Sandpiper
√ Pectoral Sandpiper
√ Semipalmated Sandpiper
√ Short-billed Dowitcher
√ Long-billed Dowitcher
√ American Woodcock
√ Wilson's Snipe
√ Spotted Sandpiper
√ Solitary Sandpiper
√ Lesser Yellowlegs
√ Willet
√ Greater Yellowlegs
√ Wilson's Phalarope
√ Red-necked Phalarope
√ Parasitic Jaeger
√ Sabine's Gull
√ Bonaparte's Gull
√ Little Gull
√ Franklin's Gull
√ Ring-billed Gull
√ Herring Gull
√ Iceland Gull
√ Lesser Black-backed Gull
√ Glaucous Gull
√ Great Black-backed Gull
√ Caspian Tern
√ Black Tern
√ Common Tern
√ Forster's Tern
√ Red-throated Loon
√ Pacific Loon
√ Common Loon
√ Double-crested Cormorant
√ American White Pelican
√ American Bittern
√ Least Bittern
√ Great Blue Heron
√ Great Egret
√ Snowy Egret
√ Little Blue Heron
√ Cattle Egret
√ Green Heron
√ Black-crowned Night-Heron
√ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
√ White-faced Ibis
√ Turkey Vulture
√ Osprey
√ Golden Eagle
√ Northern Harrier
√ Sharp-shinned Hawk
√ Cooper's Hawk
√ Northern Goshawk
√ Bald Eagle
√ Red-shouldered Hawk
√ Broad-winged Hawk
√ Swainson's Hawk
√ Red-tailed Hawk
√ Rough-legged Hawk
√ Eastern Screech-Owl
√ Great Horned Owl
√ Snowy Owl
√ Northern Hawk Owl
√ Barred Owl
√ Great Gray Owl
√ Long-eared Owl
√ Short-eared Owl
√ Boreal Owl
√ Northern Saw-whet Owl
√ Belted Kingfisher
√ Red-headed Woodpecker
√ Red-bellied Woodpecker
√ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
√ Am. Three-toed Woodpecker
√ Black-backed Woodpecker
√ Downy Woodpecker
√ Hairy Woodpecker
√ Northern Flicker
√ Pileated Woodpecker
√ American Kestrel
√ Merlin
√ Peregrine Falcon
√ Prairie Falcon
√ Great Crested Flycatcher
√ Western Kingbird
√ Eastern Kingbird
√ Olive-sided Flycatcher
√ Eastern Wood-Pewee
√ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
√ Acadian Flycatcher
√ Alder Flycatcher
√ Willow Flycatcher
√ Least Flycatcher
√ Eastern Phoebe
√ Say's Phoebe
√ Bell's Vireo
√ Yellow-throated Vireo
√ Blue-headed Vireo
√ Philadelphia Vireo
√ Warbling Vireo
√ Red-eyed Vireo
√ Loggerhead Shrike
√ Northern Shrike
√ Canada Jay
√ Blue Jay
√ Black-billed Magpie
√ American Crow
√ Common Raven
√ Black-capped Chickadee
√ Boreal Chickadee
√ Tufted Titmouse
√ Horned Lark
√ Bank Swallow
√ Tree Swallow
√ N. Rough-winged Swallow
√ Purple Martin
√ Barn Swallow
√ Cliff Swallow
√ Ruby-crowned Kinglet
√ Golden-crowned Kinglet
√ Bohemian Waxwing
√ Cedar Waxwing
√ Red-breasted Nuthatch
√ White-breasted Nuthatch
√ Brown Creeper
√ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
√ House Wren
√ Winter Wren
√ Sedge Wren
√ Marsh Wren
√ Carolina Wren
√ Gray Catbird
√ Brown Thrasher
√ Northern Mockingbird
√ European Starling
√ Eastern Bluebird
√ Townsend's Solitaire
√ Veery
√ Gray-cheeked Thrush
√ Swainson's Thrush
√ Hermit Thrush
√ Wood Thrush
√ American Robin
√ Varied Thrush
√ House Sparrow
√ American Pipit
√ Evening Grosbeak
√ Pine Grosbeak
√ House Finch
√ Purple Finch
√ Common Redpoll
√ Hoary Redpoll
√ Red Crossbill
√ White-winged Crossbill
√ Pine Siskin
√ American Goldfinch
√ Lapland Longspur
√ Chestnut-collared Longspur
√ Smith's Longspur
√ Snow Bunting
√ Grasshopper Sparrow
√ Lark Sparrow
√ Chipping Sparrow
√ Clay-colored Sparrow
√ Field Sparrow
√ Fox Sparrow
√ American Tree Sparrow
√ Dark-eyed Junco
√ White-crowned Sparrow
√ Harris's Sparrow
√ White-throated Sparrow
√ Vesper Sparrow
√ LeConte's Sparrow
√ Nelson's Sparrow
√ Henslow's Sparrow
√ Savannah Sparrow
√ Song Sparrow
√ Lincoln's Sparrow
√ Swamp Sparrow
√ Spotted Towhee
√ Eastern Towhee
√ Yellow-breasted Chat
√ Yellow-headed Blackbird
√ Bobolink
√ Eastern Meadowlark
√ Western Meadowlark
√ Orchard Oriole
√ Baltimore Oriole
√ Red-winged Blackbird
√ Brown-headed Cowbird
√ Rusty Blackbird
√ Brewer's Blackbird
√ Common Grackle
√ Great-tailed Grackle
√ Ovenbird
√ Louisiana Waterthrush
√ Northern Waterthrush
√ Golden-winged Warbler
√ Blue-winged Warbler
√ Black-and-white Warbler
√ Prothonotary Warbler
√ Tennessee Warbler
√ Orange-crowned Warbler
√ Nashville Warbler
√ Connecticut Warbler
√ Mourning Warbler
√ Common Yellowthroat
√ Hooded Warbler
√ American Redstart
√ Cape May Warbler
√ Cerulean Warbler
√ Northern Parula
√ Magnolia Warbler
√ Bay-breasted Warbler
√ Blackburnian Warbler
√ Yellow Warbler
√ Chestnut-sided Warbler
√ Blackpoll Warbler
√ Black-throated Blue Warbler
√ Palm Warbler
√ Pine Warbler
√ Yellow-rumped Warbler
√ Black-thr. Green Warbler
√ Canada Warbler
√ Wilson's Warbler
√ Summer Tanager
√ Scarlet Tanager
√ Western Tanager
√ Northern Cardinal
√ Rose-breasted Grosbeak
√ Blue Grosbeak
√ Indigo Bunting
√ Dickcissel
CASUAL
(28 / 41 species seen)
Brant
Eurasian Wigeon
√ King Eider
√ Rufous Hummingbird
√ Black-necked Stilt
√ Red Knot
√ Ruff
Purple Sandpiper
√ Western Sandpiper
√ Red Phalarope
√ Pomarine Jaeger
√ Black-legged Kittiwake
Laughing Gull
√ California Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Least Tern
√ Arctic Tern
√ Brown Pelican
√ Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture
Mississippi Kite
√ Barn Owl
√ Burrowing Owl
Lewis’s Woodpecker
√ Gyrfalcon
√ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
√ White-eyed Vireo
√ Clark’s Nutcracker
√ Mountain Bluebird
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
√ Sprague's Pipit
√ Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Lark Bunting
√ Golden-crowned Sparrow
Worm-eating Warbler
√ Kentucky Warbler
√ Yellow-throated Warbler
√ Prairie Warbler
√ Black-headed Grosbeak
√ Lazuli Bunting
Painted Bunting
ACCIDENTAL
(26 / 90 species seen)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Garganey
Mottled Duck
√ Tufted Duck
√ Common Eider
Smew
Willow Ptarmigan
Rock Ptarmigan
Band-tailed Pigeon
√ Inca Dove
√ Common Ground Dove
Groove-billed Ani
Common Poorwill
Chuck-will’s-widow
White-throated Swift
Mexican Violetear
Rivoli's Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Costa’s Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
√ King Rail
Purple Gallinule
Black Rail
Limpkin
Whooping Crane
Wilson’s Plover
√ Snowy Plover
Long-billed Curlew
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
√ Long-tailed Jaeger
Dovekie
√ Black Guillemot
Long-billed Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
√ Ivory Gull
√ Black-headed Gull
Ross’s Gull
Short-billed Gull
√ Glaucous-winged Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
√ Yellow-billed Loon
Northern Fulmar
√ Wood Stork
Magnificent Frigatebird
√ Neotropic Cormorant
√ Tricolored Heron
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
White-tailed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
√ Ferruginous Hawk
Acorn Woodpecker
Williamson’s Sapsucker
Crested Caracara
√ Ash-throated Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
√ Cassin’s Kingbird
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
√ Western Wood-Pewee
Vermilion Flycatcher
Violet-green Swallow
Pygmy Nuthatch
√ Rock Wren
Bewick’s Wren
√ Curve-billed Thrasher
√ Sage Thrasher
American Dipper
√ Fieldfare
Northern Wheatear
Brambling
Cassin’s Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Thick-billed Longspur
Cassin's Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
√ Baird’s Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
√ Bullock’s Oriole
Scott’s Oriole
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Kirtland’s Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
√ Townsend’s Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Painted Redstart
EXTIRPATED
(1 / 2 species seen)
√ Northern Bobwhite
Eskimo Curlew
EXTINCT
(0 / 1 species seen)
Passenger Pigeon
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Egyptian Goose
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Mexican Duck
American Black Duck
Mottled Duck
White-cheeked Pintail
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
King Eider
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Masked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Plain Chachalaca
Mountain Quail
Northern Bobwhite
Scaled Quail
California Quail
Gambel's Quail
Montezuma Quail
Wild Turkey
Ruffed Grouse
Spruce Grouse
Willow Ptarmigan
Rock Ptarmigan
White-tailed Ptarmigan
Greater Sage-Grouse
Gunnison Sage-Grouse
Dusky Grouse
Sooty Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheasant
American Flamingo
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Rock Pigeon
White-crowned Pigeon
Red-billed Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
Key West Quail-Dove
White-tipped Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Smooth-billed Ani
Groove-billed Ani
Greater Roadrunner
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Antillean Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Common Poorwill
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Mexican Whip-poor-will
Black Swift
Chimney Swift
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift
Rivoli's Hummingbird
Plain-capped Starthroat
Blue-throated Mountain-gem
Lucifer Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird
Berylline Hummingbird
Violet-crowned Hummingbird
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Ridgway's Rail
Clapper Rail
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
Purple Swamphen
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
Limpkin
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Wilson's Plover
Mountain Plover
Snowy Plover
Northern Jacana
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Red Knot
Surfbird
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
South Polar Skua
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Common Murre
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Scripps's Murrelet
Craveri's Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
Cassin's Auklet
Parakeet Auklet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Atlantic Puffin
Tufted Puffin
Swallow-tailed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Little Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Heermann's Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Brown Noddy
Black Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Black Skimmer
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Short-tailed Albatross
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Ashy Storm-Petrel
Black Storm-Petrel
Northern Fulmar
Cory's Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Pink-footed Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Black-vented Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Wood Stork
Magnificent Frigatebird
Masked Booby
Nazca Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby
Northern Gannet
Anhinga
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
California Condor
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Bald Eagle
Mississippi Kite
Crane Hawk
Snail Kite
Common Black Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Harris's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Gray Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Barn Owl
Flammulated Owl
Whiskered Screech-Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Elf Owl
Burrowing Owl
Spotted Owl
Barred Owl
Great Gray Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Elegant Trogon
Eared Quetzal
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Lewis's Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker
Arizona Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Gilded Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Collared Forest-Falcon
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Aplomado Falcon
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Monk Parakeet
Nanday Parakeet
Green Parakeet
Mitred Parakeet
White-winged Parakeet
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
Red-crowned Parrot
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Budgerigar
Masked Tityra
Rose-throated Becard
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Nutting's Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
La Sagra's Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Gray Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Tufted Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Greater Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Buff-breasted Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Black-capped Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
Cuban Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Gray Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Black-whiskered Vireo
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Canada Jay
Brown Jay
Green Jay
Pinyon Jay
Steller's Jay
Blue Jay
Florida Scrub-Jay
Island Scrub-Jay
California Scrub-Jay
Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
Mexican Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
Black-billed Magpie
Yellow-billed Magpie
American Crow
Tamaulipas Crow
Fish Crow
Chihuahuan Raven
Common Raven
Verdin
Carolina Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Mexican Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Bridled Titmouse
Oak Titmouse
Juniper Titmouse
Tufted Titmouse
Black-crested Titmouse
Eurasian Skylark
Horned Lark
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Bushtit
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Wrentit
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Phainopepla
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
California Gnatcatcher
Black-capped Gnatcatcher
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
House Wren
Pacific Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
Cactus Wren
Sinaloa Wren
Blue Mockingbird
Gray Catbird
Curve-billed Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Long-billed Thrasher
Bendire's Thrasher
California Thrasher
LeConte's Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
Sage Thrasher
Bahama Mockingbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Common Myna
American Dipper
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Fieldfare
Clay-colored Thrush
White-throated Thrush
Rufous-backed Robin
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Red-flanked Bluetail
Northern Wheatear
Olive Warbler
Scaly-breasted Munia
House Sparrow
White Wagtail
Red-throated Pipit
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Black Rosy-Finch
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch
House Finch
Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence's Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Smith's Longspur
Thick-billed Longspur
Snow Bunting
Rufous-winged Sparrow
Botteri’s Sparrow
Cassin’s Sparrow
Bachman’s Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Olive Sparrow
Five-striped Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Yellow-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris’s Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Sagebrush Sparrow
Bell’s Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte’s Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Baird’s Sparrow
Henslow’s Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Canyon Towhee
Abert’s Towhee
California Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Black-vented Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Streak-backed Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Spot-breasted Oriole
Altamira Oriole
Audubon's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Scott's Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Shiny Cowbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Colima Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
MacGillivray's Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Kirtland's Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Tropical Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Rufous-capped Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Painted Redstart
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Crimson-collared Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Varied Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Morelet's Seedeater
MINNESOTA BIRDING WEEKENDS COMPOSITE CHECKLIST
√ = 367 species seen in Minnesota on MBWeekends as of March 2023 (Minnesota list = 447 species as of May 2022)
Black-capped Chickadee taking a selfie on North Shore MBW
(Lynn Glesne photo)