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Endangered species in the United States are set out in reverse print. CB
LOONS & GREBES gavildae & podicidedididae ____Common Loon . . . . . . . . . . . ____Horned Grebe . . . . . . . . . . . ____Eared Grebe . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Western Grebe . . . . . . . . . . . ____Clark’s Grebe . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Pied-billed Grebe . . . . . . . . . CORMORANTS & ANHINGAS phalacrocoracidae & anhingidae ____Double-crested Cormorant c ____Olivaceous Cormorant . . . . . ____Anhinga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HERON, BITTERNS (ardeidae) ____Great Blue Heron . . . . . . . . . ____Green-backed Heron . . . . . . ____Little Blue Heron . . . . . . . . . ____Cattle Egret . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Great Egret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Snowy Egret . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Tricolored Heron . . . . . . . . . ____Black-crowned Night Heron . . ____Yellow-crowned Night Heron . ____Least Bittern . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____American Bittern . . . . . . . . . PELICANS (pelecanidae) ____American White Pelican . . . . ____Brown Pelican` . . . . . . . . . . .
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KITES, HAWKS & EAGLES (accipitridae) ____Mississippi Kite . . . . . . . . . . . ____Sharp-shinned Hawk . . . . . . ____Cooper’s Hawk . . . . . . . . . . ____Red-tailed Hawk . . . . . . . . . . ____Red-shouldered Hawk . . . . . ____Broad-winged Hawk . . . . . . . ____Swainson’s Hawk . . . . . . . . . ____Rough-legged Hawk . . . . . . . ____Ferrugionuse Hawk . . . . . . . ____Harris’ Hawk . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Golden Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Bald Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Northern Harrier . . . . . . . . . ____Osprey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Northern Goshawk . . . . . . . FALCONS (falconidae) ____Prairie Falcon . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Peregrine Falcon . . . . . . . . . . ____Merlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____American Kestrel . . . . . . . . . ____Gyrfalcon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CRANES (gruidae) ____Whooping Crane . . . . . . . . . ____Sandhill Crane . . . . . . . . . . . .
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QUAIL & PHEASANTS (phasianidae) ____Northern Bobwhite . . . . . . . ____Ring-necked Pheasant . . . . . . ____Wild turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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SANDPIPERS (scolopacidae) ____Ruddy Turnstone . . . . . . . . . . ____Common Snipe . . . . . . . . . . . ____Long-billed Curlew . . . . . . . . ____Whimbrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Upland Sandpiper . . . . . . . . . ____Solitary Sandpiper . . . . . . . . . ____Spotted Sandpiper . . . . . . . . ____Willet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Greater Yellowlegs . . . . . . . . ____Lesser Yellowlegs . . . . . . . . . ____Red Knot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Pectoral Sandpiper . . . . . . . . ____Ruff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____White-rumped Sandpiper . . . ____Baird’s Sandpiper . . . . . . . . . ____Least Sandpiper . . . . . . . . . . ____Dunlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Curlew Sandpiper . . . . . . . . . ____Short-billed Dowitcher . . . . . ____Long-billed Dowitcher . . . . . ____Stilt Sandpiper . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Semipalmated Sandpiper . . . ____Western Sandpiper . . . . . . . . ____Buff-breasted Sandpiper . . . . ____Marbled Godwit . . . . . . . . . . ____Hudsonian Godwit . . . . . . . . ____Sanderling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Red Phalarope . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Wilson’s Phalarope . . . . . . . . ____Red-necked Phalarope . . . . .
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AVOCETS & STILTS (recurvirostridae) ____American Avocet . . . . . . . . . ____Black-necked Stilt . . . . . . . . .
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GOATSUCKER (caprimulgidae) ____Whip-poor-will . . . . . . . . . . . ____Common Poorwill . . . . . . . . u ____Common Nighthawk . . . . . . u ____Chuck-will’s Widow . . . . . . .
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SWALLOWS (hirundinidae) ____Violet-green Swallow . . . . . . ____Tree Swallow . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Bank Swallow . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Northern Rough-winged Swallow ____Barn Swallow . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Cliff Swallow . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____Purple Martin . . . . . . . . . . . .
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