Standard abbreviations for common names of birds

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Standard abbreviations for common names of birds M. Kathleen Klirnkiewicz I and Chandler $. I"obbins 2 During the past two decades banders have taken their work more seriously and have begun record- ing more and more information regarding the birds they are banding.

To facilitate orderly record- keeping, bird observatories (especially Manomet and Point Reyes) have developed standard record- ing forms that are now available to banders. These forms are convenient for recording banding data manually, and they are designed to facilitate automated data processing. Because errors in species codes are frequently detected during editing of banding schedules, the Bird Banding Offices feel that banders should use species names or abbreviations thereof rather than only the AOU or species code numbers on their field sheets.

Thus, it is essential that any recording form have provision for either common names, Latin names, or a suitable abbreviation. Most recording forms presently in use have a 4-digit field for abbreviated common names; however, abbreviated common names should not be used on banding schedules. The purpose of this paper is to make available a system for common name abbreviations.

The system is presently being used by us and others, and it has decided advantages over the list ... more. less.

published by $tamm (IBBA News 39:46-48) and other systems that have been developed by various banders for their own use. Before developing the system described here, we had tried using the $tamm abbreviations but found that the codes had to be memorized individually since no standardized procedure had been followed. Thus, it was easy to inadvertently write down the abbreviation for the wrong species. The $tamm abbreviations are of variable length (1 to 4 digits). For example, he adopted C for Canvasback and CA for Cardinal. Under the proposed system every species is given a 4-letter abbreviation (CANV for Canvasback, CARD for Cardinal). In the $tamm list, the family name precedes the species name, but in the proposed system the name is written in the sequence in which it is given in ordinary speech (Song Sparrow rather than Sparrow, Song). The system we propose follows five simple rules for abbreviating: 1. If the common name is a single word, use the first four letters, e.g., Canvasback, CANV. 2. If the common name consists of two words, use the first two letters of the first word, followed by the first two letters of the last word, e.g., Common Loon, COLO. 3. If the common name consists of three words (with or without hyphens), use the first letter of the first word, the first letter of the second word, and the first two letters of the third word, e.g., Pied-billed Grebe, PBGR. 4. If the common name consists of four words (with or without hypens), use the first letter of each word, ".g., Great Black-backed Gull, GBBG. 5. If the common name consists of five words, treat it as four words, e.g., Puget Sound White- crowned Sparrow, PSW$. There are a few exceptions to the rules to dis- tinguish two species that would otherwise have the same abbreviation. In most instances where two birds would have had identical abbreviations, one is a rare or very local species seldom handled by North American banders. The abbreviation derived by following the five rules is given to the more common or widely distributed species with a single exception, the Blackpoll Warbler (which formerly was hyphenated so that BPWA is an abbreviation easily remembered). The 28 ex- ceptions to the five standard rules are listed in the Appendix. The American Birding Association has published a checklist (A.B.A. 1975) of North American bird species using names that are diagnostic on a world- wide basis. Insofar as possible, they have anticipated changes that will be made in the next AOU Check-List, which will also include Central American birds. The A.B.A. names are being adopted by other authors and so are included in the following list whenever they differ from the Page 16 North American Bird Bander Vol. 3, No. 1 names in the AOU Check-List. Our inclusion of the A.B.A. names resulted in one additional duplica- tion of names, Thin-billed Murre (Common Murre of AOU), which has been abbreviated THMU to distinguish it from the Thick-billed Murre, TBMU. We must stress that the 4-digit abbreviations are strictly for the convenience of banders in their own records and should never be used as a sub- stitute for common or scientific names on schedules submitted to the Banding Offices. ALPHA SP. BAND CODE NO. SIZE COMMON NAME Loons COLO 007.0 8 Common Loon YBLO 008.0 9 Yellow-billed Loon ARLO 010.0 7B Arctic Loon RTLO 011.0 7B Red-throated Loon Grebes RNGR 002.0 7A Red-necked Grebe HOGR 003.0 6-5 Horned Grebe EAGR 004.0 5 Eared Grebe LEGR 005.0 4 Least Grebe WEGR 001.0 7A-7B Western Grebe PBGR 006.0 5-6 Pied-billed Grebe Albatrosses BFAL 081.0 7B Black-looted Albatross LAAL 082.1 7B Laysan Albatross Shearwaters NOFU 086.0 6 Northern Fulmar GRSH 089.0 6 Greater Shearwater SOSH 095.0 4-5 Sooty Shearwater MASH 090.0 4A-4 Manx Shearwater BEPE 098.1 4 Bermuda Petrel BOPE 099.1 3-2 Bonin Petrel Storm-Petrels FTSP 105.0 lB Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel LSPE 106.0 1B Leach's Storm-Petrel ASPE 108.0 1B Ashy Storm-Petrel BSPE 107.0 1A Black Storm-Petrel LTPE 103.0 1B Least Storm-Petrel WSPE 109.0 1A-1B Wilson's Storm-Petrel Tropicbirds RBTR 113.0 4A Red-billed Tropicbird WTTR 112.0 4 White-tailed Tropicbird RTTR 113.1 5 Red-tailed Tropicbird Pelicans WHPE 125.0 9 White Pelican (AWPE Am. White Pelican) BRPE 126.0 9-8 Brown Pelican Boobies, Gannets BFBO 114.0 7B-8 Blue-faced Booby (MABO Masked Booby) BLBO 114.1 7A-7B Blue-fooled Booby BRBO 115.0 7B Brown Booby RFBO 116.0 7B-7A Red-fooled Booby GANN 117.0 8-9 Gannet (NOGA No. Gannet) ALPHA SP. BAND CODE NO. SIZE COMMON NAME Cormorants GRCO 119.0 8 Great Cormorant DCCO 120.0 8-7B Double-crested Cormorant OLCO 121.0 7A Olivaceous Cormorant BRCO 122.0 8 Brandt's Cormorant PECO 123.0 7B-7A Pelagic Cormorant RFCO 124.0 8 Red-faced Cormorant Artbingo ANHI 118.0 8 Anhinga (AMAN Am. Anhinga) Frigatebirds MAFR 12B.O GRFR 128.1 LEFR 128.2 Herons GWHE 192.0 GBHE 194.0 GRHE 201.0 LBHE 200.0 CAEG 200.1 REEG 198.0 GREG 196.0 SNEG 197.0 LOHE 199.0 BCNH 202.0 YCNH 203.0 LEBI 191.0 AMBI 190.0 Storks WOST 188.0 Ibises GLIB 186.0 WFI8 187.0 WHIB 184.0 SCIB 185.0 ROSP 183.0 Flamingos AMFL 182.0 7B-7A Magnificent Frigatebird 7B-7A Great Frigatebird 7A Lesser Frigatebird 8 Great White Heron 7B Great Blue Heron 5 Green Heron 6 Little Blue Heron 6 Cattle Egret 6 Reddish Egret 7B-7A Great Egret 6 Snowy Egret 6 Louisiana Heron 7A Black-cr. Night Heron 7A Yellow-cr. Night Heron 4 Least Bittern 6 American Bittern 7A Wood Stork 6 Glossy Ibis 6 White-faced Ibis 6-7A White Ibis 6 ScarletIbis 7B Roseate Spoonbill 8 American Flamingo Jan.-Mar. 1978 North American Bird Bander Page 17 ALPHA CODE Waterfowl MUSW WPSW 8ESW WHSW TRSW CAG0 ACGO CKGO SCGO BRAN BLSR UNBR BAGO EMGO WFGO LSGO BLGO SBGI GSGO ROGO BBWD FWDU MALL MBDH MEDU BLOU MOOU GADW PINT EGWT AGWT BWTE CITE GATE UNTE EUWI AMWI NOSH WOOU REDH RNDU CANV GRSC LESC COGO BAGO BUFF OLDS SP. BAND NO. SIZE COMMON NAME 178.2 9C Mute Swan 179.0 9 Whooper Swan 181.1 9 Bewick's Swan 180.0 9 Whistling Swan 181.0 9-9C Trumpeter Swan 172.0 8 Canada Goose 172.1 7A Aleutian Canada Goose 172.7 7A Cackling Goose 172.9 78 Small Canada Goose 173.0 7B Brant ) 74.0 7A Black Brant )73.) 7A Unidentified Brant 175.0 7B Barnacle Goose 176.0 7B Emperor Goose )7) .0 7B White-fronted Goose (GWFG Gr. White-fronted Goose) 169.0 7B Lesser Snow Goose (White phase) 169.1 7B Blue Goose (Blue phase of LesseF Snow Goose) 169.5 7B Snow-Blue Goose Intermediate 169.9 7B Greater Snow Goose 170.0 7B Ross' Goose 177.0 7A Black-bel. Whistling-duck 178.0 7A-6 Fulvous Whistling-duck 132.0 7A Mallard 132.1 7A Mallard x Black Ouck Hybrid 133.1 7A Mexican Duck 133.0 7A Black Duck (ABDU American Black Ouck) 134.0 7A Mottled Ouck 135.0 6 Gadwall 143.0 6 Pintail (COPI Common Pintail) 13B.0 4-4A Eurasian Green-winged Teal 139.0 4-4A American Green-winged Teal 140.0 5-4A Blue-winged Teal 141.0 5-4A Cinnamon Teal 140.3 5-4A Garganey Teal 140.1 5-4A Unidentified Teal 136.0 6 European Wigeon (EUWI Eurasian Wigeon) 137.0 6 American Wigeon 142.0 5 Northern Shoveler 144.0 6-5 Wood Duck 146.0 6 Redhead 150.0 6 Ring-necked Ouck 147.0 7A Canvasback 148.0 6-5 Greater Scaup 149.0 6-5 Lesser Scaup 151.0 6 Common Goldeneye 152.0 7A Barrow's Goldeneye 153.0 5 Bufflehead 154.0 5-6 Oldsquaw ALPHA CODE HADU STEI COEI PAEI KIEl SPEI WWSC SUSC BLSC RUDU MADU HOME COME R8ME Vultures TUVU BLVU CACO Kites, WTKI STKI MIKI EVKI GOSH SSHA COHA RTHA HLHA RSHA BWHA SWHA ZTHA WTHA STHA RLHA FEHA GRHA HAHA BLHA GOEA BAEA MAHA SP. BAND NO. SIZE COMMON NAME 155.0 5 Harlequin Duck 157.0 6 Steller's Eider 160.0 7A Common Eider 161.0 7A Pacific Eider 162.0 6 King Eider 158.0 6 Spectacled Eider 165.0 7A White-winged Scorer 166.0 7A Surf Scorer 163.0 7A Black Scorer 167.0 6 Ruddy Duck 168.0 5 Masked Duck 131.0 5 Hooded Merganser 129.0 7A Common Merganser 130.0 6-5 Red-breast. Merganser 325.0 8-70-7B Turkey Vulture 326.0 8-7D-7B Black Vulture 324.0 9 California Condor Hawks *328.0 6-5 White-tailed Kite *327.0 5 Swallow-tailed Kite *329.0 5 Mississippi Kite *330.0 6 Everglade Kite (SNKI Snail Kite) *334.0 t7B-"7A Goshawk (NOGO Northern Goshawk) 332.0 f"3A -"'2 Sharp-shinned Hawk *333.0 f"5- "' 4 Cooper's Hawk *337.0 7B-7D-7A-8 Red-tailed Hawk *337.6 7B-7A Harlan's Hawk *339.0 6 Red-shouldered Hawk *343.0 5-6 Broad-winged Hawk *342.0 7A Swainson's Hawk *340.0 7A Zone-tailed Hawk '341.0 6 White-tailed Hawk *344.0 6 Short-tailed Hawk *347.0 7A-7B Rough-legged Hawk *348.0 7D-7B-8 Ferruginous Hawk *346.0 6-5 Gray Hawk *335.0 7A-7B Harris' Hawk *345.0 7A-6 Black Hawk (LBHA Lesser Black Hawk) 349.0 9(rivet) Golden Eagle 352.0 9(rivet) Bald Eagle '331.0 f"5 - d'4 Marsh Hawk (NOHA Northern Harrier) *364.0 8 Osprey *362.0 7B Caracara (CRCA Crested Caracara) *354.7 7B Gyrfalcon *355.0 "7A-o'6 Prairie Falcon *356.0 "7B-"'7A Peregrine Falcon *359.0 5 Aplomado Falcon *357.0 "4- d'3A Merlin 360.0 3B American Kestrel Osprey OSPR Falcons CARA GYRF PRFA PEFA APFA MERL AMKE Page 18 North American Bird Bander Vol. 3, No. 1 ALPHA SP. BAND CODE NO. SIZE COMMON NAME Chachalaca CHAC *'311.0 5 Chachalaca (PLCH Plain Chachalaca) Grouse, Ptarmigan BUGR **297.0 5 Blue Grouse SPGR **298.0 6-5 Spruce Grouse RUGR **300.0 6-5 Ruffed Grouse WlPT *'301.0 6-5 Willow Ptarmigan ROPT **302.0 5 Rock Ptarmigan WTPT **304.0 4A White-tailed Ptarmigan GPCH **305.0 6 Gr. Prairie Chicken LPCH **307.0 6 Lr. Prairie Chicken STGR **308.0 6 Sharp-tailed Grouse SAGR **309.0 O'6-?7A Sage Grouse Quail, Pheasant BOBW **289.0 3B Bobwhite (COBO Common Bobwhite) MABO *'291.0 3A Masked Bobwhite SCQU **293.0 3A Scaled Quail CAQU **294.0 3A California Quail GAQU **295.0 3A Gambel's Quail MOQU **292.0 4 Mountain Quail MZQU **296.0 3A Montezuma Quail RNPH *'309.1 d'6-?7A Ring-necked Pheasant CHUK **288.2 6 Chukar GRPA *'288.1 3A Gray Partridge BLFR **309.3 6 Black Francolin Turkey TURK *'310.0 9-8 Turkey (WlTU Wild Turkey) Cranes WHCR 204.0 9 Whooping Crane GSCR 205.0 9 Greater Sandhill Crane SACR 206.0 8-9 Sandhill Crane Limpkin LIMP 207.0 6 Limpkin Rails, Gallinules, Coot KIRA 208.0 5 King Rail CLRA 211.0 5 Clapper Rail VlRA 212.0 3-3B Virginia Rail SORA 214.0 3 Sofa YERA 215.0 2 Yellow Rail BLRA 216.0 2-1A Black Rail PUGA 218.0 4 Purple Gallinule COGA 219.0 5-6 Common Gallinule AMC0 221.0 6-5 American Coot Jacana JACA 288.0 3A Jacana (NAJA North American Jacana) Oystercatchers AMOY 286.0 5 Am. Oystercatcher BLOY 287.0 5 Black 0ystercatcher Plovers LAPW 269.0 5 Lapwing (NOLA No. Lapwing) RIPL 275.0 1A-1B Ringed Plover SEPL 274.0 1A-1B Semipalmated Plover PIPL 277.0 1A-1B Piping Plover SNPL 278.0 1B Snowy Plover ALPHA SP. BAND CODE NO. SIZE COMMON NAME WlPL 280.0 2-1A Wilson's Plover KILL 273.0 2 Killdeer MOPL 281.0 2-3 Mountain Plover AGPL 272.0 2-3 Am. Golden Plover (LGPL Lesser Golden Plover) BBPL 270.0 3B B1ack-bellied Plover SURF 282.0 2 Surfbird RUTU 283.0 2-3 Ruddy Turnstone BLTU 284.0 2 Black Turnstone Sandpipers EUWO 227.0 3 European Woodcock AMW0 228.0 3 American Woodcock COSN 230.0 3 Common Snipe LBCU 264.0 4-5 Long-billed Curlew WHIM 265.0 4 Whimbrel BTCU 268.0 4A Bristle-thighed Curlew UPSA 261.0 3 Upland Sandpiper SPSA 263.0 1B-1A Spotted Sandpiper SOSA 256.0 1A Solitary Sandpiper WATA 259.0 3-2 Wandering Tattler WILL 25B.0 4 Wilier GRYE 254.0 3-3B Greater Yellowlegs LEYE 255.0 2 Lesser Yellowlegs REKN 234.0 2 Red Knot PUSA 235.0 1A Purple Sandpiper ROSA 235.6 2 Rock Sandpiper SHSA 238.0 1A Sharp-tailed Sandpiper PESA 239.0 1A Pectoral Sandpiper WRSA 240.0 1A-1B White-rumped Sandpiper BASA 241.0 1B-1A Baird's Sandpiper LESA 242.0 1-1B Least Sandpiper CUSA 244.0 1A Curlew Sandpiper DUNL 243.0 1A-lB Dunlin SBDO 231.0 2 Short-billed Dowitcher LBDO 232.0 2 Long-billed Dowitcher STSA 233.0 1A Stilt Sandpiper SESA 246.0 1-1B Semipalmated Sandpiper WESA 247.0 1-1B Western Sandpiper BBSA 262.0 1A Buff-breasted Sandpiper MAG0 249.0 4 Marbled Godwit BTGO 250.0 o'4- ?4A Bar-tailed Godwit HUGO 251.0 3A Hudsonian Godwit BKGO 252.0 4 Black-tailed Godwit RUFF 260.0 o'3B- ?3 Ruff SAND 248.0 1A Sanderling Avocet, Stilt AMAV 225.0 4 American Avocet BNST 226.0 3A Black-necked Stilt Phalaropes REPH 222.0 1A Red Phalarope WlPH 224.0 1A-2 Wilson's Phalarope NOPH 223.0 lB Northern Phalarope Jaegers, Skuas POJA 036.0 4 Pomarine Jaeger PAJA 037.0 3A Parasitic Jaeger LTJA 03B.O 3A Long-tailed Jaeger SKUA 035.0 7A-7B Skua (GRSK Great Sku") SPSK 854.5 7A-7B South Polar Skua Jan=Mar. 1978 North American Bird Bander Page 19 ALPHA SP. BAND CODE NO. SIZE Gulls, Terns GLGU 042.0 7A ICGU 043.0 6 KUGU 045.0 6 GWGU 044.0 7A G8BG 047.0 78-7A WEGU 049.0 6 L8BG 050.0 6 HEGU 051.0 6 THGU 051.9 6 CAGU 053.0 5 RBGU 054.0 4A MEGU 055.0 4A BHGU 055.1 5 LAGU 058.0 5-4A-4 FRGU 059.0 4 BOGU 060.0 3-3B LIGU 060.1 3 HMGU 057.0 4A IVGU 039.0 4 BLKI 040.0 4A RLKI 041.0 4A ROGU 061.0 3 SAGU 062.0 3 GBTE 063.0 3B FOTE 069.0 3 COTE 070.0 2 ARTE 071.0 2 RSTE 072.0 2 ALTE 073.0 2-1A SOTE 075.0 3 BRTE 076.0 2 LETE 074.0 1A-lB ROTE 065.0 4A ELTE 066.0 3 SATE 067.0 3B CATE 064.0 5-4A 8LTE 077.0 2-1A WW8T 078.0 2 NOTE 079.0 3 BLNO 079.3 3 HYTE 072.5 -- Skimmer BLSK 080.0 4 Alcids RAZ0 032.0 6 COMU 030.0 6 TBMU 031.0 6 DOVE 034.0 3 BLGU 027.0 4 MAGU 028.0 4 PIGU 029.0 4A MAMU 023.0 3B KIMU 024.0 3B XAMU 025.0 2 COMMON NAME Glaucous Gull Iceland Gull Kumlien's Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Great Black-backed Gull (G8BG Greater 8lack-backed Gull) Western Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Herring Gull Thayer's Gull California Gull Ring-billed Gull Mew Gull Black-headed Gull Laughing Gull Franklin's Gull Bonaparte's Gull Little Gull Heermann's Gull Ivory Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Red-legged Kittiwake Ross' Gull Sabine's Gull Gull-billed Tern Forster's Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern Roseate Tern Aleutian Tern Sooty Tern Bridled Tern Least Tern Royal Tern Elegant Tern Sandwich Tern Caspian Tern Black Tern White-winged Black Tern Noddy Tern Black Noddy Hybrid Tern Black Skimmer Razorbill Common Murre (THMU Thin-billed Murre) Thick-billed Murre Dovekie Black Guillemot Mandt's Guillemot Pigeon Guillemot Marbled Murrelet Kittlitz's Murrelet Xantus' Murreiet ALPHA SP. BAND CODE NO. SIZE CRMU 026.0 2 ANMU 021.0 3B-3 CAAU 016.0 3 PAAU 017.0 4 CRAU 018.0 4 LEAU 020.0 3 WHAU 019.0 3 RHAU 015.0 6-5 COPU 013.0 5 HOPU 014.0 5 TUPU 012.0 6-5 Pigeons, Doves WCPI 314.0 4A BTPI 312.0 5 RBPI 313.0 5 ZED0 317.0 2 WWD0 319.0 4-3A MODO 316.0 3A-3B SPDO 315.1 3B RTDO 315.2 3A CGDO 320.0 2 RGDO 320.1 2 INDO 321.0 2-3 WFDO 318.0 3A KWQD 322.0 2 RQDO 322.1 4 Parrot CWPA 382.7 3 Cuckoos, Roadrunner, Ants MACU 386.0 2 YBCU 387.0 2 BBCU 388.0 2 ROAD 3B5.0 5 SBAN 3B3.0 3A GBAN 384.0 3B Barn Owl *BAOW 365.0 6-7A Typical Owls SCOW * 373.0 5 WHOW '373.1 3A-4 FLOW 374.0 3-3B-2 GHOW * 375.0 8-9 SNOW * 376.0 B-9 HAOW *377.0 7A-6-7B PYOW 379.0 2-3 FEOW 380.0 3 ELOW 381.0 2 BUOW 378.0 4 BDOW * 368.0 7B SPOW * 369.0 7B GGOW * 370.0 8 LEOW * 366.0 6 SEOW * 367.0 6 B00W 371.0 4A SWOW 372.0 4-3A COMMON NAME Craveri's Murrelet Ancient Murrelet Cassin's Auklet Parakeet Auklet Crested Auklet Least Auklet Whiskered Auklet Rhinoceros Auklet Common Puffin (ATPU Atlantic Puffin) Horned Puffin Tufted Puffin White-crowned Pigeon Band-tailed Pigeon Red-billed Pigeon Zenaida Dove White-winged Dove Mourning Dove Spotted Dove Ringed Turtle Dove Common Ground Dove Ruddy Ground Dove Inca Dove White-fronted Dove (WTDO White-tipped Dove) Key West Quail Dove Ruddy Quail Dove Canary-winged Parakeet Mangrove Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Roadrunner (GRRO Greater Roadrunner) Smooth-billed Ani Groove-billed Ani Barn Owl Screech Owl Whiskered Owl Flammulated Owl Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Hawk Owl Pygmy Owl Ferruginous Owl Elf Owl Burrowing Owl Barred Owl Spotted Owl Great Gray Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Boreal Owl Saw-whet Owl Page 20 North American Bird Bander Vol. 3, No. 1 ALPHA SP. CODE NO. Goatsuckers CWWI 416.0 WPWI 417.0 POWI 418.0 PAUR 419.0 CONI 420.0 LENI 421.0 Swifts BLSW 422.0 CHSW 423.0 VASW 424.0 WTSW 425.0 Hummingbirds LUHU 437.0 RTHU 42B.0 BCHU 429.0 COHU 430.0 ANHU 431.0 BTHU 432.0 RUHU 433.0 ALHU 434.0 CAHU 436.0 RIHU 426.0 BUHU 427.0 BFHU 439.0 BBHU 441.0 Trogon CTTR 3B9.0 Kingfishors BEKI 390.0 3B RIKI 390.1 4 GRKI 391.0 2 Woodpeckers YSFL 412.0 3 YRFL 412.3 3 RSFL 413.0 3 GIFL 414.0 3-2 PIWO 405.0 4-3A RBWO 409.0 2 GFWO 410.0 2 GIWO 411.0 2-3 RHWO 406.0 2 ACWO 407.0 2-3 LEWO 40B.O 3-2 YBSA 402.0 1A-1B RNSA 402.9 1A-1B RBSA 403.0 1A-1B WISA 404.0 1A HAWO 393.0 1A-2 OOWO 394.0 1B LBWO 396.0 1A NUWO 397.0 1A-1B ARWO 398.0 1A BAND SIZE COMMON NAME 3 Chuck-will's-widow 1A-2 Whip-poor-will 1A Poor-will 2 Pauraque 2-1A Common Nighthawk 1A-2 Lesser Nighthawk 1A Black Swift 1B Chimney Swift 1 Vaux's Swift 2 White-throated Swift XB Lucifer Hummingbird XB Ruby-throated Hummingbird XB Black-chinned Hummingbird XB Costa's Hummingbird XA Anna's Hummingbird XA Broad-tailed Hummingbird XB Rufous Hummingbird XB Allen's Hummingbird XB Calliope Hummingbird X-O Rivoli's Hummingbird (MAHU Magnificent Hummingbird) X-O Blue-throated Hummingbird XA Buff-bellied Hummingbird XB Broad-billed Hummingbird Coppery-tailed Trogon (ELTR Elegant Trogon) Belted Kingfisher Ringed Kingfisher Green Kingfisher Yellow-shafted Flicker Yel.-shafted x Red-shafted Flicker Intergrade Red-shafted Flicker Gilded Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Golden-fronted Woodpecker Gila Woodpecker Red-headed Woodpecker Acorn Woodpecker Lewis' Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-naped Sapsucker Red-breasted Sapsucker Williamsoh's Sapsucker Hairy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Ladder-backed Woodpecker Nuttall's Woodpecker Arizona Woodpecker (BBWO Brown-backed Woodpecker) ALPHA SP. BAND CODE NO. SIZE RCWO 395.0 1A WHWO 399.0 1A-2 BTWO 400.0 2 NTTW 401.0 2 IBWO 392.0 3A Cotinga RTBE 441.1 1 Tyrant Flycathers EAKI 444.0 1B GRKI 445.0 1A TRKI 446.0 1A WEKI 447.0 1A CAKI 44B.0 1A TBKI 445.1 1A FTFL 442.0 2 STFL 443.0 1A KIFL 449.0 2 "BFL 451.0 1B GCFL 452.0 1A-lB WCFL 453.0 1A ATFL 454.0 lB OLFL 455.0 1B EAPH 456.0 1-0 BLPH 458.0 1 SAPH 457.0 1 YBFL 463.0 0 ACFL 465.0 0 TRFL 466.0 0 WIFL 466.4 0 ALFL 466.3 0 LEFL 467.0 0 HAFL 468.0 0 DUFL 469.0 0 GRFL 469.1 0 WEFL 464.0 0 BBFL 470.0 0 COFL 460.0 1B EWPE 461.0 0 WWPE 462.0 0 OSFL 459.0 1-1B VEFL 471.0 0 BEFL 472.0 O-X Larks SKYL 473.0 HOLA 474.0 VGSW 615.0 TRSW 614.0 BKSW 616.0 RWSW 617.0 BASW 613.0 CLSW 612.0 CASW 612.1 PUMA 611.0 COMMON NAME Red-cockaded Woodpecker Wh ite-headed Woodpecker Black-back. Three-toed Woodpecker Northern Three-toed Woodpecker Ivory-billed Woodpecker Rose-throated Becard Eastern Kingbird Gray Kingbird Tropical Kingbird Western Kingbird Cassin's Kingbird Thick-billed Kingbird Fork-tailed Flycatcher Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Kiskadee Flycatcher (GRKI Greater Kiskadee) Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Wied's Crested Flycatcher Ash-throated Flycatcher Olivaceous Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Black Phoebe Say's Phoebe Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Traill's Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Hammond's Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher Gray Flycatcher Western Flycatcher Buff-breasted Flycatcher Coues' Flycatcher Eastern Wood Pewee (EAPE Eastern Pewee) Western Wood Pewee (WEPE Western Pewee) Olive-sided Flycatcher Vermilion Flycatcher Beardless Flycatcher (NBFL No. Beardless Flycatcher) 1B Skylark (COSK Common Skylark) 1B Horned Lark 1 Violet-green Swallow 1-0 Tree Swallow 0 Bank Swallow 0 Rough-winged Swallow 0 Barn Swallow 1 Cliff Swallow 1 Cave Swallow 1A-2 Purple Martin Jan.-Mar. 1978 North American Bird Bander Page 21 ALPHA SP. BAND CODE ND. SIZE Jays, Magpies, Crows GRJA 484.0 3-2 8LJA 477.0 2-3 STJA 478.0 3-2 SCJA 481.0 2-3 MEJA 482.0 38 GEJA 483.O 2 BBMA 475.0 4 YBMA 476.0 3A CORA 486.0 6-7A WNRA 487.0 5 COCR 488.O 5 NOCR 489.0 4-4A FICR 490.0 4A PIJA 492.0 3-2 CLNU 491.0 38 Titmice, Verdin, Bushtit BCCH 735.0 0 CACH 736.0 0 MECH 737.0 0 MOCH 738.0 0 GHCH 739.0 0 BOCH 740.0 0 CBCH 741.0 0 ETTI 731.0 1B BCTI 732.0 1 B PLTI 733.0 1 '8RTI 734.0 1 VERD 746.0 0 BUSH 743.0 0 Nuthatches WBNU 727.0 1B RBNU 728.0 0 BHNU 729.0 0 PYNU 730.0 0 Creeper BRCR 726.0 0 Wrentit WREN 742.0 1 Bulbul RWBU 742.1 18 Dippor OIPP 701.0 2-1A Wrens HOWR 721.0 0 WIWR 722.0 0 BEWR 719.0 1 CAWR 718.0 18-1 CTWR 713.0 18 LBMW 725.0 1 SBMW 724.0 0 CNWR 717.0 1 ROWR 715.0 1 COMMON NAME Gray Jay BlueJay Steller's Jay Scrub Jay Mexican Jay (GBJA Gray-breasted Jay) Green Jay Black-billed Magpie Yellow-billed Magpie Common Raven (NORA No. Raven) White-necked Raven Common Crow (AMCR Am. Crow) Northwestern Crow Fish Crow Pinyon Jay Clark's Nutcracker Black-capped Chickadee Carolina Chickadee Mexican Chickadee Mountain Chickadee Gray-headed Chickadee (SlCH Siberian Chickadee) Boreal Chickadee Chestnut-backed Chickadee Eastern Tufted Titmouse Black-crested Titmouse Plain Titmouse Bridled Titmouse Verdin Bushtit White-breasted Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch Pygmy Nuthatch Brown Creeper Wrentit Red-whiskered Bulbul Oipper (NOOI No. Am. Oipper) House Wren Winter Wren Bewick's Wren Carolina Wren Cactus Wren Long-billed Marsh Wren (MAWR Marsh Wren) Short-billed Marsh Wren (SEWR Sedge Wren) Canyon Wren Rock Wren ALPHA SP. BAND CODE NO. SIZE Mockingbirds, Thrashers MOCK 703.0 2-1A GRCA 704.0 1A BRTH 705.0 2-3 LBTH 706.0 2 GRTH 709.0 2 BETH 7O8.O 2 CBTH 707.0 3 CATH 710.0 3 LCTH 711.0 2 CRTH 712.0 2 SATH 702.0 18-1A Thrushes AMR0 761.0 2 FIEL 761.2 2 CCRO 761.5 2 VATH 763.0 2 WOTH 755.0 1A HETH 759.0 1 B-1 SWTH 758.0 1B GCTH 757.0 1B VEER 756.0 1B EABL 766.0 1 B-1 WEBL 767.0 18 MOBL 768.0 1B-1A EMBL 766.8 1B WHEA 765.0 18 BLUE 764.0 1 TOSO 754.0 1B CDMMON NAME Mockingbird (NOMO No. Mockingbird) Gray Catbi rd Brown Thrasher Long-billed Thrasher Gray Thrasher Bendire's Thrasher Curve-billed Thrasher California Thrasher Le Conte's Thrasher Crissal Thrasher Sage Thrasher American Robin Fieldfare Clay-colored Robin (CCTH Clay-colored Thrush) Varied Thrush Wood Thrush " Hermit Thrush Swainsoh's Thrush Gray-cheeked Thrush Veery Eastern Bluebird Western Bluebird Mountain Bluebird E. Bluebird x Mountain Bluebird Hybrid Wheatear (NOWH No. Wheatear) Bluethroat Townsend's Solitaire Old World Warblers, Gnatcatchers, Kinglets ARWA 747.0 0 Arctic Warbler BGGN 751.0 O-X Blue-gray Gnatcatcher BCGN 753.1 O-X Black-capped Gnatcatcher BTGN 752.0 O-X Black-tailed Gnatcatcher GCKI 74B.0 0 Golden-crowned Kinglet RCKI 749.0 0 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Wagtails, Pipits WHWA 694.0 1 White Wagtail YEWA 696.0 I Yellow Wagtail WAPI 697.0 1 Water Pipit RTPI 699.0 1 Red-throated Pipit SPPI 700.0 1 Sprague's Pipit Waxwings BOWA 618.0 1A Bohemian Waxwing CEWA 619.0 1B Cedar Waxwing Silky Flycatcher PHAI 620.0 1 B Phainopepla Shrikes NRSH 621.0 2 Northern Shrike LOSH 622.0 1A Loggerhead Shrike Starling STAR 493.0 2 Starling (EUST European Starling) Page 22 North American Bird Bander Vol. 3, No. 1 ALPHA SP. CODE NO. Vireos BCVI 630.0 WEVI 631.0 HUVI 632.0 BEVI 633.0 GRVI 634.0 YTVI 628.0 SOVI 629.0 8WVI 623.0 YGVI 625.0 REVI 624.O PHVI 626.0 WAVI 627.0 Wood Warblors BAWW 636.0 POWA 637.0 SWWA 638.0 WEWA 639.0 GWWA 642.0 BWWA 641.0 BRWA 641.2 LAWA 641.3 BAWA 640.0 TEWA 647.O OCWA 646.0 NAWA 645.O VIWA 644.O CLWA 647.1 LUWA 643.0 NOPA 648.0 TRPA 649.0 OLWA 651.0 YEWA 652.0 MAWA 657.O CMWA 650.0 BTBW 654.O MYWA 655.O AUWA 656.0 UYRW 655.6 BGWA 665.0 TOWA 668.0 BTGW 667.0 GCWA 666.0 HEWA 669.0 CRWA 65B.0 BLWA 662.0 YTWA 663.0 SUWA 663.4 GRWA 664.0 CSWA 659.0 BBWA 660.0 BPWA 661.0 PIWA 671.0 KIWA 670.0 BAND SIZE COMMON NAME 1 Black-capped Vireo 0 White-eyed Vireo 0 Hutton's Vireo 0 Bell's Vireo 1 Gray Vireo 1 Yellow-throated Vireo I Solitary Vireo 1 Black-whiskered Vireo 1 Yellow-green Vireo 1-0 Red-eyed Vireo 0 Philadelphia Vireo 04 Warbling Vireo 0 Black-and-white Warbler 0 Prothonotary Warbler 1-0 Swainsoh's Warbler 1-0 Worm-eating Warbler 0 Golden-winged Warbler 0 Blue-winged Warbler 0 Brewster's Warbler 0 Lawrence's Warbler 0 Bachman's Warbler 0 Tennessee Warbler 0 Orange-crowned Warbler 0 Nashville Warbler 0 Virginia's Warbler 1 Colima Warbler 0 Lucy's Warbler 0 Northern Parula (NPWA No. Parula Warbler) 0 Tropical Parula (TPWA Tropical Parula Warbler) 0 Olive Warbler 0 Yellow Warbler 0 Magnolia Warbler 0 Cape May Warbler 0 Black-throated Blue Warbler 0 Myrtle Warbler 0 Audubon's Warbler 0 Unidentified Yellow-rumped Warbler 0 Black-throated Gray Warbler 0 Townsend's Warbler 0 Black-throated Green Warbler 0 Golden-cheeked Warbler 0 Hermit Warbler 0 Cerulean Warbler 0 Blackburnian Warbler 0 Yellow-throated Warbler 0 Sutton's Warbler 0 Grace's Warbler 0 Chestnut-sided Warbler 0 Bay-breasted Warbler 0 Blackpoll Warbler 0 Pine Warbler 1 Kirtland's Warbler ALPHA SP. CODE NO. PRWA 673.0 WPWA 672.0 YPWA 672.9 OVEN 674.0 NOWA 675.0 LOWA 676.0 KEWA 677.0 COWA 678.0 MOWA 679.0 MGWA 680.0 COYE 681.0 GRCH 682.1 YBCH 683.0 RFWA 690.0 HOWA 684.0 WIWA 685.0 CAWA 686.0 AMRE 687.0 PARE 688.0 Woaver Finches HOSP 688.2 ETSP 688.3 BAND SIZE COMMON NAME 0 Prairie Warbler 0 Western Palm Warbler 0 Yellow Palm Warbler ] Ovenbird 0-I Northern Waterthrush 1 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Kentucky Warbler 0-1 Connecticut Warbler 0-1 Mourning Warbler 1-0 MacGillivray's Warbler 0 Common Yellowthroat 1 Ground Chat 1B Yellow-breasted Chat 0 Red-faced Warbler 0 Hooded Warbler 0 Wilson's Warbler 0 Canada Warbler 0 American Redstart 0 Painted Redstart lB House Sparrow 1-1 B European Tree Sparrow (ETSP Eurasian Tree Sparrow) Moadowlarks, Blackbirds, Oriolos BOBO 494.0 1B-1A EAME 501 .o 3 WEME 501.1 3 YHBL 497.0 o'2-"1A RWBL 498.0 "" 2-"'1A TRBL 500.0 2 OROR 506.0 1B BHOR 503.0 2 SBOR 503.2 2 HOOR 505.0 1A-1B LIOR 503.1 3 SCOR 504.O 1A BAOR 507.0 1A BUOR 508.0 1A UNOR 507.8 1A RUBL 509.0 2 BRBL 510.0 2 GTGR 513.9 "" 4-"3 BTGR 513.0 COGR 511.0 3 BHCO 495.0 "'IA-"I B BRCO 496.0 o'2-71A Tanagors WETA 607.0 1B SCTA 608.0 1B HETA 609.0 1A SUTA 610.0 1A Bobolink Eastern Meadowlark Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird Red-winged Blackbird Tricolored Blackbird Orchard Oriole Black-headed Oriole Spotted-breasted Oriole (SPOR Spotted Oriole) Hooded Oriole Lichtenstein's Oriole (ALOR Altamira Oriole) Scott's Oriole Baltimore Oriole Bullock's Oriole Unidentified Northern Oriole Rusty Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Great-tailed Grackle Boat-tailed Grackle Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Bronzed Cowbird Western Tanager Scarlet Tanager Hepatic Tanager Summer Tanager Jan.-Mar. 1978 North American Bird Bander Page 23 ALPHA SP. CODE NO. Grosbeaks, Finches, CARD 593.0 PYRR 594.0 RBGR 595.0 BHGR 596.0 BLGR 597.0 INBU 598.0 LABU 599.0 VABU 600.0 PABU 601.0 DICK 604.0 EVGR 514.0 PUFI 517.0 CAFI 51B.O HOFI 519.0 WCSE 602.0 PIGR 515.0 GCRF 524.0 BRFI 525.0 BCRF 526.0 EUGO 526.1 HORE 527.0 CORE 528.0 PISI' 533.0 AMGO 529.0 LEGO 530.0 LAGO 531.0 RECR 521.0 WWCR 522.0 OLSP 586.0 GTTO 592.1 RSTO 5B7.0 SPTO 588.0 BRTO 591.0 ABTO 592.0 LKBU 605.0 IPSP 541.0 SASP 542.0 BSSP 543.0 GRSP 546.0 BDSP 545.0 LCSP 548.0 HESP 547.0 STSP 549.0 SESP 550.0 DSSP 551.0 BAND SIZE COMMON NAME Sparrows, Buntings 1A Cardinal (NOCA No. Cardinal) 1A Pyrrhuloxia 1A Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1A Black-headed Grosbeak 1B Blue Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 1 Lazuli Bunting 1 Varied Bunting 1 Painted Bunting 1B Dickcissel 1A Evening Grosbeak 1 Purple Finch 1B-1 Cassin's Finch 1 House Finch 0 White-collared Seedeater 1A Pine Grosbeak 1B Gray-crowned Rosy Finch 1B Black Rosy Finch 1B Brown-capped Rosy Finch 0 European Goldfinch 0 Hoary Redpoll 0 Common Redpoll 0 Pine Siskin 0 American Goldfinch 0 Lesser Goldfinch 0 Lawrence's Goldfinch lB Red Crossbill 1B White-winged Crossbill 1 Olive Sparrow 1A-1B Green-tailed Towhee 1A-2 Rufous-sided Towhee 1A Spotted Towhee 1A Brown Towhee 1A Abert's Towhee 1A Lark Bunting lB Ipswich Sparrow 1 Savannah Sparrow 1 Belding's Savannah Sparrow 1 Grasshopper Sparrow 1 Baird's Sparrow 1 Le Conte's Sparrow 0-1 Henslow's Sparrow 1 Sharp-tailed Sparrow 1B Seaside Sparrow 1B Dusky Seaside Sparrow ALPHA SP. BAND CODE NO. SIZE COMMON NAME CSSS 551.1 lB Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow VESP 540.0 1B-1 Vesper Sparrow LASP 552.0 1B Lark Sparrow FSSP 577.0 1B Five-striped Sparrow RWSP 579.0 0 Rufous-winged Sparrow RCSP 5BO.O 1 Rufous-crowned Sparrow BASP 575.0 1 Bachman's Sparrow BOSP 576.0 1 Botteri's Sparrow CASP 578.0 1 Cassin's Sparrow BTSP 573.0 0 Black-throated Sparrow SASP 574.0 1 Sage Sparrow WWJU 566.0 1 White-winged Junco SCJU 567.0 0 Slate-colored Junco DRJU 567.9 0 Dregon Junco GUJU 572.0 0 Guadalupe Junco GHJU 570.8 1 Gray-headed Junco MEJU 570.0 1 Mexican Junco BAJU 571.0 0 Baird's Junco UDEJ 567.7 0 Unidentified Dark-eyed Junco TRSP 559.0 0 Tree Sparrow (ATSP Am. Tree Sparrow) CriSP 560.0 0 Chipping Sparrow CCSP 561.0 0 Clay-colored Sparrow BRSP 562.0 0 Brewer's Sparrow FISP 563.0 0-1 Field Sparrow BCSP 565.0 0 Black-chinned Sparrow HASP 553.0 1A Harris' Sparrow WCSP 554.0 lB White-crowned Sparrow MWCS 554.6 1B Mountain White-crowned Sparrow PSWS 554.7 1B Puget Sound White-crowned Sparrow NWCS 554.8 1B Nuttall's White-crowned Sparrow GWCS 554.9 1B Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow GCSP 557.0 1B Golden-crowned Sparrow WTSP 558.0 1B White-throated Sparrow FOSP 5B5.0 1A-1B Fox Sparrow LISP 583.0 1 Lincoln's Sparrow SWSP 584.0 1 Swamp Sparrow SOSP 581.0 1B-1 Song Sparrow MCLO 539.0 1 McCown's Longspur LALO 536.0 1B Lapland Longspur SMLO 537.0 1 Smith's Longspur CCLO 538.0 1 Chestnut-collared Longspur SNBU 534.0 1A Snow Bunting MCBU 535.0 1B McKay's Bunting * This species should be banded with lock-on bands. ** Not to be banded with Federal bands. Use State or Provincial bands. Page 24 North American Bird Bander Vol. 3, No. 1 Appendix 1. LTPE Least Storm-Petrel (to distinguish from LSPE Leach's Storm-Petrel) 2. BLBO Blue-footed Booby (to distinguish from BFBO Blue-faced Booby) 3. WPSW Whooper Swan (to distinguish from WHSW Whistling Swan) 4. CKGO Cackling Goose (to distinguish from CAGO Canada Goose) 5. NRSH Northern Shrike (to distinguish from NOSH Northern Shoveler) 6. HLHA Harlan's Hawk (to distinguish from HAHA Harris' Hawk) 7. BUGR Blue Grouse (to distinguish from BLGR Blue Grosbeak) 8. MZQU Montezuma Quail (to distinguish from MOQU Mountain Quail) 9. SHSA Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (to distinguish from STgA Stilt Sandpiper) 10. BKGO Black-tailed Godwit (to distinguish from BTGO Bar-tailed Godwit) 11. HMGU Heermann's Gull (to distinguish from HEGU Herring Gull) 12. RSTE Roseate Tern (to distinguish from ROTE Royal Tern) 13. BDOW Barred Owl (to distinguish from BAOW Barn Owl) 14. BUHU Blue-throated Hummingbird (to dis- tinguish from BTHU Broad-tailed Humming- bird) 15. BFHU Buff-bellied Hummingbird (to dis- tinguish from BBHU Broad-billed Humming- bird) 16. BKSW Bank Swallow (to distinguish from BASW Barn Swallow) 17. GEJA Green Jay (to distinguish from GRJA Gray Jay) 18. CTWR Cactus Wren (to distinguish from CAWR Carolina Wren) 19. CNWR Canyon Wren (to distinguish from CAWR Carolina Wren) 20. POWA Prothonotary Warbler (to distinguish from PRWA Prairie Warbler) 21. CLWA Colima Warber (to distinguish from COWA Connecticut Warbler) 22. BGWA Black-throated Gray Warbler (treat as three words to distinguish from BTGW Black- throated Green Warbler) 23. CRWA Cerulean Warbler (to distinguish from CEWA Cedar Waxwing) 24. BPWA Blackpoll Warbler (to distinguish from BLWA BlackburnJan Warbler) 25. MGWA MacGillivray's Warbler (to distinguish from MAWA Magnolia Warbler) 26. LKBU Lark Bunting (to distinguish from LABU Lazuli Bunting) 27. BDSP Baird's Sparrow (to distinguish from BASP Bachman's Sparrow) 28. SGSP Sage Sparrow (to distinguish from SASP Savannah Sparrow) Literature cited Am. Birding Assn. 1975. A.B.A. Checklist: Birds of Continental United States and Canada. Austin, Texas. 64pp. Am. Ornithologists Union. 1957. Check-List of North American Birds. 5th ed. Baltimore, Maryland. 691pp. "Bird Banding Laboratory, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Laurel, Maryland 20811 "Migratory Bird and Habitat Research Laboratory, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Laurel, Maryland 20811. Jan.-Mar. 1978 North American Bird Bander Page 25

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