Palouse Prairie birds 

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Order -- Common Name
  Family
    * Common name (Genus species)

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Gaviformes -- Loons
Podicipediformes -- Grebes
Pelicaniformes -- Pelicans & Cormorants
Ciconiformes -- Bitterns, Herons, & Ibises
  Ardeidae
  Threskiornithidae
    * Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Anseriformes -- Swans, Geese, & Ducks
  Anatidae
    * Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
    * Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Falconiformes -- Hawks & Eagles
  Accipitridae
  Falconidae
    * Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
    * Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)
    * Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
    * Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
Galliformes -- Grouse, Quails, Pheasants, & Turkeys
  Phasianidae
    * Chukar (Alectoris chukar)
    * Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus)
    * Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Gruiformes -- Rails, Coots & Cranes
Charadriformes -- Shorebirds, Gulls & Terns
  Charadriformes
    * Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
    * Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
    * Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
    * Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Columbiformes -- Pigeons & Doves
Culculiformes -- Cuckoos
Strigiformes -- Owls
  Tytonidae
  Strigidae
    * Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
    * Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Caprimulgiformes -- Nighthawks & Goatsuckers
  Caprimulgidae
    * Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii) 
Apodiformes -- Swifts & Hummingbirds
Coraciiformes -- Kingfishers
Piciformes -- Woodpeckers
Passeriformes -- Song Birds
  Alaudidae
    * Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
  Cardinalidae
    * Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)
  Corvidae
    * Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica)
  Emberizidae
    * Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
    * Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 
    * Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
  Icteridae
    * Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
    * Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
  Laniidae
    * Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
  Parulidae
    * Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)
    * Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
  Troglodytidae
    * Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
    * Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
    * Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
  Turdidae
    * American Robin (Turdus migratorius)


http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/bio/birds/birds.htm
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