Most Abundant Birds: US and Canada (Extremely Difficult)

Name the 250 most abundant landbirds in the US and Canada.

Sourced from https://pif.birdconservancy.org/, with rough estimates

Aquatic and flightless birds, such as Ducks, Geese, or Chickens do not count

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Population (US-Canada)	Classification	Taxonomic Name	Answer
370 million	Thrush	Turdus Migratorius	American Robin
230 million	Gnatcatcher	Polioptila Caerula	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
230 million	New World Sparrow	Spizella Passerina	Chipping Sparrow
220 million	New World Sparrow	Junco Hyemalis	Dark-eyed Junco
170 million	Blackbird	Agelaius Phoeniceus	Red-winged Blackbird
170 million	New World Sparrow	Passerculus Sandwichensis	Savannah Sparrow
170 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophaga Coronata	Yellow-rumped Warbler
160 million	New World Sparrow	Zonotrichia Albicollis	White-throated Sparrow
130 million	Pigeonlike	Zenaida Macroura	Mourning Dove
130 million	Kinglet	Regulus Satrapa	Golden-crowned Kinglet
130 million	Vireo	Vireo Olivaceus	Red-eyed Vireo
130 million	New World Sparrow	Melospiza Melodia	Song Sparrow
130 million	Blackbird	Molothrus Ater	Brown-headed Cowbird
120 million	Cardinallike	Cardinalis Cardinalis	Northern Cardinal
120 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Empidonax Alnorum	Alder Flycatcher
120 million	Thrush	Catharus Ustulatus	Swainson's Thrush
110 million	Wood-Warbler	Leiothlypis Peregrina	Tennessee Warbler
100 million	Lark	Eremophila Alpestris	Horned Lark
100 million	Kinglet	Regulus Calendula	Ruby-crowned Kinglet
95 million	Blackbird	Sturnella Neglecta	Western Medowlark
93 million	Old World Sparrow	Passer Domesticus	House Sparrow
93 million	Starlinglike	Sturnus Vulgaris	European Starling
93 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophaga Petechia	Yellow Warbler
88 million	New World Sparrow	Metospiza Lincolnii	Lincoln's Sparrow
82 million	Wood-Warbler	Leiothlypis Celata	Orange-crowned Warbler
81 million	Wood-Warbler	Cardellina Pusilla	Wilson's Warbler
79 million	New World Sparrow	Zonotrichia Leucophrys	White-crowned Sparrow
78 million	Swallowlike	Petrochelidon Pyrrhonota	Cliff Swallow
77 million	Cardinallike	Passerina Cyanea	Indigo Bunting
76 million	Finch	Acanthis Flammea	Common Redpoll
76 million	Wood-Warbler	Geothlypis Trichas	Common Yellowthroat
72 million	Thrush	Catharus Guttatus	Hermit Thrush
68 million	Longspur	Calcarius Lapponicus	Lapland Longspur
67 million	Blackbird	Quiscalus Quiscula	Common Grackle
64 million	Waxwing	Bombycilla Cedrorum	Cedar Waxwing
60 million	New World Sparrow	Spizella Pallida	Clay-colored Sparrow
60 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophaga Striata	Blackpoll Warbler
52 million	Vireo	Vireo Gilvus	Warbling Vireo
47 million	Swallowlike	Hirundo Rustica	Barn Swallow
45 million	Finch	Spinus Pinus	Pine Siskin
44 million	Finch	Spinus Tristis	American Goldfinch
43 million	Wren	Troglodytes Aedon	House Wren
43 million	Tit	Poecile Atricapillus	Black-capped Chickadee
42 million	Thrush	Catharus minimus	Gray-cheeked Thrush
42 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophaga Ruticilla	American Redstart
40 million	Finch	Loxia Leucoptera	White-winged Crossbill
40 million	Wood-Warbler	Leiothlypis Ruficapilla	Nashville Warbler
39 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophaga Magnolia	Magnolia Warbler
36 million	Hummingbird	Archilochus Colubris	Ruby-throated Hummingbird
35 million	New World Sparrow	Pipilo Maculatus	Spotted Towhee
35 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Sayornis Phoebe	Eastern Phoebe
35 million	Thrush	Ixorius Naevius	Varied Thrush
35 million	New World Sparrow	Passerella Iliaca	Fox Sparrow
35 million	New World Sparrow	Pooecetes Gramineus	Vesper Sparrow
34 million	Mimid	Mimus Polyglottus	Northern Mockingbird
33 million	Finch	Haemorhous Mexicanus	House Finch
33 million	New World Sparrow	Ammodramus Savannarum	Grasshopper Sparrow
31 million	New World Sparrow	Amphispiza Bilineata	Black-throated Sparrow
29 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Tyrannus Verticalis	Western Kingbird
29 million	Mimid	Dumetella Carolinensis	Gray Catbird
29 million	New World Sparrow	Pipilo Erythrophthalmus	Eastern Towhee
28 million	Corvid	Corvus Brachyrhynchos	American Crow
28 million	Cardinallike	Spiza Americana	Dickcissel
27 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Empidonax Minimus	Least Flycatcher
27 million	Corvid	Perisoreus Canadensis	Canada Jay
26 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Tyranus Tyrannus	Eastern Kingbird
26 million	New World Sparrow	Spizelloides Arborea	American Tree Sparrow
26 million	Wood-Warbler	Seiurus Aurocapilla	Ovenbird
24 million	Blackbird	Sturnella Magna	Eastern Medowlark
23 million	New World Sparrow	Melospiza Georgiana	Swamp Sparrow
23 million	Blackbird	Euphagus Cyanocephalus	Brewer's Blackbird
22 million	Vireo	Vireo Griseus	White-eyed Vireo
22 million	Nightjar	Chordeiles Minor	Common Nighthawk
22 million	Hummingbird	Selasphorus Rufus	Rufous Hummingbird
21 million	Cardinallike	Passerina Caerulea	Blue Grosbeak
21 million	Thrush	Sialia Sialis	Eastern Bluebird
21 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophaga Townsendi	Townsend's Warbler
20 million	Swallowlike	Stelgidopteryx Serripennis	Northern Rough-winged Swallow
20 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Empidonax Hammondii	Hammond's Flycatcher
20 million	Nuthatch	Sitta Canadensis	Red-breasted Nuthatch
19 million	Swallowlike	Tachycineta Bicolor	Tree Swallow
18 million	Pipit	Anthus Rubescens	American Pipit
18 million	Wren	Thryothorus Ludovicianus	Carolina Wren
18 million	Fowl	Bonasa Umbellus	Ruffed Grouse
18 million	Wood-Warbler	Mnitotila Varia	Black-and-white Warbler
18 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophaga Americana	Northern Parula
18 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophaga Pensylvanica	Chestnut-sided Warbler
17 million	Fowl	Phasianus Colchicus	Ring-necked Pheasant
17 million	Corvid	Cyanocitta Cristata	Blue Jay
17 million	New World Sparrow	Spizella Breweri	Brewer's Sparrow
17 million	Wood-Warbler	Parkesia Noveboracensis	Northern Waterthrush
16 million	Pigeonlike	Columba Livia	Rock Pigeon
16 million	Woodpecker	Melanerpes Carolinus	Red-bellied Woodpecker
15 million	Chat	Icteria Virens	Yellow-breasted Chat
15 million	Cardinallike	Piranga Ludoviciana	Western Tanager
14 million	Longspurlike	Plectophenax Nivalis	Snow Bunting
14 million	Finch	Acanthis Hornemanni	Hoary Redpoll
14 million	Woodpecker	Sphyrapicus Varius	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
14 million	Wood-Warbler	Geothlypis Philadelphia	Mourning Warbler
13 million	Fowl	Lagopus Lagopus	Willow Ptarmigan
13 million	Cardinallike	Passerina Ciris	Painted Bunting
13 million	Woodpecker	Dryobates Pubescens	Downy Woodpecker
13 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Empidonax Flaviventris	Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
13 million	Vireo	Vireo Solitarius	Blue-headed Vireo
13 million	Tit	Poecile Carolinensis	Carolina Chickadee
13 million	Tit	Poecile Hudsonicus	Boreal Chickadee
13 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophaga Fusca	Blackburnian Warbler
13 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophaga Palmarum	Palm Warbler
13 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophaga Pinus	Pine Warbler
12 million	Cardinallike	Pheucticus Melanocephalus	Black-headed Grosbeak
12 million	Tit	Poecile Rufescens	Chestnut-backed Chickadee
12 million	Tit	Baeolophus Bicolor	Tufted Titmouse
12 million	Thrush	Hylocichla Mustelina	Wood Thrush
12 million	New World Sparrow	Calamospiza Melanocorys	Lark Bunting
12 million	Blackbird	Icterus Galbula	Baltimore Oriole
11 million	Woodpecker	Colaptes Auratus	Northern Flicker
11 million	Blackbird	Icterus Spurius	Orchard Oriole
11 million	Cardinallike	Piranga Rubra	Summer Tanager
11 million	Fowl	Falcipennis Canadensis	Spruce Grouse
11 million	Wren	Troglodytes Hiemalis	Winter Wren
11 million	Wren	Cistothorus Palustris	Marsh Wren
11 million	Thrush	Catharus Fuscescens	Veery
11 million	New World Sparrow	Chondestes Grammacus	Lark Sparrow
11 million	Blackbird	Xanthocephalus Xanthocephalus	Yellow-headed Blackbird
11 million	Wood-Warbler	Geothlypis Tolmiei	MacGillivray's Warbler
10 million	Nuthatch	Sitta Carolinensis	White-breasted Nuthatch
10 million	Blackbird	Dolichonyx Oryzivorus	Bobolink
9.9 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophaga Castanea	Bay-breasted Warbler
9.6 million	Raptor	Coragyps Atratus	Black Vulture
9.6 million	Finch	Loxia Curvirostra	Red Crossbill
9.6 million	New World Sparrow	Peucaea Cassinii	Cassin's Sparrow
9.5 million	Creeper	Certhia Americana	Brown Creeper
9.3 million	New World Sparrow	Spizella Pusilla	Field Sparrow
9.2 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophaga Virens	Black-throated Green Warbler
9 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Empidonax Difficilis	Pacific-slope Flycatcher
8.8 million	Hummingbird	Selasphorus Platycercus	Broad-tailed Hummingbird
8.8 million	Hummingbird	Calypte Anna	Anna's Hummingbird
8.8 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Contopus Sordidulus	Western Wood-Pewee
8.8 million	Swift	Chaetura Pelagica	Chimney Swift
8.8 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Myiarchus Crinitus	Great Crested Flycatcher
8.8 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Empidonax Oberholseri	Dusky Flycatcher
8.7 million	Pigeonlike	Streptopelia Decaocto	Eurasian Collared-Dove
8.7 million	Swallowlike	Progne Subis	Purple Martin
8.7 million	Woodpecker	Dryobates Villosus	Hairy Woodpecker
8.4 million	Raptor	Cathartes Aura	Turkey Vulture
8.4 million	Cuckoo	Coccyzus Americanus	Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
8.3 million	Corvid	Corvus Corax	Common Raven
8.2 million	Leaf-Warbler	Phylloscopus Borealis	Arctic Warbler
8.2 million	Blackbird	Quiscalus Mexicanus	Great-tailed Grackle
8.2 million	Hummingbird	Archilochus Alexandri	Black-chinned Hummingbird
8.1 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Empidonax Traillii	Willow Flycatcher
7.9 million	Swallowlike	Riparia Riparia	Bank Swallow
7.9 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Tyrannus Forficatus	Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
7.9 million	Tit	Poecile Gambeli	Mountain Chickadee
7.5 million	Wren	Troglodytes Pacificus	Pacific Wren
7.5 million	New World Sparrow	Zonotrichia Atricapilla	Golden-crowned Sparrow
7 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophaga Tigrina	Cape May Warbler
6.9 million	Blackbird	Icterus Bullockii	Bullock's Oriole
6.8 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Myiarchus Cinerascens	Ash-throated Flycatcher
6.8 million	Blackbird	Euphagus Carolinus	Rusty Blackbird
6.7 million	Swallowlike	Tachycineta Thalassina	Violet-green Swallow
6.7 million	Fowl	Meleagris Gallopavo	Wild Turkey
6.5 million	Gnatcatcher	Polioptila Melanura	Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
6.5 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Contopus Virens	Eastern Wood-Pewee
6.5 million	Finch	Haemorhous Purpureus	Purple Finch
6.5 million	Cardinallike	Passerina Amoena	Lazuli Bunting
6.4 million	Mimid	Oreoscoptes Montanus	Sage Thrasher
6.2 million	Mimid	Toxostoma Rufum	Brown Thrasher
6 million	Corvid	Pica Hudsonia	Black-billed Magpie
5.7 million	Finch	Spinus Psaltria	Lesser Goldfinch
5.7 million	Thrush	Sialia Mexicana	Western Bluebird
5.6 million	Nightjar	Antrostomus Carolinensis	Chuck-will's-widow
5.6 million	Thrush	Sialia Currucoides	Mountain Bluebird
5.5 million	Finch	Pinicola Enucleator	Pine Grosbeak
5.4 million	New World Sparrow	Artemisiospiza Nevadensis	Sagebrush Sparrow
5.2 million	Pigeonlike	Zenaida Asiatica	White-winged Dove
5.2 million	New World Sparrow	Melozone Crissalis	California Towhee
5.2 million	Fowl	Callipepla Gambelii	Gambel's Quail
5.2 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Empidonax Virescens	Acadian Flycatcher
5.2 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophaga Citrina	Hooded Warbler
5.1 million	New World Sparrow	Ammospiza Leconteii	LeConte's Sparrow
5 million	Wren	Cistothorus Platensis	Sedge Wren
5 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Sayornis Saya	Say's Phoebe
4.8 million	New World Sparrow	Pipilo Chlorurus	Green-tailed Towhee
4.7 million	Vireo	Vireo Flavifrons	Yellow-throated Vireo
4.7 million	Cardinallike	Pheucticus Ludovicianus	Rose-breasted Grosbeak
4.6 million	Wren	Thryomanes Bewickii	Bewick's Wren
4.6 million	Shrike	Lanius Ludovicianus	Loggerhead Shrike
4.6 million	Vireo	Vireo Bellii	Bell's Vireo
4.6 million	Vireo	Vireo Cassinii	Cassin's Vireo
4.5 million	Hummingbird	Selasphorus Calliope	Calliope Hummingbird
4.4 million	Fowl	Colinus Virginianus	Northern Bobwhite
4 million	Fowl	Lagopus Muta	Rock Ptarmigan
4 million	Vireo	Vireo Philadelphicus	Philadelphia Vireo
3.8 million	Nightjar	Chordeiles Acutipennis	Lesser Nighthawk
3.8 million	Tit	Auriparus Flaviceps	Verdin
3.8 million	Owl	Bubo Virginianus	Great Horned Owl
3.8 million	Finch	Coccothraustes Vespertinus	Evening Grosbeak
3.6 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophraga Discolor	Prairie Warbler
3.5 million	Owl	Strix Varia	Barred Owl
3.4 million	Fowl	Callipepla Californica	California Quail
3.4 million	Wren	Salpinctes Obsoletus	Rock Wren
3.4 million	New World Sparrow	Centronyx Bairdii	Baird's Sparrow
3.2 million	Finch	Haemorhous Cassinii	Cassin's Finch
3.1 million	Nuthatch	Sitta Pygmaea	Pygmy Nuthatch
3.1 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophaga Nigrescens	Black-throated Gray Warbler
3.1 million	Longspur	Calcarius Ornatus	Chestnut-collared Longspur
3 million	Wren	Campylorhynchus Brunneicapillus	Cactus Wren
3 million	Vireo	Vireo Plumbeus	Plumbeous Vireo
2.9 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Empidonax Wrightii	Gray Flycatcher
2.8 million	Swallowlike	Petrochelidon Fulva	Cave Swallow
2.8 million	Falcon	Falco Sparverius	American Kestrel
2.8 million	New World Sparrow	Melozone Fusca	Canyon Towhee
2.8 million	Raptor	Buteo Jamaicensis	Red-tailed Hawk
2.8 million	Wood-Warbler	Leiothlypis Luciae	Lucy's Warbler
2.8 million	Woodpecker	Sphyrapicus Ruber	Red-breasted Sapsucker
2.7 million	Corvid	Cyanocitta Stelleri	Steller's Jay
2.6 million	Woodpecker	Dryocopus Pileatus	Pileated Woodpecker
2.6 million	Wood-Warbler	Geothlypis Formosa	Kentucky Warbler
2.6 million	Wood-Warbler	Cardellina Canadensis	Canada Warbler
2.6 million	Cardinallike	Piranga Olivacea	Scarlet Tanager
2.5 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Tyrannus Vociferans	Cassin's Kingbird
2.5 million	Waxwing	Bombycilla Garrulus	Bohemian Waxwing
2.5 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophaga Occidentalis	Hermit Warbler
2.4 million	Woodpecker	Dryobates Scalaris	Ladder-backed Woodpecker
2.4 million	Swift	Aeronautes Saxatalis	White-throated Swift
2.4 million	Fowl	Callipepla Squamata	Scaled Quail
2.4 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophaga Caerulescens	Blue-throated Blue Warbler
2.3 million	Tit	Psaltriparus Minimus	Bushtit
2.2 million	Woodpecker	Melanerpes Formicivorus	Acorn Woodpecker
2.2 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Empidonax Occidentalis	Cordilleran Flycatcher
2.2 million	Blackbird	Quiscalus Major	Boat-tailed Grackle
2.1 million	Wood-Warbler	Protonotaria Citrea	Prothonotary Warbler
2 million	Pigeonlike	Columbina Passerina	Common Ground Dove
2 million	Fowl	Lagopus Leucura	White-tailed Ptarmigan
2 million	Fowl	Dendragapus Fuliginosus	Sooty Grouse
2 million	Owl	Aegolius Acadicus	Northern Saw-whet Owl
2 million	Woodpecker	Sphyrapicus Nuchalis	Red-naped Sapsucker
2 million	New World Sparrow	Zonotrichia Querula	Harris's Sparrow
2 million	Wood-Warbler	Setophaga Dominica	Yellow-throated Warbler
1.9 million	Tyrant-Flycatcher	Contopus Cooperi	Olive-sided Flycatcher
1.8 million	Tit	Chamaea Fasciata	Wrentit
1.8 million	Raptor	Buteo Lineatus	Red-shouldered Hawk
1.8 million	Raptor	Buteo Platypterus	Broad-winged Hawk
1.8 million	Nightjar	Antrostomus Vociferus	Eastern Whip-poor-will
1.8 million	Kingfisher	Megaceryle Alcyon	Belted Kingfisher
1.8 million	Woodpecker	Melanerpes Erythrocephalus	Red-headed Woodpecker
1.8 million	Wood-Warbler	Oporornis Agilis	Connecticut Warbler
1.7 million	Blackbird	Icterus Parisorum	Scott's Oriole
1.7 million	Woodpecker	Picoides Arcticus	Black-backed Woodpecker

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