Species list

Since we began researching collisions in the spring of 2014, Safe Wings volunteers have documented 148 species of wild birds injured or killed by buildings in the Ottawa area. (* Denotes Species at Risk)

WATERFOWL
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser

GROUSE, QUAIL and ALLIES
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey

HERONS and ALLIES
Green Heron

VULTURES, HAWKS and ALLIES
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk

SHOREBIRDS
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Wilson’s Snipe
American Woodcock

GULLS and TERNS
Ring-billed Gull

PIGEONS and DOVES
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove

CUCKOOS
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo

OWLS
Eastern Screech-Owl
Snowy Owl
Barred Owl
Great Gray Owl
Great Horned Owl
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl

NIGHTJARS
Common Nighthawk*
Eastern Whip-poor-will*

SWIFTS
Chimney Swift*

HUMMINGBIRDS
Ruby-throated Hummingbird

KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher

WOODPECKERS
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker

FALCONS and CARACARAS
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon*

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS: PEWEES, KINGBIRDS and ALLIES
Olive-sided Flycatcher*
Eastern Wood-Pewee*
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder/Willow (Traill’s) Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird

SHRIKES
Northern Shrike

VIREOS
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo

JAYS, CROWS and RAVENS
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven

SWALLOWS
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow

TITS and CHICKADEES
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee

NUTHATCHES
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch

TREECREEPERS
Brown Creeper

WRENS
House Wren
Winter Wren

KINGLETS
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

THRUSHES
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush*
American Robin

CATBIRDS, MOCKINGBIRDS and THRASHERS
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher

STARLINGS
European Starling

WAGTAILS and PIPITS
American Pipit

WAXWINGS
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing

LONGSPURS and SNOW BUNTINGS
Snow Bunting

WOOD-WARBLERS
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler*
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May 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-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler*
Wilson’s Warbler

SPARROWS and OTHER EMBERIZIDS
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow*
Nelson’s Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco

CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS and ALLIES
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting

ICTERIDS
Bobolink*
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark*
Rusty Blackbird*
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole

FINCHES and ALLIES
Pine Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak*

OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow

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