List of Great American Birds

List I have created of some of the most iconic americans birds. This is just my opinion, but since my opinion is always correct this is also fact.
* Greater Roadrunner
an icon from the Warner Brothers cartoon but also a symbol of Southwest America, especially Texas. It is also the state bird of New Mexico. Some settlers thought it helped lost people orientate themselves.
* American Wigeon
it's in the name!!!!
* Black Scoter
a common sight of New England, the Black Scoter, sometimes called the American Scoter is a well liked seabird by Cape Cod residents and other residents of the Long Island to Maine area. 
* Northern Bobwhite
widespread in most of mainland america, it has been introduced to many different places from the Americas. With 23 different subspecies, it's distinct whistle like call is a regular in the summer chatter of birds across america.
* Greater Prairie Chicken
also known as a boomer, this threatened bird of the Old west. It is well known for it's curious Leks.
* Chimney Swift
while some consider them pests, this swift well known for roosting in chimneys has fascinated europeans since the 1700s
* Virginia Rail
a secretive bird, it's unusual calls have been heard in many wetlands and bogs from the Pacific coast to the east. 
* Whooping Crane
a symbol of conservation that has been shared with canada since the 1950s. 
* Killdeer
Widespread across all of mainland america, the Killdeer is well known for it's broken wing display as well as it's distinctive call.
* American Woodcock
beloved for it's unique courtship rituals, in many parts of America it is a harbinger of Spring. 
* Laughing Gull
one of the more liked gulls of the Atlantic Coast. it might still steal your sandwich though.
* Wood Stork
a rare treat for bird enthusiasts in Florida as well as Texas.
* Brown Pelican
a victim of DDT, the Brown Pelican is a beloved symbol of the ocean in both California and the Gulf of Mexico
* American White Pelican
just as beloved as the Brown pelican, it is the state bird of Louisiana.
* Snowy Egret
egrets have long been a symbol of both the Bayou and the Everglades, always elegant birds they were once hunted for their expensive plumes.
* Tricoloured Heron
a symbol of swamps from Delaware to its wintering range in Southern California. Also known as the "Louisiana Heron" this heron was hunted for it's feathers in the late 1800s.
* Yellow-crowned Night Heron
* American White Ibis
* Black Vulture
* White-tailed kite
* BALD EAGLE
* Mississippi Kite
* Barn Owl
* Great Horned Owl
* Red-headed Woodpecker
* Acorn Woodpecker
* Red bellied Woodpecker
* White-headed Woodpecker
* Peregrine Falcon
* Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
* Vermilion Flycatcher
* Philadelphia Vireo
* Pinyon Jay
* Scrub Jay
* American Crow
* Common Raven
* Carolina Chickadee
* Juniper Titmouse
* Bushtit
* Pygmy Nuthatch
* Blue-gray gnatcatcher
* Carolina Wren
* Northern Mockingbird
* Eastern Bluebird
* Wood Thrush
* American Robin. a symbol of suburbs everywhere
* Brambling
* House Finch
* Lawrence's goldfinch
* Black-throated Sparrow
* Seaside Sparrow
* Field Sparrow
* Meadowlark
* Baltimore Oriole
* Scott's Oriole. sacramento
* Red-winged Blackbird
* Worm-eating Warbler
* Prothonotory WArbler
* Nashville Warbler
* Virginia's Warbler
* Kentucky Warbler
* Hooded Warbler
* American Redstart
* Northern Parula
* Yellow-throated Warbler
* Prairie WArbler
* Summer Tanager
* Northern Cardinal
* Painted Bunting
* Dickiscell
* Common eider
* Wild Turkey
* White-winged Dove
* Smooth-billed Ani
* Chuck-will's-widow
* Allen's Hummingbird
* King Rail
* Limpkin
* Black Guillemot
* Lesser black-backed gull
* Anhinga
* Great Cormorant
* Northern Gannet
* Green Heron
* Roseate Spoonbill
* Carolina Parakeet
* Acadian Flycatcher
* fish crow
* tufted titmouse
* Bachman's Sparrow
* Louisiana Waterthrush
* jack pine bird
* cerulean warbler
* California Condor
* nene
* 'io
* elf owl
* pueo
* Kaua'i 'elepaio
* puaiohi
* Maui 'alauahio
* palila
* 'i'iwi
* kiwikiu
* laysan duck
* laysan albatross
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