ALL THE BIRDS I'VE SEEN AND WRITTEN DOWN IN MY LIFE
BY GREATEST NUMBER
(As of December 10, 2016)
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Birds Recorded with the Number of Sightings of Each Shown
As you can see out of 461 species, the Mourning Dove wins with the Great-tailed Grackle coming in second place! In all, 37308 birds were recorded.

Mourning Dove 1542
Great-tailed Grackle 1173
Verdin 1171
Abert's Towhee 1163
Killdeer 1115
Mallard 1098
Northern Mockingbird 1097
House Finch 1088
Gila Woodpecker 1063
Curve-billed Thrasher 1029
Gambel's Quail 971
Anna's Hummingbird 879
White-winged Dove 745
European Starling 737
American Coot 725
House Sparrow 696
Black-necked Stilt 694
Yellow-rumped Warbler 683
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 661
Turkey Vulture 610
Inca Dove 595
Northern Shoveler 541
White-crowned Sparrow 537
Long-billed Dowitcher 536
Rock Dove 531
Green-winged Teal 520
Say's Phoebe 492
Least Sandpiper 482
Great Blue Heron 480
Gadwall 409
American Wigeon 386
Northern Pintail 386
Red-winged Blackbird 380
American Kestrel 361
Black Phoebe 348
Great Egret 332
Green Heron 319
Greater Yellowlegs 308
Red-tailed Hawk 284
American Avocet 280
Double-Crested Cormorant 264
Cinnamon Teal 258
Snowy Egret 252
Eurasian Collared Dove 238
Loggerhead Shrike 223
Cactus Wren 212
Pied-billed Grebe 206
Ring-necked Duck 201
Common Raven 200
Greater Roadrunner 199
Brown-headed Cowbird 192
Cliff Swallow 189
Canada Goose 174
Ruddy Duck 167
Western Kingbird 167
Black-throated Sparrow 154
Northern Flicker 152
Orange-crowned Warbler 151
Northern Harrier 136
Black-crowned Night-Heron 120
Song Sparrow 119
Lesser Goldfinch 117
Peregrine Falcon 117
Phainopepla 117
Ash-throated Flycatcher 116
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 112
Black-chinned Hummingbird 111
Barn Swallow 103
Northern Cardinal 99
Blue-winged Teal 96
Osprey 96
Wilson's Warbler 94
Rock Wren 93
Violet-green Swallow 92
Ringed Turtle-Dove 91
Dark-eyed Junco 85
Gilded Flicker 85
Spotted Sandpiper 85
Brewer's Sparrow 83
Canyon Wren 81
Cooper's Hawk 81
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 74
Lesser Nighthawk 72
Common Snipe 71
American Pipit 68
Horned Lark 68
American Robin 64
Brewer's Blackbird 64
Common Moorhen 62
Belted Kingfisher 61
Green-tailed Towhee 61
Lesser Scaup 61
Peach-faced Love bird 61
Western Bluebird 59
Western Meadowlark 57
Vermilion Flycatcher 56
Yellow-headed Blackbird 56
White-faced Ibis 51
Lesser Yellowlegs 49
Steller's Jay 49
American Crow 48
Bufflehead 48
Canyon Towhee 47
Great Horned Owl 47
Burrowing Owl 46
Mountain Chickadee 45
Yellow Warbler 45
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 43
Black-headed Grosbeak 42
White-breasted Nuthatch 41
Brown Pelican 40
Chipping Sparrow 40
Eared Grebe 36
Hooded Oriole 36
Western Wood-Pewee 36
Pygmy Nuthatch 34
Lark Sparrow 32
Redhead 32
Western Tanager 32
White-throated Swift 30
Wilson's Phalarope 30
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 29
Broad-billed Hummingbird 28
Long-billed Curlew 28
Mountain Bluebird 28
Red-breasted Merganser 28
Spotted Towhee 27
Acorn Woodpecker 26
Common Yellowthroat 26
Harris's Hawk 25
Hermit Thrush 25
Bronzed Cowbird 24
Forster's Tern 24
Hooded Merganser 24
Canvasback 22
Neotropic Cormorant 22
Ring-billed Gull 22
Rufous Hummingbird 22
Western Grebe 22
Gray Flycatcher 21
Sora 21
Willet 21
Bell's Vireo 20
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 20
Lucy's Warbler 20
Prairie Falcon 19
Solitary Sandpiper 19
Bald Eagle 18
Bewick's Wren 18
Cattle Egret 18
Cedar Waxwing 18
Lazuli Bunting 18
MacGillivray's Warbler 18
Marsh Wren 18
Red-naped Sapsucker 18
Savannah Sparrow 18
Tree Swallow 18
Western Sandpiper 18
Yellow-breasted Chat 18
Blue Jay 17
Costa's Hummingbird 17
Hairy Woodpecker 17
Wood Duck 17
American Oystercatcher 16
Sharp-shinned Hawk 16
Whimbrel 16
Black-bellied Plover 15
Herring Gull 15
Western Gull 15
Western Scrub-Jay 15
Summer Tanager 14
Broad-Tailed Hummingbird 13
Common Grackle 13
Downy Woodpecker 13
Marbled Godwit 13
Pine Siskin 13
Chimney Swift 12
Townsend's Warbler 12
Vaux's Swift 12
Brown Booby 11
Cassin's Kingbird 11
Swainson's Hawk 11
Black-throated Gray Warbler 10
Heermann's Gull 10
Brown-crested Flycatcher 9
Common Goldeneye 9
Common Ground-Dove 9
Dusky Flycatcher 9
Magnificent Frigatebird 9
Nashville Warbler 9
Ruddy Turnstone 9
Vesper Sparrow 9
Warbling Vireo 9
Band-tailed Pigeon 8
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Brown Creeper 8
Common Loon 8
Golden Eagle 8
House Wren 8
Least Tern 8
Tricolored Heron 8
Wilson's Plover 8
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8
Bushtit 7
Evening Grosbeak 7
Groove-billed Ani 7
Lincoln's Sparrow 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Red-breasted Nuthatch 7
Ruddy Ground-Dove 7
Snowy Plover 7
White-throated Sparrow 7
Altamira Oriole 6
Blue Grosbeak 6
Bullock's Oriole 6
California Gull 6
Common Tern 6
Eastern Kingbird 6
Lewis's Woodpecker 6
Purple Martin 6
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Reddish Egret 6
Royal Tern 6
Semipalmated Plover 6
American Goldfinch 5
American White Pelican 5
Black Skimmer 5
Black Vulture 5
Bridled Titmouse 5
Clay-colored Robin 5
Ferruginous Hawk 5
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 5
Pyrrhuloxia 5
Stilt Sandpiper 5
Violet-crowned Hummingbird 5
Wandering Tattler 5
Black Turnstone 4
Brown Thrasher 4
Carolina Wren 4
Caspian Tern 4
Cassin's Vireo 4
Common Merganser 4
Eastern Bluebird 4
Great Kiskadee 4
Lark Bunting 4
Laughing Gull 4
Least Bittern 4
Masked Tityra 4
Pinyon Jay 4
Plumbeous Vireo 4
Ross's Goose 4
Rufous-crowned Sparrow 4
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 4
Social Flycatcher 4
Streak-backed Oriole 4
Townsend's Solitaire 4
Western Flycatcher 4
Wood Stork 4
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4
American Bittern 3
Anhinga 3
Baltimore Oriole 3
Black-billed Magpie 3
Black-headed Saltator 3
Carolina Chickadee 3
Cassin's Finch 3
Common Poorwill 3
Dunlin 3
Eastern Meadowlark 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Grace's Warbler 3
Gray Catbird 3
Greater White-fronted Goose 3
Hutton's Vireo 3
Melodious Blackbird 3
Merlin 3
Painted Redstart 3
Plain Chachalaca 3
Poorwill 3
Red Crossbill 3
Red-vented Woodpecker 3
Rough-legged Hawk 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Rufous-backed Robin 3
Scrub Euphonia 3
Tropical Mockingbird 3
Tufted Titmouse 3
White Ibis 3
Yellow-eyed Junco 3
Yellow-faced Grassquit 3
Yellow-green Vireo 3
Yucatan Flycatcher 3
Zone-tailed Hawk 3
American Black Duck 2
American Dipper 2
American Redstart 2
Black Oystercatcher 2
Black Tern 2
Black-and-White Warbler 2
Black-headed Trogon 2
Blue-crowned Motmot 2
Buff-bellied Hummingbird 2
Bullfinch 2
Caribbean Elaenia 2
Cave Swallow 2
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Clark's Nutcracker 2
Collared Aracari 2
Common Nighthawk 2
Elegant Tern 2
Franklin's Gull 2
Gray Hawk 2
Gray-breasted Martin 2
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Green-backed Sparrow 2
Harris's Sparrow 2
Horned Grebe 2
Juniper Titmouse 2
Little Blue Heron 2
Mexican Jay 2
Northern Fulmar 2
Olive Warbler 2
Piping Plover 2
Purple Finch 2
Red-Faced Warbler 2
Ring-necked Pheasant 2
Roadside Hawk 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Sage Thrasher 2
Sanderling 2
Sandhill Crane 2
Scarlet Tanager 2
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher 2
Swainson's Thrush 2
Turquoise-browed Motmot 2
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing 2
White-collared Seedeater 2
Wild Turkey 2
Willow Flycatcher 2
Yucatan Vireo 2
American Woodcock 1
Baikal Teal 1
Bananaquit 1
Barn Owl 1
Barred Antshrike 1
Barrow's Goldeneye 1
Black Guillemot 1
Black-crowned Tityra 1
Black-footed Albatross 1
Black-headed Gull 1
Black-hooded Parakeet 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Blue-footed Booby 1
Blue-throated Hummingbird 1
Boat-billed Flycatcher 1
Bobolink 1
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Brandt's Comorant 1
Brant 1
Brown Jay 1
California Towhee 1
Caribbean Dove 1
Cassin's Auklet 1
Chukar 1
Clay-colored Sparrow 1
Common Black-Hawk 1
Common Blackbird 1
Common Murre 1
Common Wood Pigeon 1
Cordon Bleu 1
Cuban Parrot 1
Elegant Trogon 1
Eurasian Oystercatcher 1
European Robin 1
Field Sparrow 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow 1
Gray Jay 1
Gray Kingbird 1
Gray Vireo 1
Grayish Saltator 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Greater Antilleran Grackle 1
Greater Flamingo 1
Greater Pewee 1
Greater Scaup 1
Green Jay 1
Green Parakeet 1
Green-breasted Mango 1
Greenish Elaenia 1
Gull-billed Tern 1
Hammond's Flycatcher 1
Hawaiian Petrel 1
Hepatic Tanager 1
Hermit Warbler 1
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper 1
Loggerhead Kingbird 1
Long-tailed Jaeger 1
Magnificent Hummingbird 1
Mangrove Swallow 1
Mississippi Kite 1
Mistle Thrush 1
Monk Parakeet 1
Mountain Plover 1
Northern Goshawk 1
Northern Parula 1
Olivaceous Woodcreeper 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Orange Oriole 1
Oven Bird 1
Parasitic Jaeger 1
Pelagic Cormorant 1
Pigeon Guillemot 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Pink-footed Shearwater 1
Piratic Flycatcher 1
Pomarine Jaeger 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Purple Gallinule 1
Razorbill 1
Red-billed Pigeon 1
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1
Red-necked Phalarope 1
Rhinoceros Auklet 1
Ruddy Crake 1
Ruffed Grouse 1
Rufous-browed Peppershrike 1
Rufous-winged Sparrow 1
Sabine's Gull 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Smooth-billed Ani 1
Sooty Shearwater 1
Squirrel Cuckoo 1
Strickland's Woodpecker 1
Surf Scoter 1
Surfbird 1
Thayer's Gull 1
Thick-billed Kingbird 1
Tree Sparrow 1
Tropical Gnatcatcher 1
Tropical Kingbird 1
Tropical Pewee 1
Varied Bunting 1
Varied Thrush 1
Vitelline Warbler 1
Western Jackdaw 1
Whip-poor-will 1
Whooper Swan 1
Winter Wren 1
Xantus's Murrelet 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Yellow-footed Gull 1
Yellow-tailed Oriole 1
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Yucatan Bobwhite 1
Yucatan Jay 1
Zenaida Dove 1