Two MBW composite checklists follow: the first with those species
found in Minnesota during MBWeekends; the second with the species
found on all MBWeeks and MBWeekends combined.
Following these checklists are quizzes on 30 years of MBW trivia and idioms.
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MINNESOTA BIRDING WEEKENDS COMPOSITE CHECKLIST
√ = 363 species seen in Minnesota on MBWeekends as of January 2018 (Minnesota list = 442 species)
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MBW COMPOSITE SPECIES LIST
711 species ~ as of August 2018
The following species have been recorded on a MBWeek or MBWeekend since 1986. The nomenclature, sequence, and "countable" exotics are according to the 2017 American Birding Association checklist.
REGULAR
(315 / 315 species seen)
√ Snow Goose
√ Ross's Goose
√ Greater White-fronted Goose
√ Cackling Goose
√ Canada Goose
√ Mute Swan
√ Trumpeter Swan
√ Tundra Swan
√ Wood Duck
√ Blue-winged Teal
√ Cinnamon Teal
√ Northern Shoveler
√ Gadwall
√ American Wigeon
√ Mallard
√ American Black Duck
√ Northern Pintail
√ Green-winged Teal
√ Canvasback
√ Redhead
√ Ring-necked Duck
√ Greater Scaup
√ Lesser Scaup
√ Harlequin Duck
√ Surf Scoter
√ White-winged Scoter
√ Black Scoter
√ Long-tailed Duck
√ Bufflehead
√ Common Goldeneye
√ Barrow's Goldeneye
√ Hooded Merganser
√ Common Merganser
√ Red-breasted Merganser
√ Ruddy Duck
√ Gray Partridge
√ Ring-necked Pheasant
√ Ruffed Grouse
√ Spruce Grouse
√ Sharp-tailed Grouse
√ Greater Prairie-Chicken
√ Wild Turkey
√ Pied-billed Grebe
√ Horned Grebe
√ Red-necked Grebe
√ Eared Grebe
√ Western Grebe
√ Clark's Grebe
√ Rock Pigeon
√ Eurasian Collared-Dove
√ Mourning Dove
√ Yellow-billed Cuckoo
√ Black-billed Cuckoo
√ Common Nighthawk
√ Eastern Whip-poor-will
√ Chimney Swift
√ Ruby-throated Hummingbird
√ Yellow Rail
√ Virginia Rail
√ Sora
√ Common Gallinule
√ American Coot
√ Sandhill Crane
√ American Avocet
√ Black-bellied Plover
√ American Golden-Plover
√ Semipalmated Plover
√ Piping Plover
√ Killdeer
√ Upland Sandpiper
√ Whimbrel
√ Hudsonian Godwit
√ Marbled Godwit
√ Ruddy Turnstone
√ Red Knot
√ Stilt Sandpiper
√ Sanderling
√ Dunlin
√ Baird's Sandpiper
√ Least Sandpiper
√ White-rumped Sandpiper
√ Buff-breasted Sandpiper
√ Pectoral Sandpiper
√ Semipalmated Sandpiper
√ Short-billed Dowitcher
√ Long-billed Dowitcher
√ American Woodcock
√ Wilson's Snipe
√ Spotted Sandpiper
√ Solitary Sandpiper
√ Lesser Yellowlegs
√ Willet
√ Greater Yellowlegs
√ Wilson's Phalarope
√ Red-necked Phalarope
√ Parasitic Jaeger
√ Sabine's Gull
√ Bonaparte's Gull
√ Little Gull
√ Franklin's Gull
√ Ring-billed Gull
√ Herring Gull
√ Iceland Gull
√ Lesser Black-backed Gull
√ Glaucous Gull
√ Great Black-backed Gull
√ Caspian Tern
√ Black Tern
√ Common Tern
√ Forster's Tern
√ Red-throated Loon
√ Pacific Loon
√ Common Loon
√ Double-crested Cormorant
√ American White Pelican
√ American Bittern
√ Least Bittern
√ Great Blue Heron
√ Great Egret
√ Snowy Egret
√ Little Blue Heron
√ Cattle Egret
√ Green Heron
√ Black-crowned Night-Heron
√ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
√ White-faced Ibis
√ Turkey Vulture
√ Osprey
√ Bald Eagle
√ Northern Harrier
√ Sharp-shinned Hawk
√ Cooper's Hawk
√ Northern Goshawk
√ Red-shouldered Hawk
√ Broad-winged Hawk
√ Swainson's Hawk
√ Red-tailed Hawk
√ Rough-legged Hawk
√ Golden Eagle
√ Eastern Screech-Owl
√ Great Horned Owl
√ Snowy Owl
√ Northern Hawk Owl
√ Barred Owl
√ Great Gray Owl
√ Long-eared Owl
√ Short-eared Owl
√ Boreal Owl
√ Northern Saw-whet Owl
√ Belted Kingfisher
√ Red-headed Woodpecker
√ Red-bellied Woodpecker
√ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
√ Downy Woodpecker
√ Hairy Woodpecker
√ Am. Three-toed Woodpecker
√ Black-backed Woodpecker
√ Northern Flicker
√ Pileated Woodpecker
√ American Kestrel
√ Merlin
√ Peregrine Falcon
√ Prairie Falcon
√ Olive-sided Flycatcher
√ Eastern Wood-Pewee
√ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
√ Acadian Flycatcher
√ Alder Flycatcher
√ Willow Flycatcher
√ Least Flycatcher
√ Eastern Phoebe
√ Say's Phoebe
√ Great Crested Flycatcher
√ Western Kingbird
√ Eastern Kingbird
√ Loggerhead Shrike
√ Northern Shrike
√ Bell's Vireo
√ Yellow-throated Vireo
√ Blue-headed Vireo
√ Philadelphia Vireo
√ Warbling Vireo
√ Red-eyed Vireo
√ Gray Jay
√ Blue Jay
√ Black-billed Magpie
√ American Crow
√ Common Raven
√ Horned Lark
√ Purple Martin
√ Tree Swallow
√ N. Rough-winged Swallow
√ Bank Swallow
√ Cliff Swallow
√ Barn Swallow
√ Black-capped Chickadee
√ Boreal Chickadee
√ Tufted Titmouse
√ Red-breasted Nuthatch
√ White-breasted Nuthatch
√ Brown Creeper
√ House Wren
√ Winter Wren
√ Sedge Wren
√ Marsh Wren
√ Carolina Wren
√ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
√ Golden-crowned Kinglet
√ Ruby-crowned Kinglet
√ Eastern Bluebird
√ Mountain Bluebird
√ Townsend's Solitaire
√ Veery
√ Gray-cheeked Thrush
√ Swainson's Thrush
√ Hermit Thrush
√ Wood Thrush
√ American Robin
√ Varied Thrush
√ Gray Catbird
√ Brown Thrasher
√ Northern Mockingbird
√ European Starling
√ Bohemian Waxwing
√ Cedar Waxwing
√ House Sparrow
√ American Pipit
√ Evening Grosbeak
√ Pine Grosbeak
√ House Finch
√ Purple Finch
√ Common Redpoll
√ Hoary Redpoll
√ Red Crossbill
√ White-winged Crossbill
√ Pine Siskin
√ American Goldfinch
√ Lapland Longspur
√ Chestnut-collared Longspur
√ Smith's Longspur
√ Snow Bunting
√ Spotted Towhee
√ Eastern Towhee
√ American Tree Sparrow
√ Chipping Sparrow
√ Clay-colored Sparrow
√ Field Sparrow
√ Vesper Sparrow
√ Lark Sparrow
√ Savannah Sparrow
√ Grasshopper Sparrow
√ Henslow's Sparrow
√ Le Conte's Sparrow
√ Nelson's Sparrow
√ Fox Sparrow
√ Song Sparrow
√ Lincoln's Sparrow
√ Swamp Sparrow
√ White-throated Sparrow
√ Harris's Sparrow
√ White-crowned Sparrow
√ Dark-eyed Junco
√ Yellow-breasted Chat
√ Yellow-headed Blackbird
√ Bobolink
√ Eastern Meadowlark
√ Western Meadowlark
√ Orchard Oriole
√ Baltimore Oriole
√ Red-winged Blackbird
√ Brown-headed Cowbird
√ Rusty Blackbird
√ Brewer's Blackbird
√ Common Grackle
√ Great-tailed Grackle
√ Ovenbird
√ Louisiana Waterthrush
√ Northern Waterthrush
√ Golden-winged Warbler
√ Blue-winged Warbler
√ Black-and-white Warbler
√ Prothonotary Warbler
√ Tennessee Warbler
√ Orange-crowned Warbler
√ Nashville Warbler
√ Connecticut Warbler
√ Mourning Warbler
√ Kentucky Warbler
√ Common Yellowthroat
√ Hooded Warbler
√ American Redstart
√ Cape May Warbler
√ Cerulean 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-thr. Green Warbler
√ Canada Warbler
√ Wilson's Warbler
√ Summer Tanager
√ Scarlet Tanager
√ Western Tanager
√ Northern Cardinal
√ Rose-breasted Grosbeak
√ Blue Grosbeak
√ Indigo Bunting
√ Dickcissel
CASUAL
(25 / 39 species seen)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Brant
Eurasian Wigeon
√ King Eider
White-winged Dove
√ Black-necked Stilt
√ Snowy Plover
√ Ruff
Purple Sandpiper
√ Western Sandpiper
√ Red Phalarope
√ Pomarine Jaeger
√ Black-legged Kittiwake
Laughing Gull
√ California Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
√ Arctic Tern
√ Neotropic Cormorant
√ Brown Pelican
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture
Mississippi Kite
√ Ferruginous Hawk
√ Burrowing Owl
√ Gyrfalcon
√ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
√ White-eyed Vireo
√ Rock Wren
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
√ Sprague's Pipit
√ Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Lark Bunting
√ Golden-crowned Sparrow
Worm-eating Warbler
√ Yellow-throated Warbler
√ Prairie Warbler
√ Black-headed Grosbeak
√ Lazuli Bunting
Painted Bunting
ACCIDENTAL
(22 / 85 species seen)
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Garganey
Mottled Duck
√ Common Eider
Smew
Willow Ptarmigan
Rock Ptarmigan
Band-tailed Pigeon
√ Inca Dove
√ Common Ground-Dove
Groove-billed Ani
Common Poorwill
Chuck-will’s-widow
White-throated Swift
Mexican Violetear
Rivoli's Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Costa’s Hummingbird
√ Rufous Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Black Rail
√ King Rail
Purple Gallinule
Whooping Crane
Wilson’s Plover
Long-billed Curlew
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
√ Long-tailed Jaeger
Dovekie
√ Black Guillemot
Long-billed Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
√ Ivory Gull
√ Black-headed Gull
Ross’s Gull
Mew Gull
√ Glaucous-winged Gull
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
√ Yellow-billed Loon
Northern Fulmar
√ Wood Stork
Magnificent Frigatebird
√ Tricolored Heron
White Ibis
Swallow-tailed Kite
White-tailed Kite
Barn Owl
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Williamson’s Sapsucker
Crested Caracara
√ Western Wood-Pewee
Vermilion Flycatcher
√ Ash-throated Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
√ Cassin’s Kingbird
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
√ Clark’s Nutcracker
Violet-green Swallow
Pygmy Nuthatch
Bewick’s Wren
American Dipper
Northern Wheatear
√ Fieldfare
√ Curve-billed Thrasher
√ Sage Thrasher
Brambling
Cassin’s Finch
McCown’s Longspur
Green-tailed Towhee
Brewer’s Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
√ Baird’s Sparrow
Bullock’s Oriole
Scott’s Oriole
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Kirtland’s Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
√ Townsend’s Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Painted Redstart
EXTIRPATED
(1 / 2 species seen)
√ Northern Bobwhite
Eskimo Curlew
EXTINCT
(0 / 1 species seen)
Passenger Pigeon