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American Robin

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Wistatak

American Robin

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Original names and voices, with room for more stories.

78 entries

50 entries

Songbirds

A’ak

American crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

Songbirds

Wistatak

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

Owls & raptors

Took-Took

Bald eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Owls & raptors

Wut

Barn owl

Tyto alba

Songbirds

Bewick's wren

Bewick's wren

Thryomanes bewickii

Songbirds

Pe-Des

Black phoebe

Sayornis nigricans

Songbirds

C’akat

Brewer's Blackbird

Euphagus cyanocephalus

Songbirds

Chank’/‘Capol

Brewer's Blackbird

Euphagus cyanocephalus

Owls & raptors

Taw-K’ok’

Burrowing Owl

Athene cunicularia

Songbirds

Pis’-ke-le-le

Bushtit

Psaltriparus minimus

Water birds

Loo

Cackling goose

Branta hutchinsii

Ground birds

Honpai

California Quail

Callipepla californica

Songbirds

C’yit

California scrub-jay

Aphelocoma californica

Songbirds

Chook-Chook

California towhee

Melozone crissalis

Water birds

Lah’

Canada goose

Branta canadensis

Songbirds

Om-sal-le

Canyon wren

Catherpes mexicanus

Ground birds

‘Uy’Uy

Common Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Owls & raptors

Tek-Tek

Cooper's hawk

Accipiter cooperii

Ground birds

Hayina

Domestic chicken

Gallus gallus domesticus

Woodpeckers

Chit’-tit-te

Downy Woodpecker

Dryobates pubescens

Owls & raptors

Bon

Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

Owls & raptors

Hoom-Hoom

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

Songbirds

Kop-pe-cho’-da-dah

Green-tailed towhee

Pipilo chlorurus

Songbirds

House finch

House finch

Haemorhous mexicanus

Songbirds

Lisno

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

Songbirds

‘El’El

Lesser goldfinch

Spinus psaltria

Water birds

Poye

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Songbirds

Tit’-tin

Mountain chickadee

Poecile gambeli

Ground birds

Hol’-Lup

Mountain Quail

Oreortyx pictus

Ground birds

Pʉlba

Mourning dove

Zenaida macroura

Woodpeckers

Wololok

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

Songbirds

Bi-kk’il-kil

Northern mockingbird

Mimus polyglottos

Owls & raptors

Kol-Dah

Northern Pygmy Owl

Glaucidium gnoma

Songbirds

Oak titmouse

Oak titmouse

Baeolophus inornatus

Owls & raptors

Le’-Le

Red-tailed hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Ground birds

Ha･n

Rock Dove

Columba livia

Water birds

Waksi

Sandhill crane

Antigone canadensis

Water birds

K’odok

Snow Goose

Anser caerulescens

Songbirds

Song sparrow

Song sparrow

Melospiza melodia

Ground birds

Totoyka

Sooty grouse

Dendragapus fuliginosus

Owls & raptors

Ho’-Hom

Spotted owl

Strix occidentalis

Songbirds

Spotted towhee

Spotted towhee

Pipilo maculatus

Owls & raptors

Hʉs

Turkey vulture

Cathartes aura

Songbirds

Soo’-tant

Western Bluebird

Sialia mexicana

Owls & raptors

Pawim

Western screech-owl

Megascops kennicottii

Songbirds

White-breasted nuthatch

White-breasted nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis

Songbirds

Se’t

White-crowned sparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrys

Ground birds

Wahalu

Wild turkey

Meleagris gallopavo

Songbirds

Was’-sas

Wrentit

Chamaea fasciata

Songbirds

At’at’

Yellow-billed magpie

Pica nuttalli