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Last edited: 8/23/07

 

WSO Banding Order

This Banding Order list includes 419 species recorded in the state of Wisconsin and verified by the WSO Records Committee.

* rare
< 9 records each year
** casual
1 record every 1-5 years
^ accidental
< 1 record every 5 years
(e)
extinct

March 26, 2007
   
SpeciesAbbreviation AOU #
   
Western Grebe *WEGR 1
Red-necked Grebe RNGR 2
Horned Grebe HOGR 3
Eared Grebe *EAGR 4
Pied-billed Grebe PBGR 6
Common Loon COLO 7
Pacific Loon **PALO 10
Red-throated Loon RTLO 11
Ancient Murrelet ^ANMU 21
Thick-billed Murre ^TBMU 31
Dovekie ^DOVE 34
Pomarine Jaeger **POJA 36
Parasitic Jaeger *PAJA 37
Long-tailed Jaeger ^LTJA 38
Ivory Gull **IVGU 39
Black-legged Kittiwake **BLKI 40
Glaucous Gull GLGU 42
Iceland Gull *ICGU 43
Thayer's Gull THGU 43.1
Glaucous-winged Gull ^GWGU 44
Great Black-backed Gull GBBG 47
Lesser Black-backed Gull *LBBG 50
Herring Gull HERG 51
California Gull **CAGU 53
Ring-billed Gull RBGU 54
Mew Gull **MEGU 55
Black-headed Gull **BHGU 55.1
Laughing Gull *LAGU 58
Franklin's Gull FRGU 59
Bonaparte's Gull BOGU 60
Little Gull *LIGU 60.1
Ross's Gull ^ROGU 61
Sabine's Gull *SAGU 62
Caspian Tern CATE 64
Royal Tern ^ROYT 65
Forster's Tern FOTE 69
Common Tern COTE 70
Arctic Tern **ARTE 71
Least Tern **LETE 74
Sooty Tern ^SOTE 75
Black Tern BLTE 77
White-winged Tern ^WWTE 78
Anhinga ^ANHI 118
Double-crested Cormorant DCCO 120
American White Pelican AWPE 125
Brown Pelican ^BRPE 126
Magnificent Frigatebird ^MAFR 128
Common Merganser COME 129
Red-breasted Merganser RBME 130
Hooded Merganser HOME 131
Mallard MALL 132
American Black Duck ABDU 133
Gadwall GADW 135
Eurasian Wigeon **EUWI 136
American Wigeon AMWI 137
Green-winged Teal AGWT 139
Blue-winged Teal BWTE 140
Cinnamon Teal **CITE 141
Northern Shoveler NSHO 142
Northern Pintail NOPI 143
Wood Duck WODU 144
Redhead REDH 146
Canvasback CANV 147
Greater Scaup GRSC 148
Lesser Scaup LESC 149
Ring-necked Duck RNDU 150
Common Goldeneye COGO 151
Barrow's Goldeneye **BAGO 152
Bufflehead BUFF 153
Long-tailed Duck LTDU 154
Harlequin Duck *HARD 155
Common Eider ^COEI 159
King Eider **KIEI 162
Black Scoter BLSC 163
White-winged Scoter WWSC 165
Surf Scoter SUSC 166
Ruddy Duck RUDU 167
Masked Duck ^MADU 168
Snow Goose LSGO 169
Ross's Goose *ROGO 170
Greater White-fronted Goose GWFG 171
Canada Goose CAGO 172
Cackling Goose *CACG 172.2
Brant **ATBR 173
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ^BBWD 177
Fulvous Whistling-Duck ^FUWD 178
Mute Swan MUSW 178.2
Tundra Swan WHSW 180
Trumpeter Swan TRUS 181
Roseate Spoonbill ^ROSP 183
White Ibis ^WHIB 184
Glossy Ibis ^GLIB 186
White-faced Ibis **WFIB 187
Wood Stork ^WOST 188
American Bittern AMBI 190
Least Bittern LEBI 191
Great Blue Heron GBHE 194
Great Egret GREG 196
Snowy Egret *SNEG 197
Tricolored Heron **TRHE 199
Little Blue Heron *LBHE 200
Cattle Egret CAEG 200.1
Green Heron GRHE 201
Black-crowned Night-Heron BCNH 202
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron *YCNH 203
Whooping Crane ^WHCR 204
Sandhill Crane SACR 206
King Rail *KIRA 208
Virginia Rail VIRA 212
Sora SORA 214
Yellow Rail *YERA 215
Black Rail ^BLRA 216
Purple Gallinule ^PUGA 218
Common Moorhen COMO 219
American Coot AMCO 221
Red Phalarope **REPH 222
Red-necked Phalarope RNPH 223
Wilson's Phalarope WIPH 224
American Avocet *AMAV 225
Black-necked Stilt **BNST 226
American Woodcock AMWO 228
Wilson's Snipe COSN 230
Short-billed Dowitcher SBDO 231
Long-billed Dowitcher LBDO 232
Stilt Sandpiper STSA 233
Red Knot REKN 234
Purple Sandpiper *PUSA 235
Pectoral Sandpiper PESA 239
White-rumped Sandpiper WRSA 240
Baird's Sandpiper BASA 241
Least Sandpiper LESA 242
Dunlin DUNL 243
Curlew Sandpiper ^CUSA 244
Semipalmated Sandpiper SESA 246
Western Sandpiper *WESA 247
Sanderling SAND 248
Marbled Godwit MAGO 249
Hudsonian Godwit HUGO 251
Greater Yellowlegs GRYE 254
Lesser Yellowlegs LEYE 255
Solitary Sandpiper SOSA 256
Willet WILL 258
Ruff **RUFF 260
Upland Sandpiper UPSA 261
Buff-breasted Sandpiper *BBSA 262
Spotted Sandpiper SPSA 263
Long-billed Curlew ^LBCU 264
Whimbrel WHIM 265
Black-bellied Plover BBPL 270
American Golden-Plover AMGP 272
Killdeer KILL 273
Semipalmated Plover SEPL 274
Piping Plover *PIPL 277
Snowy Plover ^SNPL 278
Wilson's Plover ^WIPL 280
Ruddy Turnstone RUTU 283
Black Turnstone ^BLTU 284
Gray Partridge GRPA 288.1
Northern Bobwhite NOBO 289
Spruce Grouse *SPGR 298
Ruffed Grouse RUGR 300
Willow Ptarmigan ^WIPT 301
Greater Prairie-Chicken GPCH 305
Sharp-tailed Grouse STGR 308
Ring-necked Pheasant RPHE 309.1
Wild Turkey WITU 310
Band-tailed Pigeon ^BTPI 312
Rock Pigeon RODO 313.1
Eurasian Collared-Dove *ECDO 315.9
Mourning Dove MODO 316
White-winged Dove ^WWDO 319
Common Ground-Dove ^COGD 320
Turkey Vulture TUVU 325
Black Vulture ^BLVU 326
Swallow-tailed Kite ^STKI 327
White-tailed Kite ^WTKI 328
Mississippi Kite **MIKI 329
Northern Harrier NOHA 331
Sharp-shinned Hawk SSHA 332
Cooper's Hawk COHA 333
Northern Goshawk NOGO 334
Harris's Hawk ^HRSH 335
Red-tailed Hawk RTHA 337
Red-shouldered Hawk RSHA 339
Swainson's Hawk *SWHA 342
Broad-winged Hawk BWHA 343
Rough-legged Hawk RLHA 347
Ferruginous Hawk ^FEHA 348
Golden Eagle GOEA 349
Bald Eagle BAEA 352
Gyrfalcon **GYRF 354
Peregrine Falcon PEFA 356
Merlin MERL 357
American Kestrel AMKE 360
Osprey OSPR 364
Barn Owl **BNOW 365
Long-eared Owl LEOW 366
Short-eared Owl SEOW 367
Barred Owl BDOW 368
Great Gray Owl *GGOW 370
Boreal Owl **BOOW 371
Northern Saw-whet Owl NSWO 372
Eastern Screech-Owl EASO 373
Great Horned Owl GHOW 375
Snowy Owl SNOW 376
Northern Hawk Owl **NHOW 377
Burrowing Owl **BUOW 378
Groove-billed Ani ^GBAN 384
Yellow-billed Cuckoo YBCU 387
Black-billed Cuckoo BBCU 388
Belted Kingfisher BEKI 390
Hairy Woodpecker HAWO 393
Downy Woodpecker DOWO 394
Black-backed Woodpecker *BBWO 400
American Three-toed Woodpecker **TTWO 401
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker YBSA 402
Pileated Woodpecker PIWO 405
Red-headed Woodpecker RHWO 406
Lewis's Woodpecker ^LEWO 408
Red-bellied Woodpecker RBWO 409
Northern Flicker YSFL 412
Chuck-will's-widow **CWWI 416
Whip-poor-will WPWI 417
Common Nighthawk CONI 420
Chimney Swift CHSW 423
Green Violet-ear ^GRVE 427.1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird RTHU 428
Anna's Hummingbird ^ANHU 431
Rufous Hummingbird *RUHU 433
Broad-billed Hummingbird ^BBLH 441
Fork-tailed Flycatcher ^FTFL 442
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher **STFL 443
Eastern Kingbird EAKI 444
Western Kingbird **WEKI 447
Great Crested Flycatcher GCFL 452
Ash-throated Flycatcher ^ATFL 454
Eastern Phoebe EAPH 456
Say's Phoebe ^SAPH 457
Olive-sided Flycatcher OSFL 459
Eastern Wood-Pewee EAWP 461
Western Wood-Pewee ^WEWP 462
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher YBFL 463
Acadian Flycatcher ACFL 465
Willow Flycatcher WIFL 466
Alder Flycatcher ALFL 466.1
Least Flycatcher LEFL 467
Dusky Flycatcher ^DUFL 469
Vermilion Flycatcher ^VEFL 471
Horned Lark HOLA 474
Black-billed Magpie ^BBMA 475
Blue Jay BLJA 477
Gray Jay GRAJ 484
Common Raven CORA 486
American Crow AMCR 488
Clark's Nutcracker ^CLNU 491
European Starling EUST 493
Bobolink BOBO 494
Brown-headed Cowbird BHCO 495
Yellow-headed Blackbird YHBL 497
Red-winged Blackbird RWBL 498
Eastern Meadowlark EAME 501
Western Meadowlark WEME 501.1
Scott's Oriole ^SCOR 504
Hooded Oriole ^HOOR 505
Orchard Oriole OROR 506
Baltimore Oriole BAOR 507
Bullock's Oriole ^BUOR 508
Rusty Blackbird RUBL 509
Brewer's Blackbird BRBL 510
Common Grackle COGR 511
Evening Grosbeak EVGR 514
Brambling ^BRAM 514.1
Pine Grosbeak PIGR 515
Purple Finch PUFI 517
House Finch HOFI 519
Red Crossbill RECR 521
White-winged Crossbill WWCR 522
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch ^GCRF 524
Hoary Redpoll *HORE 527
Common Redpoll CORE 528
American Goldfinch AMGO 529
Pine Siskin PISI 533
Snow Bunting SNBU 534
Lapland Longspur LALO 536
Smith's Longspur ^SMLO 537
Chestnut-collared Longspur ^CCLO 538
Vesper Sparrow VESP 540
Savannah Sparrow SAVS 542
Baird's Sparrow ^BAIS 545
Grasshopper Sparrow GRSP 546
Henslow's Sparrow HESP 547
Le Conte's Sparrow LCSP 548
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow *NSTS 549.1
Lark Sparrow LASP 552
Harris's Sparrow HASP 553
White-crowned Sparrow WCSP 554
Golden-crowned Sparrow ^GCSP 557
White-throated Sparrow WTSP 558
American Tree Sparrow ATSP 559
Chipping Sparrow CHSP 560
Clay-colored Sparrow CCSP 561
Field Sparrow FISP 563
Dark-eyed Junco SCJU 567
Black-throated Sparrow ^BTSP 573
Song Sparrow SOSP 581
Lincoln's Sparrow LISP 583
Swamp Sparrow SWSP 584
Fox Sparrow FOSP 585
Eastern Towhee EATO 587
Spotted Towhee **SPTO 588
Green-tailed Towhee **GTTO 590
Northern Cardinal NOCA 593
Rose-breasted Grosbeak RBGR 595
Black-headed Grosbeak ^BHGR 596
Blue Grosbeak **BLGR 597
Indigo Bunting INBU 598
Lazuli Bunting ^LAZB 599
Painted Bunting ^PABU 601
Dickcissel DICK 604
Lark Bunting **LARB 605
Western Tanager *WETA 607
Scarlet Tanager SCTA 608
Summer Tanager *SUTA 610
Purple Martin PUMA 611
Cliff Swallow CLSW 612
Cave Swallow ^CASW 612.1
Barn Swallow BARS 613
Tree Swallow TRES 614
Bank Swallow BANS 616
Northern Rough-winged Swallow NRWS 617
Bohemian Waxwing BOWA 618
Cedar Waxwing CEDW 619
Phainopepla ^PHAI 620
Northern Shrike NSHR 621
Loggerhead Shrike *LOSH 622
Red-eyed Vireo REVI 624
Philadelphia Vireo PHVI 626
Warbling Vireo WAVI 627
Yellow-throated Vireo YTVI 628
Blue-headed Vireo BHVI 629
White-eyed Vireo *WEVI 631
Bell's Vireo *BEVI 633
Gray Vireo ^GRVI 634
Black-and-white Warbler BAWW 636
Prothonotary Warbler PROW 637
Swainson's Warbler ^SWWA 638
Worm-eating Warbler *WEWA 639
Blue-winged Warbler BWWA 641
Golden-winged Warbler GWWA 642
Nashville Warbler NAWA 645
Orange-crowned Warbler OCWA 646
Tennessee Warbler TEWA 647
Northern Parula NOPA 648
Cape May Warbler CMWA 650
Yellow Warbler YWAR 652
Black-throated Blue Warbler BTBW 654
Yellow-rumped Warbler MYWA 655
Magnolia Warbler MAWA 657
Cerulean Warbler CERW 658
Chestnut-sided Warbler CSWA 659
Bay-breasted Warbler BBWA 660
Blackpoll Warbler BLPW 661
Blackburnian Warbler BLBW 662
Yellow-throated Warbler *YTWA 663
Black-throated Gray Warbler ^BTYW 665
Black-throated Green Warbler BTNW 667
Townsend's Warbler ^TOWA 668
Hermit Warbler ^HEWA 669
Kirtland's Warbler **KIWA 670
Pine Warbler PIWA 671
Palm Warbler WPWA 672
Prairie Warbler *PRAW 673
Ovenbird OVEN 674
Northern Waterthrush NOWA 675
Louisiana Waterthrush LOWA 676
Kentucky Warbler KEWA 677
Connecticut Warbler CONW 678
Mourning Warbler MOWA 679
MacGillivray's Warbler ^MGWA 680
Common Yellowthroat COYE 681
Yellow-breasted Chat *YBCH 683
Hooded Warbler HOWA 684
Wilson's Warbler WIWA 685
Canada Warbler CAWA 686
American Redstart AMRE 687
House Sparrow HOSP 688.2
Eurasian Tree Sparrow **ETSP 688.3
American Pipit AMPI 697
Sage Thrasher ^SATH 702
Northern Mockingbird *NOMO 703
Gray Catbird GRCA 704
Brown Thrasher BRTH 705
Curve-billed Thrasher ^CBTH 707
Carolina Wren CARW 718
Bewick's Wren ^BEWR 719
House Wren HOWR 721
Winter Wren WIWR 722
Sedge Wren SEWR 724
Marsh Wren MAWR 725
Brown Creeper BRCR 726
White-breasted Nuthatch WBNU 727
Red-breasted Nuthatch RBNU 728
Brown-headed Nuthatch ^BHNU 729
Tufted Titmouse ETTI 731
Black-capped Chickadee BCCH 735
Boreal Chickadee BOCH 740
Golden-crowned Kinglet GCKI 748
Ruby-crowned Kinglet RCKI 749
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher BGGN 751
Townsend's Solitaire *TOSO 754
Wood Thrush WOTH 755
Veery VEER 756
Gray-cheeked Thrush GCTH 757
Swainson's Thrush SWTH 758
Hermit Thrush HETH 759
American Robin AMRO 761
Varied Thrush VATH 763
Eastern Bluebird EABL 766
Mountain Bluebird **MOBL 768