Species Numbers, Common Names, Alpha Codes and Recommended Band
Sizes
AOUs 500.0 - 599.0
SPECIES | COMMON NAME | ALPHA CODE | BAND SIZE |
500.0 | Tricolored Blackbird | TRBL | 2 |
500.1 | Tawny-shouldered Blackbird | TSBL | 1B 1A |
500.2 | Yellow-shouldered Blackbird | YSBL | 2 |
501.0 | Eastern Meadowlark | EAME | M 3, F 2 3 |
501.1 | Western Meadowlark | WEME | M 3, F 2 3 |
503.0 | Audubon's Oriole | AUOR | 2 |
503.1 | Altamira Oriole | ALOR | 3 |
503.2 | Spot-breasted Oriole | SPOO | 2 |
504.0 | Scott's Oriole | SCOR | 1A |
504.1 | Black-vented Oriole | BVOR | 2 |
504.2 | Black-cowled Oriole | BCOR | 1A 2 |
505.0 | Hooded Oriole | HOOR | 1A 1B |
505.1 | Streak-backed Oriole | STRO | 1A |
506.0 | Orchard Oriole | OROR | 1B |
507.0 | Baltimore Oriole | BAOR | 1A |
507.8 | Baltimore x Bullock's Oriole Hybrid | BBOH | 1A |
508.0 | Bullock's Oriole | BUOR | 1A |
509.0 | Rusty Blackbird | RUBL | 2 |
510.0 | Brewer's Blackbird | BRBL | 2 |
511.0 | Common Grackle | COGR | 3 3B |
512.0 | Great-tailed Grackle | GTGR | M 4, F 3 |
513.0 | Boat-tailed Grackle | BTGR | M 4, F 3 |
513.1 | Greater Antillean Grackle | GAGR | 3 |
514.0 | Evening Grosbeak | EVGR | 1A 2 |
514.1 | Brambling | BRAM | 1B 1 |
514.2 | Hawfinch | HAWF | 1A 2 |
514.3 | Common Chaffinch | COCH | 1B 1 |
515.0 | Pine Grosbeak | PIGR | 1A |
516.0 | Eurasian Bullfinch | EUBU | 1B 1A |
516.1 | Common Rosefinch | CORO | 1B 1 |
517.0 | Purple Finch | PUFI | 1 1B |
518.0 | Cassin's Finch | CAFI | 1B 1 |
519.0 | House Finch | HOFI | 1B 1 |
521.0 | Red Crossbill | RECR | 1B |
522.0 | White-winged Crossbill | WWCR | 1B |
524.0 | Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch | GCRF | 1B |
525.0 | Black Rosy-Finch | BLRF | 1B |
526.0 | Brown-capped Rosy-Finch | BCRF | 1B |
526.1 | European Goldfinch | EUGO | 0 |
526.2 | Oriental Greenfinch | ORGR | 0 1 |
527.0 | Hoary Redpoll | HORE | 0 0A |
527.6 | Unknown Redpoll | UNRE | 0 |
528.0 | Common Redpoll | CORE | 0 0A |
529.0 | American Goldfinch | AMGO | 0 0A 1 |
530.0 | Lesser Goldfinch | LEGO | 0A 0 |
531.0 | Lawrence's Goldfinch | LAGO | 0 |
532.1 | Red Siskin | RESI | 0 |
533.0 | Pine Siskin | PISI | 0 0A |
533.1 | Common Canary | COCA | 1 |
533.2 | Yellow-fronted Canary | YFCA | 0 |
534.0 | Snow Bunting | SNBU | 1A 1B |
535.0 | McKay's Bunting | MKBU | 1B |
535.1 | Rustic Bunting | RUBU | 1 |
535.2 | Little Bunting | LIBU | 1 |
535.3 | Gray Bunting | GRBU | 1B |
535.4 | Pallas's Bunting | PALB | 1 |
535.5 | Reed Bunting | REBU | 1 |
536.0 | Lapland Longspur | LALO | 1B |
537.0 | Smith's Longspur | SMLO | 1 |
538.0 | Chestnut-collared Longspur | CCLO | 1 |
539.0 | McCown's Longspur | MCLO | 1 |
540.0 | Vesper Sparrow | VESP | 1B 1 |
541.0 | Ipswich Sparrow | IPSP | 1B |
542.0 | Savannah Sparrow | SAVS | 1 |
543.0 | Belding's Savannah Sparrow | BSSP | 1 |
544.0 | Large-billed Sparrow | LBSP | 1 |
545.0 | Baird's Sparrow | BAIS | 1 |
546.0 | Grasshopper Sparrow | GRSP | 1 |
546.4 | Florida Grasshopper Sparrow | FGSP | 1 |
547.0 | Henslow's Sparrow | HESP | 0 1 |
548.0 | Le Conte's Sparrow | LCSP | 1 |
549.0 | Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow | SSTS | 1 1B |
549.1 | Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow | NSTS | 1 1B |
549.9 | Sharp-tailed Sparrow | STSP | 1 1B |
550.0 | Seaside Sparrow | SESP | 1B |
551.1 | Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow | CSSS | 1B |
552.0 | Lark Sparrow | LASP | 1B |
553.0 | Harris's Sparrow | HASP | 1A |
554.0 | White-crowned Sparrow | WCSP | 1B |
554.1 | Eastern White-crowned Sparrow | EWCS | 1B |
554.6 | Mountain White-crowned Sparrow | MWCS | 1B |
554.7 | Puget Sound White-crowned Sparrow | PSWS | 1B |
555.0 | Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow | GWCS | 1B |
556.0 | Nuttall's White-crowned Sparrow | NWCS | 1B |
557.0 | Golden-crowned Sparrow | GCSP | 1B 1A |
558.0 | White-throated Sparrow | WTSP | 1B |
558.1 | Rufous-collared Sparrow | RUFS | 0 |
558.6 | Zonotrichia Sparrow Hybrid (includes Junco x Zonotrichia) | ZSHY | 1B 1A 1 (v) |
559.0 | American Tree Sparrow | ATSP | 0 1 |
560.0 | Chipping Sparrow | CHSP | 0 0A |
561.0 | Clay-colored Sparrow | CCSP | 0 |
562.0 | Brewer's Sparrow | BRSP | 0 1 0A |
563.0 | Field Sparrow | FISP | 0 1 0A |
564.0 | Worthen's Sparrow | WOSP | 0 |
565.0 | Black-chinned Sparrow | BCSP | 0 1 |
566.0 | White-winged Junco | WWJU | 1 |
567.0 | Slate-colored Junco | SCJU | 0 1 |
567.1 | Oregon Junco | ORJU | 0 1 |
567.7 | Unidentified Dark-eyed Junco | UDEJ | 0 1 |
569.0 | Gray-headed Junco | GHJU | 0 1 |
570.0 | Yellow-eyed Junco | YEJU | 1 |
573.0 | Black-throated Sparrow | BTSP | 1 |
574.0 | Sage Sparrow | SAGS | 1 |
574.2 | Five-striped Sparrow | FSSP | 1B |
575.0 | Bachman's Sparrow | BACS | 1 |
576.0 | Botteri's Sparrow | BOSP | 1 |
578.0 | Cassin's Sparrow | CASP | 1 |
579.0 | Rufous-winged Sparrow | RWSP | 0 |
580.0 | Rufous-crowned Sparrow | RCSP | 1 1B |
581.0 | Song Sparrow | SOSP | 1B 1 |
583.0 | Lincoln's Sparrow | LISP | 1 0 |
584.0 | Swamp Sparrow | SWSP | 1 |
585.0 | Fox Sparrow | FOSP | 1A 1B |
586.0 | Olive Sparrow | OLSP | 1 1B |
586.1 | Saffron Finch | SAFI | 1 |
587.0 | Eastern Towhee | EATO | M 2 1A, F 1A 2 |
587.6 | Unknown Rufous-sided Towhee | URST | 2 1A |
588.0 | Spotted Towhee | SPTO | 1A 2 |
590.0 | Green-tailed Towhee | GTTO | 1B 1A | 590.6 | Hybrid Towhee | HYTO | 1B 1A |
591.0 | Canyon Towhee | CANT | 2 1A |
591.1 | California Towhee | CALT | 2 1A |
592.0 | Abert's Towhee | ABTO | 1A 2 |
592.2 | Red-crested Cardinal | RCCA | 2 |
592.3 | Yellow-billed Cardinal | YBCA | 1A 1B |
593.0 | Northern Cardinal | NOCA | 1A 2 |
594.0 | Pyrrhuloxia | PYRR | 1A |
595.0 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | RBGR | 1A 2 |
596.0 | Black-headed Grosbeak | BHGR | 1A |
596.1 | Yellow Grosbeak | YEGR | 2 1A |
597.0 | Blue Grosbeak | BLGR | 1B |
597.1 | Blue Bunting | BLBU | 1B 1 |
598.0 | Indigo Bunting | INBU | 1 |
598.6 | Indigo x Lazuli Bunting Hybrid | ILBH | 1 |
599.0 | Lazuli Bunting | LAZB | 1 |
(v)For all hybrid codes the
suspected parentage (or parent if only one is obvious) must be recorded as a
remark on the banding schedules (e.g. Mallard x Pintail(?); BWTE x NOSH; MYWA
x ? etc.)