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Species Numbers, Common Names, Alpha Codes and Recommended Band
Sizes
AOUs 400.0 - 498.0
| SPECIES | COMMON NAME | ALPHA CODE | BAND SIZE |
| 400.0 | Black-backed Woodpecker | BBWO | 2 |
| 401.0 | Three-toed Woodpecker | TTWO | 2 |
| 402.0 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | YBSA | 1B 1A |
| 402.1 | Red-naped Sapsucker | RNSA | 1A 1B |
| 402.3 | Hybrid Sapsucker | HYSA | 1A 1B 2 |
| 403.0 | Red-breasted Sapsucker | RBSA | 1A 1B |
| 404.0 | Williamson's Sapsucker | WISA | 1A |
| 405.0 | Pileated Woodpecker | PIWO | 4 3A |
| 406.0 | Red-headed Woodpecker | RHWO | 2 |
| 407.0 | Acorn Woodpecker | ACWO | 2 3 |
| 407.1 | Puerto Rican Woodpecker | PRWO | 2 3 |
| 408.0 | Lewis's Woodpecker | LEWO | 3 2 |
| 409.0 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | RBWO | 2 |
| 409.2 | West Indian Woodpecker | WIWO | 2 |
| 410.0 | Golden-fronted Woodpecker | GFWO | 2 |
| 411.0 | Gila Woodpecker | GIWO | 2 3 |
| 412.0 | Yellow-shafted Flicker | YSFL | 3 |
| 412.3 | Flicker Intergrade | FLIN | 3 |
| 413.0 | Red-shafted Flicker | RSFL | 3 |
| 414.0 | Gilded Flicker | GIFL | 3 2 |
| 416.0 | Chuck-will's-widow | CWWI | 3 |
| 416.1 | Buff-collared Nightjar | BCNI | 2 |
| 417.0 | Whip-poor-will | WPWI | 1A 2 |
| 417.1 | Puerto Rican Nightjar | PRNI | 2 1A |
| 418.0 | Common Poorwill | COPO | 1A 2 |
| 419.0 | Pauraque | PAUR | 2 |
| 420.0 | Common Nighthawk | CONI | 2 1A |
| 420.1 | Antillean Nighthawk | ANNI | 2 1A |
| 421.0 | Lesser Nighthawk | LENI | 1A 2 |
| 422.0 | Black Swift | BLSW | 1A |
| 423.0 | Chimney Swift | CHSW | 1B |
| 423.1 | Short-tailed Swift | STSW | 1B 1 |
| 424.0 | Vaux's Swift | VASW | 1 |
| 425.0 | White-throated Swift | WTSW | 2 |
| 426.0 | Magnificent Hummingbird | MAHU | XL (t) |
| 426.1 | Plain-capped Starthroat | PCST | L* (t) |
| 427.0 | Blue-throated Hummingbird | BLUH | XL (t) |
| 427.1 | Green Violet-ear | GRVE | M* (t) |
| 428.0 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | RTHU | M* (t) |
| 429.0 | Black-chinned Hummingbird | BCHU | S XS (u) M |
| 430.0 | Costa's Hummingbird | COHU | XS (t) |
| 431.0 | Anna's Hummingbird | ANHU | M (t) |
| 432.0 | Broad-tailed Hummingbird | BTLH | M (t) |
| 433.0 | Rufous Hummingbird | RUHU | S (t) |
| 434.0 | Allen's Hummingbird | ALHU | S (t) |
| 435.0 | Bumblebee Hummingbird | BUHU | XS* (t) |
| 436.0 | Calliope Hummingbird | CAHU | XS (t) |
| 436.1 | Jamaican Mango | JAMA | XL* (t) |
| 436.2 | Green Mango | GRMA | 0 1 |
| 436.3 | Green-throated Carib | GTCA | 0 1 |
| 436.4 | Antillean Crested Hummingbird | ACHU | 0 1 |
| 436.6 | Green-breasted Mango | GREM | L* (t) |
| 437.0 | Lucifer Hummingbird | LUHU | XS* S* (t) |
| 437.1 | Bahama Woodstar | BAWO | L* (t) |
| 438.0 | Rufous-tailed Hummingbird | RUFH | M* (t) |
| 438.1 | Berylline Hummingbird | BEHU | L (t) |
| 439.0 | Buff-bellied Hummingbird | BUFH | M (t) |
| 439.1 | Violet-crowned Hummingbird | VCHU | L (t) |
| 440.1 | White-eared Hummingbird | WEHU | L* (t) |
| 440.2 | Puerto Rican Emerald | PREM | L* (t) |
| 440.9 | Unidentified Hummingbird | UNHU | M S XS L XL (t) |
| 441.0 | Broad-billed Hummingbird | BBLH | M (t) |
| 441.1 | Rose-throated Becard | RTBE | 1B 1 |
| 442.0 | Fork-tailed Flycatcher | FTFL | 1B 1 |
| 443.0 | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | STFL | 1A |
| 444.0 | Eastern Kingbird | EAKI | 1B |
| 445.0 | Gray Kingbird | GRAK | 1A |
| 445.1 | Thick-billed Kingbird | TBKI | 1A |
| 445.2 | Loggerhead Kingbird | LOKI | 1B 1A |
| 446.0 | Tropical Kingbird | TRKI | 1A |
| 446.1 | Couch's Kingbird | COKI | 1B 1A |
| 447.0 | Western Kingbird | WEKI | 1A |
| 448.0 | Cassin's Kingbird | CAKI | 1A |
| 449.0 | Great Kiskadee | GKIS | 2 |
| 451.0 | Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher | SBFL | 1B |
| 452.0 | Great Crested Flycatcher | GCFL | 1A 1B |
| 453.0 | Brown-crested Flycatcher | BCFL | 1A |
| 453.1 | Nutting's Flycatcher | NUFL | 1B |
| 454.0 | Ash-throated Flycatcher | ATFL | 1B 1 |
| 455.0 | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | DCFL | 1B 1 |
| 455.1 | Lasagra's Flycatcher | LASF | 1B |
| 455.2 | Puerto Rican Flycatcher | PRFL | 1B 1A |
| 455.3 | Stolid Flycatcher | STOF | 1B |
| 455.4 | Lesser Antillean Flycatcher | LESF | 1B |
| 456.0 | Eastern Phoebe | EAPH | 0 1 |
| 457.0 | Say's Phoebe | SAPH | 1 |
| 458.0 | Black Phoebe | BLPH | 1 |
| 459.0 | Olive-sided Flycatcher | OSFL | 1 1B |
| 460.0 | Greater Pewee | GRPE | 1B |
| 461.0 | Eastern Wood-Pewee | EAWP | 0 0A |
| 462.0 | Western Wood-Pewee | WEWP | 0 1 |
| 462.1 | Cuban Pewee | CUPE | 0 1 |
| 462.2 | Lesser Antillean Pewee | LAPE | 0 1 |
| 462.3 | Jamaican Pewee | JAPE | 0 1 |
| 462.4 | Hispaniolan Pewee | HIPE | 0 1 |
| 463.0 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | YBFL | 0 0A |
| 464.0 | Cordilleran Flycatcher | COFL | 0 0A |
| 464.1 | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | PSFL | 0 0A |
| 464.9 | Western Flycatcher | WEFL | 0 0A |
| 465.0 | Acadian Flycatcher | ACFL | 0 0A |
| 466.0 | Willow Flycatcher | WIFL | 0 0A |
| 466.1 | Alder Flycatcher | ALFL | 0 0A |
| 466.4 | Southwestern Willow Flycatcher | SWFL | 0 0A |
| 466.9 | Traill's Flycatcher | TRFL | 0 0A |
| 467.0 | Least Flycatcher | LEFL | 0 0A |
| 468.0 | Hammond's Flycatcher | HAFL | 0 0A |
| 469.0 | Dusky Flycatcher | DUFL | 0 0A |
| 469.1 | Gray Flycatcher | GRFL | 0 0A |
| 470.0 | Buff-breasted Flycatcher | BBFL | 0 0A |
| 471.0 | Vermilion Flycatcher | VEFL | 0 0A |
| 471.1 | Greenish Elaenia | GREL | 0 0A |
| 472.0 | Northern Beardless Tyrannulet | NBTY | 0A 0 |
| 472.1 | Caribbean Elaenia | CAEL | 0 1 |
| 473.0 | Sky Lark | SKLA | 1B |
| 474.0 | Horned Lark | HOLA | 1B |
| 475.0 | Black-billed Magpie | BBMA | 3B 4 3 |
| 476.0 | Yellow-billed Magpie | YBMA | 3A |
| 477.0 | Blue Jay | BLJA | 2 3 |
| 478.0 | Steller's Jay | STJA | 3 2 3B |
| 479.0 | Florida Scrub-Jay | FLSJ | 2 3 |
| 481.0 | Western Scrub-Jay | WESJ | 2 3 |
| 481.1 | Island Scrub-Jay | ILSJ | 3 |
| 482.0 | Mexican Jay | MEJA | 3B 3A |
| 483.0 | Green Jay | GREJ | 2 |
| 483.2 | Brown Jay | BRJA | 4A 4 3 |
| 484.0 | Gray Jay | GRAJ | 3 2 |
| 486.0 | Common Raven | CORA | 6 7A |
| 487.0 | Chihuahuan Raven | CHRA | 5 |
| 487.1 | White-necked Crow | WNCR | 5 6 |
| 488.0 | American Crow | AMCR | 5 |
| 489.0 | Northwestern Crow | NOCR | 4 4A |
| 489.1 | Tamaulipas Crow | TACR | 4 |
| 489.2 | Hawaiian Crow | HCRO | 6 |
| 490.0 | Fish Crow | FICR | 4A |
| 491.0 | Clark's Nutcracker | CLNU | 3B |
| 492.0 | Pinyon Jay | PIJA | 3 2 |
| 493.0 | European Starling | EUST | 2 3 |
| 493.1 | Crested Myna | CRMY | 3 2 |
| 493.2 | Common Myna | COMY | 3 |
| 493.3 | White-vented Myna | WVMY | 1A 2 |
| 493.4 | Indian Hill Myna | IHMY | 2 |
| 494.0 | Bobolink | BOBO | M 1A, F 1B |
| 495.0 | Brown-headed Cowbird | BHCO | M 1A, F 1B |
| 496.0 | Bronzed Cowbird | BROC | M 2, F 1A |
| 496.1 | Shiny Cowbird | SHCO | 2 |
| 497.0 | Yellow-headed Blackbird | YHBL | M 2, F 1A |
| 498.0 | Red-winged Blackbird | RWBL | M 2, F 1A |
(t) Hummingbird band sizes were revised in 2002 to reflect a
new description of band sizes as reflected in S. M. Russell and R. O. Russell
2001.
The North American
Bander’s Guide to Banding Hummingbirds. North American Banding Council
(Point Reyes, California). Some sizes are tentative and are indicated as such
with an asterisk. Use caution when banding these species and advise the BBL of
the appropriateness of the recommended sizes.
(u)Male Black-chinned
Hummingbirds breeding in southern Texas may require size XS.