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200 species found for “colonial”
Snow Goose
Anser caerulescens
Brant
Branta bernicla
Trumpeter Swan
Cygnus buccinator
Common Eider
Somateria mollissima
Gunnison Sage-Grouse
Centrocercus minimus
Eared Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis
Western Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
Groove-billed Ani
Crotophaga sulcirostris
Black Swift
Cypseloides niger
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Black-legged Kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla
Red-legged Kittiwake
Rissa brevirostris
Ivory Gull
Pagophila eburnea
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabini
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Heermann's Gull
Larus heermanni
Mew Gull
Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Western Gull
Larus occidentalis
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoides
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreus
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
Least Tern
Sternula antillarum
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Elegant Tern
Thalasseus elegans
Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger
Dovekie
Alle alle
Common Murre
Uria aalge
Thick-billed Murre
Uria lomvia
Razorbill
Alca torda
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylle
Pigeon Guillemot
Cepphus columba
Guadalupe Murrelet
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus
Craveri's Murrelet
Synthliboramphus craveri
Ancient Murrelet
Synthliboramphus antiquus
Cassin's Auklet
Ptychoramphus aleuticus
Parakeet Auklet
Aethia psittacula
Least Auklet
Aethia pusilla
Whiskered Auklet
Aethia pygmaea
Crested Auklet
Aethia cristatella
Rhinoceros Auklet
Cerorhinca monocerata
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arctica
Horned Puffin
Fratercula corniculata
Tufted Puffin
Fratercula cirrhata
Black-footed Albatross
Phoebastria nigripes
Laysan Albatross
Phoebastria immutabilis
Short-tailed Albatross
Phoebastria albatrus
Northern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis
Cory's Shearwater
Calonectris diomedea
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna grisea
Short-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna tenuirostris
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus
Black-vented Shearwater
Puffinus opisthomelas
Buller's Shearwater
Ardenna bulleri
Pink-footed Shearwater
Ardenna creatopus
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Ardenna carneipes
Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravis
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Oceanodroma furcata
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates leucorhous

Ashy Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates homochroa
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates castro
Black Storm-Petrel
Oceanodroma melania
Least Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates microsoma
Wood Stork
Mycteria americana
Magnificent Frigatebird
Fregata magnificens
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanus
Brandt's Cormorant
Urile penicillatus
Pelagic Cormorant
Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Red-faced Cormorant
Urile urile
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Neotropic Cormorant
Nannopterum brasilianum
Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga
American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
Reddish Egret
Egretta rufescens
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
White Ibis
Eudocimus albus
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
White-faced Ibis
Plegadis chihi
Roseate Spoonbill
Platalea ajaja
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachus
Green Parakeet
Psittacara holochlorus
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Bank Swallow
Riparia riparia

Purple Martin
Progne subis
Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Cave Swallow
Petrochelidon fulva
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Tricolored Blackbird
Agelaius tricolor
Brewer's Blackbird
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorus
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
Cape Griffon
Gyps coprotheres
Eurasian Griffon
Gyps fulvus

Indian Vulture
Gyps indicus
Rüppell's Griffon
Gyps rueppellii
Slender-billed Vulture
Gyps tenuirostris
Andean Condor
Vultur gryphus
Aldabranas cabri
Aldabranas cabri
Madagascar Teal
Anas pyrrhogastra
Ankonetta larriestrai
Ankonetta larriestrai
Annakacygna hajimei
Annakacygna hajimei
Greater White-fronted Goose x Snow Goose
Anser albifrons x caerulescens
Swan Goose x Greylag Goose
Anser cygnoides x anser
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Anser erythropus
Brumel's Goose
Anser brumeli
Press Goose
Chen pressa
Madagascar Pochard
Aythya innotata
Branta dickeyi
Branta dickeyi
Branta esmeralda
Branta esmeralda
Branta howardae
Branta howardae
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopis
Barnacle Goose x Red-breasted Goose
Branta leucopsis x ruficollis
Branta propinqua
Branta propinqua
Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollis
Branta woolfendeni
Branta woolfendeni
Brantadorna downsi
Brantadorna downsi
Cape Barren Goose
Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Chenopis nanus
Chenopis nanus
Cygnavus formosus
Cygnavus formosus
Sula affinis
Sula affinis
Chenopis sumnerensis
Chenopis sumnerensis
Lesser Crested Duck
Anas oligocaena
West Indian Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna arborea
Plumed Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna eytoni
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna viduata
Matanas enrighti
Matanas enrighti
Southern Pochard
Netta erythrophthalma
Nogusunna conflictoides
Nogusunna conflictoides
Steller's Eider
Polysticta stelleri
Presbychen Abavus
Presbychen abavus
Comb Duck
Sarkidiornis sylvicola
King/Common Eider
Somateria spectabilis
Magpie Goose
Anseranas semipalmata
Anatoid Goose
Bumbalavis anatoides
Hantonian Duck
Headonornis hantoniensis
Mongolian Presbyornis
Presbyornis mongoliensis
Aestiflua's Zhylgaia
Zhylgaia aestiflua

Mariana Swiftlet
Aerodramus bartschi

Himalayan Swiftlet
Aerodramus brevirostris
White-nest Swiftlet
Aerodramus fuciphagus
Germain's Swiftlet
Aerodramus germani

Halmahera Swiftlet
Aerodramus infuscatus

Caroline Islands Swiftlet
Aerodramus inquietus

Black-nest Swiftlet
Aerodramus maximus
Marquesan Swiftlet
Aerodramus ocistus
Mayr's Swiftlet
Aerodramus orientalis
Mossy-nest Swiftlet
Aerodramus salangana
Australian Swiftlet
Aerodramus terraereginae
Indian Swiftlet
Aerodramus unicolor

Uniform Swiftlet
Aerodramus vanikorensis
Volcano Swiftlet
Aerodramus vulcanorum
Little Swift
Apus affinis

Horus Swift
Apus horus
Apus ignotus
Apus ignotus
House Swift
Apus nipalensis
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidus
Plain Swift
Apus unicolor
Gray-rumped Swift
Chaetura cinereiventris
Bornean Swiftlet
Collocalia dodgei
Glossy Swiftlet
Collocalia esculenta
Collocalia incerta
Collocalia incerta
Cave Swiftlet
Collocalia linchi
Gray-rumped Swiftlet
Collocalia marginata
Christmas Island Swiftlet
Collocalia natalis

Tenggara Swiftlet
Collocalia sumbawae
Satin Swiftlet
Collocalia uropygialis
Rothschild's Swift
Cypseloides rothschildi
Great Dusky Swift
Cypseloides senex
African Palm-Swift
Cypsiurus parvus
Waterfall Swift
Hydrochous gigas

Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
Panyptila cayennensis
Biscutate Swift
Streptoprocne biscutata
Tepui Swift
Streptoprocne phelpsi
White-naped Swift
Streptoprocne semicollaris