Official Checklist of Oregon Passerines

Updated September 2025

Below is a list of all 233 species belonging to the Order Passeriformes and commonly referred to as Passerines. This list is excerpted from the 551 total species listed on the Official Checklist of Oregon Birds.

FYI: * A review species; at least one record has been verified (of this species) by photograph, specimen, or video/audio recording [153 species]. This is not relevant to entries in the Passerine theme but included as a matter of interest/explanation.

Order PASSERIFORMES   (aka Passerines)

Family Tyrannidae   (23)

Subfamily Tyranninae

  • * Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
  • Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
  • * Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
  • Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
  • * Cassin’s Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
  • Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
  • Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
  • * Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus

Subfamily Fluvicolinae

  • Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
  • Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
  • * Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
  • * Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
  • * Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
  • Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
  • Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
  • Hammond’s Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
  • Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
  • Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
  • Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
  • Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
  • Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
  • Say’s Phoebe Sayornis saya
  • * Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus

Family Vireonidae   (10)

  • * White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
  • * Bell’s Vireo Vireo bellii
  • Hutton’s Vireo Vireo huttoni
  • * Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
  • Cassin’s Vireo Vireo cassinii
  • * Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
  • * Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
  • * Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
  • Western Warbling-Vireo Vireo gilvus
  • Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

Family Laniidae   (2)

  • Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
  • Northern Shrike Lanius borealis

Family Corvidae   (10)

  • Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis
  • Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
  • Steller’s Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
  • Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
  • California Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica
  • * Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
  • Clark’s Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
  • Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
  • American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
  • Common Raven Corvus corax

Family Paridae   (5)

  • Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
  • Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
  • Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
  • Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
  • Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi

Family Alaudidae   (2)

  • * Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
  • Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris

Family Hirundinidae    (8)

Subfamily Hirundininae

  • Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
  • Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
  • Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
  • Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
  • Purple Martin Progne subis
  • Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
  • Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
  • * Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva

Family Aegithalidae   (1)

  • Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus

Family Phylloscopidae   (2)

  • * Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
  • * Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis/ Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus

Family Sylviidae   (1)

  • Wrentit Chamaea fasciata

Family Regulidae   (2)

  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
  • Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa

Family Bombycillidae   (2)

  • Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
  • Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum

Family Ptiliogonatidae   (1)

  • * Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens

Family Sittidae   (3)

Subfamily Sittinae

  • Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
  • White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
  • Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea

Family Certhiidae   (1)

Subfamily Certhiinae

  • Brown Creeper Certhia americana

Family Polioptilidae   (1)

  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea

Family Troglodytidae   (8)

  • Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
  • Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
  • Bewick’s Wren Thryomanes bewickii
  • Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
  • Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
  • * Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
  • * Sedge Wren Cistothorus stellaris
  • Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris

Family Mimidae   (6)

  • Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
  • Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
  • Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
  • * California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
  • Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
  • Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos

Family Sturnidae   (1)

  • European Starling Sturnus vulgaris

Family Cinclidae   (1)

  • American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus

Family Turdidae   (12)

  • * Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
  • Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
  • Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
  • Townsend’s Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
  • Veery Catharus fuscescens
  • * Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
  • Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus
  • Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
  • * Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
  • * Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
  • American Robin Turdus migratorius
  • Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius

Family Muscicapidae   (3)

  • * Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
  • * Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius
  • * Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe

Family Passeridae   (1)

  • House Sparrow Passer domesticus

Family Motacillidae   (6)

  • * Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
  • * White Wagtail Montacilla alba
  • * Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
  • * Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
  • American Pipit Anthus rubescens
  • * Sprague’s Pipit Anthus spragueii

Family Fringillidae   (16)

Subfamily Fringillinae

  • * Brambling Fringilla montifringilla

Subfamily Carduelinae  

  • Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
  • Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
  • Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
  • Black Rosy-Finch Leucosticte atrata
  • House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
  • Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
  • Cassin’s Finch Haemorhous cassinii
  • * Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
  • Redpoll Acanthis flammea
  • Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
  • White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
  • Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
  • Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
  • * Lawrence’s Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
  • American Goldfinch Spinus tristis

Family Calcariidae    (6)

  • Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
  • Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
  • * Smith’s Longspur Calcarius pictus
  • * Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii
  • Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
  • * McKay’s Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus

Family Emberizidae   (2)

  • * Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
  • * Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica

Family Passerellidae   (28)

  • * Cassin’s Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
  • Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
  • Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
  • Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
  • Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
  • Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
  • Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
  • * Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
  • * Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
  • Brewer’s Sparrow Spizella breweri
  • Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
  • American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
  • Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
  • White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
  • Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
  • Harris’s Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
  • White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
  • Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
  • Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
  • * LeConte’s Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
  • Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
  • Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
  • Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
  • Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
  • California Towhee Melozone crissalis
  • Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
  • Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
  • * Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Family Icteriidae   (1)

  • Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens

Family Icteridae   (16)

  • Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
  • Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
  • Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
  • * Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
  • Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
  • * Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
  • Bullock’s Oriole Icterus bullockii
  • * Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
  • * Scott’s Oriole Icterus parisorum
  • Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
  • Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
  • Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
  • Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
  • Brewer’s Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
  • Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
  • Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus

Family Parulidae   (41)

  • Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
  • Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
  • * Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
  • Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
  • * Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
  • * Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
  • Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
  • * Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
  • Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
  • Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
  • * Lucy’s Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
  • Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
  • * Virginia’s Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
  • MacGillivray’s Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
  • * Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
  • * Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
  • Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
  • * Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
  • American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
  • * Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
  • Northern Parula Setophaga americana
  • Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
  • * Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
  • * Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
  • Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
  • Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
  • Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
  • Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
  • * Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
  • * Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
  • * Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
  • * Grace’s Warbler Setophaga graciae
  • Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
  • Townsend’s Warbler Setophaga townsendi
  • Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
  • * Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
  • * Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
  • Wilson’s Warbler Cardellina pusilla
  • Painted Redstart Myioborus pictus

Family Cardinalidae  (11)

  • Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
  • * Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
  • Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
  • * Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
  • Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
  • * Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
  • Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
  • Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
  • * Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
  • * Dickcissel Spiza americana