Region - The North Central region includes the forested portion of the Northwest Territories, northeastern British Columbia, northern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba except for a small section of the Arctic in northeastern Manitoba.
Coniferous forests, often referred to as the boreal forest, and large lakes are a common feature of this region. Within parts of this forest belt are naturally flooded bogs and swamps of older maple and spruce. Rivers and Streams commonly occur here as do large woodlands of deciduous trees like trembling aspen. Ponds and some Marshes also dot the landscape.
Identification - There are 77 birds you can easily hear and identify in the North Central region. The following is a list, in the American Ornithologists' Union order, of these birds:
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Trumpeter Swan
Canada Goose
Mallard
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Willow Ptarmigan
Ruffed Grouse
Virginia Rail
Sora
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Common Snipe
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Gray Jay
Blue Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Chipping Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Common Grackle
Northern Oriole
Purple Finch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow
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American Bittern
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Great Blue Heron
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Trumpeter Swan
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Canada Goose
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Mallard
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Northern Pintail
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American Wigeon
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Osprey
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Bald Eagle
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Red-tailed Hawk
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Willow Ptarmigan
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Ruffed Grouse
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Virginia Rail
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Sora
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Sandhill Crane
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Spotted Sandpiper
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Common Snipe
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Franklin's Gull
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Ring-billed Gull
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Herring Gull
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Great Horned Owl
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Barred Owl
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Common Nighthawk
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Common Poorwill
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Belted Kingfisher
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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Northern Flicker
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Pileated Woodpecker
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Olive-sided Flycatcher
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Eastern Phoebe
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Gray Jay
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Blue Jay
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Black-billed Magpie
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American Crow
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Common Raven
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Black-capped Chickadee
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Red-breasted Nuthatch
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House Wren
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Winter Wren
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Sedge Wren
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Marsh Wren
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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Golden-crowned Kinglet
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Swainson's Thrush
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Hermit Thrush
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American Robin
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Varied Thrush
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Brown Thrasher
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European Starling
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Warbling Vireo
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Red-eyed Vireo
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Orange-crowned Warbler
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Yellow Warbler
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Yellow-rumped Warbler
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American Redstart
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Ovenbird
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Northern Waterthrush
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Common Yellowthroat
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Wilson's Warbler
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Western Tanager
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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Chipping Sparrow
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Fox Sparrow
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Song Sparrow
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White-throated Sparrow
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White-crowned Sparrow
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Dark-eyed Junco
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Red-winged Blackbird
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Yellow-headed Blackbird
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Common Grackle
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Northern Oriole
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Purple Finch
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Evening Grosbeak
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