Four-letter (English Name) and Six-letter (Scientific Name ...

Four-letter (English Name) and Six-letter (Scientific Name) Alpha Codes for 2186 Bird Species (and 140 NonSpecies Taxa) in accordance with the 64th AOS Supplement (2023), sorted alphabetically by English name

Prepared by Peter Pyle and David F. DeSante The Institute for Bird Populations

ENGLISH NAME Abert's Towhee Acadian Flycatcher Acorn Woodpecker Adelaide's Warbler African Collared-Dove African Silverbill Agami Heron Ainley's Storm-Petrel Akekee Akiapolaau Akikiki Akohekohe + Alaska Marbled Murrelet Alder Flycatcher + Aleutian Cackling Goose Aleutian Tern Allen's Hummingbird Alpine Swift Altamira Oriole Altamira Yellowthroat Amaui Amazilia Hummingbird Amazon Kingfisher American Avocet American Bittern American Black Duck American Coot American Crow American Dipper American Flamingo American Golden-Plover American Goldfinch American Goshawk + American Green-winged Teal American Kestrel American Oystercatcher American Pipit American Pygmy Kingfisher

4-LETTER CODE SCIENTIFIC NAME

ABTO

Melozone aberti

ACFL

Empidonax virescens

ACWO

Melanerpes formicivorus

ADWA

Setophaga adelaidae

AFCD

Streptopelia roseogrisea

AFSI

Euodice cantans

AGHE

Agamia agami

AISP

Hydrobates cheimomnestes

AKEK

Loxops caeruleirostris

AKIA

Hemignathus wilsoni

AKIK

Oreomystis bairdi

AKOH

Palmeria dolei

AMMU

Brachyramphus marmoratus a

ALFL

Empidonax alnorum

ACGO

Branta hutchinsii leucopareia

ALTE

Onychoprion aleuticus

ALHU

Selasphorus sasin

ALSW

Apus melba

ALOR

Icterus gularis

ALYE

Geothlypis flavovelata

AMAU

Myadestes woahensis

AMHU

Amazilis amazilia

AMKI

Chloroceryle amazona

AMAV

Recurvirostra americana

AMBI

Botaurus lentiginosus

ABDU

Anas rubripes

AMCO

Fulica americana

AMCR

Corvus brachyrhynchos

AMDI

Cinclus mexicanus

AMFL

Phoenicopterus ruber

AMGP

Pluvialis dominica

AGOL*

Spinus tristis

AGOS*

Accipiter atricapillus

AGWT

Anas crecca carolinensis

AMKE

Falco sparverius

AMOY

Haematopus palliatus

AMPI

Anthus rubescens

APKI

Chloroceryle aenea

6-LETTER CODE MELABE EMPVIR MELFOR SETADE STRROS EUOCAN AGAAGA HYDCHE LOXCAE HEMWIL OREBAI PALDOL BRAMAA EMPALN BRAHLE ONYALE SELSAS APUMEL ICTGUL GEOFLA MYAWOA AMZAMA* CHLAMA RECAME BOTLEN ANARUB FULAME CORBRA CINMEX PHORUB PLUDOM SPITRI ACCATR ANACCA FALSPA HAEPAL ANTRUB CHLAEN

"+" before English name indicates a non-species taxon

* Four-letter and six-letter codes that, because of conflicts, are not "1st-order" codes are marked with asterisks. See Pyle and DeSante, North American Bird Bander 28:64-79 (2003) for more information.

ENGLISH NAME American Redstart American Robin American Three-toed Woodpecker American Tree Sparrow American White Pelican American Wigeon American Woodcock Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem Ancient Murrelet Anhinga Anianiau Anna's Hummingbird + Anna's x Costa's Hummingbird Hybrid Antillean Crested Hummingbird Antillean Nighthawk Antillean Palm-Swift Antillean Piculet Antillean Siskin Apapane Aplomado Falcon Arctic Loon Arctic Tern Arctic Warbler + Arctic/Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Arizona Woodpecker Arrowhead Warbler Ash-throated Flycatcher Ashy Storm-Petrel Ashy-faced Owl Ashy-throated Chlorospingus Asian Brown Flycatcher Asian Rosy-Finch Asian Stonechat Atitlan Grebe + Atlantic Brant Atlantic Puffin + Audubon's Crested Caracara Audubon's Oriole Audubon's Shearwater + Audubon's Warbler Aztec Rail Aztec Thrush Azure Gallinule Azure-crowned Hummingbird Azure-hooded Jay Azure-rumped Tanager Bachman's Sparrow

4-LETTER CODE SCIENTIFIC NAME

AMRE

Setophaga ruticilla

AMRO

Turdus migratorius

ATTW

Picoides dorsalis

ATSP

Spizelloides arborea

AWPE

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

AMWI

Mareca americana

AMWO

Scolopax minor

ATMG

Lampornis amethystinus

ANMU

Synthliboramphus antiquus

ANHI

Anhinga anhinga

ANIA

Magumma parva

ANHU

Calypte anna

ACHH

Calypte anna x costae

ANCH*

Orthorhyncus cristatus

ANNI

Chordeiles gundlachii

ANPS

Tachornis phoenicobia

ANPI

Nesoctites micromegas

ANSI

Spinus dominicensis

APAP

Himatione sanguinea

APFA

Falco femoralis

ARLO

Gavia arctica

ARTE

Sterna paradisaea

ARWA

Phylloscopus borealis

AKLW

Phylloscopus borealis/examinandus

ARWO

Dryobates arizonae

ARRW*

Setophaga pharetra

ATFL

Myiarchus cinerascens

ASSP

Hydrobates homochroa

AFOW

Tyto glaucops

ATCH

Chlorospingus canigularis

ABFL

Muscicapa dauurica

ASRF

Leucosticte arctoa

ASST

Saxicola maurus

ATGR

Podilymbus gigas

ATBR

Branta bernicula bernicula

ATPU

Fratercula arctica

ACCA

Caracara plancus audubonii

AUOR

Icterus graduacauda

AUSH

Puffinus lherminieri

AUWA

Setophaga coronata auduboni

AZRA

Rallus tenuirostris

AZTH

Ridgwayia pinicola

AZGA

Porphyrio flavirostris

AZCH*

Saucerottia cyanocephala

AHJA

Cyanolyca cucullata

ARTA

Poecilostreptus cabanisi

BACS*

Peucaea aestivalis

6-LETTER CODE SETRUT TURMIG PICDOR SPIARB PELERY MARAME SCOMIN LAMAME SYNANT ANHANH MAGPAR CALANN CALANC ORTCRI CHOGUN TACPHO NESMIC SPUDOM* HIMSAN FALFEM GAVARC STEPAD* PHYBOR PHYBOE DRYARI SETPHA MYICIN HYDHOM TYTGLA CHLCAG* MUSDAU LEUARC SAXMAU PODGIG BRABBE FRAARC CARPLU* ICTGRA PUFLHE SETCAU RALTEN RIDPIN PORFLA SAUCYC* CYACUC POECAB PEUAES

ENGLISH NAME Bachman's Warbler Bahama Mockingbird Bahama Nuthatch Bahama Oriole Bahama Swallow Bahama Warbler Bahama Woodstar Bahama Yellowthroat Baikal Teal Baird's Junco Baird's Sandpiper Baird's Sparrow Baird's Trogon Bald Eagle Balsas Screech-Owl Baltimore Oriole Bananaquit Band-backed Wren Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Band-rumped Swift Band-tailed Barbthroat Band-tailed Pigeon Banded Quail Banded Wren Bank Swallow Bar-tailed Godwit Bar-winged Oriole Barbados Bullfinch Barbuda Warbler Bare-crowned Antbird Bare-legged Owl Bare-necked Umbrellabird Bare-shanked Screech-Owl Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Barn Owl Barn Swallow Barnacle Goose Barolo Shearwater Barred Antshrike Barred Becard Barred Forest-Falcon Barred Hawk Barred Owl Barred Parakeet Barred Puffbird Barrow's Goldeneye Bat Falcon

4-LETTER CODE SCIENTIFIC NAME

BAWA

Vermivora bachmanii

BAMO

Mimus gundlachii

BANU

Sitta insularis

BAHO*

Icterus northropi

BAHS*

Tachycineta cyaneoviridis

BAHW*

Setophaga flavescens

BAWO

Nesophlox evelynae

BAYE

Geothlypis rostrata

BATE

Sibirionetta formosa

BAJU

Junco bairdi

BASA

Calidris bairdii

BAIS*

Centronyx bairdii

BATR

Trogon bairdii

BAEA

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

BASO

Megascops seductus

BAOR

Icterus galbula

BANA

Coereba flaveola

BABW*

Campylorhynchus zonatus

BSTP*

Hydrobates castro

BRSW

Chaetura spinicaudus

BTBA

Threnetes ruckeri

BTPI

Patagioenas fasciata

BAQU

Philortyx fasciatus

BANW*

Thryophilus pleurostictus

BANS*

Riparia riparia

BTGO

Limosa lapponica

BWOR

Icterus maculialatus

BABU

Loxigilla barbadensis

BARW*

Setophaga subita

BACA*

Gymnocichla nudiceps

BLOW

Margarobyas lawrencii

BNUM

Cephalopterus glabricollis

BSSO

Megascops clarkii

BTTH

Tigrisoma mexicanum

BANO*

Tyto alba

BARS*

Hirundo rustica

BARG*

Branta leucopsis

BASH

Puffinus baroli

BAAN

Thamnophilus doliatus

BABE

Pachyramphus versicolor

BAFF

Micrastur ruficollis

BAHA

Morphnarchus princeps

BADO*

Strix varia

BAPA

Bolborhynchus lineola

BAPU

Nystalus radiatus

BAGO

Bucephala islandica

BAFA

Falco rufigularis

6-LETTER CODE VERBAC MIMGUN SITINS ICTNOR TACCYA SETFLA NESEVE GEOROS SIBFOR JUNBAI CALBAI CENBAI TROBAI HALLEU MEGSED ICTGAL COEFLA CAMZON HYDCAT* CHASPI THRRUC PATFAS PHIFAS THRPLE RIPRIP LIMLAP ICTMAC LOXBAD SETSUB GYCNUD* MARLAW CEPGLA MEGCLA TIGMEX TYTALB HIRRUS BRALEU PUFBAR THADOL PACVER MICRUF MORPRI STRVAR BOLLIN NYSRAD BUCISL FALRUF

ENGLISH NAME Bay Wren Bay-breasted Cuckoo Bay-breasted Warbler Bay-headed Tanager Bearded Screech-Owl Bearded Wood-Partridge Beautiful Hummingbird Beautiful Treerunner Bee Hummingbird Belcher's Gull + Belding's Savannah Sparrow Belding's Yellowthroat Bell's Sparrow Bell's Vireo Belted Flycatcher Belted Kingfisher Bendire's Thrasher Bermuda Petrel Berylline Hummingbird + Bewick's Swan Bewick's Wren Bicknell's Thrush Bicolored Antbird Bicolored Hawk Bicolored Wren Bishop's Oo Black Antshrike + Black Brant Black Catbird Black Francolin Black Guan Black Guillemot Black Hawk-Eagle Black Kite Black Mamo Black Noddy Black Oropendola Black Oystercatcher Black Phoebe Black Rail Black Rosy-Finch Black Scoter Black Skimmer Black Storm-Petrel Black Swift Black Tern Black Thrush

4-LETTER CODE SCIENTIFIC NAME

BAYW*

Cantorchilus nigricapillus

BBRC*

Coccyzus rufigularis

BBWA

Setophaga castanea

BHTA

Tangara gyrola

BESO

Megascops barbarus

BEWP

Dendrortyx barbatus

BEAH*

Calothorax pulcher

BETR

Margarornis bellulus

BEEH*

Mellisuga helenae

BEGU

Larus belcheri

BSSP

Passerculus sandwichensis beldingi

BEYE

Geothlypis beldingi

BESP

Artemisiospiza belli

BEVI

Vireo bellii

BEFL

Xenotriccus callizonus

BEKI

Megaceryle alcyon

BETH

Toxostoma bendirei

BEPE

Pterodroma cahow

BEHU

Saucerottia beryllina

BESW

Cygnus columbianus bewickii

BEWR

Thryomanes bewickii

BITH

Catharus bicknelli

BIAN

Gymnopithys bicolor

BIHA

Accipiter bicolor

BIWR

Campylorhynchus griseus

BIOO

Moho bishopi

BLAN

Thamnophilus nigriceps

BLBR

Branta bernicula nigricans

BLCA

Melanoptila glabrirostris

BLFR

Francolinus francolinus

BLAG*

Chamaepetes unicolor

BLGU

Cepphus grylle

BLHE

Spizaetus tyrannus

BLAK*

Milvus migrans

BLMA

Drepanis funerea

BLNO

Anous minutus

BLOR

Psarocolius guatimozinus

BLOY

Haematopus bachmani

BLPH

Sayornis nigricans

BLRA

Laterallus jamaicensis

BLRF

Leucosticte atrata

BLSC

Melanitta americana

BLSK

Rynchops niger

BLSP

Hydrobates melania

BLSW

Cypseloides niger

BLTE

Chlidonias niger

BLTH

Turdus infuscatus

6-LETTER CODE CANNIG COCRUF SETCAS TANGYR MEGBAR DENBAR CALPUL MARBEL MELHEL LARBEL PASSBE GEOBEL ARTBEL VIRBEL XENCAL MEGALC TOXBEN PTECAH SAUBER CYGCBE THRBEW CATBIC GYMBIC ACCBIC CAMGRI MOHBIS THANIG BRABNI MELGLA FRAFRA CHAUNI CEPGRY SPITYR MILMIG DREFUN ANOMIN PSAGUA HAEBAC SAYNIG LATJAM LEUATT* MELAME RYNNIG HYDMEL CYPNIG CHLNIG TURINF

ENGLISH NAME Black Turnstone Black Vulture + Black X Atlantic Brant Intergrade Black-and-white Becard Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Black-and-white Owl Black-and-white Warbler Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher Black-and-yellow Tanager Black-backed Oriole Black-backed Woodpecker Black-banded Woodcreeper Black-bellied Hummingbird Black-bellied Plover Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Black-bellied Wren Black-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Flycatcher Black-billed Magpie Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush Black-billed Parrot Black-billed Streamertail Black-breasted Puffbird Black-breasted Wood-Quail Black-browed Albatross Black-capped Chickadee Black-capped Donacobius Black-capped Flycatcher Black-capped Gnatcatcher Black-capped Petrel Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant Black-capped Siskin Black-capped Swallow Black-capped Vireo Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager Black-cheeked Warbler Black-cheeked Woodpecker Black-chested Jay Black-chested Sparrow Black-chinned Hummingbird Black-chinned Sparrow Black-collared Hawk Black-cowled Oriole Black-crested Coquette Black-crested Titmouse Black-crowned Antpitta

4-LETTER CODE SCIENTIFIC NAME

BLTU

Arenaria melanocephala

BLVU

Coragyps atratus

BABI

Branta bernicula bernicula x nigrican

BAWB

Pachyramphus albogriseus

BAWH

Spizaetus melanoleucus

BLWO*

Strix nigrolineata

BAWW

Mniotilta varia

BAYS

Phainoptila melanoxantha

BAYT

Chrysothlypis chrysomelas

BBOR

Icterus abeillei

BBWO

Picoides arcticus

BBNW*

Dendrocolaptes picumnus

BLBH*

Eupherusa nigriventris

BBPL

Pluvialis squatarola

BBSP

Fregetta tropica

BBWD

Dendrocygna autumnalis

BBEW*

Pheugopedius fasciatoventris

BBCU

Coccyzus erythropthalmus

BLBF*

Aphanotriccus audax

BBMA

Pica hudsonia

BBNT

Catharus gracilirostris

BBPA

Amazona agilis

BBST

Trochilus scitulus

BBPU

Notharchus pectoralis

BBWQ

Odontophorus leucolaemus

BBAL

Thalassarche melanophris

BCCH

Poecile atricapillus

BCDO

Donacobius atricapilla

BCAF*

Empidonax atriceps

BCGN

Polioptila nigriceps

BCPE

Pterodroma hasitata

BPYT*

Myiornis atricapillus

BCSI

Spinus atriceps

BCSW

Atticora pileata

BCVI

Vireo atricapilla

BCAT

Habia atrimaxillaris

BCWA

Basileuterus melanogenys

BCWO

Melanerpes pucherani

BCHJ*

Cyanocorax affinis

BCHS*

Peucaea humeralis

BCHU

Archilochus alexandri

BCSP

Spizella atrogularis

BCHA

Busarellus nigricollis

BCOR

Icterus prosthemelas

BCCO

Lophornis helenae

BCTI

Baeolophus atricristatus

BCAP*

Pittasoma michleri

6-LETTER CODE AREMEL CORATR BRABBN PACALB SPIMEL STRNIG MNIVAR PHAMEL CHRCHR ICTABE PICARC DENPIM* EUPNIG PLUSQU FRETRO DENAUT PHEFAS COCERY APHAUD PICHUD CATGRA AMAAGI TROSCI NOTPEC ODOLEU THAMEL POEATR DONATR EMPATR POLNIG PTEHAS MYIATP* SPIATC* ATTPIL VIRATR HABATR BASMEG* MELPUC CYAAFF PEUHUM ARCALE SPIATG* BUSNIG ICTPRO LOPHEL BAEATR PITMIC

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