ABA Life List

My ABA Area life list in taxonomic order can be found here. ABA stands for American Birding Association and the area it represents is the Lower 48, Canada, and Alaska. This list will be updated every time I add new species to my list.

Total ABA Life List: 392
Most Recent Addition: Barred Owl (November 23rd, 2015)

Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Brant
Barnacle Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Gambel's Quail
Northern Bobwhite
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
White-tailed Ptarmigan
Dusky Grouse
Wild Turkey
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Black-capped Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Wood Stork
Northern Gannet
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Anhinga
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Golden Eagle
Snail Kite
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Bald Eagle
Harris's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Furruginous Hawk
Black Rail
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Purple Gallinule
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Limpkin
Sandhill Crane
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
Mountain Plover
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Black Guillemot
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl
Common Nighthawk
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
White-throated Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Monk Parakeet
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Pinyon Jay
Steller's Jay
Blue Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Juniper Titmouse
Tufted Titmouse
Verdin
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Cactus Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Dipper
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Curve-billed Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Phainopepla
Lapland Longspur
McCown's Longspur
Snow Bunting
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Grasshopper Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Yellow-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch
Pine Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
Red Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Top Five Most Wanted ABA Lifers
1. Pink-footed Goose (Nemesis Bird)
2. Evening Grosbeak
3. Short-eared Owl
4. Tufted Duck
5. Black-necked Stilt

Upcoming Trips That WILL Produce Lifers
VENT Camp Chiricahua: Arizona, Summer 2016
VENT Camp Cascades: Washington (State), Summer 2016