Grebes are small to medium-large freshwater diving birds. Order: Podicipediformes Family: Podicipedidae Ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus (I).Sharp-tailed grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus.White-tailed ptarmigan, Lagopus leucurus.Greater sage-grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus.Eleven species have been recorded in Washington. Many species are gamebirds or have been domesticated as a food source for humans. These are terrestrial species, variable in size but generally plump with broad relatively short wings. Phasianidae consists of the pheasants and their allies. California quail, Callipepla californica (I).Northern bobwhite, Colinus virginianus (I).Three species have been recorded in Washington. The New World quails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits. Order: Galliformes Family: Odontophoridae Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator.Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus.Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica.White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi.Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus.Steller's eider, Polysticta stelleri (A).Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons.Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (A).40 Vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis.(I) Introduced - a species introduced to Washington by humans, either directly or indirectly.(S) Sight record - species whose records are supported only by written documentation, per the WBRC.The WBRC requires a formal report for sightings of these species to be included in the official record. (A) Accidental - species which have "20 or fewer Washington records during the previous 10-year period" according to the WBRC.The following codes are used to annotate some species: Unless otherwise noted, all species listed below are considered to occur regularly in Washington as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them. This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 62nd Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS). Five species that have not been seen since 1971 have the year of the most recent sighting noted. Of them, 157 are considered accidental 11 were introduced to North America or directly in Washington, and 13 have only sight records. As of October 2020, the list contained 520 species. Unless otherwise noted, the list is that of the Washington Bird Records Committee (WBRC) of the Washington Ornithological Society. This list of birds of Washington includes species credibly documented in the U.S. The American goldfinch is the state bird of Washington.
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