ARCHAIC BIRDNAMES
Glossary to Archaic Bird Names Found in old CBC Records (and other historic bird records)
| Old name | Current name | |
| American Scoter | Black Scoter [Velvet Scoter in U.K.] |
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| Ant-eating Woodpecker | Acorn Woodpecker | |
| Arkansas Kingbird | Western Kingbird | |
| Baird's Cormorant | Pelagic Cormorant | |
| Baldpate | American Wigeon | |
| Blue Bill | Ruddy Duck | |
| Bonaparte's Sandpiper | White-rumped Sandpiper | |
| Brown Towhee | California Towhee | |
| Bull-bat | Common Nighthawk | |
| Burion | House Finch | |
| Cabani's Woodpecker | Hairy Woodpecker | |
| Cackling Goose | Canada Goose | |
| California Heron | Great Egret | |
| California Linnet | House Finch | |
| California Partridge | California Quail | |
| California Woodpecker | Acorn Woodpecker | |
| Canada Jay | Gray Jay | |
| Chewink | Spotted Towhee | |
| Common Snipe | Wilson's Snipe [if it's in America; Common Snipe now just in Eurasia] |
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| Desert Sparrow | Black-throated Sparrow | |
| Duck Hawk | Peregrine Falcon | |
| English Sparrow | House Sparrow | |
| Farallon Cormorant | Double-crested Cormorant | |
| Fish Hawk | Osprey | |
| Gairdner Woodpecker | Downy Woodpecker | |
| Goony | any albatross | |
| Green-backed Goldfinch | Lesser Goldfinch | |
| Holboell's Grebe | Horned Grebe [Slavonian Grebe in U.K.] |
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| Hudsonian Curlew | Whimbrel | |
| Hutchin's Goose | Canada Goose | |
| Jack Snipe | Wilson's Snipe [Jack Snipe is a Eurasian species] |
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| Little Brown Crane | Lesser Sanbhill Crane | |
| Louisians Tanager | Western Tanager | |
| Lutescent Warbler | Orange-crowned Warbler | |
| Marsh Hawk | Northern Harrier [Hen Harrier in U.K.] |
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| [Belding] Marsh Sparrow | Savannah Sparrow | |
| Meartns Quail | Montezuma Quail | |
| Northern Phalarope | Red-necked Phalarope | |
| Northwestern Crow | American Crow [then Northwestern Crow again] |
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| Nuttall's Poorwill | Common Poorwill | |
| Oregon Chickadee | Black-capped Chickadee | |
| Oregon Jay | Gray Jay | |
| Oregon Towhee | Spotted Towhee | |
| Peewee | any phoebe or Wood-peewee | |
| Pewit | wood-peewee | |
| Pigeon Hawk | Merlin | |
| Pileolated Warbler | Wilson's Warbler | |
| Plumed Partridge | Mountain Quail | |
| Razor-billed Auk | Razorbill | |
| Red-backed Sandpiper | Dunlin | |
| Red-bellied Hawk | Red-shouldered Hawk | |
| Rivoli Hummingbird | Magnificent Hummingbird | |
| Sage-hen | Sage Grouse | |
| San Francisco Towhee | Spotted Towhee | |
| Sea Parrot | any puffin | |
| Seaside Sparrow | Savannah Sparrow | |
| Sennett Thrasher | Long-billed Thrasher | |
| Short-billed Gull | Mew Gull [Common Gull in U.K.] |
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| Slender-billed Nuthatch | White-breasted Nuthatch | |
| Snowflake | Snow Bunting | |
| Sparrow Hawk | American Kestrel | |
| Tolmie's Warbler | Macgillivray's Warbler | |
| Traill Flycatcher | Willow Flycatcher | |
| Tule Goose | White-fronted Goose | |
| Tule Wren | Marsh Wren | |
| Valley Partridge | California Quail | |
| Vigor's Wren | Bewick's Wren | |
| Water Ouzel | American Dipper | |
| Water Thrush | American Dipper | |
| Whiskey Jack | Gray Jay | |
| White-necked Raven | Chihuahuan Raven | |
| White-bellied Swallow | Tree Swallow | |
| Willow Goldfinch | American Goldfinch | |
| Willow Woodpecker | Downy Woodpecker | |
| Woodhouse Jay | Western Scrub-jay |
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