They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers. Grebes are small to medium-large freshwater diving birds. Order: Podicipediformes Family: Podicipedidae Sharp-tailed grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus.Ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus (I).Greater prairie-chicken, Tympanuchus cupido (Ex) (last recorded 1981).Six species have been recorded in Michigan. 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. Northern bobwhite, Colinus virginianus (Ex).One species has been recorded in Michigan. 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 White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi.Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator.Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus.Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus.Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons.Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (A).Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis (C).Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica (C).(Ex) Extirpated - no longer found in Michigan but continues to exist elsewhere.(E) Extinct - a recent species that no longer exists.(I) Introduced - population established in North America as result of direct or indirect human action.(C) Casual - recorded at least four, but 30 or fewer, times in the last 10 years and in fewer than nine of the last 10 years per the MBRC.(A) Accidental - recorded fewer than four times in the last 10 years per the MBRC.The following codes are used to designate the status of certain species: 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). Non-native species that have not established self-sustaining populations, such as escapees from captivity, are excluded. This is a comprehensive list of all bird species known to have occurred naturally in Michigan as permanent residents, summer residents, winter residents, transients, or vagrants. Of them, 90 are classed as accidental, 47 are classed as casual, seven have been introduced to North America, one is known to be extinct and another is believed to be, and two have been extirpated. As of January 2022, there are 454 species included in the official list. state of Michigan and accepted by the Michigan Bird Records Committee (MBRC). This list of birds of Michigan includes species documented in the U.S. The American robin is the state bird of Michigan.
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