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chegechihl red-breasted sapsucker

chegemem hummingbird

chegii nuthatch, sparrow

chegiikor oriole

chegikw swamp robin, winter robin

chekwchekw an eagle, a little smaller than a golden eagle, fish hawk

chek'chek' a small brown bird with a sharp nose

chele'l kingfisher, killdeer

cheriku' swamp robin

chiip nuthatch

chiki chicken

chorek'wik ni mrk green heron

chpegaa cormorant

chrgiku' swamp robin

chrgish a small woodpecker

chrkw jump center (in the brush dance), bird's tail

ch'ek wren

ch'ek'ch'ek' wren

ch'uch'ish bird, small bird

hewonehl red eagle

hewonohl supernatural bird

hewono' condor

he'mi' pigeon

huhuhurchin a type of wren

kego'sneg seagull

kelok goose

knuuu hawk, small yellow-brown hawk

kokonew pileated woodpecker, redheaded woodpecker

krrnit duck hawk, gerfalcon, chicken-hawk, falcon

kwa'ri' a brown bird, darker on breast with black specks, red eyes

kwegokw raven

kweyuch a bird now extinct

kwrykwryrch screech owl

kwr'r'i' towhee (bird)

k'oo'y jay, bluejay

k'oo'ych'i jay, bluejay

k'rrch' crow, flock of crows

k'rr' crow

k'rr' segon blackbird

k'yow swan

legech mudhen, coot

legemem ruffed grouse (locally also called pheasant)

lrgr'l buzzard, vulture

maak'wit'p'ohl camp robber

megah swallow (bird)

megey 'o'rowi' mourning dove

mewihl 'u-segon canvasback

mrk crane, heron

mrkwtiks crane

mrr a sea bird whose eggs are eaten

mrrn river duck

mur'ur'n river duck, "evidently the sawbill or merganser", "white duck"

negah swallow (bird)

nryrt duck, ducks

pega'r yellowhammer

pegoy flicker, yellowhammer

plege'l great cinereus owl, hoot owl (bird of ill omen)

pli'wores a kind of owl

pookw screech owl

pregonish condor

pregoos condor

preworehl screech owl

prgish bald eagle, eagle, golden eagle

puuk nego' slender bird, 3 to 4 inches long, lives in the brush

rekoreks seabird nest

res'oges nest

re'noh feather

rikoret sparrow hawk

sepolah ni 'e'gol meadowlark

spegii fish hawk, chicken hawk

sraat scrub jay

srah bluebird

srrt apple owl

sryrkrt robin, redbreasted robin

s'rwrh blue grouse

tege'mur snowbird

tegi'n ch'uch'ish canary

tekwe's owl, timber owl, largest size owl, black

tenurip mockingbird

terit spotted sandpiper

tohtehl eagle, red-tailed hawk

tohtet eagle

tokus pelican

trgrnrp mockingbird

trkrku' valley quail

trkrrt California woodpecker, acorn woodpecker

trktrk mallard

tumrhl sea duck, lesser snow goose

wentokws female (animal or bird)

we'not

Wohpek'wumew 'u-mr'p'rhl chickadee

yegom mountain quail

'e'gol call (of a bird), hoot

'onopich sea pigeon, small seagull

'o'rowi' dove, mourning dove, lizard

'wryhl egg (of bird)

'wryhl 'u-munchey egg white