1991 Gettysburg National Military Park Bird List |
This list was produced by Art L. Kennel and the South Mountain Audubon Society and published in August 1991.
This version is ordered by family. Images of the original alphabetic lists are also available. |
Habitat
- Ground - observed among leaf litter, fallen branches, grasses or weeds.
- Understory - observed on the lower branches of trees and in tall shrubs.
- Canopy - observed in the upper leaves of the tree or forest canopy.
- Open - observed mainly in openings or open areas of woods.
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Abundance
- Common - commonly found and may be expected to be observed in it’s habitat.
- Uncommon - present in few numbers and is more difficult to observe.
- Rare - rarely present in the Park and surrounding areas.
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Ducks, Geese and Swans |
Order: Anseriformes. Family: Anatidae |
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Abundance |
Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Canada Goose |
Common | Open areas |
Summer resident, breeding | Branta canadensis |
Tundra Swan |
Rare | Open areas |
Migratory Transient | Cygnus columbianus; listed as Whistling Swan |
Wood Duck |
Rare | Understory |
Summer resident, breeding | Aix sponsa |
Mallard |
Common | Open areas |
Summer resident, breeding | Anas platyrhynchos |
New World Quail |
Order: Galliformes. Family: Odontophoridae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Northern Bobwhite |
Uncommon | Open areas |
Permanent resident, breeding | Colinus virginianus |
Pheasants, Turkeys, & Grouse |
Order: Galliformes. Family: Phasianidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Ring-necked Pheasant |
Common | Open areas |
Permanent resident, breeding | Phasianus colchicus |
Ruffed Grouse |
Uncommon | Understory |
Permanent resident, breeding | Bonsa umbellus |
Bitterns, Herons and Egrets |
Order: Pelecaniformes. Family: Ardeidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Great Blue Heron |
Common | Open areas |
Summer resident, breeding | Ardea herodias |
Great Egret |
Uncommon | Open areas |
Summer resident, breeding | Ardea alba |
Cattle Egret |
Rare | Open areas |
Summer resident, breeding | Bubulcus ibis |
Tricolored Heron |
Rare | Open areas |
Summer resident, breeding | Egretta tricolor; previously known as Louisiana Heron |
New World Vultures |
Order: Accipitriformes. Family: Cathartidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Black Vulture |
Common | Open areas |
Permanent resident, breeding | Coragyps atratus |
Turkey Vulture |
Common | Canopy |
Permanent resident, breeding | Cathartes aura |
Hawks, Kites, and Eagles |
Order: Accipitriformes. Family: Accipitridae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Northern Harrier | Uncommon |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Circus cyaneus |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | Uncommon |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Accipiter striatus |
Cooper’s Hawk
| Uncommon |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Accipiter cooperii |
Red-shouldered Hawk | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Buteo lineatus |
Broad-winged Hawk | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Buteo platypterus |
Red-tailed Hawk
| Common |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Buteo jamaicensis |
Rough-legged Hawk | Common |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Buteo lagopus |
Falcons |
Order: Falconiformes. Family: Falconidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
American Kestrel | Common |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Falco sparverius |
Merlin
| Rare |
Open areas | Migratory Transient |
Falco columbarius |
Lapwings and Plovers |
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Charadriidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Killdeer | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Charadrius vociferus |
Sandpipers, Curlews, Stints, Godwins, Snipes, and Phalaropes |
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Scolopacidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Greater Yellowlegs | |
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Tringa melanoleuca |
Lesser Yellowlegs | |
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Tringa flavipes |
Solitary Sandpiper | |
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Tringa solitaria |
Willet | |
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Tringa semipalmata |
Spotted Sandpiper | |
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Actitis macularia |
Upland Sandpiper | Uncommon |
Open areas | Migratory Transient |
Bartramia longicauda (C) |
Long-billed Curlew | |
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Numenius americanus (A) |
Whimbrel | |
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Numenius phaeopus |
Hudsonian Godwit | |
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Limosa haemastica (C) |
Marbled Godwit | |
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Limosa fedoa (C) |
Ruddy Turnstone | |
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Arenaria interpres |
Red Knot | |
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Calidris canutus |
Sanderling | |
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Calidris alba |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | |
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Calidris pusilla |
Western Sandpiper | |
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Calidris mauri |
Least Sandpiper | |
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Calidris minutilla |
White-rumped Sandpiper | |
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Calidris fuscicollis |
Baird’s Sandpiper | |
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Calidris bairdii |
Pectoral Sandpiper | |
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Calidris melanotos |
Purple Sandpiper | |
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Calidris maritima (C) |
Dunlin | |
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Calidris alpina |
Curlew Sandpiper | |
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Calidris ferruginea (A) |
Stilt Sandpiper | |
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Calidris himantopus |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | |
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Tryngites subruficollis |
Ruff | |
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Philomachus pugnax (A) |
Short-billed Dowitcher | |
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Limnodromus griseus |
Long-billed Dowitcher | |
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Limnodromus scolopaceus |
Wilson’s Snipe | Uncommon |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Gallinago delicata |
American Woodcock | |
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Scolopax minor |
Wilson’s Phalarope | |
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Phalaropus tricolor |
Red-necked Phalarope | |
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Phalaropus lobatus |
Red Phalarope | |
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Phalaropus fulicarius (C) |
Gulls and Terns |
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Laridae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Laughing Gull | |
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Leucophaeus atricilla |
Franklin’s Gull | |
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Leucophaeus pipixcan |
Little Gull | |
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Hydrocoloeus minutus |
Black-headed Gull | |
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Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
Bonaparte’s Gull | |
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Chroicocephalus philadelphia |
Mew Gull | |
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Larus canus (A) |
Ring-billed Gull | Uncommon |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Larus delawarensis |
California Gull | |
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Larus californicus (A) |
Herring Gull | Uncommon |
Open areas | Migratory Transient |
Larus argentatus |
Thayer’s Gull | |
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Larus thayeri |
Iceland Gull | |
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Larus glaucoides |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | |
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Larus fuscus |
Ruff | |
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Philomachus pugnax (A) |
Slaty-backed Gull | |
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Larus schistisagus |
Glaucous Gull | |
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Larus hyperboreus |
Great Black-backed Gull | |
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Larus marinus |
Sabine’s Gull | |
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Xema sabini (C) |
Black-legged Kittiwake | |
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Rissa tridactyla (C) |
Ross’s Gull | |
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Rhodostethia rosea (A) |
Gull-billed Tern | |
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Gelochelidon nilotica (C) |
Caspian Tern | |
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Hydroprogne caspia |
Royal Tern | |
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Thalasseus maxima (A) |
Roseate Tern | |
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Sterna dougallii (A) |
Common Tern | |
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Sterna hirundo |
Arctic Tern | |
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Sterna paradisaea (C) |
Forster’s Tern | |
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Sterna forsteri |
Least Tern | |
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Sternula antillarum (C |
Sooty Tern | |
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Onychoprion fuscata (A) |
Black Tern | |
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Chlidonias niger |
Pigeons and Doves |
Order: Columbiformes. Family: Columbidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Rock Dove | Common |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Columba livia |
Eurasian Collared-Dove | |
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Streptopelia decaocto (C) |
Spotted Dove | | | |
Streptopelia chinensis (A) |
White-winged Dove | |
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Zenaida asiatica |
Mourning Dove | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Zenaida macroura |
Common Ground-Dove | |
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Columbina passerina (A) |
Cuckoos |
Order: Cuculiformes. Family: Cuculidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Coccyzus americanus |
Black-billed Cuckoo | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
Barn Owls |
Order: Strigiformes. Family: Tytonidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Barn Owl | Uncommon |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Tyto alba |
Typical Owls |
Order: Strigiformes. Family: Strigidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Eastern Screech-Owl | Uncommon |
Canopy | Permanent resident, breeding |
Megascops asio |
Great Horned Owl | Common |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Bubo virginianus |
Snowy Owl | |
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Bubo scandiacus |
Northern Hawk Owl | |
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Surnia ulula (A) |
Barred Owl | Uncommon |
Canopy | Permanent resident, breeding |
Strix varia |
Great Gray Owl | |
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Strix nebulosa (A) |
Long-eared Owl | Uncommon |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Asio otus |
Short-eared Owl | |
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Asio flammeus |
Boreal Owl | |
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Aegolius funereus (A) |
Northern Saw-whet Owl | Uncommon |
Understory | Permanent resident, breeding |
Aegolius acadicus |
Nightjars |
Order: Caprimulgiformes. Family: Caprimulgidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Common Nighthawk | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Chordeiles minor |
Chuck-will’s-widow | |
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Antrostomus carolinensis (C) |
Eastern Whip-poor-will | Uncommon |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Antrostomus vociferus |
Swifts |
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| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Chimney Swift | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Chaetura pelagica |
Hummingbirds |
Order: Apodiformes. Family: Trochilidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Uncommon |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Archilochus colubris |
Calliope Hummingbird | |
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Selasphorus calliope (A) |
Anna’s Hummingbird | |
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Calypte anna |
Rufous Hummingbird | |
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Selasphorus rufus |
Allen’s Hummingbird | |
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Selasphorus sasin |
Kingfishers |
Order: Coraciiformes. Family: Cerylidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Belted Kingfisher | Uncommon |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Megaceryle alcyon |
Woodpeckers, Sapsuckers, and Flickers |
Order: Piciformes. Family: Picidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Red-headed Woodpecker | Common |
Canopy | Permanent Resident, Breeding |
Melanerpes erythrocephalus |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | Uncommon |
Canopy | Permanent resident, breeding |
Melanerpes carolinus |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Uncommon |
Canopy | Winter resident |
Sphyrapicus varius |
Downy Woodpecker | Common |
Canopy | Permanent resident, breeding |
Picoides pubescens |
Hairy Woodpecker | Common |
Canopy | Permanent resident, breeding |
Picoides villosus |
Black-backed Woodpecker | |
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Picoides arcticus (A) |
Northern Flicker | Common |
Open areas | Winter resident |
Colaptes auratus |
Pileated Woodpecker | Uncommon |
Canopy | Permanent resident, breeding |
Dryocopus pileatus |
Tyrant Flycatchers |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Tyrannidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Yellow-shafted Flycatcher | Common |
Open areas | Winter resident | Unidentified species |
Olive-sided Flycatcher | Uncommon |
Canopy | Migratory Transient |
Contopus cooperi |
Eastern Wood-Pewee | Common |
Canopy | Summer resident, breeding |
Contopus virens |
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Rare |
Canopy | Migratory Transient |
Empidonax flaviventris |
Acadian Flycatcher | Common |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Empidonax virescens |
Thaill’s Flycatcher | Uncommon |
Canopy | Migratory Transient |
This flycatcher has now been split into 2 species, the Alder and Willow flycatchers. Empidonax traillii. |
Least Flycatcher | Uncommon |
Canopy | Summer resident, breeding |
Empidonax minimus |
Hammond’s Flycatcher | |
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Empidonax hammondii (A) |
Pacific-slope Flycatcher | |
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Empidonax difficilis (A) |
Eastern Phoebe | Common |
Canopy | Summer resident, breeding |
Sayornis phoebe |
Say’s Phoebe | |
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Sayornis saya (A) |
Vermilion Flycatcher | |
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Pyrocephalus rubinus (A) |
Ash-throated Flycatcher | |
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Myiarchus cinerascens (A) |
Great Crested Flycatcher | Common |
Canopy | Summer resident, breeding |
Myiarchus crinitus |
Western Kingbird | |
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Tyrannus verticalis (C) |
Eastern Kingbird | ? |
? | ? |
Tyrannus tyrannus; on list but no details |
Gray Kingbird | |
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Tyrannus dominicensis (A) |
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | |
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Tyrannus forficatus (A) |
Fork-tailed Flycatcher | |
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Tyrannus savana (A) |
Shrikes |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Laniidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Loggerhead Shrike | Uncommon |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Lanius ludovicianus |
Northern Shrike | Rare |
Open areas | Winter resident |
Lanius excubitor (C) |
Vireos |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Vireonidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
White-eyed Vireo | Common |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Vireo griseus |
Yellow-throated Vireo | Uncommon |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Vireo flavifrons |
Blue-headed Vireo | Uncommon |
Canopy | Summer resident, breeding |
Vireo solitarius; listed as Solitary Vireo |
Warbling Vireo | Uncommon |
Canopy | Summer resident, breeding |
Vireo gilvus |
Philadelphia Vireo | Rare |
Canopy | Migratory Transient |
Vireo philadelphicus |
Red-eyed Vireo | Common |
Canopy | Summer resident, breeding |
Vireo olivaceus |
Jays, Crows, Mapies, and Ravens |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Corvidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Blue Jay | Common |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Cyanocitta cristata |
American Crow | Common |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Corvus brachyrhynchos |
Fish Crow | |
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Corvus ossifragus |
Common Raven | Rare |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Corvus corax |
Larks |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Alaudidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Horned Lark | Uncommon |
Open areas | PR |
Eremophila alpestris |
Swallows and Martins |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Hirundinidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Purple Martin | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Progne subis |
Tree Swallow | |
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Tachycineta bicolor |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Uncommon |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
Bank Swallow | Uncommon |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Riparia riparia |
Cliff Swallow | Uncommon |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
Cave Swallow | |
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Petrochelidon fulva (A) |
Barn Swallow | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Hirundo rustica |
Chickadees and Titmice |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Paridae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Carolina Chickadee | Uncommon |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Poecile carolinensis |
Black-capped Chickadee | Common |
Open areas | Winter resident |
Poecile atricapillus |
Boreal Chickadee | |
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Poecile hudsonica (A) |
Tufted Titmouse | Common |
Understory | Permanent resident, breeding |
Baeolophus bicolor |
Nuthatches |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Sittidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | Uncommon |
Canopy | Permanent resident, breeding |
Sitta canadensis |
White-breasted Nuthatch | Common |
Canopy | Permanent resident, breeding |
Poecile carolinensis |
Treecreepers |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Certhiidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Brown Creeper | Uncommon |
Understory | Winter resident |
Certhia americana |
Wrens |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Troglodytidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Carolina Wren | Uncommon |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Thryothorus ludovicianus |
Bewick’s Wren | Rare |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Thryomanes bewickii (A) |
House Wren | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Troglodytes aedon |
Winter Wren | Uncommon |
Understory | Winter resident |
Troglodytes hiemalis |
Sedge Wren | |
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Cistothorus platensis (C) |
Marsh Wren | |
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Cistothorus palustris |
Kinglets |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Regulidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | Uncommon |
Open areas | OPR |
Regulus satrapa |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Uncommon |
C | Winter resident |
Regulus calendula |
Gnatcatchers |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Polioptilidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Common |
Canopy | Summer resident, breeding |
Polioptila caerulea |
Thrushes |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Turdidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Eastern Bluebird | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Sialia sialis |
Mountain Bluebird | |
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Sialia currucoides (A) |
Townsend’s Solitaire | |
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Myadestes townsendi (A) |
Veery | Uncommon |
Canopy | Summer resident, breeding |
Catharus fuscescens |
Gray-cheeked Thrush | Uncommon |
Canopy | Summer resident, breeding |
Catharus minimus |
Bicknell’s Thrush | |
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Catharus bicknelli (A) |
Swainson’s Thrush | Uncommon |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Catharus ustulatus |
Hermit Thrush | Uncommon |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Catharus guttatus |
Wood Thrush | Common |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Hylocichla mustelina |
Redwing | |
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Turdus rufopalliatus (A) |
American Robin | Common |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Turdus migratorius |
Varied Thrush | |
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Ixoreus naevius (C) |
Mockingbirds and Thrashers |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Mimidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Gray Catbird | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Dumetella carolinensis |
Northern Mockingbird | Common |
Understory | Permanent resident, breeding |
Mimus polyglottos |
Brown Thrasher | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Toxostoma rufum |
Starlings |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Sturnidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
European Starling | Common |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Sturnus vulgaris |
Pipits |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Motacillidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
American Pipit | Rare |
Open areas | Migratory Transient |
Anthus rubescens |
Wood Warblers |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Parulidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Blue-winged Warbler | Uncommon |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Vermivora cyanoptera |
Golden-winged Warbler | Uncommon |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Vermivora chrysoptera |
Tennessee Warbler | Rare |
Open areas | Migratory Transient |
Oreothlypis peregrina |
Orange-crowned Warbler | |
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Oreothlypis celata |
Nashville Warbler | Uncommon |
Canopy | Migratory Transient |
Oreothlypis ruficapilla |
Northern Parula | Uncommon |
Canopy | Summer resident, breeding |
Setophaga americana |
Yellow Warbler | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Setophaga petechia |
Chestnut-sided Warbler | Uncommon |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Setophaga pensylvanica |
Magnolia Warbler | Uncommon |
Canopy | Migratory Transient |
Setophaga magnolia |
Cape May Warbler | Common |
Open areas | Migratory Transient |
Setophaga tigrina |
Black-throated Blue Warbler | Common |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Setophaga caerulescens |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | Common |
Canopy | Migratory Transient |
Setophaga coronata |
Black-throated Gray Warbler | |
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Setophaga nigrescens (C) |
Black-throated Green Warbler | Common |
Canopy | Summer resident, breeding |
Setophaga virens |
Townsend’s Warbler | |
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Setophaga townsendi (A) |
Blackburnian Warbler | Uncommon |
Canopy | Migratory Transient |
Setophaga fusca |
Yellow-throated Warbler | |
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Setophaga dominica |
Pine Warbler | Uncommon |
Canopy | Summer resident, breeding |
Setophaga pinus |
Kirtland’s Warbler | |
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Setophaga kirtlandii (C) |
Prairie Warbler | Rare |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Setophaga discolor |
Palm Warbler | Uncommon |
Understory | Migratory Transient |
Setophaga palmarum |
Bay-breasted Warbler | Uncommon |
Understory | Migratory Transient |
Setophaga castanea |
Blackpoll Warbler | Common |
Understory | Migratory Transient |
Setophaga striata |
Cerulean Warbler | Uncommon |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Setophaga cerulea |
Hooded Warbler | Uncommon |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Setophaga citrina |
American Redstart | |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Setophaga ruticilla |
Black-and-white Warbler | Uncommon |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Mniotilta varia |
Prothonotary Warbler | Rare |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Protonotaria citrea |
Worm-eating Warbler | Uncommon |
Canopy | Summer resident, breeding |
Helmitheros vermivorus |
Swainson’s Warbler | |
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Limnothlypis swainsonii (C) |
Ovenbird | Common |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Seiurus aurocapilla |
Northern Waterthrush | Common |
Understory | Migratory Transient |
Parkesia noveboracensis |
Louisiana Waterthrush | Rare |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Parkesia motacilla |
Connecticut Warbler | |
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Oporornis agilis |
Kentucky Warbler | Uncommon |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Geothlypis formosa |
Mourning Warbler | Rare |
Understory | Migratory Transient |
Geothlypis philadelphia |
MacGillivray’s Warbler | |
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Geothlypis tolmiei (A) |
Common Yellowthroat | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Geothlypis trichas |
Wilson’s Warbler | Uncommon |
Understory | Migratory Transient |
Cardellina pusilla |
Canada Warbler | Uncommon |
Understory | Migratory Transient |
Cardellina canadensis |
Yellow-breasted Chat | Uncommon |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Icteria virens |
American Sparrows, Towees, and Juncos |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Emberizidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Green-tailed Towhee | |
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Pipilo chlorurus (A) |
Spotted Towhee | |
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Pipilo maculatus (A) |
Eastern Towhee | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Pipilo erythrophthalmus; listed as rufous-sided |
American Tree Sparrow | Common |
Open areas | Winter resident |
Spizella arborea |
Chipping Sparrow | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
OSpizella passerina |
Clay-colored Sparrow | |
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Spizella pallida |
Field Sparrow | Common |
Open areas | Winter resident |
Spizella pusilla |
Vesper Sparrow | Uncommon |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Pooecetes gramineus |
Lark Sparrow | |
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Chondestes grammacus (C) |
Lark Bunting | |
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Calamospiza melanocorys (A) |
Savannah Sparrow | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Passerculus sandwichensis |
Grasshopper Sparrow | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Ammodramus savannarum |
Henslow’s Sparrow | Rare |
Open areas | Migratory Transient |
Ammodramus henslowii |
Le Conte’s Sparrow | |
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Ammodramus leconteii (C) |
Nelson’s Sparrow | |
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Ammodramus nelsoni |
Saltmarsh Sparrow | |
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Ammodramus caudacutus (A) |
Seaside Sparrow | |
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Passerella iliaca (A) |
Fox Sparrow | Common |
Open areas | Winter resident |
Passerella iliaca |
Song Sparrow | Common |
Open areas | Winter resident |
Melospiza melodia |
Lincoln’s Sparrow | Uncommon |
Open areas | Migratory Transient |
Melospiza lincolnii |
Swamp Sparrow | Uncommon |
Open areas | Winter resident |
Melospiza georgiana |
White-throated Sparrow | Common |
Understory | Winter resident |
Zonotrichia albicollis |
Harris’s Sparrow | |
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Zonotrichia querula (C) |
White-crowned Sparrow | Uncommon |
Open areas | Winter resident |
Zonotrichia leucophrys |
Golden-crowned Sparrow | |
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Zonotrichia atricapilla (A) |
Dark-eyed Junco | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Junco hyemalis |
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and allies |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Cardinalidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Summer Tanager | Rare |
Canopy | Summer resident, breeding |
Piranga rubra |
Scarlet Tanager | Uncommon |
Canopy | Summer resident, breeding |
Piranga olivacea |
Western Tanager | |
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Piranga ludoviciana (A) |
Northern Cardinal | Common |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Cardinalis cardinalis |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Uncommon |
Open areas | Migratory Transient |
Pheucticus ludovicianus |
Black-headed Grosbeak | |
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Pheucticus melanocephalus (A) |
Blue Grosbeak | Rare |
Understory | Summer resident, breeding |
Passerina caerulea |
Lazuli Bunting | |
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Passerina amoena (A) |
Indigo Bunting | Uncommon |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Passerina cyanea |
Painted Bunting | |
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Passerina ciris (C) |
Dickcissel | Uncommon |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Spiza americana |
Blackbirds, meadowlarks, cowbirds, grackles, and orioles |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Icteridae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Bobolink | Uncommon |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
Red-winged Blackbird | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Agelaius phoeniceus |
Eastern Meadowlark | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Sturnella magna |
Western Meadowlark | |
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Sturnella neglecta (C) |
Yellow-headed Blackbird | |
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Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus |
Rusty Blackbird | Uncommon |
Understory | WT |
Euphagus carolinus |
Brewer’s Blackbird | |
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Euphagus cyanocephalus |
Common Grackle | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Quiscalus quiscula |
Brown-headed Cowbird | Uncommon |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Molothrus ater |
Orchard Oriole | Uncommon |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Icterus spurius |
Baltimore Oriole | Common |
Canopy | Summer resident, breeding |
Icterus galbula |
Bullock’s Oriole | |
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Icterus bullockii (A) |
Scott’s Oriole | |
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Icterus parisorum (A) |
Finches |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Fringillidae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
Brambling | |
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Fringilla montifringilla (A) |
Pine Grosbeak | |
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Pinicola enucleator |
Purple Finch | Common |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Haemorhous purpureus |
House Finch | Common |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Haemorhous mexicanus |
Red Crossbill | Rare |
Canopy | Winter resident |
Loxia curvirostra |
White-winged Crossbill | |
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Loxia leucoptera |
Common Redpoll | Uncommon |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Acanthis flammea |
Hoary Redpoll | |
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Acanthis pinus (A) |
Pine Siskin | Rare |
Canopy | Winter resident |
Spinus pinus |
American Goldfinch | Common |
Open areas | Permanent resident, breeding |
Spinus tristis |
Evening Grosbeak | Uncommon |
Understory | Migratory Transient |
Coccothraustes vespertinus |
Old World Sparrows |
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Passeridae |
| Abundance | Habitat |
Seasonality |
Comments |
House Sparrow | Common |
Open areas | Summer resident, breeding |
Passer domesticus |