Arkansas Bird Checklist - Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

Arkansas BirdC h e c k l i s t

Passerine Bird Program CoordinatorCatherine RideoutWatchable Wildlife CoordinatorKirsten BartlowEditorRandy ZellersDesignerAngela SanchezCover photos by Eric DresserFrom top left, clockwise: Blackburnian warbler, indigobunting, rose-breasted grosbeak, great blue heron, solitarysandpiper, wood duckSpecial thanksThe Arkansas Game and Fish Commission would liketo thank the Arkansas Audubon Society for allowing usto incorporate their field list in this state list. The BirdRecords Committee of the Arkansas Audubon Societycontributes greatly to our knowledge of Arkansas birdsby maintaining permanent records for the state. Theyare responsible for determining the validity of reportedArkansas birds that are rare in the state, difficult toidentify or seen out of season.The AGFC would also like to thank Douglas A. Jamesand Joseph C. Neal for their reference book, “ArkansasBirds: Their Distribution and Abundance.”WOA program materialsThis checklist is part of the AGFC’s Wings Over Arkansasprogram. Contact the AGFC at (501) 223-6351 ortoll-free at (800) 364-4263 ext. 6351 for additionalcopies of the complete Wings Over Arkansas applicationpackage. Program materials also are available atwww.agfc.com/wingsoverar or by e-mail atwingsoverar@agfc.com.ContentsB i r d f a m i l i e s7 Whistling-Ducks, Ducks, Geese and Swans11 Grouse, Turkey and Quail11 Loons12 Grebes12 Pelicans, Cormorants and Darters13 Herons, Egrets, Ibises and Vultures15 Hawks and Falcons17 Rails, Gallinules and Cranes18 Plovers, Sandpipers, Gulls and Terns26 Pigeons and Doves27 Cuckoos, Roadrunners and Anis27 Owls28 Goatsuckers28 Swifts and Hummingbirds30 Kingfishers30 Woodpeckers31 Flycatchers33 Shrikesba rred owl

BEAUTIFUL BIRDS: KEEPING BIRD LISTS5white-breasted nutha tch33 Vireos34 Jays and Crows34 Larks34 Swallows35 Chickadees and Titmice35 Nuthatches36 Creepers36 Wrens36 Kinglets37 Gnatcatchers37 Wheatears, Bluebirds and Thrushes38 Mockingbirds, Thrashers and Allies38 Starlings38 Pipits39 Waxwings39 Wood Warblers43 Tanagers43 New World Sparrows47 Cardinals, Grosbeaks and Allies48 Blackbirds and Allies49 Finches50 Old World SparrowsBeautiful birdsK e e p i n g b i r d l i s t sMany bird watchers enjoy keeping a list of all the birdsthey have identified. It can be a thrill to see a speciesfor the first time and add it to your life list. Many people keepjournals and add information to each entry, such as the date,location and with whom they were birding.Life lists reflect bird species you have seen andwhere you have seen them. They are a terrificway to record memories. Seeing a new speciesmay remind us of a special trip, a wonderfulhiking experience, the back yard of a formerhome, or a fun time with a bird-watching friend.Many beginning and advanced bird watchers enjoy keepingthe list will grow.many types of lists, such as a yearly list, a state list forbirds seen in Arkansas and individual lists for eachbirding adventure.A great way to start is with a yard list,adding every species of bird that visits yourproperty. You will be amazed at how longThis list reflects bird species found in Arkansas and is a greatway to begin keeping track of the birds you spot. As youbecome more familiar with bird identification, you may wantto create a separate, all-inclusive life list and transfer yoursightings from this list to it.semipalma ted sandpiper

GET A BIRD BRAIN: LEARN TO IDENTIFY BIRDSWHISTLING-DUCKS, PAGE CONTENTS HERE, DUCKS, PAGE GEESE CONTENTS AND SWANS HERE6 7Get a bird brainL e a r n t o i d e n t i f y b i r d sAgreat approach is to learn birds by groups or families.Many birds in the same group share characteristics, suchas body or bill shape. Learning the groups makes it easier tofind birds in your field guide.Also ask yourself the following questions as you focus on theindividual:How big is it? Relate the size to birds you know, such as achickadee, robin, crow or turkey.Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalisDateLocationNotesFulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolorDateLocationNotesGreater White-fronted Goose Anser albifronsDateLocationNotesSnow Goose Chen caerulescensDateLocationNotesWhistling-Ducks, Ducks,Geese andSwanspurple gallinuleHow is the bird colored? Many field guides include drawingswith distinguishing field marks, patterns and colors.What are its shape and posture? Sometimes, all you can see isa bird’s silhouette, but this can help identify its family.What is the bird’s behavior? Is the bird swimming or wading,climbing up and down a tree trunk or wagging its tail? Does itfly straight through the air, flap its wings then glide or soar?Which habitat is the bird using? Is the bird in openhabitat, thick woods or on the water? Pay attention to yoursurroundings, and you will learn which species frequent certainhabitats.What does the bird sound like? Some birds, such as owls, areoften heard but rarely seen. Songs also can help you find thebird through your binoculars.Ross’s Goose Chen rossiiDateLocationNotesBrant Branta berniclaDateLocationNotesCackling Goose Branta hutchinsiiDateLocationNotesCanada Goose Branta canadensisDateLocationNotesMute Swan Cygnus olorDateLocationNotes

8WHISTLING-DUCKS, DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANSWHISTLING-DUCKS, DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS9Whistling-Ducks, Ducks,Geese andSwansTrumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinatorDateLocationNotesCinnamon Teal Anas cyanopteraDateLocationNotesWhistling-Ducks, Ducks,Geese andSwansTundra Swan Cygnus columbianusNorthern Shoveler Anas clypeataDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesWood Duck Aix sponsaDateNotesLocationNorthern Pintail Anas acutaDateLocationNotesGadwall Anas streperaGarganey Anas querquedulaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesAmerican Wigeon Anas americanaDateLocationNotesGreen-winged Teal Anas creccaDateLocationNotesAmerican Black Duck Anas rubripesDateLocationNotesCanvasback Aythya valisineriaDateLocationNotesMallard Anas platyrhynchosRedhead Aythya americanaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesMottled Duck Anas fulvigulaDateLocationNotesRing-necked Duck Aythya collarisDateLocationNotesBlue-winged Teal Anas discorsDateLocationNotesTufted Duck Aythya fuligulaDateLocationNotes

WHISTLING-DUCKS, DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANSWHISTLING-DUCKS, DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS;10 11GROUSE, TURKEY AND QUAIL; LOONSWhistling-Ducks, Ducks,Geese andSwansGreater Scaup Aythya marilaDateLocationNotesHooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatusDateLocationNotesWhistling-Ducks, Ducks,Geese andSwansLesser Scaup Aythya affinisCommon Merganser Mergus merganserDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesSurf Scoter Melanitta perspicillataRed-breasted Merganser Mergus serratorDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesWhite-winged Scoter Melanitta fuscaRuddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensisDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesBlack Scoter Melanitta nigraDateLocationRuffed Grouse Bonasa umbellusDateLocationGrouse, Turkeyand QuailNotesNotesLong-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalisWild Turkey Meleagris gallopavoDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesBufflehead Bucephala albeolaNorthern Bobwhite Colinus virginianusDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesCommon Goldeneye Bucephala clangulaRed-throated Loon Gavia stellataLoonsDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesBarrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandicaDateLocationNotesPacific Loon Gavia pacificaDateNotesLocation

LOONS; GREBES; PELICANS, COMORANTS AND DARTERSPELICANS, COMORANTS AND DARTERS;12 13HERONS, EGRETS, IBISES AND VULTURESLoonsCommon Loon Gavia immerDateLocationNotesBrown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalisDateLocationNotesPelicans,Comorants andDartersYellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsiiNeotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianusDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesGrebesPied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podicepsDouble-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritusDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesHorned Grebe Podiceps auritusDateLocationNotesAnhinga Anhinga anhingaDateNotesLocationRed-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegenaDateLocationNotesEared Grebe Podiceps nigricollisDateLocationNotesMagnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificensDateLocationNotesAmerican Bittern Botaurus lentiginosusDateLocationNotesHerons, Egrets,Ibises andVulturesWestern Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalisDateLocationNotesLeast Bittern Ixobrychus exilisDateLocationNotesPelicans,Comorants andDartersNorthern Gannet Morus bassanusDateLocationNotesGreat Blue Heron Ardea herodiasDateLocationNotesAmerican White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchosDateLocationNotesGreat Egret Ardea albaDateNotesLocation

HERONS, EGRETS, IBISES AND VULTURESHERONS, EGRETS, IBISES AND VULTURES;14 15HAWKS AND FALCONSHerons, Egrets,Ibises andVulturesSnowy Egret Egretta thulaDateNotesLocationWhite-faced Ibis Plegadis chihiDateLocationNotesHerons, Egrets,Ibises andVulturesLittle Blue Heron Egretta caeruleaDateLocationNotesRoseate Spoonbill Platalea ajajaDateLocationNotesTricolored Heron Egretta tricolorDateLocationNotesWood Stork Mycteria americanaDateLocationNotesCattle Egret Bubulcus ibisDateNotesLocationBlack Vulture Coragyps atratusDateLocationNotesGreen Heron Butorides virescensDateLocationNotesTurkey Vulture Cathartes auraDateLocationNotesBlack-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticoraxDateLocationOsprey Pandion haliaetusDateLocationHawks andFalconsNotesNotesYellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violaceaDateLocationNotesSwallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatusDateLocationNotesWhite Ibis Eudocimus albusDateNotesLocationWhite-tailed Kite Elanus leucurusDateLocationNotesGlossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellusDateLocationNotesMississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensisDateLocationNotes

HAWKS AND FALCONSHAWKS AND FALCONS; RAILS, GALLINULES AND CRANES16 17Hawks andFalconsBald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalusDateLocationFerruginous Hawk Buteo regalisDateLocationHawks andFalconsNotesNotesNorthern Harrier Circus cyaneusRough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopusDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesSharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatusGolden Eagle Aquila chrysaetosDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesCooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperiiAmerican Kestrel Falco sparveriusDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesNorthern Goshawk Accipiter gentilisDateLocationNotesMerlin Falco columbariusDateNotesLocationRed-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatusDateLocationNotesPeregrine Falcon Falco peregrinusDateLocationNotesBroad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterusDateLocationNotesSwainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoniDateLocationNotesPrairie Falcon Falco mexicanusDateLocationNotesYellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensisDateLocationNotesRails, Gallinulesand CranesRed-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensisDateLocationNotesBlack Rail Laterallus jamaicensisDateLocationNotes

RAILS, GALLINULES AND CRANES;PLOVERS, SANDPIPERS, GULLS AND TERNS18 19PLOVERS, SANDPIPERS, GULLS AND TERNSRails, Gallinulesand CranesKing Rail Rallus elegansDateNotesLocationSnowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinusDateLocationNotesPlovers,Sandpipers,Gulls and TernsVirginia Rail Rallus limicolaDateLocationNotesWilson’s Plover Charadrius wilsoniaDateLocationNotesSora Porzana carolinaDateNotesLocationSemipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatusDateLocationNotesPurple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicaDateLocationNotesPiping Plover Charadrius melodusDateLocationNotesCommon Moorhen Gallinula chloropusDateLocationNotesKilldeer Charadrius vociferusDateLocationNotesAmerican Coot Fulica americanaDateLocationNotesMountain Plover Charadrius montanusDateLocationNotesSandhill Crane Grus canadensisDateLocationNotesBlack-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanusDateLocationNotesPlovers,Sandpipers,Gulls and TernsBlack-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarolaDateLocationNotesAmerican Avocet Recurvirostra americanaDateLocationNotesAmerican Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominicaDateLocationNotesGreater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleucaDateLocationNotes

PLOVERS, SANDPIPERS, GULLS AND TERNSPLOVERS, SANDPIPERS, GULLS AND TERNS20 21Plovers,Sandpipers,Gulls and TernsLesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipesDateLocationNotesRuddy Turnstone Arenaria interpresDateLocationNotesPlovers,Sandpipers,Gulls and TernsSolitary Sandpiper Tringa solitariaDateLocationNotesRed Knot Calidris canutusDateNotesLocationWillet Catoptrophorus semipalmatusDateLocationNotesSanderling Calidris albaDateNotesLocationSpotted Sandpiper Actitis maculariusDateLocationNotesSemipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusillaDateLocationNotesUpland Sandpiper Bartramia longicaudaDateLocationNotesWestern Sandpiper Calidris mauriDateLocationNotesWhimbrel Numenius phaeopusDateLocationNotesLeast Sandpiper Calidris minutillaDateLocationNotesLong-billed Curlew Numenius americanusDateLocationNotesWhite-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollisDateLocationNotesHudsonian Godwit Limosa haemasticaDateLocationNotesBaird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdiiDateLocationNotesMarbled Godwit Limosa fedoaDateLocationNotesPectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotosDateLocationNotes

PLOVERS, SANDPIPERS, GULLS AND TERNSPLOVERS, SANDPIPERS, GULLS AND TERNS22 23Plovers,Sandpipers,Gulls and TernsPurple Sandpiper Calidris maritimaDateLocationNotesAmerican Woodcock Scolopax minorDateLocationNotesPlovers,Sandpipers,Gulls and TernsDunlin Calidris alpinaDateNotesLocationWilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolorDateLocationNotesCurlew Sandpiper Calidris ferrugineaDateLocationNotesRed-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatusDateLocationNotesStilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopusDateLocationNotesRed Phalarope Phalaropus fulicariusDateLocationNotesBuff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollisDateLocationNotesPomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinusDateLocationNotesRuff Philomachus pugnaxDateNotesLocationParasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticusDateLocationNotesShort-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseusDateLocationNotesLong-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudusDateLocationNotesLong-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceusDateLocationNotesLaughing Gull Larus atricillaDateLocationNotesWilson’s Snipe Gallinago delicataDateLocationNotesFranklin’s Gull Larus pipixcanDateLocationNotes

PLOVERS, SANDPIPERS, GULLS AND TERNSPLOVERS, SANDPIPERS, GULLS AND TERNS24 25Plovers,Sandpipers,Gulls and TernsLittle Gull Larus minutusDateNotesLocationSabine’s Gull Xema sabiniDateNotesLocationPlovers,Sandpipers,Gulls and TernsBlack-headed Gull Larus ridibundusDateLocationNotesBlack-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactylaDateLocationNotesBonaparte’s Gull Larus philadelphiaDateLocationNotesCaspian Tern Sterna caspiaDateNotesLocationRing-billed Gull Larus delawarensisDateLocationNotesRoyal Tern Sterna maximaDateNotesLocationCalifornia Gull Larus californicusDateLocationNotesCommon Tern Sterna hirundoDateLocationNotesHerring Gull Larus argentatusDateLocationNotesForster’s Tern Sterna forsteriDateLocationNotesThayer’s Gull Larus thayeriDateNotesLocationLeast Tern Sterna antillarumDateLocationNotesLesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscusDateLocationNotesBridled Tern Sterna anaethetusDateLocationNotesGlaucous Gull Larus hyperboreusDateLocationNotesSooty Tern Sterna fuscataDateNotesLocation

PLOVERS, SANDPIPERS, GULLS AND TERNS;CUCKOOS, ROADRUNNERS AND ANIS; OWLS26 27PIGEONS AND DOVESPlovers,Sandpipers,Gulls and TernsBlack Tern Chlidonias nigerDateNotesLocationBlack-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmusDateLocationNotesCuckoos,Roadrunnersand AnisBlack Skimmer Rynchops nigerDateLocationNotesYellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanusDateLocationNotesLong-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdixDateLocationNotesGreater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianusDateLocationNotesPigeons andDovesRock Pigeon Columba liviaDateLocationGroove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostrisDateLocationNotesNotesEurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaoctoBarn Owl Tyto albaOwlsDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesWhite-winged Dove Zenaida asiaticaDateLocationNotesEastern Screech-Owl Megascops asioDateLocationNotesMourning Dove Zenaida macrouraDateLocationNotesGreat Horned Owl Bubo virginianusDateLocationNotesInca Dove Columbina incaDateNotesLocationSnowy Owl Bubo scandiacusDateLocationNotesCommon Ground-Dove Columbina passerinaDateLocationNotesBurrowing Owl Athene cuniculariaDateLocationNotes

OWLS; GOATSUCKERS; SWIFTS AND HUMMINGBIRDSSWIFTS AND HUMMINGBIRDS28 29OwlsBarred Owl Strix variaDateLocationGreen Violet-ear Colibri thalassinusDateLocationSwifts andHummingbirdsNotesNotesLong-eared Owl Asio otusBroad-billed Hummingbird Cynonthus latirostrisDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesShort-eared Owl Asio flammeusDateLocationNotesBuff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensisDateLocationNotesGoatsuckersNorthern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicusDateLocationNotesCommon Nighthawk Chordeiles minorDateLocationNotesMagnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgensDateLocationNotesRuby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubrisDateLocationNotesChuck-will’s-widow Caprimulgus carolinensisDateLocationNotesBlack-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandriDateLocationNotesWhip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferusDateLocationNotesAnna’s Hummingbird Calypte annaDateLocationNotesSwifts andHummingbirdsChimney Swift Chaetura pelagicaDateLocationNotesCalliope Hummingbird Stellula calliopeDateLocationNotesWhite-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalisDateLocationNotesBroad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercusDateLocationNotes

SWIFTS AND HUMMINGBIRDS; KINGFISHERS; WOODPECKERSWOODPECKERS; FLYCATCHERS30 31Swifts andHummingbirdsRufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufusDateLocationNorthern Flicker Colaptes auratusDateLocationWoodpeckersNotesNotesKingfishersBelted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyonPileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatusDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesWoodpeckersLewis’s Woodpecker Melanerpes lewisIvory-billed Woodpecker Campephilus principalisDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesRed-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalusOlive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperiFlycatchersDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesRed-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinusEastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virensDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesYellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus variusYellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventrisDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesDowny Woodpecker Picoides pubescensAcadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescensDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesHairy Woodpecker Picoides villosusAlder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorumDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesRed-cockaded Woodpecker Picoides borealisWillow Flycatcher Empidonax trailliiDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotes

FLYCATCHERSFLYCATCHERS; SHRIKES; VIREOS32 33FlycatchersLeast Flycatcher Empidonax minimusScissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatusFlycatchersDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesEastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebeFork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savanaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesSay’s Phoebe Sayornis sayaDateLocationLoggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianusDateLocationShrikesNotesNotesVermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinusDateLocationNotesWhite-eyed Vireo Vireo griseusDateLocationNotesVireosGreat Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitusDateLocationNotesBell’s Vireo Vireo belliiDateNotesLocationCouch’s Kingbird Tyrannus couchiiDateLocationNotesYellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifronsDateLocationNotesCassin’s Kingbird Tyrannus vociferansDateLocationNotesBlue-headed Vireo Vireo solitariusDateLocationNotesWestern Kingbird Tyrannus verticalisDateLocationNotesWarbling Vireo Vireo gilvusDateLocationNotesEastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannusDateLocationNotesPhiladelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicusDateLocationNotes

VIREOS; JAYS AND CROWS; LARKS; SWALLOWSSWALLOWS; CHICKADEES AND TITMICE; NUTHATCHES34 35VireosRed-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceusBank Swallow Riparia ripariaSwallowsDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesJays and CrowsBlue Jay Cyanocitta cristataCliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonotaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesClark’s Nutcracker Nucifraga columbianaDateLocationNotesCave Swallow Petrochelidon fulvaDateLocationNotesAmerican Crow Corvus brachyrhynchosDateLocationNotesBarn Swallow Hirundo rusticaDateLocationNotesFish Crow Corvus ossifragusDateLocationCarolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensisDateLocationChickadeesand TitmiceNotesNotesLarksHorned Lark Eremophila alpestrisDateLocationNotesTufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolorDateLocationNotesSwallowsPurple Martin Progne subisDateLocationRed-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensisDateLocationNuthatchesNotesNotesTree Swallow Tachycineta bicolorDateLocationNotesWhite-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensisDateLocationNotesNorthern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennisDateLocationNotesBrown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusillaDateLocationNotes

CREEPERS; WRENS; KINGLETSKINGLETS; GNATCATCHERS;36 37WHEATEARS, BLUEBIRDS AND THRUSHESCreepersBrown Creeper Certhia americanaRuby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendulaKingletsDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesWrensRock Wren Salpinctes obsoletusBlue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caeruleaGnatcatchersDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesCarolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianusDateLocationNotesNorthern Wheatear Oenanthe oenantheDateLocationNotesWheatears,Bluebirds andThrushesBewick’s Wren Thryomanes bewickiiEastern Bluebird Sialia sialisDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesHouse Wren Troglodytes aedonMountain Bluebird Sialia currucoidesDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesWinter Wren Troglodytes troglodytesTownsend’s Solitare Myadestes townsendiDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesSedge Wren Cistothorus platensisDateLocationNotesVeery Catharus fuscenscensDateNotesLocationMarsh Wren Cistothorus palustrisDateLocationNotesGray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimusDateLocationNotesKingletsGolden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapaDateLocationNotesSwainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatusDateLocationNotes

WHEATEARS, BLUEBIRDS AND THRUSHES;PIPITS; WAXWINGS; WOOD WARBLERS38 39MOCKINGBIRDS, THRASHERS AND ALLIES; STARLINGS; PIPITSWheatears,Bluebirds andThrushesHermit Thrush Catharus guttatusDateLocationNotesSprague’s Pipit Anthus spragueiiDateLocationNotesPipitsWood Thrush Hylocichla mustelinaBohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulusWaxwingsDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesAmerican Robin Turdus migratoriusCedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorumDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesMockingbirds,Thrashers andAlliesGray Catbird Dumetella carolinensisDateLocationNotesBlue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinusDateLocationNotesWood WarblersNorthern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottosGolden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysopteraDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesSage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanusTennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrinaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesBrown Thrasher Toxostoma rufumOrange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celataDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesStarlingsEuropean Starling Sturnus vulgarisNashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapillaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesPipitsAmerican Pipit Anthus rubescensNorthern Parula Parula americanaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotes

WOOD WARBLERSWOOD WARBLERS40 41Wood WarblersYellow Warbler Dendroica petechiaYellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominicaWood WarblersDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesChestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanicaPine Warbler Dendroica pinusDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesMagnolia Warbler Dendroica magnoliaPrairie Warbler Dendroica discolorDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesCape May Warbler Dendroica tigrinaPalm Warbler Dendroica palmarumDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesBlack-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescensBay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castaneaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesYellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronataBlackpoll Warbler Dendroica striataDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesBlack-throated Gray Warbler Dendroica nigrescensCerulean Warbler Dendroica ceruleaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesBlack-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virensBlack-and-white Warbler Mniotilta variaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesBlackburnian Warbler Dendroica fuscaAmerican Redstart Setophaga ruticillaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotes

WOOD WARBLERSWOOD WARBLERS; TANAGERS; NEW WORLD SPARROWS42 43Wood WarblersProthonotary Warbler Protonotaria citreaCommon Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichasWood WarblersDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesWorm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorumHooded Warbler Wilsonia citrinaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesSwainson’s Warbler Limnothlypis swainsoniiWilson’s Warbler Wilsonia pusillaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesOvenbird Seiurus aurocapillaCanada Warbler Wilsonia canadensisDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesNorthern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensisYellow-breasted Chat Icteria virensDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesLouisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacillaSummer Tanager Piranga rubraTanagersDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesKentucky Warbler Oporornis formosusScarlet Tanager Piranga olivaceaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesConnecticut Warbler Oporornis agilisWestern Tanager Piranga ludovicianaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesMourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphiaDateLocationGreen-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurusDateLocationNew WorldSparrowsNotesNotes

NEW WORLD SPARROWSNEW WORLD SPARROWS44 45New WorldSparrowsSpotted Towhee Pipilo maculatusDateLocationLark Sparrow Chondestes grammacusDateLocationNew WorldSparrowsNotesNotesEastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmusLark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorysDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesBachman’s Sparrow Aimophila aestivalisSavannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensisDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesRufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficepsGrasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarumDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesAmerican Tree Sparrow Spizella arboreaHenslow’s Sparrow Ammodramus henslowiiDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesChipping Sparrow Spizella passerinaLe Conte’s Sparrow Ammodramus leconteiiDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesClay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallidaNelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus nelsoniDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesField Sparrow Spizella pusillaFox Sparrow Passerella iliacaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesVesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineusSong Sparrow Melospiza melodiaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotes

NEW WORLD SPARROWSNEW WORLD SPARROWS; CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS AND ALLIES46 47New WorldSparrowsLincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolniiDateLocationChestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatusDateLocationNew WorldSparrowsNotesNotesSwamp Sparrow Melospiza georgianaSnow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalisDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesWhite-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollisDateLocationNotesNorthern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalisDateLocationNotesCardinals,Grosbeaksand AlliesHarris’s Sparrow Zonotrichia querulaRose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianusDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesWhite-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrysBlack-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalusDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesDark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalisBlue Grosbeak Passerina caeruleaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesMcCown’s Longspur Calcarius mccowniiLazuli Bunting Passerina amoenaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesLapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicusIndigo Bunting Passerina cyaneaDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotesSmith’s Longspur Calcarius pictusPainted Bunting Passerina cirisDateLocationDateLocationNotesNotes

CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS AND ALLIES; BLACKBIRDS AND ALLIESBLACKBIRDS AND ALLIES; FINCHES48 49Cardinals,Grosbeaksand AlliesDickcissel Spiza americanaDateNotesLocationGreat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanusDateLocationNotesBlackbirdsand AlliesBlackbirdsand AlliesBobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorusDateLocationNotesBrown-headed Cowbird Molothrus aterDateLocationNotesRed-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceusDateLocationNotesOrchard Oriole Icterus spuriusDateLocationNotesEastern Meadowlark Sturnella magnaDateLocationNotesBullock’s Oriole Icterus bullockiiDateLocationNotesWestern Meadowlark Sturnella neglectaDateLocationNotesBaltimore Oriole Icterus galbulaDateLocationNotesYellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalusDateLocationNotesScott’s Oriole Icterus parisorumDateLocationNotesRusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinusDateLocationNotesPine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleatorDateLocationNotesFinchesBrewer’s Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalusDateLocationNotesPurple Finch Carpodacus purpureusDateLocationNotesCommon Grackle Quiscalus quisculaDateLocationNotesHouse Finch Carpodacus mexicanusDateLocationNotes

FINCHES; OLD WORLD SPARROWSLIST NOTES50 51FinchesRed Crossbill Loxia curvirostraDateLocationNotesWhite-winged Crossbill Loxia leucopteraDateLocationNotesCommon Redpoll Carduelis flammeaDateLocationNotesPine Siskin Carduelis pinusDateNotesLocationLesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltriaDateLocationNotesAmerican Goldfinch Carduelis tristisDateLocationNotesEvening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinusDateLocationNotesOld WorldSparrowsHouse Sparrow Passer domesticusDateLocationNotes

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