HOLT RESEARCH FOREST BIRD SPECIES LIST1

 

 

GAVIIDAE

            Common Loon - Gavia immer

 

PHALACROCORACIDAE

            Double-crested Cormorant          - Phalacrocorax auritus

 

ARDEIDAE

            Great Blue Heron - Aredea herodias

            Snowy Egret -Egretta thula

            Green-backed Heron - Butorides striatus

            Black-crowned Night-heron - Nycticorax nycticorax

 

ANATIDAE

            Snow Goose - Chen caerulescens

            Canada Goose - Branta canadensis

            Wood Duck       - Aix sponsa

            American Black Duck     - Anas rubripes

            Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos

            Canvasback - Aythya valisineria

            Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula

            Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola

            Common Merganser - Mergus merganser

 

CATHARTIDAE

            Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura

 

ACCIPITRIDAE

            Osprey - Pandion haliaetus

            Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus

            Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus

1          Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus

            Cooper's Hawk - Accipiter cooperii

            Northern Goshawk - Accipiter gentilis

            Red-shouldered Hawk     - Buteo lineatus

3          Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus

            Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis

 

PHASIANIDAE

4          Ruffed Grouse - Bonasa umbellus

            Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo

 

 

SCOLOPACIDAE

            Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca

            Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes

            Least Sandpiper - Calidrus minutilla

            Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago

            American Woodcock - Scolopax minor

 

 

 

LARIDAE

            Herring Gull - Larus argentatus

            Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus

 

COLUMBIDAE

6          Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura

 

CUCULIDAE

7          Black-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus erthropthalmus

            Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americanus

 

STRIGIDAE

8          Great-horned Owl - Bubo virginianus

9          Barred Owl - Strix varia

            Northern Saw-whet Owl - Aegolius acadicus

 

CAPRIMULGIDAE

            Common Nighthawk - Chordeiles minor

10         Whip-poor-will - Caprimulgus vociferus

 

APODIDAE

            Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica

 

TROCHILIDAE

11         Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris

 

ALCEDINIDAE

            Belted Kingfisher - Ceryle alcyon

 

PICIDAE

12         Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius

13         Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens

14         Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus

15         Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus

16         Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus

 

TYRANNIDAE

17         Olive-sided Flycatcher - Contopus borealis

18         Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens

20         Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus

21         Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe

22         Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus

23         Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus

HIRUNDINIDAE

            Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor

            Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica

 

CORVIDAE

24         Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata

25         American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos

26         Common Raven - Corvus corax

 

 

PARIDAE

27         Black-capped Chickadee - Parus atricapillus

            Tufted Titmouse - Parus bicolor

 

SITTIDAE

29         Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis

30         White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis

 

CERTHIIDAE

31         Brown Creeper - Certhia americana

 

TROGLODYTIDAE

            House Wren - Troglodytes aedon

32         Winter Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes

            Marsh Wren - Cistothorus palustris

 

MUSCICAPIDAE

33         Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa

34         Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula

35         Veery - Catharus fuscescens

36         Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus

37         Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus

39         American Robin - Turdus migratorius

 

MIMIDAE

40         Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis

 

BOMBYCILLIDAE

42         Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum

 

LANIIDAE

            Northern Shrike - Lanius excubitor

 

STURNIDAE

43         European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris

 

VIREONIDAE

44         Solitary Vireo - Vireo solitarius

46         Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus

EMBERIZIDAE

            SUBFAMILY PARULINAE

48         Tennessee Warbler - Vermivora peregrina

49         Nashville Warbler - Vermivora ruficapilla

50         Northern Parula - Parula americana

52         Chestnut-sided Warbler - Dendroica pensylvanica

53         Magnolia Warbler - Dendroica magnolia

54         Cape May Warbler - Dendroica tigrina

55         Black-throated Blue Warbler - Dendroica caerulescens

56         Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata

57         Black-throated Green Warbler - Dendroica virens

58         Blackburnian Warbler - Dendroica fusca

59         Pine Warbler - Dendroica pinus

60         Palm Warbler - Dendroica palmarum

61         Bay-breasted Warbler - Dendroica castanea

62         Blackpoll Warbler - Dendroica striata

63         Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia

64         American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla

65         Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapillus

67         Mourning Warbler - Oporornis philadelphia

68         Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas

69         Canada Warbler - Wilsonia canadensis

70         Yellow-breasted Chat - Icteria virens

 

            SUBFAMILY THRAUPINAE

71         Scarlet Tanager - Piranga olivacea

 

            SUBFAMILY CARDINALINAE

73         Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus

74         Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea

 

            SUBFAMILY EMBERIZINAE

75         Rufous-sided Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus

77         Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina

            Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla

            Sharp-tailed Sparrow - Ammodramus caudacutus

78         Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca

79         Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia

            Lincoln's Sparrow - Melospiza lincolnii

            Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana

80         White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis

81         Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis

 

            SUBFAMILY ICTERINAE

82         Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus

84         Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula

85         Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater

86         Northern Oriole - Icterus galbula

 

            SUBFAMILY FRINGILLINAE

88         Purple Finch - Carpodacus purpureus

90         White-winged Crossbill - Loxia leucoptera

92         Pine Siskin - Carduelis pinus

93         American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis

94         Evening Grosbeak - Coccothraustes vespertinus

 

1 This is a complete list of all species that have been seen or heard on or above or in waters adjacent to the Holt Forest.  Numbers (first two columns) have been assigned only to those species that have been detected during a bird census within the study area.  Family names are capitalized and scientific names are italicized.