Birds

Birds of Appomattox Court House NHP

Common name

Scientific name

Notes

Order Anseriformes: Waterfowl

Wood duck

Aix sponsa

 

Order Apodiformes: Swifts and Hummingbirds

Chimney swift

Chaetura pelagica


Ruby-throated hummingbird

Archilochus colubris

 

Order Charadriiformes: Shorebirds

Killdeer

Charadrius vociferous

 

American woodcock

Scolopax minor


Order Ciconiiformes: Herons

Great blue heron

Ardea herodias

 

Green heron

Butorides virescens


Order Columbiformes: Doves

Mourning dove

Zenaida macroura

 

Order Cuculiformes: Cuckoos

Yellow-billed cuckoo

Coccyzus americanus


Order Falconiformes: Hawks, Falcons, and Vultures

Northern harrier

Circus cyaneus


Cooper's hawk

Accipiter cooperii

 

Red-shouldered hawk

Buteo lineatus

 

Red-tailed hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

 

Bald eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus


Turkey vulture

Cathartes aura

 

Black vulture

Coragyps atratus

 

American kestrel

Falco sparverius

 

Order Galliformes: Upland Game Birds

Wild turkey

Meleagris gallopavo

 

Northern bobwhite

Colinus virginianus


Order Passeriformes, Family Bombycillidae: Waxwings

Cedar waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

 

Order Passeriformes, Family Certhiidae: Creepers

Brown creeper

Certhia americana


Order Passeriformes, Family Corvidae: Crows and Jays

Blue jay

Cyanocitta cristata

 

American crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

 

Order Passeriformes, Family Fringillidae: Finches and Sparrows

Northern cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

 

Rose-breasted grosbeak

Pheucticus ludovicianus


Blue grosbeak

Guiraca caerulea

 

Indigo bunting

Passerina cyanea

 

Eastern towhee

Pipilo erythrophthalmus


Field sparrow

Spizella pusilla


Chipping sparrow

Spizella passerina

 

Grasshopper sparrow

Ammodramus savannarum


Savannah sparrow

Passerculus sandwichensis

 

White-throated sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

 

Song sparrow

Melospiza georgiana

 

Dark-eyed junco

Junco hyemalis

 

House finch

Carpodacus mexicanus

 

American goldfinch

Carduelis tristis

 

Order Passeriformes, Family Hirundinidae: Swallows

Northern rough-winged swallow

Stelgidopteryx serripennis


Barn swallow

Hirundo rustica

 

Order Passeriformes, Family Icteridae: Blackbirds

Eastern meadowlark

Strunella magna


Brown-headed cowbird

Molothrus ater

 

Red-winged blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

 

Common grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

 

Baltimore oriole

Icterus galbula

 

Orchard oriole

Icterus spurius

 

Order Passeriformes, Family Mimidae: Mimic Thrushes

Gray catbird

Dumetella carolinensis


Northern mockingbird

Mimus polyglottos

 

Brown thrasher

Toxostoma rufum


Order Passeriformes, Family Paridae: Titmice and Chickadees

Tufted titmouse

Baeolophus bicolor

 

Carolina chickadee

Poecile carolinensis

 

Order Passeriformes, Family Parulidae: Wood Warblers

Northern parula

Parula americana


Yellow warbler

Dendroica petechia


Chestnut-sided warbler

Dendroica pensylvanica

 

Cape May warbler

Dendroica tigrina

 

Black-throated blue warbler

Dendroica caerulescens

 

Yellow-rumped warbler

Dendroica coronate

 

Black-throated green warbler

Dendroica virens


Prairie warbler

Dendroica discolor


Pine warbler

Dendroica pinus

 

Yellow-throated warbler

Dendroica dominica

 

Worm-eating warbler

Helmitheros vermivorus


Black-and-white warbler

Mniotilta varia


American redstart

Setophaga ruticilla

 

Ovenbird

Seiurus aurocapillus


Louisiana waterthrush

Seiurus motacilla


Kentucky warbler

Oporornis formosus


Common yellowthroat

Geothlypis trichas

 

Hooded warbler

Wilsonia citrina

 

Yellow-breasted chat

Icteria virens


Order Passeriformes, Family Sittidae: Nuthatches

White-breasted nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis

 

Order Passeriformes, Family Sturnidae: Starlings

European starling

Sturnus vulgaris

 

Order Passeriformes, Family Sylviidae: Kinglets

Golden-crowned kinglet

Regulus satrapa


Ruby-crowned kinglet

Regulus calendula

 

Blue-gray gnatcatcher

Polioptila caerulea

 

Order Passeriformes, Family Thraupidae: Tanagers

Summer tanager

Piranga rubra

 

Scarlet tanager

Piranga olivacea


Order Passeriformes, Family Troglodytidae: Wrens

Carolina wren

Thrythorus ludovicianus

 

Winter wren

Troglodytes troglodytes


Order Passeriformes, Family Turdidae: Thrushes

Eastern bluebird

Sialia sialis

 

American robin

Turdus migratorius

 

Wood thrush

Hylocichla mustelina


Hermit thrush

Catharus guttatus


Order Passeriformes, Family Tyrannidae: Flycatchers

Eastern wood-pewee

Contopus virens


Acadian flycatcher

Empidonax virescens

 

Great crested flycatcher

Myiarchus crinitus

 

Eastern kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus


Eastern phoebe

Sayornis phoebe

 

Order Passeriformes, Family Vireonidae: Vireos

Red-eyed vireo

Vireo olivaceus

 

White-eyed vireo

Vireo griseus

 

Yellow-throated vireo

Vireo flavifrons


Order Piciformes: Woodpeckers

Red-bellied woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

 

Yellow-bellied sapsucker

Sphyrapicus varius


Downy woodpecker

Picoides pubescens

 

Hairy woodpecker

Picoides villosus

 

Pileated woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatus

 

Northern flicker

Colaptes auratus

 

Order Strigiformes: Owls

Great horned owl

Bubo virginianus

 

Barred owl

Strix varia

 

Eastern screech owl

Otus asio

 


 

Did You Know?

George Armstrong and Elisabeth Bacon Custer

Libby Custer's will states: “...the table on which the surrender of General Lee to General Grant was written...and now located in the... War Department Building in Washington, D. C., I give and bequeath to the United States Government...” Now in Smithsonian Museum of American History collections.