Bird Checklist
This checklist contains birds sighted at the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site between 1997 and 1999. The study was completed by the Pennsylvania State University. The birds were observed during the migration season as well as the breeding season.
The season when the bird was sighted is noted next to each bird name. Please use the following key as a reference:
(m): Bird sighted during migration season.(b): Bird sighted during breeding season.
(mb): Bird sighted during both migration and breeding seasons.
- Mallard (m)
- Turkey Vulture (b)
- Cooper's Hawk (m)
- Broad-winged Hawk (mb)
- Ruffed Grouse (b)
- Yellow-bellied Cuckoo (b)
- Chimney Swift (m)
- Red-bellied Woodpecker (m)
- Downy Woodpecker (mb)
- Hairy Woodpecker (b)
- Northern Flicker (mb)
- Pileated Woodpecker (mb)
- Eastern Wood-pewee (mb)
- Acadian Flycatcher (mb)
- Least Flycatcher (mb)
- Willow Flycatcher (m)
- Eastern Phoebe (mb)
- Tree Swallow (mb)
- Blue Jay (mb)
- American Crow (mb)
- Common Raven (mb)
- Black-capped Chickadee (mb)
- Tufted Titmouse (mb)
- White-breasted Nuthatch (b)
- House Wren (mb)
- Carolina Wren (m)
- Brown Creeper (m)
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (m)
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (mb)
- Veery (b)
- Swainson's Thrush (m)
- Wood Thrush (mb)
- American Robin (mb)
- Gray Catbird (mb)
- Cedar Waxwing (b)
- Blue-headed Vireo (mb)
- Warbling Vireo (m)
- Philadelphia Vireo (m)
- Red-eyed Vireo (mb)
- Nashville Warbler (mb)
- Northern Parula (mb)
- Yellow Warbler (m)
- Chestnut-sided Warbler (mb)
- Magnolia Warbler (m)
- Cape May Warbler (m)
- Black-throated Blue Warbler (m)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (m)
- Black-throated Green Warbler (mb)
- Blackburnian Warbler (m)
- Palm Warbler (m)
- Bay-breasted Warbler (m)
- Blackpoll Warbler (m)
- Black-and-White Warbler (mb)
- American Redstart (mb)
- Worm-eating Warbler (m)
- Ovenbird (mb)
- Northern Waterthrush (m)
- Louisiana Waterthrush (mb)
- Kentucky Warbler (mb)
- Mourning Warbler (m)
- Common Yellowthroat (mb)
- Hooded Warbler (b)
- Canada Warbler (m)
- Scarlet Tanager (mb)
- Northern Cardinal (mb)
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak (mb)
- Indigo Bunting (mb)
- Eastern Towhee (mb)
- Chipping Sparrow (mb)
- Field Sparrow (mb)
- Song Sparrow (mb)
- White-throated Sparrow (m)
- White-crowned Sparrow (m)
- Red-winged Blackbird (m)
- Brown-headed Cowbird (mb)
- Baltimore Oriole (m)
- Common Grackle (b)
- American Goldfinch (mb)
Note: Please remember that collection of birds, butterflies, flora, and fauna is prohibited within National Park Boundaries.
