Birds

 

Whistling-Ducks, Swans, Geese and Ducks

Greater White-fronted Goose - Migrant
Snow - Migrant
Canada - Present
Wood Duck* - Present
Gadwall - Winter
Mallard* - Present
Blue-winged Teal* - Migrant
Northern Shoveler - Migrant
Northern Pintail - Migrant
Green-winged Teal - Migrant
Canvasback - Migrant
Redhead - Migrant
Ring-necked Duck - Winter
Greater Scaup - Winter
Lesser - Winter
Bufflehead - Winter
Common Goldeneye - Winter
Hooded Merganser* - Summer
Ruddy Duck** - Winter

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe * -Winter

Pelicans, Cormorants, and Darters

American White Pelican - Winter
Double-crested Cormorant* -Winter

Heron, Egrets, Ibises, and Vultures

Great Blue Heron* - Present
Great Egret* - Present
Snowy* - Summer
Little Blue Heron* - Summer
Cattle Egret* - Summer
Green Heron* - Summer
Yellow-crowned* - Summer

Hawks and Falcons

Black Vulture* - Present
Turkey* - Present
Osprey* - Migrant
Mississippi* - Summer
Bald Eagle* - Present
Northern Harrier ** Winter
Sharp-shinned Hawk* - Winter
Cooper's Hawk * - Winter
Read-shouldered Hawk* - Present
Broad-winged* - Migrant
Red-tailed* - Present
American Kestrel* - Present
Peregrine Falcon** - Migrant

Rails, Galllinules, and Cranes

American Coot * - Winter

Plovers, Sandpipers, Gulls, and Terns

Killdeer* - Present
Spotted Sandpiper ** - Migrant
Bonaparte's - Winter
Ring-billed - Winter
Least* - Summer
Caspian - Migrant
Forster's -Winter

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon * - Present
Eurasian Collared-Dove* -Present
Mourning* - Present

Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Summer
Greater Roadrunner - Present

Owls

Eastern Screech-Owl - Present
Great Horned Owl* Present
Barred* - Present

Goatsuckers

Common Nighthawk* - Summer
Swifts and Hummingbirds
Swift, Chimney* - Summer
Ruby-throated* - Summer

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher* - Present

Woodpeckers

Red-headed* - Present
Red-bellied* - Present
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Winter
Woodpecker, Downy* - Present
Hairy* - Present
Pileated Woodpecker * - Present

Flycatchers

Eastern Wood-Pewee - Summer
Acadian* - Summer
Phoebe, Eastern* - Summer
Great Crested* - Summer
Western* - Summer
Eastern* - Summer
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher* - Summer

Vireos

White-eyed Vireo* - Migrant
Bell's* - Summer
Yellow-throated* - Migrant
Blue-headed - Migrant
Warbling* - Summer
Philadelphia - Migrant
Red-eyed* -Summer

Jays and Crows

Blue Jay* - Present
American Crow* - Present
Fish* - Summer
Tree Swallow* - Summer
N. Rough-winged Swallow* - Summer
Bank* - Migrant
Cliff* - Summer
Barn* - Summer

Chickadees and Titmice

Chickadee, Carolina* - Present
Tufted Titmouse * - Present

Nuthatches

White-breasted* - Present

Creepers

Brown Creeper** -Winter

Wrens

Carolina* - Present
House* -Migrant
Winter -Winter

Kinglets

Kinglet, Golden-crowned - Winter
Ruby-crowned -Winter

Gnatcatchers

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher * - Summer
Wheatears, Bluebirds, and Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird - Present
Swainson's - Migrant
American Robin* - Present

Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies

Gray Catbird - Summer
Northern Mockingbird * - Present
Brown* - Present

Starlings

Starlings, Europeans* - Present

Waxwings

Cedar* -Winter

Wood Warblers

Blue-winged Warbler * - Migrant
Golden-winged - Migrant
Tennessee - Migrant
Orange-crowned - Migrant
Nashville - Migrant
Northern Parula * - Summer
Warbler, Yellow* - Migrant
Chestnut-sided* - Migrant
Magnolia - Migrant
Yellow-rumped - Winter
Black-throated Green* - Migrant
Blackburnian - Migrant
Yellow-throated* - Summer
Prairie* - Migrant
Palm - Migrant
Bay-breasted - Migrant
Blackpoll - Migrant
Cerulean* - Migrant
Black-and-white* - Migrant
American Redstar* - Migrant
Prothonotary Warbler * - Summer
Worm-eating* - Migrant
Swainson's* - Summer
Ovenbird* - Migrant
Lousisiana Waterthrush - Migrant
Kentucky Warbler * - Summer
Mourning - Migrant
Common Yellowthroat -Summer
Hooded Warbler * - Migrant
Wilson's - Migrant
Canada - Migrant
Yellow-breasted Chat* - Summer

New World Sparrows

Eastern* - Summer
Chipping* - Summer
Clay-colored - Migrant
Field*- Present
Vesper - Migrant
Lark* - Summer
Savannah Sparrow - Winter
Fox - Winter
Song - Winter
Lincoln's - Migrant
Swamp - Winter
White-throated - Winter
White-crowned - Winter
Dark-eyed Junco - Winter

Tanagers, Cardinals, and Grosbeaks

Summer Tanager * - Summer
Scarlet* - Migrant
Cardinal, Northern* Present
Blue* - Summer
Indigo* - Summer
Painted* - Summer
Dickcissel* - Summer

Blackbirds and Allies

Red-winged Blackbird* - Present
Eastern Meadowlark* - Present
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Migrant
Rusty - Winter
Brewer's - Migrant
Common Grackle * - Present
Brown-headed Cowbird * - Present
Orchard Oriole* - Summer
Baltimore* - Summer

Finches

Purple Finch** - Winter
House* - Present
Common Redpoll - Winter
Siskin, Pine** - Winter
American Goldfinch* - Present

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow * - Present

Present - species seen in the state each month but not necessarily in all areas
Migrant, species passes through the state in spring and/or fall
Summer (June-July)
Winter (December-February)
*an asterisk (*) means the species currently nests with regularity
Double asterisk (**) means that the species does not nest regularly and that there are few or no such reports since 1950.

Last updated: August 31, 2020

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