Bird List

Arrowwood Wetland Management District Bird Checklist
Abundance Daily Peak Season Total a = Abundant More than 125 More than 600 c = Common 25 – 125 125 – 600 f = Fairly Common   5 – 25 25 – 125 u = Uncommon 1 – 5 5 – 25 r = Rare 1 – 5 1 – 5 o = Occasional Not seen every year, small numbers x = Accidental Seen infrequently, not to be expected i = Irregular Abundance varies dramatically,; in some years, species may be absent, and in others it may reach the level indicated e = Extirpated Once nested in the focal area, species currently may be present in area during migration * = Nests Indicates confirmed or strong evidence for nesting in the area. S=Spring     s=Summer     F=Fall     W=Winter
Herons | Waterfowl | Hawks | Shorebirds | Owls | Woodpeckers Flycatchers | Swallows | Wrens | Warblers | Sparrows | Finches
Common Name	S	s	F	W
Loons			Legend
Common Loon	r	o	r
Grebes			Legend
Pied-billed Grebe *	c	c	c	x
Horned Grebe *	u	u	u
Red-necked Grebe *	u	u	u
Eared Grebe *	a	a	a
Western Grebe *	a	a	a
Clark's Grebe *	r	r	r
Pelicans			Legend
American White Pelican *	a	a	a	x
Cormorants			Legend
Double-crested Cormorant *	a	a	a
Herons and Bitterns			Legend
American Bittern *	u	u	u	x
Least Bittern *	o	o	o
Great Blue Heron *	f	f	c	o
Great Egret *	u	u	f
Snowy Egret *	o	o	o
Little Blue Heron	x	x	x
Cattle Egret *	f	f	f
Green Heron *	r	o	r
Black-crowned Night Heron *	c	c	c
Yellow-crowned Night Heron		x
Ibises			Legend
White-faced Ibis *	r	r	r
White Ibis		x
Vultures			Legend
Turkey Vulture *	u	o	u
Swans, Geese, and Ducks			Legend
Greater White-fronted Goose	a	x	a
Snow Goose *	a	r	a
Ross's Goose	f		f
Canada Goose *	a	a	a	f
Brant			x
Tundra Swan	a		a
Wood Duck *	c	c	c	r
Gadwall *	a	a	a	o
American Wigeon *	c	f	c	o
American Black Duck *	o	o	o
Mallard *	a	a	a	u
Blue-winged Teal *	a	a	a
Cinnamon Teal *	o	o	o
Northern Shoveler *	a	a	a
Northern Pintail *	a	a	a	o
Green-winged Teal *	c	u	c	o
Canvasback *	c	f	c
Redhead *	a	a	a	r
Ring-necked Duck *	c	u	f	o
Greater Scaup	u		r
Lesser Scaup *	a	c	a	r
Surf Scoter			o
White-winged Scoter			o
Long-tail Duck		x	o
Bufflehead *	c	u	c
Common Goldeneye	c		c	r
Hooded Merganser *	u	u	u
Common Merganser	c		c	r
Red-breasted Merganser	r		r	o
Ruddy Duck *	a	a	a
Hawks and Eagles			Legend
Osprey	r	o	r
Bald Eagle	f	o	f	r
Northern Harrier *	c	c	c	r
Sharp-shinned Hawk	u	r	u	r
Cooper's Hawk *	f	u	f	u
Northern Goshawk	r		r	r
Broad-winged Hawk	f		f
Swainson's Hawk *	c	c	c
Red-tailed Hawk *	c	c	c	r
Ferruginous Hawk *	u	u	u	x
Rough-legged Hawk	u	x	u	u
Golden Eagle	u		r	r
Falcons			Legend
American Kestrel *	f	f	f	r
Merlin *	u	o	u	r
Gyrfalcon	r		o	r
Peregrine Falcon	r	o	r	o
Prairie Falcon	r	r	u	r
Upland Game Birds			Legend
Gray Partridge *	u	u	f	f
Ring-necked Pheasant *	f	f	f	f
Sharp-tailed Grouse *	f	f	f	f
Greater Prairie Chicken e	x	x	x	x
Wild Turkey *	f	f	f	f
Rails and Coots			Legend
King Rail e	x	x
Yellow Rail *	r	r	r
Virginia Rail *	u	u	u
Sora *	c	c	c
Common Moorhen	x
American Coot *	a	a	a
Cranes			Legend
Sandhill Crane e	a	o	a
Whooping Crane e	o	x	o
Shorebirds			Legend
Black-bellied Plover	f	u	f
American Golden Plover	f	r	f
Semipalmated Plover	f	f	f
Piping Plover *	u	r	r
Killdeer *	a	a	a	x
American Avocet *	c	c	c
Greater Yellowlegs	f	f	f
Lesser Yellowlegs	a	c	a
Solitary Sandpiper	u	u	u
Willet *	f	f	f
Spotted Sandpiper *	u	u	u
Upland Sandpiper *	f	f	r
Whimbrel	o
Long-billed Curlew e	x		x
Hudsonian Godwit	f	r	u
Marbled Godwit *	c	c	f
Ruddy Turnstone	u	r	r
Red Knot	o	o	o
Sanderling	f	f	f
Semipalmated Sandpiper	a	a	a
Western Sandpiper	o	o	o
Least Sandpiper	a	c	c
White-rumped Sandpiper	a	u	o
Baird's Sandpiper	a	a	a
Pectoral Sandpiper	c	c	c
Dunlin	u	r	r
Stilt Sandpiper	c	c	c
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	u	u	r
Short-billed Dowitcher	f	u	u
Long-billed Dowitcher	c	c	a
Common Snipe *	f	f	f
American Woodcock	r
Wilson's Phalarope *	a	c	a
Red Phalarope	x	x
Red-necked Phalarope	f	u	f
Gulls and Terns			Legend
Franklin's Gull *	a	a	a
Bonaparte's Gull	u	o	u
Ring-billed Gull *	a	a	a	r
California Gull *	f	f	f
Herring Gull	u	r	u
Thayer's Gull	x
Caspian Tern *	r	r	r
Common Tern *	f	f	f
Forster's Tern *	f	f	f
Black Tern *	a	a	a
Doves			Legend
Rock Dove *	a	a	a	a
Mourning Dove *	a	a	a	u
Cuckoos and Roadrunners			Legend
Black-billed Cuckoo *	ui	ui	r
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	o	oi
Owls			Legend
Barn Owl *	x	x	x
Eastern Screech Owl *	r	r	r	r
Great Horned Owl *	u	u	u	u
Snowy Owl	ui		ui	ui
Burrowing Owl *	o	o	o
Long-eared Owl *	r	r	r	r
Short-eared Owl *	ui	ui	u	u
Boreal Owl				x
Northern Saw-whet Owl	r		r	r
Nighthawks and Nightjars			Legend
Common Nighthawk *	f	f	f
Whip-poor-will	o		o
Swifts			Legend
Chimney Swift *	u	f	u
Hummingbirds			Legend
Ruby-throated Hummingbird *	r	ri	u
Kingfishers			Legend
Belted Kingfisher *	u	u	u	r
Woodpeckers			Legend
Red-Headed Woodpecker *	u	u	u
Red-bellied Woodpecker	r	r	r
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	u	u	u
Downy Woodpecker *	f	f	f	f
Hairy Woodpecker *	f	f	f	f
Northern Flicker *	f	f	f	r
Pileated Woodpecker	x			x
Flycatchers			Legend
Olive-sided Flycatcher	r	o	r
Eastern Wood Pewee *	f	f	u
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	r	r	r
Alder Flycatcher	f	u	r
Willow Flycatcher *	c	c	u
Least Flycatcher *	c	c	f
Eastern Phoebe *	u	u	u
Say's Phoebe *	u	u	u
Great Crested Flycatcher *	u	u	u
Western Kingbird *	a	a	c
Eastern Kingbird *	a	a	c
Shrikes			Legend
Loggerhead Shrike *	u	u	u
Northern Shrike	ui		ui	ui
Vireos			Legend
Yellow-throated Vireo *	u	r	u
Philadelphia Vireo	r	r	r
Blue-headed Vireo	u	r	u
Warbling Vireo *	c	c	f
Red-eyed Vireo *	c	f	f
Jays, Magpies and Crows			Legend
Gray Jay				x
Blue Jay *	f	f	f	f
Black-billed Magpie *	u	u	u	u
American Crow *	a	c	c	c
Larks			Legend
Horned Lark *	a	a	a	ai
Swallows			Legend
Purple Martin *	u	u	u
Tree Swallow *	c	f	c
Northern Rough-winged Swallow *	f	u	r
Bank Swallow *	a	a	a
Cliff Swallow *	a	a	a
Barn Swallow *	a	a	a
Chickadees and Titmice			Legend
Black-capped Chickadee *	f	f	f	f
Nuthatches			Legend
Red-breasted Nuthatch	u	x	u	u
White-breasted Nuthatch *	f	f	f	f
Creepers			Legend
Brown Creeper	u		u	u
Wrens			Legend
House Wren *	a	a	a
Winter Wren	r		r
Sedge Wren *	c	c	c
Marsh Wren *	a	a	a
Rock Wren *?	o	o	o
Kinglets, Bluebirds, and Thrushes			Legend
Golden-crowned Kinglet	u		u	r
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	f		f	r
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	o
Eastern Bluebird *	f	f	f
Mountain Bluebird	u		r
Townsend's Solitaire	o			o
Veery *	u		u
Gray-cheeked Thrush	f	u	r
Swainson's Thrush	a	u	u
Hermit Thrush	u		u
American Robin *	a	c	a	u
Varied Thrush	o		o	o
Mimics			Legend
Gray Catbird *	f	f	f
Brown Thrasher *	c	c	c	o
Northern Mockingbird *	o	o	o	o
Starlings			Legend
European Starling *	f	f	a	f
Pipits			Legend
American Pipit	u		f
Sprague's Pipit *	u	u	u
Waxwings			Legend
Bohemian Waxwing	fi		fi	fi
Cedar Waxwing *	a	f	c	fi
Warblers			Legend
Golden-winged Warbler	r
Tennessee Warbler	c	r	f
Orange-crowned Warbler	c	r	c
Nashville Warbler	f	r	f
Northern Parula	r		o
Yellow Warbler *	a	a	a
Chestnut-sided Warbler	r		u
Magnolia Warbler	u		u
Cape May Warbler	r		o
Black-throated Blue Warbler			o
Yellow-rumped Warbler	a	r	a	o
Black-throated Green Warbler	r		r
Blackburnian Warbler	r		r
Palm Warbler	f		u
Pine Warbler	o		o
Bay-breasted Warbler	r		r
Blackpoll Warbler	c		f
Cerulean Warbler	u		u
Black-and-white Warbler	f	r	f
American Redstart *	f	r	f
Ovenbird *	f	u	f
Northern Waterthrush	f		u
Connecticut Warbler	r	r
Mourning Warbler	u	r	u
Common Yellowthroat *	c	c	c
Canada Warbler	r		r
Hooded Warbler	x
Wilson's Warbler	u		f
Yellow-breasted Chat	r		r
Tanagers			Legend
Scarlet Tanager	r	r	r
Sparrows, Buntings, and Grosbeaks			Legend
Eastern Towhee *?	u	r	r	o
Spotted Towhee	u		r	o
American Tree Sparrow	a		a	u
Chipping Sparrow *	a	f	f
Clay-colored Sparrow *	a	a	f
Field Sparrow *	r	r	r
Vesper Sparrow *	c	c	c
Lark Sparrow *	u	r	r
Lark Bunting *	r	ci	r
Savannah Sparrow *	a	a	a
Grasshopper Sparrow *	c	c	f
Baird's Sparrow *	f	f	r
Le Conte's Sparrow *	f	fi	f
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow *	f	f	u
Henslow's Sparrow *		o
Fox Sparrow	u		u	x
Song Sparrow *	c	c	c	o
Lincoln's Sparrow	f		f
Swamp Sparrow	u	u	u
White-throated Sparrow	c	o	c	o
Harris' Sparrow	c	o	c	r
White-crowned Sparrow	f		f	o
Dark-eyed Junco	a		a	u
Lapland Longspur	a	o	a	c
Smith's Longspur	u		u
Chestnut-collared Longspur *	a	a	a
McCown's Longspur e	x
Snow Bunting	c		c	ai
Northern Cardinal	x	x
Rose-breasted Grosbeak *	f	f	f
Black-headed Grosbeak *?	r	r	r
Blue Grosbeak		o
Lazuli Bunting	o	o
Indigo Bunting *	r	r	r
Dickcissel *	ri	fi	r
Blackbirds and Orioles			Legend
Bobolink *	a	a	a
Red-winged Blackbird *	a	a	a	u
Western Meadowlark *	a	a	a	o
Yellow-headed Blackbird *	a	a	a	o
Rusty Blackbird	u		f	r
Brewer's Blackbird *	c	f	c	r
Common Grackle *	a	a	a	u
Brown-headed Cowbird *	a	a	a	x
Orchard Oriole *	f	f	r
Baltimore Oriole *	f	f	u
Bullock's Oriole	o	o
Finches			Legend
Pine Grosbeak	ri		o	ui
Purple Finch	u		u	u
House Finch *	c	c	c	c
Red Crossbill *	ui	o	ui	ui
White-winged Crossbill	ri		ri	ri
Common Redpoll	ai		ai	ai
Hoary Redpoll	ri		ri	ri
Pine Siskin *	c	c	c	ci
American Goldfinch *	c	c	c	fi
Evening Grosbeak	o		r	r
Old World Sparrows			Legend
House Sparrow *	a	a	a	a

Checklist compiled by: Lawrence D. Igl, U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, ND. October 2001.

Acknowledgments: Michael Erickson, Douglas H. Johnson, Gregg A. Knutsen, Paul M. Konrad, Ron E. Martin, Paulette Scherr, and Robert O. Woodward offered helpful suggestions on an earlier version of this checklist.

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