Refuge Bird List

 


Season Symbols  

Sp

Spring              (March through May)

S

Summer            (June through August)

F

Fall                   (September through November)

W

Winter              (December through February)

Species Abundance Symbols

a

Abundant

c

Common, certain to be seen in suitable habitat

u

Uncommon, present but not certain to be seen

o

Occasionally seen

r

Rare, known to be present, but not every year

*

Birds known to nest locally

 

Common Name

*

Sp

S

F

W

Loons

Common Loon

 

u

   

u

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe

*

c

c

c

u

Horned Grebe

*

u

u

r

 

Eared Grebe

*

c

c

c

r

Western Grebe

*

c

c

c

 

Clark’s Grebe

*

o

o

o

 

Pelicans

American White Pelican

*

a

a

a

 

Cormorants

Double-crested Cormorant

*

c

c

c

r

Bitterns, Herons and Egrets

American Bittern

*

c

c

c

r

Least Bittern

*

r

r

   

Great Blue Heron

*

c

c

c

u

Great Egret

*

c

c

c

 

Snowy Egret

*

u

u

u

 

Cattle Egret

*

r

r

r

 

Black-crowned Night-Heron

*

a

a

a

o

Ibises and Spoonbills

White-faced Ibis

*

c

c

c

 

New World Vultures

Turkey Vulture

*

c

c

c

 

Swans, Geese and Ducks

Greater White-fronted Goose

 

u

 

u

 

Snow Goose

 

a

r

a

r

Ross’s Goose

 

c

 

c

 

Canada Goose

*

a

a

a

a

Trumpeter Swan

*

u

u

u

u

Tundra Swan

 

a

r

a

u

Wood Duck

 

o

o

o

r

Mallard

*

a

a

a

c

Blue-winged Teal

*

u

u

o

 

Cinnamon Teal

*

a

a

c

r

Northern Pintail

*

a

u

a

u

Green-winged Teal

*

a

u

a

u

Northern Shoveler

*

a

c

a

o

Gadwall

*

a

a

a

u

Eurasian Wigeon

 

r

 

r

r

American Wigeon

*

a

u

a

u

Canvasback

*

c

u

c

o

Redhead

*

a

a

a

o

Ring-necked Duck

*

u

r

u

o

Greater Scaup

 

r

 

r

 

Lesser Scaup

*

c

u

c

u

Surf Scoter

     

r

r

White-winged Scoter

 

r

 

r

r

Common Goldeneye

 

c

 

c

c

Barrow’s Goldeneye

 

r

 

o

o

Bufflehead

 

c

r

c

u

Hooded Merganser

 

o

 

o

o

Common Merganser

*

c

u

c

u

Ruddy Duck

*

a

a

a

o

Osprey, Kites, Hawks and Eagles

Osprey

 

o

 

r

 

Bald Eagle

 

c

 

u

u

Northern Harrier

*

a

a

a

c

Sharp-shinned Hawk

 

u

 

u

o

Cooper’s Hawk

 

u

 

u

u

Northern Goshawk

 

o

 

o

o

Red-shouldered Hawk

 

r

r

r

 

Swainson’s Hawk

*

u

o

u

 

Red-tailed Hawk

*

c

c

c

c

Ferruginous Hawk

*

o

r

o

o

Rough-legged Hawk

 

a

 

a

a

Golden Eagle

*

c

c

c

c

Falcons and Caracaras

American Kestrel

*

u

u

u

o

Merlin

 

o

 

o

 

Peregrine Falcon

 

r

r

r

r

Prairie Falcon

*

u

u

u

u

Gallinaceous Birds

Chukar

*

c

c

c

c

Gray Partridge

*

r

r

r

r

Ring-necked Pheasant

*

c

c

c

c

Sage Grouse

*

u

u

u

r

Mountain Quail

*

r

r

r

r

California Quail

*

a

a

a

a

Rails

Virginia Rail

*

c

c

c

 

Sora

*

a

a

a

 

American Coot

*

a

a

a

u

Cranes

Sandhill Crane

*

a

a

a

 

Plovers

Black-bellied Plover

 

u

 

u

 

American Golden-Plover

 

r

 

r

 

Snowy Plover

*

u

u

u

 

Semipalmated Plover

*

u

 

u

 

Killdeer

*

c

c

c

o

Stilts and Avocets

Black-necked Stilt

*

u

u

u

 

American Avocet

*

c

c

a

 

Sandpipers and Phalaropes

Greater Yellowlegs

 

c

 

c

r

Lesser Yellowlegs

 

o

 

u

 

Solitary Sandpiper

 

o

 

o

 

Willet

*

c

c

c

 

Spotted Sandpiper

*

u

u

u

 

Whimbrel

 

r

     

Long-billed Curlew

*

c

c

c

 

Marbled Godwit

 

u

 

u

 

Ruddy Turnstone

 

r

 

r

 

Sanderling

 

o

 

o

 

Western Sandpiper

 

c

 

a

 

Least Sandpiper

 

c

 

c

 

Baird’s Sandpiper

 

o

 

u

 

Pectoral Sandpiper

 

r

 

u

 

Dunlin

 

u

 

u

 

Stilt Sandpiper

     

r

 

Long-billed Dowitcher

 

c

 

a

 

Common Snipe

*

c

c

c

o

Wilson’s Phalarope

*

c

c

a

 

Red-necked Phalarope

 

u

o