SearchAll Refuges
You will find 281 species of birds listed.' The bird list follows the 45th American Ornithologists' Union Checklist.
Key to table:
* = indicates nesting on the refuge has recently occurred ! = State endangered species # = State threatened species a = abundant: a common species which is very numerous c = common: certain to be seen or heard in suitable habitat, not in large numbers u = uncommon: present but not always seen o = occasional: seen only a few times during the season r = rare: seen every 2 to 5 years i = incidental: seen only once OR seen every 5 years or more Spring = March to May Summer = June to August Fall = September to November Winter = December to February
* = indicates nesting on the refuge has recently occurred
! = State endangered species
# = State threatened species
a = abundant: a common species which is very numerous
c = common: certain to be seen or heard in suitable habitat, not in large numbers
u = uncommon: present but not always seen
o = occasional: seen only a few times during the season
r = rare: seen every 2 to 5 years
i = incidental: seen only once OR seen every 5 years or more
Spring = March to May
Summer = June to August
Fall = September to November
Winter = December to February
Species
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Swans, Geese, and Ducks
Greater White-fronted Goose
o
i
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Snow Goose
u
r
Ross's Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose*
a
c
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck*
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard*
Blue-winged Teal*
Northern Shoveler*
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead*
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser*
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Grouse and Turkeys
Ring-necked Pheasant*
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey*
Quail
Northern Bobwhite
Loons
Common Loon#
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe*
Horned Grefe
Eared Grebe
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant
Herons and Bitterns
American Bittern*
Least Bittern*#
Great Blue Heron*
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron*
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Ibises
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Vultures
Turkey Vulture*
Hawks and Eagles
Osprey#
Bald Eagle*#
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk*
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk*
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Falcons
American Kestrel
Merlin#
Gyrafalcon
Peregrine Falcon!
Rails and Coots
Yellow Rail
King Rail*!
Virginia Rail*
Sora*
Common Moorhen*
American Coot*
Cranes
Sandhill Crane*
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer*
Avocet and Stilts
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Sandpipers
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper*
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock*
Wilson's Phalarope*
Red-necked Phalarope
Gulls and Terns
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
IcelandGull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern#
Common Tern#
Forster's Tern
Black Tern*
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Black-billed Cuckoo*
Yellow-billed Cuckoo*
Barn Owls
Barn Owl
Owls
Eastern Screech Owl*
Great Horned Owl*
Snowy Owl
Barred Owl*
Long-eared Owl#
Short-eared Owl!
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Whip-poor-will
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird*
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher*
Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker*
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker*
Hairy Woodpecker*
Northern Flicker*
Pileated Woodpecker*
Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood Pewee*
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher*
Least Flycatcher*
Eastern Phoebe*
Great Crested Flycatcher*
Eastern Kingbird*
Shrikes
Northern Shrike
Vireos
Yellow-throated Vireo*
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo*
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo*
Crows and Jays
Blue Jay*
American Crow*
Larks
Horned Lark*
Swallows
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow*
Northern Rough-winged Swallow*
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow*
Chickadees and Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee*
Tufted Titmouse*
Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch*
Creepers
Brown Creeper*
Wrens
Carolina Wren
House Wren*
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren*
Marsh Wren*
Kinglets and Gnatcatchers
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher*
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird*
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush*
American Robin*
Thrashers
Gray Catbird*
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher*
Starlings
European Starling*
Pipits
American Pipit
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing*
Wood Warblers
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler*
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Kirtland's Warbler!
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler*
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart*
Prothonotary Warbler*
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat*
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
CanadaWarbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Tanagers
Scarlet Tanager*
Sparrows
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow*
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow*
Vesper Sparrow*
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow*
Henslow's Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow*
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow*
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Grosbeaks and Buntings
Northern Cardinal*
Rose-breasted Grosbeak*
Indigo Bunting*
Dickcissel*
Blackbirds and Orioles
Bobolink*
Red-winged Blackbird*
Eastern Meadowlark*
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird*
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle*
Brown-headed Cowbird*
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole*
Finches
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
House Finch*
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Pine Siskin*
American Goldfinch*
Evening Grosbeak*
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow*
List revised January, 2009 - Shiawassee NWR
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