Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge
Southwest Region
Bobwhite Quail, Photo Courtesy of David Metscher

Bird List

Symbols used in this list are defined as follows:

Occurrence:

Sp
Spring
March - May
Su
Summer
June - August
F
Fall
September - November
W
Winter
December - February

Abundance:

A
Abundant
A common species that is very numerous
C
Common
Certain to be seen in suitable habitats
U
Uncommon
Present, not certain to be seen
O
Occasional
Seen few times during the season
R
Rare
Unusual, 1 to 5 years
*
Nesting
Italics
Federal Threatened or Endangered Species

Species
Sp
Su
F
W
Loons
Common Loon
r
r
r
Grebes
* Pied-billed Grebe
c
o
c
o
Horned Grebe
r
r
r
*Eared Grebe
u
r
u
Western Grebe
r
r
r
Pelicans
American White Pelican
a
u
a
o
Brown Pelican
accidental
Cormorants
Neotropic Cormorant
r
r
*Double-crested Cormorant
c
u
c
o
Darters
Anhinga
accidental
Frigatebirds
Magnificent Frigatebird
accidental
Herons, Bitterns & Allies
u
o
u
r
*Least Bittern
o
o
o
c
c
c
c
c
u
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
o
o
a
a
c
c
u
c
u
u
u
o
o
o
Ibises and Spoonbills
White Ibis
accidental
c
c
o
*Glossy Ibis
u
u
Glossy Ibis/White-faced Ibis Hybrid
u
u
Roseate Spoonbill
accidental
Storks
Wood Stork
accidental
American Vultures
Black Vulture
accidental
*Turkey Vulture
c
c
c
Ducks, Geese & Swans
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
accidental
Greater White-fronted Goose
c
c
u
Snow Goose
u
c
c
Ross' Goose
r
r
r
*Canada Goose
a
u
a
a
Brant
accidental
Barnacle Goose
accidental
Trumpeter Swan
accidental
Tundra Swan
r
r
o
*Wood Duck
c
c
c
*Gadwall
a
o
a
c
*American Wigeon
a
o
a
c
American Black Duck
r
r
r
r
*Mallard
a
u
a
a
*Blue-winged Teal
a
o
a
u
Cinnamon Teal
r
r
r
r
*Northern Shoveler
a
o
a
u
*Northern Pintail
a
o
a
u
Green-winged Teal
a
r
a
u
Canvasback
u
u
o
*Redhead
a
r
u
o
Ring-necked Duck
c
u
o
Greater Scaup
r
r
Lesser Scaup
c
r
u
o
Long-billed Duck
r
r
Bufflehead
c
c
o
Common Goldeneye
u
u
c
Surf Scoter
accidental
*Hooded Merganser
u
u
u
u
Common Merganser
c
c
a
Red-breasted Merganser
r
r
r
Ruddy Duck
c
r
c
o
Hawks, Kites & Eagles
Osprey
o
o
*Mississippi Kite
c
c
c
Bald Eagle
c
c
c
Northern Harrier
c
c
c
Sharp-shinned Hawk
u
u
u
*Cooper's Hawk
u
o
u
u
Northern Goshawk
r
r
*Red-shouldered Hawk
r
r
r
r
Broad-winged Hawk
r
  
r
  
*Swainson's Hawk
c
u
c
r
*Red-tailed Hawk
c
u
c
c
Ferruginous Hawk
r
r
r
Rough-legged Hawk
o
  
o
u
Golden Eagle
o
o
o
Caracaras & Falcons
Crested Caracara
accidental
*American Kestrel
c
o
c
c
Merlin
r
r
r
Peregrine Falcon
r
r
r
r
Prairie Falcon
o
r
o
o
Pheasants, Grouse & Turkeys
*Ring-necked Pheasant
c
c
c
c
*Wild Turkey
a
u
a
a
New World Quail
*Northern Bobwhite
c
c
c
c
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
*Black Rail
r
r
r
*King Rail
u
o
u
*Virginia Rail
o
r
 o  
Sora
u
r
u
*Common Moorhen
r
r
r
  
*American Coot
a
u
a
u
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
a
a
r
Whooping Crane
r
  
o
  
Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
u
o
u
American Golden-Plover
o
r
a
a
a
Semipalmated Plover
u
u
r
c
c
c
o
Mountain Plover
accidental
Oystercatchers
American Oystercatcher
accidental
Stilts & Avocets
r
u
r
a
a
a
Sandpipers, Phalaropes & Allies
c
c
c
r
Lesser Yellowlegs
c
o
c
r
Solitary Sandpiper
o
o
o
c
c
c
Spotted Sandpiper
c
c
c
Upland Sandpiper
u
u
u
Whimbrel
r
r
o
o
Hudsonian Godwit
u
r
r
o
r
r
Ruddy Turnstone
o
o
Red Knot
accidental
o
o
Semipalmated Sandpiper
a
c
a
a
u
a
Least Sandpiper
a
u
a
White-rumped Sandpiper
c
u
r
Baird's Sandpiper
a
u
u
Pectoral Sandpiper
u
u
u
o
o
Stilt Sandpiper
c
u
c
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
r
c
c
c
u
u
o
u
u
o
American Woodcock
r
r
r
Wilson's Phalarope
c
c
c
r
r
r
Skuas, Gulls, Terns & Skimmers
Parasitic Jaeger
accidental
Laughing Gull
accidental
Franklin's Gull
a
u
a
Bonaparte's Gull
r
r
r
c
u
c
a
Herring Gull
u
o
u
u
Glaucous Gull
r
r
Sabine's Gull
o
o
r
Black-legged Kittiwake
accidental
Caspian Tern
r
r
r
Common Tern
o
o
o
Roseate Tern
hypothetical
Forster's Tern
u
o
u
c
c
c
Black Tern
c
u
c
Pigeons & Doves
Rock Pigeon
u
u
u
u
*Mourning Dove
c
c
a
r
Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Allies
Black-billed Cuckoo
r
r
*Yellow-billed Cuckoo
c
c
c
*Greater Roadrunner
o
o
o
o
Barn Owls
*Barn Owl
o
o
o
o
Typical Owls
*Eastern Screech-Owl
o
o
o
o
*Great Horned Owl
c
c
c
c
Snowy Owl
r
r
Burrowing Owl
r
r
r
*Barred Owl
u
u
u
u
Long-eared Owl
r
r
r
Short-eared Owl
r
  
r
o
Species
Sp
Su
F
W
Goatsuckers
*Common Nighthawk
c
c
c
*Chuck-will's-widow
c
c
o
Swifts
*Chimney Swift
c
c
c
Hummingbirds
o
o
o
Kingfishers
*Belted Kingfisher
c
c
c
c
Woodpeckers
*Red-headed Woodpecker
c
c
c
r
*Red-bellied Woodpecker
c
c
c
c
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
r
r
r
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
accidental
*Downy woodpecker
c
u
c
c
*Hairy Woodpecker
u
u
u
u
*Northern Flicker
c
c
c
c
Pileated Woodpecker
r
r
r
r
Tyrant Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher
r
Eastern Wood-Pewee
o
u
o
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
o
Least Flycatcher
u
*Eastern Phoebe
u
u
u
  
Say's Phoebe
r
*Great Crested Flycatcher
c
c
c
*Western Kingbird
c
c
c
*Eastern Kingbird
c
c
c
*Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
c
a
u
Shrikes
c
u
c
c
Northern Shrike
r
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
o
r
r
  
c
c
c
Blue-headed Vireo
r
Yellow-throated Vireo
accidental
*Warbling Vireo
c
c
c
Philadelphia Vireo
r
*Red-eyed Vireo
u
u
u
Crows & Jays
c
c
c
c
*American Crow
c
c
c
c
Larks
*Horned Lark
c
o
c
c
Swallows
Purple Martin
o
o
o
*Tree Swallow
c
u
*No. Rough-winged Swallow
a
o
c
*Bank Swallow
c
o
c
*Cliff Swallow
c
u
c
*Barn Swallow
a
c
c
Chickadees & Titmice
*Carolina Chickadee
c
c
c
c
*Tufted Titmouse
c
c
c
c
Nuthatches
r
r
r
White-breasted Nuthatch
r
r
r
Creepers
Brown Creeper
u
u
u
Wrens
Rock Wren
r
*Carolina Wren
c
c
c
u
*Bewick's Wren
u
u
u
u
c
u
c
r
Winter Wren
o
o
o
Sedge Wren
u
u
o
Marsh Wren
u
u
o
Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglet
o
o
u
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
u
u
o
Gnatcatchers
*Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
c
a
c
Thrushes
c
u
c
u
Mountain Bluebird
r
Townsend's Solitaire
r
Swainson's Thrush
c
o
r
r
r
r
c
c
c
c
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
*Gray Catbird
c
c
c
r
u
u
u
o
Sage Thrasher
r
*Brown Thrasher
c
c
c
u
Starlings
*European Starling
c
c
c
c
Pipits
American Pipit
r
o
r
Sprague's Pipit
r
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
r
u
u
u
Wood-warblers
Golden-winged Warbler
accidental
Tennessee Warbler
u
c
u
Nashville Warbler
u
u
Northern Parula
r
*Yellow Warbler
c
u
u
Chestnut-sided Warbler
r
Magnolia Warbler
r
Black-throated Blue Warbler
accidental
c
c
c
Black-throated Green Warbler
r
r
Blackburnian Warbler
r
Black-and-white Warbler
u
r
o
o
r
*Prothonotary Warbler
u
u
Swainson's Warbler
accidental
Ovenbird
r
Louisiana Waterthrush
o
o
Northern Waterthrush
o
Kentucky Warbler
r
r
Mourning Warbler
r
c
c
c
r
Hooded Warbler
accidental
Wilson's Warbler
r
r
Yellow-breasted Chat
u
u
Tanagers
Summer Tanager
r
r
Scarlet Tanager
r
Sparrows
Spotted Towhee
c
c
c
Cassin's Sparrow
r
a
a
a
c
o
c
r
Clay-colored Sparrow
o
o
*Field Sparrow
c
c
c
c
Vesper Sparrow
c
c
r
*Lark Sparrow
c
c
c
r
Lark Bunting
r
u
u
o
*Grasshopper Sparrow
c
u
c
Henslow's Sparrow
r
Le Conte's Sparrow
r
o
o
o
Song Sparrow
c
c
c
Lincoln's Sparrow
o
o
o
Swamp Sparrow
o
o
o
White-throated Sparrow
u
u
u
Harris' Sparrow
a
a
a
c
c
c
a
a
a
r
r
Smith's Longspur
r
r
Chestnut-collared Longspur
r
Snow Bunting
accidental
Cardinals & Allies
c
c
c
c
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
o
o
Black-headed Grosbeak
r
*Blue Grosbeak
o
u
o
Lazuli Bunting
r
c
c
c
*Painted Bunting
u
u
o
*Dickcissel
c
c
c
Blackbirds
Bobolink
r
*Red-winged Blackbird
a
c
a
a
*Eastern Meadowlark
c
c
c
c
*Western Meadowlark
u
u
c
c
Yellow-headed Blackbird
c
r
u
r
Rusty Blackbird
r
r
r
Brewer's Blackbird
o
o
o
*Common Grackle
c
c
c
o
Great-tailed Grackle
u
u
o
c
c
c
c
*Orchard Oriole
c
c
u
*"Northern" Oriole
c
c
u
Baltimore (mostly pure)
c
c
u
o
o
o
Finches
Purple Finch
r
r
r
u
u
u
u
r
Pine Siskin
o
o
o
*American Goldfinch
c
u
c
c
Evening Grosbeak
accidental
Old World Sparrows
*House Sparrow
c
c
c
c

Last updated: July 30, 2007

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