Mallards and Herring Gulls on Gull Rock

Bird Checklist

Huron National Wildlife Refuge

Checklist of the bird species known to use Huron National Wildlife Refuge.

Swans, Geese and Ducks

  • Canada Goose
  • American Black Duck
  • Mallard
  • Red-breasted Merganser
  • Common Merganser

Loons

  • Common Loon

Grebes

  • Red-necked Grebe

Cormorants

  • Double-crested Cormorant

Herons and Bitterns

  • Great Blue Heron

Ospreys

  • Osprey

Hawks and Eagles

  • Bald Eagle

Falcons

  • Peregrine Falcon
  • Merlin
  • American Kestrel

Plovers

  • Killdeer

Sandpipers

  • Spotted Sandpiper
  • Wilson’s Phalarope

Gulls and Terns

  • Herring Gull
  • Caspian Tern

Nightjars

  • Common Nighthawk

Swifts

  • Chimney Swift

Hummingbirds

  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Woodpeckers

  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  • Downy Woodpecker
  • Northern Flicker
  • Pileated Woodpecker

Flycatchers

  • Eastern Kingbird
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee
  • Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
  • Great Crested Flycatcher
  • Least Flycatcher
  • Eastern Phoebe

Vireos

  • Blue-headed Vireo
  • Red-eyed Vireo

Jays and Crows

  • Blue Jay
  • American Crow
  • Common Raven

Swallows

  • Tree Swallow
  • Barn Swallow
  • Cliff Swallow
  • Purple Martin

Chickadees

  • Black-capped Chickadee

Nuthatches

  • Red-breasted Nuthatch

Wrens

  • House Wren
  • Winter Wren

Kinglets

  • Golden-crowned Kinglet
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Thrushes

  • American Robin
  • Swainson’s Thrush

Starlings

  • European Starling

Waxwings

  • Cedar Waxwing

Wood Warblers

  • Nashville Warbler
  • Magnolia Warbler
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler
  • Black-throated Green Warbler
  • Pine Warbler
  • Ovenbird
  • Blackburnian Warbler
  • Black-and-White Warbler
  • Canada Warbler
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler
  • Mourning Warbler
  • Tennessee Warbler
  • Northern Parula
  • Blackpoll Warbler
  • American Redstart
  • Common Yellowthroat

Sparrows

  • White-throated Sparrow
  • Chipping Sparrow
  • Song Sparrow
  • Dark-eyed Junco

Tanagers and Buntings

  • Northern Cardinal
  • Indigo Bunting

Blackbirds and Orioles

  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Common Grackle
  • Bobolink

Finches

  • White-winged Crossbill
  • Purple Finch
  • Pine Siskin