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Bird Species Inventory for the Connemara Meadow Preserve

The following list of bird species have been sighted in the Connemara Meadow Preserve from the year 2000 to today.

Location: Connemara Meadow Preserve
List Last Updated: 4/6/08
Number of species: 146
Submitted by: Gailon Brehm

Snow Goose

(Chen caerulescens)

Canada Goose

(Branta canadensis)

Wood Duck

(Aix sponsa)

Ring-necked Duck

(Aythya collaris)

American Wigeon

(Anas americana )

Mallard

(Anas platyrhynchos)

Gadwall

(Anas strepera)

Blue-winged Teal

(Anas discors)

Northern Pintail

(Anas acuta)

Northern Bobwhite

(Colinus virginianus)

Double-crested Cormorant

(Phalacrocorax auritus)

Great Blue Heron

(Ardea herodias)

Little Blue Heron

(Egretta caerulea)

Green Heron

(Butorides virescens)

Great Egret

(Ardea alba)

Snowy Egret

(Egretta thula)

Cattle Egret

(Bubulcus ibis)

Black Vulture

(Coragyps atratus)

Turkey Vulture

(Cathartes aura)

Osprey

(Pandion haliaetus)

Mississippi Kite

(Ictinia mississippiensis)

Northern Harrier

(Circus cyaneus)

Sharp-shinned Hawk

(Accipiter striatus)

Cooper's Hawk

(Accipiter cooperii)

Red-shouldered Hawk

(Buteo lineatus)

Red-tailed Hawk

(Buteo jamaicensis)

American Kestrel

(Falco sparverius)

Peregrine Falcon

(Falco peregrinus)

Killdeer

(Charadrius vociferus)

Greater Yellowlegs

(Tringa melanoleuca)

Lesser Yellowlegs

(Tringa flavipes)

Solitary Sandpiper

(Tringa solitaria)

Least Sandpiper

(Calidris minutilla)

Pectoral Sandpiper

(Calidris melanotos)

Franklin 's Gull

(Larus pipixcan)

Ring-billed Gull

(Larus delawarensis)

Rock Pigeon

(Columba livia)

Eurasian Collared-Dove

(Streptopelia decaocto)

White-winged Dove

(Zenaida asiatica)

Mourning Dove

(Zenaida macroura)

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

(Coccyzus americanus)

Eastern Screech-Owl

(Megascops asio)

Great Horned Owl

(Bubo virginianus)

Barred Owl

(Strix varia)

Common Nighthawk

(Chordeiles minor)

Chimney Swift

(Chaetura pelagica)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

(Archilochus colubris)

Black-chinned Hummingbird

(Archilochus alexandri)

Belted Kingfisher

(Megaceryle alcyon)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

(Sphyrapicus varius)

Red-bellied Woodpecker

(Melanerpes carolinus)

Downy Woodpecker

(Picoides pubescens)

Hairy Woodpecker

(Picoides villosus)

Northern Flicker

(Colaptes auratus)

Olive-sided Flycatcher

(Contopus cooperi)

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

(Empidonax flaviventris)

Willow Flycatcher

(Empidonax traillii)

Least Flycatcher

(Empidonax minimus)

Great Crested Flycatcher

(Myiarchus crinitus)

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

(Tyrannus forficatus)

Western Kingbird

(Tyrannus verticalis)

Eastern Kingbird

(Tyrannus tyrannus)

Eastern Wood-Pewee

(Contopus virens)

Eastern Phoebe

(Sayornis phoebe)

Loggerhead Shrike

(Lanius ludovicianus)

White-eyed Vireo

(Vireo griseus)

Bell 's Vireo

(Vireo bellii)

Blue-headed Vireo

(Vireo solitarius)

Red-eyed Vireo

(Vireo olivaceus)

Blue Jay

(Cyanocitta cristata)

American Crow

(Corvus brachyrhynchos)

Purple Martin

(Progne subis)

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

(Stelgidopteryx serripennis)

Cliff Swallow

(Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)

Barn Swallow

(Hirundo rustica)

Carolina Chickadee

(Poecile carolinensis)

Tufted Titmouse

(Baeolophus bicolor)

Red-breasted Nuthatch

(Sitta canadensis)

White-breasted Nuthatch

(Sitta carolinensis)

Brown Creeper

(Certhia americana )

Carolina Wren

(Thryothorus ludovicianus)

Bewick's Wren

(Thryomanes bewickii)

House Wren

(Troglodytes aedon)

Winter Wren

(Troglodytes troglodytes)

Sedge Wren

(Cistothorus platensis)

Golden-crowned Kinglet

(Regulus satrapa)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

(Regulus calendula)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

(Polioptila caerulea)

Eastern Bluebird

(Sialia sialis)

Hermit Thrush

(Catharus guttatus)

American Robin

(Turdus migratorius)

Gray Catbird

(Dumetella carolinensis)

Northern Mockingbird

(Mimus polyglottos)

Brown Thrasher

(Toxostoma rufum)

European Starling

(Sturnus vulgaris)

American Pipit

(Anthus rubescens)

Cedar Waxwing

(Bombycilla cedrorum)

Tennessee Warbler

(Vermivora peregrina)

Orange-crowned Warbler

(Vermivora celata)

Nashville Warbler

(Vermivora ruficapilla)

Yellow Warbler

(Dendroica petechia)

Magnolia Warbler

(Dendroica magnolia)

Yellow-rumped Warbler

(Dendroica coronata)

Black-throated Green Warbler

(Dendroica virens)

Pine Warbler

(Dendroica pinus)

Black-and-white Warbler

(Mniotilta varia)

American Redstart

(Setophaga ruticilla)

Ovenbird

(Seiurus aurocapilla)

Common Yellowthroat

(Geothlypis trichas)

Wilson's Warbler

(Wilsonia pusilla)

Yellow-breasted Chat

(Icteria virens)

Scarlet Tanager

(Piranga olivacea)

Spotted Towhee

(Pipilo maculatus)

Eastern Towhee

(Pipilo erythrophthalmus)

Chipping Sparrow

(Spizella passerina)

Field Sparrow

(Spizella pusilla)

Vesper Sparrow

(Pooecetes gramineus)

Lark Sparrow

(Chondestes grammacus)

Savannah Sparrow

(Passerculus sandwichensis)

Le Conte's Sparrow

(Ammodramus leconteii)

Fox Sparrow

(Passerella iliaca)

Song Sparrow

(Melospiza melodia)

Lincoln 's Sparrow

(Melospiza lincolnii)

Swamp Sparrow

(Melospiza georgiana)

White-throated Sparrow

(Zonotrichia albicollis)

Harris's Sparrow

(Zonotrichia querula)

White-crowned Sparrow

(Zonotrichia leucophrys)

House Sparrow

(Passer domesticus)

Dark-eyed Junco

(Junco hyemalis)

Northern Cardinal

(Cardinalis cardinalis)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

(Pheucticus ludovicianus)

Blue Grosbeak

(Passerina caerulea)

Indigo Bunting

(Passerina cyanea)

Painted Bunting

(Passerina ciris)

Dickcissel

(Spiza americana )

Red-winged Blackbird

(Agelaius phoeniceus)

Eastern Meadowlark

(Sturnella magna)

Rusty Blackbird

(Euphagus carolinus)

Common Grackle

(Quiscalus quiscula)

Great-tailed Grackle

(Quiscalus mexicanus)

Brown-headed Cowbird

(Molothrus ater)

Orchard Oriole

(Icterus spurius)

Baltimore Oriole

(Icterus galbula)

Pine Siskin

(Carduelis pinus)

House Finch

(Carpodacus mexicanus)

American Goldfinch

(Carduelis tristis)


Page Last Updated: May 5, 2008

 

Photo by Janice Eddington

 

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