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The National Audubon Society and Partners in Flight include the linktowatchlisthtmlmarked Siouxland birds on their first WatchList. Ninety species of birds are on the WatchList because of recent population declines. There are thirty-four Siouxland species on the WatchList.

A click on any linktowatchlisthtml icon will take you to more information about the WatchList

Bird Sp Su F W
Gaviidae
Common Loon

u

r

Podicipedidae
Pied-billed Grebe

c

u

c

o

Horned Grebe

c

r

r

Eared Grebe

c

Western Grebe

r

r

Pelecanidae
American White Pelican

c

r

o

Phalacrocoracidae
Double-crested Cormorant

c

r

u

r

Ardeidae
American Bittern linktoambitthtml

r

r

r

Least Bittern

r

o

Great Blue Heron

a

c

u

o

Great Egret

c

u

r

x

Snowy Egret

r

x

x

Cattle Egret

u

x

x

Green Heron

c

u

u

Black-crowned Night Heron

u

r

x

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

r

Threskiornithidae
White-faced Ibis

r

r

Anatidae
Tundra Swan

r

x

Greater White-fronted Goose

c

r

o

o

Snow Goose

a

x

c

u

Ross' Goose

r

x

Canada Goose

a

u

a

u

Wood Duck

c

c

u

u

Green-winged Teal

c

r

u

r

American Black Duck

r

r

Mallard

a

c

c

c

Northern Pintail

c

o

r

Blue-winged Teal

a

c

r

r

Cinnamon Teal

r

x

x

Northern Shoveler

c

r

u

o

Gadwall

c

r

u

o

American Wigeon

c

r

u

o

Canvasback

c

u

o

Redhead

c

r

u

o

Ring-necked Duck

a

r

u

o

Greater Scaup

r

r

r

Lesser Scaup

a

x

u

u

Common Goldeneye

c

o

c

Bufflehead

c

o

u

Hooded Merganser

u

x

o

r

Common Merganser

c

o

c

Red-breasted Merganser

u

r

Ruddy Duck

c

u

u

o

Catharitidae
Turkey Vulture

c

u

r

Accipitridae
Osprey

u

o

Bald Eagle

c

x

o

c

Northern Harrier

c

r

o

u

Sharp-shinned Hawk

o

r

o

c

Cooper's Hawk

u

r

o

c

Northern Goshawk

o

Red-shouldered Hawk

r

Broad-winged Hawk

u

r

Swainson's Hawk

u

x

Red-tailed Hawk

a

c

u

a

Rough-legged Hawk

r

r

u

Golden Eagle

r

x

x

Falconidae
American Kestrel

c

u

u

c

Merlin

r

r

Prairie Falcon

r

x

Phasianidae
Gray Partridge

o

r

r

o

Ring-necked Pheasant

a

c

c

a

Wild Turkey

u

o

o

o

Northern Bobwhite

c

u

o

o

Rallidae
Virginia Rail

u

Sora

c

o

r

Common Moorhen

x

x

x

American Coot

a

u

u

u

Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover

r

r

American Golden Plover

o

r

Semipalmated Plover

u

o

r

Piping Plover

u

u

r

Killdeer

a

a

u

u

Recurvirostridae
American Avocet

o

x

Scolopacidae
Upland Sandpiper

o

Greater Yellowlegs

c

u

r

Lesser Yellowlegs

c

u

r

x

Solitary Sandpiper

u

r

r

Willet

u

Spotted Sandpiper

c

u

r

Hudsonian Godwit linktowatchlist

u

Marbled Godwit

o

Sanderling

r

x

Semipalmated Sandpiper

c

u

r

Western Sandpiper

u

x

Least Sandpiper

c

u

r

White-rumped Sandpiper

c

r

r

Baird's Sandpiper

c

o

r

x

Pectoral Sandpiper

c

u

r

Dunlin

o

Stilt Sandpiper

u

o

Buff-breasted Sandpiper linktowatchlist

x

x

Short-billed Dowitcher

u

Long-billed Dowitcher

u

Common Snipe

c

o

r

x

American Woodcock

o

r

Wilson's Phalarope

c

x

Laridae
Franklin's Gull linktowatchlist

c

r

u

x

Bonaparte's Gull

u

Ring-billed Gull

c

o

u

o

Herring Gull

u

x

o

o

Caspian Tern

u

r

Common Tern

r

r

Forster's Tern

u

o

x

Least Tern

r

u

Black Tern linktowatchlist

c

o

r

Columbidae
Rock Dove

a

a

a

a

Mourning Dove

a

a

u

u

Cuculidae
Black-billed Cuckoo linktowatchlist

u

u

Yellow-billed Cuckoo linktowatchlist

u

u

r

Strigidae
Eastern Screech-Owl

u

u

u

u

Great Horned Owl

c

u

u

c

Snowy Owl

x

r

Barred Owl

u

r

r

u

Long-eared Owl

r

u

Short-eared Owl linktowatchlist

r

Northern Saw-whet Owl

r

Caprimulgidae
Common Nighthawk

u

a

u

Chuck-will's-widow linktowatchlist

o

r

Whip-poor-will

c

u

r

Bird Sp Su F W
Apodidae
Chimney Swift linktowatchlist

a

u

Trochilidae
Ruby-throated Hummingbird

u

o

u

Alcedinidae
Belted Kingfisher

c

c

c

u

Picidae
Lewis' Woodpecker linktowatchlist

x

x

Red-headed Woodpecker linktowatchlist

a

a

u

u

Red-bellied Woodpecker

a

c

u

u

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

r

Downy Woodpecker

c

c

c

c

Hairy Woodpecker

c

u

u

c

Northern Flicker

a

a

c

c

Tyrannidae
Olive-sided Flycatcher linktowatchlist

o

r

x

Eastern Wood-pewee linktowatchlist

c

c

r

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

r

Alder Flycatcher

u

Willow Flycatcher

u

o

Least Flycatcher

c

r

Eastern Phoebe

c

u

r

Great-crested Flycatcher

c

u

r

Western Kingbird

c

c

r

Eastern Kingbird

a

a

r

Alaudidae
Horned Lark

c

u

u

u

Hirundinidae
Purple Martin

a

u

r

x

Tree Swallow

c

u

r

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

c

c

Bank Swallow

c

c

Cliff Swallow

c

u

u

Barn Swallow

a

a

o

Corvidae
Blue Jay

a

a

c

a

Black-billed Magpie

o

r

o

American Crow

a

c

c

a

Paridae
Black-capped Chickadee

a

c

c

a

Sittidae
Red-breasted Nuthatch

r

r

u

White-breasted Nuthatch

a

c

u

a

Certhiidae
Brown Creeper

u

r

u

Troglodytidae
Carolina Wren

x

x

r

House Wren

c

a

u

Winter Wren

x

u

Sedge Wren

u

u

Marsh Wren

c

u

r

Muscicapidae
Golden-crowned Kinglet

u

r

u

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

c

u

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

c

u

x

Eastern Bluebird

c

c

u

u

Townsend's Solitaire

x

x

o

Veery linktowatchlist

u

Gray-cheeked Thrush

c

Swainson's Thrush

c

o

Hermit Thrush

u

r

Wood Thrush linktowatchlist

u

u

u

American Robin

c

a

c

u

Mimidae
Gray Catbird linktowatchlist

c

c

o

Northern Mockingbird

r

r

Brown Thrasher

c

c

u

x

Bombycillidae
Cedar Waxwing

c

u

u

u

Laniidae
Northern Shrike

x

u

Loggerhead Shrike linktowatchlist

u

o

x

Sturnidae
European Starling

a

a

a

a

Vireonidae
Bell's Vireo linktowatchlist

c

u

Solitary Vireo

u

r

Yellow-throated Vireo

u

r

Warbling Vireo

c

c

o

Philadelphia Vireo

u

r

Red-eyed Vireo

a

c

o

Emberizidae

Parulinae

Blue-winged Warbler

o

Golden-winged Warbler linktowatchlist

o

Tennessee Warbler

c

x

o

Orange-crowned Warbler

c

o

Nashville Warbler

c

x

o

Yellow Warbler

a

c

o

Chestnut-sided Warbler

u

Magnolia Warbler

c

Cape May Warbler

o

Yellow-rumped Warbler

a

u

x

Black-throated Green Warbler

o

r

Blackburnian Warbler

o

Pine Warbler

x

x

Palm Warbler linktowatchlist

u

Blackpoll Warbler

c

x

r

Cerulean Warbler linktowatchlist

o

r

Black-and-white Warbler

c

r

r

American Redstart

c

r

Ovenbird

c

o

x

Northern Waterthrush

c

r

x

Louisiana Waterthrush

o

Kentucky Warbler linktowatchlist

c

o

Connecticut Warbler

x

x

Mourning Warbler

o

x

Common Yellowthroat

a

a

o

Wilson's Warbler

c

x

o

Canada Warbler linktowatchlist

r

r

Yellow-breasted Chat

r

o

r

Thraupinae

Summer Tanager

x

x

Scarlet Tanager

c

u

o

Cardinalinae

Northern Cardinal

c

c

c

c

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

c

c

o

Blue Grosbeak

u

u

Indigo Bunting

c

c

o

Dickcissel linktowatchlist

c

a

x

Emberizinae

Rufous-sided Towhee

c

c

r

o

American Tree Sparrow

c

u

a

Chipping Sparrow

c

c

r

Clay-colored Sparrow linktowatchlist

c

Field Sparrow linktowatchlist

c

u

o

Vesper Sparrow

c

c

r

Lark Sparrow linktowatchlist

c

u

r

Savannah Sparrow

c

r

Grasshopper Sparrow linktowatchlist

c

c

Le Conte's Sparrow

o

Fox Sparrow

u

o

Song Sparrow

c

c

u

u

Lincoln's Sparrow

c

u

x

Swamp Sparrow

c

o

o

White-throated Sparrow

c

x

u

r

White-crowned Sparrow

c

x

o

Harris' Sparrow linktowatchlist

c

u

u

Dark-eyed Junco

c

c

a

Lapland Longspur

x

r

u

Snow Bunting

x

o

Icterinae

Bobolink linktowatchlist

u

u

Red-winged Blackbird

a

a

u

u

Eastern Meadowlark

u

u

Western Meadowlark

a

a

u

o

Yellow-headed Blackbird linktowatchlist

c

c

o

o

Rusty Blackbird linktowatchlist

c

r

u

Brewer's Blackbird

u

r

Common Grackle

a

a

c

c

Great-tailed Grackle

o

r

x

Brown-headed Cowbird

c

c

r

r

Orchard Oriole linktowatchlist

c

c

r

Northern Oriole

c

c

o

Fringillidae
Purple Finch

r

u

House Finch

c

c

c

c

Red Crossbill

r

r

Common Redpoll

r

o

Pine Siskin

u

r

r

c

American Goldfinch

a

a

c

c

Evening Grosbeak

x

r

Passeridae
House Sparrow

a

a

a

a

Legend

This list includes the 258 species of birds that occur regularly within an approximately 30 mile radius of Stone State Park. Thirty-three accidental species have also been recorded.

Please report any unusual sightings to Bill Huser at 494-1657.

Bird names from 6th AOU Checklist (1983) and supplements through 1993.

a

Abundant Common species that is very numerous

c

Common Species that occurs in fair to moderate numbers

u

Uncommon Species present, but not certain to be seen

o

Occasional Seen at intervals of 2 to 5 years

r

Rare Seen less than every 5 years

x

Accidental Seen once or twice, considered out-of-range

Credits

The Birds of Siouxland list was compiled 8/95 by Shawn Pfautsch with special thanks to Bill Huser, Jerry Probst, and the Woodbury County Conservation Board. Published on the web with the permission of the Woodbury County Conservation Board.

Accidental Species
 
Species seen once or twice and considered out-of-range.

Red-necked Grebe Tufted Titmouse
Brown Pelican Rock Wren
Little Blue Heron Water Pipit
Mute Swan Bohemian Waxwing
Ross' Goose White-eyed Vireo
Garganey Northern Parula
White-winged Scoter Black-throated Blue Warbler
Mississippi Kite Townsend's Warbler
Peregrine Falcon Bay-breasted Warbler
King Rail Prothonotary Warbler
Black-necked Stilt Hooded Warbler
Whimbrel Black-headed Grosbeak
Ruddy Turnstone Black-throated Sparrow
Red-necked Phalarope McCown's Longspur
Burrowing Owl Chestnut-collared Longspur
Pileated Woodpecker White-winged Crossbill
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