The Birds of Siouxland, Loons through Owls

The National Audubon Society and Partners in Flight include the marked 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.

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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
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
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
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
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
c

o

r

Columbidae

Rock Dove
a

a

a

a

Mourning Dove
a

a

u

u

Cuculidae

Black-billed Cuckoo
u

u

Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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

r

Northern Saw-whet Owl

r

Caprimulgidae

Common Nighthawk
u

a

u

Chuck-will's-widow
o

r

Whip-poor-will
c

u

r

Bird Sp Su F W

Apodidae

Chimney Swift
c

a

u

Trochilidae

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
u

o

u

Alcedinidae

Belted Kingfisher
c

c

c

u

Picidae

Lewis' Woodpecker
x

x

Red-headed Woodpecker
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
o

r

x

Eastern Wood-pewee
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
u

Gray-cheeked Thrush
c

Swainson's Thrush
c

o

Hermit Thrush
u

r

Wood Thrush
u

u

u

American Robin
c

a

c

u

Mimidae

Gray Catbird
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
u

o

x

Sturnidae

European Starling
a

a

a

a

Vireonidae

Bell's Vireo
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
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
u

Blackpoll Warbler
c

x

r

Cerulean Warbler
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
c

o

Connecticut Warbler
x

x

Mourning Warbler
o

x

Common Yellowthroat
a

a

o

Wilson's Warbler
c

x

o

Canada Warbler
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
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
c

Field Sparrow
c

u

o

Vesper Sparrow
c

c

r

Lark Sparrow
c

u

r

Savannah Sparrow
c

r

Grasshopper Sparrow
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
c

u

u

Dark-eyed Junco
c

c

a

Lapland Longspur
x

r

u

Snow Bunting

x

o

Icterinae

Bobolink
u

u

Red-winged Blackbird
a

a

u

u

Eastern Meadowlark
u

u

Western Meadowlark
a

a

u

o

Yellow-headed Blackbird
c

c

o

o

Rusty Blackbird
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
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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