BIRDS
Daniel F. Brunton
APPENDIX A:
BREEDING BIRD SPECIES IN THE MIXEDWOOD PLAINS ECOZONE
Nesting within the ecozone has been documented (e.g. Godfrey 1986; Cadman et al.
1987) or established as Probable (cf. Cadman et al. 1987) for the species listed
below. Globally rare species (Natural Conservancy rating G3 or less) or those with
a nationally rare COSEWIC rating (Vulnerable, Threatened or Endangered) are noted in bold.
Nomenclature and species order follows Godfrey (1987) with minor differences.
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Least Bittern
(G5 - Vulnerable)
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Cattle Egret - [ formerly ]
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveller
Gadwall
American Widgeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Common Golden-eye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle [ formerly ]
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
(G4 - Vulnerable)
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
(G5 - Vulnerable)
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
(anatum
race) (G3 - Endangered)
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
Spruce Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Greater Prairie Chicken [ formerly ]
Wild Turkey
Northern Bobwhite
(G5 - Endangered)
Yellow Rail
King Rail
(G4 - Endangered)
Virginia Rail
Sora Rail
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Piping Plover [ formerly ]
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Common Snipe
American Woodcock
Wilson's Phalarope
Little Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
(G5 - Vulnerable)
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Tern
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Passenger Pigeon [formerly]
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Common Barn Owl
(G5 - Vulnerable)
Eastern Screech Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
(G5 - Vulnerable)
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Common Nighthawk
Chuck-will's-widow
Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
(G5 -Endangered)
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Gray Jay
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
(G5 - Vulnerable)
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Loggerhead Shrike
(G4 - Endangered)
European Starling
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Solitary Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chesnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Kirtland's Warbler
(G1 - Endangered)
Prairie Warbler
(G5 - Vulnerable)
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
(G5 - Vulnerable)
Black & White Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
(G5 - Vulnerable)
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
(G5 - Vulnerable)
Mourning Warber
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
(G5 - Threatened)
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
(G5 - Vulnerable )
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Rufous-sided Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Lark Sparrow [ formerly ]
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
(G4 - Endangered)
LeConte's Sparrow
Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Northern Oriole
Purple Finch
House Finch
White-winged Crossbill
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow
