BIRDS
Daniel F. Brunton
APPENDIX B:
RESIDENT AND WINTER BIRD SPECIES IN THE MIXEDWOOD PLAINS ECOZONE
Year round residents and those usually present in their largest numbers during the
winter season - viz, not
including breeding species or non-breeding migrants with smaller, lingering wintering
populations - are listed below. Nomenclature and species order follows Godfrey (1987).
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
American Black Duck
Mallard
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
(G5 - Endangered)
Oldsquaw
Common Eider
Common Golden-eye
Barrow's Golden-eye
Common Merganser
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
(G4 - Vulnerable)
Northern Goshawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Gyrfalcon
American Kestrel
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
Spruce Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Greater Prairie Chicken [ formerly ]
Wild Turkey
Northern Bobwhite
(G5 - Endangered)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Ivory Gull
(G5 - Vulnerable)
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Barn Owl
(G5 - Vulnerable)
Eastern Screech Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Barred Owl
Great Gray Owl
(G5 - Vulnerable)
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Red-bellied Woodecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Horned Lark
Gray Jay
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Mockingbird
Bohemian Waxwing
Northern Shrike
European Starling
Northern Cardinal
American Tree Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Snow Bunting
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
House Finch
White-winged Crossbill
Red Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow