HOLT RESEARCH FOREST BIRD SPECIES LIST This is a complete list of all species that have been seen or heard on or above or in waters adjacent to the Holt Forest. Numbers have been assigned only to those species that have been detected during a bird census within the study area. Family names are capitalized and scientific names are italicized. GAVIIDAE Common Loon - Gavia immer PHALACROCORACIDAE Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus ARDEIDAE Great Blue Heron - Aredea herodias Snowy Egret -Egretta thula Green-backed Heron - Butorides striatus Black-crowned Night-heron - Nycticorax nycticorax ANATIDAE Snow Goose - Chen caerulescens Canada Goose - Branta canadensis Wood Duck - Aix sponsa American Black Duck - Anas rubripes Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos Canvasback - Aythya valisineria Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola Common Merganser - Mergus merganser CATHARTIDAE Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura ACCIPITRIDAE Osprey - Pandion haliaetus Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus Cooper's Hawk - Accipiter cooperii Northern Goshawk - Accipiter gentilis Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus 3 Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis PHASIANIDAE 4 Ruffed Grouse - Bonasa umbellus Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo SCOLOPACIDAE Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes Least Sandpiper - Calidrus minutilla Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago American Woodcock - Scolopax minor LARIDAE Herring Gull - Larus argentatus Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus COLUMBIDAE 6 Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura CUCULIDAE 7 Black-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus erthropthalmus Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americanus STRIGIDAE 8 Great-horned Owl - Bubo virginianus 9 Barred Owl - Strix varia Northern Saw-whet Owl - Aegolius acadicus CAPRIMULGIDAE Common Nighthawk - Chordeiles minor 10 Whip-poor-will - Caprimulgus vociferus APODIDAE Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica TROCHILIDAE 11 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris ALCEDINIDAE Belted Kingfisher - Ceryle alcyon PICIDAE 12 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius 13 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 14 Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus 15 Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus 16 Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus TYRANNIDAE 17 Olive-sided Flycatcher - Contopus borealis 18 Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens 20 Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus 21 Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe 22 Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus 23 Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus HIRUNDINIDAE Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica CORVIDAE 24 Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 25 American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 26 Common Raven - Corvus corax PARIDAE 27 Black-capped Chickadee - Parus atricapillus Tufted Titmouse - Parus bicolor SITTIDAE 29 Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis 30 White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis CERTHIIDAE 31 Brown Creeper - Certhia americana TROGLODYTIDAE House Wren - Troglodytes aedon 32 Winter Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes Marsh Wren - Cistothorus palustris MUSCICAPIDAE 33 Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa 34 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula 35 Veery - Catharus fuscescens 36 Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus 37 Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus 39 American Robin - Turdus migratorius MIMIDAE 40 Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis BOMBYCILLIDAE 42 Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum LANIIDAE Northern Shrike - Lanius excubitor STURNIDAE 43 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris VIREONIDAE 44 Solitary Vireo - Vireo solitarius 46 Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus EMBERIZIDAE SUBFAMILY PARULINAE 48 Tennessee Warbler - Vermivora peregrina 49 Nashville Warbler - Vermivora ruficapilla 50 Northern Parula - Parula americana 52 Chestnut-sided Warbler - Dendroica pensylvanica 53 Magnolia Warbler - Dendroica magnolia 54 Cape May Warbler - Dendroica tigrina 55 Black-throated Blue Warbler - Dendroica caerulescens 56 Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata 57 Black-throated Green Warbler - Dendroica virens 58 Blackburnian Warbler - Dendroica fusca 59 Pine Warbler - Dendroica pinus 60 Palm Warbler - Dendroica palmarum 61 Bay-breasted Warbler - Dendroica castanea 62 Blackpoll Warbler - Dendroica striata 63 Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia 64 American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla 65 Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapillus 67 Mourning Warbler - Oporornis philadelphia 68 Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas 69 Canada Warbler - Wilsonia canadensis 70 Yellow-breasted Chat - Icteria virens SUBFAMILY THRAUPINAE 71 Scarlet Tanager - Piranga olivacea SUBFAMILY CARDINALINAE 73 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus 74 Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea SUBFAMILY EMBERIZINAE 75 Rufous-sided Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus 77 Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla Sharp-tailed Sparrow - Ammodramus caudacutus 78 Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca 79 Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia Lincoln's Sparrow - Melospiza lincolnii Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana 80 White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis 81 Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis SUBFAMILY ICTERINAE 82 Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus 84 Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula 85 Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater 86 Northern Oriole - Icterus galbula SUBFAMILY FRINGILLINAE 88 Purple Finch - Carpodacus purpureus 90 White-winged Crossbill - Loxia leucoptera 92 Pine Siskin - Carduelis pinus 93 American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis 94 Evening Grosbeak - Coccothraustes vespertinus