Check-list of Pulaski County, Kentucky, Birds

 

A list of early and late dates of arrival and departure for spring and fall for Pulaski County, as well as a list of high counts for all species recorded in that county, may be viewed at the following link:

Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in Pulaski County indicated (X in right column).  Species denoted below with one asterisk (*) are rare and with two asterisks (**) very rare within the UCR; sightings of these species should be reported via a documentation formSpecies on the Audubon WatchList are indicated below in pink (27 species) or red (8 species), with the latter being more critically decreasing species.

_____ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) **  
_____ Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) * X
_____ Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) X
    Snow Goose, white morph
    Snow Goose, blue morph x
    Snow Goose, intermediate morph **
_____ Ross's Goose (Chen rossii) * X
_____ Brant (Branta bernicla) ** X
_____  Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) ** X
_____  Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
_____  Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) * X
_____ Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) **
_____  Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) * X
_____  Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) X
_____ Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) X
_____  Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) X
_____  Gadwall (Anas strepera) X
_____  American Wigeon (Anas americana) X
_____  Mallard (Anas platyrhyncos) X
_____  American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) X
_____  Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula) **
_____  Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) X
_____  Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) X
_____  Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) X
_____  Redhead (Aythya americana) X
_____  Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) X
_____  Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) * X
_____  Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) X
_____  Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) **
_____  Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) * X
_____ White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) * X
_____ Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) ** X
_____ Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) **  X
_____ Bufflehead  (Bucephala albeola) X
_____ Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) X
_____ Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) X
_____ Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) * X
_____ Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) X
_____ Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) X
_____  Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) X
_____  Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) * X
_____  Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallapavo) X
_____ Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) X
_____  Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) X
_____ Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) ** X
_____ Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) * X
_____ Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) ** X
_____ Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X
_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) * X
_____ Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratoriusextinct) --
_____ White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) **  
_____ Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) X
_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) X
_____ Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) * X
_____ Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) X
_____ Chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis) X
_____ Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) X
_____ Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) X
_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) X
_____ Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) * X
_____ Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) **
_____ Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) **
_____ Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) **
_____  King Rail (Rallus elegans) **
_____ Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) * X
_____ Sora (Porzana carolina) * X
_____ Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus) **
_____ Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) ** X
_____ American Coot (Fulica americana) X
_____ Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) X
_____  Whooping Crane (Grus americanareintroduced migrant) **
_____ Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) ** X
_____ American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) ** X
_____ Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatorola) ** X
_____ American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) * X
_____ Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) X
_____ Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) ** X
_____ Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) X
_____ Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) ** X
_____ Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) **
_____ Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) ** X
_____ Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) * X
_____ Sanderling (Calidris alba) ** X
_____ Dunlin (Calidris alpina) X
_____ Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) ** X
_____ Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) X
_____ White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) * X
_____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) ** X
_____ Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) X
_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) X
_____ Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) * X
_____ Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) * X
_____ Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) ** X
_____ American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) X
_____ Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) X
_____ Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) X
_____ Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) X
_____ Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) X
_____ Willet (Tringa semipalmata) ** X
_____ Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) X
_____ Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) ** X
_____ Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) ** X
_____ Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) **
_____ Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) **  
_____ Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) **  
_____ Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) ** X
_____ Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini) **  
_____ Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) X
_____ Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) **  
_____ Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) ** X
_____ Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) * X
_____ Mew Gull (Larus canus) **
_____ Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) X
_____ California Gull (Larus californicus) **
_____ Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) X
_____  Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) ** X
_____  Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) **
_____  Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) ** X
_____ Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) **
_____ Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) ** X
_____ Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) X
_____ Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) X
_____ Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) * X
_____ Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) **  
_____ Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) X
_____  Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) *
_____  Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) **
_____  Common Loon (Gavia immer) X
_____  Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii) **
_____ Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) ** X
_____ Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) **  
_____ Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) X
_____ Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) **  
_____ American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) * X
_____ Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) **
_____ American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) * X
_____ Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) **
_____ Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) X
    Great Blue Heron, blue morph x
    Great Blue Heron, white morph ** x
_____ Great Egret (Ardea alba) X
_____ Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) * X
_____ Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) * X
_____ Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) ** X
_____ Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) * X
_____ Green Heron (Butorides virescens) X
_____ Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) X
_____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) *
_____ White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) ** X
_____ White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) **  
_____ Dark Ibis sp. (Plegadis sp.) **
_____ Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) X
_____ Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) X
_____ Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) X
_____ Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) **  
_____ Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) * X
_____ Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) X
_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) X
_____ Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperi) X
_____ Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) X
_____ Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) ** X
_____ Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) X
_____ Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) X
_____ Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) ** X
_____ Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) X
    B. j. harlani ** x
    B. j. calurus **  x
    B. j. borealis light morph (Krider's) ** 
_____ Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) * X
_____ Barn Owl (Tyto alba) * X
_____ Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) X
_____ Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) X
_____ Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) **
_____ Barred Owl (Strix varia) X
_____ Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) ** X
_____ Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) * X
_____ Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) * X
_____ Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) X
_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) X
_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) X
_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) X
_____ Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) X
_____ Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) X
_____ Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealisextirpated) ** X
_____ Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) X
_____ Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) X
_____ American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) X
_____ Merlin (Falco columbarius) * X
_____ Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) * X
_____ Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus) **
_____ Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensisextinct) --
_____ Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) **  
_____ Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) X
_____ Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) **
_____ Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) X
_____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) **
_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) * X
_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) X
_____ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) ** X
_____ Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) X
_____ Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) ** X
_____ Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) * X
_____ Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) * X
_____ Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) X
_____ Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya) **
_____ Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) X
_____ Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor) **  
_____ White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) X
_____ Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii) **  
_____ Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) X
_____ Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) X
_____ Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) X
_____ Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) X
_____ Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) X
_____ Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) X
_____ American Crow (Corvus brachyrhyncos) X
_____ Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) **  
_____ Common Raven (Corvus corax) ** X
_____ Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) X
_____ Purple Martin (Progne subis) X
_____ Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) X
_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) X
_____ Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) X
_____ Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonata) X
_____ Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) X
_____ Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) X
_____ Tufted Titmouse (Baeopholus bicolor) X
_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) X
_____ White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) X
_____ Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) *
_____ Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) X
_____ House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) X
_____ Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) X
_____ Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) * X
_____ Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) * X
_____ Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) X
_____ Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) ** X
_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) X
_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) X
_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) X
_____ Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) X
_____ Veery (Catharus fuscescens) * X
_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus) X
_____ Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) X
_____ Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) X
_____ Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) X
_____ American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
_____ Gray Catbird (Dumatella carolinensis) X
_____ Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) X
_____ Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) X
_____ European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
_____ Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) X
_____ House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) X
_____ American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) X
_____ Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) * X
_____ House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) X
_____ Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) X
_____ Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) ** X
_____ Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) ** X
_____ White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) **
_____ Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) X
_____ American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) X
_____ Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) * X
_____ Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) ** X
_____ Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) X

_____

Bachman's Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis) ** X
_____ American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea) * X
_____ Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) X
_____ Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) ** X
_____ Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) X
_____ Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) X
_____ Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) ** X
_____ Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) X
_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) X
_____ Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) * X
_____ LeConte's Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii) **
_____ Nelson's Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni) **
_____ Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) X
_____ Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodius) X
_____ Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) X
_____ Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) X
_____ White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) X
_____ Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) **
_____ White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) X
_____ Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) X
_____ Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) X
_____ Yellow-headed Blackbird  (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) ** X
_____ Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) X
_____ Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) X
_____ Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) **
_____ Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) X
_____ Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) X
_____ Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) X
_____ Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) X
_____ Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) X
_____ Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) * X
_____ Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) X
_____ Ovenbird (Seiuris aurocapillus) X
_____ Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorus) X
_____ Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) X
_____ Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) X
_____ Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) X
_____ Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) X
    "Brewster's" Warbler * x
    "Lawrence's" Warbler ** x
_____ Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) X
_____ Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) X
_____ Swainson's Warbler * (Limnothylpis swainsonii) * X
_____ Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) X
_____ Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) X
_____ Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) X
_____ Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) * X
_____ Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) * X
_____ Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosus) X
_____ Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) X
_____ Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) X
_____ American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) X
_____ Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) X
_____ Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga caerulea) X
_____ Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) X
_____ Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) X
_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) X
_____ Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) X
_____ Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) X
_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) X
_____ Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) X
_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) * X
_____ Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) X
_____ Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) X
_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) X
    "Myrtle" form x
    "Audubon's" form **  
_____ Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) X
_____ Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) X
_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) X
_____ Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) X
_____ Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) X
_____ Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) X
_____ Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) X
_____ Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) X
_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) X
_____ Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) X
_____ Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) X
_____ Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) ** X
_____ Dickcissel (Spiza americana) X
Total Species 282

 

Table 2. Annotated list of Pulaski County bird species.  * = Rare species in UCR; ** Very rare species; Boldfacing = breeding species.

_____ Greater White-fronted Goose **

_____ Snow Goose *

_____ Ross's Goose * (411 December 2005, RMD photo)

_____ Brant * (1415 May 2005, LK photo, CGH, RMD photo)

_____ Cackling Goose (19 January 2009, RMD photo)

_____ Canada Goose

_____ Mute Swan **

_____ Tundra Swan **

_____ Wood Duck

_____ Blue-winged Teal

_____ Northern Shoveler

_____ Gadwall

_____ American Wigeon

_____ Mallard

_____ American Black Duck

_____ Northern Pintail

_____ Green-winged Teal

_____ Canvasback

_____ Redhead

_____ Ring-necked Duck

_____ Greater Scaup *

_____ Lesser Scaup

_____ Surf Scoter **

_____ White-winged Scoter ** (2 November 1984, JBE [Stamm 1985a])

_____ Black Scoter ** (5 November 1984, American Birds 39: 59)

_____ Long-tailed Duck **

_____ Bufflehead

_____ Common Goldeneye

_____ Hooded Merganser (female with 9 young 12 May 1993, JBE [Monroe and Stamm 1993c])

_____ Common Merganser *

_____ Red-breasted Merganser

_____ Ruddy Duck

_____ Northern Bobwhite

_____ Ruffed Grouse *

_____ Wild Turkey

_____ Pied-billed Grebe

_____ Horned Grebe

_____ Red-necked Grebe * (418 November 2006, RMD photo)

_____ Eared Grebe * (5 November 2004, RMD photo)

_____ Western Grebe ** (630 November 2002, RMD et al.)

_____ Rock Pigeon

_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove * (17 January 2005, RMD)

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

_____ Black-billed Cuckoo * (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Common Nighthawk

_____ Chuck-will's-widow (nest photographed May 1942, R. W. Barbour [Schneider 1944])

_____ Eastern Whip-poor-will

_____ Chimney Swift

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ Rufous Hummingbird (c. 1 November 2011 [banded 4 November 2011], fide RMD).

_____ Virginia Rail ** (23 April13 June 2003, RMD)

_____ Sora *

_____ Common Gallinule **

_____ American Coot

_____ Sandhill Crane

_____ Black-necked Stilt ** (11 May 2017, RMD)

_____ American Avocet ** (11 October 1982, JBE [Elmore 1983; Monroe et al. 1988])

_____ Black-bellied Plover * (5–6 September 2011, RMD photo)

_____ American Golden-Plover *

_____ Semipalmated Plover

_____ Piping Plover ** (22 August 2016, RMD photo; an eBird record; also, a leg-banded individual)

_____ Killdeer

_____ Upland Sandpiper ** (4 May 2014, RMD photos)

_____ Ruddy Turnstone ** (29 August4 September 1984, JBE [Stamm 1985a])

_____ Stilt Sandpiper **

_____ Sanderling *

_____ Dunlin (29 September 1984, JBE (Stamm 1985a])

_____ Baird's Sandpiper **

_____ Least Sandpiper

_____ White-rumped Sandpiper **

_____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper **

_____ Pectoral Sandpiper

_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper

_____ Western Sandpiper *

_____ Short-billed Dowitcher *

_____ Long-billed Dowitcher ** (30 November 2005, RMD photo)

_____ American Woodcock

_____ Wilson's Snipe

_____ Spotted Sandpiper

_____ Solitary Sandpiper

_____ Lesser Yellowlegs

_____ Willet ** (21 April 2004, RMD)

_____ Greater Yellowlegs

_____ Wilson's Phalarope ** (3 August 2002, RMD)

_____ Red-necked Phalarope ** (5 September 2011, RMD photo)

_____ Black-legged Kittiwake ** (7 November 2012, RMD photos; an eBird record)

_____ Bonaparte's Gull

_____ Laughing Gull ** (2627 September 2005, RMD)

_____ Franklin's Gull **

_____ Ring-billed Gull

_____ Herring Gull

_____ Lesser Black-backed Gull ** (adult, RMD)

_____ Great Black-backed Gull ** (10-11 January 2018, Lyle Bontrager [eBird # S42292078], RMD [eBird # S41821684])

_____ Least Tern ** (3 August 2006, RMD photo)

_____ Caspian Tern ** (28 September 1985, JBE [Stamm 1985a])

_____ Black Tern *

_____ Common Tern *

_____ Forster's Tern

_____ Common Loon

_____ Wood Stork (6-8 November 2019, fide RMD)

_____ Double-crested Cormorant

_____ American White Pelican * (24 October 1987, fide JBE [Stamm 1988a]; 11 November 2008, RMD photo)

_____ American Bittern ** (20 April 2000, RMD)

_____ Great Blue Heron

     _____ Great Blue Heron, blue form

     _____ Great Blue Heron, white form ** (2125 July 2000, RMD photos)

_____ Great Egret

_____ Snowy Egret **

_____ Little Blue Heron *

_____ Tricolored Heron ** (22 July 2011, RMD)

_____ Cattle Egret **

_____ Green Heron

_____ Black-crowned Night-Heron **

_____ White Ibis ** (19 August 2011, RMD)

_____ Black Vulture

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ Osprey

_____ Golden Eagle **

_____ Northern Harrier

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk

_____ Cooper's Hawk

_____ Bald Eagle

_____ Mississippi Kite ** (11 May 2017, RMD)

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk

_____ Broad-winged Hawk

_____ Red-tailed Hawk

    _____ B. j. calurus ** (17 December 2007, RMD)

    _____ B. j. harlani  ** (27 January 2007, RMD)

_____ Rough-legged Hawk *

_____ Barn Owl ** (1922 August 1996, Mark Welborn Rd., GM, LM et al.)

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl

_____ Great Horned Owl

_____ Barred Owl

_____ Long-eared Owl **

_____ Short-eared Owl * (23
27 November 1995, GM, LM et al.)

_____ Northern Saw-whet Owl * (10 March 2002, RMD)

_____ Belted Kingfisher

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

_____ Downy Woodpecker

_____ Hairy Woodpecker

_____ Red-cockaded Woodpecker (extirpated)

_____ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ American Kestrel

_____ Merlin **

_____ Peregrine Falcon ** (5 July 1939, RMM [Mengel 1939]; 12 September 2001, RDM; 23 October 2004, RMD)

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Kingbird

_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher * (10 September 2001, RMD)

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher **

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Alder Flycatcher ** (11 May 2002, RMD [Busroe 2002c]; 19 May 2004, RMD [Palmer-Ball and
            McNeeley 2004c)


_____ Willow Flycatcher *

_____ Least Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Loggerhead Shrike

_____ White-eyed Vireo

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo

_____ Blue-headed Vireo

_____ Philadelphia Vireo

_____ Warbling Vireo

_____ Red-eyed Vireo

_____ Blue Jay

_____ American Crow

_____ Common Raven (extirpated [Mengel 1949])

_____ Horned Lark

_____ Purple Martin

_____ Tree Swallow

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow

_____ Bank Swallow

_____ Cliff Swallow

_____ Barn Swallow

_____ Carolina Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch

_____ Brown Creeper

_____ House Wren

_____ Winter Wren

_____ Sedge Wren *

_____ Marsh Wren *

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ Bewick's Wren ** (5 May 1946, JP, DW [Wilson 1946])

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Veery

_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush

_____ Swainson's Thrush

_____ Hermit Thrush

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird

_____ Brown Thrasher

_____ Northern Mockingbird

_____ European Starling

_____ Cedar Waxwing

_____ House Sparrow

_____ American Pipit

_____ Evening Grosbeak

_____ House Finch

_____ Purple Finch

_____ Common Redpoll **

_____ Red Crossbill ** (26
27 February 1993, JBE [Monroe and Stamm 1993b])

_____ Pine Siskin

_____ American Goldfinch

_____ Lapland Longspur **

_____ Snow Bunting ** (29 January 2009, RMD, SD, CSN)

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ Bachman's Sparrow ** (20 or 26 March 1889 [Cooke 1914]; 5 May 1946, JP, DW [Wilson 1946];
            formerly a breeder but now extirpated?)

_____ American Tree Sparrow *

_____ Chipping Sparrow

_____ Clay-colored Sparrow * (10 November 2003, RMD)

_____ Field Sparrow


_____ Vesper Sparrow

_____ Lark Sparrow ** (9 September 2003, RMD)

_____ Savannah Sparrow

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow

_____ Henslow's Sparrow *

_____ Fox Sparrow

_____ Song Sparrow

_____ Lincoln's Sparrow *

_____ Swamp Sparrow

_____ White-crowned Sparrow

_____ White-throated Sparrow

_____ Dark-eyed Junco

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Yellow-headed Blackbird ** (13 September 2017, RMD)

_____ Bobolink

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Orchard Oriole

_____ Baltimore Oriole

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Rusty Blackbird

_____ Brewer's Blackbird **

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Ovenbird

_____ Worm-eating Warbler

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush

_____ Northern Waterthrush

_____ Golden-winged Warbler

_____ Blue-winged Warbler

_____ Black-and-white Warbler

_____ Prothonotary Warbler

_____ Swainson's Warbler *

_____ Tennessee Warbler

_____ Orange-crowned Warbler **

_____ Nashville Warbler

_____ Connecticut Warbler **

_____ Mourning Warbler *

_____ Kentucky Warbler

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ American Redstart

_____ Cape May Warbler

_____ Cerulean Warbler

_____ Northern Parula

_____ Magnolia Warbler

_____ Bay-breasted Warbler

_____ Blackburnian Warbler

_____ Yellow Warbler (13 November 1983, JBE; Stamm 1984a)

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler

_____ Blackpoll Warbler

_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler *

_____ Palm Warbler

_____ Pine Warbler

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler

_____ Prairie Warbler

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler

_____ Canada Warbler 

_____ Wilson's Warbler

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Northern Cardinal

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak

_____ Blue Grosbeak

_____ Indigo Bunting

_____ Painted Bunting ** (27 April 1997, RMD)

_____ Dickcissel (11 July 1951, RMM [Mengel 1965])

 

Key to Initials and Abbreviations:    

RMD Roseanna M. Denton
SD Steve Denton
JBE  Jackie B. Elmore, Sr.
CGH C. Gay Hodges
LK Laura Kamperman
GM Gary McClendon
LM Linda McClendon
RMM  Robert M. Mengel
CSN Connie S. Neeley
JP John Patten
DW Dan Wesley
   
KBBA Kentucky Breeding Bird Atlas

 

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