Check-list of Warren County, Tennessee, Birds

Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in Warren 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 form.  Species on the Audubon WatchList are indicated below in pink (27 species) or red (8 species), with the latter being more critically decreasing species.

Table 2. Annotated list of Warren County bird species.  * = Rare species in UCR.

_____ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck * (3-4 June 2016, SJS photo, SNM, NPM—a WCF record on first date)

_____ Greater White-fronted Goose * (28 December 2002, CDM et al.)

_____ Snow Goose (CDM)

_____ Ross's Goose * (17 January-21 February 2015, SNM, NPM)

_____ Canada Goose (CBC)

_____ Mute Swan * (10 February/2 March 1996, SNM [Fekel 1997a]; 8 February 2009, EKL, SJS)

_____ Tundra Swan * (CDM; 8 February 2009, EKL, SJS)

_____ Wood Duck (CBC)

_____ Blue-winged Teal (15 August 1932, HMS [Stevenson 1933])

_____ Northern Shoveler (CBC)

_____ Gadwall (CBC)

_____ American Wigeon (CDM)

_____ Mallard (CBC)

_____ American Black Duck (CDM)

_____ Northern Pintail (CDM)

_____ Green-winged Teal (CDM)

_____ Canvasback (CBC)

_____ Redhead (CDM)

_____ Ring-necked Duck (CBC)

_____ Lesser Scaup (8 February 2009, EKL, SJS)

_____ Greater Scaup * (11 December 2013, NPM, SNM)

_____ Surf Scoter * (23 November 2000, CDM)

_____ White-winged Scoter * (10 December 2013, NPM, SNM)

_____ Long-tailed Duck * (3 January 2014, NPM, SNM)

_____ Bufflehead (20 March 1994, SJS, MAS)

_____ Common Goldeneye (CDM)

_____ Hooded Merganser (CBC)

_____ Common Merganser * (28 December 1996—a CBC record; 30 December 2004, SJS, CDW photo—a CBC record)

_____ Red-breasted Merganser (22 November 2003, SJS et al.)

_____ Ruddy Duck (CBC)

_____ Northern Bobwhite (CDM)

_____ Ruffed Grouse (CDM)

_____ Wild Turkey (CBC)

_____ Pied-billed Grebe (CBC)

_____ Horned Grebe (CDM)

_____ Red-necked Grebe * (late winter 2014, SNM, NPM)

_____ Rock Pigeon (CBC)

_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove (27 December 2003, SJS, CDW)

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

_____ Black-billed Cuckoo (CDM)

_____ Common Nighthawk (CDM)

_____ Chuck-will's-widow (CDM)

_____ Eastern Whip-poor-will (CDM; 16 April 1992, SNM)

_____ Chimney Swift

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ Yellow Rail * (2 November 1997, CHB, VBR, SNM, MGW [Fekel 1998a]; also CDM)

_____ King Rail * (15 August 1932, HMS [Stevenson 1933]; 26 May 1935, AFG, HOT, JC [Ganier 1935b]; 30 July
                1952, AFG [Ganier 1952])

_____ Sora (12 September 1999, NPM [Fekel 2000])

_____ Purple Gallinule * (17 May 1936 and 30 July 1952, AFG [Ganier 1952])

_____ American Coot (CBC)

_____ Sandhill Crane (CBC)

_____ American Avocet * (1 October 1994, SNM [Witt 1995a])

_____ Semipalmated Plover (CDM)

_____ Killdeer

_____ Upland Sandpiper * (25 April 1993, SNM [Witt 1993a])

_____ Least Sandpiper (25 May 1997, SNM)

_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper (CDM)

_____ Stilt Sandpiper * (21 August 1993, SNM)

_____ American Woodcock (CBC)

_____ Wilson's Snipe (CBC)

_____ Spotted Sandpiper (CDM)

_____ Solitary Sandpiper (CDM)

_____ Lesser Yellowlegs (CDM; 16 April 1992, SNM)

_____ Willet * (2 May 2005, JWN)

_____ Greater Yellowlegs (CDM; 16 April 1992, SNM)

_____ Bonaparte's Gull (9 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Ring-billed Gull (CBC)

_____ Common Loon (CDM)

_____ Double-crested Cormorant

_____ American White Pelican * (summer or early fall 2004, fide RGG [photo]).

_____ American Bittern * (2 nests 26 May 1935, AFG, HOT, JC [Ganier 1935b]; 9 April 1969, MCW [Parmer
                1969b]; also CDM

_____ Least Bittern * (15 August 1932, HMS [Stevenson 1933]; 26 May 1935 AFG, HOT, JC [Ganier 1935b])

_____ Great Blue Heron

_____ Great Egret (CDM)

_____ Little Blue Heron * (12 August 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Cattle Egret * (CDM)

_____ Green Heron CDM)

_____ Black-crowned Night-Heron * (6 July 1993, SNM)

_____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron * (2 [1 im.] on 20 August 1994, MAS; 1 May 2004, SJS, DAD)

_____ Black Vulture

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ Osprey (CDM)

_____ Golden Eagle (2 January 2016, SNM, NPM—a CBC record; 3 June 2016, SJS—a WCF record)

_____ Northern Harrier (CBC)

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (20 March 1994, SJS, MAS)

_____ Cooper's Hawk (CBC)

_____ Bald Eagle (1961, C DM)

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk

_____ Broad-winged Hawk

_____ Red-tailed Hawk

_____ Barn Owl * (30 December 1993, SNM)

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl (CBC)

_____ Great Horned Owl (28 November 1993, MAS, AMS)

_____ Barred Owl (CDM)

_____ Long-eared Owl * (27 December 2003, SJS—a CBC record)

_____ Belted Kingfisher

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (CBC)

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (28 November 1993, MAS, AMS)

_____ Downy Woodpecker

_____ Hairy Woodpecker

_____ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ American Kestrel

_____ Merlin * (3 January 2009, WAW, CEW, NSL, JCF, CDW)

_____ Peregrine Falcon * (23 September 1995, SNM; 17 April 2005, RGG)

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Kingbird

_____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher * (17 August 2002, SNM)

_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher * (3 May 1969, MCW [Parmer 1969c]; 12 May 2001, BB)

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Willow Flycatcher (6 June 2016, SJS—a WCF record)

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Loggerhead Shrike (CBC)

_____ White-eyed Vireo (CDM; 10 May 2015, SNM)

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo

_____ Blue-headed Vireo (20 March 1994, SJS, MAS)

_____ Philadelphia Vireo * (CDM)

_____ Warbling Vireo * (CDM)

_____ Red-eyed Vireo

_____ Blue Jay

_____ American Crow

_____ Horned Lark (CDM)

_____ Purple Martin

_____ Tree Swallow (CDM)

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow

_____ Bank Swallow (CDM)

_____ Cliff Swallow (CDM)

_____ Barn Swallow (CDM)

_____ Carolina Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (28 November 1993, MAS, AMS)

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch

_____ Brown-headed Nuthatch * (CDM)

_____ Brown Creeper (CDM)

_____ House Wren (TBBA [Nicholson 1997]; C DM)

_____ Winter Wren (28 November 1993, MAS, AMS)

_____ Sedge Wren (10 October 1992, SNM; 2 October 1993, SNM; 14 October 2010, SNM)

_____ Marsh Wren (CDM; 27 September 1992, SNM; 2 October 1993, SNM)

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ Bewick's Wren * (19 October 1975, MPS [Williams 1976a])

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (CBC)

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Veery (CDM)

_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (CDM; 27 September 1992, SNM; 25 September 1993, SNM)

_____ Swainson's Thrush (CDM)

_____ Hermit Thrush (28 November 1993, MAS, AMS)

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird

_____ Brown Thrasher

_____ Northern Mockingbird

_____ European Starling

_____ Cedar Waxwing

_____ House Sparrow (CBC)

_____ American Pipit (CBC)

_____ Evening Grosbeak * (19 May 1976, MCW [Williams 1976c])

_____ House Finch (CBC)

_____ Purple Finch (CDM)

_____ Pine Siskin (November 2008, SNM)

_____ American Goldfinch

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ American Tree Sparrow (27 December 1995—a CBC record)

_____ Chipping Sparrow

_____ Field Sparrow

_____ Vesper Sparrow (CDM)

_____ Lark Sparrow * (14 June 1945, AFG, AC [Ganier and Clebsch 1947])

_____ Savannah Sparrow (CDM)

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (SNM)

_____ Henslow's Sparrow * (22 October 1994, SNM; Witt 1995a).

_____ Nelson's Sparrow * (15 May 1998, SNM [Fekel 1998c])

_____ LeConte's Sparrow * (12 October 2011, SNM, NPM)

_____ Fox Sparrow (28 November 1993, MAS, AMS)

_____ Song Sparrow

_____ Lincoln's Sparrow * (14 October 2010, SNM)

_____ Swamp Sparrow (CDM)

_____ White-throated Sparrow

_____ White-crowned Sparrow (CDM)

_____ Harris's Sparrow * (3 January 2015, SNM, NPM—a CBC record)

_____ Dark-eyed Junco (CBC)

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Bobolink (CDM; 27 September 1992, SNM [Lenhert 1993a])

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Orchard Oriole

_____ Baltimore Oriole (CDM)

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Rusty Blackbird (22 December 2001, SJS, WAW)

_____ Brewer's Blackbird (CDM)

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Ovenbird

_____ Worm-eating Warbler (20 July 2013, SNM)

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush (CDM)

_____ Northern Waterthrush (CDM)

_____ Golden-winged Warbler (CDM; 25 September 1993, SNM)

_____ Blue-winged Warbler

_____ Black-and-white Warbler

_____ Prothonotary Warbler (10 July 1993, SJS)

_____ Tennessee Warbler (CDM)

_____ Orange-crowned Warbler (2 October 1993, SNM)

_____ Nashville Warbler (CDM)

_____ Connecticut Warbler * (CDM)

_____ Mourning Warbler * (22 September 2001, SNM)

_____ Kentucky Warbler (CDM)

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ American Redstart (CDM)

_____ Cape May Warbler

_____ Cerulean Warbler

_____ Northern Parula

_____ Magnolia Warbler

_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (CDM)

_____ Blackburnian Warbler (CDM; 10 October 1992, SNM; 2 October 1993, SNM)

_____ Yellow Warbler

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler

_____ Blackpoll Warbler

_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler * (16 May 1978, GRM [Bierly 1978c]; 22 August 1978, GRM [Bierly
            1979a])

_____ Palm Warbler

_____ Pine Warbler

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler

_____ Prairie Warbler

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler

_____ Canada Warbler (CDM)

_____ Wilson's Warbler (CDM; 27 September 1992, SNM; 10 October 1992, SNM; 2 October 1993, SNM; 4 August 2007, SNM)

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Northern Cardinal

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak

_____ Blue Grosbeak (CDM)

_____ Indigo Bunting

_____ Dickcissel (30 July 1978, MLB [Bierly 1978c])

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Literature Cited:

Acknowledgment:

    Considerable thanks are due to Doug and Crystal Malone for sharing their many records of Warren County birds.

   If you have personal records for species not listed above or if you know of historical records for species not listed above, please send details to me at this e-mail address: birdbfly7101@gmail.com

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