Master List of Bird Species Occurring in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and the Obed Wild and Scenic River as of January 2006.

 

Many bird data from the BSFNRRA are also presented in the following source:

        Stedman, S. J., and B. H. Stedman. 2002.  Notes on the Birds of the Big South Fork
            National River and Recreation Area and Obed National Wild and Scenic River. 
            Privately printed, Cookeville, Tennessee, 146 + viii pp.

    Species listed below in bold red have been sighted in one or both of the parks since the publication of this work in October 2002.

Immature Red-tailed Hawk; photo SJS.

 

x  =  recorded within the Area(s) during or since 1991

f  =  recorded formerly (before 1991) within the park(s)

n  = recorded very near the park(s) (within one km)

 
Species BSF BSF BSF OWSR BSF &
  TN KY TN & KY   OWSR
           
Canada Goose x f f x x
Wood Duck x x x x x
American Black Duck x x x x
Mallard x x x x
Blue-winged Teal x x x x x
Northern Shoveler x x
Green-winged Teal x x x x
Ring-necked Duck x x x
Surf Scoter x x x
Bufflehead x x
Hooded Merganser x x x x
Northern Bobwhite x x x x
Ruffed Grouse x x x x x
Wild Turkey x x x x x
Common Loon x x x
Pied-billed Grebe x x x x
Double-crested Cormorant x x x x
Great Blue Heron x x x x x
Green Heron x x x x x
Black Vulture x x x x x
Turkey Vulture x x x x x
Osprey x x x x x
Bald Eagle x x x x x
Northern Harrier x x x x
Sharp-shinned Hawk x x x x x
Cooper’s Hawk x x x x x
Red-shouldered Hawk x x x x x
Broad-winged Hawk x x x x x
Red-tailed Hawk x x x x x
American Coot x x x x
Sandhill Crane x x x x x
Killdeer x x x x
Spotted Sandpiper x x x x x
Solitary Sandpiper f f f
Greater Yellowlegs x x x
Wilson's Snipe x x x
American Woodcock x x x x x
Rock Pigeon x x x x
Mourning Dove x x x x x
Yellow-billed Cuckoo x x x x x
Black-billed Cuckoo x x x x
Barn Owl x x
Eastern Screech-Owl x x x x x
Great Horned Owl x x x x
Barred Owl x x x x x
Northern Saw-whet Owl x x x x x
Short-eared Owl f f f
Common Nighthawk x x x x
Chuck-will's-widow x x x x
Eastern Whip-poor-will x x x x x
Chimney Swift x x x x x
Ruby-throated Hummingbird x x x x x
Belted Kingfisher x x x x x
Red-headed Woodpecker x x x x x
Red-bellied Woodpecker x x x x x
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker x x x x x
Downy Woodpecker x x x x x
Hairy Woodpecker x x x x x
Red-cockaded Woodpecker n n n f f
Northern Flicker x x x x x
Pileated Woodpecker x x x x x
American Kestrel x x x x
Peregrine Falcon f f x f
Merlin f f x f
Olive-sided Flycatcher x x x x
Eastern Wood-Pewee x x x x x
Acadian Flycatcher x x x x x
Least Flycatcher f f x f
Eastern Phoebe x x x x x
Great Crested Flycatcher x x x x x
Eastern Kingbird x x x x
Loggerhead Shrike f f f
White-eyed Vireo x x x x x
Yellow-throated Vireo x x x x x
Blue-headed Vireo x x x x x
Philadelphia Vireo x x x x x
Warbling Vireo x x
Red-eyed Vireo x x x x x
Blue Jay x x x x x
American Crow x x x x x
Horned Lark x x
Purple Martin x x x x
Tree Swallow x x x x
Northern Rough-winged Swallow x x x x x
Bank Swallow f f x x
Barn Swallow x x x x x
Carolina Chickadee x x x x x
Tufted Titmouse x x x x x
Red-breasted Nuthatch x x x x x
White-breasted Nuthatch x x x x x
Brown Creeper x x x x x
House Wren x x x x
Winter Wren x x x x x
Marsh Wren x x x
Carolina Wren x x x x x
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher x x x x x
Golden-crowned Kinglet x x x x x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x x x x
Eastern Bluebird x x x x x
Veery x x x x
Gray-cheeked Thrush x x x x x
Swainson’s Thrush x x x x x
Hermit Thrush x x x x x
Wood Thrush x x x x x
American Robin x x x x x
Gray Catbird x x x x x
Brown Thrasher x x x x x
Northern Mockingbird x x x x
European Starling x x x x x
American Pipit x x x x
Cedar Waxwing x x x x x
Ovenbird x x x x x
Worm-eating Warbler x x x x x
Louisiana Waterthrush x x x x x
Northern Waterthrush x x x x
Golden-winged Warbler x x x x x
Blue-winged Warbler x x x x x
Black-and-white Warbler x x x x x
Prothonotary Warbler x x x
Swainson’s Warbler x x x x x
Tennessee Warbler x x x x x
Orange-crowned Warbler x x x x
Nashville Warbler x x x x
Connecticut Warbler x x
Mourning Warbler x x x
Kentucky Warbler x x x x x
Common Yellowthroat x x x x x
Hooded Warbler x x x x x
American Redstart x x x x x
Cape May Warbler x x x x x
Cerulean Warbler x x x x x
Northern Parula x x x x x
Magnolia Warbler x x x x x
Bay-breasted Warbler x x x x x
Blackburnian Warbler x x x x x
Yellow Warbler x x x x x
Chestnut-sided Warbler x x x x x
Blackpoll Warbler x x x x
Black-throated Blue Warbler x x x x
Palm Warbler x x x x
Pine Warbler x x x x x
Yellow-rumped Warbler x x x x x
Yellow-throated Warbler x x x x x
Prairie Warbler x x x x x
Black-throated Green Warbler x x x x x
Canada Warbler x x x x x
Wilson's Warbler x x
Yellow-breasted Chat x x x x x
American Tree Sparrow x x x
Chipping Sparrow x x x x x
Field Sparrow x x x x x
Fox Sparrow x x x x x
Dark-eyed Junco x x x x x
White-crowned Sparrow x x x x
White-throated Sparrow x x x x x
Savannah Sparrow x x x x
Vesper Sparrow x x x
Song Sparrow x x x x x
Lincoln’s Sparrow x x x x
Swamp Sparrow x x x x
Eastern Towhee x x x x x
Summer Tanager x x x x x
Scarlet Tanager x x x x x
Northern Cardinal x x x x x
Rose-breasted Grosbeak x x x x x
Blue Grosbeak x x x x
Indigo Bunting x x x x x
Bobolink f f f
Red-winged Blackbird x x x x x
Eastern Meadowlark x x x x x
Common Grackle x x x x x
Brown-headed Cowbird x x x x x
Orchard Oriole x x x x
Baltimore Oriole x x x x
House Finch x x x x x
Purple Finch x x x x x
Red Crossbill f f n f
Pine Siskin x x x x x
American Goldfinch x x x x x
Evening Grosbeak x x x
House Sparrow x x n x
Total n 1 2 1
Total f 10 1 8
Total x 163 159 170
Total Species 174 162 179

 

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