Check-list of Macon County, Tennessee, Birds

Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in Macon 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 Macon County bird species.  * = Rare species in UCR.

_____ Canada Goose

_____ Wood Duck

_____ Blue-winged Teal (30 September 2006, SJS, DAD—a FBB record)

_____ Northern Shoveler (13 March 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Gadwall (28 October 2007, SJS)

_____ Mallard (10 February 2012, RH, DM)

_____ Canvasback (31 January 2009, EKL, SJS)

_____ Ring-necked Duck (13 March 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Northern Bobwhite

_____ Wild Turkey (9 April 2001, JDF)

_____ Pied-billed Grebe (30 September 2006, SJS, DAD—a FBB record)

_____ Rock Pigeon

_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove (30 September 2006, SJS, DAD—a FBB record)

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

_____ Common Nighthawk (30 September 2006, WAW, MPO—a FBB record)

_____ Chuck-will's-widow

_____ Eastern Whip-poor-will (fide JF)

_____ Chimney Swift

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ Sandhill Crane (25 February 2003, JP)

_____ Killdeer

_____ Least Sandpiper (20 August 2006, SJS, WAW)

_____ Wilson's Snipe (13 March 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Solitary Sandpiper (20 August 2006, SJS, WAW)

_____ Double-crested Cormorant (20 August 2006, SJS, WAW)

_____ Great Blue Heron

_____ Green Heron

_____ Black Vulture (13 March 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ Bald Eagle (10 February 2012, RH, DM)

_____ Northern Harrier (13 March 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (29 May 1976, MDW [Williams 1976f]; 13 March 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Cooper's Hawk (20 August 2006, SJS, WAW)

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk (30 September 2006, m. ob—a FBB record)

_____ Broad-winged Hawk

_____ Red-tailed Hawk

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Great Horned Owl (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Barred Owl (fide JDF)

_____ Short-eared Owl (28 December 2013, Reuben Stoll)

_____ Belted Kingfisher

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (2 January 1994, SJS, MAS)

_____ Downy Woodpecker

_____ Hairy Woodpecker

_____ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ American Kestrel

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Kingbird

_____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher * (27 May 2016, SJS—a BBS record)

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Loggerhead Shrike

_____ White-eyed Vireo

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo

_____ Blue-headed Vireo (30 September 2006, SJS, DAD—a FBB record)

_____ Philadelphia Vireo (30 September 2006, SJS, DAD—a FBB record)

_____ Warbling Vireo (28 May 2002, SJS)

_____ Red-eyed Vireo

_____ Blue Jay

_____ American Crow

_____ Horned Lark (150 on 30 December 1993, MAS)

_____ Purple Martin

_____ Tree Swallow (27 May 2004, SJS)

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow

_____ Cliff Swallow (27 May 2004, SJS)

_____ Barn Swallow

_____ Carolina Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch

_____ Brown Creeper (31 January 2009, EKL, SJS)

_____ House Wren (30 September 2006—a FBB record)

_____ Winter Wren (28 October 2007, SJS)

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ Bewick's Wren * (29 May 1994, SJS)

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet (28 October 2007, SJS)

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (30 September 2006, SJS, DAD—a FBB record)

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Veery (7 June 1998, JDF [Fekel 1998d])

_____ Swainson's Thrush (30 September 2006—a FBB record)

_____ Hermit Thrush (31 January 2009, EKL, SJS)

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird

_____ Brown Thrasher

_____ Northern Mockingbird

_____ European Starling

_____ Cedar Waxwing

_____ House Sparrow

_____ American Pipit (28 October 2007, SJS)

_____ House Finch

_____ Purple Finch (28 October 2007, SJS)

_____ Pine Siskin * (28 October 2007, SJS)

_____ American Goldfinch

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ Chipping Sparrow

_____ Field Sparrow

_____ Lark Sparrow (June 1971—a BBS record)

_____ Savannah Sparrow (13 March 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (TBBA [Nicholson 1997]; 26 May 1996, SJS)

_____ Fox Sparrow (13 March 2004, SJS)

_____ Song Sparrow

_____ Swamp Sparrow

_____ White-throated Sparrow

_____ White-crowned Sparrow (2 January 1994, SJS, MAS)

_____ Dark-eyed Junco (13 March 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Orchard Oriole

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Rusty Blackbird (31 January 2009, EKL, SJS)

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Baltimore Oriole (20 August 2006, SJS, WAW)

_____ Ovenbird

_____ Worm-eating Warbler (7 June 1998, JDF)

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush

_____ Golden-winged Warbler (8 September 1991, SJS, BHS)

_____ Blue-winged Warbler

_____ Black-and-white Warbler (30 September 2006—a FBB record)

_____ Tennessee Warbler (28 October 2007, SJS)

_____ Nashville Warbler (30 September 2006, JDF, MRB—a FBB record))

_____ Kentucky Warbler

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ American Redstart

_____ Cerulean Warbler (28 May 2002, SJS)

_____ Northern Parula

_____ Magnolia Warbler (25 September 2001, JDF)

_____ Yellow Warbler

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (30 September 2006, SJS, DAD—a FBB record)

_____ Blackpoll Warbler (22 May 2008, JDF)

_____ Palm Warbler (7 June 1998, JDF)

_____ Pine Warbler (14 June 2013, Macon County Foray—SJS)

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler

_____ Prairie Warbler

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (23 April 2001, JDF)

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Northern Cardinal

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (30 September 2006, FBB)

_____ Blue Grosbeak

_____ Indigo Bunting

_____ Dickcissel (26 May 1996, SJS)

Key to Initials and Abbreviations:

Literature Cited:

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