Check-list of White County, Tennessee, Birds

Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in White 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 White County bird species.  * = Rare species in UCR; ** = Very rare in UCR.

_____ Greater White-fronted Goose ** (20 December 2007, EKL—a CBC record)

_____ Snow Goose * (17 November 1991, SJS, BHS)

_____ Ross's Goose ** (17 March 2009, DAD photo)

_____ Brant * (7 May 2005, SJS photo, DAD, JEM—a SBC record)

_____ Canada Goose

_____ Tundra Swan ** (18 December 1991, SJS)

_____ Wood Duck

_____ Blue-winged Teal (21 April 1991, SJS; 20 June 2004 [pair with four young], DAD)

_____ Northern Shoveler

_____ Gadwall (28 October 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ American Wigeon (19 January 2004, SJS, WAW, DAD)

_____ Mallard

_____ American Black Duck (27 October 1990, SJS)

_____ Northern Pintail (14 November 1997, SJS)

_____ Green-winged Teal (12 January 1991, SJS)

_____ Canvasback (4 February 2004, DAD)

_____ Redhead (23 January 2004, DAD)

_____ Ring-necked Duck (20 February 1999, SJS)

_____ Lesser Scaup (12 January 1991, SJS)

_____ Bufflehead (4 February 2004, DAD)

_____ Common Goldeneye (14 November 2003, SJS, DAD)

_____ Hooded Merganser (female with 10 young 16 & 23 May 2004, DAD, SJS photo, WAW)

_____ Red-breasted Merganser (6 March 2006, DAD)

_____ Ruddy Duck (13 October 2004, SJS)

_____ Northern Bobwhite

_____ Ruffed Grouse (May 1982, TOS Foray [Stedman 1986c]; TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Wild Turkey (21 November 2003, DAD)

_____ Pied-billed Grebe (1 December 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ Rock Pigeon

_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove * (1 May 2005, BHS)

_____ White-winged Dove * (5 May 2012, DAD photo—a SBC record)

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

_____ Black-billed Cuckoo (17 May 2008,JEM—a SBC record)

_____ Common Nighthawk

_____ Chuck-will's-widow (late summer 1932, HMS [Stevenson 1933])

_____ Eastern Whip-poor-will (26 May 2004, SJS)

_____ Chimney Swift

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ Virginia Rail ** (1 & 20 July, SJS, DAD; 25 September 2004, SJS, DAD—a FBC record)

_____ Sora * (25 September 2004, SJS—a FBC record)

_____ Common Gallinule ** (25 September 2004, SJS, DAD—a FBC record)

_____ American Coot (14 November 1997, SJS)

_____ Sandhill Crane (20 February 1999, SJS)

_____ Whooping Crane (22 December 2008, EKL photo, DAD—a CBC record)

_____ American Avocet (28 July 2007, DAD, SJS photo)

_____ Semipalmated Plover (5 May 2004, DAD)

_____ Killdeer

_____ Stilt Sandpiper * (8 September 2004, SJS; 1 May 2005, SJS, DAD, JEM)

_____ Dunlin (6 November 1988, SJS)

_____ Least Sandpiper (18 August 1991, SJS)

_____ White-rumped Sandpiper * (9 May 1988, BHS [Stedman 1988d])

_____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper * (10 September 2006, SJS)

_____ Pectoral Sandpiper (5 August 1990, SJS)

_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper (22 May 2004, DAD, WAW, SJS)

_____ Western Sandpiper * (22 May 2004, WAW, SJS, DAD)

_____ Short-billed Dowitcher *(8 September 2004, SJS)

_____ Long-billed Dowitcher * (3 May 2014, SJS)

_____ American Woodcock (TBBA [Nicholson 1997]; WB; 4 on 26 February 2005, SJS, DAD, WAW)

_____ Wilson's Snipe (26 September 1990, SJS)

_____ Spotted Sandpiper (25 July 1932, HMS [Stevenson 1933])

_____ Solitary Sandpiper (5 August 1990, SJS)

_____ Lesser Yellowlegs (14 April 2004, DAD)

_____ Willet * (13 July 2005, DAD, SJS; 14 July 2005, DAD, SJS)

_____ Greater Yellowlegs (21 July 1990, SJS)

_____ Bonaparte's Gull (21 December 2004, NSL, DAD, SJS—a CBC record)

_____ Ring-billed Gull (8 February 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Black Tern * (28 July 1932, HMS [Stevenson 1933]; 8 September 2004, SJS; 21 August 2006, SJS)

_____ Common Tern (17 September 2011, BHS, JCF, BKC—a FBC record)

_____ Forster's Tern (26 July 1988, SJS)

_____ Common Loon (24 November 2000, SJS)

_____ Double-crested Cormorant (6 October 1996, SJS, BHS)

_____ American Bittern * (17 October 1976, MDW [Williams 1977]; 1–20 July 2004, SJS, DAD, EKL et al.)

_____ Great Blue Heron

_____ Great Egret (4 September 1993, SJS, BHS)

_____ Snowy Egret (5 May 2012, WAW photo—a SBC record)

_____ Little Blue Heron * (late summer 1932, HMS [Stevenson 1933]; 29 July 2006, MD, DAD)

_____ Cattle Egret * (26 April 2004, SJS, DAD)

_____ Green Heron

_____ Black-crowned Night-Heron * (4 September 2004, GG)

_____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron * (28–31 May 1982, TOS Foray [Stedman 1986c]; 16 July 1988, SJS; 1 May
             2004,SJS, DAD—a SBC record)

_____ White Ibis * (10 September 2004, SJS photo, DAD)

_____ Black Vulture

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ Osprey (21 May 2002, SJS)

_____ Golden Eagle * (May 2016, eBird observer)

_____ Northern Harrier (12 December 1991, SJS)

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (12 December 1991, SJS)

_____ Cooper's Hawk (4 September 1993 (SJS, BHS)

_____ Bald Eagle * (14 February 2001, RGG; 10 September 2004, SJS, DAD; 21 December 2004, DAD, NSL, SJS—a CBC record)

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk

_____ Broad-winged Hawk

_____ Red-tailed Hawk

     _____ Harlan's Hawk * (20 December 2003 [Cookeville CBC] & 15 March 2004, SJS, DAD et al.)

_____ Rough-legged Hawk ** (18 December 1991, SJS)

_____ Barn Owl * (31 October 2002, DFV)

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl

_____ Great Horned Owl (19 March 1994, SJS, BHS)

_____ Snowy Owl ** (1 December 1956 [Kellberg 1956])

_____ Barred Owl (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Short-eared Owl * (28 December 1991, TR [Stedman 1992])

_____ Belted Kingfisher

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (6 October 1996, SJS, BHS)

_____ Downy Woodpecker

_____ Hairy Woodpecker

_____ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ American Kestrel

_____ Merlin * (10 October 2004, RLK, WAW et al.)

_____ Peregrine Falcon * (24 September 1978, SB [Bierly 1979a]; 1 October 2005, BHS)

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Kingbird

_____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher * (6 June 2015, S. and G. Clendenon—a WCF record)

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Willow Flycatcher * (1 July 2004, SJS, DAD)

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Loggerhead Shrike (12 January 1991, SJS)

_____ White-eyed Vireo

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Blue-headed Vireo (21 December 2010, SGS, EKL—a CBC record)

_____ Philadelphia Vireo (20 September 1975, WJJ [Williams 1976a]; 25 September 2004, SJS, WAW et al.—a FBC record)

_____ Warbling Vireo * (7 May 2005, BHS—a SBC record)

_____ Red-eyed Vireo

_____ Blue Jay

_____ American Crow

_____ Horned Lark (May 1982, TOS [Stedman 1986c])

_____ Purple Martin

_____ Tree Swallow (15 March 2004, SJS, DAD)

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow

_____ Bank Swallow (10 September 2004, SJS, DAD)

_____ Cliff Swallow (TBBA [Nicholson 1997]; 4 April 2004, DAD)

_____ Barn Swallow

_____ Carolina Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (16 October 1999, SJS et al.)

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch

_____ Brown-headed Nuthatch (15 September 2012, EKL—a FBC record)

_____ Brown Creeper (23 December 2003, DAD)

_____ House Wren (April 2004, DAD)

_____ Winter Wren (19 March 1994, SJS, BHS)

_____ Sedge Wren (25 October 2003, SJS, WAW; 20 July–25 September [includes a breeding record] 2004, SJS, DAD; 21
            December 2004, CMM, SJS, DAD—a CBC record)

_____ Marsh Wren (2 November 2003, WB; 21 December 2004, DAD, SJS, CMM—a CBC record)

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ Bewick's Wren ** (7 May–5 June 1991 [persistently singing male], SJS, BHS)

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Veery (1 October 2005, SJS, DAD)

_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (25 September 2004, BHS—a FBC record)

_____ Swainson's Thrush (22 September 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ Hermit Thrush (19 March 1994, SJS, BHS)

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird

_____ Brown Thrasher

_____ Northern Mockingbird

_____ European Starling

_____ Cedar Waxwing

_____ House Sparrow

_____ American Pipit (28 November 1998, SJS)

_____ Evening Grosbeak * (17 December 1987, MI—a CBC record)

_____ House Finch

_____ Purple Finch (19 March 1994, SJS, BHS)

_____ Red Crossbill * (4 May 2013, EKL)

_____ Pine Siskin (21 December 2004, CDW—a CBC record)

_____ American Goldfinch

_____ Lapland Longspur (22 December 2008, EKL—a CBC record)

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ American Tree Sparrow (19 February 2010, EKL photo; 28 December 2010, SJS—a CBC record)

_____ Bachman's Sparrow ** (1 May 2004, SJS, DAD—a SBC record; 15 May 2004, DAD, SJS, RMD photo, WAW et al.)

_____ Chipping Sparrow

_____ Field Sparrow

_____ Vesper Sparrow (11 April 2003, SJS, EKL; 28 December 2010, DAD photo, SGS photo—a CBC record)

_____ Savannah Sparrow (11 April 2003, SJS, EKL)

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (TBBA [Nicholson 1997]; 7 July 1991, SJS)

_____ Henslow's Sparrow ** (4–20 July 2004, SJS, EKL, CDW [photo] et al.; 3/27 July 2006, SJS, DAD/SJS, SGS)

_____ Fox Sparrow (21 December 2004, BHS, GG—a CBC record)

_____ Song Sparrow

_____ Lincoln's Sparrow (31 October 2002, DFV [Knight 2003a]; 28 December 2010, SJS—a CBC record)

_____ Swamp Sparrow

_____ White-throated Sparrow

_____ White-crowned Sparrow (12 December 1991, SJS)

_____ Dark-eyed Junco

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Bobolink (21 May 2002, SJS)

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Orchard Oriole

_____ Baltimore Oriole (late May 1982, TOS Foray [Stedman 1986c]; TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Rusty Blackbird (19 January 2004, SJS, WAW, DAD)

_____ Brewer's Blackbird (4 February 2004, SJS)

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Ovenbird

_____ Worm-eating Warbler

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush

_____ Northern Waterthrush (22 September 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ Golden-winged Warbler * (TBBA [Nicholson 1997]; 22 September 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ Blue-winged Warbler (22 September 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ Black-and-white Warbler

_____ Prothonotary Warbler (26 April 2004, SJS, DAD)

_____ Swainson's Warbler (May 1982, TOS Foray [Stedman 1986c])

_____ Tennessee Warbler (27 October 1990, SJS; 10 September 2004, SJS, DAD)

_____ Orange-crowned Warbler (8 February 2004, SJS, WAW)

_____ Nashville Warbler (6 October 1996, SJS, BHS)

_____ Mourning Warbler * (18 August 1932, HMS [Stevenson 1933])

_____ Kentucky Warbler

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ American Redstart

_____ Cape May Warbler

_____ Cerulean Warbler (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Northern Parula

_____ Magnolia Warbler

_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (22 September 1995, SJS, BHS)

_____ Blackburnian Warbler (25 September 2004, SJS, DAD, NSL—a FBC record; 14 June 2005, DAD)

_____ Yellow Warbler

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (18 August 1932, HMS [Stevenson 1933])

_____ Blackpoll Warbler

_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler (4 October 2008, SJS—a FBC record)

_____ Palm Warbler

_____ Pine Warbler

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler

_____ Prairie Warbler

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler

_____ Canada Warbler (1 May 2004, SJS, DAD—a SBC record)

_____ Wilson's Warbler (4 October 2008, DAD)

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Northern Cardinal

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak

_____ Blue Grosbeak

_____ Indigo Bunting

_____ Dickcissel * (6 June 1988, BHS [Knight 1988d]; 1 May–1 July 2004,SJS, DAD—a SBC record [first date])

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