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--available for $15 (plus $2 postage) from Stephen and Barbara Stedman, 2675 Lakeland Dr., Cookeville, TN 38506:

        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 Area(s)

n  = recorded very near the Area(s) (within one kilometer)

 
Species BSF BSF BSF OWSR BSF and
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
Ruffed Grouse x x x x x
Wild Turkey x x x x x
Northern Bobwhite 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
N. 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 Kestrel x x x x
Peregrine Falcon f f x f
Merlin f f x f
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
E. 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
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
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
Carolina Wren x x x x x
House Wren x x x x
Winter Wren x x x x x
Marsh Wren x x x
Golden-crowned Kinglet x x x x x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x x x x
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 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
Northern Mockingbird x x x x
Brown Thrasher x x x x x
European Starling x x x x x
American Pipit x x x x
Cedar Waxwing x x x x x
Blue-winged Warbler x x x x x
Golden-winged 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
Northern Parula x x x x x
Yellow Warbler x x x x x
Chestnut-sided Warbler x x x x x
Magnolia Warbler x x x x x
Cape May Warbler x x x x x
Black-throated Blue Warbler x x x x
Yellow-rumped Warbler x x x x x
Black-throated Green Warbler x x x x x
Blackburnian Warbler x x x x x
Yellow-throated Warbler x x x x x
Pine Warbler x x x x x
Prairie Warbler x x x x x
Palm Warbler x x x x
Bay-breasted Warbler x x x x x
Blackpoll Warbler x x x x
Cerulean Warbler x x x x x
Black-and-white Warbler x x x x x
American Redstart x x x x x
Prothonotary Warbler x x x
Worm-eating Warbler x x x x x
Swainson’s Warbler x x x x x
Ovenbird x x x x x
Northern Waterthrush x x x x
Louisiana Waterthrush x x x x x
Kentucky Warbler x x x x x
Connecticut Warbler x x
Mourning Warbler x x x
Common Yellowthroat x x x x x
Hooded Warbler x x x x x
Wilson's Warbler x x
Canada Warbler x x x x x
Yellow-breasted Chat x x x x x
Summer Tanager x x x x x
Scarlet Tanager x x x x x
Eastern Towhee 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
Vesper Sparrow x x x
Savannah Sparrow x x x x
Fox Sparrow x x x x x
Song Sparrow x x x x x
Lincoln’s Sparrow x x x x
Swamp Sparrow x x x x
White-throated Sparrow x x x x x
White-crowned Sparrow x x x x
Dark-eyed Junco 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
Purple Finch x x x x x
House 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