Check-list of Clinton County, Kentucky, Birds

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

_____ Canada Goose (DC)

_____ Mute Swan * (12 January 2006, SC)

_____ Wood Duck (DC)

_____ Gadwall (DC)

_____ American Wigeon (DC)

_____ Mallard (DC)

_____ Blue-winged Teal (DC)

_____ Ring-necked Duck (DC)

_____ White-winged Scoter * (16 February 2004, SJS, TMC)

_____ Hooded Merganser (DC)

_____ Red-breasted Merganser (DC)

_____ Wild Turkey (DC)

_____ Northern Bobwhite (16 August 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Common Loon (DC)

_____ Pied-billed Grebe (DC)

_____ Double-crested Cormorant (20 April 2002, SJS, RMD et al.)

_____ Least Bittern * (1 June 1930, AFG [Ganier 1935a; Monroe et al. 1988])

_____ Great Blue Heron (DC)

_____ Great Egret (16 August 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Green Heron (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]; 6 October 2007, RMD, AMM)

_____ Black Vulture (DC)

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ Northern Harrier (6 October 2007, DAD--Fall BirdBlitz)

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (DC; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Cooper's Hawk (DC)

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk (DC)

_____ Broad-winged Hawk (16 August 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Red-tailed Hawk (DC)

_____ American Kestrel

_____ King Rail * (nest with 11 eggs 1 June 1930, AFG [Ganier 1935a; Monroe et al. 1988])

_____ American Coot (6 October 2007, RMD AMM--Fall BirdBlitz)

_____ Sandhill Crane (DC)

_____ Killdeer (DC)

_____ Solitary Sandpiper (16 August 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Greater Yellowlegs (23 March 1999, DC [Busroe 1999c])

_____ Wilson's Snipe (DC)

_____ Bonaparte's Gull (14 March 2003, RMD)

_____ Ring-billed Gull (DC)

_____ Herring Gull (20 April 2002, SJS, RMD)

_____ Rock Pigeon (DC)

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl (DC)

_____ Great Horned Owl (DC)

_____ Barred Owl

_____ Common Nighthawk (8 June 2003, SJS)

_____ Chuck-will's-widow

_____ Whip-poor-will (14 June 2008, SJS)

_____ Chimney Swift (16 August 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird (20 April 2002, SJS, RMD et al.)

_____ Belted Kingfisher (DC)

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (DC)

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (DC)

_____ Downy Woodpecker

_____ Hairy Woodpecker (16 August 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Northern Flicker (DC)

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Willow Flycatcher * (6 June 2005, SJS)

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher (20 April 2002, SJS, RMD et al.)

_____ Eastern Kingbird (20 April 2002, SJS, RMD et al.)

_____ Loggerhead Shrike (6 November 1993, SJS)

_____ White-eyed Vireo (20 April 2002, SJS, RMD et al.)

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo (20 April 2002, SJS, RMD et al.)

_____ Philadelphia Vireo (6 October 2007, RMD, AMM--Fall BirdBlitz)

_____ Red-eyed Vireo (20 April 2002, SJS, RMD et al.)

_____ Blue Jay

_____ American Crow

_____ Horned Lark (brood of four young June 1937 [Yunker 1938])

_____ Purple Martin (DC)

_____ Tree Swallow (18 March 2006, RMD)

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Bank Swallow (16 August 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Barn Swallow (DC)

_____ Carolina Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (DC; 6 October 2007--Fall BirdBlitz)

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch (DC)

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ House Wren (30 September 2005, BPB)

_____ Winter Wren (DC)

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (DC; 6 October 2007--Fall BirdBlitz)

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (6 October 2007--Fall BirdBlitz)

_____ Swainson's Thrush (6 October 2007--Fall BirdBlitz)

_____ Hermit Thrush (DC)

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird

_____ Northern Mockingbird

_____ Brown Thrasher (DC)

_____ European Starling

_____ Cedar Waxwing

_____ Blue-winged Warbler (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Tennessee Warbler (6 October 2007--Fall BirdBlitz)

_____ Northern Parula (20 April 2002, SJS, RMD et al.)

_____ Yellow Warbler (16 August 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (2 September 2006, SJS, WAW)

_____ Magnolia Warbler (2 September 2006, SJS, WAW)

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (6 October 2007, SJS--Fall BirdBlitz)

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler (20 April 2002, SJS, RMD et al.)

_____ Pine Warbler (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]; 6 October 2007, RMD, AMM--Fall BirdBlitz)

_____ Prairie Warbler (20 April 2002, SJS, RMD et al.)

_____ Palm Warbler (20 April 2002, SJS, RMD et al.)

_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (6 October 2007, SJS--Fall BirdBlitz)

_____ Black-and-white Warbler (20 April 2002, SJS, RMD et al.)

_____ American Redstart (5 October 2007, SJS)

_____ Worm-eating Warbler (20 April 2002, SJS, RMD et al.)

_____ Ovenbird (6 October 2007, SJS--Fall BirdBlitz)

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Kentucky Warbler (DC)

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler (16 August 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Scarlet Tanager (20 April 2002, SJS, RMD et al.)

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ Chipping Sparrow

_____ Field Sparrow

_____ Savannah Sparrow

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (16 August 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Henslow's Sparrow * (August 1949, BLM [Mengel 1965])

_____ Fox Sparrow (DC)

_____ Song Sparrow

_____ Swamp Sparrow

_____ White-throated Sparrow

_____ Dark-eyed Junco

_____ Northern Cardinal

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (20 April 2002, SJS, RMD et al.)

_____ Blue Grosbeak (16 August 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Indigo Bunting

_____ Red-winged Blackbird (DC)

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Brewer's Blackbird * (13 January 2000, DC)

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird (DC)

_____ Orchard Oriole (20 April 2002, SJS, RMD et al.)

_____ Baltimore Oriole (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]; 16 August 2003, SJS, WAW; 6 October 2007, WAW, TMS--Fall BirdBlitz)

_____ Purple Finch (DC)

_____ House Finch (DC)

_____ Pine Siskin (19 February 1999, DC [Busroe 1999b])

_____ American Goldfinch

_____ House Sparrow (DC)

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Literature Cited:

    A list of the Regional counties displaying the total number of species known to have been reported in each as of certain dates may be accessed via the link below:

• List Totals for UCR Counties