Check-list of Cumberland County, Kentucky, Birds

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Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in Cumberland County, Kentucky, 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 Cumberland County, Kentucky, bird species.  * = Rare species in UCR.

_____ Canada Goose (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Wood Duck

_____ Gadwall (25 March 2005, WAW)

_____ American Wigeon (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Mallard

_____ Ring-necked Duck (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Wild Turkey (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Northern Bobwhite

_____ Common Loon (25 March 2005, WAW, SJS)

_____ Pied-billed Grebe (25 March 2005, WAW, SJS)

_____ Double-crested Cormorant (12 October 2002, SJS, WAW, TMC)

_____ Great Blue Heron

_____ Great Egret (12 October 2002, SJS, WAW, TMC)

_____ Green Heron

_____ Black Vulture

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ Osprey (12 October 2002, SJS, WAW, TMC; 25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Northern Harrier (28 November 2001, SJS)

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (25 March 2005, SJS)

_____ Cooper's Hawk (19 October 1966, Larry McDonald fide CSG [Guthrie 1966a]; 30 May 1994, SJS)

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk

_____ Broad-winged Hawk (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Red-tailed Hawk

_____ Rough-legged Hawk * (22 November 1981, RS [Stamm 1982a])

_____ American Kestrel

_____ American Coot ([1 injured] 9 July 2006, WAW, SJS)

_____ Sandhill Crane (DC)

_____ Killdeer

_____ Spotted Sandpiper (5 May 2007, Spring BirdBlitz)

_____ Solitary Sandpiper (5 May 2007, Spring BirdBlitz)

_____ Bonaparte's Gull (18 January 1999, MS [Busroe 1999b])

_____ Rock Pigeon

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl

_____ Great Horned Owl

_____ Barred Owl (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]; 25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Common Nighthawk (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Chuck-will's-widow (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Whip-poor-will (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]; 5 May 2007, Spring BirdBlitz, BHS, SJS)

_____ Chimney Swift

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ Belted Kingfisher

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (11 June 1998, SJS)

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (20 October 2007, SJS)

_____ Downy Woodpecker

_____ Hairy Woodpecker

_____ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Kingbird

_____ Loggerhead Shrike (19 May 1994, SJS)

_____ White-eyed Vireo

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo

_____ Blue-headed Vireo

_____ Warbling Vireo * (9 July 2006, SJS, WAW) 

_____ Red-eyed Vireo

_____ Blue Jay

_____ American Crow

_____ Purple Martin

_____ Tree Swallow (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW; 1 June 2006, SJS)

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow

_____ Bank Swallow (5 May 2007, Spring BirdBlitz, SJS, BHS)

_____ Cliff Swallow (9 July 2006, SJS, WAW)

_____ Barn Swallow

_____ Carolina Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (20 October 2007, SJS)

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch

_____ Brown Creeper (DC)

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ Bewick's Wren (22 December 1965, CSG [CBC])

_____ House Wren (14 June 1988, WRP)

_____ Winter Wren (25 March 2005, SJS)

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (18 January 1999, MS [Busroe 1999b])

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush (20 October 2007, SJS)

_____ Swainson's Thrush (5 May 2007, Spring BirdBlitz)

_____ Hermit Thrush (20 October 2007, SJS)

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird

_____ Northern Mockingbird

_____ Brown Thrasher

_____ European Starling

_____ Cedar Waxwing

_____ Blue-winged Warbler

_____ Tennessee Warbler (5 May 2007, Spring BirdBlitz, RMD)

_____ Nashville Warbler (5 May 2007, Spring BirdBlitz, RMD)

_____ Northern Parula

_____ Yellow Warbler

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (5 May 2007, Spring BirdBlitz, RMD)

_____ Magnolia Warbler (5 May 2007, Spring BirdBlitz, BHS, SJS)

_____ Cape May Warbler (5 May 2007, Spring BirdBlitz)

_____ Yellow-rumped (5 May 2007, Spring BirdBlitz)

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (5 May 2007, Spring BirdBlitz)

_____ Blackburnian Warbler (5 May 2007, Spring BirdBlitz, RMD)

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler

_____ Pine Warbler

_____ Prairie Warbler

_____ Palm Warbler (5 May 2007, Spring BirdBlitz)

_____ Blackpoll Warbler (5 May 2007, Spring BirdBlitz, RMD)

_____ Cerulean Warbler

_____ Black-and-white Warbler

_____ American Redstart (5 May 2007, Spring BirdBlitz)

_____ Prothonotary Warbler (5 May 2007, Spring BirdBlitz, SJS, BHS)

_____ Worm-eating Warbler

_____ Ovenbird

_____ Northern Waterthrush (5 May 2007, Spring BirdBlitz, SJS)

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush (25 March 2005, SJS)

_____ Kentucky Warbler

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ Canada Warbler (1 [singing] 11 June 1998, SJS)

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ American Tree Sparrow * (29 December 1964, CSG [CBC]; 22 December 1965, CSG [CBC])

_____ Chipping Sparrow

_____ Field Sparrow

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (6 June 1996, SJS)

_____ Fox Sparrow (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Song Sparrow (3 June 1938, WMW [Walker 1940])

_____ Swamp Sparrow (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ White-throated Sparrow (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ White-crowned Sparrow (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Dark-eyed Junco (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Northern Cardinal

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (5 May 2007, Spring BirdBlitz)

_____ Blue Grosbeak

_____ Indigo Bunting

_____ Painted Bunting * (26 May 2006, GT photo)

_____ Dickcissel * (9 July 2006, SJS, WAW)

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Rusty Blackbird (25 March 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Orchard Oriole

_____ Baltimore Oriole (14 June 1988, WRP)

_____ Purple Finch (25 March 2005, WAW, SJS)

_____ House Finch

_____ American Goldfinch

_____ Evening Grosbeak * (20 March-22 April 1962, fide CSG [Anonymous 1962c])

_____ House Sparrow

Key to Initials:

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