Check-list of Macon County, Tennessee, Birds

   If you have personal records for species not listed below or if you know of historical records for species not listed below, please send details to me at this e-mail address:

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

_____ Canada Goose

_____ Wood Duck

_____ Gadwall (28 October 2007, SJS)

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

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

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

_____ Wild Turkey (9 April 2001, JDF)

_____ Northern Bobwhite

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

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

_____ Great Blue Heron

_____ Green Heron

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

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ 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, FBB)

_____ Broad-winged Hawk

_____ Red-tailed Hawk

_____ American Kestrel

_____ Sandhill Crane (25 February 2003, JP)

_____ Killdeer

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

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

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

_____ Rock Pigeon

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

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

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

_____ Great Horned Owl (TBBA [Nicholson 1997])

_____ Barred Owl (fide JDF)

_____ Common Nighthawk (30 September 2006, FBB--WAW, MPO)

_____ Chuck-will's-widow

_____ Whip-poor-will (fide JF)

_____ Chimney Swift

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ Belted Kingfisher

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

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

_____ Downy Woodpecker

_____ Hairy Woodpecker

_____ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Kingbird

_____ Loggerhead Shrike

_____ White-eyed Vireo

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo

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

_____ Warbling Vireo (28 May 2002, SJS)

_____ Philadelphia Vireo (30 September 2006, FBB--SJS, DAD)

_____ 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

_____ Carolina Wren

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

_____ House Wren (30 September 2006, FBB)

_____ Winter Wren (28 October 2007, SJS)

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

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

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Eastern Bluebird

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

_____ Swainson's Thrush (30 September 2006, FBB)

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird

_____ Northern Mockingbird

_____ Brown Thrasher

_____ European Starling

_____ American Pipit (28 October 2007, SJS)

_____ Cedar Waxwing

_____ Blue-winged Warbler

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

_____ Tennessee Warbler (28 October 2007, SJS)

_____ Nashville Warbler (30 September 2006, FBB--JDF, MRB)

_____ Northern Parula

_____ Yellow Warbler

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

_____ Magnolia Warbler (25 September 2001, JDF)

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler

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

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler

_____ Prairie Warbler

_____ Palm Warbler (7 June 1998, JDF)

_____ Blackpoll Warbler (22 May 2008, JDF)

_____ Cerulean Warbler (28 May 2002, SJS)

_____ Black-and-white Warbler (30 September 2006, FBB)

_____ American Redstart

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

_____ Ovenbird

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush

_____ Kentucky Warbler

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ Chipping Sparrow

_____ Field Sparrow

_____ Lark Sparrow (June 1971, BBS)

_____ 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)

_____ Northern Cardinal

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

_____ Blue Grosbeak

_____ Indigo Bunting

_____ Dickcissel (26 May 1996, SJS)

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Orchard Oriole

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

_____ Purple Finch (28 October 2007, SJS)

_____ House Finch

_____ Pine Siskin * (28 October 2007, SJS)

_____ American Goldfinch

_____ 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