Check-list of Monroe County, Kentucky, Birds

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

_____ Snow Goose * (5 December 2005, JT fide TMC)

_____ Canada Goose (22 August 2004, SJS)

_____ Wood Duck (2 March 2003, SJS, TMC, WAW)

_____ Mallard (16 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Ring-necked Duck (28 October 2007, SJS)

_____ Wild Turkey (11 September 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Northern Bobwhite

_____ Common Loon (1 alternate-plumaged 12 July 1990, BPB [Stamm and Monroe 1990b]; 1 basic-plumaged 16
            November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Pied-billed Grebe (16 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Double-crested Cormorant (16 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Great Blue Heron

_____ Green Heron (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Black Vulture

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ Osprey (30 September 2005, SJS)

_____ Northern Harrier (16 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (23 October 2004, BHS, SJS)

_____ Cooper's Hawk (6 September 1993, SJS, BHS; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

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

_____ Red-tailed Hawk

_____ American Kestrel

_____ Sandhill Crane (16 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Killdeer

_____ Spotted Sandpiper (27 August 2006, SJS, WAW)

_____ Solitary Sandpiper (11 September 2005, SJS, WAW)

_____ Wilson's Snipe (2 March 2003 (SJS, TMC, WAW)

_____ American Woodcock (26 February 2003, TMC et al.)

_____ Bonaparte's Gull (16 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Common Tern * (27 August 2006, SJS, WAW)

_____ Forster's Tern * (27 August 2006, SJS, WAW)

_____ Rock Pigeon (16 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove (25 April 2007, BHS)

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

_____ Barn Owl (late April/early May 2003, fide TMC)

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl (23 October 2004, BHS, SJS)

_____ Great Horned Owl (14 June 1986, WMM)

_____ Common Nighthawk (14 June 2003, SJS)

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

_____ Whip-poor-will (14 June 1986, WMM)

_____ Chimney Swift

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ Belted Kingfisher

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (16 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (16 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Downy Woodpecker

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

_____ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher

_____ Eastern Kingbird

_____ Loggerhead Shrike (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ White-eyed Vireo

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo

_____ Red-eyed Vireo

_____ Blue Jay

_____ American Crow

_____ Purple Martin (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Tree Swallow (27 August 2006, SJS, WAW)

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow

_____ Barn Swallow

_____ Carolina Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

_____ Reb-breasted Nuthatch (22 September 2007, RMD, AMM)

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch

_____ Brown Creeper (23 October 2004, BHS, SJS)

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ House Wren (12 July 1990, BP [Stamm and Monroe 1990b]; 29 May 2002, SJS)

_____ Winter Wren (16 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet (16 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (16 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Swainson's Thrush (22 September 2007, RMD, NB)

_____ Hermit Thrush (16 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird

_____ Northern Mockingbird

_____ Brown Thrasher

_____ European Starling

_____ Cedar Waxwing

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

_____ Tennessee Warbler

_____ Orange-crowned Warbler (23 October 2004, SJS)

_____ Northern Parula

_____ Yellow Warbler

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler

_____ Magnolia Warbler

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler (16 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (22 September 2007, RMD, NB)

_____ Blackburnian Warbler

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Prairie Warbler

_____ Palm Warbler (23 October 2004, BHS, SJS)

_____ Cerulean Warbler

_____ Black-and-white Warbler

_____ American Redstart (22 September 2007, RMD, NB)

_____ Prothonotary Warbler (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Worm-eating Warbler (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Ovenbird (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

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

_____ Kentucky Warbler

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ Chipping Sparrow

_____ Field  Sparrow

_____ Lark Sparrow * (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (18 June 2001, SJS)

_____ Fox Sparrow (16 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Song Sparrow

_____ Swamp Sparrow (16 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ White-throated Sparrow (16 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ White-crowned Sparrow (16 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Dark-eyed Junco (16 November 2003, SJS, WAW)

_____ Northern Cardinal

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (22 September 2007, RMD, NB)

_____ Blue Grosbeak

_____ Indigo Bunting

_____ Dickcissel (18 June 2001, SJS)

_____ Bobolink (3 May 2003, BHS, TMC)

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Orchard Oriole

_____ Baltimore Oriole (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]; 20 June 1999, SJS)

_____ House Finch

_____ 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