Checklist of the Birds of Shiloh National Military Park, Hardin County, Tennessee (in progress)

 

    Species are listed using the nomenclature and the order of the 7th ed. of the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list (AOU 1998) and supplements thereto.

    The status of each species is listed, as well as its abundance during each season of the year.  Status codes are explained below:

    Abundance codes are explained below:

    Dates for each season are explained below:

    Breeding is denoted with one asterisk (*) after the common name for possible breeders, two asterisks (**) for probable breeders, and three asterisks (***) for confirmed breeders. Species names presented in bold blue were not found during the inventory period but are known to have occurred in the park from historical records; abundance codes in blue are based on historical data rather than inventory data.

 

 

 

 

Common Name Scientific Name Status Sp Su Fa Wi
____ Snow Goose Chen caerulescens WR VU VU
____ Canada Goose  Branta canadensis WR U U
____ Wood Duck *** Aix sponsa PR U U U U
____ Gadwall Anas strepera WR VU
____ American Wigeon Anas americana WR VU
____ American Black Duck Anas rubripes WR VU VU
____ Mallard * Anas platyrhynchos WR U R VU U
____ Blue-winged Teal Anas discors TR VU R VU
____ Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata WR VU VU
____ Green-winged Teal Anas crecca WR VU
____ Canvasback Aythya valisineria WR VU VU VU
____ Redhead Aythya americana WR VU
____  Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris WR VU
____ Common Goldeneye Bucephalus clangula WR VU
____ Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus WR VU U
____ Wild Turkey *** Meleagris gallopavo  PR C A A C
____ Northern Bobwhite * Colinus virginianus PR U U U
____ Common Loon Gavia immer TR R R R
____ Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps WR VU
____ Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus TR R R R
____ Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus TR VU VU U U
____ American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus TR R R
____ Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis SR R
____ Great Blue Heron *** Ardea herodias PR U U U U
____ Great Egret Ardea alba TR U R U
____ Snowy Egret Egretta thula TR VU R VU
____ Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea TR VU
____ Green Heron ** Butorides virescens SR U U U
____ Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax WR VU
____ Black Vulture  Coragyps atratus PR VU U U
____ Turkey Vulture *** Cathartes aura PR U U U U
____ Osprey Pandion haliaetus TR VU R
____ Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus WR U VU U U
____ Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus WR VU VU VU
____ Sharp-shinned Hawk  Accipiter striatus WR VU U U
____ Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperi UN VU R U VU
____ Red-shouldered Hawk *** Buteo lineatus PR U U U U
____ Broad-winged Hawk ** Buteo platypterus SR U U U
____ Red-tailed Hawk *** Buteo jamaicensis PR U U U U
____ American Kestrel  Falco sparverius TR U U R U
____ American Coot Fulica americana WR VU
____ American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica TR VU
____ Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus TR VU VU
____ Killdeer ** Charadrius vociferus PR U U U U
____ Spotted Sandpiper Actitus macularius TR R R
____ Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria TR R R
____ Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes TR R
____ Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos TR VU
____ Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata TR U U
____ American Woodcock  Scolopax minor TR VU R VU
____ Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia WR U U U
____ Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis WR FC U FC
____ Herring Gull Larus argentatus WR VU U U
____ Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia TR VU
____ Black Tern Chlidonias niger TR R
____ Common Tern Sterna hirundo TR R R
____ Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri TR VU VU
____ Rock Pigeon Columba livia PR VU VU VU VU
____ Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto VR R
____ Mourning Dove ** Zenaida macroura PR C A A C
____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo *** Coccyzus americanus  SR U FC FC
____ Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus TR R R
____ Barn Owl Tyto alba PR R
____ Eastern Screech-Owl ** Megascops asio PR U U U U
____ Great Horned Owl *** Bubo virginianus PR U U U U
____ Barred Owl *** Strix varia PR U U U U
____ Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor  TR R VU
____ Chuck-will's-widow *** Caprimulgus carolinensis SR FC FC U
____ Whip-poor-will ** Caprimulgus vociferus SR U VU VU
____ Chimney Swift *** Chaetura pelagica SR U U U
____ Ruby-throat. Hummingbird ** Archilochus colubris SR U U FC
____ Belted Kingfisher ** Ceryle alcyon  PR U U U U
____ Red-headed Woodpecker *** Melanerpes erythrocephalus PR U U U U
____ Red-bellied Woodpecker *** Melanerpes carolinus PR FC FC FC FC
____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius WR VU U U
____ Downy Woodpecker *** Picoides pubescens PR FC U FC FC
____ Hairy Woodpecker *** Picoides villosus PR U U U U
____ Northern Flicker *** Colaptes auratus PR U U FC U
____ Pileated Woodpecker *** Dryocopus pileatus PR FC U FC FC
____ Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi TR R
____ Eastern Wood-Pewee *** Contopus virens  SR FC FC FC
____ Acadian Flycatcher *** Empidonax virescens SR FC FC U
____ Willow Flycatcher ** Empidonax traillii SR R
____ Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus TR VU
____ Eastern Phoebe *** Sayornis phoebe PR FC FC FC U
____ Great Crested Flycatcher ** Myiarchus crinitus SR U U U
____ Eastern Kingbird ** Tyrannus tyrannus SR U U VU
____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus TR R R R
____ Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus PR U U U U
____ White-eyed Vireo *** Vireo griseus SR C C C
____ Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii TR R
____ Yellow-throated Vireo ** Vireo flavifrons  SR FC FC U
____ Blue-headed Vireo  Vireo solitarius TR VU U R
____ Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus TR VU R VU
____ Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus TR R R
____ Red-eyed Vireo ** Vireo olivaceous SR C FC U
____ Blue Jay *** Cyanocitta cristata PR A A A C
____ American Crow *** Corvus brachyrhynchos PR A A A A
____ Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris PR VU VU VU
____ Purple Martin  Progne subis SR U U VU
____ Tree Swallow *** Tachycineta bicolor SR VU VU VU
____ N. Rough-winged Swallow ** Stelgidopteryx serripennis SR FC U U
____ Bank Swallow Riparia riparia TR R R VU
____ Cliff Swallow  Petrochelidon pyrrhonota TR U R U
____ Barn Swallow *** Hirundo rustica SR A A A
____ Carolina Chickadee *** Poecile carolinensis  PR A A A C
____ Tufted Titmouse *** Baeolophus bicolor PR A A A C
____ Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis WR R R R
____ White-breasted Nuthatch *** Sitta carolinensis PR U FC FC FC
____ Brown Creeper Certhia americana WR VU VU U
____ Carolina Wren *** Thryothorus ludovicianus  PR A A A C
____ Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii SR R VU R R
____ House Wren Troglodytes aedon TR VU U R
____ Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes WR VU U U
____ Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris TR R
____ Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa WR VU U U
____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula WR U U C
____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher *** Polioptila caerulea  SR A C C
____ Eastern Bluebird *** Sialia sialis PR A A A A
____ Veery Catharus fuscescens TR VU VU
____ Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus  TR R U
____ Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus TR U U
____ Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus WR VU VU FC
____ Wood Thrush *** Hylocichla mustelina SR FC U U
____ American Robin *** Turdus migratorius PR A C C A
____ Gray Catbird ** Dumetella carolinensis SR U VU U
____ Northern Mockingbird *** Mimus polyglottus PR FC U U U
____ Brown Thrasher *** Toxostoma rufum PR FC FC FC U
____ European Starling *** Sturnus vulgaris PR C C FC C
____ American Pipit Anthus rubsecens TR VU
____ Cedar Waxwing * Bombycilla cedrorum WR VU VU VU U
____  Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus TR VU VU
____ Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina TR U U
____ Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata TR R VU R
____ Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla TR R
____ Northern Parula ** Parula americana  SR U U U
____ Yellow Warbler * Dendroica petechia SR U U R
____ Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica TR U U
____ Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia TR U U
____ Cape May Warbler Dedroica trigrina TR VU
____ Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata WR C C A
____ Black-thr. Green Warbler  Dendroica virens TR VU U
____ Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca TR U U
____ Yellow-throated Warbler ** Dendroica dominica SR FC FC FC
____ Pine Warbler *** Dendroica pinus PR FC U U VU
____ Prairie Warbler *** Dendroica discolor SR U U U
____ Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum TR U U R
____ Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea TR VU U
____ Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata TR VU
____ Cerulean Warbler  Dendroica cerulea TR VU VU VU
____ Black-and-white Warbler  Mniotilta varia  TR U VU U
____ American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla TR U U U
____ Prothonotary Warbler *** Protonotaria citrea SR C FC U
____ Worm-eating Warbler ** Helmitheros vermivorum SR U U U
____ Swainson's Warbler ** Limnothlypis swainsonii SR R R
____ Ovenbird ** Seiurus aurocapillus  SR U U U
____ Northern Waterthrush Seiurus novaboracensis TR U U
____ Louisiana Waterthrush *** Seiurus motacilla SR FC U U
____ Kentucky Warbler *** Oporornis formosus  SR FC U U
____ Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis TR R
____ Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia TR R R
____ Common Yellowthroat ** Geothlypis trichas SR C C FC
____ Hooded Warbler ** Wilsonia citrina  SR U U U
____ Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla TR R R
___ Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis TR R
____ Yellow-breasted Chat ** Icteria virens SR FC FC VU
____ Summer Tanager *** Piranga rubra SR C C C
____ Scarlet Tanager ** Piranga olivacea SR FC U FC
____ Eastern Towhee *** Pipilo erythrophthalmus  PR FC FC C FC
____ Bachman's Sparrow Aimophila aestivalis SR U
____ American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea TR R R R
____ Chipping Sparrow *** Spizella passerina  PR C A A U
____ Field Sparrow *** Spizella pusilla  PR C C FC FC
____ Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus TR R
____ Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus SR R
____ Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis WR U U
____ Grasshopper Sparrow ** Ammodramus savannarum SR VU U R
____ Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii TR R
____ Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca WR VU VU U
____ Song Sparrow   Melospiza melodia  WR VU U FC
____ Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza melodia TR VU U
____ Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana WR VU U U
____ White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis WR C FC C
____ White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys WR VU VU VU
____ Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis  WR U U A
____ Northern Cardinal *** Cardinalis cardinalis PR A C A A
____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus  TR U U
____ Blue Grosbeak *** Passerina caerulea  SR U FC U
____ Indigo Bunting *** Passerina cyanea  SR FC A C
____ Dickcissel Spiza americana TR R
____ Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus TR VU R
____ Red-winged Blackbird *** Agelaius phoeniceus PR U U U U
____ Eastern Meadowlark *** Sturnella magna PR FC C FC U
____ Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus WR U U VU
____ Common Grackle *** Quiscalus quiscula PR C C FC U
____ Brown-headed Cowbird *** Molothrus ater PR C C U U
____ Orchard Oriole *** Icterus spurius  SR U FC U
____ Baltimore Oriole * Icterus galbula SR VU VU U
____ Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus WR VU VU VU
____ House Finch ** Carpodacus mexicanus PR U U U U
____ Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus WR U U U
____ American Goldfinch *** Carduelis tristis PR FC FC C FC
____ House Sparrow ** Passer domesticus PR VU VU VU VU

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