Checklist of the Birds of Stones River National Battlefield, Rutherford County, Tennessee

 

    The following list of 152 species is presented 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 names of possible breeders, two asterisks (**) after the names of probable breeders, and three asterisks (***) after the names of confirmed breeders.

 

 

 

 

Common Name Scientific Name Status Sp Su Fa Wi
____ Canada Goose *** Branta canadensis PR U U VU U
____ Wood Duck *** Aix sponsa PR U U VU U
____ Gadwall Anas strepera WR R
____ Mallard *** Anas platyrhynchos PR U U U U
____ Common Goldeneye Bucephalus clangula TR R
____ Wild Turkey *** Meleagris gallopavo  PR U U U U
____ Northern Bobwhite ** Colinus virginianus PR U U VU U
____ Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps VR VU
____ Great Blue Heron * Ardea herodias PR U U U U
____ Green Heron * Butorides virescens SR U U VU
____ Black Vulture * Coragyps atratus PR U U U U
____ Turkey Vulture * Cathartes aura PR FC FC FC U
____ Osprey Pandion haliaetus TR R
____ Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus VR R
____ Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus TR VU
____ Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus TR U VU R
____ Cooper's Hawk ** Accipiter cooperii PR U U VU 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 PR VU U VU VU
____ Killdeer *** Charadrius vociferus PR U U U U
____ Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius TR U
____ Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata WR R R R
____ American Woodcock ** Scolopax minor PR U U VU U
____ Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis TR U FC
____ Rock Pigeon *** Columba livia PR U U U U
____ Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto VR R R
____ Mourning Dove ** Zenaida macroura PR FC FC FC U
____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo ** Coccyzus americanus  SR U U U
____ Eastern Screech-Owl ** Megascops asio PR U U U U
____ Great Horned Owl ** Bubo virginianus PR U U U U
_____ Barred Owl Strix varia UN R
____ Common Nighthawk *** Chordeiles minor  VR U U U
____ Chuck-will's-widow ** Caprimulgus carolinensis SR U U VU
____ Chimney Swift ** Chaetura pelagica SR U U U
____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird * Archilochus colubris SR VU VU VU
____ Belted Kingfisher *** Ceryle alcyon  PR U U VU VU
____ Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus VR R VU VU
____ Red-bellied Woodpecker *** Melanerpes carolinus PR U U U U
____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius WR R U U
____ Downy Woodpecker *** Picoides pubescens PR U U FC FC
____ Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus  VR VU VU VU VU
____ Northern Flicker * Colaptes auratus  PR VU VU FC FC
____ Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus PR VU
____ Eastern Wood-Pewee ** Contopus virens  SR U U U
____ Acadian Flycatcher * Empidonax virescens SR R VU
____ Eastern Phoebe *** Sayornis phoebe PR U U U VU
____ Great Crested Flycatcher ** Myiarchus crinitus SR U U VU
____ Eastern Kingbird *** Tyrannus tyrannus SR U U
____ Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus VR R
____ White-eyed Vireo ** Vireo griseus SR U FC U
____ Yellow-throated Vireo * Vireo flavifrons  SR U U U
____ Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius TR VU
____ Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus TR R
____ Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus TR R
____ Red-eyed Vireo ** Vireo olivaceous SR U U U
____ Blue Jay *** Cyanocitta cristata PR FC FC FC FC
____ American Crow * Corvus brachyrhynchos PR FC C C C
____ Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris VR R
____ Purple Martin ** Progne subis VR U U
____ Tree Swallow * Tachycineta bicolor SR VU VU
____ N. Rough-winged Swallow ** Stelgidopteryx serripennis SR U U
____  Cliff Swallow Hirundo pyrrhonota TR VU
____ Barn Swallow *** Hirundo rustica SR U FC U
____ Carolina Chickadee *** Poecile carolinensis  PR FC FC FC FC
____ Tufted Titmouse *** Baeolophus bicolor PR FC FC FC FC
____ White-breasted Nuthatch ** Sitta carolinensis PR U U U U
____ Carolina Wren *** Thryothorus ludovicianus  PR FC C FC FC
____ Bewick's Wren * Thryomanes bewickii  UN R
____ House Wren * Troglodytes aedon VR VU VU R R
____ Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes WR R R
____ Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis TR R R
____ Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa WR VU U
____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula VR U U R
____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher *** Polioptila caerulea  SR FC FC U
____ Eastern Bluebird *** Sialis sialis PR C C C U
____ Veery Catharus fuscescens  TR U VU
____ Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus TR R
____ Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus TR U U
____ Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus WR VU VU U
____ Wood Thrush ** Hylocichla mustelina SR FC VU U
____ American Robin *** Turdus migratorius PR U FC C A
____ Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis TR U U R
____ Northern Mockingbird *** Mimus polyglottus PR U U U U
____ Brown Thrasher *** Toxostoma rufum PR U U U U
____ European Starling *** Sturnus vulgaris PR C A A A
____ American Pipit Anthus rubescens WR VU VU
____ Cedar Waxwing * Bombycilla cedrorum  TR U VU U FC
____  Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus TR VU
____ Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina  TR U U
____ Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata TR R
____ Northern Parula * Parula americana  SR U VU VU
____ Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia TR U
____ Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica TR U U
____ Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia TR VU U
____ Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina  TR U
____ Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata WR FC FC FC
____ Black-throated Green Warb. Dendroica virens TR VU VU
____ Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca TR U
____ Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica SR U VU VU
____ Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus TR U VU
____ Prairie Warbler ** Dendroica discolor SR FC U U
____ Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum TR U U
____ Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea TR U
____ Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata TR U
____ Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea TR VU
____ Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia  TR U U
____ American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla TR U U
____ Prothonotary Warbler * Protonotaria citria SR VU VU VU
____ Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum TR VU VU
____ Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus  TR U U
____ Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis TR VU
____  Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla TR R
____ Kentucky Warbler * Oporornis formosus  SR U VU VU
____ Common Yellowthroat ** Geothlypis trichas SR FC FC U
____ Hooded Warbler * Wilsonia citrina  SR U U U
____ Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla TR VU
___ Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis TR VU
____ Yellow-breasted Chat ** Icteria virens SR FC FC
____ Summer Tanager ** Piranga rubra SR U U U
____ Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea TR U U
____ Eastern Towhee *** Pipilo erythrophthalmus  PR FC FC U U
____ Chipping Sparrow *** Spizella passerina  PR U U U VU
____ Field Sparrow *** Spizella pusilla  PR C FC U FC
____ Lark Sparrow * Chondestes grammacus UN R R
____ Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis  WR U VU U
____ Grasshopper Sparrow *** Ammodramus savannarum  SR U FC R
____ Fox Sparrow  Passerella iliaca WR VU VU
____ Song Sparrow * Melospiza melodia PR U U U FC
____ Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii  TR R VU R
____ Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana WR U U U
____ White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis WR U R U A
____ White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys TR R R
____ Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis WR VU VU FC
____ Northern Cardinal *** Cardinalis cardinalis PR A A A A
____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus  TR U U
____ Blue Grosbeak ** Passerina caerulea  SR FC FC U
____ Indigo Bunting *** Passerina cyanea  SR A A U
____ Dickcissel Spiza americana SR R
____ Red-winged Blackbird *** Agelaius phoeniceus PR U U U A
____ Eastern Meadowlark * Sturnella magna PR U U U U
____ Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus VR U VU
____ Common Grackle *** Quiscalus quiscula PR FC C A A
____ Brown-headed Cowbird *** Molothrus ater PR FC FC U A
____ Orchard Oriole *** Icterus spurius  SR U U
____ Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula TR U
____ Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus WR R U
____ House Finch ** Carpodacus mexicanus PR U U U A
____ Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus VR U
____ American Goldfinch ** Carduelis tristis PR FC C FC FC
____ House Sparrow Passer domesticus UN U U

 

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