Check-list of Putnam 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:

                        sstedman@tntech.edu

Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in Putnam 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 Putnam County bird species.  * = Rare species in UCR; **  = Very rare species; ***  = Very rare subspecies.

_____ Greater White-fronted Goose **

_____ Snow Goose *

     _____ Snow Goose, white form

     _____ Snow Goose, blue form

_____ Ross's Goose **

_____ Cackling Goose **

_____ Canada Goose

_____ Mute Swan **

_____ Tundra Swan **

_____ Wood Duck

_____ Gadwall

_____ American Wigeon

_____ American Black Duck

_____ Mallard

_____ Blue-winged Teal

_____ Northern Shoveler

_____ Northern Pintail

_____ Green-winged Teal

_____ Canvasback

_____ Redhead

_____ Ring-necked Duck

_____ Greater Scaup *

_____ Lesser Scaup

_____ Surf Scoter *

_____ White-winged Scoter *

_____ Long-tailed Duck **

_____ Bufflehead

_____ Common Goldeneye

_____ Hooded Merganser

_____ Common Merganser ** (21-29 November 2007 (TMS et al.)

_____ Red-breasted Merganser

_____ Ruddy Duck

_____ Ruffed Grouse (24 March 1935, CC [Crook 1936]).

_____ Wild Turkey

_____ Northern Bobwhite

_____ Common Loon

_____ Pied-billed Grebe

_____ Horned Grebe

_____ Double-crested Cormorant

_____ American Bittern *

_____ Least Bittern **

_____ Great Blue Heron

    _____ Great Blue Heron, blue form

    _____ Great Blue Heron, white form *** (21 Sep-11 Nov 2002, CDW, SJS photo, m.ob.
                [Stedman and Williams 2003])

_____ Great Egret

_____ Snowy Egret **

_____ Little Blue Heron *

_____ Cattle Egret **

_____ Green Heron

_____ Black-crowned Night-Heron 

_____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron *

_____ White Ibis * 

_____ Black Vulture

_____ Turkey Vulture

_____ Osprey

_____ Mississippi Kite **

_____ Bald Eagle

_____ Northern Harrier

_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk

_____ Cooper's Hawk

_____ Red-shouldered Hawk

_____ Broad-winged Hawk

_____ Red-tailed Hawk

     _____ B. j. calurus

     _____ B. J. harlani (most winters 1988-1989 through 1998-1999--same individual)

_____ Rough-legged Hawk **

_____ Golden Eagle **

_____ American Kestrel

_____ Merlin *

_____ Peregrine Falcon ** 

_____ Virginia Rail ** (6 September 2005, ILC [specimen; photo by SJS]; the record cited in Alsop
            [undated {1980}] and Stedman [1993] is invalid)

_____ Sora *

_____ Purple Gallinule **

_____ Common Moorhen **

_____ American Coot

_____ Sandhill Crane

_____ Black-bellied Plover **

_____ American Golden-Plover **

_____ Semipalmated Plover

_____ Killdeer

_____ Spotted Sandpiper

_____ Solitary Sandpiper

_____ Greater Yellowlegs

_____ Willet **

_____ Lesser Yellowlegs

_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper

_____ Western Sandpiper *

_____ Least Sandpiper

_____ White-rumped Sandpiper **

_____ Pectoral Sandpiper

_____ Dunlin *

_____ Stilt Sandpiper **

_____ Short-billed Dowitcher **

_____ Wilson's Snipe

_____ American Woodcock

_____ Wilson's Phalarope **

_____ Black-legged Kittiwake **

_____ Bonaparte's Gull

_____ Ring-billed Gull

_____ Herring Gull *

_____ Sooty Tern ** (12 July 2005 [specimen], SJS photo [of specimen], BHS)

_____ Caspian Tern *

_____ Black Tern *

_____ Forster's Tern *

_____ Rock Pigeon

_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove * (4 June 2003, TDP)

_____ Mourning Dove

_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo

_____ Black-billed Cuckoo *

_____ Barn Owl *

_____ Eastern Screech-Owl

_____ Great Horned Owl

_____ Barred Owl

_____ Short-eared Owl *

_____ Common Nighthawk

_____ Chuck-will's-widow

_____ Whip-poor-will

_____ Chimney Swift

_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

_____ Calliope Hummingbird **

_____ Rufous Hummingbird * (October 2003-12 January 2004, MB, SJS et al.; late fall 2003-8 April
            2004 [2], SH, SJS et al.; 7 October 2004-3 April 2005, SH et al.; 8 November 2005-30 March 2006,
            SH et al.)

_____ Belted Kingfisher

_____ Red-headed Woodpecker

_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker

_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

_____ Downy Woodpecker

_____ Hairy Woodpecker

_____ Northern Flicker

_____ Pileated Woodpecker

_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher *

_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee

_____ Acadian Flycatcher

_____ Alder Flycatcher **

_____ Willow Flycatcher *

_____ Least Flycatcher *

_____ Eastern Phoebe

_____ Great Crested Flycatcher

_____ Western Kingbird **

_____ Eastern Kingbird

_____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher **

_____ Loggerhead Shrike

_____ White-eyed Vireo

_____ Yellow-throated Vireo

_____ Blue-headed Vireo

_____ Warbling Vireo *

_____ Philadelphia Vireo *

_____ Red-eyed Vireo

_____ Blue Jay

_____ American Crow

_____ Horned Lark

_____ Purple Martin

_____ Tree Swallow

_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow

_____ Bank Swallow

_____ Cliff Swallow

_____ Barn Swallow

_____ Carolina Chickadee

_____ Tufted Titmouse

_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch

_____ White-breasted Nuthatch

_____ Brown-headed Nuthatch * (19 & 21 February 1999, TRR; SJS photo)

_____ Brown Creeper

_____ Carolina Wren

_____ Bewick's Wren **

_____ House Wren

_____ Winter Wren

_____ Sedge Wren *

_____ Marsh Wren *

_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet

_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet

_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

_____ Eastern Bluebird

_____ Veery

_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush

_____ Swainson's Thrush

_____ Hermit Thrush

_____ Wood Thrush

_____ American Robin

_____ Gray Catbird

_____ Northern Mockingbird

_____ Brown Thrasher

_____ European Starling

_____ American Pipit

_____ Cedar Waxwing

_____ Blue-winged Warbler

_____ Golden-winged Warbler

     _____ "Brewster's" Warbler (28 April 1995, SJS)

_____ Tennessee Warbler

_____ Orange-crowned Warbler *

_____ Nashville Warbler

_____ Northern Parula

_____ Yellow Warbler

_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler

_____ Magnolia Warbler

_____ Cape May Warbler

_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler *

_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler

_____ Black-throated Green Warbler

_____ Blackburnian Warbler

_____ Yellow-throated Warbler

_____ Pine Warbler

_____ Prairie Warbler

_____ Palm Warbler

_____ Bay-breasted Warbler

_____ Blackpoll Warbler

_____ Cerulean Warbler

_____ Black-and-white Warbler

_____ American Redstart

_____ Prothonotary Warbler *

_____ Worm-eating Warbler

_____ Swainson's Warbler **

_____ Ovenbird

_____ Northern Waterthrush

_____ Louisiana Waterthrush

_____ Kentucky Warbler

_____ Connecticut Warbler **

_____ Mourning Warbler *

_____ Common Yellowthroat

_____ Hooded Warbler

_____ Wilson's Warbler *

_____ Canada Warbler 

_____ Yellow-breasted Chat

_____ Summer Tanager

_____ Scarlet Tanager

_____ Eastern Towhee

_____ Bachman's Sparrow **

_____ American Tree Sparrow *

_____ Chipping Sparrow

_____ Field Sparrow

_____ Vesper Sparrow

_____ Lark Sparrow **

_____ Savannah Sparrow

_____ Grasshopper Sparrow

_____ Henslow's Sparrow (12 May 2007, BHS; 30 July 2007, SJS)

_____ Fox Sparrow

_____ Song Sparrow

_____ Lincoln's Sparrow *

_____ Swamp Sparrow

_____ White-throated Sparrow

_____ White-crowned Sparrow

_____ Dark-eyed Junco

_____ Lapland Longspur *

_____ Northern Cardinal

_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak

_____ Blue Grosbeak

_____ Indigo Bunting

_____ Dickcissel *

_____ Bobolink

_____ Red-winged Blackbird

_____ Eastern Meadowlark

_____ Rusty Blackbird

_____ Brewer's Blackbird *

_____ Common Grackle

_____ Brown-headed Cowbird

_____ Orchard Oriole

_____ Baltimore Oriole

_____ Purple Finch

_____ House Finch

_____ Pine Siskin

_____ American Goldfinch

_____ Evening Grosbeak *

_____ House Sparrow

Key to Initials:

     See Stedman (1993) and Stedman (2006b) for further information about the birds of Putnam County:     

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