Check-list of Wayne County, Kentucky, Birds
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Table 1. UCR Bird List with species observed in Wayne County indicated (X in right column). 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.
| _____ | Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) * | X |
| _____ | Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) | X |
| Snow Goose, white morph | ||
| Snow Goose, blue morph | x | |
| Snow Goose, intermediate morph ** | ||
| _____ | Ross's Goose (Chen rossii) ** | X |
| _____ | Brant (Branta bernicla) ** | |
| _____ | Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) ** | |
| _____ | Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) | X |
| _____ | Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) * | X |
| _____ | Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) | X |
| _____ | Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) * | X |
| _____ | Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) | X |
| _____ | Gadwall (Anas strepera) | X |
| _____ | American Wigeon (Anas americana) | X |
| _____ | American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) | X |
| _____ | Mallard (Anas platyrhyncos) | X |
| _____ | Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) | X |
| _____ | Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) | X |
| _____ | Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) | X |
| _____ | Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) | X |
| _____ | Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) | X |
| _____ | Redhead (Aythya americana) | X |
| _____ | Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) | X |
| _____ | Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) * | X |
| _____ | Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) | X |
| _____ | Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) * | |
| _____ | White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) * | |
| _____ | Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra) ** | |
| _____ | Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) ** | X |
| _____ | Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) | X |
| _____ | Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) | X |
| _____ | Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) | X |
| _____ | Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) ** | |
| _____ | Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) | X |
| _____ | Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) | X |
| _____ | Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) | X |
| _____ | Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallapavo) | X |
| _____ | Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) | X |
| _____ | Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) * | |
| _____ | Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) ** | |
| _____ | Common Loon (Gavia immer) | X |
| _____ | Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii) ** | |
| _____ | Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) | X |
| _____ | Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) | X |
| _____ | Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) ** | |
| _____ | Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) * | X |
| _____ | Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) ** | |
| _____ | American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) ** | |
| _____ | Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) ** | |
| _____ | Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) | X |
| _____ | American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) * | |
| _____ | Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) ** | |
| _____ | Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) | X |
| Great Blue Heron, blue morph | x | |
| Great Blue Heron, white morph ** | ||
| _____ | Great Egret (Ardea alba) | X |
| _____ | Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) * | |
| _____ | Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) * | X |
| _____ | Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) ** | |
| _____ | Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) * | X |
| _____ | Green Heron (Butorides virescens) | X |
| _____ | Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) | |
| _____ | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) * | |
| _____ | White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) ** | X |
| _____ | Ibis sp. (Plegadis sp.) | |
| _____ | Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) | X |
| _____ | Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) | X |
| _____ | Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) | X |
| _____ | Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) ** | |
| _____ | Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) | X |
| _____ | Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) | X |
| _____ | Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) | X |
| _____ | Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperi) | X |
| _____ | Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) | X |
| _____ | Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) | X |
| _____ | Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) | X |
| B. j. harlani ** | ||
| B. j. calurus ** | ||
| B. j. borealis light morph (Krider's) ** | ||
| _____ | Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) * | X |
| _____ | Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) * | X |
| _____ | American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) | X |
| _____ | Merlin (Falco columbarius) * | X |
| _____ | Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) * | X |
| _____ | Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) ** | |
| _____ | King Rail (Rallus elegans) ** | |
| _____ | Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) * | |
| _____ | Sora (Porzana carolina) * | |
| _____ | Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) ** | |
| _____ | Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) ** | |
| _____ | American Coot (Fulica americana) | X |
| _____ | Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) | X |
| _____ | Whooping Crane (Grus americana--reintroduced migrant) ** | |
| _____ | Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatorola) ** | X |
| _____ | American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) * | X |
| _____ | Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) | X |
| _____ | Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) | X |
| _____ | Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) ** | |
| _____ | American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) ** | X |
| _____ | Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) | X |
| _____ | Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) | X |
| _____ | Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) | X |
| _____ | Willet (Tringa semipalmata) ** | X |
| _____ | Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) | X |
| _____ | Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) ** | |
| _____ | Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)** | X |
| _____ | Sanderling (Calidris alba) ** | X |
| _____ | Semipalmated Sandpiper (Caladris pusilla) | X |
| _____ | Western Sandpiper (Caladris mauri) * | |
| _____ | Least Sandpiper (Caladris minutilla) | X |
| _____ | White-rumped Sandpiper (Caladris fuscicollis) * | X |
| _____ | Baird's Sandpiper (Caladris bairdii) ** | X |
| _____ | Pectoral Sandpiper (Caladris melanotos) | X |
| _____ | Dunlin (Caladris alpina) | X |
| _____ | Stilt Sandpiper (Caladris himantopus) * | X |
| _____ | Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis) ** | |
| _____ | Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) * | |
| _____ | Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) ** | X |
| _____ | Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) | X |
| _____ | American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) | |
| _____ | Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) ** | X |
| _____ | Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) ** | |
| _____ | Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) ** | |
| _____ | Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) | X |
| _____ | Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) ** | |
| _____ | Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) ** | |
| _____ | Mew Gull (Larus canus) ** | |
| _____ | Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) | X |
| _____ | California Gull (Larus californicus) ** | |
| _____ | Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) | |
| _____ | Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) ** | |
| _____ | Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) ** | |
| _____ | Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) ** | |
| _____ | Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) | |
| _____ | Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) | |
| _____ | Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) * | |
| _____ | Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) | |
| _____ | Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) | X |
| _____ | Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) * | X |
| _____ | Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) | X |
| _____ | Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius--extinct) | |
| _____ | Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis--extinct) | |
| _____ | Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) | X |
| _____ | Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) * | |
| _____ | Barn Owl (Tyto alba) * | |
| _____ | Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) | X |
| _____ | Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) | X |
| _____ | Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) ** | |
| _____ | Barred Owl (Strix varia) | X |
| _____ | Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) ** | |
| _____ | Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) * | X |
| _____ | Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) * | |
| _____ | Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) | X |
| _____ | Chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) | X |
| _____ | Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) | X |
| _____ | Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) | X |
| _____ | Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) | X |
| _____ | Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope) ** | |
| _____ | Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) * | |
| _____ | Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) ** | |
| _____ | Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) | X |
| _____ | Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) | X |
| _____ | Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) | X |
| _____ | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) | X |
| _____ | Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) | X |
| _____ | Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) | X |
| _____ | Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis--extirpated) | |
| _____ | Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) | X |
| _____ | Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) | X |
| _____ | Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) * | |
| _____ | Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) | X |
| _____ | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) ** | |
| _____ | Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) | X |
| _____ | Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) ** | |
| _____ | Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) * | |
| _____ | Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) * | |
| _____ | Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) | X |
| _____ | Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) | X |
| _____ | Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) ** | |
| _____ | Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) | X |
| _____ | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) ** | |
| _____ | Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) | X |
| _____ | White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus) | X |
| _____ | Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons) | X |
| _____ | Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) | X |
| _____ | Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) | X |
| _____ | Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) | |
| _____ | Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) | X |
| _____ | Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) | X |
| _____ | American Crow (Corvus brachyrhyncos) | X |
| _____ | Common Raven (Corvus corax) * | |
| _____ | Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) | X |
| _____ | Purple Martin (Progne subis) | X |
| _____ | Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) | X |
| _____ | Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) | X |
| _____ | Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) | X |
| _____ | Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonata) | X |
| _____ | Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) | X |
| _____ | Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) | X |
| _____ | Tufted Titmouse (Baeopholus bicolor) | X |
| _____ | Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) | X |
| _____ | White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) | X |
| _____ | Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) ** | |
| _____ | Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) | X |
| _____ | Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) | X |
| _____ | Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) ** | X |
| _____ | House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) | X |
| _____ | Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) | X |
| _____ | Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) * | X |
| _____ | Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) * | |
| _____ | Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) | X |
| _____ | Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) | X |
| _____ | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) | X |
| _____ | Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) | X |
| _____ | Veery (Catharus fuscescens) * | |
| _____ | Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus) | |
| _____ | Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) | |
| _____ | Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) | X |
| _____ | Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) | X |
| _____ | American Robin (Turdus migratorius) | X |
| _____ | Gray Catbird (Dumatella carolinensis) | X |
| _____ | Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) | X |
| _____ | Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) | X |
| _____ | European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) | X |
| _____ | American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) | X |
| _____ | Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) | X |
| _____ | Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus) | X |
| _____ | Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) | |
| "Brewster's" Warbler | ||
| _____ | Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora peregrina) | |
| _____ | Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) | |
| _____ | Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) | X |
| _____ | Northern Parula (Parula americana) | X |
| _____ | Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) | X |
| _____ | Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica) | |
| _____ | Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia) | X |
| _____ | Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina) | X |
| _____ | Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens) * | |
| _____ | Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) | X |
| "Myrtle" form | x | |
| "Audubon's" form | ||
| _____ | Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens) | X |
| _____ | Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca) | X |
| _____ | Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica) | X |
| _____ | Pine Warbler (Dendroica pinus) | X |
| _____ | Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor) | X |
| _____ | Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum) | X |
| _____ | Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea) | X |
| _____ | Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata) | |
| _____ | Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica caerulea) | X |
| _____ | Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) | X |
| _____ | American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) | X |
| _____ | Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) | X |
| _____ | Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorus) | X |
| _____ | Swainson's Warbler * (Limnothylpis swainsonii) * | |
| _____ | Ovenbird (Seiuris aurocapillus) | X |
| _____ | Northern Waterthrush (Seiuris noveboracensis) | X |
| _____ | Louisiana Waterthrush (Seiuris motacilla) | X |
| _____ | Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis formosus) | X |
| _____ | Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) * | |
| _____ | Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia) * | |
| _____ | Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis tricas) | X |
| _____ | Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina) | X |
| _____ | Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) | |
| _____ | Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis) | |
| _____ | Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) | X |
| _____ | Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) | X |
| _____ | Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) | X |
| _____ | Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) | X |
|
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Bachman's Sparrow (Aimophila aestivalis) ** | |
| _____ | American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea) * | |
| _____ | Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) | X |
| _____ | Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) ** | |
| _____ | Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) | X |
| _____ | Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) | X |
| _____ | Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) ** | X |
| _____ | Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) | X |
| _____ | Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) | X |
| _____ | Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) * | X |
| _____ | Le Conte's Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii) ** | |
| _____ | Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni) ** | |
| _____ | Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) | X |
| _____ | Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodius) | X |
| _____ | Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) | |
| _____ | Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) | X |
| _____ | White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) | X |
| _____ | Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) ** | |
| _____ | White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) | X |
| _____ | Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) | X |
| _____ | Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) * | X |
| _____ | Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) ** | X |
| _____ | Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) | X |
| _____ | Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) | |
| _____ | Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) | X |
| _____ | Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) | X |
| _____ | Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) ** | |
| _____ | Dickcissel (Spiza americana) | X |
| _____ | Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) | |
| _____ | Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) | X |
| _____ | Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) | X |
| _____ | Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) ** | |
| _____ | Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) ** | |
| _____ | Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) | X |
| _____ | Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) * | |
| _____ | Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) | X |
| _____ | Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) | X |
| _____ | Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) | X |
| _____ | Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) | X |
| _____ | Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) | X |
| _____ | House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) | X |
| _____ | Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) ** | |
| _____ | Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) ** | |
| _____ | Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) | X |
| _____ | American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) | X |
| _____ | Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) * | |
| _____ | House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) | X |
| Total Species | 204 |
Table 2. Annotated list of Wayne County bird species. * = Rare species in UCR.
_____ Greater White-fronted Goose * (10 December 2000, RMD; 6 November 2004, RMD)
_____ Snow Goose (20 November 1993, JBE, SBC)
_____ Ross's Goose * (19 December 2006, RMD)
_____ Canada Goose
_____ Mute Swan * (17 January 1999, RMD photos; 21 on 27 December 2004, RMD et al. photos)
_____ Trumpeter Swan * (18 December 2008, RMD photos)
_____ Tundra Swan * (27 December 2004, RMD, CSN, SJS)
_____ Wood Duck
_____ Gadwall (RMD)
_____ American Wigeon (RMD)
_____ American Black Duck (RMD)
_____ Mallard
_____ Blue-winged Teal (RMD)
_____ Northern Shoveler (RMD)
_____ Northern Pintail (20 December 2000, RMD)
_____ Green-winged Teal (27 October 2001, RMD)
_____ Canvasback (23 January 1999, RMD)
_____ Redhead (5 March 1999, RMD)
_____ Ring-necked Duck (RMD)
_____ Greater Scaup * (23 January 2005, RMD)
_____ Lesser Scaup (RMD)
_____ Long-tailed Duck * (13 December 1989, JBE [Stamm 1990b])
_____ Bufflehead (RMD)
_____ Common Goldeneye (26 February 2002, RMD)
_____ Hooded Merganser (RMD)
_____ Red-breasted Merganser (14 December 2002, RMD)
_____ Ruddy Duck (25 October 2005, RMD)
_____ Ruffed Grouse * (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])
_____ Wild Turkey
_____ Northern Bobwhite (13 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Common Loon (RMD)
_____ Pied-billed Grebe
_____ Horned Grebe (RMD)
_____ Eared Grebe (3-4 June 1980, R. E. Hines, D. Watson [Hines and Watson 1980; Stamm 1980d])
_____ Double-crested Cormorant (RMD)
_____ Great Blue Heron
_____ Great Egret (14 December 1991, JBE; 2 May 1992, JBE; 10 May 2000, RMD)
_____ Little Blue Heron * (4 immatures 27 September 2005, RMD)
_____ Cattle Egret * (22 April 2005, RMD)
_____ Green Heron (8 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ White Ibis * (15 August 1982 [Stamm 1983a])
_____ Black Vulture
_____ Turkey Vulture
_____ Osprey (RMD)
_____ Bald Eagle (14 December 2002, RMD)
_____ Northern Harrier (RMD)
_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])
_____ Cooper's Hawk
_____ Red-shouldered Hawk (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])
_____ Broad-winged Hawk (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])
_____ Red-tailed Hawk (10 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Rough-legged Hawk * (18 November 1995, JBE, SBC)
_____ Golden Eagle * (27 December 2004, SJS)
_____ American Kestrel (11 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Merlin * (17 December 2005, RMD)
_____ Peregrine Falcon * (14 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ American Coot (RMD)
_____ Sandhill Crane (2 November 2002, RMD)
_____ Black-bellied Plover * (25 October 2007, RMD photo)
_____ American Golden-Plover * (21 November 1992, RMD)
_____ Semipalmated Plover (19 May 1994, SJS)
_____ Killdeer
_____ American Avocet * (up to 5 on 14-25 November
1998 [but
listed as 14-26
in Palmer-Ball 2003], SBC
photos)
_____ Spotted Sandpiper (RMD)
_____ Solitary Sandpiper (RMD)
_____ Greater Yellowlegs (RMD)
_____ Willet * (22 April 1999, RMD photos)
_____ Lesser Yellowlegs (RMD)
_____ Ruddy Turnstone * (2 June 2005, RMD)
_____ Sanderling * (18 October 2007, RMD)
_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper (RMD)
_____ Least Sandpiper (19 May 1994, SJS)
_____ White-rumped Sandpiper (13 September 2008, RMD)
_____ Baird's Sandpiper (23 October 2007, RMD photo)
_____ Pectoral Sandpiper (RMD)
_____ Dunlin (RMD)
_____ Stilt Sandpiper * (27 August 2000, RMD)
_____ Long-billed Dowitcher * (25 October 2007, RMD)
_____ Wilson's Snipe (RMD)
_____ Wilson's Phalarope (21 August 2007, RMD photo)
_____ Bonaparte's Gull (RMD)
_____ Ring-billed Gull (RMD)
_____ Rock Pigeon
_____ Eurasian Collared-Dove (1 July 2003, Clay Black fide RMD)
_____ Mourning Dove (7 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo (15 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940]; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])
_____ Eastern Screech-Owl
_____ Great Horned Owl
_____ Barred Owl (13 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Short-eared Owl * (10 January 2004, RMD, TMC)
_____ Common Nighthawk (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])
_____ Chuck-will's-widow (7 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940; Schneider 1944])
_____ Whip-poor-will
_____ Chimney Swift
_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird
_____ Belted Kingfisher
_____ Red-headed Woodpecker (11 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker (10 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (RMD)
_____ Downy Woodpecker (7 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Hairy Woodpecker (10 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Northern Flicker (13 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Pileated Woodpecker (7 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee (3 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Acadian Flycatcher (9 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Eastern Phoebe (10 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Great Crested Flycatcher (14 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Eastern Kingbird (8 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Loggerhead Shrike (27 October 2001, RMD)
_____ White-eyed Vireo (10 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Yellow-throated Vireo (13 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Blue-headed Vireo (28 May and 7 June 2005, RMD)
_____ Warbling Vireo * (19 May 1994, SJS)
_____ Red-eyed Vireo (3 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Blue Jay (3 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ American Crow
_____ Horned Lark
_____ Purple Martin
_____ Tree Swallow (17 June 1992, SJS)
_____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow (9 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Bank Swallow (8 & 13 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940]; 2 June 1994, SJS)
_____ Cliff Swallow (29 March 2003, RMD)
_____ Barn Swallow
_____ Carolina Chickadee (4 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Tufted Titmouse (6 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (23 October 2007, RMD)
_____ White-breasted Nuthatch (6 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Brown Creeper (RMD)
_____ Carolina Wren (6 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Bewick's Wren * (9 & 10 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ House Wren
_____ Winter Wren (17 December 2003, RMD)
_____ Sedge Wren * (27 July 1980, JBE; Stamm 1980d)
_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet (RMD)
_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet (RMD)
_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (6 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Eastern Bluebird
_____ Hermit Thrush (RMD)
_____ Wood Thrush
_____ American Robin
_____ Gray Catbird (10 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Northern Mockingbird (13 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Brown Thrasher (14 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ European Starling (4 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ American Pipit (RMD)
_____ Cedar Waxwing
_____ Blue-winged Warbler (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])
_____ Nashville Warbler (30 September 2005, BPB, SJS)
_____ Northern Parula
_____ Yellow Warbler (9 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Magnolia Warbler (30 September 2005, BPB, SJS)
_____ Cape May Warbler (30 September 2005, BPB)
_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler
_____ Black-throated Green Warbler (7 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Blackburnian Warbler (30 September 2005, BPB)
_____ Yellow-throated Warbler
_____ Pine Warbler (6 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Prairie Warbler (15 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Palm Warbler (3 and 17 December 2003, RMD)
_____ Bay-breasted Warbler (30 September 2005, BPB, SJS)
_____ Cerulean Warbler (8 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940]; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])
_____ Black-and-white Warbler
_____ American Redstart (9 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940]; KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])
_____ Prothonotary Warbler (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])
_____ Worm-eating Warbler (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996])
_____ Ovenbird (6 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Northern Waterthrush (30 September 2005, BPB, SJS)
_____ Louisiana Waterthrush (9 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Kentucky Warbler (9 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Common Yellowthroat (15 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Hooded Warbler
_____ Yellow-breasted Chat
_____ Summer Tanager (6 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Scarlet Tanager
_____ Eastern Towhee
_____ Chipping Sparrow (8 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Field Sparrow (10 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Vesper Sparrow (RMD)
_____ Lark Sparrow * (June 1968, Sunnybrook BBS)
_____ Savannah Sparrow (RMD)
_____ Grasshopper Sparrow (11 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Henslow's Sparrow * (17 April 2002, RMD [Busroe 2002c])
_____ Fox Sparrow (17 December 2003, SJS)
_____ Song Sparrow
_____ Swamp Sparrow (RMD)
_____ White-throated Sparrow (RMD)
_____ White-crowned Sparrow (RMD)
_____ Dark-eyed Junco (RMD)
_____ Lapland Longspur * (30 January 2009, RMD, SD)
_____ Snow Bunting * (30 January 2009, RMD)
_____ Northern Cardinal (8 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Blue Grosbeak
_____ Indigo Bunting (6 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Dickcissel * (KBBA [Palmer-Ball 1996]; 15 June 1996, SJS [see also Mengel 1965])
_____ Red-winged Blackbird
_____ Eastern Meadowlark (16 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ Rusty Blackbird (19 November 1994, JBE, SBC)
_____ Common Grackle
_____ Brown-headed Cowbird
_____ Orchard Oriole
_____ Baltimore Oriole (12 June 1997, SJS)
_____ Purple Finch (17 December 2003, RMD)
_____ House Finch
_____ Pine Siskin (18 December 2008, CBC)
_____ American Goldfinch (10 June 1938, WMP [Wetmore 1940])
_____ House Sparrow
Key to Initials:
| BBS | Breeding Bird Survey |
| TMC | Terry M. Campbell |
| RMD | Roseanna M. Denton |
| SD | Steve Denton |
| JBE | Jackie B. Elmore, Sr. |
| KBBA | Kentucky Breeding Bird Atlas |
| CSN | Connie S. Neeley |
| BPB | Brainard Palmer-Ball |
| WMP | W. M. Perrygo |
| SBC | Somerset Bird Club |
| SJS | Stephen J. Stedman |
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:
