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Birds of Reelfoot Lake

 

 

Loons 

Common Loon
 

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe


Pelicans and their Allies

American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga


Herons, Egrets and Allies

American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Green-backed Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron


Ibises, Spoonbill, Stork

Wood Stork


Waterfowl

White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Whistling Swan
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck

Oldsquaw
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck


Vultures, Hawks and Allies

Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Mississippi Kite
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Marsh Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon


Gallinaceous Birds (Quail, Turkey and Allies)

Wild Turkey
Northern Bobwhite


Rails, Gallinules, Coots and Cranes

King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Purple Gallinule
Common Gallinule
American Coot


Shorebirds

Black-bellied Plover
Lesser Golden Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
American Woodcock
Franklin's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern


Pigeons, Doves

Rock Dove
Mourning Dove


Cuckoos

Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo


Owls

Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Short-eared Owl


Goatsuckers

Common Nighthawk
Chuck-will's-widow
Whip-poor-will


Swifts, Hummingbirds

Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird


Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher


Woodpeckers

Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker


Flycatchers

Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird


Larks

Horned Lark


Martins and Swallows

Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
American Crow
Fish Crow


Chickadees and Titmice

Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse


Nuthatches

Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch


Creepers

Brown Creeper


Wrens

Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
Long-billed Marsh Wren
House Wren
Short-billed Marsh Wren
Winter Wren


Kinglets and Gnatcatchers

Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher


Bluebirds, Thrushes, and Robin

Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin


Thrashers

Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher


Pipits

American Pipit


Waxwings

Cedar Waxwing


Starlings

European Starling


Shrike

Loggerhead Shrike


Vireos

White-eyed Vireo
Solitary Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo


Warblers

Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May 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
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat


Tanagers

Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager


New World Finches

Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel


Sparrows

Rufous-sided Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Harris' Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur


Blackbirds, Grackles, Cowbirds and Orioles

Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Northern Oriole


Old World Finches

Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Weaver Finch
House Sparrow


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