Birds of White River National Wildlife Refuge
COMMON NAME(Scientific Name) | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter |
Grebes | ||||
Pie-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) | U | U | U | U |
Cormorants | ||||
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)> | U | U | O | |
Anhinga | ||||
American Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) | U | U | U | |
Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, and Storks | ||||
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) | O | O | O | R |
Little Blue Heron (Florida caerula) | C | C | C | |
Green Heron (Butorides striatus) | U | U | U | |
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) | O | R | O | |
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) | U | U | U | |
Great Egret (Casmerodius albus) | U | U | U | |
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) | C | U | C | |
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) | R | R | R | |
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) | R | |||
Ducks and Geese | ||||
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) | C | C | C | |
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) | C | C | C | C |
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) | C | C | U | |
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) | C | C | R | |
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) | O | U | U | |
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)> | A | O | A | A |
Gadwall (Anas strepera) | U | C | C | |
Common Pintail (Anas acuta) | O | U | U | |
American Wigeon (Anas Americana) | C | C | C | |
Nothern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) | U | U | U | |
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) | O | U | U | |
Redhead (Aythya Americana) | U | O | U | |
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) | U | C | C | |
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) | O | U | U | |
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) | O | O | ||
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) | O | O | O | |
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) | U | U | U | U |
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) | R | R | ||
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) | U | U | U | |
Hawks, Eagles, Osprey, and Vultures | ||||
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) | C | U | C | C |
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) | U | U | U | U |
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) | U | U | ||
Cooper’s Hawk (Accipter cooperi) | O | O | O | |
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipter striatus) | U | U | O | |
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) | C | O | O | C |
Merlin (Falco columbarius) | ||||
Northern Harrier(Circus cyaneus) | U | C | C | |
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) | O | U | U | |
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) | ||||
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) | U | U | U | U |
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) | U | U | U | U |
Turkeys and Quail | ||||
Wild Turkey (Melleagris gallopavo) | C | C | C | C |
Common Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) | U | U | U | U |
Rail, Gallinules, and Coot | ||||
King Rail (Rallus elegans) | O | O | O | O |
American Coot (Fulica Americana) | U | O | U | O |
Common Gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) | U | |||
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrula martinica) | O | O | O | |
Shorebirds | ||||
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) | C | U | C | R |
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferous) | C | C | C | C |
American Woodcock (Philohela minor) | O | O | O | U |
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) | C | c | ||
Gulls and Terns | ||||
Least Tern (Sterna albifrons) | R | R | ||
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) | O | O | O | |
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)> | O | U | U | |
Doves and Cuckoos | ||||
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) | ||||
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) | C | C | O | |
Owls | ||||
Eastern Screech Owl (Otus asio) | O | O | U | U |
Barred Owl (Strix varia) | C | C | C | C |
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) | U | U | U | U |
Barn Owl (Tyto alba) | R | R | R | R |
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) | ||||
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) | O | O | ||
Swifts, Swallows, Hummingbirds, and Kingfishers | ||||
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) | C | C | C | |
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) | U | U | U | U |
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) | C | C | C | |
Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis) | C | C | C | |
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) | C | C | C | |
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) | U | U | U | |
Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferous) | O | O | ||
Chuck-wills-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) | U | U | ||
Purple Martin (Progne subis) | U | U | O | |
Woodpeckers | ||||
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) | C | C | C | C |
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) | C | C | C | C |
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) | C | C | C | C |
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) | U | U | U | U |
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) | C | C | C | C |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) | U | U | C | |
Flycatchers | ||||
Great-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) | C | C | ||
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) | C | U | C | |
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) | U | O | U | |
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) | C | C | C | |
Larks, Jays, and Crows | ||||
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) | C | U | C | A |
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) | U | U | U | O |
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) | O | R | O | O |
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) | C | C | C | C |
Chickadees, Titmouse, Nuthatch, and Creeper | ||||
Carolina Chickadee (Parus carolinensis) | C | C | C | C |
Tufted Titmouse (Parus bicolor) | C | C | C | C |
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) | U | U | U | U |
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) | O | O | U | |
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) | R | |||
Wrens | ||||
Bewick’s Wren (Thyromanes bewickii) | U | R | U | U |
Carolina Wren (Thyrothorus ludovicianus) | C | C | C | C |
Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) | U | U | U | |
Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) | O | O | R | |
Thrushes, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers | ||||
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus plyglottos) | U | U | C | C |
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) | O | O | O | R |
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) | C | U | C | C |
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) | C | C | C | |
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) | C | U | U | A |
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) | C | O | C | |
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) | U | U | U | U |
Waxwings, Shrikes, and Starlings | ||||
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) | U | U | U | C |
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) | A | C | A | A |
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) | C | O | C | |
Gnatcatchers and Kinglets | ||||
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea>) | C | C | ||
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) | C | U | C |