Complete Bird Watching Checklist
Riverlands Environmental Demonstration Area

This checklist is also available at the National Great Rivers Museum located at the Melvin Price Locks and Dams and at the Rivers Project Office at the Riverlands Environmental Demonstration Area.

GAVIIFORMES

Sp

Su

Fa

Wi

Red-Throated Loon

A

Pacific Loon *

o

Common Loon

u

o

u

r

PODICIPEDIFORMES

Sp

Su

Fa

Wi

Pied-Billed Grebe #

c

u

c

o

Horned Grebe

f

o

f

r

Red-Necked Grebe

o

o

Eared Grebe

r

o

r

Western Grebe *

o

r

PELECANIFORMES

Sp

Su

Fa

Wi

American White Pelican

c

r

c

o

Double-crested Cormorant

c

f

c

r

Neotropic Cormorant

A

CICONIIFORMES

Sp

Su

Fa

Wi

American Bittern

u

r

u

o

Least Bittern (-)

r

r

Great Blue Heron

a

a

a

u

Great Egret

c

a

u

A

Snowy Egret (+)

f

c

r

Little Blue Heron (+)

f

a

f

Tricolored Heron

A

A

Cattle Egret

u

c

r

Green Heron

u

u

r

Black-crowned Night-Heron

a

a

f

r

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

o

White Ibis (*)

A

Glossy Ibis (*)

A

A

White-Faced Ibis

A

Wood Stork

A

ANSERIFORMES

Sp

Su

Fa

Wi

Tundra Swan

o

o

r

Mute Swan

r

r

Trumpeter Swan (+)

r

r

f

Greater White-fronted Goose (+)

u

u

r

Snow Goose (+)

f

o

u

r

Ross's Goose (+)

r

r

Canada Goose #

a

c

a

a

Wood Duck

c

c

c

u

Green-winged Teal

c

o

c

r

American Black Duck

u

u

r

Mallard #

a

c

a

a

Northern Pintail

c

c

r

Blue-winged Teal

c

u

c

o

Northern Shoveler

c

u

c

o

Gadwall

c

c

u

American Widgeon (-)

u

u

r

Canvasback

a/c

o

r

c/a

Redhead

u

o

u

r

Ring-necked duck

c

o

c

r

Tufted duck

A

Greater Scaup (-)

r

r

r

Lesser Scaup

c

r

f

r

Harlequin Duck

A

Oldsquaw

r

o

r

Black Scoter

o

o

o

Surf Scoter

o

r

o

White-winged Scoter

o

r

o

Common Goldeneye *

a/c

o

r

c/a

Barrow's Goldeneye

A

Bufflehead

f

r

u

Hooded Merganser #

c

r

c

u

Common Merganser

c

u

c

Red-breasted Merganser (+)

c

A

u

r

Ruddy Duck

c

o

c

r

FALCONIFORMES

Sp

Su

Fa

Wi

Turkey Vulture

f

f

u

o

Osprey (-)

u

f

A

Bald Eagle #

u

o

r

a

Northern Harrier

u

o

f

f

Sharp-shinned Hawk

r

r

Cooper's Hawk

r

u

r

Northern Goshawk

o

Broad-winged Hawk

r

u

Swainson's Hawk

A

Red-tailed Hawk

c

u

c

c

Rough-legged Hawk

r

o

u

Golden Eagle

o

o

American Kestrel #

c

f

c

c

Merlin

r

r

o

Peregrine Falcon #

u

r

u

u

GALLIFORMES

Sp

Su

Fa

Wi

Ring-necked Pheasant

u

u

u

u

Wild Turkey

o

o

o

o

Northern Bobwhite

f

f

f

u

GRUIFORMES

Sp

Su

Fa

Wi

Yellow Rail

A

King Rail

r

r

r

Virginia Rail

o

o

Sora

f

f

Purple Gallinute *

A

Common Moorhen

o

o

American Coot

a

u

c

r

CHARADRIIFORMES

Sp

Su

Fa

Wi

Black-bellied Plover

u

r

u

American Golden-Plover

u

r

u

Semipalmated Plover

u

u

r

Piping Plover

o

o

r

Killdeer #

a/c

c

a/c

r

Black-necked Stilt *

o

r

o

American Avocet

r

r

r

Greater Yellowlegs

f

f

u

Lesser Yellowlegs

c

f

u

o

Solitary Sandpiper #

u

u

r

o

Willet

r

r

r

Spotted Sandpiper

u

r

u

Upland Sandpiper (-)

o

Hudson Godwit

r

A

o

Marbled Godwit

o

r

r

Ruddy Turnstone

r

r

r

Red Knot

A

Sanderling

r

r

u

Semipalmated Sandpiper

c

u

c

Western Sandpiper

r

r

u

Least Sandpiper

f

c

a

u

White-rumped Sandpiper

u

r

r

Baird's Sandpiper

r

r

u

Pectoral Sandpiper

c

f

a

Dunlin

u

r

u

r

Stilt Sandpiper

r

u

f

Buff-breasted Sandpiper (-)

o

r

u

Ruff *

A

Short-billed Dowitcher

u

r

u

Long-billed Dowitcher

u

r

u

Common Snipe

u

u

r

Wilson's Phalarope

u

r

u

Red-necked Phalarope

o

r

o

Red Phalarope

A

Pomarine Jaeger

A

A

A

Parasitic Jaeger

A

Laughing Gull

r

o

r

Franklin's Gull

r

o

u

o

Little Gull

A

o

Black-headed Gull

A

Bonaparte's Gull

c

o

c

o

Ring-billed Gull

a

u

c

a

California Gull *

o

o

Herring Gull

f

A

u

a/c

Thayer's Gull

o

r

Iceland Gull

o

Lesser Black-backed Gull

r

Slaty-backed Gull

A

Glaucous-winged Gull

A

Glaucous Gull

r

A

A

r

Great Black-backed Gull

o

o

r

Black-legged Kittiwake *

o

o

o

Ross's Gull *

A

Sabine's Gull

o

Caspian Tern

f

o

f

Common Tern (-)

u/f

o

r

Forster's Tern

f

r

f

Least Tern

o

r

r

Black Tern (-)

u

u

u

COLUMBIFORMES

Sp

Su

Fa

Wi

Rock Dove #

c

c

c

c

Mourning Dove

a

a

a

c

CUCULIFORMES

Sp

Su

Fa

Wi

Black-billed Cuckoo

o

o

o

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

u

u

u

STRIGIFORMES

Sp

Su

Fa

Wi

Great Horned Owls

u

u

u

u

Barred Owl

u

u

u

u

Long-eared Owl

o

r

r

Short-eared Owl

r

f

CAPRIMULGIFORMES

Sp

Su

Fa

Wi

Common Nighthawk

u

u

APODIFORMES

Sp

Su

Fa

Wi

Chimney Swift

c

a

u

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

u

r

u

CORACIIFORMES

Sp

Su

Fa

Wi

Belted Kingfisher

u

u

u

r

PASSERIFORMES

Sp

Su

Fa

Wi

Eastern Wood-Peewee

u

u

u

Acadian Flycatcher

u

u

u

Alder Flycatcher

o

Willow Flycatcher

r

r

o

Eastern Phoebe

r

r

r

Great Crested Flycatcher

u

u

u

Western Kingbird *

A

Eastern Kingbird #

u

u

u

Horned Lark #

c

c

c

c

Purple Martin

c

r

c

Tree Swallow #

c

a

a

Northern Rough-winged Swallow #

c

c

a

Bank Shallow

u

u

u

Cliff Swallow #

u

a

c

Barn Swallow

u

u

c

Blue Jay #

f

f

f

American Crow

c

u

c

c

Fish Crow

f

u

u

Black-capped Chickadee

c

u

u

c

Tufted Titmouse

f

f

f

f

White-breasted Nuthatch

u

u

u

u

Brown Creeper

r

r

Carolina Wren

u

u

u

u

House Wren

u

u

u

Winter Wren

o

o

Sedge Wren

u

r

c

Marsh Wren

c

r

c

Golden-crowned Kinglet

r

u

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

f

f

r

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

f

f

f

Eastern Bluebird #

u

u

u

r

Veery

o

o

Swainson's Thrush

o

o

Wood Thrush

o

o

American Robin #

c

c

c

r

Gray Catbird

u

u

u

Northern Mockingbird

u

u

u

r

Brown Thrasher

u

u

u

American Pipet

r

r

r

o

Loggerhead Strike *

o

o

o

o

European Starling

a

a

a

a

White-eyed Vireo

o

o

o

Warbling Vireo

f

f

f

Tennessee Warbler

u

u

Orange-crowned Warbler

r

u

Nashville Warbler

u

u

Northern Parula

r

r

Yellow Warbler

u

u

r

Chestnut-sided Warbler

u

u

Magnolia Warbler

u

u

Cape May Warbler

r

r

Yellow-rumped Warbler

u

r

u

Black-throated Green Warbler

r

r

Blackburnian Warbler

r

r

Yellow-throated Warbler

r

r

Palm Warbler

f

r

Blackpoll Warbler

r

r

Black-and-white Warbler

r

r

American Redstart

r

r

Prothonotary Warbler #

u

u

u

Ovenbird

r

r

Northern Waterthrush

r

r

Louisiana Waterthrush

r

r

Common Yellowthroat

c

c

u

o

Wilson's Warbler

r

r

Summer Tanager

o

o

Northern Cardinal #

c

c

c

u

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

u

r

u

Indigo Bunting #

a

a

a

Dickcissel #

a

a

u

Eastern Towhee

r

r

American Tree Sparrow

a

u

a

Chipping Sparrow

a

u

a

Clay-colored Sparrow

u

u

Field Sparrow

c

u

c

r

Vesper Sparrow

r

r

Savannah Sparrow

a

a

u

Grasshoppper Sparrow

r

r

o

LeConte's Sparrow

r

u

o

Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow

o

r

Fox Sparrow

u

u

u

Song Sparrow #

a

a

a

a

Lincoln's Sparrow

u

u

Swamp Sparrow

c

c

u

White-throated Sparrow

a

c

a

White-crowned Sparrow

r

c

u

Dark-eyed Junco

u

u

c

Lapland Longspur

r

r

u

Smith's Longspur

o

o

Snow Bunting *

r

Bobolink

r

r

Red-winged Blackbird #

a

a

a

u

Eastern Meadowlark #

c

c

c

u

Western Meadowlark

r

r

Yellow-headed Blackbird *

o

Rusty Blackbird

f

u

u

Brewer's Blackbird

f

u

u

Great-tailed Grackle *

u

r

o

Common Grackle #

a

c

a

c

Brown-headed Cowbird #

a

a

a

r

Orchard Oriole

o

o

Baltimore Oriole #

u

u

r

Purple Finch

r

r

House Finch

u

u

u

u

Pine Siskin

r

r

American Goldfinch #

c

a

a

r

House Sparrow

u

u

u

u

Eurasian Tree Sparrow #

f

f

f

f

 

 
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