Medina River Natural Area Bird Checklist
Anseriformes - Ducks and Geese			Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck			U	U	U	U
Fulvous Whistling-Duck			R	R	R	R
Greater White-fronted Goose			R		R	R
Snow Goose			R		R	R
Ross’s Goose			R		R	R
Canada Goose			R		R	R
Wood Duck			U	U	U	U
Gadwall			C		C	C
American Wigeon			O		O	O
Mallard			R		R	R
Mottled Duck			R	R	R	R
Blue-winged Teal			O		O	O
Cinnamon Teal			R		R	R
Northern Shoveler			U		U	U
Northern Pintail			U		U	U
Green-winged Teal			U		U	U
Canvasback			R		R	R
Redhead			R		R	R
Ring-necked Duck			O		O	O
Lesser Scaup			R		R	R
Bufflehead			R		R	R
Common Goldeneye			R		R	R
Hooded Merganser			R		R	R
Ruddy Duck			R		R	R
Galliformes- Quail and Turkey
Northern Bobwhite			C	C	C	C
Wild Turkey			C	C	C	C
Podicipediformes-Grebes
Least Grebe			U	U	U	U
Pied-billed Grebe			U		U	U
Eared Grebe			U		U	U
Ciconiiformes-Storks
Wood Stork				R	R
Suliformes-Cormorants and Anhinga
Neotropic Cormorant			R	R	R
Double-crested Cormorant			R		R	R
Anhinga			R	R	R	R
Pelecaniformes-Pelicans, Egrets, Herons, Ibis, and Relatives
American White Pelican			R		R	R
American Bittern			R		R	R
Least Bittern			R	R	R
Great Blue Heron			U	U	U	U
Great Egret			U	U	U	U
Snowy Egret			R	R	R
Little Blue Heron			R	R	R
Tricolored Heron			R	R	R
Cattle Egret			U	U	U	U
Green Heron			R	R	R
Black-crowned Night-Heron			O	O	O	O
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron			O	O	O
White Ibis			R	R	R	R
White-faced Ibis			R	R	R	R
Roseate Spoonbill			R	R	R
Accipitriformes-Vultures, Eagles, Hawks, Kites, and Relatives
Black Vulture			A	A	A	A
Turkey Vulture			A	A	A	A
Osprey			O		O	O
Swallow-tailed Kite			R		R
White-tailed Kite			R	R	R	R
Mississippi Kite			U		U
Bald Eagle			R		R	R
Northern Harrier			O		O	O
Sharp-shinned Hawk			O		O	O
Cooper’s Hawk			O		O	O
Harris’s Hawk			R	R	R	R
Red-shouldered Hawk			A	A	A	A
Broad-winged Hawk			U		U
Swainson’s Hawk			R		R
Red-tailed Hawk			C	C	C	C
Ferruginous Hawk			R		R	R
Falconiformes-Falcons and Relatives
Crested Caracara			A	A	A	A
American Kestrel			C		C	C
Merlin			R		R	R
Peregrine Falcon			O		O	O
Prairie Falcon			R		R	R
Gruiformes-Rails, Cranes, and Relatives
Sora			R		R	R
Purple Gallinule			R	R	R
Common Moorhen			R	R	R	R
American Coot			R	R	R	R
Sandhill Crane			R		R	R
Charadriiformes-Shorebirds, Gulls, Terns, and Relatives
Black-bellied Plover			R		R
American Golden-Plover			R		R
Semipalmated Plover			R		R
Killdeer			A	A	A	A
Mountain Plover			R		R	R
Black-necked stilt			R	R	R
American Avocet			R		R	R
Spotted Sandpiper			O		O	O
Solitary Sandpiper			O		O	O
Greater Yellowlegs			O		O	O
Willet			R		R
Lesser Yellowlegs			O		O	O
Upland Sandpiper			R		R
Long-billed Curlew			R		R	R
Marbled Godwit			R		R	R
Semipalmated Sandpiper			R		R
Western Sandpiper			R		R	R
Least Sandpiper			O		O	O
White-rumped Sandpiper			R		R
Baird’s Sandpiper			R		R
Pectoral Sandpiper			R		R
Dunlin			R		R	R
Stilt Sandpiper			R		R	R
Buff-breasted Sandpiper			R		R
Short-billed Dowitcher			R		R
Long-billed Dowitcher			R	R	R
Wilson’s Snipe			U		U	U
Wilson’s Phalarope			R		R
Bonaparte’s Gull			R		R	R
Franklin’s Gull			R		R
Ring-billed Gull			R		R	R
Herring Gull			R		R	R
Black Tern			R		R
Forster’s Tern			R		R	R
Columbiformes-Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon			C	C	C	C
Eurasian Collared-Dove			O	O	O	O
White-winged Dove			A	A	A	A
Mourning Dove			A	A	A	A
Inca Dove			A	A	A	A
Common Ground-Dove			A	A	A	A
Cuculiformes-Cuckoos, Roadrunner, and Ani
Yellow-billed Cuckoo			C	C	C
Black-billed Cuckoo			R		R
Greater Roadrunner			U	U	U	U
Groove-billed Ani			R	R	R
Strigiformes-Owls
Barn Owl			O	O	O	O
Eastern Screech-Owl			O	O	O	O
Great Horned Owl			O	O	O	O
Burrowing Owl			R		R	R
Barred Owl			A	A	A	A
Short-eared Owl			R		R	R
Caprimulgiformes-Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk			O	O	O
Common Nighthawk			C	C	C
Common Pauraque			R	R	R	R
Common Poorwill			R	R	R	R
Chuck-will’s-widow			R	R	R
Eastern Wip-poor-will			R		R
Apodiformes-Swifts and Hummingbirds
Chimney Swift			C	C	C
Ruby-throated Hummingbird			C	R	C	R
Black-chinned Hummingbird			C	C	C
Rufous Hummingbird					U	U
Coraciiformes-Kingfishers
Ringed Kingfisher			R	R	R	R
Belted Kingfisher			O		O	O
Green Kingfisher			U	U	U	U
Piciformes- Woodpeckers
Golden-fronted Woodpecker			C	C	C	C
Red-bellied Woodpecker			R	R	R	R
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker			A		A	A
Ladder-backed Woodpecker			A	A	A	A
Downy Woodpecker			U	U	U	U
Northern Flicker			U		U	U
Passeriformes- Perching Birds or Song Birds
Tyrannidae- Flycatchers
Olive Sided Flycatcher			O		O
Eastern Wood-Pewee			O		O
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher			O		O
Acadian Flycatcher			O		O
Alder Flycatcher			O		O
Willow Flycatcher			O		O
Least Flycatcher			O		O
Eastern Phoebe			A		A	A
Say’s Phoebe			O		O	O
Vermillion Flycatcher			C	C	C	O
Ash-throated Flycatcher			U	U	U
Great Crested Flycatcher			U	U	U
Brown-crested Flycatcher			R	R	R
Great Kiskadee			R	R	R	R
Couch’s Kingbird			R	R	R
Western Kingbird			C	C	U
Eastern Kingbird			O		O
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher			A	A	A	R
Laniidae- Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike			C	U	C	C
Vireonidae- Vireos
White-eyed Vireo			A	A	A	R
Bell’s Vireo			O	O	O	O
Yellow-throated Vireo			O	O	O
Blue-headed Vireo			U		U	U
Warbling Vireo			O		O
Red-eyed Vireo			O	O	O
Corvidae- Jays and Crows
Green Jay			R	R	R	R
Blue Jay			R	R	R	R
American Crow			A	A	A	A
Alaudidae-Larks
Horned Lark			R		R                R
Hirundinidae-Swallows
Purple Martin			C	C	C
Tree Swallow			U		U	R
Northern Rough-winged Swallow			U	U	U
Bank Swallow			O		O
Cliff Swallow			C	C	C
Cave Swallow			C	C	C
Barn Swallow			C	C	C	C
Paridae-Chickadees and Titmice
Carolina Chickadee			A	A	A	A
Black-crested Titmouse			A	A	A	A
Remizidae-Verdin
Verdin			U	U	U	U
Sittidae-Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch					R	R
Certhiidae-Creeper
Brown Creeper			U		U	U
Troglodytidae-Wrens
Cactus Wren			O	O	O	O
Carolina Wren			A	A	A	A
Bewick’s Wren			A	A	A	A
House Wren			C		C	C
Winter Wren			O		O	O
Sedge Wren			O		O	O
Marsh Wren			R		R	R
Polioptilidae-Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher			C		C	C
Regulidae-Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglet			U		U	U
Ruby-crowned Kinglet			A		A	A
Turdidae- Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird			U	U	U	U
Veery			R		R
Gray-cheeked Thrush			R		R
Swainson’s Thrush			O		O
Hermit Thrush			C		C	C
Wood Thrush			R		R
American Robin			U	R	U	U
Mimidae- Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird			O		O
Northern Mockingbird			A	A	A	A
Brown Thrasher			O		O	O
Long-billed Thrasher			U	U	U	U
Curve-billed Thrasher			U	U	U	U
Sturnidae- Starling
European Starling			C	C	C	C
Motacillidae- Pipits
American Pipit			C		C	C
Sprague’s Pipit			R		R	R
Bombycillidae- Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing			C		C	C
Calcariidae-Longspurs
Chestnut-collared Longspur			R		R	R
Parulidae- Wood Warblers
Tennessee Warbler			O		O
Orange-crowned Warbler			A		A	A
Nashville Warbler			O		O	O
Northern Parula			O	O	O	O
Yellow Warbler			O		O
Magnolia Warbler			O		O
Yellow-rumped Warbler			A		A	A
Black-throated Green Warbler			O		O
Blackburnian Warbler			R		R
Yellow-throated Warbler			O	O	O
Pine Warbler			U		U	U
Palm Warbler			R		R
Bay-breasted Warbler			O		O
Blackpoll Warbler			R		R
Back-and-White Warbler			O		O	R
American Redstart			O		O
Prothonotary Warbler			R		R
Ovenbird			O		O
Northern Waterthrush			O		O
Louisiana Waterthrush			O		O
Mourning Warbler			O		O
MacGillivray’s Warbler			R		R
Common Yellowthroat			O		O	O
Wilson’s Warbler			O		O
Canada Warbler			O		O
Yellow-breasted Chat			O	O	O
Thraupidae-Tanagers
Summer Tanager			C	C	C
Emberizidae-Sparrows
Olive Sparrow			R	R	R	R
Green-tailed Towhee			R		R	R
Spotted Towhee			U		U	U
Eastern Towhee			R		R	R
Cassin’s Sparrow			R	R	R	R
Chipping Sparrow			A		A	A
Clay-colored Sparrow			O		O
Field Sparrow			C		C	C
Vesper Sparrow			A		A	A
Lark Sparrow			C	C	C	U
Lark Bunting			O		O	O
Savannah Sparrow			A		A	A
Grasshopper Sparrow			U	U	U	U
Le Conte’s Sparrow			R		R	R
Fox Sparrow			R		R	R
Song Sparrow			U		U	U
Lincoln’s Sparrow			A		A	A
Swamp Sparrow			U		U	U
White-throated Sparrow			U		U	U
Harris’s Sparrow			R		R	R
White-crowned Sparrow			A		A	A
Dark-eyed Junco			O		O	O
Cardinalidae-Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings, and Relatives
Northern Cardinal			A	A	A	A
Pyrrhuloxia			C	C	C	C
Rose-breasted Grosbeak			O		O
Blue Grosbeak			O	O	O
Indigo Bunting			C	C	C
Painted Bunting			C	C	C
Dickcissel			O	O	O
Icteridae-Blackbirds, Orioles, and Relatives
Red-winged Blackbird			A	A	A	A
Eastern Meadowlark			C	C	C	C
Western Meadowlark			C		C	C
Yellow-headed Blackbird			R		R
Brewer’s Blackbird			O		O	O
Common Grackle			O	O	O	O
Great-tailed Grackle			A	A	A	A
Bronzed Cowbird			O	O	O	R
Brown-headed Cowbird			C	C	C	C
Orchard Oriole			O	O	O
Hooded Oriole			R	R	R
Bullock’s Oriole			U	R	U
Audubon’s Oriole			R	R	R	R
Baltimore Oriole			C		C
Fringillidae-Finches and Relatives
House Finch			A	A	A	A
Pine Siskin			C		C	C
Lesser Goldfinch			C	C	C	U
American Goldfinch			A		A	A
Passeridae-Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow			A	A	A	A
A = Abundant: 70-100% probability.  Easy to find, not necessarily in large numbers.
C = Common: 40-70% probability.  Fairly easy to find, but not as likely as abundant species.
U = Uncommon: 10-40% probability.  Expected to be found on some visits, not unusual.
O = Occasional: 2-10% probability.  Usually reported only once or twice per season.
R = Rare: 1-2% probability.  Usually reported only once or twice in a five year period.
X = Accidental: 0-1% probability.  Not expected.  Reported only once or twice in county.
Taxonomic order and names (common and scientific) follows the American Ornithologists’
Union (A.O.U.) Check-list of North American Birds - 2010