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