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Bird Checklist of Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Birds of Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge This list contains 323 species considered Common Name Sp Su F W Common Name Sp Su F W part of the refuge avifauna as of March Grebes Shorebirds, Continued 2020. Species are listed in accordance Least Grebe V V Baird’s Sandpiper U U with the seventh edition of the A.O.U. Pied-billed Grebe C C C C Least Sandpiper C U C C Checklist and its 2019 Supplement. Horned Grebe R R R White-rumped Sandpiper C O Symbols used are defined as follows: Eared Grebe U U U Buff-breasted Sandpiper O U Pigeons and Doves Pectoral Sandpiper U O U Sp Spring March - May Semipalmated Sandpiper O O Su Summer June - July Rock Pigeon U U U U Eurasian Collared-Dove O O O O Western Sandpiper U R U U F Fall August - November Inca Dove O O R O Short-billed Dowitcher U U U W Winter December - February Common Ground-Dove R R Long-billed Dowitcher C R U C White-winged Dove U U U U American Woodcock R R C Common: Has been observed for Wilson’s Snipe C C C all or part of the season; commonly Mourning Dove C C C C encountered. Cuckoos Wilson’s Phalarope U V U R Groove-billed Ani R R R Spotted Sandpiper U U O U U Uncommon: Has been observed for Solitary Sandpiper U U U R all or part of the season; less likely Yellow-billed Cuckoo U U U Black-billed Cuckoo O Greater Yellowlegs C C C C to be encountered. Willet C C C C O Occasional: Observed only a Nightjars Lesser Yellowlegs C O C U Lesser Nighthawk O few times during the season; Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers sometimes encountered. Common Nighthawk C C C Chuck-will’s-widow R O V Bonaparte’s Gull O R O R Rare: Not observed every Eastern Whip-poor-will V Laughing Gull C C C C year during the season; seldom Franklin’s Gull R O encountered. Swifts Ring-billed Gull C O C C Chimney Swift U U U V Very Rare: Has been observed Herring Gull U O U U only once or twice since 2009. Hummingbirds Lesser Black-backed Gull O R R Ruby-throated Hummingbird C U C Least Tern U U U ¶ Has only been observed at the Gull-billed Tern U U U U Chenier Plain Headquarters Black-chinned Hummingbird V V Rufous Hummingbird R Caspian Tern U O U U (situated on FM 563, two miles Black Tern U U C south of I-10). Rails, Gallinules, and Coots King Rail C C C C Common Tern O O O O Common Name Sp Su F W Clapper Rail C C C C Forster’s Tern C C C C Ducks, Geese, and Swans Virginia Rail U U U Royal Tern U U U U Sandwich Tern O U U R Black-bellied Whistling-Duck C C C C Sora C R C C Common Gallinule C C C C Black Skimmer O O O O Fulvous Whistling-Duck C C C C Loons Snow Goose U C C American Coot C C C C Purple Gallinule C C C R Pacific Loon V Ross’s Goose R U U Common Loon U O U Greater White-fronted Goose U C C Yellow Rail O R V Cackling Goose V R Black Rail O R Storks Canada Goose V Cranes Jabiru V Tundra Swan V Sandhill Crane O O O Wood Stork U U R Wood Duck O O O O Shorebirds Frigatebirds,Boobies and Gannets Blue-winged Teal C U C C Black-necked Stilt C C C C Magnificent Frigatebird O O O Cinnamon Teal O O O American Avocet C U U C Brown Booby V Northern Shoveler C U C C American Oystercatcher O O O O Northern Gannet V R Gadwall C U C C Black-bellied Plover C U C C Cormorants and Anhingas American Wigeon C C C American Golden-Plover U V Anhinga U U U U Mallard C C C Snowy Plover R O O Neotropic Cormorant C C C C Mottled Duck C C C C Wilson’s Plover O O O R Double-crested Cormorant C U C C Northern Pintail U C C Semipalmated Plover U U U Pelicans Green-winged Teal C C C Piping Plover R R R American White Pelican U O C C Canvasback U U U Killdeer C C C C Brown Pelican C U C C Redhead U U U Upland Sandpiper U O O Herons, Ibis, and Allies Ring-necked Duck C O O C Whimbrel C R O R American Bittern U U U Greater Scaup O O O Long-billed Curlew U R U U Least Bittern C C C O Lesser Scaup C U C Hudsonian Godwit U Great Blue Heron C C C C Bufflehead O C U Marbled Godwit U O O O Great Egret C C C C Common Goldeneye O V R Ruddy Turnstone U O U U Snowy Egret C C C C Hooded Merganser O O O Red Knot O O Little Blue Heron C C C C Red-breasted Merganser O O O Ruff R Tricolored Heron C C C C Ruddy Duck C O C C Stilt Sandpiper C R O O Reddish Egret U U U U Grouse, Quail, and Allies Sanderling U O O O Cattle Egret C C C U Northern Bobwhite U U U U Dunlin C U U Green Heron C C C U Common Name Sp Su F W Common Name Sp Su F W Common Name Sp Su F W Herons, Ibis, and Allies, Contin. Vireos, Contin. New World Sparrows, Contin. Black-crowned Night-Heron U C U U Red-eyed Vireo C O Song Sparrow U U C Yellow-crowned Night-Heron U C C U Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens Lincoln’s Sparrow C U C White Ibis C C C C Blue Jay U O U U Swamp Sparrow C C C Glossy Ibis O O O O American Crow ¶ Eastern Towhee R R White-faced Ibis C C C C Larks Yellow-breasted Chat Roseate Spoonbill C C C C Horned Lark R C R R Yellow-breasted Chat O V Vultures, Hawks, and Allies Martins and Swallows Blackbirds Black Vulture C C C C N. Rough-winged Swallow C O C O Yellow-headed Blackbird O O O Turkey Vulture C C C C Purple Martin U U U R Bobolink O Osprey U R U U Tree Swallow C O C C Western Meadowlark O V V O White-tailed Kite U U C C Bank Swallow U U U Eastern Meadowlark C C C C Swallow-tailed Kite O O O Barn Swallow C C C R Orchard Oriole C C C Golden Eagle V R R Cliff Swallow C C C Baltimore Oriole U R R Mississippi Kite O O O Cave Swallow O O O R Red-winged Blackbird C C C C Northern Harrier C O C C Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice Bronzed Cowbird U U U O Sharp-shinned Hawk O U U Carolina Chickadee O O O O Brown-headed Cowbird C C C C Cooper’s Hawk O O U U Tufted Titmouse R R R Rusty Blackbird V V Bald Eagle O U U Brewer’s Blackbird O O O Harris’s Hawk V V Nuthatches Red-breasted Nuthatch R R Common Grackle C C C C White-tailed Hawk O O O O Boat-tailed Grackle C C C C Red-shouldered Hawk O O U U Treecreepers Great-tailed Grackle C C C C Brown Creeper R R Broad-winged Hawk O O O Wood-warblers Swainson’s Hawk U U U R Wrens Ovenbird U R Red-tailed Hawk C U C C House Wren R C C Worm-eating Warbler U R Ferruginous Hawk R Winter Wren R O Louisiana Waterthrush U O Owls Sedge Wren C C C Northern Waterthrush U O Barn Owl U U U U Marsh Wren C C C C Golden-winged Warbler R Eastern Screech-Owl R R R Carolina Wren O O R O Blue-winged Warbler O Great Horned Owl U R U U Gnatcatchers Black-and-white Warbler C O Burrowing Owl R R R Blue-gray Gnatcatcher C C C Prothonotary Warbler C O O Barred Owl R R R Kinglets Swainson’s Warbler O Short-eared Owl U U Golden-crowned Kinglet O O O Tennessee Warbler U O Kingfishers Ruby-crowned Kinglet C C C Orange-crowned Warbler C C C Belted Kingfisher C R C C Thrushes Nashville Warbler O O R Woodpeckers Eastern Bluebird O O O O MacGillivray’s Warbler V Yellow-bellied Sapsucker U O O Veery O Mourning Warbler V O Red-headed Woodpecker R R O Gray-cheeked Thrush U Kentucky Warbler O V Red-bellied Woodpecker U U U U Swainson’s Thrush C Common Yellowthroat C C C C Downy Woodpecker U U U U Hermit Thrush U O O Hooded Warbler U O Pileated Woodpecker O R R Wood Thrush U O American Redstart U O Northern Flicker O R O R American Robin U O U Cape May Warbler R Caracaras and Falcons Catbirds, Mockingbirds and Thrashers Cerulean Warbler R Crested Caracara C C C C Gray Catbird C O U U Northern Parula C O American Kestrel C C C Brown Thrasher U U U Magnolia Warbler U O Merlin O U U Northern Mockingbird C C C C Bay-breasted Warbler U Peregrine Falcon O R U U Starlings and Mynas Blackburnian Warbler U European Starling C C C C Yellow Warbler U Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds & Allies Chestnut-sided Warbler U Olive-sided Flycatcher O U Wagtails and Pipits Blackpoll Warbler O Eastern Wood-Pewee U U American Pipit U U U Black-throated Blue Warbler R Yellow-bellied Flycatcher O O Sprague’s Pipit R V R Palm Warbler U U U Acadian Flycatcher O O O Waxwings Pine Warbler O V V R Alder/Willow Flycatcher O R Cedar Waxwing U O O Yellow-rumped Warbler C C C Least Flycatcher O O O R Finches, Euphonias, and Allies Yellow-throated Warbler O R R Eastern Phoebe C C C House Finch O R R R Prairie Warbler R R R R Say’s Phoebe R R Purple Finch ¶ Black-throated Green Warbler C O Vermilion Flycatcher O O O Pine Siskin R Canada Warbler R R Ash-throated Flycatcher O O American Goldfinch R R O Wilson’s Warbler U V O R Great Crested Flycatcher O O O Great Kiskadee V New World Sparrows Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies Tropical/Couch’s Kingbird R Grasshopper Sparrow O O O Summer Tanager C V R Western Kingbird O R O Chipping Sparrow U O O Scarlet Tanager C R Eastern Kingbird C C C Clay-colored Sparrow R V R Western Tanager R Scissor-tailed Flycatcher C C C O Field Sparrow O O O Northern Cardinal C C C C Fork-tailed Flycatcher V Lark Sparrow O O O Rose-breasted Grosbeak U O Fox Sparrow V V Blue Grosbeak U U Shrikes Dark-eyed Junco R Lazuli Bunting V Loggerhead Shrike C C C C White-crowned Sparrow C C C Indigo Bunting C O U Vireos Harris’s Sparrow R R R Painted Bunting U U U White-eyed Vireo C O U O White-throated Sparrow O O O Dickcissel C C C Bell’s Vireo R Vesper Sparrow U O U Old World Sparrows Yellow-throated Vireo O LeConte’s Sparrow O O O House Sparrow O O O O Blue-headed Vireo O O O Seaside Sparrow C C C C Philadelphia Vireo O Nelson’s Sparrow U O O Warbling Vireo O R Savannah Sparrow C C C June 2020.
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