U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge Bird List Welcome to the Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge, one of over 500 refuges administered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. This 4,218 acre refuge is bordered on its East by almost 7 miles of the Tombigbee River, which is part of the Tennessee‑Tombigbee Waterway. The refuge was established in 1964 in cooperation with the U.S. Army US FWS Corps of Engineers as part of the How to use your The bird checklist was designed to be Coffeeville Lock & Dam Project. checklist informative and simple to use. The list is arranged in the order established The refuge activities are by the American Ornithological Union. Symbols which appear in this checklist primarily focused to provide for: represent the following: threatened/endangered species, seasonal W Winter... December - February maintaining diversity, wildlife appearance Sp Spring... March - May dependent recreation, habitat for S Summer... June - August wintering waterfowl and wood F Fall... September - November duck production and banding. seasonal a. abundant (a common species which Over 400 artificial wood duck abundance is very numerous) nesting boxes are maintained for c. common (certain to be seen in brood production. suitable habitat) u. uncommon (present but not certain The refuge habitat is a to be seen) combination of hardwood o. occasional (seen only a few times bottomlands, fields, croplands, during a season) moist soil units, ponds, and s. suspected (not recorded on the sloughs. This diverse habitat, US FWS refuge, but may occur based on which lies between 30‑50 feet nearby records) above sea level, combined with its x. accidental (out of normal species variety of management provides range) for excellent bird and wildlife * known or suspected to have nested watching. on refuge or known to nest locally. US FWS W SP S F W SP S F loons ___ Ring-necked Duck c ___ Common Loon s ___ Lesser Scaup r ___ *Hooded Merganser u u u u Grebes ___ Ruddy Duck s s ___ Pied-billed Grebe c u hawks, Kites, Eagles and allies Pelicans ___ Osprey o o o ___ American White Pelican o ___ Swallow-tailed Kite u u ___ Kite u u Cormorants ___ *Bald Eagle o o ___ Double-crested Cormorant o s s adult o o immature o o Darters ___ *Anhinga c c o ___ Northern Harrier o o ___ Sharp-shinned Hawk o o ___ Cooper’s Hawk o o Herons, egrets and allies ___ *Great Blue Heron c c c c ___ *Red-shouldered Hawk u u u u ___ *Great Egret c c c c ___ Broad-winged Hawk o o ___ *Snowy Egret u c s ___ Red-tailed Hawk u ___ *Little Blue Heron c c u Caracaras and Falcons ___ Tricolored Heron s ___ *American Kestrel u o o u ___ *Cattle Egret c c ___ Green Heron u u Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, ___ *Yellow-crowned Night-Heron o c c and Old World Quail ___ *Wild Turkey u u u u ibises and spoonbill ___ *White Ibis a o c New World Quail ___ Northern Bobwhite r r r r Storks ___ Wood Stork u rails, gallinules, coots and cranes ___ King Rail s s s s New World Vultures ___ Virginia Rail s ___ Black Vulture c u u u ___ Sora s ___ *Turkey Vulture c c c c ___ *Purple Gallinule u u ___ *Common Moorhen u u Duck, Geese and Swans ___ American Coot a c ___ Snow Goose o Lapwings and Plovers ___ Canada Goose r r ___ Killdeer c c ___ *Wood Duck a a a a ___ Gadwall c Sandpipers, Phalaropes and Allies ___ American Wigeon c ___ Lesser Yellowlegs r ___ American Black Duck o ___ Spotted Sandpiper o o ___ Mallard a ___ Least Sandpiper s s s ___ Mottled Duck s ___ Common Snipe u ___ Blue-winged Teal u u u ___ American Woodcock s s ___ Northern Shoveler o Skuas, Gulls, Terns and Skimmers ___ Northern Pintail o ___ Laughing Gull r ___ Green-winged Teal c ___ Canvasback r ___ Redhead r W SP S F W SP S F ___ Bonaparte’s Gull s ___ Ring-billed Gull s vireos ___ Herring Gull s ___ *White-eyed Vireo u a c u ___ Capian Tern r r ___ Yellow-throated Vireo u o ___ Blue-Headed Vireo r Pigeons and Doves ___ *Red-eyed Vireo a c ___ *Mourning Dove u u u u crows and Jays cuckoos, Roadrunners and Anis ___ *Blue Jay c u u c ___ *Yellow-billed Cuckoo c c r ___ *American Crow a a a a ___ *Fish Crow c c c c Barn Owls ___ Barn Owl s swallows ___ Purple Martin u u Typical Owls ___ *Northern Rough-winged Swallow c u ___ *Eastern Screech-Owl o o s s ___ Barn Swallow o ___ Great Horned Owl o o o o ___ *Barred Owl u u u u chickadees and titmice ___ *Carolina Chickadee a a a a goatsuckers ___ *Tufted Titmouse a a a a ___ Chuck-will’s-widow o o nuthatches swifts ___ Brown-headed Nuthatch r ___ Chimney Swift u u o creepers hummingbirds ___ Brown Creeper s ___ Ruby-throated Hummingbird o o wrens kingfishers ___ *Carolina Wren c c c c ___ *Belted Kingfisher u u u u ___ House Wren s r ___ Winter Wren u u woodpeckers and Allias ___ *Red-headed Woodpecker c c c kinglets ___ *Red-bellied Woodpecker a a a a ___ Golden-crowned Kinglet r r ___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker u o ___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet c u u ___ *Downy Woodpecker c c c c ___ *Hairy Woodpecker u u u u Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers ___ *Northern Flicker c o c ___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher u o ___ *Pileated Woodpecker c c c c thrushes Tyrant Flycatchers ___ *Eastern Bluebird c u u ___ Eastern Wood-Pewee u u u ___ Hermit Thrush r ___ *Acadian Flycatcher c c r ___ *Wood Thrush u r u ___ Eastern Phoebe a a ___ American Robin a ___ *Great Crested Flycatcher c c Mockingbirds, thrashers and Allies ___ *Eastern Kingbird c c ___ Gray Catbird u c shrikes ___ Northern Mockingbird r r ___ Loggerhead Shrike s s s s W SP S F ___ Brown Thrasher u r u starlings ___ *European Starling o o

Wagtails and pipits ___ American Pipit o waxwings ___ Cedar Waxwing u

Wood warblers ___ Blue-winged Warbler r ___ *Northern Parula a c r ___ Yellow Warbler r ___ Magnolia Warbler r US FWS ___ Yellow-rumped Warbler a c c ___ Black-throated Green Warbler r W SP S F ___ *Yellow-throated Warbler c o ___ Blue Grosbeak r o ___ Pine Warbler u o o ___ *Indigo Bunting a c a ___ Prairie Warbler r ___ Blackpoll Warbler r blackbirds ___ Black-and-white Warbler r r ___ Bobolink u ___ *American Redstart a u u ___ *Red-winged Blackbird a c c a ___ *Prothonotary Warbler a u o ___ Eastern Meadowlark r ___ Swainson’s Warbler s ___ *Common Grackle u o o u ___ Ovenbird r ___ *Brown-headed Cowbird u o o o ___ Louisiana Waterthrush ___ Orchard Oriole o o s ___*Kentucky Warbler u o ___ Baltimore Oriole s ___ *Common Yellowthroat c c o c ___ *Hooded Warbler c u o Fringilline and Cardueline Finces and Allies ___ *Yellow-breasted Chat c o ___ Purple Finch s ___ House Finch s s tanagers ___ Pine Siskin s s ___ *Summer Tanager c o ___ American Goldfinch c c ___ Scarlet Tanager o

Emberizids ___ Eastern Towhee u o o ___ Chipping Sparrow o r ___ Savannah Sparrow u ___ Fox Sparrow s ___ Song Sparrow c o ___ Swamp Sparrow c o ___ White-throated Sparrow a c o ___ Dark-eyed Junco s

Cardinals, Saltators and Allies ___ *Northern Cardinal a a a a ___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak r This 1997‑99 revised checklist is Sighting Notes based on observations by U.S. Date Fish & Wildlife Service refuge Time personnel; Elizabeth French, Weather PhD.,University of Mobile and associates; Audubon Society members; and local authorities from D.C.N.R., Division of Game No. of species & Fish. If you should have an unusual sighting or find an Route or area unlisted species, please let us know at Refuge Headquarters. We appreciate your help in keeping all our records updated. Observers The refuge is divided into three sections by two wide creeks. Only the north end of the refuge is Remarks accessible by vehicle. The rest of the refuge from the mouth of Okatuppa Creek south can only be accessed by boat using the waters of the Tombigbee River, Okatuppa and/or Turkey Creeks. This blue goose, designed by J.N. Please take care not to disturb “Ding” Darling, has become the refuge visitors, or any nesting, symbol of the feeding or resting birds. DO NOT National Wildlife Refuge LITTER. Help prevent the refuge System. birds from becoming entangled in trash or mistaking garbage for food. Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge P.O. Box 808 1310 College Avenue Jackson, AL 36545 662/323 5548 http://www.fws.gov/choctaw U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 1 800/344 WILD

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Driving Direction: From Coffeeville, Alabama take Highway 84 across Tombigbee River going West. Take County Road 21 to Barrytown. Turn right on County Road 14 to refuge road. Watch for refuge signs from Highway 84 on to the refuge.