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Loons Grebes Gannets Pelicans Cormorants Anhingas Herons Savannah Coastal Refuges SPECIES REFUGES ABUND. SEASON SPECIES REFUGES ABUND. SEASON SPECIES REFUGES ABUND. SEASON SPECIES REFUGES ABUND. SEASON SPECIES REFUGES ABUND. SEASON Gannets Canvasback Complex FC WV Purple Gallinule *B *H *S FC SR Laughing Gull Complex C PR Hairy Woodpecker *B H *P *S W FC PR B irds Northern Gannet B P T W Wo FC WV Redhead Complex U WV Common Moorhen *B *H P *S C PR Bonaparte's Gull Complex C WV Red-cockaded Woodpecker SUPR There are seven national wildlife refuges (NWR) administered from the Savannah Pelicans Ring-necked Duck Complex C WV American Coot B H P S W C PR Ring-billed Gull Complex C PR Northern (yellow-shafted) Coastal Refuges (SCR) office in Savannah, Georgia. The chain of coastal refuges Brown Pelican Complex FC PR Greater Scaup Complex U WV Herring Gull Complex C PR Flicker *B *H *P *S *W C PR comprising the SCR complex extends from Pinckney Island NWR, near Hilton Head, Plovers Lesser Scaup Complex C WV Black-bellied Plover Complex C WV Great Black-backed Gull B P S T W Wo U WV Pileated Woodpecker *B *H *P *S T *W C PR South Carolina, to Wolf Island NWR, near Darien, Georgia. Between these lie Cormorants Savannah, (the largest unit in the complex), Wassaw, Tybee, Harris Neck, and Double-crested Cormorant Complex FC PR Oldsquaw B P T W Wo U WV Lesser Golden-Plover H T R M Gull-billed Tern B H *P S T W Wo FC SR Flycatchers Blackbeard Island refuges. Together they span a 100 mile stretch of coastline and Anhingas Black Scoter B P T W Wo C WV Wilson's Plover *B H P S T *W Wo C SR Caspian Tern Complex U SR Eastern Wood-Pewee *B *H *P *S *W C SR total over 54,019 acres. Anhinga *B *H *P *S T W Wo C PR Surf Scoter B P T W Wo C WV Semipalmated Plover Complex C PR Royal Tern B H P S T W Wo C PR Acadian Flycatcher *B *P *S *W C SR The diversity of habitat within this acreage enhances the value of these coastal Herons White-winged Scoter B P T W Wo U WV Piping Plover BHP TW WoFC WV Sandwich Tern Complex FC SR Eastern Phoebe B H P S W C WV refuges, located strategically along the Atlantic Flyway, to a great variety of American Bittern Complex U WV Common Goldeneye S U WV Killdeer B H *P *S *T *W *Wo C PR Common Tern Complex U M Great Crested Flycatcher B *H *P *S *W FC SR migratory birds. Within the complex there are freshwater and saltwater marshes, tidal Least Bittern *B *H *P *S *W Wo FC SR Bufflehead Complex C WV Forster's Tern Complex C PR Eastern Kingbird B *H *P *S *W C SR rivers and creeks, bottomland hardwoods, maritime forests, barrier island beaches, Oystercatchers Hooded Merganser B H P *S T W Wo C WV/PR and more. Great Blue Heron *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C PR Am. Oystercatcher *B H *P *T *W *Wo FC PR Least Tern *Complex C SR Gray Kingbird P W U SV Common Merganser Complex U WV The list of birds recorded on the seven coastal refuges includes 309 species, of which Great Egret *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C PR Stilts, Avocets Sooty Tern B P T W Wo R SV Swallows 25 are accidentals (species sighted less than six times over the last twenty years, and Snowy Egret *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C PR Red-breasted Merganser Complex C WV Black-necked Stilt H P *S W U SR Black Tern Complex FC M Purple Martin *B H *P *S W C SR outside of their normal range). The following legend indicates the refuge on which Little Blue Heron *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C PR Ruddy Duck Complex C WV American Avocet B H P S W U M Black Skimmer Complex C PR Tree Swallow B H P S W Wo C PR/M each species is found, as well as the relative abundance and seasonal occurrence Tricolored Heron *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C PR Vultures Sandpipers, Allies Pigeons, Doves Northern Rough-winged of each. Birds known to nest are designated with an asterisk (*) preceding the refuge Cattle Egret B *H P *S T W Wo C PR Black Vulture *B H P *S T *W Wo C PR Greater Yellowlegs Complex C WV Rock Dove B H P S T W C PR Swallow B H P S W C SR abbreviation. Birds classified as threatened or endangered are in italics. Green-Heron *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C SR Turkey Vulture *B H P *S T *W Wo C PR Lesser Yellowlegs Complex C WV Mourning Dove *B *H *P *S T *W C PR Bank Swallow P S U M This list incorporates the common names for birds recommended by the Sixth (1983) Common Ground-Dove *B *H *P *S T *W U PR Barn Swallow B H P *S W C PR Edition of the A.O.U. Checklist and the 39th Supplement (1993). Species are also Black-crowned Night-Heron *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C PR Kites, Hawks, Eagles Solitary Sandpiper Complex FC M listed in the sequence set by the A.O.U. Yellow-crowned-Night-Heron *B *H *P *S T *W Wo FC PR Osprey *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C PR Willet *B *H *P S *T *W *Wo C PR Cuckoos Jays, Crows Ibises Am. Swallow-tailed Kite B H P *S W U SR Spotted Sandpiper Complex C M Black-billed Cuckoo S W U M Blue Jay B H *P *S *W C PR REFUGE RELATIVE ABUNDANCE White Ibis *B *H *P *S W Wo C PR Mississippi Kite B H P *S T W Wo U SR Upland Sandpiper P S T W Wo R M Yellow-billed Cuckoo *B *H *P *S T *W C SR Am. Crow *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C PR B ................... Blackbeard Island C .... Common, seen in good numbers in Glossy Ibis Complex FC PR Bald Eagle B H P *S T W Wo U WV/M Whimbrel B H P T W Wo U M Fish Crow *Complex C PR H ................... Harris Neck appropriate habitat and season. Owls Northern Harrier Complex C WV Long-billed Curlew H R WV Common Barn Owl *B H P *S W U PR P ................... Pinckney Island FC .. Fairly common, seen in moderate Storks Chicadees, Titmice S ................... Savannah numbers in appropriate habitat and Wood Stork *B *H P S W Wo FC SR Sharp-shinned Hawk *Complex FC PR Marbled Godwit B P FC WV Eastern Screech Owl *B *H *P *S *W C PR Carolina Chickadee *B *H *P *S *W C PR T ................... Tybee Island season. Swans, Geese, Ducks Cooper's Hawk *B *H *P *S T *W Wo FC PR Ruddy Turnstone B H P T W Wo C PR Great Horned Owl *B *H *P *S T *W FC PR Tufted Titmouse B *H *P *S W C PR W .................. Wassaw Island U ..... Uncommon, seen in small numbers and/or Fulvous Whistling-Duck H S R WV Red-shouldered Hawk B *H *P *S T W Wo FC PR Red Knot B H P T W Wo FC WV Barred Owl *B *H *P *S *W C PR Nuthatches Wo ............... Wolf Island not seen every time in appropriate Tundra Swan S U WV Broad-winged Hawk P S W U SV/M Sanderling B H P T W Wo FC WV/M Long-eared Owl P S R WV Red-breasted Nuthatch H P S W U WV Complex ..... all refuges habitat and season. Greater White-fronted Goose H S U WV Red-tailed Hawk *B *H *P *S *T *W Wo C PR Semipalmated Sandpiper Complex R M Short-eared Owl P S U WV White-breasted Nuthatch H P S W FC WV/SR SEASONAL OCCURRENCE R ..... Rare, seen in small numbers, between five Snow Goose B H S T U WV Golden Eagle P S R WV Western Sandpiper B H P S W C PR Nightjars Brown-headed Nuthatch B H *P *S W C PR and ten records over the past twenty years. PR ... Permanent resident, present year-round. Brant H S R WV Falcons Least Sandpiper B H P S W Wo C PR Common Nighthawk *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C SR Creepers, Wrens SR ... Summer resident, breeds. Canada Goose B *H P S W FC WV American Kestrel Complex C WV White-rumped Sandpiper P S W U M Chuck-will's widow *B *H *P *S *W Wo C PR Brown Creeper B H P S W U WV SV ... Summer visitor, present in summer, Wood Duck *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C PR Merlin Complex U WV Pectoral Sandpiper B H P S T W Wo FC M Whip-poor-will B H P S W FC M Carolina Wren but does not breed. Green-winged Teal Complex C WV Peregrine Falcon Complex U WV Purple Sandpiper T FC WV Swifts *H *P *S *W C PR WV . Winter visitor, present in winter. American Black Duck B H P *S T W Wo C PR Quail, Allies Dunlin B H P S T W Wo C WV Chimney Swift *B H *P *S T W C SR House Wren B H P S W C WV M ...
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