U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge P.O. Box 158 Mound City, MO 64470 Squaw Creek Hearing impaired persons may contact Squaw Creek through the Federal Relay National Wildlife Number at 1 800/877 8339. Refuge List U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 1 800/344 WILD 1 Common Name S s F W Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge Ducks, Geese and Swans Bird Checklist Greater White-fronted Goose ...... u c u Snow Goose ...... a a u Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge was established Ross’s Goose ...... u u o in1935 as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory Canada Goose* ...... a c a c and other wildlife. The refuge comprises 7,350 acres Trumpeter Swan ...... o o along the eastern edge of the Missouri River floodplain Tundra Swan ...... r r r and is located in northwest Missouri, 30 miles northwest of Wood Duck* ...... c c c o St. Joseph, and 100 miles north of Kansas City, Missouri. Gadwall ...... c c o American Wigeon ...... c c o Legend American Black Duck ...... o o u Refuge personnel and visiting ornithologists have Mallard* ...... a o a a contributed to this list which contains 277 species that Blue-winged Teal* ...... a o a o have been recorded on the refuge. Another 33 species, Cinnamon Teal ...... r r listed under “Accidental” birds, have been reported, but Northern Shoveler ...... c c o are not normally expected to be present. Northern Pintail* ...... a a o Green-winged Teal ...... a a u Season, abundance, and nesting status for each bird Canvasback ...... u u r species are coded as follows: Redhead ...... u u r S ... Spring ...... March – May Ring-necked Duck ...... a c r s .... Summer ...... June – July Greater Scaup ...... r F .... Fall ...... August – November Lesser Scaup ...... o o o W .. Winter ...... December – February White-winged Scoter ...... r Bufflehead ...... u u o a...... abundant – common species that is very numerous Common Goldeneye ...... o u o c ...... common – certain to be seen in suitable habitat Hooded Merganser* ...... c u u r u .....uncommon – present, but not certain to be seen Common Merganser ...... c r o u o ...... occasional – seen only a few times during a season Red-breasted Merganser ...... r r r r .....rare – seen only at intervals of 2 – 5 years Ruddy Duck* ...... u r u r (E) ..Endangered * .....indicates birds which nest locally Turkeys Wild Turkey* ...... c c c c Squaw Creek NWR was officially named one of America’s Top 500 Globally Important Bird Areas by the American Pheasants Bird Conservancy in July 2001. Ring-necked Pheasant* ...... c c c c

Note: During August shorebirds and warblers and other Quail are well into migration. The Audubon Society Northern Bobwhite* ...... u u u u of Missouri also uses June & July = summer and August – November = fall for its seasonal surveys. Loons Common Loon ...... r r

Grebes Pied-billed Grebe* ...... c u c o Horned Grebe ...... u u Eared Grebe ...... u u Western Grebe ...... r r

Pelicans American White Pelican ...... a u a r Common Name S s F W Common Name S s F W Cormorants Plovers Double-crested Cormorant ...... c r c r Black-bellied Plover ...... u u American Golden-Plover ...... u o Herons, Egrets and Bitterns Snowy Plover ...... r American Bittern* ...... o u u Semipalmated Plover ...... c o c Least Bittern* ...... u c o Piping Plover (Great Plains) (E) ...... r r r Great Blue Heron ...... c c c o Killdeer* ...... c c c o Great Egret ...... u u u Snowy Egret ...... u r u Avocets & Stilts Little Blue Heron ...... o u o Black-necked Stilt ...... r r Cattle Egret ...... u u u American Avocet ...... u o u Green Heron ...... u c o Black-crowned Night-Heron* ...... o u o Sandpipers Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ...... o o o Greater Yellowlegs ...... c u c Lesser Yellowlegs ...... a c a Ibises Solitary Sandpiper ...... u u u White-faced Ibis ...... o r o Willet ...... o r o Spotted Sandpiper* ...... c c c Vultures Upland Sandpiper ...... o o o Turkey Vulture ...... u c u Whimbrel ...... r Long-billed Curlew ...... r r Hawks & Eagles Hudsonian Godwit ...... u r u Osprey ...... o o Marbled Godwit ...... o o o Bald Eagle* (E) ...... c u c c Ruddy Turnstone ...... r r r Northern Harrier* ...... u o u u Red Knot ...... r r Sharp-shinned Hawk ...... u r u u Sanderling ...... o o o Cooper’s Hawk ...... o o o o Semipalmated Sandpiper ...... c c c Northern Goshawk ...... r Western Sandpiper ...... o o r Red-shouldered Hawk ...... r r r r Least Sandpiper ...... c c c Broad-winged Hawk ...... o r r White-rumped Sandpiper ...... c u c Swainson’s Hawk ...... o o Baird’s Sandpiper ...... c u o Red-tailed Hawk* ...... c c c c Pectoral Sandpiper ...... c u c Rough-legged Hawk ...... o o Dunlin ...... u r u Golden Eagle ...... r r Stilt Sandpiper ...... u u o Buff-breasted Sandpiper ...... r r r Falcons Ruff ...... r r American Kestrel ...... u c c u Short-billed Dowitcher ...... u u o ...... r o o Long-billed Dowitcher ...... c o c Peregrine Falcon (E) ...... o o r Wilson’s Snipe ...... u r u r Prairie Falcon ...... r r American Woodcock ...... o o o Wilson’s Phalarope ...... u o o Rails & Coots Red-necked Phalarope ...... o o o Yellow Rail ...... r r King Rail ...... o o o Gulls & Terns Virginia Rail ...... u o u Franklin’s Gull ...... o o o r Sora ...... c o c Bonaparte’s Gull ...... o r o r Common Moorhen* ...... o u Ring-billed Gull ...... u o u r American Coot* ...... a c a r Herring Gull ...... o r o r Caspian Tern ...... o r o Cranes Common Tern ...... o u Sandhill Crane ...... u u u r Forster’s Tern ...... u o u Least Tern (Interior) (E) ...... r r r Black Tern ...... c o u Common Name S s F W Common Name S s F W Pigeons & Doves Western Kingbird ...... o r o Rock Pigeon* ...... o o o o Eastern Kingbird* ...... c c c Mourning Dove* ...... c c c o Shrikes Cuckoos Loggerhead Shrike ...... u u u u Black-billed Cuckoo* ...... o o o Northern Shrike ...... r Yellow-billed Cuckoo* ...... c c u Vireos Barn Owls White-eyed Vireo ...... o o r Barn Owl* ...... r r r r Bell’s Vireo* ...... c c u Yellow-throated Vireo* ...... u u u Owls Blue-headed Vireo ...... o o Eastern Screech-Owl* ...... c c c c Warbling Vireo* ...... c c u Great Horned Owl* ...... c c c c Philadelphia Vireo ...... o o * ...... c c c c Red-eyed Vireo* ...... c c u Long-eared Owl ...... r r r Short-eared Owl ...... o r o u Crows & jays Northern Saw-whet Owl ...... r * ...... c c c c * ...... c c c c Nightjars Common Nighthawk ...... o u o Larks Chuck-will’s-widow* ...... o o Horned Lark* ...... u u u c Whip-poor-will* ...... u u u Swallows Swifts Purple Martin* ...... c c c Chimney Swift* ...... c a u Tree Swallow* ...... c u c Northern Rough-winged Swallow ...... u u u Hummingbirds Bank Swallow* ...... a c a Ruby-throated Hummingbird* ...... o u o Cliff Swallow ...... c a a Barn Swallow* ...... c c a Kingfishers Belted Kingfisher ...... u u u r Chickadees & Titmice Black-capped Chickadee* ...... c c c c Woodpeckers Tufted Titmouse ...... c c c c Red-headed Woodpecker* ...... u u u u Red-bellied Woodpecker* ...... c c c c Nuthatches Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ...... o o u Red-breasted Nuthatch ...... r r o Downy Woodpecker* ...... c c c c White-breasted Nuthatch* ...... u u u u Hairy Woodpecker* ...... u u u u Northern Flicker* ...... c c c u Creepers Pileated Woodpecker ...... r r r r Brown Creeper ...... u u u

Flycatchers Wrens Olive-sided Flycatcher ...... o r o Carolina Wren* ...... o o o o Eastern Wood-Pewee* ...... c c o Bewick’s Wren ...... r r r Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ...... r r House Wren* ...... c c u Acadian Flycatcher* ...... u o u Winter Wren ...... u u o Alder Flycatcher ...... u u Sedge Wren* ...... c c c Willow Flycatcher ...... u u u Marsh Wren* ...... u u u Least Flycatcher ...... u u Eastern Phoebe* ...... u u u Great Crested Flycatcher* ...... u u u Common Name S s F W Common Name S s F W Kinglets & Gnatcatchers Mourning Warbler ...... r r Golden-crowned Kinglet ...... u u u Common Yellowthroat* ...... c c u r Ruby-crowned Kinglet ...... c c r Hooded Warbler ...... r Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* ...... u u o Wilson’s Warbler ...... u u Canada Warbler ...... u u Thrushes Yellow-breasted Chat* ...... u u Eastern Bluebird* ...... c c u r Veery ...... r r Gray-cheeked Thrush ...... u u Summer * ...... o u r Swainson’s Thrush ...... c c Scarlet Tanager* ...... o o r Hermit Thrush ...... u u r Wood Thrush* ...... c c o Sparrows * ...... c c c o Spotted Towhee ...... r o o Eastern Towhee* ...... c c u r Mockingbirds & Thrashers American Tree Sparrow ...... c c c Gray Catbird* ...... c c o Chipping Sparrow* ...... u u o Northern Mockingbird* ...... o o o r Clay-colored Sparrow ...... o o Brown Thrasher* ...... c c u Field Sparrow* ...... u u u Vesper Sparrow* ...... u o u r Starlings Lark Sparrow* ...... u u o European Starling* ...... c c c a Savannah Sparrow ...... c c r Sparrow ...... o u o Pipits Henslow’s Sparrow ...... r r r American Pipit ...... o o Le Conte’s Sparrow ...... u u r Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow ...... u o Waxwings Fox Sparrow ...... u u o Bohemian Waxwing ...... r Song Sparrow* ...... c c c u Cedar Waxwing* ...... u u u o Lincoln’s Sparrow ...... u u r Swamp Sparrow* ...... c c u Wood Warblers White-throated Sparrow ...... c c o Golden-winged Warbler ...... o o Harris’s Sparrow ...... u u u Tennessee Warbler ...... c c White-crowned Sparrow ...... u u o -crowned Warbler ...... u u Dark-eyed Junco ...... c c c Nashville Warbler ...... c c Lapland Longspur ...... r o o Northern Parula ...... u o u Yellow Warbler* ...... c c u Grosbeaks & Buntings Chestnut-sided Warbler ...... u u Northern * ...... c c c c Magnolia Warbler ...... u u Rose-breasted Grosbeak* ...... u u o Cape May Warbler ...... r Blue Grosbeak* ...... u u Yellow-rumped Warbler ...... c c Indigo Bunting* ...... c c u Black-throated Green Warbler ...... u u Dickcissel* ...... c c Blackburnian Warbler ...... u u Palm Warbler ...... o o Blackbirds & Orioles Bay-breasted Warbler ...... r Bobolink* ...... u r u Blackpoll Warbler ...... u u Red-winged Blackbird* ...... a a a a Black-and-white Warbler ...... u u Eastern Meadowlark* ...... c u c o American Redstart* ...... c u u Western Meadowlark ...... o u o o Prothonotary Warbler* ...... r r r Yellow-headed Blackbird* ...... c a c Ovenbird* ...... u o u Rusty Blackbird ...... u u o Northern Waterthrush ...... u r Brewer’s Blackbird ...... o o r Louisiana Waterthrush ...... o o o * ...... a c a c Kentucky Warbler* ...... u u Great-tailed Grackle* ...... o r o r Common Name S s F W Brown-headed Cowbird* ...... a a a o Orchard Oriole* ...... c c o Baltimore Oriole* ...... c c u

Finches Purple Finch ...... o o House Finch ...... o o o o Red Crossbill ...... r White-winged Crossbill ...... r Common Redpoll ...... r Pine Siskin ...... o o o American Goldfinch* ...... c c c u

Old World Sparows House Sparrow* ...... a a a a

Accidentals The following 33 species are considered accidentals; they have been observed on Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge only once or twice.

Tri-Colored Heron, White Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Greater Flamingo, Barnacle Goose, Brant, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Eurasian Wigeon, Long-tailed Duck, Surf Scoter, Black Scoter, Mississippi Kite, Gyrfalcon, Greater Prairie-Chicken, Whooping Crane (E), Red Phalarope, Parasitic Jaeger, Laughing Gull, Sabine’s Gull, Black-legged Kittiwake, Common Ground-Dove, Snowy Owl, Black-backed Woodpecker, Say’s Phoebe, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Black-billed Magpie, Mountain Bluebird, Townsend’s Solitaire, Lark Bunting, Snow Bunting, Bronzed Cowbird and Evening Grosbeak.

Revised May 2004 by Tommie Rogers, Ed McCullough, Dr. D.A. Easterla and Frank Durbian.

For additional information contact: Refuge Manager Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge P.O. Box 158, Mound City, MO 64470 Phone: 660-442-3187

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