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Status of Birds of Oak Creek Wildlife Area Status of Birds of Oak Creek Wildlife Area Abundance Seasonal Occurance *Species range included in C = Common r= Resident Oak Creek WLA but no U = Uncommon s = Summer Visitor documentation of species R = Rare w= Winter Visitor m=Migrant Common Name Genus Species Status Common Loon* Gavia immer Rw Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Cr Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Um Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Us Western Grebe Aechmorphorus occidentalis Us Clark's Grebe* Aechmorphorus clarkii Rm Double-crested Cormorant Phalocrorax auritus Um American Bittern* Botaurus lentiginosus Us Great Blue Heron Arden herodias Cr Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Cr Tundra Swan Cygnus columbiaus Rw Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator Am Greater White-fronted Anser albifrons Rm Goose* Snow Goose Chen caerulescens Rw Canada Goose Branta canadensis Cr Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Ur Mallard Anas Platyrynchos Cr Northen Pintail Anas acuta Us Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Rm Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera Us Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Cr Gadwall* Anas strepere Us Eurasian Wigeon* Anas Penelope Rw American Wigeon Anas Americana Cr Wood Duck Aix sponsa Ur Redhead Aythya americana Uw Canvasback Aythya valisineria Uw Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Uw Greater Scaup* Aythya marila Rw Leser Scaup Aythya affinis Uw Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Uw Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Rw Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Cw Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Rs White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca Rm Hooded Merganser Lophodytes Cucullatus Rw Common Merganser Mergus merganser Cr Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Ur Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Us Osprey Pandion Haliaetus Us Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus UW Northen Harrier Circus cyaneus Ur Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Ur Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii Ur Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Rr Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni Us Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Ur Ferruginous Hawk Buteo Regalis Ur Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus Rw Golden Eagle Aquila chryaetos Ur American Kestrel Falco sparverius Ur Merlin* Falco columbarius Rs Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Rw Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus Ur Gray Partridge Perdix perdix Ur Chukar Alectoris chukar Ur Ringed-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Ur Spruce Grouse Dandragapus canadensis Ur Blue Grouse Dandragapus obseurus Ur Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus Ur Sage Grouse* Centrocercus europhasianus Rr Sharp-tailed Grouse* Tympanuchus phasianellus Rr Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Rr California Quail Callipepla californica Ur Mountian Quail Oreortyx pictus Ur Virginia Rail Rallus limicola Rs Sora* Porzana carolina Rs American Coot Fulica americana C Sandbill Crane* Grus canadensis Rm Black-bellied Plover* Pluvialis dominica Um Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Um Killdeer Charadrius vocifrus Cr American Avocet Recurvirostra americana Us Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Um Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Um Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitarin Rm Spotted Sandpiper actitis macularia Us Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Us Sanderling* Calidris alba Um Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Cm Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Cm Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Um Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Um Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Cm Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Rr Welson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Us Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Um Bonapartes Gull Larus philidelphia Um Mew Gull Larus canus Um Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Cr California Gull Larus californicus Cr Herring Gull* Larus argentatus Um Caspian Tern Sterna caspia Um Forster's Tern* Sterna forsteri Us Black Tern* Childonias niger Rs Rock Dove Columba livia Cr Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata Rs Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Cs Barn Owl Tyto alba Ur Flammulated Owl* Otus flammeolus Rs Western Screech-Owl Otus Kennicottii Ur Great-horned Owl Bubo virginianus Ur Snowy Owl* Cycten scandiaca Us Northern Pygmy-Owl Gluacidium gnoma Rr Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Ur Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis Rr Barrded Owl Strix varia Ur Great Gray Owl* Strix nebulosa Rr Long-eared Owl Asai otus Ur Short-eared Owl Asai flammeus Ur Nothern Saw-Whet Owl Aegolius acadicus Ur Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Cs Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii Us Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri Us Calliope Hummingbird Stellula calliope Us Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Us Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon Ur Lewis Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis Rs Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber Rr Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis Rr Willianson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus Rs Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens Ur Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus Ur White-headed Woodpecker Picoides albolarvatus Ur Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus Ur Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arctus Rr Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Cr Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Rr Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus borealis Us Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus Us Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii Us Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii Us Duskey Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri Cs Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii Us Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis Cs Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya Us Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens Us Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis Cs Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Us Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris Cr Tree Swallow Tachycinete bicolor Us Violet-green Swallow Thacycineta thallassina Cs Northern Rough-winged Stelgidopteryx serripennis Cs Swallow Bank Swallow Riparia Riparia Cs Cliff Swallow Hirundo pyrrhonota Cs Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Cs Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis Cr Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri Cr Blue Jay* Cyanocitta cristata Rw Scrub Jay* Aphelocoma coerulescens Rr Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus Rr Clark's Nutcracker Nueifraga columbiana Ur Black-billed Magpie Pica Pica Cr American Crow Crovus brachyrhynchos Cr Common Raven Crovus corax Cr Black-cappped Chickadee Parus articapillus Cr Mountian Chickadee Parus carolinensis Ur Boreal Chickadee* Parus hudsonicus Rr Chestnut-backed Chickadee Parus rufescens Rr Bushtit Psaltiparus minimus Ur Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Cr White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta Carolinensis Cr Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta Pygmaea Ur Brown Creeper Certhia americana Ur Rock Wren Salpinetes obsoletus Us Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus Ur Bewick's Wren Thyromanes bewicki Rr House Wren Troglodytes aedon Us Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Ur Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris Us American dipper Cinclus mexicanus Ur Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa Ur Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula Ur Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana Ur Mountian Bluebird Sialia currucoides Ur Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi Ur Veery Catharus fuscescens Cs Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Cs Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Cs American Robin Turdus migratorius Cr Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Ur Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Rs Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus Us Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Um Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Rw Ceder Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Ur Northern Shrike Lenius Excubitor Uw Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus Us European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Cr Solitary Vireo Vireo Solitarius Us Hutton's Vireo Viereo huttoni Rm Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus Us Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Us Orange-crowned Warbier Vermivora celata Us Nashville Warbier Vermivora ruficapilla Rs Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Us Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata Cr Black-throated Gray Dendroica nigrescens Um Wabler Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi Um Hermit Warbler Dendroica occidentalis Rs American Redstart* Setophaga ruticilla Rm Nothern Waterthrush* Seiurus ruticilla Rs MacGillivray's Warbler Oporonis tolmiei Us Common Yellowthroat Geothylpis trichas Us Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla Us Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens Us Western Tanager Pranga ludoviciana Us Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus Us Lazuli Bunting Passreina amoena Us Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus Rs Rufous-sided Towhee Papilo erythrophtalmus Ur American Tree Sparrow* Spizella arborea Uw Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Us Brewer's Sparrow Spizzella breweri Us Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus Us Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Us Sage Sparrow Amphispiza belli Us Savannah Sparrow Passereulus sandwichensis Us Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Us Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Um Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Ur Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Us White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Cr Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia articapilla Rm Harris' Sparrow Zonotrichia querula Rw Dark-eyed Juneo(Oregon) Juneo hyemalis Cr Lapland Longspur* Calcarius Lapponicus Rw Snoe Bunting* Plectrophenax nivalis Rw Bobolink* Doliehonyx oryzivorus Rs Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Cr Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta Cr Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Us Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus Cr Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Cs Northen Oriole Icterus galbula Us Rosy Finch Leucosticte aretoa Ur Pine Grosbeak Pinacola enucleator Ur Purple Finch Capodaeus purpureus Ur Cassin's Finch Capodaeus cassinii Ur House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus Cr Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Ur White-winged Crossbill* Loxia leucoptera Rw Common Redpoll Carduelis Flammea Rw Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus Ur American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis Ur Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus Ur
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