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Avibase Page 1Of 14 Avibase Page 1of 14 Col Location Date Start time Duration Distance Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World 1 Country or region: Arkansas 2 Number of species: 422 3 Number of endemics: 0 4 Number of breeding endemics: 0 5 Number of globally threatened species: 15 6 Number of extinct species: 2 7 Number of introduced species: 5 8 Date last reviewed: 2016-06-25 9 10 Recommended citation: Lepage, D. 2020. Checklist of the birds of Arkansas. Avibase, the world bird database. Retrieved from .https://avibase.bsc- eoc.org/checklist.jsp?lang=EN&region=usar&list=howardmoore&format=1 [16/01/2020]. Make your observations count! Submit your data to ebird.org - Legend: [x] accidental [ex] extirpated [EX] extinct [EW] extinct in the wild [E] endemic [e] endemic (country/region) Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Introduced species Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Brent Goose Branta bernicla Rare/Accidental Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Rare/Accidental Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Canada Goose Branta canadensis Snow Goose Anser caerulescens Ross's Goose Anser rossii Bean Goose Anser fabalis Rare/Accidental Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Vulnerable Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca Black Scoter Melanitta americana Near-threatened Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Rare/Accidental Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Goosander Mergus merganser Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Canvasback Aythya valisineria Avibase Page 2of 14 Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Redhead Aythya americana Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Rare/Accidental Greater Scaup Aythya marila Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Garganey Spatula querquedula Rare/Accidental Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Gadwall Mareca strepera Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope Rare/Accidental American Wigeon Mareca americana Mallard Anas platyrhynchos American Black Duck Anas rubripes Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula Rare/Accidental Northern Pintail Anas acuta Common Teal Anas crecca Wood Duck Aix sponsa GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Near-threatened GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus Extirpated Greater Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus cupido Vulnerable PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Podicipedidae Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus Rare/Accidental Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus Vulnerable Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae Rock Dove Columba livia Introduced species Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Introduced species Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius Extinct White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Inca Dove Columbina inca Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina Avibase Page 3of 14 Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus Near-threatened Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis Near-threatened CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Vulnerable White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Trochilidae Green Violetear Colibri thalassinus Rare/Accidental Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris Rare/Accidental Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis Magnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope Rare/Accidental Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Near-threatened Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin Rare/Accidental CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus GRUIFORMES: Rallidae Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis Rare/Accidental King Rail Rallus elegans Virginia Rail Rallus limicola Sora Porzana carolina Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata American Coot Fulica americana GRUIFORMES: Gruidae Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Whooping Crane Grus americana Rare/AccidentalEnda ngered Avibase Page 4of 14 Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica Rare/Accidental Great Northern Diver Gavia immer White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened PELECANIFORMES: Ciconiidae Wood Stork Mycteria americana PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea Green Heron Butorides virescens Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Great Egret Ardea alba Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Snowy Egret Egretta thula PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja White Ibis Eudocimus albus Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi PELECANIFORMES: Fregatidae Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens PELECANIFORMES: Sulidae Northern Gannet Morus bassanus Rare/Accidental Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Rare/Accidental PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus Avibase Page 5of 14 Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PELECANIFORMES: Anhingidae Anhinga Anhinga anhinga CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae American Avocet Recurvirostra americana Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Piping Plover Charadrius melodus Near-threatened Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus Near-threatened Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis Extirpated Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Red Knot Calidris canutus Near-threatened Ruff Calidris pugnax Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Rare/Accidental Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened Sanderling Calidris alba Dunlin Calidris alpina Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Rare/Accidental Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis Near-threatened Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Near-threatened Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Avibase Page 6of 14 Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus American Woodcock Scolopax minor Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Willet Tringa semipalmata Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Wilson's Phalarope Steganopus tricolor Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius CHARADRIIFORMES: Alcidae Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae Black Skimmer Rynchops niger Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Vulnerable Sabine's Gull Xema sabini Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Rare/Accidental Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Mew Gull Larus canus Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis California Gull Larus californicus Rare/Accidental Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri Rare/Accidental Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Rare/Accidental Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Rare/Accidental Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Rare/Accidental Least Tern Sternula antillarum Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Rare/Accidental Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Avibase Page 7of 14 Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Black Tern Chlidonias niger Common Tern Sterna hirundo Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus 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