Appendix 5: Fauna Known to Occur on Fort Drum LIST OF FAUNA KNOWN TO OCCUR ON FORT DRUM as of January 2017. Federally listed species are noted with FT (Federal Threatened) and FE (Federal Endangered); state listed species are noted with SSC (Species of Special Concern), ST (State Threatened, and SE (State Endangered); introduced species are noted with I (Introduced). BIRD SPECIES (Taxonomy based on The American Ornithologists’ Union’s 7th Edition Checklist of North American birds.) ORDER ANSERIFORMES ORDER CUCULIFORMES FAMILY ANATIDAE - Ducks & Geese FAMILY CUCULIDAE - Cuckoos Anser albifrons Greater White-fronted Goose Coccyzus americanus Yellow-billed Cuckoo Chen caerulescens Snow Goose Coccyzus erthropthalmusBlack-billed Cuckoo Chen rossii Ross’s Goose Branta bernicla Brant Branta hutchinsii Cackling Goose ORDER CAPRIMULGIFORMES Branta canadensis Canada Goose FAMILY CARPIMULGIDAE - Nightjars Cygnus columbianus Tundra Swan Chordeiles minor Common Nighthawk (SSC) Aix sponsa Wood Duck Antrostomus carolinensis Eastern Whip-poor-will Anas strepera Gadwall (SSC) Anas americana American Wigeon Anas rubripes American Black Duck ORDER APODIFORMES Anas platyrhynchos Mallard FAMILY APODIDAE – Swifts Anas discors Blue-winged Teal Chaetura pelagica Chimney Swift Anas clypeata Northern Shoveler Anas acuta Northern Pintail FAMILY TROCHILIDAE – Hummingbirds Anas crecca Green-winged Teal Archilochus colubris Ruby-throated Hummingbird Aythya valisineria Canvasback Aythya americana Redhead ORDER GRUIFORMES Aythya collaris Ring-necked Duck FAMILY RALLIDAE – Rails Aythya marila Greater Scaup Rallus limicola Virginia Rail Aythya affinis Lesser Scaup Porzana carolina Sora Melanitta perspicillata Surf Scoter Gallinula galeata Common Moorhen Melanitta fusca White-winged Scoter Fulica americana American Coot Melanitta americana Black Scoter Clangula hyemalis Long-tailed Duck FAMILY GRUIDAE – Cranes Bucephala albeola Bufflehead Antigone canadensis Sandhill Crane Bucephala clangula Common Goldeneye Lophodytes cucullatus Hooded Merganser ORDER CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY CHARADRIIDAE – Plovers Mergus merganser Common Merganser Pluvialis squatarola Black-bellied Plover Mergus serrator Red-breasted Merganser Pluvialis dominica American Golden-Plover Oxyura jamaicensis Ruddy Duck Charadrius semipalmatus Semipalmated Plover Charadrius vocifirus Killdeer ORDER GALLIFORMES FAMILY ODONTIPHORIDAE – Quail FAMILY SCOLOPACIDAE – Sandpipers Colinus virginianus Northern Bobwhite (I) Bartramia longicauda Upland Sandpiper (ST) Numenius phaeopus Whimbrel FAMILY PHASIANIDAE – Grouse & Turkey Calidris alpina Dunlin Phasianus colchicus Ring-necked Pheasant (I) Calidris bairdii Baird’s Sandpiper Bonasa umbellus Ruffed Grouse Calidris minutilla Least Sandpiper Meleagris gallopavo Wild Turkey Calidris fuscicollis White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Pectoral Sandpiper ORDER PODICEPEDIFORMES Calidris pusilla Semipalmated Sandpiper FAMILY PODICIPEDIDAE - Grebes Limnodromus griseus Short-billed Dowitcher Podilymbus podiceps Pied-billed Grebe (ST) Gallinago delicata Wilson’s Snipe Podiceps auritus Horned Grebe Scolopax minor American Woodcock Actitis macularius Spotted Sandpiper ORDER COLUMBIFORMES Tringa solitaria Solitary Sandpiper FAMILY COLUMBIDAE – Pigeons & Doves Trihga melanoleuca Greater Yellowlegs Columba livia Rock Pigeon (I) Tringa semipalmata Willet Zenaida macroura Mourning Dove Trihga flavipes Lesser Yellowlegs Revision control of this document is maintained electronically. 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Page 1 FAMILY LARIDAE – Gulls & Terns Picoides pubescens Downy Woodpecker Chroicocephalus philadelphia Bonaparte’s Gull Picoides villosus Hairy Woodpecker Larus delawarensis Ring-billed Gull Picoides arcticus Black-backed Woodpecker Larus argentatus Herring Gull Colaptes auratus Northern Flicker Larus hyperboreus Glaucous Gull Dryocopus pileatus Pileated Woodpecker Larus marinus Great Black-backed Gull Hydropogne caspia Caspian Tern ORDER FALCONIFORMES Chlidonias niger Black Tern FAMILY FALCONIDAE - Falcons Sterna hirundo Common Tern Falco sparverius American Kestrel Falco columbarius Merlin ORDER GAVIIFORMES Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon (SE) FAMILY GAVIDAE - Loons Gavia stellata Red-throated Loon ORDER PASSERIFORMES Gavia immer Common Loon (SSC) FAMILY TYRANNIDAE--Flycatchers Contopus cooperi Olive-sided Flycatcher ORDER SULIFORMES Contopus virens Eastern Wood-Peewee FAMILY PHALACROCORACIDAE - Cormorants Empidonax flaviventris Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Phalacrocorax auritus Double Crested Cormorant Empidonax alnorum Alder Flycatcher Empidonax traillii Willow Flycatcher ORDER PELECANIFORMES Empidonax minimus Least Flycatcher FAMILY ARDEIDAE - Herons Sayornis phoebe Eastern Phoebe Botaurus lentiginosus American Bittern (SSC) Myiarchus crinitus Great crested Flycatcher Ixobrychus exilis Least Bittern (ST) Tyrannus verticalis Western Kingbird Ardea herodias Great Blue Heron Tyrannus tyrannus Eastern Kingbird Ardea alba Great Egret Butorides virescens Green Heron FAMILY LANIIDAE – Shrikes Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night-Heron Lanius excubitor Northern Shrike ORDER CATHARTIFORMES FAMILY VIREONIDAE – Vireos FAMILY CATHARTIDAE – New World Vultures Vireo griseus White-eyed Vireo Cathartes aura Turkey Vulture Vireo flavifrons Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo solitarius Blue-headed Vireo ORDER ACCIPITRIFORMES Vireo philadelphicus Philadelphia Vireo FAMILY PANDIONIDAE – Osprey Vireo gilvus Warbling Vireo Pandion haliaetus Osprey (SSC) Vireo olivaceus Red-eyed Vireo FAMILY ACCIPITRIDAE – Hawks & Eagles FAMILY CORVIDAE – Jays & Crows Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle (ST/FT) Cyanocitta cristata Blue Jay Circus cyaneus Northern Harrier (ST) Corvus brachyrhnchos American Crow Accipiter striatus Sharp-shinned Hawk (SSC) Corvux corvax Common Raven Accipiter cooperii Cooper’s Hawk (SSC) Accipiter gentilis Northern Goshawk (SSC) FAMILY ALAUDIDAE – Larks Buteo lineatus Red-shouldered Hawk (SSC) Eremophila alpestris Horned Lark (SSC) Buteo platypterus Broad-winged Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Red-tailed Hawk FAMILY HIRUNDINIDAE – Swallows Buteo lagopus Rough-legged Hawk Progne subis Purple Martin Aquila chrysaetos Golden Eagle (SE) Tachycineta bicolor Tree Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennisNorthern Rough-winged ORDER STRIGIFORMES Swallow Riparia riparia Bank Swallow FAMILY STRIGIDAE - Owls Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Cliff Swallow Megascops asio Eastern Screech-Owl Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow Bubo virginianus Great Horned Owl Bubo scandiacus Snowy Owl FAMILY PARIDAE – Chickadees Strix varia Barred Owl Poecile atricapillus Black-capped Chickadee Asio otus Long-eared Owl Poecile hudsonicus Boreal Chickadee Asio flammeus Short-eared Owl (SE) Baelophus bicolor Tufted Titmouse Aegolius acadicus Northern Saw-whet Owl FAMILY SITTIDAE – Nuthatches ORDER CORACIIFORMES Sitta canadensis Red-breasted Nuthatch FAMILY ALCEDINIDAE - Kingfishers Sitta carolinensis White-breasted Nuthatch Megaceryle alcyon Belted Kingfisher FAMILY CERTHIIDAE – Brown Creeper ORDER PICIFORMES Certhia americana Brown Creeper FAMILY PICIDAE - Woodpeckers Melanerpes lewis Lewis’s Woodpecker FAMILY TROGLODYTIDAE – Wrens Melanerpes erythrocephalus Red-headed Troglodytes aedon House Wren Woodpecker (SSC) Troglodytes hiemalis Winter Wren Melanerpes carolinus Red-bellied Woodpecker Cistothorus platensis Sedge Wren (ST) Sphyrapicus varius Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Cistothorus paulstris Marsh Wren Revision control of this document is maintained electronically. 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Page 2 Thryothorus ludovicianus Carolina Wren Oreothlypis ruficapilla Nashville Warbler Oporornis agilis Connecticut Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia Mourning Warbler FAMILY POLIOPTILIDAE – Gnatcatchers Geothlypis trichas Common Yellowthroat Polioptila caerulea Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Setophaga citrina Hooded Warbler Setophaga ruticilla American Redstart FAMILY REGULIDAE – Kinglets Setophaga kirtlandii Kirtland’s Warbler (FE) Regulus satrapa Golden-crowned Kinglet Setophaga tigrina Cape May Warbler Regulus calendula Ruby-crowned Kinglet Setophaga cerulea Cerulean Warbler (SSC) Setophaga americana Northern Parula FAMILY TURDIDAE – Thrushes Setophaga magnolia Magnolia Warbler Sialia sialis Eastern Bluebird Setophaga castanea Bay-breasted Warbler Catharus fuscescens Veery Setophaga fusca Blackburnian Warbler Catharus minimus Gray-cheeked Thrush Setophaga petechia Yellow Warbler Catharus ustulatus Swainson’s Thrush Setophaga pensylvanica Chestnut-sided Warbler Catharus guttatus Hermit Thrush Setophaga striata Blackpoll Warbler Hylocichla mustelina Wood Thrush Setophaga caerulescens Black-throated Blue Warbler Turdus migratorius American Robin Setophaga palmarum Palm Warbler Setophaga pinus Pine Warbler FAMILY MIMIDAE – Catbirds & Mockingbirds Setophaga coronata Yellow-rumped Warbler Dumetella carolinensis Gray Catbird Setophaga discolor Prairie Warbler Toxostoma rufum Brown Thrasher Setophaga virens Black-throated Green Warbler Mimus polyglottos Northern Mockingbird Cardellina canadensis Canada Warbler Cardellina pusilla Wilson’s Warbler FAMILY STURNIDAE – Starling Icteria virens Yellow-breasted Chat (SSC) Sturnus vulgaris European Starling (I) FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE – New World Sparrows FAMILY BOMBYCILLIDAE –Waxwings Pipilo erythrophthalmus Eastern Towhee Bombycilla garrulus Bohemian Waxwing Spizelloides arborea American Tree Sparrow Bombycilla cedrorum Cedar Waxwing Spizelloides passerina Chipping Sparrow Spizelloides pallida Clay-colored Sparrow FAMILY