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Appendix 5: Fauna Known to Occur on Fort Drum

LIST OF FAUNA KNOWN TO OCCUR ON FORT DRUM as of January 2017. Federally listed 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 ( based on The American Ornithologists’ Union’s 7th Edition Checklist of North American .)

ORDER CUCULIFORMES FAMILY - & Geese FAMILY CUCULIDAE - Anser albifrons Greater White-fronted Goose Coccyzus americanus Yellow-billed Chen caerulescens Snow Goose Coccyzus erthropthalmusBlack-billed Cuckoo Chen rossii Ross’s Goose Branta bernicla Brant Branta hutchinsii Cackling Goose ORDER Branta canadensis Canada Goose FAMILY CARPIMULGIDAE - Nightjars Cygnus columbianus Tundra Swan Chordeiles minor Common Nighthawk (SSC) Aix sponsa Wood Antrostomus carolinensis Eastern Whip-poor-will Anas strepera Gadwall (SSC) Anas americana American Wigeon Anas rubripes American Black Duck ORDER 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 – Anas crecca Green-winged Teal Archilochus colubris Ruby-throated Aythya valisineria Canvasback Aythya americana Redhead ORDER Aythya collaris Ring-necked Duck FAMILY RALLIDAE – Rails Aythya marila Greater Scaup limicola Virginia 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 Bucephala clangula Common Goldeneye Lophodytes cucullatus Hooded Merganser ORDER

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 FAMILY ODONTIPHORIDAE – FAMILY SCOLOPACIDAE – Sandpipers virginianus (I) Bartramia longicauda Upland Sandpiper (ST) Numenius phaeopus Whimbrel FAMILY & Calidris alpina Dunlin Phasianus colchicus Ring-necked (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 - Limnodromus griseus Short-billed Dowitcher Podilymbus Pied-billed (ST) Gallinago delicata Wilson’s Snipe Podiceps auritus Scolopax minor American Woodcock Actitis macularius Spotted Sandpiper ORDER COLUMBIFORMES Tringa solitaria Solitary Sandpiper FAMILY – 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. If printed, individuals are responsible for ensuring use of latest revision. Page 1 FAMILY LARIDAE – Gulls & 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 ORDER Chlidonias niger Black Tern FAMILY FALCONIDAE - Falcons Sterna hirundo Falco sparverius American Kestrel Falco columbarius Merlin ORDER Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon (SE) FAMILY GAVIDAE - Gavia stellata Red-throated ORDER PASSERIFORMES Gavia immer (SSC) FAMILY TYRANNIDAE--Flycatchers Contopus cooperi Olive-sided Flycatcher ORDER Contopus virens Eastern Wood-Peewee FAMILY PHALACROCORACIDAE - Empidonax flaviventris Yellow-bellied Flycatcher auritus Double Crested Empidonax alnorum Alder Flycatcher Empidonax traillii Willow Flycatcher ORDER Empidonax minimus Least Flycatcher FAMILY ARDEIDAE - 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 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 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 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 - Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Cliff Swallow Megascops asio Eastern Screech- 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 Sitta canadensis Red-breasted Nuthatch FAMILY ALCEDINIDAE - Kingfishers Sitta carolinensis White-breasted Nuthatch Megaceryle alcyon Belted Kingfisher FAMILY CERTHIIDAE – Brown Creeper ORDER 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. If printed, individuals are responsible for ensuring use of latest revision. 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 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 Bombycilla cedrorum Cedar Waxwing Spizelloides passerina Chipping Sparrow Spizelloides pallida Clay-colored Sparrow FAMILY PASSERIDAE – House Sparrow Spizelloides pusilla Field Sparrow Passer domesticus House Sparrow (I) Pooecetes gramineus Vesper Sparrow (SSC) Chondestes grammacus Lark Sparrow FAMILY MOTACILLIDAE – Pipets Passerculus sandwichensisSavannah Sparrow Anthus rubescens American Pipit Ammodramus savannarum Grasshopper Sparrow (SSC) FAMILY FRINGILLIDAE – Finches Ammodramus henslowii Henslow’s Sparrow (ST) Pinicola enucleator Pine Grosbeak Ammodramus leconteii Le Conte’s Sparrow Carpodacus mexicanus House Finch (I) Ammodramus nelsoni Nelson’s Sparrow Carpodacus purpureus Purple Finch Passerella iliaca Fox Sparrow Loxia curvirostra Red Crossbill Melospiza melodia Song Sparrow Loxia leucoptera White-winged Crossbill Melospiza lincolnii Lincoln’s Sparrow Acanthis flammea Common Redpoll Melospiza georgiana Swamp Sparrow Acanthis hornemanni Hoary Redpoll Zonotrichia albicollis White-throated Sparrow Spinus pinus Pine Siskin Zonotrichia leucophrys White-crowned Sparrow Spinus tristis American Goldfinch Junco hyemalis Dark-eyed Junco Coccothraustes vespertinus Evening Grosbeak FAMILY CARDINALIDAE – Tanagers & Grosbeaks FAMILY CALCARIIDAE – Longspurs & Snow Piranga olivacea Scarlet Tanager Buntings Cardinalis cardinalis Calcarius lapponicus Lapland Longspur Pheucticus ludovicianus Rose-breasted Grosbeak Plectrophenax nivalis Snow Bunting Passerina cyanea Indigo Bunting Spiza americana Dickcissel FAMILY PARULIDAE – Wood-Warblers Seiurus aurocapilla Ovenbird FAMILY ICTERIDAE – Blackbirds Helmitheros vermivorum Worm-eating Warbler Doliochonyx oryzivorus Bobolink Parkesia motacilla Louisiana Waterthrush Agelaius phoeniceus Red-winged Blackbird Parkesia noveboracensis Northern Waterthrush Sturnella magna Eastern Meadowlark Vermivora chrysoptera Golden-winged Warbler Euphagus carolinus Rusty Blackbird (SSC) Quiscalus quiscula Common Grackle Vermivora cyanoptera Blue-winged Warbler Molothus ater Brown-headed Cowbird Mniotilta varia Black-and-white Warbler Icterus spurius Orchard Oriole Oreothlypis peregrina Tennessee Warbler Icterus galbula Baltimore Oriole Oreothlypis celata Orange-crowned Warbler

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