S S F W S S F W S S F W Name(s) ______A CHECKLIST OF R R R ___ White-winged Scoter (OS) C C C C ___ Tricolored Heron* R R R R ___ Wilson’s Plover* THE BIRDS OF ______R R R ___ Black Scoter (OS) O U U U ___ Reddish Egret* O R U C ___ Semipalmated Plover R R ___ Long-tailed Duck C C C C ___ Cattle Egret* R R R ___ Piping Plover BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA ______R O O ___ Bufflehead U U U U ___ Green Heron* C C C C ___ Killdeer* R R ___ Common Goldeneye U U U U ___ Black-crowned Night-Heron* O O O O ___ American Oystercatcher* Date ______O C C ___ Hooded Merganser O O O O ___ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron* C C U ___ Black-necked Stilt* This list was compiled from 1983 to 2004 Accid'l ___ Common Merganser C C C C ___ White Ibis* O U U ___ American Avocet from observations by the members of the Time ______U R C C ___ Red-breasted Merganser U U U U ___ Glossy Ibis* C O C C ___ Greater Yellowlegs Space Coast Audubon Society and other U O U ___ Ruddy Duck O U O R ___ Roseate Spoonbill* C O C C ___ Lesser Yellowlegs qualified birders. Location ______U U U U ___ Wood Stork* O O R ___ Solitary Sandpiper TURKEY, BOBWHITE C C C C ___ Black Vulture* C C C C ___ Willet* This list is in accordance with the 1998 ______C C C C ___ Turkey Vulture* O U U ___ Spotted Sandpiper seventh edition of the AOU Checklist and its O O O O ___ Wild Turkey* R R ___ Upland Sandpiper supplements. Weather______U U U U ___ Northern Bobwhite* FLAMINGO O O O ___ Whimbrel Accid'l ___ Hudsonian Godwit ABUNDANCE CODES ______LOONS Accid'l ___ Greater Flamingo Accid'l ___ Bar-tailed Godwit O O O ___ Marbled Godwit C - Common - Present in large numbers or Comments ______R R R ___ Red-throated Loon HAWKS, KITES, EAGLE, FALCONS C O C C ___ Ruddy Turnstone widespread. Certain to be seen or heard in the R O C ___ Common Loon O R O O ___ Red Knot right habitat. ______C C C C ___ Osprey* C O C C ___ Sanderling GREBES O O ___ Swallow-tailed Kite* U O U R ___ Semipalmated Sandpiper U - Uncommon - Present in low numbers or ______Accid'l ___ White-tailed Kite U C C ___ Western Sandpiper local in distribution. Should be seen or heard C U C C ___ Pied-billed Grebe* O O O O ___ Snail Kite C O C C ___ Least Sandpiper with reasonable effort in the right habitat. O O U ___ Horned Grebe Accid'l ___ Mississippi Kite R R ___ White-rumped Sandpiper TOTAL SPECIES ______Accid'l ___ Eared Grebe U U U U ___ Bald Eagle* Accid'l ___ Baird’s Sandpiper O - Occasional - Present in small numbers or O U U ___ Northern Harrier O R O R ___ Pectoral Sandpiper local in distribution. Not expected to be seen SHEARWATER, STORM-PETRELS O U U ___ Sharp-shinned Hawk R R ___ Purple Sandpiper or heard without special effort. S S F W O R O O ___ Cooper’s Hawk* C R C C ___ Dunlin R O U ___ Cory’s Shearwater (OS) C C C C ___ Red-shouldered Hawk* O R O O ___ Stilt Sandpiper R - Rare - In range but not expected to be DUCKS, GEESE, SWAN R R R ___ Greater Shearwater (OS) R R R ___ Broad-winged Hawk Accid'l ___ Buff-breasted Sandpiper seen every year. When present, usually in Accid'l ___ Sooty Shearwater (OS) Accid'l ___ Short-tailed Hawk Accid'l ___ Ruff very low numbers or are secretive or are O O O O ___ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck* Accid'l ___ Manx Shearwater (OS) R R ___ Swainson’s Hawk U O C U ___ Short-billed Dowitcher hard to identify. R R R R ___ Fulvous Whistling-Duck O O ___ Audubon’s Shearwater (OS) C C C C ___ Red-tailed Hawk* O U O ___ Long-billed Dowitcher Accid'l ___ Greater White-fronted Goose O U O ___ Wilson’s Storm-Petrel (OS) Accid'l ___ Rough-legged Hawk O U U ___ Wilson’s Snipe Accid’l - Accidental - Either very rare or R O R ___ Snow Goose Accid'l ___ Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (OS) O O O O ___ Crested Caracara* R R ___ American Woodcock out of their normal range. Accid'l ___ Ross’s Goose O C C ___ American Kestrel R R ___ Wilson’s Phalarope R ___ Canada Goose TROPICBIRD, GANNET, BOOBIES, R O O ___ Merlin R R R ___ Red-necked Phalarope (OS) Unknown - Status not yet determined. R R ___ Brant PELICANS, CORMORANTS, ANHINGA, R O O ___ Peregrine Falcon R O O R ___ Red Phalarope (OS) Accid'l ___ Tundra Swan FRIGATEBIRD Abundance codes are not uniform across U U U U ___ Wood Duck* RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS, JAEGERS, GULLS, TERNS, SKIMMER seasons. For example, most ducks are scarce O U U ___ Gadwall R R R ___ White-tailed Tropicbird (OS) LIMPKIN, CRANES in early fall (September) but are common in R R ___ Eurasian Wigeon R R ___ Masked Booby (OS) O O O ___ Pomarine Jaeger (OS) late fall (November). U C C ___ American Wigeon R R R R ___ Brown Booby (OS) Accid'l ___ Yellow Rail O R R ___ Parasitic Jaeger (OS) R O ___ American Black Duck O U U ___ Northern Gannet (OS) R R R R ___ Black Rail* C C C C ___ Laughing Gull* R O O ___ Mallard O R U U ___ American White Pelican O O O O ___ Clapper Rail* Accid'l ___ Franklin’s Gull SEASONS AND SYMBOLS C C C C ___ Mottled Duck* C C C C ___ Brown Pelican* O O O O ___ King Rail* Accid'l ___ Little Gull C O C C ___ Blue-winged Teal C C C C ___ Double-crested Cormorant* R R O ___ Virginia Rail Accid'l ___ Black-headed Gull S - March to May R R ___ Cinnamon Teal Accid'l ___ Great Cormorant O U U ___ Sora O O C ___ Bonaparte’s Gull S - June to August U C C ___ Northern Shoveler C C C C ___ Anhinga* R R R R ___ Purple Gallinule* C U C C ___ Ring-billed Gull F - September to November Accid'l ___ White-cheeked Pintail R O O R ___ Magnificent Frigatebird C C C C ___ Common Moorhen* C O C C ___ Herring Gull W - December to February U C C ___ Northern Pintail C O C C ___ American Coot* O O ___ Lesser Black-backed Gull * - Nests in Brevard County O U U ___ Green-winged Teal HERONS, EGRETS, BITTERNS, IBIS, O O O O ___ Limpkin* Accid'l ___ Glaucous Gull (OS) Seen off shore of Atlantic coast R O O ___ Canvasback SPOONBILL, STORK, VULTURES C U C C ___ Sandhill Crane* U O C C ___ Great Black-backed Gull O O U ___ Redhead Introduced ___ Whooping Crane Accid'l ___ Sabine’s Gull © 2004 by the Space Coast Audubon Society O R O U ___ Ring-necked Duck R O O ___ American Bittern R ___ Black-legged Kittiwake (Formerly the Indian River Audubon Society) R O O ___ Greater Scaup U U O O ___ Least Bittern* PLOVERS, OYSTERCATCHER, STILT, O O O R ___ Gull-billed Tern* P.O. Box 1741 U R C C ___ Lesser Scaup C C C C ___ Great Blue Heron* AVOCET, SANDPIPERS U O U U ___ Caspian Tern* Cocoa FL 32923 Accid'l ___ Common Eider Accid'l ___ “Great White Heron” C C C C ___ Royal Tern* Accid'l ___ Harlequin Duck C C C C ___ Great Egret* C O C C ___ Black-bellied Plover O R O O ___ Sandwich Tern
C O C C ___ Forster’s Tern U U U U ___ Northern Flicker* Wrens C C C ___ Palm Warbler Bobolink, Blackbirds, Grackles, C C U ___ Least Tern* U U U U ___ Pileated Woodpecker* R O R ___ Bay-breasted Warbler Cowbirds, Orioles O U O R ___ Bridled Tern (OS) C C C C ___ Carolina Wren* U O ___ Blackpoll Warbler R R R ___ Sooty Tern (OS) PASSERINES U C C ___ House Wren R R ___ Cerulean Warbler O O ___ Bobolink R O O ___ Black Tern O O O ___ Sedge Wren C C O ___ Black-and-white Warbler C C C C ___ Red-winged Blackbird* C C C C ___ Black Skimmer* Flycatchers O O O ___ Marsh Wren C C R ___ American Redstart U U U U ___ Eastern Meadowlark* O O ___ Prothonotary Warbler Accid’l ___ Yellow-headed Blackbird DOVES R O ___ Eastern Wood-Pewee Kinglets, Gnatcatcher U U ___ Worm-eating Warbler R R R ___ Rusty Blackbird R O ___ Acadian Flycatcher R R ___ Swainson’s Warbler Accid’l ___ Brewer’s Blackbird C C C C ___ Rock Pigeon* Accid'l ___ Alder Flycatcher Accid’l ___ Golden-crowned Kinglet U U O ___ Ovenbird C C C C ___ Common Grackle* C C C C ___ Eurasian Collared-Dove* R ___ Least Flycatcher O U U ___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet O R ___ Northern Waterthrush C C C C ___ Boat-tailed Grackle* Accid'l ___ White-winged Dove O U U ___ Eastern Phoebe U O U U ___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* O O ___ Louisiana Waterthrush Accid’l ___ Shiny Cowbird C C C C ___ Mourning Dove* Accid'l ___ Ash-throated Flycatcher R R ___ Kentucky Warbler Accid’l ___ Bronzed Cowbird U U U U ___ Common Ground-Dove* U U O R ___ Great Crested Flycatcher* Thrushes R ___ Connecticut Warbler U O U U ___ Brown-headed Cowbird* R R ___ Western Kingbird Accid’l ___ Mourning Warbler O O ___ Orchard Oriole PARROT U O U ___ Eastern Kingbird* R R R R ___ Eastern Bluebird* C O C C ___ Common Yellowthroat* R R ___ Bullock’s Oriole O O O ___ Gray Kingbird* O O ___ Veery O O ___ Hooded Warbler O O R ___ Baltimore Oriole O O O O ___ Monk Parakeet* Accid'l ___ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher R R ___ Gray-cheeked Thrush R R ___ Wilson’s Warbler Accid'l ___ Fork-tailed Flycatcher Unknown ___ Bicknell’s Thrush R R ___ Canada Warbler Finches CUCKOOS, ANI O O R ___ Swainson’s Thrush R R ___ Yellow-breasted Chat* Shrike O O R ___ Hermit Thrush R ___ Purple Finch R R ___ Black-billed Cuckoo R R ___ Wood Thrush Tanagers Accid’l ___ House Finch O R O ___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo U U U U ___ Loggerhead Shrike* U U C ___ American Robin R ___ Pine Siskin Accid'l ___ Smooth-billed Ani O O ___ Scarlet Tanager O U U ___ American Goldfinch Vireos Mimics O R O ___ Summer Tanager* OWLS Old World Sparrow U U U U ___ White-eyed Vireo* C C C ___ Gray Catbird Towhee, Sparrows O O O O ___ Barn Owl* O O R ___ Yellow-throated Vireo C C C C ___ Northern Mockingbird* C C C C ___ House Sparrow* U U U U ___ Eastern Screech-Owl* O O U ___ Blue-headed Vireo U U O O ___ Brown Thrasher* U U U U ___ Eastern Towhee* O O O O ___ Great Horned Owl* Accid'l ___ Warbling Vireo O O O O ___ Bachman’s Sparrow* R R R R ___ Burrowing Owl* R ___ Philadelphia Vireo Starling U C C ___ Chipping Sparrow EXOTICS O O O O ___ Barred Owl* U O U ___ Red-eyed Vireo* R R ___ Clay-colored Sparrow R ___ Short-eared Owl R R R ___ Black-whiskered Vireo* C C C C ___ European Starling* R R R ___ Field Sparrow The following introduced or escaped species R O O ___ Vesper Sparrow are known to currently nest in Brevard County. NIGHTHAWKS, NIGHTJARS Jays, Crows Pipit Accid’l ___ Lark Sparrow C C C ___ Savannah Sparrow Muscovy Duck U C U ___ Common Nighthawk* C C C C ___ Blue Jay* R R O ___ American Pipit R O O ___ Grasshopper Sparrow Green Parakeet Accid'l ___ Antillean Nighthawk U U U U ___ Florida Scrub-Jay* Accid’l ___ Henslow’s Sparrow Blue-crowned Parakeet C C O R ___ Chuck-will’s-widow* O O O O ___ American Crow* Waxwing Accid’l ___ Le Conte’s Sparrow O O R ___ Whip-poor-will C C C C ___ Fish Crow* Unknown ___ Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sp. U O U ___ Cedar Waxwing Unknown ___ Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sp. ADDITIONAL SPECIES SWIFT, HUMMINGBIRDS Lark Accid’l ___ Seaside Sparrow Wood Warblers Accid’l ___ Fox Sparrow ______C C C ___ Chimney Swift* Accid’l ___ Horned Lark O O O ___ Song Sparrow Accid'l ___ Buff-bellied Hummingbird R R ___ Blue-winged Warbler R R ___ Lincoln’s Sparrow ______O O O R ___ Ruby-thr. Hummingbird* Swallows R R ___ Golden-winged Warbler O U U ___ Swamp Sparrow Accid'l ___ Black-chinned Hummingbird R O ___ Tennessee Warbler R R ___ White-throated Sparrow ______R R R ___ Rufous Hummingbird U U R ___ Purple Martin* O O O ___ Orange-crowned Warbler O O O ___ White-crowned Sparrow C C C ___ Tree Swallow R R ___ Nashville Warbler Accid’l ___ Dark-eyed Junco KINGFISHER O R O R ___ N. Rough-winged Swallow* C O C O ___ Northern Parula* Accid’l ___ Lapland Longspur R O ___ Bank Swallow R O R ___ Yellow Warbler Accid’l ___ Snow Bunting C C C ___ Belted Kingfisher* R R ___ Cliff Swallow O ___ Chestnut-sided Warbler Accid’l ___ Cave Swallow O O ___ Magnolia Warbler Grosbeaks WOODPECKERS C O C ___ Barn Swallow* U O ___ Cape May Warbler U U R ___ Black-thr. Blue Warbler C C C C ___ Northern Cardinal* R R R R ___ Red-headed Woodpecker* Chickadee, Titmouse, Nuthatch U C C ___ Yellow-rumped Warbler O O ___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak C C C C ___ Red-bellied Woodpecker* R O R ___ Black-thr. Green Warbler Accid’l ___ Black-headed Grosbeak O O U ___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker R R R R ___ Carolina Chickadee* R O ___ Blackburnian Warbler O O O R ___ Blue Grosbeak* C C C C ___ Downy Woodpecker* O O O O ___ Tufted Titmouse* O U O ___ Yellow-throated Warbler O O O O ___ Indigo Bunting* O O O O ___ Hairy Woodpecker* O O O O ___ Brown-headed Nuthatch* U O U O ___ Pine Warbler* O O O O ___ Painted Bunting* R R R R ___ Red-cockaded Woodpecker* C U C O ___ Prairie Warbler* R R R ___ Dickcissel BAE