Savannah Coastal Refuges SPECIES REFUGES ABUND. SEASON SPECIES REFUGES ABUND. SEASON SPECIES REFUGES ABUND. SEASON SPECIES REFUGES ABUND. SEASON SPECIES REFUGES ABUND. SEASON Gannets Canvasback Complex FC WV Purple Gallinule *B *H *S FC SR Laughing Gull Complex C PR Hairy Woodpecker *B H *P *S W FC PR B irds Northern Gannet B P T W Wo FC WV Redhead Complex U WV Common Moorhen *B *H P *S C PR Bonaparte's Gull Complex C WV Red-cockaded Woodpecker SUPR There are seven national wildlife refuges (NWR) administered from the Savannah Pelicans Ring-necked Duck Complex C WV American Coot B H P S W C PR Ring-billed Gull Complex C PR Northern (yellow-shafted) Coastal Refuges (SCR) office in Savannah, Georgia. The chain of coastal refuges Brown Pelican Complex FC PR Greater Scaup Complex U WV Herring Gull Complex C PR Flicker *B *H *P *S *W C PR comprising the SCR complex extends from Pinckney Island NWR, near Hilton Head, Plovers Lesser Scaup Complex C WV Black-bellied Plover Complex C WV Great Black-backed Gull B P S T W Wo U WV Pileated Woodpecker *B *H *P *S T *W C PR South Carolina, to Wolf Island NWR, near Darien, Georgia. Between these lie Cormorants Savannah, (the largest unit in the complex), Wassaw, Tybee, Harris Neck, and Double-crested Cormorant Complex FC PR Oldsquaw B P T W Wo U WV Lesser Golden-Plover H T R M Gull-billed Tern B H *P S T W Wo FC SR Flycatchers Blackbeard Island refuges. Together they span a 100 mile stretch of coastline and Anhingas Black Scoter B P T W Wo C WV Wilson's Plover *B H P S T *W Wo C SR Caspian Tern Complex U SR Eastern Wood-Pewee *B *H *P *S *W C SR total over 54,019 acres. Anhinga *B *H *P *S T W Wo C PR Surf Scoter B P T W Wo C WV Semipalmated Plover Complex C PR Royal Tern B H P S T W Wo C PR Acadian Flycatcher *B *P *S *W C SR The diversity of habitat within this acreage enhances the value of these coastal Herons White-winged Scoter B P T W Wo U WV Piping Plover BHP TW WoFC WV Sandwich Tern Complex FC SR Eastern Phoebe B H P S W C WV refuges, located strategically along the Atlantic Flyway, to a great variety of American Bittern Complex U WV Common Goldeneye S U WV Killdeer B H *P *S *T *W *Wo C PR Common Tern Complex U M Great Crested Flycatcher B *H *P *S *W FC SR migratory birds. Within the complex there are freshwater and saltwater marshes, tidal Least Bittern *B *H *P *S *W Wo FC SR Bufflehead Complex C WV Forster's Tern Complex C PR Eastern Kingbird B *H *P *S *W C SR rivers and creeks, bottomland hardwoods, maritime forests, barrier island beaches, Oystercatchers Hooded Merganser B H P *S T W Wo C WV/PR and more. Great Blue Heron *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C PR Am. Oystercatcher *B H *P *T *W *Wo FC PR Least Tern *Complex C SR Gray Kingbird P W U SV Common Merganser Complex U WV The list of birds recorded on the seven coastal refuges includes 309 species, of which Great Egret *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C PR Stilts, Avocets Sooty Tern B P T W Wo R SV Swallows 25 are accidentals (species sighted less than six times over the last twenty years, and Snowy Egret *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C PR Red-breasted Merganser Complex C WV Black-necked Stilt H P *S W U SR Black Tern Complex FC M Purple Martin *B H *P *S W C SR outside of their normal range). The following legend indicates the refuge on which Little Blue Heron *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C PR Ruddy Duck Complex C WV American Avocet B H P S W U M Black Skimmer Complex C PR Tree Swallow B H P S W Wo C PR/M each species is found, as well as the relative abundance and seasonal occurrence Tricolored Heron *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C PR Vultures Sandpipers, Allies Pigeons, Doves Northern Rough-winged of each. Birds known to nest are designated with an asterisk (*) preceding the refuge Cattle Egret B *H P *S T W Wo C PR Black Vulture *B H P *S T *W Wo C PR Greater Yellowlegs Complex C WV Rock Dove B H P S T W C PR Swallow B H P S W C SR abbreviation. Birds classified as threatened or endangered are in italics. Green-Heron *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C SR Turkey Vulture *B H P *S T *W Wo C PR Lesser Yellowlegs Complex C WV Mourning Dove *B *H *P *S T *W C PR Bank Swallow P S U M This list incorporates the common names for birds recommended by the Sixth (1983) Common Ground-Dove *B *H *P *S T *W U PR Barn Swallow B H P *S W C PR Edition of the A.O.U. Checklist and the 39th Supplement (1993). Species are also Black-crowned Night-Heron *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C PR Kites, Hawks, Eagles Solitary Sandpiper Complex FC M listed in the sequence set by the A.O.U. Yellow-crowned-Night-Heron *B *H *P *S T *W Wo FC PR Osprey *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C PR Willet *B *H *P S *T *W *Wo C PR Cuckoos Jays, Crows Ibises Am. Swallow-tailed Kite B H P *S W U SR Spotted Sandpiper Complex C M Black-billed Cuckoo S W U M Blue Jay B H *P *S *W C PR REFUGE RELATIVE ABUNDANCE White Ibis *B *H *P *S W Wo C PR Mississippi Kite B H P *S T W Wo U SR Upland Sandpiper P S T W Wo R M Yellow-billed Cuckoo *B *H *P *S T *W C SR Am. Crow *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C PR B ................... Blackbeard Island C .... Common, seen in good numbers in Glossy Ibis Complex FC PR Bald Eagle B H P *S T W Wo U WV/M Whimbrel B H P T W Wo U M Fish Crow *Complex C PR H ................... Harris Neck appropriate habitat and season. Owls Northern Harrier Complex C WV Long-billed Curlew H R WV Common Barn Owl *B H P *S W U PR P ................... Pinckney Island FC .. Fairly common, seen in moderate Storks Chicadees, Titmice S ................... Savannah numbers in appropriate habitat and Wood Stork *B *H P S W Wo FC SR Sharp-shinned Hawk *Complex FC PR Marbled Godwit B P FC WV Eastern Screech Owl *B *H *P *S *W C PR Carolina Chickadee *B *H *P *S *W C PR T ................... Tybee Island season. Swans, Geese, Ducks Cooper's Hawk *B *H *P *S T *W Wo FC PR Ruddy Turnstone B H P T W Wo C PR Great Horned Owl *B *H *P *S T *W FC PR Tufted Titmouse B *H *P *S W C PR W .................. Wassaw Island U ..... Uncommon, seen in small numbers and/or Fulvous Whistling-Duck H S R WV Red-shouldered Hawk B *H *P *S T W Wo FC PR Red Knot B H P T W Wo FC WV Barred Owl *B *H *P *S *W C PR Nuthatches Wo ............... Wolf Island not seen every time in appropriate Tundra Swan S U WV Broad-winged Hawk P S W U SV/M Sanderling B H P T W Wo FC WV/M Long-eared Owl P S R WV Red-breasted Nuthatch H P S W U WV Complex ..... all refuges habitat and season. Greater White-fronted Goose H S U WV Red-tailed Hawk *B *H *P *S *T *W Wo C PR Semipalmated Sandpiper Complex R M Short-eared Owl P S U WV White-breasted Nuthatch H P S W FC WV/SR SEASONAL OCCURRENCE R ..... Rare, seen in small numbers, between five Snow Goose B H S T U WV Golden Eagle P S R WV Western Sandpiper B H P S W C PR Nightjars Brown-headed Nuthatch B H *P *S W C PR and ten records over the past twenty years. PR ... Permanent resident, present year-round. Brant H S R WV Falcons Least Sandpiper B H P S W Wo C PR Common Nighthawk *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C SR Creepers, Wrens SR ... Summer resident, breeds. Canada Goose B *H P S W FC WV American Kestrel Complex C WV White-rumped Sandpiper P S W U M Chuck-will's widow *B *H *P *S *W Wo C PR Brown Creeper B H P S W U WV SV ... Summer visitor, present in summer, Wood Duck *B *H *P *S T *W Wo C PR Merlin Complex U WV Pectoral Sandpiper B H P S T W Wo FC M Whip-poor-will B H P S W FC M Carolina Wren but does not breed. Green-winged Teal Complex C WV Peregrine Falcon Complex U WV Purple Sandpiper T FC WV Swifts *H *P *S *W C PR WV . Winter visitor, present in winter. American Black Duck B H P *S T W Wo C PR Quail, Allies Dunlin B H P S T W Wo C WV Chimney Swift *B H *P *S T W C SR House Wren B H P S W C WV M ...