U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge P.O. Box 158 Mound City, MO 64470 Squaw Creek Hearing impaired persons may contact Squaw Creek through the Federal Relay National Wildlife Number at 1 800/877 8339. Refuge Bird List U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 1 800/344 WILD 1 Common Name S s F W Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge Ducks, Geese and Swans Bird Checklist Greater White-fronted Goose ....................u c u Snow Goose .................................................. a a u Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge was established Ross’s Goose .................................................u u o in1935 as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory Canada Goose* ............................................. a c a c birds and other wildlife. The refuge comprises 7,350 acres Trumpeter Swan .......................................... o o along the eastern edge of the Missouri River floodplain Tundra Swan ................................................ r r r and is located in northwest Missouri, 30 miles northwest of Wood Duck* .................................................. c c c o St. Joseph, and 100 miles north of Kansas City, Missouri. Gadwall ......................................................... c c o American Wigeon ........................................ c c o Legend American Black Duck ................................. o o u Refuge personnel and visiting ornithologists have Mallard* ........................................................ a o a a contributed to this list which contains 277 species that Blue-winged Teal* ....................................... a o a o have been recorded on the refuge. Another 33 species, Cinnamon Teal ............................................. r r listed under “Accidental” birds, have been reported, but Northern Shoveler ...................................... c c o are not normally expected to be present. Northern Pintail* ........................................ a a o Green-winged Teal ...................................... a a u Season, abundance, and nesting status for each bird Canvasback ..................................................u u r species are coded as follows: Redhead ........................................................u u r S ... Spring .........................March – May Ring-necked Duck ....................................... a c r s .... Summer ......................June – July Greater Scaup ............................................... r F .... Fall ..............................August – November Lesser Scaup ................................................ o o o W .. Winter ........................December – February White-winged Scoter .................................... r Bufflehead .....................................................u u o a......abundant – common species that is very numerous Common Goldeneye .................................... o u o c ......common – certain to be seen in suitable habitat Hooded Merganser* ................................... c u u r u .....uncommon – present, but not certain to be seen Common Merganser ................................... c r o u o ......occasional – seen only a few times during a season Red-breasted Merganser ........................... r r r r .....rare – seen only at intervals of 2 – 5 years Ruddy Duck* ...............................................u r u r (E) ..Endangered * .....indicates birds which nest locally Turkeys Wild Turkey* ............................................... c c c c Squaw Creek NWR was officially named one of America’s Top 500 Globally Important Bird Areas by the American Pheasants Bird Conservancy in July 2001. Ring-necked Pheasant* .............................. c c c c Note: During August shorebirds and warblers and other Quail passerines are well into migration. The Audubon Society Northern Bobwhite* ...................................u u u u of Missouri also uses June & July = summer and August – November = fall for its seasonal surveys. Loons Common Loon ............................................. r r Grebes Pied-billed Grebe* ...................................... c u c o Horned Grebe ..............................................u u Eared Grebe ................................................u u Western Grebe ............................................. r r Pelicans American White Pelican ............................. a u a r Common Name S s F W Common Name S s F W Cormorants Plovers Double-crested Cormorant ........................ c r c r Black-bellied Plover ....................................u u American Golden-Plover ............................u o Herons, Egrets and Bitterns Snowy Plover ................................................ r American Bittern* ...................................... o u u Semipalmated Plover .................................. c o c Least Bittern* .............................................u c o Piping Plover (Great Plains) (E) ............... r r r Great Blue Heron ........................................ c c c o Killdeer* ....................................................... c c c o Great Egret ..................................................u u u Snowy Egret ................................................u r u Avocets & Stilts Little Blue Heron ........................................ o u o Black-necked Stilt ....................................... r r Cattle Egret .................................................u u u American Avocet ..........................................u o u Green Heron ................................................u c o Black-crowned Night-Heron* ................... o u o Sandpipers Yellow-crowned Night-Heron .................... o o o Greater Yellowlegs ....................................... c u c Lesser Yellowlegs ........................................ a c a Ibises Solitary Sandpiper .......................................u u u White-faced Ibis .......................................... o r o Willet ............................................................. o r o Spotted Sandpiper* ..................................... c c c Vultures Upland Sandpiper ........................................ o o o Turkey Vulture .............................................u c u Whimbrel ...................................................... r Long-billed Curlew ...................................... r r Hawks & Eagles Hudsonian Godwit .......................................u r u Osprey ........................................................... o o Marbled Godwit ........................................... o o o Bald Eagle* (E) ........................................... c u c c Ruddy Turnstone ......................................... r r r Northern Harrier* ......................................u o u u Red Knot ....................................................... r r Sharp-shinned Hawk ..................................u r u u Sanderling .................................................... o o o Cooper’s Hawk ............................................ o o o o Semipalmated Sandpiper ........................... c c c Northern Goshawk ....................................... r Western Sandpiper ...................................... o o r Red-shouldered Hawk ................................ r r r r Least Sandpiper ........................................... c c c Broad-winged Hawk ................................... o r r White-rumped Sandpiper ........................... c u c Swainson’s Hawk ......................................... o o Baird’s Sandpiper ........................................ c u o Red-tailed Hawk* ....................................... c c c c Pectoral Sandpiper ...................................... c u c Rough-legged Hawk .................................... o o Dunlin ............................................................u r u Golden Eagle ................................................. r r Stilt Sandpiper .............................................u u o Buff-breasted Sandpiper ............................ r r r Falcons Ruff ................................................................ r r American Kestrel ........................................u c c u Short-billed Dowitcher ................................u u o Merlin ........................................................... r o o Long-billed Dowitcher ................................ c o c Peregrine Falcon (E) ................................... o o r Wilson’s Snipe ..............................................u r u r Prairie Falcon ............................................... r r American Woodcock .................................... o o o Wilson’s Phalarope ......................................u o o Rails & Coots Red-necked Phalarope ................................ o o o Yellow Rail .................................................... r r King Rail ...................................................... o o o Gulls & Terns Virginia Rail .................................................u o u Franklin’s Gull .............................................. o o o r Sora ............................................................... c o c Bonaparte’s Gull .......................................... o r o r Common Moorhen* ..................................... o u Ring-billed Gull ............................................u o u r American Coot* ........................................... a c a r Herring Gull ................................................. o r o r Caspian Tern ................................................ o r o Cranes Common Tern ..............................................