Bird Checklist for the Falls of the Ohio

Bird Checklist for the Falls of the Ohio

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HERONS & EGRETS
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Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron*
Cattle Egret*
Green Heron*
Black-crowned Night-Heron*
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron*
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Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
f
-
c
u
o
r
r
f
c
r
c
f
r
r
r
f
c
r
c
f
r
r
r
f
f
r
o
r
f
f
c
c
f
f
VULTURES
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GULLS & TERNS
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
o
Bonaparte's Gull
r
Ring-billed Gull
c
Herring Gull
f
Glaucous Gull
o
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
o
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Rock Dove*
Mourning Dove*
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel*
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon*
r
o
u
u
u
f
o
f
u
u
u
u
u
r
f
f
u
u
r
u
f
f
u
f
r
o
u
f
u
u
f
f
r
u
Sora
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
u
r
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Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer*
American Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper*
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
American Woodcock*
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
f
r
o
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r
f
u
r
r
o
f
o
u
u
r
r
u
o
r
o
u
u
r
u
r
r
u
-
o
c
u
r
r
o
r
o
o
r
o
u
o
u
r
r
-
u
u
u
r
c
r
f
u
u
r
f
o
o
u
o
u
f
u
f
o
u
f
u
u
u
u
o
r
r
o
SHOREBIRDS
u
r
o
o
-
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
r
o
f
f
u
o
u
r
r
u
o
o
r
o
o
r
o
o
o
o
r
f
f
u
o
f
u
r
u
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
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r
f
r
r
f
u
u
o
u
u
o
u
u
o
u
u
o
u
r
f
u
u
u
f
u
f
f
c
f
f
u
f
u
c
u
f
u
f
c
u
f
u
u
f
u
c
u
f
u
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r
f
r
u
r
u
f
u
u
f
u
u
o
u
r
f
r
r
u
u
u
r
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u
u
u
f
u
f
u
r
u
u
u
u
u
f
OWLS
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Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl*
Barred Owl
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Common Nighthawk
Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher*
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Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker*
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker*
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker*
Pileated Woodpecker*
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Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher*
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird*
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White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
u
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FLYCATCHERS
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c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
Horned Lark
o
o
-
o
u
r
u
u
r
u
f
o
r
o
u
u
u
u
r
r
f
c
c
c
c
c
c
u
u
u
r
u
u
f
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f
c
r
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c
c
u
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c
c
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c
f
u
o
r
SWALLOWS
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Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
No. Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow*
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CHICKADEES & TITMOUSES
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Carolina Chickadee*
Tufted Titmouse*
c
c
NUTHATCHES
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Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
CREEPERS
Brown Creeper
WRENS
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Carolina Wren*
House Wren*
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
KINGLETS, GNATCATCHERS,
& THRUSHES
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Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin*
u
r
u
f
f
f
r
u
f
c
u
u
c
r
o
c
f
f
f
r
r
f
c
u
r
c
u
o
f
u
f
u
u
r
f
u
f
c
c
c
c
o
o
-
u
f
r
f
MIMIDS
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Gray Catbird*
Northern Mockingbird*
Brown Thrasher*
STARLINGS
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VIREOS
Blue Jay*
American Crow*
LARKS
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WOODPECKERS
f
c
u
f
u
s
JAYS & CROWS
CUCKOOS
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GOATSUCKERS & ALLIES
MARSH BIRDS
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DOVES
RAPTORS
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European Starling*
PIPITS
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American Pipit
WAXWINGS
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Cedar Waxwing
r
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WOOD WARBLERS
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Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler*
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat*
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
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Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
u
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u
r
c
r
f
r
f
f
f
u
o
c
f
u
o
o
f
f
f
r
f
f
o
r
f
u
u
o
r
f
r
u
u
u
o
o
f
o
o
o
r
u
r
u
u
c
u
f
u
u
f
c
r
o
c
f
u
r
r
f
c
o
o
f
c
r
f
u
o
r
o
r
f
u
u
r
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u
f
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u
u
TANAGERS
Eastern Towhee*
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow*
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
u
r
u
r
c
u
f
o
f
r
o
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Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird*
Eastern Meadowlark*
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle*
Brown-headed Cowbird*
Orchard Oriole
Northern Oriole*
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f
r
u
u
o
o
u
c
u
u
c
r
f
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u
r
c
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f
r
u
u
o
r
u
c
u
u
c
r
f
r
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r
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u
u
Birds
of the
Falls of the Ohio
FINCHES
____ Purple Finch
r
r
r
____ House Finch*
c
c
c
c
____ Pine Siskin
r
____ American Goldfinch*
f
c
c
c
____ House Sparrow
c
c
c
c
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EXTREMELY RARE AND ACCIDENTAL SPECIES
Brant
Mute Swan
Tundra Swan
Red-throated Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
White-faced/Glossy Ibis sp.
Wood Stork
King Rail
Common Moorhen
Hudsonian Godwit
Curlew Sandpiper
Red Phalarope
Black-headed Gull
California Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Iceland Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Sabine’s Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Gull-billed Tern
Long-billed Murrelet
Barn Owl
Snowy Owl
Short-eared Owl
Bewick’s Wren
EXTINCT AND EXTIRPATED SPECIES
Swallow-tailed Kite*
SPARROWS & ALLIES
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BLACKBIRDS & ORIOLES
Passenger Pigeon
The area covered by this checklist includes the Falls of the
Ohio, waters and shorelines of the Ohio River above and
below McAlpine Dam, as well as islands in the immediate
vicinity including Goose, Sand and Shippingport islands.
This checklist follows the arrangement and Nomenclature of
the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list, 7th ed. (1998)
and subsequent supplements. Thanks is extended to members of the Beckham Bird Club for assisting in compilation.
Last updated September 2007.
Should you observe a species not noted on the checklist,
please notify the staff at the Falls of the Ohio State Park via
email address on the website or call 812/280-9970.
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
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Seasons: W = winter (Dec-Feb); s = spring (Mar-May);
S = summer (June-July); F = fall (Aug-Nov)
Abundance: - = not recorded; o = occasional; r = rare, or not to be
expected, but sometimes observed; u = uncommon, or often present,
but can be hard to find; f = fairly common, or usually present, and
observed most of the time; c = common, or usually numerous and
should be observed. An asterisk (*) after the species names indicates
breeding has been confirmed within the Falls of the Ohio area.
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WATERFOWL
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Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Wood Duck*
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard*
Blue-winged Teal*
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
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Northern Bobwhite*
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Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
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Double-crested Cormorant
GAME BIRDS
LOONS & GREBES
CARDINALS & GROSBEAKS
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Northern Cardinal*
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting*
Dickcissel
c
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c
f
o
c
o
c
f
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c
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u
o
Falls of the Ohio State Park
201 West Riverside Drive
Clarksville, Indiana 47129
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CORMORANTS
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