Birds of the Wesleyan Campus
An accumulating checklist of birds
of the Wesleyan College Arboretum,
Macon, Georgia
Revised August 2014
Please submit additions and corrections to
Jim Ferrari of the Wesleyan
Biology Department
Common Nighthawk Chordeliles minor
ANSERIFORMES (waterfowl)
Anatidae
___ Snow Goose
___ Canada Goose†
___ Wood Duck
___ Mallard†
___ Blue-winged Teal
___ Northern Shoveler
___ Ring-necked Duck
___ Lesser Scaup
___ Hooded Merganser
___ Ruddy Duck
___ Domestic Duck (Muscovy) †
GALLIFORMES (gallinaceous birds)
Odontophoridae
___ Northern Bobwhite
Phasianidae
___ Wild Turkey
PODICIPEDIFORMES (grebes)
Podicipedidae
___ Pied-billed Grebe
CICONIIFORMES (storks and allies)
Ciconiidae
___ Wood Stork
SULIFORMES (boobies and cormorants)
Phalacrocoraciidae
___ Double-crested Cormorant
Anhingidae
___ Anhinga
PELECANIFORMES (pelicans and herons)
Ardeidae
___ American Bittern
___ Great Blue Heron
___ Great Egret
___ Little Blue Heron
___ Cattle Egret
___ Green Heron
___ Black-crowned Night-Heron
ACCIPITRIFORMES (herons and allies)
Cathartidae
___ Black Vulture
___ Turkey Vulture
Pandionidae
___ Osprey
Accipitridae
___ Mississippi Kite
___ Bald Eagle
___ Northern Harrier
___ Sharp-shinned Hawk
___
Cooper's
Hawk
___
Red-shouldered Hawk
___
Broad-winged Hawk
___
Red-tailed Hawk
GRUIFORMES (cranes and allies)
Rallidae
___ American Coot
Gruidae
___ Sandhill Crane
CHARADRIIFORMES (shorebirds, gulls, alcids)
Charadriidae
___ Killdeer†
Scolopacidae
___ Greater Yellowlegs
___ Solitary Sandpiper
___ Spotted Sandpiper
___ American Woodcock
Laridae
___ Ring-billed Gull
COLUMBIFORMES (pigeons and doves)
Columbidae
___ Rock Pigeon†
___ Eurasian Collared-Dove
___ Mourning Dove
CUCULIFORMES (cuckoos, roadrunners, anis)
Cuculidae
___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo
STRIGIFORMES (owls)
Tytonidae
___ Barn Owl
Strigidae
___ Eastern Screech-Owl
___ Great Horned Owl†
___ Barred Owl†
CAPRIMULGIFORMES (goatsuckers)
Caprimulgidae
___ Common Nighthawk
___ Whip-poor-will
APODIFORMES (swifts and hummingbirds)
Apodidae
___ Chimney Swift
Trochilidae
___ Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
CORACIIFORMES (kingfishers)
Alcedinidae
___ Belted Kingfisher
PICIFORMES (woodpeckers)
Picidae
___ Red-headed Woodpecker†
___ Red-bellied Woodpecker†
___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
___ Downy Woodpecker†
___ Hairy Woodpecker
___ Northern Flicker†
___ Pileated Woodpecker
FALCONIFORMES (hawks and falcons)
Falconidae
___ American Kestrel
PASSERIFORMES (perching birds)
Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)
___ Eastern Wood-pewee
___ Acadian Flycatcher
___ Eastern Phoebe†
___ Great-Crested Flycatcher
___ Eastern Kingbird†
Laniidae (shrikes)
___ Loggerhead Shrike†
Vireonidae (vireos)
___ White-eyed Vireo
___ Yellow-throated Vireo
___ Blue-headed Vireo
___ Red-eyed Vireo
Corvidae (jays, magpies, crows)
___ Blue Jay†
___ American Crow
___ Fish Crow†
Hirundinidae (swallows)
___ Purple Martin
___ Tree Swallow
___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow
___ Barn Swallow †
Paridae (chickadees and titmice)
___ Carolina Chickadee
___ Tufted Titmouse†
Sittidae (nuthatches)
___ Red-breasted Nuthatch
___ White-breasted Nuthatch
___ Brown-headed Nuthatch†
Certhiidae (creepers)
___ Brown Creeper
Troglodytidae (wrens)
___ House Wren
___ Winter Wren
___ Carolina Wren†
Regulidae (kinglets)
___ Golden-crowned Kinglet
___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Sylviidae (gnatcatchers)
___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Turdidae (thrushes)
___ Eastern Bluebird†
___ Veery
___ Gray-cheeked Thrush
___ Swainson’s Thrush
___ Hermit Thrush
___ Wood Thrush†
___ American Robin†
Mimidae (mockingbirds, thrashers)
___ Gray Catbird†
___ Northern Mockingbird†
___ Brown Thrasher†
Sturnidae (starlings)
___ European Starling†
Bombycillidae (waxwings)
___ Cedar Waxwing
Parulidae (wood-warblers)
___ Ovenbird
___ Worm-Eating Warbler
___ Louisiana Waterthrush
___ Northern Waterthrush
___ Golden-winged Warbler
___ Blue-winged Warbler
___ Black-and-white Warbler
___ Swainson’s Warbler
___ Tennessee Warbler
___ Orange-crowned Warbler
___ Nashville Warbler
___ Kentucky Warbler
___ Common Yellowthroat
___ Hooded Warbler
___ American Redstart
___ Cape May Warbler
___ N. Parula Warbler
___ Magnolia Warbler
___ Blackburnian Warbler
___ Yellow Warbler
___ Chestnut-sided Warbler
___ Blackpoll Warbler
___ Black-throated Blue Warbler
___ Palm Warbler
___ Pine Warbler†
___ Yellow-rumped Warbler
___ Yellow-throated Warbler
___ Prairie Warbler
___ Black-throated Green Warbler
___ Wilson’s Warbler
___ Yellow-breasted Chat
Emberizidae (sparrows)
___ Eastern (Rufous-sided) Towhee
___ Chipping Sparrow†
___ Field Sparrow
___ Savannah Sparrow
___ Song Sparrow
___ Swamp Sparrow
___ White-throated Sparrow
___ Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco
Cardinalidae (cardinals, tanangers, and allies)
___ Summer Tanager†
___ Scarlet Tanager
___ Northern Cardinal†
___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak
___ Blue Grosbeak
___ Indigo Bunting
Icteridae (blackbirds and orioles)
___ Red-winged Blackbird
___ Eastern Meadowlark
___ Rusty Blackbird
___ Common Grackle
___ Brown-headed Cowbird
___ Orchard Oriole
Fringillidae (finches and allies)
___ House Finch†
___ Purple Finch
___ American Goldfinch
Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)
___ House Sparrow
Number of Families: 47
Number of Species: 160 (excluding Muscovy Duck)
† Breeding Confirmed
Field Guide
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Rev.
09.14