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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 Galliformes Podicipediformes Ciconiiformes
Suliformes Pelecaniformes Acciptriformes Gruiformes
Charadriiformes Columbiformes Cuculiformes Strigiformes
Caprimulgiformes Apodiformes Coraciiformes Piciformes
Falconiformes Passeriformes Field List

 

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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) †

 

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GALLIFORMES  (gallinaceous birds)


     Odontophoridae
      ___ Northern Bobwhite

 

     Phasianidae
      ___ Wild Turkey


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PODICIPEDIFORMES  (grebes)


     Podicipedidae
      ___ Pied-billed Grebe

 

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CICONIIFORMES  (storks and allies)

 

     Ciconiidae
      ___ Wood Stork

 

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SULIFORMES  (boobies and cormorants)

 

       Phalacrocoraciidae
      ___ Double-crested Cormorant
 

     Anhingidae
      ___ Anhinga

 

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PELECANIFORMES  (pelicans and herons)

 

     Ardeidae
      ___ American Bittern
      ___ Great Blue Heron
      ___ Great Egret
      ___ Little Blue Heron
      ___ Cattle Egret
      ___ Green Heron
      ___ Black-crowned Night-Heron

 

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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



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GRUIFORMES  (cranes and allies)


     Rallidae
      ___ American Coot
 

     Gruidae
      ___ Sandhill Crane

 

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CHARADRIIFORMES  (shorebirds, gulls, alcids)


     Charadriidae
      ___ Killdeer†
 

     Scolopacidae
      ___ Greater Yellowlegs
      ___ Solitary Sandpiper
      ___ Spotted Sandpiper
      ___ American Woodcock
 

     Laridae
      ___ Ring-billed Gull

 

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COLUMBIFORMES  (pigeons and doves)


     Columbidae
      ___ Rock Pigeon†
      ___ Eurasian Collared-Dove
      ___ Mourning Dove

 

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CUCULIFORMES  (cuckoos, roadrunners, anis)


     Cuculidae
      ___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo
 

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STRIGIFORMES  (owls)


     Tytonidae
      ___ Barn Owl
 

     Strigidae
      ___ Eastern Screech-Owl
      ___ Great Horned Owl†
      ___ Barred Owl†

 

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CAPRIMULGIFORMES  (goatsuckers)


     Caprimulgidae
      ___ Common Nighthawk
      ___ Whip-poor-will

 

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APODIFORMES  (swifts and hummingbirds)


     Apodidae
      ___ Chimney Swift


     Trochilidae
      ___ Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

 

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CORACIIFORMES  (kingfishers)

 

     Alcedinidae
      ___ Belted Kingfisher

 

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PICIFORMES  (woodpeckers)

 

     Picidae
      ___ Red-headed Woodpecker†
      ___ Red-bellied Woodpecker†
      ___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
      ___ Downy Woodpecker†
      ___ Hairy Woodpecker
      ___ Northern Flicker†

      ___ Pileated Woodpecker

  

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FALCONIFORMES  (hawks and falcons)


     Falconidae
      ___ American Kestrel

 

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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
                                   

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Field Guide

 

Printable Field List

(open and print this Word 2003 document landscape/duplex, then tri-fold)

 

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 Rev. 09.14