LOONS ___ Red-throated Loon ___ Arctic/Pacific Loon ___ Common Loon GREBES ___ Pied-billed Grebe* ___ Horned Grebe ___ Red-necked Grebe ___ Eared Grebe ___ Western Grebe SHEARWATERS, PETRELS ___ Wilson’s Storm-petrel ___ Cory’s Shearwater ___ Greater Shearwater ___ Sooty Shearwater ___ Manx Shearwater ___ Audubon’s Shearwater TROPICBIRDS ___ White-tailed Tropicbird BOOBIES & GANNETS ___ Masked Booby ___ Brown Booby ___ Northern Gannet PELICANS & ALLIES ___ American White Pelican ___ Brown Pelican* ___ Double-crested Cormorant ___ Olivaceous Cormorant ___ Great Cormorant ___ Anhinga* ___ Magnificent Frigatebird HERONS, EGRETS & ALLIES ___ American Bittern ___ Least Bittern* ___ Great Blue Heron* ___ Great Egret* ___ Snowy Egret* ___ Little Blue Heron* ___ Tricolored Heron* ___ Reddish Egret* ___ Cattle Egret* ___ Green Heron* ___ Black-crowned Night-Heron* ___ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron* IBISES, SPOONBILL, STORK ___ Glossy Ibis* ___ White Ibis* ___ White-faced Ibis* ___ Roseate Spoonbill ___ Wood Stork WATERFOWL ___ Fulvous Whistling-Duck ___ Tundra Swan ___ White-Fronted Goose ___ Snow Goose ___ Canada Goose ___ Wood Duck* ___ Green-winged Teal ___ American Black Duck ___ Mottled Duck* ___ Mallard* ___ White-cheeked Pintail ___ Northern Pintail ___ Blue-winged Teal ___ Northern Shoveler ___ Gadwall ___ American Wigeon ___ Canvasback ___ Redhead ___ Ring-necked Duck ___ Greater Scaup ___ Lesser Scaup ___ Harlequin Duck ___ Oldsquaw ___ Black Scoter ___ Surf Scoter ___ White-winged Scoter ___ Common Goldeneye ___ Bufflehead ___ Hooded Merganser ___ Common Merganser ___ Red-breasted Merganser ___ Ruddy Duck VULTURES, HAWKS & ALLIES ___ Black Vulture* ___ Turkey Vulture* ___ Osprey* ___ American Swallow-tailed Kite* ___ White-tailed Kite ___ Mississippi Kite* ___ Bald Eagle* ___ Northern Harrier ___ Sharp-shinned Hawk ___ Cooper’s Hawk* ___ Red-shouldered Hawk* ___ Broad-winged Hawk* ___ Short-tailed Hawk ___ Swainson’s Hawk ___ Red-tailed Hawk* ___ Ferruginous Hawk ___ Rough-legged Hawk ___ Golden Eagle ___ American Kestrel ___ Merlin ___ Peregrine Falcon GALLINACEOUS BIRDS ___ Northern Bobwhite* SHOREBIRDS ___ Black-bellied Plover ___ American Golden Plover ___ Snowy Plover* ___ Wilson’s Plover* ___ Semipalmated Plover ___ Piping Plover ___ Killdeer* ___ Mountain Plover* ___ American Oystercatcher* ___ Black-necked Stilt* ___ American Avocet ___ Greater Yellowlegs ___ Lesser Yellowlegs ___ Solitary Sandpiper ___ Willet* ___ Spotted Sandpiper ___ Upland Sandpiper ___ Whimbrel ___ Long-billed Curlew ___ Hudsonian Godwit ___ Marbled Godwit ___ Ruddy Turnstone ___ Red Knot ___ Sanderling ___ Semipalmated Sandpiper ___ Western Sandpiper ___ Least Sandpiper ___ White-rumped Sandpiper ___ Baird’s Sandpiper ___ Pectoral Sandpiper ___ Dunlin ___ Curlew Sandpiper ___ Stilt Sandpiper ___ Buff-breasted Sandpiper ___ Short-billed Dowitcher ___ Long-billed Dowitcher ___ Common Snipe ___ American Woodcock* ___ Wilson’s Phalarope ___ Red-necked Phalarope ___ Red Phalarope ___ Pomarine Jaeger ___ Parasitic Jaeger ___ Long-tailed Jaeger ___ Laughing Gull* ___ Franklin’s Gull ___ Bonaparte’s Gull ___ Ring-billed Gull ___ Herring Gull* ___ Iceland Gull ___ Lesser Black-backed Gull ___ Glaucous Gull ___ Great Black-backed Gull ___ Black-legged Kittiwake ___ Sabine’s Gull ___ Gull-billed Tern* ___ Caspian Tern* ___ Royal Tern* ___ Sandwich Tern* ___ Roseate Tern ___ Common Tern* ___ Forster’s Tern* ___ Least Tern* ___ Bridled Tern ___ Sooty Tern ___ Black Tern ___ Black Skimmer* ___ Brown Noddy RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS & CRANES ___ Yellow Rail ___ Black Rail ___ Clapper Rail* ___ King Rail* ___ Virginia Rail ___ Sora ___ Purple Gallinule* ___ Common Moorhen* ___ American Coot* ___ Sandhill Crane PIGEONS, DOVES ___ Rock Dove* ___ Band-tailed Pigeon ___ White-winged Dove ___ Mourning Dove* ___ Common Ground-Dove* CUCKOOS ___ Black-billed Cuckoo ___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo* ___ Groove-billed Ani OWLS ___ Barn Owl* ___ Eastern Screech-Owl* ___ Great Horned Owl* ___ Snowy Owl ___ Burrowing Owl ___ Barred Owl* ___ Long-eared Owl ___ Short-eared Owl GOATSUCKERS ___ Lesser Nighthawk ___ Common Nighthawk* ___ Chuck-will’s-widow* ___ Whip-poor-will SWIFTS, HUMMINGBIRDS ___ Chimney Swift* ___ Ruby-throated Hummingbird* ___ Black-chinned Hummingbird ___ Rufous Hummingbird KINGFISHERS ___ Belted Kingfisher* WOODPECKERS ___ Red-headed Woodpecker* ___ Red-bellied Woodpecker* ___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ___ Downy Woodpecker* ___ Hairy Woodpecker* ___ Red-cockaded Woodpecker* ___ Northern Flicker* ___ Pileated Woodpecker* FLYCATCHERS ___ Olive-sided Flycatcher ___ Eastern Wood-Pewee* ___ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ___ Acadian Flycatcher* ___ Alder Flycatcher ___ Willow Flycatcher ___ Least Flycatcher ___ Eastern Phoebe ___ Say’s Phoebe ___ Vermilion Flycatcher ___ Ash-throated Flycatcher ___ Great Crested Flycatcher* ___ Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher* ___ Tropical/Couch’s Kingbird ___ Western Kingbird ___ Eastern Kingbird* ___ Gray Kingbird* ___ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher ___ Fork-tailed Flycatcher MARTINS & SWALLOWS ___ Purple Martin* ___ Tree Swallow ___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow* ___ Bank Swallow ___ Cliff Swallow* ___ Cave Swallow ___ Barn Swallow* JAYS & CROWS ___ Blue Jay* ___ American Crow ___ Fish Crow* CHICKADEES & TITMICE ___ Carolina Chickadee* ___ Tufted Titmouse* NUTHATCHES ___ Red-breasted Nuthatch ___ White-breasted Nuthatch* ___ Brown-headed Nuthatch* CREEPERS ___ Brown Creeper WRENS ___ Rock Wren ___ Carolina Wren* ___ Bewick’s Wren ___ House Wren ___ Winter Wren ___ Sedge Wren ___ Marsh Wren* KINGLETS & GNATCATCHERS ___ Golden-crowned Kinglet ___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet ___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* BLUEBIRDS, THRUSHES & ROBINS ___ Northern Wheatear ___ Eastern Bluebird* ___ Veery ___ Gray-cheecked Thrush ___ Swainson’s Thrush ___ Hermit Thrush ___ Wood Thrush* ___ American Robin* THRASHERS ___ Gray Catbird ___ Northern Mockingbird* ___ Sage Thrasher ___ Brown Thrasher* PIPITS ___ American Pipit ___ Sprague’s Pipit WAXWINGS ___ Cedar Waxwing STARLINGS ___ European Starling* SHRIKES ___ Loggerhead Shrike* VIREOS ___ White-eyed Vireo* ___ Bell’s Vireo ___ Solitary Vireo ___ Yellow-throated Vireo* ___ Warbling Vireo ___ Philadelphia Vireo ___ Red-eyed Vireo* ___ Black-whiskered Vireo WARBLERS ___ Bachman’s Warbler ___ 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 Gray Warbler ___ Black-throated Green Warbler ___ Blackburnian Warbler ___ Yellow-throated Warbler* ___ Pine Warbler* ___ Prairie Warbler* ___ Palm Warbler ___ Bay-breasted Warbler ___ Blackpoll Warbler ___ Cerulean Warbler ___ Black-and-white Warbler* ___ American Redstart* ___ Prothonotary Warbler* ___ Worm-eating Warbler ___ Swainson’s Warbler* ___ Ovenbird ___ Northern Waterthrush ___ Louisiana Waterthrush ___ Kentucky Warbler* ___ Connecticut Warbler ___ Mourning Warbler ___ Common Yellowthroat* ___ Hooded Warbler* ___ Wilson’s Warbler ___ Canada Warbler ___ Yellow-breasted Chat* TANAGERS ___ Summer Tanager* ___ Scarlet Tanager ___ Western Tanager NEW WORLD FINCHES ___ Northern Cardinal* ___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak ___ Black-headed Grosbeak ___ Blue Grosbeak ___ Indigo Bunting* ___ Painted Bunting* ___ Dickcissel* OLD WORLD FINCHES ___ Purple Finch ___ Pine Siskin ___ American Goldfinch* ___ Evening Grosbeak SPARROWS ___ Green-tailed Towhee ___ Rufous-sided Towhee* ___ Bachman’s Sparrow* ___ American Tree Sparrow ___ Chipping Sparrow ___ Clay-colored Sparrow ___ Field Sparrow* ___ Vesper Sparrow ___ Lark Sparrow ___ Lark Bunting ___ Savannah Sparrow ___ Grasshopper Sparrow ___ Henslow’s Sparrow ___ Le Conte’s Sparrow ___ Sharp-tailed Sparrow ___ Seaside Sparrow* ___ Fox Sparrow ___ Song Sparrow ___ Lincoln’s Sparrow ___ Swamp Sparrow ___ White-throated Sparrow ___ White-crowned Sparrow ___ Harris’ Sparrow ___ Dark-eyed Junco ___ Lapland Longspur ___ Smith’s Longspur BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, COWBIRDS & ORIOLES ___ Bobolink ___ Red-winged Blackbird* ___ Eastern Meadowlark* ___ Western Meadowlark ___ Yellow-headed Blackbird ___ Rusty Blackbird ___ Brewer’s Blackbird ___ Boat-tailed Grackle* ___ Common Grackle* ___ Bronze Cowbird ___ Brown-headed Cowbird* ___ Orchard Oriole* ___ Northern Oriole WEAVER FINCH (Order Passeriformes) ___ House Sparrow* * known or suspected to have nested in sanctuary or known to nest locally DAUPHIN ISLAND AUDUBON BIRD SANCTUARY BIRD SIGHTING CHECKLIST DAUPHIN ISLAND AUDUBON BIRD SANCTUARY TRAIL GUIDE & CHECKLIST