Birds of Siouxland

The National Audubon Society and Partners in Flight include the marked Siouxland birds on their first WatchList. Ninety species of birds are on the WatchList because of recent population declines. There are thirty-four Siouxland species on the WatchList.

Key: Abundant = a common species that is very numerous; Common = species that occurs in fair to moderate numbers; Uncommon = species present, but not certain to be seen; Occasional = Seen at intervals of 2 to 5 years; Rare = Seen less than every 5 years; Accidental = Seen once or twice, considered out-of-range.

BIRD	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
Gaviidae
Common Loon	.	.	.	Rare
Podicipedidae
Pied-billed Grebe	Common	Uncommon	Common	Occasional
Horned Grebe	Common	.	Rare	Rare
Eared Grebe	Common	.	.	.
Western Grebe	Rare	Rare	.	.
Pelecanidae
American White Pelican	Common	Rare	Occasional	.
Phalacrororacidae
Double-crested Cormorant	Common	Rare	Uncommon	Rare
Ardeidae
American Bittern	Rare	Rare	Rare	.
Least Bittern	Rare	Occasional	.	.
Great Blue Heron	Abundant	Common	Uncommon	Occasional
Great Egret	Common	Uncommon	Rare	Accidental
Snowy Egret	Rare	Accidental	Accidental	.
Cattle Egret	Uncommon	Accidental	Accidental	.
Green Heron	Common	Uncommon	Uncommon	.
Black-crowned Night Heron	Uncommon	Rare	Accidental	.
Yellow-crowned Night Heron	Rare	.	.	.
Threskiornithidae
White-faced Ibis	Rare	.	Rare	.

BIRD	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
Anatidae
Tundra Swan	Rare	.	Accidental	.
Trumpeter Swan	Occasional	.	Accidental	.
Greater White-fronted Goose	Common	Rare	Occasional	Occasional
Snow Goose	Abundant	Accidental	Common	Uncommon
Ross' Goose	Rare	.	Accidental	.
Cackling Goose	Common	Uncommon	Common	Uncommon
Canada Goose	Abundant	Uncommon	Abundant	Uncommon
Wood Duck	Common	Common	Uncommon	Uncommon
Green-winged Teal	Common	Rare	Uncommon	Rare
American Black Duck	Rare	.	.	Rare
Mallard	Abundant	Common	Common	Common
Northern Pintail	Abundant	.	Occasional	Rare
Blue-winged Teal	Abundant	Common	Rare	Rare
Cinnamon Teal	Rare	Accidental	.	Accidental
Northern Shoveler	Common	Rare	Uncommon	Occasional
Gadwall	Common	Rare	Uncommon	Occasional
American Wigeon	Common	Rare	Uncommon	Occasional
Canvasback	Common	.	Uncommon	Occasional
Redhead	Common	Rare	Uncommon	Occasional
Ring-necked Duck	Abundant	Rare	Uncommon	Occasional
Greater Scaup	Rare	.	Rare	Rare
Lesser Scaup	Abundant	Accidental	Uncommon	Uncommon
Common Goldeneye	Common	.	Occasional	Common
Bufflehead	Common	.	Occasional	Uncommon
Hooded Merganser	Uncommon	Accidental	Occasional	Rare
Common Merganser	Common	.	Occasional	Common
Red-breasted Merganser	Uncommon	.	Rare	.
Ruddy Duck	Common	Uncommon	Uncommon	Occasional

BIRD	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
Catharitidae
Turkey Vulture	Common	Uncommon	Rare	.
Accipitridae
Osprey	Uncommon	.	Occasional	.
Bald Eagle	Common	Accidental	Occasional	Common
Northern Harrier	Common	Rare	Occasional	Uncommon
Sharp-shinned Hawk	Occasional	Rare	Occasional	Common
Cooper's Hawk	Uncommon	Rare	Occasional	Common
Northern Goshawk	.	.	.	Occasional
Red-shouldered Hawk	.	.	.	Rare
Broad-winged Hawk	Uncommon	Rare	.	.
Swainson's Hawk	Uncommon	.	Accidental	.
Red-tailed Hawk	Abundant	Common	Uncommon	Abundant
Rough-legged Hawk	Rare	.	Rare	Uncommon
Golden Eagle	Rare	.	Accidental	Accidental
Falconidae
American Kestrel	Common	Uncommon	Uncommon	Common
Merlin	Rare	.	.	Rare
Prairie Falcon	Rare	.	.	Accidental
Phasianidae
Gray Partridge	Occasional	Rare	Rare	Occasional
Ring-necked Pheasant	Abundant	Common	Common	Abundant
Wild Turkey	Uncommon	Occasional	Occasional	Occasional
Northern Bobwhite	Common	Uncommon	Occasional	Occasional

BIRD	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
Railidae
Virginia Rail	Uncommon	.	.	.
Sora	Common	Occasional	Rare	.
Common Moorhen	Accidental	Accidental	Accidental	.
American Coot	Abundant	Uncommon	Uncommon	Uncommon
Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover	Rare	.	Rare	.
American Golden Plover	Occasional	.	Rare	.
Semipalmated Plover	Uncommon	Occasional	Rare	.
Piping Plover	Uncommon	Uncommon	Rare	.
Killdeer	Abundant	Abundant	Uncommon	Uncommon
Recurvirostridae
American Avocet	Occasional	Accidental	.	.
Scolopacidae
Upland Sandpiper	Occasional	.	.	.
Greater Yellowlegs	Common	Uncommon	Rare	.
Lesser Yellowlegs	Common	Uncommon	Rare	Accidental
Solitary Sandpiper	Uncommon	Rare	Rare	.
Willet	Uncommon	.	.	.
Spotted Sandpiper	Common	Uncommon	Rare	.
Hudsonian Godwit	Uncommon	.	.	.
Marbled Godwit	Occasional	.	.	.
Sanderling	Rare	.	Accidental	.
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Common	Uncommon	Rare	.
Western Sandpiper	Uncommon	Accidental	.	.
Least Sandpiper	Common	Uncommon	Rare	.
White-rumped Sandpiper	Common	Rare	Rare	.
Baird's Sandpiper	Common	Occasional	Rare	Accidental
Pectoral Sandpiper	Common	Uncommon	Rare	.
Dunlin	Occasional	.	.	.
Stilt Sandpiper	Uncommon	Occasional	.	.
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Accidental	.	Accidental	.
Short-billed Dowitcher	Uncommon	.	.	.
Long-billed Dowitcher	Uncommon	.	.	.
Common Snipe	Common	Occasional	Rare	Accidental
American Woodcock	Occasional	.	.	Rare
Wilson's Phalarope	Common	Accidental	.	.
Laridae
Franklin's Gull	Common	Rare	Uncommon	Accidental
Bonaparte's Gull	Uncommon	.	.	.
Ring-billed Gull	Common	Occasional	Uncommon	Occasional
Herring Gull	Uncommon	Accidental	Occasional	Occasional
Caspian Tern	Uncommon	Rare	.	.
Forster's Tern	Uncommon	Occasional	Accidental	.
Least Tern	Rare	Uncommon	.	.
Black Tern	Common	Occasional	Rare	.

BIRD	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
Columbidae
Rock Pigeon	Abundant	Abundant	Abundant	Abundant
Eurasian Collared-Dove	Uncommon	Uncommon	Uncommon	Uncommon
Mourning Dove	Abundant	Abundant	Uncommon	Uncommon
Cuculidae
Black-billed Cuckoo	Uncommon	Uncommon	.	.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Uncommon	Uncommon	Rare	.
Strigidae
Eastern Screech-Owl	Uncommon	Uncommon	Uncommon	Uncommon
Great Horned Owl	Common	Uncommon	Uncommon	Common
Snowy Owl	.	.	Accidental	Rare
Barred Owl	Uncommon	Rare	Rare	Uncommon
Long-eared Owl	Rare	.	.	Uncommon
Short - eared Owl	.	.	.	Rare
Northern Saw-whet Owl	.	.	.	Rare
Caprimulgidae
Common Nighthawk	Uncommon	Abundant	Uncommon	.
Chuck-will's-widow	Occasional	Rare	.	.
Eastern Whip-poor-will	Common	Uncommon	Rare	.
Apodidae
Chimney Swift	Common	Abundant	Uncommon	.
Trochillidae
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Uncommon	Occasional	Uncommon	.
Alcedinidae
Belted Kingfisher	Common	Common	Common	Uncommon
Picidae
Lewis' Woodpecker	Accidental	.	Accidental	.
Red-headed Woodpecker	Abundant	Abundant	Uncommon	Uncommon
Red-bellied Woodpecker	Abundant	Common	Uncommon	Uncommon
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Rare	.	.	.
Downy Woodpecker	Common	Common	Common	Common
Hairy Woodpecker	Common	Uncommon	Uncommon	Common
Northern Flicker	Abundant	Abundant	Common	Common
Tyrannidae
Olive-sided Flycatcher	Occasional	Rare	Accidental	.
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	Rare	.	.	.
Alder Flycatcher	Uncommon	.	.	.
Willow Flycatcher	Uncommon	Occasional	.	.
Least Flycatcher	Common	Rare	.	.
Eastern Phoebe	Common	Uncommon	Rare	.
Great-crested Flycatcher	Common	Uncommon	Rare	.
Western Kingbird	Common	Common	Rare	.
Eastern Kingbird	Abundant	Abundant	Rare	.
Aludidae
Horned Lark	Common	Uncommon	Uncommon	Uncommon

BIRD	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
Hirundinidae
Purple Martin	Abundant	Uncommon	Rare	Accidental
Tree Swallow	Common	Uncommon	Rare	.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Common	Common	.	.
Bank Swallow	Common	Common	.	.
Cliff Swallow	Common	Uncommon	Uncommon	.
Barn Swallow	Abundant	Abundant	Occasional	.
Corvidae
Blue Jay	Abundant	Abundant	Common	Abundant
Black-billed Magpie	Occasional	Rare	.	Occasional
American Crow	Abundant	Common	Common	Abundant
Paridae
Black-capped Chickadee	Abundant	Common	Common	Abundant
Sittidae
Red-breasted Nuthatch	Rare	.	Rare	Uncommon
White-breasted Nuthatch	Abundant	Common	Uncommon	Abundant
Certhiidae
Brown Creeper	Uncommon	.	Rare	Uncommon
Troglodytidae
Carolina Wren	Accidental	Accidental	.	Rare
House Wren	Common	Abundant	Uncommon	.
Sedge Wren	Uncommon	Uncommon	.	.
Marsh Wren	Common	Uncommon	Rare	.
Muscicapidae
Golden-crowned Kinglet	Uncommon	.	Rare	Uncommon
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Common	.	Uncommon	.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Common	Uncommon	Accidental	.
Eastern Bluebird	Common	Common	Uncommon	Uncommon
Townsend's Solitaire	Accidental	.	Accidental	Occasional
Veery	Uncommon	.	.	.
Gray-cheeked Thrush	Common	.	.	.
Swanson's Thrush	Common	.	Occasional	.
Hermit Thrush	Uncommon	.	Rare	.
Wood Thrush	Uncommon	Uncommon	Uncommon	.
American Robin	Common	Abundant	Common	Uncommon
Mimidae
Gray Catbird	Common	Common	Occasional	.
Northern Mockingbird	Rare	Rare	.	.
Brown Thrasher	Common	Common	Uncommon	Accidental
Bombycillidae
Cedar Waxwing	Common	Uncommon	Uncommon	Uncommon
Bohemian Waxwing	.	.	.	.
Laniidae
Northern Shrike	Accidental	.	.	Uncommon
Loggerhead Shrike	Uncommon	Occasional	Accidental	.
Sturnidae
European Starling	Abundant	Abundant	Abundant	Abundant
Vireonidae
Bell's Vireo	Common	Uncommon	.	.
Solitary Vireo	Uncommon	.	Rare	.
Yellow-throated Vireo	Uncommon	Rare	.	.
Warbling Vireo	Common	Common	Occasional	.
Philadelphia Vireo	Uncommon	.	Rare	.
Red-eyed Vireo	Abundant	Common	Occasional	.

BIRD	SPRING	SUMMER	FALL	WINTER
Emberizidae
Parulinae
Blue-winged Warbler	Occasional	.	.	.	.
Golden-winged Warbler	Occasional	.	.	.
Tennessee Warbler	Common	Accidental	Occasional	.
Orange-crowned Warbler	Common	.	Occasional	.
Nashville Warbler	Common	Accidental	Occasional	.
Yellow Warbler	Abundant	Common	Occasional	.
Chestnut-sided Warbler	Uncommon	.	.	.
Magnolia Warbler	Common	.	.	.
Cape May Warbler	Occasional	.	.	.
Yellow-rumped Warbler	Abundant	.	Uncommon	Accidental
Black-throated Green Warbler	Occasional	.	Rare	.
Blackburnian Warbler	Occasional	.	.	.
Pine Warbler	Accidental	.	Accidental	.
Palm Warbler	Uncommon	.	.	.
Blackpoll Warbler	Common	Accidental	Rare	.
Cerulean Warbler	Occasional	Rare	.	.
Black-and-white Warbler	Common	Rare	Rare	.
American Redstart	Common	Rare	.	.
Ovenbird	Common	Occasional	Accidental	.
Northern Waterthrush	Common	Rare	Accidental	.
Louisiana Waterthrush	Occasional	.	.	.
Kentucky Warbler	Common	Occasional	.	.
Connecticut Warbler	Accidental	.	Accidental	.
Mourning Warbler	Occasional	Accidental	.	.
Common Yellowthroat	Abundant	Abundant	Occasional	.
Wilson's Warbler	Common	Accidental	Occasional	.
Canada Warbler	Rare	.	Rare	.
Yellow-breasted Chat	Rare	Occasional	Rare	.
Thraupinae
Summer Tanager	Accidental	Accidental	.	.
Scarlet Tanager	Common	Uncommon	Occasional	.
Cardinalinae
Northern Cardinal	Common	Common	Common	Common
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Common	Common	Occasional	.
Blue Grosbeak	Uncommon	Uncommon	.	.
Indigo Bunting	Common	Common	Occasional	.
Dickcissel	Common	Abundant	Accidental	.
Emberizinae
Spotted Towhee	.	.	.	.
Eastern Towhee	Common	Common	Rare	Occasional
American Tree Sparrow	Common	.	Uncommon	Abundant
Chipping Sparrow	Common	Common	Rare	.
Clay-colored Sparrow	Common	.	.	.
Field Sparrow	Common	Uncommon	Occasional	.
Vesper Sparrow	Common	Common	Rare	.
Lark Sparrow	Common	Uncommon	Rare	.
Savannah Sparrow	Common	.	Rare	.
Grasshopper Sparrow	Common	Common	.	.
Le Conte's Sparrow	Occasional	.	.	.
Fox Sparrow	Uncommon	.	Occasional	.
Song Sparrow	Common	Common	Uncommon	Uncommon
Lincoln's Sparrow	Common	.	Uncommon	Accidental
Swamp Sparrow	Common	.	Occasional	Occasional
White-throated Sparrow	Common	Accidental	Uncommon	Rare
White-crowned Sparrow	Common	Accidental	Occasional	.
Harris' Sparrow	Common	.	Uncommon	Uncommon
Dark-eyed Junco	Common	.	Common	Abundant
Lapland Longspur	Accidental	.	Rare	Uncommon
Snow Bunting	.	.	Accidental	Occasional
Icterinae
Bobolink	Uncommon	Uncommon	.	.
Red-winged Blackbird	Abundant	Abundant	Uncommon	Uncommon
Eastern Meadowlark	Uncommon	Uncommon	.	.
Western Meadowlark	Abundant	Abundant	Uncommon	Occasional
Yellow-headed Blackbird	Common	Common	Occasional	Occasional
Rusty Blackbird	Common	.	Rare	Uncommon
Brewer's Blackbird	Uncommon	.	.	Rare
Common Grackle	Abundant	Abundant	Common	Common
Great-tailed Grackle	Occasional	Rare	.	Accidental
Brown-headed Cowbird	Common	Common	Rare	Rare
Orchard Oriole	Common	Common	Rare	.
Northern Oriole	Common	Common	Occasional	.
Fringillidae
Purple Finch	Rare	.	.	Uncommon
House Finch	Common	Common	Common	Common
Red Crossbill	Rare	.	.	Rare
Common Redpoll	Rare	.	.	Occasional
Pine Siskin	Uncommon	Rare	Rare	Common
American Goldfinch	Abundant	Abundant	Common	Common
Evening Grosbeak	.	.	Accidental	Rare
Passeridae
House Sparrow	Abundant	Abundant	Abundant	Abundant

Birds of Siouxland﻿

Birds of Siouxland