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   Checklist  of   Birds  Wintering  in  Arkansas*
Species Name  Mean # of Estimated Species Name Mean # of Estimated
counts present Status counts present Status
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 0 Cas./Acc. Cattle Egret 0.9 r
Greater White-fronted Goose 7.1  u Green Heron 0.16 vr
Snow Goose 9.6 fc Black-crowned Night-heron 0.2 vr
Ross's Goose 4.3 u Yellow-crowned Night-heron 0.04 Cas./Acc.
Canada Goose 16.1 fc White Ibis 0.08 Cas./Acc.
Mute Swan 0.04 Cas./Acc. Glossy Ibis 0.04 Cas./Acc.
Trumpeter Swan 0 Cas./Acc. White-faced Ibis 0 Cas./Acc.
Tundra Swan 0.16 vr Black Vulture 10.5 fc
Wood Duck 13.6 fc Turkey Vulture 14.1 fc
Gadwall 15.2  fc Osprey 0.8 r
American Wigeon 9.7 fc Bald Eagle 16.4 fc
American Black Duck 1.5 r Northern Harrier 15.3 fc
Mallard 17.8 c Sharp-shinned Hawk 14.9 fc
Blue-winged Teal 2 r Cooper's Hawk 13.8 fc
Cinnamon Teal 0.04 Cas./Acc. Northern Goshawk 0 Cas./Acc.
Northern Shoveler 14.3 fc Red-shouldered Hawk 18.2 c
Northern Pintail 7.9 u Red-tailed Hawk 19.6 vc
Green-winged Teal 10.6 fc Ferruginous Hawk 0 Cas./Acc.
Canvasback 5.5 u Rough-legged Hawk 0.72 r
Redhead 4.6 u Golden Eagle 1.9 r
Ring-necked Duck 15.1 fc American Kestrel 19.1 c
Tufted Duck 0 Cas./Acc. Merlin 3.1 u
Greater Scaup 3.1 u Peregrine Falcon 0.52 r
Lesser Scaup 13.1 fc Prairie Falcon 0.24 vr
Surf Scoter 0.04 Cas./Acc. Yellow Rail 0 Cas./Acc.
White-winged Scoter 0.12 vr King Rail 0 Cas./Acc.
Black Scoter 0 Cas./Acc. Virginia Rail 0.8 r
Long-tailed Duck 0.36 vr Sora 0.28 vr
Bufflehead 12.3 fc Common Moorhen 0.04 Cas./Acc.
Common Goldeneye 8 u American Coot 13.9 fc
Barrow's Goldeneye 0 Cas./acc. Sandhill Crane 0.24 vr
Hooded Merganser 12.1 fc Black-bellied Plover 0.12 vr
Common Merganser 1.2 r American Golden-Plover 0 Cas./Acc.
Red-breasted Merganser 0.8 r Killdeer 17.4 c
Ruddy Duck 10.9 fc American Avocet 0 Cas./Acc.
Ruffed Grouse 0.12 vr Greater Yellowlegs 2.5 u
Wild Turkey 9.1 u Lesser Yellowlegs 1.7 r
Northern Bobwhite 10.2 fc Solitary Sandpiper 0.08 Cas./Acc.
Red-throated Loon 0.04 Cas./Acc. Spotted Sandpiper 1.2 r
Pacific Loon 0 Cas./Acc. Sanderling 0.04 Cas./Acc.
Common Loon 3.8 u Western Sandpiper 0.32 vr
Pied-billed Grebe 15.9 fc Least Sandpiper 3.4 u
Horned Grebe 5.1 u Pectoral Sandpiper 0.16 vr
Red-necked Grebe 0 Cas./Acc. Dunlin 0.6 r
Eared Grebe 1.7 r Stilt Sandpiper 0 Cas./Acc.
Western Grebe 0.08 Cas./Acc. Long-billed Dowitcher 0.9 r
American White Pelican 5.4 u Wilson's Snipe 11 fc
Brown Pelican 0 Cas./Acc. American Woodcock 4 u
Double-crested Cormorant 13.2 fc Red Phalarope 0 Cas./Acc.
Anhinga 0.28 vr Parasitic Jaeger 0 Cas./Acc.
Magnificent Frigatebird 0 Cas./Acc. Laughing Gull 0.6 r
American Bittern 0.16 vr Franklin's Gull 0.12 vr
Great Blue Heron 18.7 c Little Gull 0.08 Cas./Acc.
Great Egret 6.8 u Black-headed Gull 0 Cas./Acc.
Snowy Egret 0.04 Cas./Acc. Bonaparte's Gull 8.9 u
Little Blue Heron 0.08 Cas./Acc. Ring-billed Gull 12.4 fc
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Species Name Mean # of Estimated Species Name Mean # of Estimated
counts present Status counts present Status
California Gull 0 Cas./Acc. Brown-headed Nuthatch 6.8 u
Herring Gull 3.2 u Brown Creeper 16.1 fc
Thayer's Gull 0 Cas./Acc. Rock Wren 0.08 Cas./Acc.
Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.04 Cas./Acc. Carolina Wren 19.5 vc
Glaucous Gull 0 Cas./Acc. Bewick's Wren 3.8 u
Black-legged Kittiwake 0.04 Cas./Acc. House Wren 9.1 u
Forster's Tern 2.3 r Winter Wren 13.6 fc
Rock Pigeon 16.2 fc Sedge Wren 5.7 u
Eurasian Collared-Dove 6.4 u Marsh Wren 3.3 u
White-winged Dove 0 Cas./Acc. Golden-crowned Kinglet 17.3 c
Mourning Dove 19.1 c Ruby-crowned Kinglet 18 c
Inca Dove 0.8 r Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1.4 r
Common Ground-Dove 0.16 vr Northern Wheatear 0 Cas./Acc.
Greater Roadrunner 5.2 u Eastern Bluebird 19.2 c
Groove-billed Ani 0 Cas./Acc. Mountain Bluebird 0 Cas./Acc.
Barn Owl 3.6 u Townsend's Solitaire 0 Cas./Acc.
Eastern Screech-Owl 11.1 fc Swainson's Thrush 0.04 Cas./Acc.
Great Horned Owl 11.8 fc Hermit Thrush 18.1 c
Snowy Owl 0 Cas./Acc. Wood Thrush 0 Cas./Acc.
Burrowing Owl 0 Cas./Acc. American Robin 19.3 c
Barred Owl 12.4 fc Gray Catbird 2.2 r
Long-eared Owl 0.28 vr Northern Mockingbird 19.4 c
Short-eared Owl 2.6 u Brown Thrasher 16.8 fc
Northern Saw-whet Owl 0 Cas./Acc. Brown Thrasher 16.8 fc
Common Nighthawk 0.12 vr European Starling 19.2 c
White-throated Swift 0.04 Cas./Acc. American Pipit 9.6 fc
Broad-billed Hummingbird 0 Cas./Acc. Sprague's Pipit 0.2 vr
Buff-bellied Hummingbird 0 Cas./Acc. Bohemian Waxwing 0 Cas./Acc.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 0.08 Cas./Acc. Cedar Waxwing 17.3 c
Black-chinned Hummingbird 0.12 vr Tennessee Warbler 0.04 Cas./Acc.
Anna's Hummingbird 0.04 Cas./Acc. Orange-crowned Warbler 7.5 u
Calliope Hummingbird 0 Cas./Acc. Nashville Warbler 0 Cas./Acc.
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 0.04 Cas./Acc. Northern Parula 0 Cas./Acc.
Rufous Hummingbird 0.36 vr Magnolia Warbler 0.04 Cas./Acc.
Belted Kingfisher 18.4 c Cape May Warbler 0.04 Cas./Acc.
Red-headed Woodpecker 15.6 fc Black-throated Blue Warbler 0.04 Cas./Acc.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 19.6 vc Yellow-rumped Warbler 18.8 c
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 19 c Yellow-throated Warbler 0.04 Cas./Acc.
Downy Woodpecker 19.7 vc Pine Warbler 14.2 fc
Hairy Woodpecker 17.4 c Palm Warbler 0.6 r
Red-cockaded Woodpecker 0.52 r Black-and-white Warbler 0.2 vr
Northern Flicker 19.7 vc Ovenbird 0 Cas./Acc.
Pileated Woodpecker 18.2 c Northern Waterthrush 0 Cas./Acc.
Couch's Kingbird 0 Cas./Acc. Kentucky Warbler 0.04 Cas./Acc.
Eastern Kingbird 0 Cas./Acc. Wilson's Warbler 0 Cas./Acc.
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 0 Cas./Acc. Yellow-breasted Chat 0 Cas./Acc.
Fork-tailed Flycatcher 0 Cas./Acc. Summer Tanager 0.2 vr
Loggerhead Shrike 16 fc Western Tanager 0.04 Cas./Acc.
White-eyed Vireo 0.16 vr Spotted Towhee 0.9 r
Blue-headed Vireo 0.76 r Eastern Towhee 13.1 fc
Blue Jay 19.7 vc Rufous-crowned Sparrow 0.24 vr
American Crow 19.7 vc American Tree Sparrow 2.5 u
Fish Crow 6.4 u Chipping Sparrow 13.5 fc
Horned Lark 11.2 fc Field Sparrow 18.4 c
Tree Swallow 0.08 Cas./Acc. Vesper Sparrow 7.6 u
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0.04 Cas./Acc. Lark Sparrow 0.6 r
Barn Swallow 0.08 Cas./Acc. Lark Bunting 0 Cas./Acc.
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Species Name Mean # of Estimated Species Name Mean # of Estimated
counts present Status counts present Status
Carolina Chickadee 19.5 vc Savannah Sparrow 15.1 fc
Tufted Titmouse 19.4 vc Grasshopper Sparrow 0.04 Cas./Acc.
Red-breasted Nuthatch 10.1 fc Henslow's Sparrow 0.12 vr
White-breasted Nuthatch 14.4 fc Le Conte's Sparrow 6.4 u
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow 0 Cas./Acc. Eastern Meadowlark 19 c
Fox Sparrow 17.4 c Western Meadowlark 1.5 r
Song Sparrow 19.4 vc Yellow-headed Blackbird 0 Cas./Acc.
Lincoln's Sparrow 6.2 u Rusty Blackbird 9.6 fc
Swamp Sparrow 15.2 fc Brewer's Blackbird 8.9 u
White-throated Sparrow 19.7 vc Common Grackle 18 c
Harris's Sparrow 4.7 u Great-tailed Grackle 0.8 r
White-crowned Sparrow 16.5 fc Brown-headed Cowbird 14.7 fc
Dark-eyed Junco 19.5 vc Bullock's Oriole 0 Cas./Acc.
McCown's Longspur 0 Cas./Acc. Baltimore Oriole 0 Cas./Acc.
Lapland Longspur 5.5 u Pine Grosbeak 0 Cas./Acc.
Smith's Longspur 0.44 vr Purple Finch 11.1 fc
Chestnut-collared Longspur 0 Cas./Acc. House Finch 15.8 fc
Snow Bunting 0 Cas./Acc. Red Crossbill 0.24 vr
Northern Cardinal 19.7 vc White-winged Crossbill 0 Cas./Acc.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0 Cas./Acc. Common Redpoll 0.04 Cas./Acc.
Black-headed Grosbeak 0.04 Cas./Acc. Pine Siskin 7 u
Blue Grosbeak 0 Cas./Acc. Lesser Goldfinch 0 Cas./Acc.
Lazuli Bunting 0 Cas./Acc. American Goldfinch 19.4 vc
Indigo Bunting 0.12 vr Evening Grosbeak 1.36 r
Dickcissel 0.2 vr House Sparrow 18.8 c
Red-winged Blackbird 17.3 c

 

* This checklist of winter birds in Arkansas was prepared from data collected by Christmas Bird Counts(CBC) held in Arkansas. Mainly it is based on CBCs from the ten seasons, 1995-96 to 2004-05, but in order to classify

Data analyzed and checklist prepared by Mike Mlodinow - summer 2006.