Louisiana Bird Check List

Louisiana Birds

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Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, and Ducks

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Greater White-fronted Goose

Brant *

Trumpeter Swan (Q) *

American Black Duck *

White-winged Scoter *

Red-breasted Merganser

Masked Duck *

Ruddy Duck

Quail and Wild Turkey

Northern Bobwhite

Greater Prairie-Chicken (e) *

Loons

Grebes

Flamingoes

Albatrosses, Shearwaters, and Storm-petrels

Yellow-nosed Albatross *

Cory’s Shearwater *

Great Shearwater *

Manx Shearwater *

Audubon's Shearwater *

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Leach's Storm-Petrel *

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

Tropicbirds

Red-billed Tropicbird *

Storks

Jabiru *

Wood Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, Gannets, Cormorants, and Anhingas

Magnificent Frigatebird

Double-crested Cormorant

Anhinga

Pelicans, Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-herons, Ibises, and Spoonbills

American White Pelican

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

White Ibis

Glossy Ibis

White-faced Ibis

.......…..dark ibis, sp.

Roseate Spoonbill

Vultures, Ospreys, Kites, Eagles, Harriers, and Hawks

Rails, Gallinules, Coots, and Cranes

Whooping Crane (e) *

Plovers, Oystercatchers, Stilts, Avocets, Sandpipers and Allies, Gull, Terns, Skimmers, Jaegers, and Murrelets

Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

American Oystercatcher

Eskimo Curlew (E?) *

Black-tailed Godwit *

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Ruff *

Short-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

.......…..dowitcher, sp.

Wilson’s Snipe

American Woodcock

Wilson's Phalarope

Red-necked Phalarope *

Red Phalarope *

Black-legged Kittiwake *

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Glaucous Gull *

Great Black-backed Gull *

Pigeons, Doves, and Ground-doves

Rock Pigeon (I)

Band-tailed Pigeon *

Eurasian Collared-Dove (I)

Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis

Barn Owls and True Owls

Northern Saw-whet Owl *

Goatsuckers

Lesser Nighthawk *

Common Nighthawk

Antillean Nighthawk *

Chuck-will's-widow

Eastern Whip-poor-will

Swifts and Hummingbirds

Chimney Swift

Vaux's Swift *

Green Violet-ear *

Green-breasted Mango *

Broad-billed Hummingbird *

Buff-bellied Hummingbird

Blue-throated Hummingbird *

Magnificent Hummingbird *

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird *

Calliope Hummingbird

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Allen's Hummingbird *

Kingfishers

Ringed Kingfisher *

Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers

Red-headed Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Williamson's Sapsucker *

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Red-naped Sapsucker *

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Red-cockaded Woodpecker

Northern "Yellow-shafted" Flicker

............."Red-shafted Flicker” (Q) *

Pileated Woodpecker

Ivory-billed Woodpecker (E?) *

Caracaras and Falcons

Parakeets

Monk Parakeet (I)

Carolina Parakeet (E)

Songbirds

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Western Wood-Pewee *

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Hammond's Flycatcher *

Gray Flycatcher *

Pacific-slope Flycatcher *

Cordilleran Flycatcher *

......…...Empidonax, sp.

Eastern Phoebe

Say's Phoebe *

Vermilion Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Brown-crested Flycatcher *

Great Kiskadee *

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher *

Crowned Slaty Flycatcher *

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Fork-tailed Flycatcher *

Loggerhead Shrike

White-eyed Vireo

Bell's Vireo *

Yellow-throated Vireo

Black-whiskered Vireo *

Brown-chested Martin *

Tree Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Townsend's Solitaire *

Curve-billed Thrasher *

European Starling (I)

Chestnut-collared Longspur *

Louisiana Waterthrush

Northern Waterthrush

Bachman's Warbler (E?) *

Golden-winged Warbler

Blue-winged Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler

Swainson's Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Lucy's Warbler *

Nashville Warbler

Virginia's Warbler *

Connecticut Warbler *

MacGillivray's Warbler *

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Palm Warbler

Pine Warbler

Yellow-rumped "Myrtle" Warbler

............."Audubon's Warbler” *

Yellow-throated Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler *

Townsend's Warbler *

Hermit Warbler *

Black-throated Green Warbler

Green-tailed Towhee *

American Tree Sparrow *

White-throated Sparrow

Harris's Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow *

Dark-eyed "Slate-colored" Junco

............"Gray-headed Junco” *

............"Oregon Junco”

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Black-headed Grosbeak *

Yellow-headed Blackbird

House Finch (I)

House Sparrow (I)

aList is based on the Official La. Checklist (Dittmann, LBRC April 2011) with updates through AOU’s Check-list of North American Birds 7th edition [AOU 1998, updated through 53nd Supplement (AOU 2012)]. The list was compiled with edits 20 November 2012 and retains legend utilized in Dittmann, LBRC (2011):

* = species on Review List of the Louisiana Bird Records Committee [(http://losbird.org/lbrc/lbrc.htm) (extremely rare in state; requires documentation)]; (E) = extinct; (e) = formerly present but now extirpated in Louisiana; (Q) = status in question; (I) = established introduced population, or records originate from established introduced population; H = Hypothetical (none currently so designated: LBRC requires specimen/photo for acceptance of First State Record)

bMonk Parakeet was added by Michael Seymour, LDWF (so public knows it is expected in the state). Due to certain occurrence criteria not being met at this date, the species is not listed on the Official La. Checklist (Dittmann, LBRC 2011).

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