Birding Checklist

BIRDING CHECKLIST

Please help us collect data for the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory and Cornell University by completing and submitting the questionnaire below. Include the number of each species observed. Click here if you prefer a printable version of the form.

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Name *

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Last

Phone Number *

Email *

Date *

Start Time *

End Time *

Distance/Area Covered *

WATERFOWL & ALLIES

Black-Bellied Whistling Duck *

Canada Goose *

Wood Duck *

Gadwall *

American Wigeon *

Blue-Winged Teal *

Northern Shoveler *

Green-Winged Teal *

Redhead *

Ring-Necked Duck *

Lesser Scaup *

Hooded Merganser *

American Coot *

GROUSE, QUAIL & ALLIES

Northern Bobwhite *

Wild Turkey *

GREBES

Least Grebe *

Pied-Billed Grebe *

CORM/ANHING/PELICANS

Double-Crested Cormorant *

Anhinga *

American White Pelican *

HERONS, IBIS & ALLIES

Great Blue Heron *

Great Egret *

Snowy Egret *

Little Blue Heron *

Tricolored Heron *

Cattle Egret *

Green Heron *

Black-Crowned Night Heron *

Yellow-Crowned Night Heron *

White Ibis *

White-Faced Ibis *

Roseate Spoonbill *

VULTURES/HAWKS/EAGLES

Black Vulture *

Turkey Vulture *

Osprey *

White-Tailed Kite *

Swallow-Tailed Kite *

Golden Eagle *

Mississippi Kite *

Northern Harrier *

Sharp-Shinned Hawk *

Cooper's Hawk *

Accipiter sp. *

Bald Eagle *

Red-Shouldered Hawk *

Broad-Winged Hawk *

Swainson's Hawk *

Zone-Tailed Hawk *

Red-Tailed Hawk *

RAILS & ALLIES

Yellow Rail *

Sora *

CRANES

Sandhill Crane *

Whooping Crane *

SHOREBIRDS

Kildeer *

Spotted Sandpiper *

Solitary Sandpiper *

Greater Yellowlegs *

Lesser Yellowlegs *

Upland Sandpiper *

Long-Billed Curlew *

Baird's Sandpiper *

Pectoral Sandpiper *

Wilson's Snipe *

American Woodcock *

GULLS & TERNS

Laughing Gull *

Franklin's Gull *

Ring-Billed Gull *

PIGEONS & DOVES

Rock Pigeon *

Eurasian Collared-Dove *

White-Winged Dove *

Mourning Dove *

Inca Dove *

Common Ground Dove *

CUCKOOS

Yellow-Billed Cuckoo *

Black-Billed Cuckoo *

Greater Roadrunner *

Groove-Billed Ani *

OWLS

Barn Owl *

Eastern Screech-Owl *

Great Horned Owl *

Barred Owl *

Short-Eared Owl *

NIGHTJARS

Lesser Nighthawk *

Common Nighthawk *

Common Pauraque *

Common Poorwill *

Chuck-Will's-Widow *

Eastern Whip-Poor-Will *

SWIFTS

Chimney Swift *

White-Throated Swift *

HUMMINGBIRDS

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird *

Black-Chinned Hummingbird *

Broad-Tailed Hummingbird *

Rufous Hummingbird *

Broad-Billed Hummingbird *

Buff-Bellied Hummingbird *

hummingbird sp. *

KINGFISHERS

Belted Kingfisher *

WOODPECKERS

Golden-Fronted Woodpecker *

Red-Bellied Woodpecker *

Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker *

Ladder-Backed Woodpecker *

Downy Woodpecker *

Hairy Woodpecker *

Northern Flicker *

CARACARA & FALCONS

Crested Caracara *

American Kestrel *

Merlin *

Peregrine Falcon *

Prairie Falcon *

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS

Olive-Sided Flycatcher *

Western Wood-Pewee *

Eastern Wood-Pewee *

Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher *

Acadian Flycatcher *

Alder Flycatcher *

Willow Flycatcher *

Least Flycatcher *

Cordilleran Flycatcher *

Empidonax sp. *

Black Phoebe *

Eastern Phoebe *

Say's Phoebe *

Vermilion Flycatcher *

Ash-Throated Flycatcher *

Great Crested Flycatcher *

Brown-Crested Flycatcher *

Great Kiskadee *

Couch's Kingbird *

Cassin's Kingbird *

Western Kingbird *

Eastern Kingbird *

Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher *

SHRIKES

Loggerhead Shrike *

VIREOS

White-Eyed Vireo *

Bell's Vireo *

Black-Capped Vireo *

Yellow-Throated Vireo *

Plumbeous Vireo *

Cassin's Vireo *

Blue-Headed Vireo *

Hutton's Vireo *

Warbling Vireo *

Philadelphia Vireo *

Red-Eyed Vireo *

JAYS, CROWS & RAVENS

Blue Jay *

Western Scrub-Jay *

American Crow *

Common Raven *

MARTINS & SWALLOWS

No. Rough-Winged Swallow *

Purple Martin *

Tree Swallow *

Bank Swallow *

Barn Swallow *

Cliff Swallow *

Cave Swallow *

CHICKADEES & TITMICE

Carolina Chickadee *

Tufted Titmouse *

Black-Crested Titmouse *

TITS

Verdin *

NUTHATCHES

Red-Breasted Nuthatch *

White-Breasted Nuthatch *

CREEPERS

Brown Creeper *

WRENS

Carolina Wren *

Bewick's Wren *

House Wren *

Winter Wren *

Sedge Wren *

Marsh Wren *

GNATCATCHERS

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher *

KINGLETS

Golden-Crowned Kinglet *

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet *

THRUSHES

Eastern Bluebird *

Veery *

Gray-Cheeked Thrush *

Swainson's Thrush *

Hermit Thrush *

Wood Thrush *

American Robin *

MOCKINGBIRD/THRASHES

Gray Catbird *

Northern Mockingbird *

Sage Thrasher *

Brown Thrasher *

Long-Billed Thrasher *

Curve-Billed Thrasher *

STARLINGS

European Starling *

WAGTAILS & PIPITS

American Pipit *

Sprague's Pipit *

WAXWINGS

Cedar Waxwing *

WOOD WARBLERS

Ovenbird *

Worm-Eating Warbler *

Northern Waterthrush *

Louisiana Waterthrush *

Golden-Winged Warbler *

Blue-Winged Warbler *

Black-and-White Warbler *

Prothonotary Warbler *

Swainson's Warbler *

Tennessee Warbler *

Orange-Crowned Warbler *

Nashville Warbler *

Connecticut Warbler *

MacGillivray's Warbler *

Mourning Warbler *

Kentucky Warbler *

Common Yellowthroat *

Hooded Warbler *

American Redstart *

Cape May Warbler *

Cerulean Warbler *

Northern Parula *

Magnolia Warbler *

Bay-Breasted Warbler *

Blackburnian Warbler *

Yellow Warbler *

Chestnut-Sided Warbler *

Blackpoll Warbler *

Palm Warbler *

Yellow-Rumped Warbler *

Pine Warbler *

Yellow-Throated Warbler *

Prairie Warbler *

Hermit Warbler *

Townsend's Warbler *

Golden-Cheeked Warbler *

Black-Throated Green Warbler *

Canada Warbler *

Wilson's Warbler *

Yellow-Breasted Chat *

SPARROWS

Spotted Towhee *

Green-Tailed Towhee *

Eastern Towhee *

Canyon Towhee *

Rufous-Crowned Sparrow *

Cassin's 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 *

Fox Sparrow *

Song Sparrow *

Lincoln's Sparrow *

Swamp Sparrow *

White-Throated Sparrow *

Harris's Sparrow *

White-Crowned Sparrow *

Dark-Eyed Junco *

CARDINALS & ALLIES

Western Tanager *

Summer Tanager *

Scarlet Tanager *

Northern Cardinal *

Pyrrhuloxia *

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak *

Black-Headed Grosbeak *

Blue Grosbeak *

Lazuli Bunting *

Indigo Bunting *

Varied Bunting *

Painted Bunting *

Dickcissel *

BLACKBIRDS

Red-Winged Blackbird *

Eastern Meadowlark *

Western Meadowlark *

meadowlark sp. *

Yellow-Headed Blackbird *

Brewer's Blackbird *

Common Grackle *

Great-Tailed Grackle *

Bronzed Cowbird *

Brown-Headed Cowbird *

Orchard Oriole *

Hooded Oriole *

Bullock's Oriole *

Altamira Oriole *

Audubon's Oriole *

Baltimore Oriole *

Scott's Oriole *

FINCHES & ALLIES

Purple Finch *

House Finch *

Pine Siskin *

Lesser Goldfinch *

American Goldfinch *

OLD WORLD SPARROWS

House Sparrow *

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