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Bird Checklists for the Colonial Coast Birding Festival Of course, not all these birds can be guaranteed, these links and lists should give you some idea of what to expect. Bird Checklist for Savannah Coastal Refuges Includes the following refuges: Blackbeard Island, Harris Neck, Savannah, Little Tybee Island, Wassaw Island, Wolf Island Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
Georgia Ornithological Society 2003 Checklist of Georgia Birds (statewide) LOONS ____ Red-throated Loon ____ Pacific Loon ____ Common Loon GREBES ____ Pied-billed Grebe ____ Horned Grebe ____ Red-necked Grebe ____ Eared Grebe ____ Western Grebe PETRELS, SHEARWATERS ____ Black-capped Petrel ____ Cory's Shearwater ____ Greater Shearwater ____ Sooty Shearwater ____ Manx Shearwater ____ Audubon's Shearwater STORM-PETRELS ____ Wilson's Storm-Petrel ____ Leach's Storm-Petrel ____ Band-rumped Storm-Petrel TROPICBIRDS ____ White-tailed Tropicbird ____ Red-billed Tropicbird BOOBIES, GANNETS ____ Masked Booby ____ Brown Booby ____ Northern Gannet PELICANS ____ American White Pelican ____ Brown Pelican CORMORANTS ____ Double-crested Cormorant ____ Great Cormorant DARTERS ____ Anhinga FRIGATEBIRDS ____ Magnificent Frigatebird BITTERNS, HERONS ____ 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, SPOONBILLS ____ White Ibis ____ Glossy Ibis ____ White-faced Ibis ____ Roseate Spoonbill STORKS ____ Wood Stork NEW WORLD VULTURES ____ Black Vulture ____ Turkey Vulture DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS ____ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ____ Fulvous Whistling-Duck ____ Greater White-fronted Goose ____ Snow Goose ____ Ross's Goose ____ Canada Goose ____ Brant ____ Tundra Swan ____ Wood Duck ____ Gadwall ____ Eurasian Wigeon ____ American Wigeon ____ American Black Duck ____ Mallard ____ Mottled Duck ____ Blue-winged Teal ____ Cinnamon Teal ____ Northern Shoveler ____ Northern Pintail ____ Green-winged Teal ____ Canvasback ____ Redhead ____ Ring-necked Duck ____ Greater Scaup ____ Lesser Scaup ____ King Eider ____ Common Eider ____ Harlequin Duck ____ Surf Scoter ____ White-winged Scoter ____ Black Scoter ____ Long-tailed Duck ____ Bufflehead ____ Common Goldeneye ____ Hooded Merganser ____ Common Merganser ____ Red-breasted Merganser ____ Masked Duck ____ Ruddy Duck HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES ____ Osprey ____ Swallow-tailed Kite ____ Mississippi Kite ____ Bald Eagle ____ Northern Harrier ____ Sharp-shinned Hawk ____ Cooper's Hawk ____ Northern Goshawk ____ Red-shouldered Hawk ____ Broad-winged Hawk ____ Red-tailed Hawk ____ Rough-legged Hawk ____ Golden Eagle FALCONS ____ American Kestrel ____ Merlin ____ Peregrine Falcon CHACHALACAS ____ Plain Chachalaca GROUSE, TURKEYS ____ Ruffed Grouse ____ Wild Turkey NEW WORLD QUAIL ____ Northern Bobwhite RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS ____ Yellow Rail ____ Black Rail ____ Clapper Rail ____ King Rail ____ Virginia Rail ____ Sora ____ Purple Gallinule ____ Common Moorhen ____ American Coot LIMPKIN ____ Limpkin CRANES ____ Sandhill Crane ____ Whooping Crane PLOVERS ____ Black-bellied Plover ____ American Golden-Plover ____ Snowy Plover ____ Wilson's Plover ____ Semipalmated Plover ____ Piping Plover ____ Killdeer OYSTERCATCHERS ____ American Oystercatcher STILTS, AVOCETS ____ Black-necked Stilt ____ American Avocet SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES ____ 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 ____ Purple Sandpiper ____ Dunlin ____ Curlew Sandpiper ____ Stilt Sandpiper ____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper ____ Ruff ____ Short-billed Dowitcher ____ Long-billed Dowitcher ____ Wilson's Snipe ____ American Woodcock ____ Wilson's Phalarope ____ Red-necked Phalarope ____ Red Phalarope SKUAS, GULLS, TERNS, SKIMMERS ____ South Polar Skua ____ Pomarine Jaeger ____ Parasitic Jaeger ____ Long-tailed Jaeger ____ Laughing Gull ____ Franklin's Gull ____ Little Gull ____ Black-headed Gull ____ Bonaparte's Gull ____ Ring-billed Gull ____ Herring Gull ____ Iceland Gull ____ Lesser Black-backed Gull ____ Glaucous Gull ____ Great Black-backed Gull ____ Sabine's Gull ____ Black-legged Kittiwake ____ Gull-billed Tern ____ Caspian Tern ____ Royal Tern ____ Sandwich Tern ____ Common Tern ____ Arctic Tern ____ Forster's Tern ____ Least Tern ____ Bridled Tern ____ Sooty Tern ____ Black Tern ____ Brown Noddy ____ Black Skimmer AUKS ____ Dovekie ____ Razorbill PIGEONS, DOVES ____ Rock Dove ____ Eurasian Collared-Dove ____ White-winged Dove ____ Mourning Dove ____ Common Ground-Dove CUCKOOS, ANIS ____ Black-billed Cuckoo ____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo ____ Smooth-billed Ani BARN OWLS ____ Barn Owl TYPICAL OWLS ____ Eastern Screech-Owl ____ Great Horned Owl ____ Snowy Owl ____ Burrowing Owl ____ Barred Owl ____ Long-eared Owl ____ Short-eared Owl ____ Northern Saw-whet Owl NIGHTJARS ____ Common Nighthawk ____ Chuck-will's-widow ____ Whip-poor-will SWIFTS ____ Chimney Swift HUMMINGBIRDS ____ Broad-billed Hummingbird ____ Magnificent Hummingbird ____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird ____ Black-chinned Hummingbird ____ Anna's Hummingbird ____ Calliope Hummingbird ____ Broad-tailed Hummingbird ____ Rufous Hummingbird ____ Allen's 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 TYRANT 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 ____ Western Kingbird ____ Eastern Kingbird ____ Gray Kingbird ____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher SHRIKES ____ Loggerhead Shrike VIREOS ____ White-eyed Vireo ____ Bell's Vireo ____ Yellow-throated Vireo ____ Blue-headed Vireo ____ Warbling Vireo ____ Philadelphia Vireo ____ Red-eyed Vireo CROWS, JAYS ____ Blue Jay ____ Florida Scrub-Jay ____ American Crow ____ Fish Crow ____ Common Raven LARKS ____ Horned Lark SWALLOWS, MARTINS ____ Purple Martin ____ Tree Swallow ____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow ____ Bank Swallow ____ Cliff Swallow ____ Cave Swallow ____ Barn Swallow CHICKADEES, TITMICE ____ Carolina Chickadee ____ Tufted Titmouse NUTHATCHES ____ Red-breasted Nuthatch ____ White-breasted Nuthatch ____ Brown-headed Nuthatch CREEPERS ____ Brown Creeper WRENS ____ Carolina Wren ____ Bewick's Wren ____ House Wren ____ Winter Wren ____ Sedge Wren ____ Marsh Wren KINGLETS ____ Golden-crowned Kinglet ____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet GNATCATCHERS ____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher THRUSHES ____ Northern Wheatear ____ Eastern Bluebird ____ Veery ____ Gray-cheeked Thrush ____ Bicknell's Thrush ____ Swainson's Thrush ____ Hermit Thrush ____ Wood Thrush ____ American Robin ____ Varied Thrush MOCKINGBIRDS, THRASHERS ____ Gray Catbird ____ Northern Mockingbird ____ Sage Thrasher ____ Brown Thrasher STARLINGS ____ European Starling PIPITS ____ American Pipit ____ Sprague's Pipit WAXWINGS ____ Cedar Waxwing WOOD-WARBLERS ____ 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 ____ Townsend's Warbler ____ Blackburnian Warbler ____ Yellow-throated Warbler ____ Pine Warbler ____ Kirtland's 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 ____ MacGillivray's Warbler ____ Common Yellowthroat ____ Hooded Warbler ____ Wilson's Warbler ____ Canada Warbler ____ Yellow-breasted Chat TANAGERS ____ Summer Tanager ____ Scarlet Tanager ____ Western Tanager EMBERIZIDS ____ Green-tailed Towhee ____ Spotted Towhee ____ Eastern 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 ____ Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow ____ Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow ____ Seaside Sparrow ____ Fox Sparrow ____ Song Sparrow ____ Lincoln's Sparrow ____ Swamp Sparrow ____ White-throated Sparrow ____ Harris's Sparrow ____ White-crowned Sparrow ____ Dark-eyed Junco ____ Lapland Longspur ____ Snow Bunting CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS, etc. ____ Northern Cardinal ____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak ____ Black-headed Grosbeak ____ Blue Grosbeak ____ Indigo Bunting ____ Painted Bunting ____ Dickcissel BLACKBIRDS ____ Bobolink ____ Red-winged Blackbird ____ Eastern Meadowlark ____ Western Meadowlark ____ Yellow-headed Blackbird ____ Rusty Blackbird ____ Brewer's Blackbird ____ Common Grackle ____ Boat-tailed Grackle ____ Shiny Cowbird ____ Brown-headed Cowbird ____ Orchard Oriole ____ Bullock's Oriole ____ Baltimore Oriole ____ Scott's Oriole FINCHES ____ Purple Finch ____ House Finch ____ Red Crossbill ____ Common Redpoll ____ Pine Siskin ____ American Goldfinch ____ Evening Grosbeak OLD WORLD SPARROWS ____ House Sparrow