Checklist for Kentucky, US

eBird Field Checklist

Kentucky, US

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415 species (+141 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Waterfowl

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Bar-headed Goose

Snow Goose

Ross's Goose

Snow x Ross's Goose (hybrid)

Snow/Ross's Goose

Graylag Goose

Swan Goose

Greater White-fronted Goose

Snow x Greater White-fronted Goose (hybrid)

Pink-footed Goose

Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)

Brant

Cackling Goose

Canada Goose

Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)

Cackling/Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Black Swan

Trumpeter Swan

Tundra Swan

Trumpeter/Tundra Swan

swan sp.

goose sp.

Egyptian Goose

Muscovy Duck

Wood Duck

Mandarin Duck

Blue-winged Teal

Cinnamon Teal

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid)

Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal

Northern Shoveler

Blue-winged Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)

Gadwall

Northern Shoveler x Gadwall (hybrid)

Eurasian Wigeon

American Wigeon

Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)

Eurasian/American Wigeon

Mallard

Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)

Wood Duck x Mallard (hybrid)

Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid)

American Black Duck

Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)

Mallard/American Black Duck

Mottled Duck

Mallard/Mottled Duck

American Black/Mottled Duck

Northern Pintail

Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)

Green-winged Teal

Blue-winged x Green-winged Teal (hybrid)

teal sp.

dabbling duck sp.

Canvasback

Redhead

Ring-necked Duck

Tufted Duck

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Greater/Lesser Scaup

Aythya sp.

King Eider

Harlequin Duck

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter

scoter sp.

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser

Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser (hybrid)

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Common/Red-breasted Merganser

merganser sp.

Ruddy Duck

duck sp.

waterfowl sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Northern Bobwhite

Wild Turkey

Ruffed Grouse

Greater Prairie-Chicken

Ring-necked Pheasant

Chukar

Flamingos

American Flamingo

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Eared Grebe

Horned/Eared Grebe

Western Grebe

Western/Clark's Grebe

grebe sp.

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Band-tailed Pigeon

Passenger Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-Dove

African Collared-Dove

Inca Dove

Common Ground Dove

White-winged Dove

Mourning Dove

pigeon/dove sp.

Cuckoos

Groove-billed Ani

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Black-billed Cuckoo

Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus sp.

cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)

Nightjars

Common Nighthawk

Chuck-will's-widow

Eastern Whip-poor-will

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Chimney Swift

Hummingbirds

Mexican Violetear

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Allen's Hummingbird

Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird

Selasphorus sp.

hummingbird sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

King Rail

Clapper Rail

Virginia Rail

Sora

Common Gallinule

American Coot

Purple Gallinule

Yellow Rail

rail/crake sp.

Limpkin

Cranes

Sandhill Crane

Whooping Crane

Shorebirds

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

American Oystercatcher

Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.

Killdeer

Semipalmated Plover

Piping Plover

plover sp.

Upland Sandpiper

Whimbrel

Hudsonian Godwit

Marbled Godwit

Short-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher

American Woodcock

Wilson's Snipe

Wilson's Phalarope

Red Phalarope

Red-necked Phalarope

Red/Red-necked Phalarope

Spotted Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper

Lesser Yellowlegs

Willet

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs

Ruddy Turnstone

Red Knot

Ruff

Curlew Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper

Red-necked Stint

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Sanderling

Dunlin

Baird's Sandpiper

Little Stint

White-rumped Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper

peep sp.

Scolopacidae sp.

large shorebird sp.

shorebird sp.

Skuas and Jaegers

Long-tailed Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

jaeger sp.

Alcids

Long-billed Murrelet

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Little Gull

Black-legged Kittiwake

Sabine's Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Black-headed Gull

Laughing Gull

Franklin's Gull

Laughing/Franklin's Gull

Short-billed Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Laughing x Ring-billed Gull (hybrid)

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Glaucous Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

California Gull

Iceland Gull

Herring/Iceland Gull

Larus sp.

gull sp.

Black Skimmer

Sooty Tern

Least Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Black Tern

Forster's Tern

Common Tern

Forster's/Common Tern

Sterna sp.

Sandwich Tern

tern sp.

gull/tern sp.

Loons

Red-throated Loon

Pacific Loon

Arctic/Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Yellow-billed Loon

loon sp.

Storm-Petrels

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Black-capped Petrel

Great Shearwater

Audubon's Shearwater

Storks

Wood Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Magnificent Frigatebird

Northern Gannet

Brown Booby

Cormorants and Anhingas

Anhinga

Double-crested Cormorant

Neotropic Cormorant

cormorant sp.

Pelicans

American White Pelican

Brown Pelican

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

American Bittern

Least Bittern

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron

Little Blue Heron

Tricolored Heron

Reddish Egret

Snowy Egret

Green Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Great Blue Heron

heron sp.

white egret sp.

White Ibis

Glossy Ibis

White-faced Ibis

Glossy x White-faced Ibis (hybrid)

Glossy/White-faced Ibis

ibis sp.

Roseate Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

new world vulture sp.

Osprey

White-tailed Kite

Swallow-tailed Kite

Golden Eagle

Mississippi Kite

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk

American Goshawk

Accipiter sp.

Bald Eagle

Golden/Bald Eagle

Red-shouldered Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

Red-shouldered/Broad-winged Hawk

Swainson's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk

Buteo sp.

hawk sp.

eagle sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

Eastern Screech-Owl

Snowy Owl

Great Horned Owl

Burrowing Owl

Barred Owl

Long-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Long-eared/Short-eared Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl

owl sp.

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Yellow-bellied/Red-naped Sapsucker

Red-headed Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes sp.

Downy Woodpecker

Red-cockaded Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Downy/Hairy Woodpecker

Ivory-billed Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

American Kestrel

Merlin

Peregrine Falcon

Prairie Falcon

large falcon sp.

small falcon sp.

falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Cockatoos

Cockatiel

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Budgerigar

Carolina Parakeet

parakeet sp.

parrot sp.

Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Acadian Flycatcher

Alder Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)

Least Flycatcher

Empidonax sp.

Eastern Phoebe

Say's Phoebe

Vermilion Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Western Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Gray Kingbird

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

new world flycatcher sp.

Vireos

White-eyed Vireo

Bell's Vireo

Yellow-throated Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo

Philadelphia Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

vireo sp.

Shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike

Northern Shrike

Loggerhead/Northern Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Blue Jay

American Crow

Fish Crow

crow sp.

Common Raven

crow/raven sp.

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Carolina Chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee

Carolina/Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Larks

Horned Lark

Martins and Swallows

Bank Swallow

Tree Swallow

Purple Martin

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Barn Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Barn x Cliff Swallow (hybrid)

Cave Swallow

Cliff/Cave Swallow

swallow sp.

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet

Nuthatches

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Treecreepers

Brown Creeper

Gnatcatchers

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Wrens

Rock Wren

House Wren

Winter Wren

Sedge Wren

Marsh Wren

Sedge/Marsh Wren

Carolina Wren

Bewick's Wren

wren sp.

Starlings and Mynas

European Starling

Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

Northern Mockingbird

Thrushes

Eastern Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird

Varied Thrush

Veery

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush

Catharus sp.

Wood Thrush

American Robin

thrush sp.

Waxwings

Cedar Waxwing

Weavers and Allies

Northern Red Bishop

Estrildids

Zebra Finch

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

House/Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

American Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Evening Grosbeak

House Finch

Purple Finch

House/Purple Finch

Common Redpoll

Red Crossbill

White-winged Crossbill

European Goldfinch

Pine Siskin

Lesser Goldfinch

American Goldfinch

Acanthis/Spinus sp.

finch sp.

Longspurs and Snow Buntings

Lapland Longspur

Smith's Longspur

Snow Bunting

New World Sparrows

Bachman's Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Clay-colored Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Brewer's Sparrow

Spizella sp.

Lark Sparrow

Lark Bunting

American Tree Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

White-crowned Sparrow

Harris's Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Sagebrush Sparrow

Vesper Sparrow

LeConte's Sparrow

Nelson's Sparrow

Ammospiza sp.

Savannah Sparrow

Henslow's Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

Green-tailed Towhee

Spotted Towhee

Eastern Towhee

Spotted/Eastern Towhee (Rufous-sided Towhee)

new world sparrow sp.

Yellow-breasted Chat

Blackbirds

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Bobolink

Western Meadowlark

Eastern Meadowlark

Western/Eastern Meadowlark

Orchard Oriole

Hooded Oriole

Bullock's Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole

Scott's Oriole

new world oriole sp.

Red-winged Blackbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Rusty Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Rusty/Brewer's Blackbird

Common Grackle

blackbird sp.

Wood-Warblers

Ovenbird

Worm-eating Warbler

Louisiana Waterthrush

Northern Waterthrush

Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush

Bachman's Warbler

Golden-winged Warbler

Blue-winged Warbler

Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler (hybrid)

Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)

Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid)

Golden-winged/Blue-winged Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler

Swainson's Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Connecticut Warbler

Mourning Warbler

Connecticut/MacGillivray's/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

Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Palm Warbler

Pine Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Setophaga sp.

Canada Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

new world warbler sp.

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies

Summer Tanager

Scarlet Tanager

Western Tanager

tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Black-headed Grosbeak

Rose-breasted/Black-headed Grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Painted Bunting

Passerina sp.

Dickcissel

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.