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OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCESDIVISION OF WILDLIFEThis checklist represents a comprehensive list of all birdsseen in Ohio as of October 2015. Only species that have indisputable documentation supporting an unequivocal record areincluded. At present, the Ohio state list stands at 427 species.Species are arranged taxonomically, and separated by family.Taxonomic order follows the American Ornithologists’ Union.Approximately 180 species breed in Ohio every year, andincluding historical nesters, 212 species have been documentedas breeding in the state. Species which have been validated asnesting are boldfaced. Six species are non-native, but established; they are printed in italics.Each species is denoted by a number, 1 through 5, or asextirpated or extinct. Some species tagged with a 4 exceed thethreshold of a 3 based largely on historical records, and arevery difficult to find now. Following are the definitions of thesecategories, and how many species fall into each:1 ONE RECORD (39 species)2 TWO TO TEN RECORDS (50 species)3 ELEVEN TO TWENTY RECORDS (12 species)4 RARE TO UNCOMMON; MAY NOT OCCURANNUALLY (94 species)5 OCCURS ANNUALLY; EASILY FOUND(225 species)EXTINCT NO LONGER EXISTS ANYWHERE(4 species)EXTIRPATED NO LONGER PRESENT IN OHIO,ALTHOUGH FOUND ELSEWHERE(3 species)The Ohio Division of Wildlife owns and/or manages 139wildlife areas totaling approximately 195,000 acres. Some ofthese wildlife areas are among the most iconic birding sites inthe state, such as Magee Marsh, Killbuck Marsh, Big Island,Killdeer Plains, Pickerel Creek, and Crown City. Collectively,the Division of Wildlife’s holdings support nearly all of thebird species regularly seen in Ohio.Support Conservation!Contact us at: wildohio.govor by calling 1-800-WILDLIFE

BIRDSof OHIOFIELD CHECKLISTTABLE OF CONTENTSPAGE FOUR . 04Ducks, Geese, SwansQuailPAGE FIVE . 05Pheasant, Grouse,Prairie-Chicken, dGannetCormorantsAnhingaPAGE SIX . 06PelicansBitterns, Egrets, HeronsIbis, SpoonbillVulturesOspreyEagles, Harrier, Kites,HawksPAGE SEVEN . 07Coot, Gallinule, Moorhen,RailsCraneAvocet, StiltLapwing, PloversSandpipersPAGE EIGHT . 08Sandpipers (cont.)JaegersGuillemot, Murre,Murrelets, PuffinGulls, TernsPAGE NINE . 09Doves, PigeonsAnis, CuckoosBarn OwlTypical OwlsPAGE TEN . aracara, FalconsParakeetFlycatchersPAGE ELEVEN . 11Flycatchers (cont.)ShrikesVireosCrows, Jay, Magpie,RavenLarkMartin, SwallowsPAGE TWELVE . 12Chickadees, heatearThrushesPAGE THIRTEEN . 13Catbird, s, Snow BuntingWarblersPAGE FOURTEEN . 14Warblers (cont.)SparrowsPAGE FIFTEEN . 15Sparrows (cont.)Buntings, Dickcissel,Cardinal, Grosbeaks,TanagersBlackbirdsFinchesOld World Sparrow

Ducks, Geese, SwansBlack-bellied Whistling-Duck 2Fulvous Whistling-Duck 3Greater White-fronted Goose 4Snow Goose 5Ross’s Goose 4Brant 4Cackling Goose 4Canada Goose 5Mute Swan 5Trumpeter Swan 5Tundra Swan 5Wood Duck 5Gadwall 5Eurasian Wigeon 4American Wigeon 5American Black Duck 5Mallard 5Blue-winged Teal 5Cinnamon Teal 2Northern Shoveler 5Northern Pintail 5Garganey 2Green-winged Teal 5Canvasback 5Redhead 5Ring-necked Duck 5Tufted Duck 2Greater Scaup 5Lesser Scaup 5King Eider 4Common Eider 2Harlequin Duck 4Surf Scoter 5White-winged Scoter 4Black Scoter 5Long-tailed Duck 4Bufflehead 5Common Goldeneye 5Barrow’s Goldeneye 2Hooded Merganser 5Common Merganser 5Red-breasted Merganser 5Ruddy Duck 54

QuailNorthern Bobwhite 5Pheasant, Grouse,Prairie-Chicken, TurkeyRing-necked Pheasant 5Ruffed Grouse 5Greater Prairie-Chicken (Extirpated)Wild Turkey 5LoonsRed-throated Loon 4Pacific Loon 2Common Loon 5Arctic Loon 1GrebesPied-billed Grebe 5Horned Grebe 5Red-necked Grebe 4Eared Grebe 4Western Grebe 3PetrelBlack-capped Petrel 1Storm-PetrelLeach’s Storm-Petrel 1StorkWood Stork 2FrigatebirdMagnificent Frigatebird 2GannetNorthern Gannet 4CormorantsNeotropic Cormorant 1Double-crested Cormorant 5AnhingaAnhinga 25

PelicansAmerican White Pelican 4Brown Pelican 2Bitterns, Egrets, HeronsAmerican Bittern 4Least Bittern 4Great Blue Heron 5Great Egret 5Snowy Egret 5Little Blue Heron 4Tricolored Heron 4Reddish Egret 1Cattle Egret 4Green Heron 5Black-crowned Night-Heron 5Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4Ibis, SpoonbillWhite Ibis 3Glossy Ibis 4White-faced Ibis 3Roseate Spoonbill 2VulturesBlack Vulture 5Turkey Vulture 5OspreyOsprey 5Eagles, Harrier, Kites, HawksSwallow-tailed Kite 2Mississippi Kite 4Bald Eagle 5Northern Harrier 5Sharp-shinned Hawk 5Cooper’s Hawk 5Northern Goshawk 4Harris’s Hawk 1Red-shouldered Hawk 5Broad-winged Hawk 5Swainson’s Hawk 2Red-tailed Hawk 5Rough-legged Hawk 5Golden Eagle 46

Coot, Gallinule, Moorhen, RailsYellow Rail 4Black Rail 3King Rail 4Virginia Rail 5Sora 5Purple Gallinule 4Common Gallinule 5American Coot 5CraneSandhill Crane 5Avocet, StiltBlack-necked Stilt 4American Avocet 4Lapwing, PloversNorthern Lapwing 1Black-bellied Plover 5American Golden-Plover 5Snowy Plover 2Wilson’s Plover 1Semipalmated Plover 5Piping Plover 4Killdeer 5SandpipersSpotted Sandpiper 5Solitary Sandpiper 5Spotted Redshank 1Greater Yellowlegs 5Willet 4Lesser Yellowlegs 5Upland Sandpiper 4Eskimo Curlew (Extinct)Whimbrel 4Long-billed Curlew 2Hudsonian Godwit 4Marbled Godwit 4Ruddy Turnstone 5Red Knot 4Ruff 4Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 2Stilt Sandpiper 5Curlew Sandpiper 27

Sandpipers (cont.)Red-necked Stint 1Sanderling 5Dunlin 5Purple Sandpiper 4Baird’s Sandpiper 5Least Sandpiper 5White-rumped Sandpiper 5Buff-breasted Sandpiper 4Pectoral Sandpiper 5Semipalmated Sandpiper 5Western Sandpiper 5Short-billed Dowitcher 5Long-billed Dowitcher 5Wilson’s Snipe 5Eurasian Woodcock 1American Woodcock 5Wilson’s Phalarope 4Red-necked Phalarope 4Red Phalarope 4JaegersPomarine Jaeger 4Parasitic Jaeger 4Long-tailed Jaeger 3Guillemot, Murre,Murrelets, PuffinThick-billed Murre 3Black Guillemot 1Long-billed Murrelet 1Ancient Murrelet 1Atlantic Puffin 1Gulls, TernsBlack-legged Kittiwake 4Ivory Gull 1Sabine’s Gull 4Bonaparte’s Gull 5Black-headed Gull 4Little Gull 4Ross’s Gull 1Laughing Gull 4Franklin’s Gull 4Black-tailed Gull 1Heermann’s Gull 2Mew Gull 28

Ring-billed Gull 5California Gull 4Herring Gull 5Thayer’s Gull 4Iceland Gull 4Lesser Black-backed Gull 4Glaucous Gull 4Great Black-backed Gull 5Sooty Tern 1Least Tern 4Large-billed Tern 1Caspian Tern 5Black Tern 4Common Tern 5Arctic Tern 2Forster’s Tern 5Royal Tern 2Doves, PigeonsRock Pigeon 5Eurasian Collared-Dove 4Passenger Pigeon (Extinct)Common Ground-Dove 1White-winged Dove 2Mourning Dove 5Anis, CuckoosYellow-billed Cuckoo 5Black-billed Cuckoo 5Smooth-billed Ani 1Groove-billed Ani 2Barn OwlBarn Owl 4Typical OwlsEastern Screech-Owl 5Great Horned Owl 5Snowy Owl 4Northern Hawk Owl 2Burrowing Owl 2Barred Owl 5Great Gray Owl 2Long-eared Owl 4Short-eared Owl 4Boreal Owl 1Northern Saw-whet Owl 49

NightjarsCommon Nighthawk 5Chuck-will’s-widow 4Eastern Whip-poor-will 4SwiftChimney Swift 5HummingbirdsGreen Violetear 1Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5Anna’s Hummingbird 1Rufous Hummingbird 4Allen’s Hummingbird 1Calliope Hummingbird 1KingfisherBelted Kingfisher 5WoodpeckersRed-headed Woodpecker 5Red-bellied Woodpecker 5Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5Downy Woodpecker 5Hairy Woodpecker 5Red-cockaded Woodpecker 2Black-backed Woodpecker 3Northern Flicker 5Pileated Woodpecker 5Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Extinct)Caracara, FalconsCrested Caracara 1American Kestrel 5Merlin 5Gyrfalcon 2Peregrine Falcon 5Prairie Falcon 2ParakeetCarolina Parakeet (Extinct)FlycatchersOlive-sided Flycatcher 4Eastern Wood-Pewee 5Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 510

Acadian Flycatcher 5Alder Flycatcher 5Willow Flycatcher 5Least Flycatcher 5Gray Flycatcher 2Dusky Flycatcher 1Eastern Phoebe 5Say’s Phoebe 2Vermilion Flycatcher 2Great Crested Flycatcher 5Western Kingbird 4Eastern Kingbird 5Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 2ShrikesLoggerhead Shrike 4Northern Shrike 4VireosWhite-eyed Vireo 5Bell’s Vireo 4Yellow-throated Vireo 5Blue-headed Vireo 5Warbling Vireo 5Philadelphia Vireo 5Red-eyed Vireo 5Crows, Jay, Magpie, RavenBlue Jay 5Black-billed Magpie 2American Crow 5Fish Crow 2Common Raven 4LarkHorned Lark 5Martin, SwallowsPurple Martin 5Tree Swallow 5Violet-green Swallow 1Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5Bank Swallow 5Cliff Swallow 5Cave Swallow 3Barn Swallow 511

Chickadees, TitmouseCarolina Chickadee 5Black-capped Chickadee 5Boreal Chickadee 2Tufted Titmouse 5NuthatchesRed-breasted Nuthatch 5White-breasted Nuthatch 5Brown-headed Nuthatch 1CreeperBrown Creeper 5WrensRock Wren 2House Wren 5Winter Wren 5Sedge Wren 4Marsh Wren 5Carolina Wren 5Bewick’s Wren (Extirpated)GnatcatcherBlue-gray Gnatcatcher 5KingletsGolden-crowned Kinglet 5Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5WheatearNorthern Wheatear 2ThrushesEastern Bluebird 5Mountain Bluebird 2Townsend’s Solitaire 2Veery 5Gray-cheeked Thrush 5Swainson’s Thrush 5Hermit Thrush 5Wood Thrush 5American Robin 5Varied Thrush 412

Catbird, Thrasher, MockingbirdGray Catbird 5Brown Thrasher 5Northern Mockingbird 5StarlingEuropean Starling 5PipitsAmerican Pipit 5Sprague’s Pipit 2WaxwingsBohemian Waxwing 4Cedar Waxwing 5Longspurs, Snow BuntingLapland Longspur 5Smith’s Longspur 4Snow Bunting 5WarblersOvenbird 5Worm-eating Warbler 5Louisiana Waterthrush 5Northern Waterthrush 5Golden-winged Warbler 4Blue-winged Warbler 5Black-and-white Warbler 5Prothonotary Warbler 5Swainson’s Warbler 3Tennessee Warbler 5Orange-crowned Warbler 4Nashville Warbler 5Connecticut Warbler 4Mourning Warbler 4Kentucky Warbler 5Common Yellowthroat 5Hooded Warbler 5American Redstart 5Kirtland’s Warbler 4Cape May Warbler 5Cerulean Warbler 5Northern Parula 5Magnolia Warbler 513

Warblers (cont.)Bay-breasted Warbler 5Blackburnian Warbler 5Yellow Warbler 5Chestnut-sided Warbler 5Blackpoll Warbler 5Black-throated Blue Warbler 5Palm Warbler 5Pine Warbler 5Yellow-rumped Warbler 5Yellow-throated Warbler 5Prairie Warbler 5Black-throated Gray Warbler 2Townsend’s Warbler 2Black-throated Green Warbler 5Canada Warbler 5Wilson’s Warbler 5Painted Redstart 1Yellow-breasted Chat 5SparrowsGreen-tailed Towhee 2Spotted Towhee 2Eastern Towhee 5Cassin’s Sparrow 1Bachman’s Sparrow (Extirpated)American Tree Sparrow 5Chipping Sparrow 5Clay-colored Sparrow 4Field Sparrow 5Vesper Sparrow 5Lark Sparrow 4Black-throated Sparrow 2Lark Bunting 3Savannah Sparrow 5Grasshopper Sparrow 5Baird’s Sparrow 1Henslow’s Sparrow 5Le Conte’s Sparrow 4Nelson’s Sparrow 4Fox Sparrow 5Song Sparrow 5Lincoln’s Sparrow 5Swamp Sparrow 5White-throated Sparrow 5Harris’s Sparrow 414

White-crowned Sparrow 5Golden-crowned Sparrow 2Dark-eyed Junco 5Buntings, Dickcissel, Cardinal,Grosbeaks, TanagersSummer Tanager 5Scarlet Tanager 5Western Tanager 2Northern Cardinal 5Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5Black-headed Grosbeak 2Blue Grosbeak 5Indigo Bunting 5Painted Bunting 2Dickcissel 5BlackbirdsBobolink 5Red-winged Blackbird 5Eastern Meadowlark 5Western Meadowlark 4Yellow-headed Blackbird 4Rusty Blackbird 5Brewer’s Blackbird 4Common Grackle 5Great-tailed Grackle 1Brown-headed Cowbird 5Orchard Oriole 5Bullock’s Oriole 2Baltimore Oriole 5FinchesBrambling 1Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 1Pine Grosbeak 4House Finch 5Purple Finch 5Red Crossbill 4White-winged Crossbill 4Common Redpoll 4Hoary Redpoll 3Pine Siskin 5American Goldfinch 5Evening Grosbeak 4Old World SparrowHouse Sparrow 515