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Checklist of Ohio Birds

Species listed are reasonably expected to  occur annually in Ohio.  Species observed that are not on this checklist should be reported to Columbus Audubon.  Sequence based on the AOU Check-list of North American Birds, 7th edition, 1998. 


LOONS, GREBES & CORMORANT

Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crest. Cormorant

HERONS & BITTERNS

American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crn. Night Heron
Yellow-crn. Night Heron

VULTURES

Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture

SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS

Tundra Swan
Mute Swan
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Oldsquaw
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck

HAWKS, EAGLE & FALCONS

Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon

GAME BIRDS

Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Northern Bobwhite

RAILS, MOORHEN, COOT, CRANE

King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Sandhill Crane

SHOREBIRDS

Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
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
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
American Woodcock
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
GULLS & TERNS

Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Tern

DOVES & CUCKOOS

Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo

OWLS

Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl

GOATSUCKERS, SWIFTS, ETC.

Common Nighthawk
Chuck-will's Widow
Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
Ruby-thrt. Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher

WOODPECKERS

Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker

FLYCATCHERS

Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird

SHRIKES & VIREOS

Northern Shrike
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo

JAY & CROW

Blue Jay
American Crow

LARK & SWALLOWS

Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow

CHICKADEES, TITMOUSE, ETC.

Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper

WRENS, KINGLETS

Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

THRUSHES & MIMICS

Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
STARLING, PIPIT, WAXWING

European Starling
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing

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-thrt. Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-thr. Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black & White Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat

TANAGERS, TOWHEE & SPARROWS

Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting

CARDINAL, ETC.

Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel

MEADOWLARKS, BLACKBIRDS

Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole

FINCHES & HOUSE SPARROW

Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow

List prepared by Marcus C. England and David J. Horn, Sept.1998.

Columbus Audubon
P.O. Box 141350
Columbus, OH 43214
614-451-4591

Central Ohio Rare Bird Alert:
614-221-9736

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