KSU Field Ornithology Checklist

May 13, 2004

Rural Pottawatomie County

Scientific name Common name
Phalacrocorax auritus Double-crested Cormorant
Cathartes aura Turkey Vulture
Buteo jamaicensis Red-tailed Hawk
Falco sparverius American Kestrel
Meleagris gallopavo Wild Turkey
Larus delawarensis Ring-billed Gull
Columba livia Rock Pigeon
Streptopelia decaocto Eurasian Collared-Dove
Zenaida macroura Mourning Dove
Coccyzus americanus Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Archilochus colubris Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Melanerpes erythrocephalus Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus Red-bellied Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens Downy Woodpecker
Colaptes auratus Northern Flicker
Sayornis phoebe Eastern Phoebe
Myiarchus crinitus Great Crested Flycatcher
Tyrannus forficatus Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Cyanocitta cristata Blue Jay
Corvus brachyrhynchos American Crow
Tachycineta bicolor Tree Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Cliff Swallow
Poecile atricapillus Black-capped Chickadee
Baeolophus bicolor Tufted Titmouse
Sialia sialis Eastern Bluebird
Catharus ustulatus Swainson's Thrush
Turdus migratorius American Robin
Sturnus vulgaris European Starling
Toxostoma rufum Brown Thrasher
Spizella passerina Chipping Sparrow
Chondestes grammacus Lark Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum Grasshopper Sparrow
Cardinalis cardinalis Northern Cardinal
Passerina cyanea Indigo Bunting
Spiza americana Dickcissel
Dolichonyx oryzivorus Bobolink
Agelaius phoeniceus Red-winged Blackbird
Sturnella magna Eastern Meadowlark
Molothrus ater Brown-headed Cowbird
Icterus spurius Orchard Oriole
Icterus galbula Baltimore Oriole
Carpodacus mexicanus House Finch
Carduelis tristis American Goldfinch
Passer domesticus House Sparrow