Master Bird Lists

West Volusia Bird List
Prepared by
West Volusia Audubon Society
February, 2014

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West Volusia Bird List

This bird list has been prepared by West Volusia Audubon Society and it lists every species known to have occurred in the western half of Volusia County. No attempt has been made to identify habitats used and seasons of occurrence but we have indicated how common it is likely to be should you be in the right habitat at the right time of year. Space has instead been given to you so that you can note the first date seen.

The following categories of abundance have been used:

C – Certain to be seen in the right season and in a suitable habitat

U – Chance of seeing it in the right season and the right habitat

R – Not seen every year but still a possibility

V – Do not expect to see, there may be just one record for our area.

 

Common Name Scientific name Fr. Date Date Date
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis R
Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor R
Snow Goose Chen caerulescens R
Ross’s Goose Chen rossii V
Canada Goose Branta canadensis R
Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata U
Wood Duck Aix sponsa U
Gadwall Anas strepera R
American Wigeon Anas americana R
American Black Duck Anas rubripes V
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos U
Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula U
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors U
Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera V
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata U
Northern Pintail Anas acuta R
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca U
Canvasback Aythya valisineria R
Redhead Aythya americana V
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris U
Greater Scaup Aythya marila V
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis R
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola V
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula V
Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus U
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator V
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis R
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus U
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo U
Common Loon Gavia immer V
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps U
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus V
Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis V
Wood Stork Mycteria americana U
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens V
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus U
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga U
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos V
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis V
American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus R
Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis U
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias U
Great Egret Ardea alba U
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea U
 
Snowy Egret Egretta thula U
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor U
Cattle Egret Bubulcus virescens U
Green Heron Butorides virescens U
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax R
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea V
White Ibis Eudocimus albus U
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus U
Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja U
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus C
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura C
Osprey Pandion haliaetus C
Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus C
Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis V
Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis V
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus C
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus U
Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter stratus U
Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii U
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus C
Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus R
Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus R
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis U
Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis R
King Rail Rallus elegans R
Virginia Rail Rallus limicola R
Sora Porzana carolina U
Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica U
Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata U
American Coot Fulica americana U
Limpkin Aramus guarauna U
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis C
Whooping Crane Grus americana V
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus R
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus U
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus R
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana V
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius U
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria R
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca U
Willet Tringa semipalmata V
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes U
Sanderling Calidris alba V
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla R
 
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri R
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla U
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis R
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos R
Dunlin Calidris alpina V
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus V
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus V
Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago delicata U
American Woodcock Scolopax minor R
Bonaparte’s Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia R
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla R
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis U
Herring Gull Larus argentatus V
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus V
Least Tern Sternula antillarum R
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia R
Black Tern Chlidonias niger R
Common Tern Sterna hirundo V
Forster’s Tern Sterna forsteri U
Royal Tern Thalasseus maxima V
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger V
Rock Pigeon Columba livia C
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto U
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica U
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura C
Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina U
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus U
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus V
Barn Owl Tyto alba R
Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio U
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus U
Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia V
Barred Owl Strix varia C
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor U
Chuck-will’s-widow Antrostomus carolinensis C
Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus R
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica C
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris U
Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus V
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon U
Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus U
Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus C
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius U
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens C
 
Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus R
Red-cockaded Woodpecker Picoides borealis V
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus U
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus C
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway R
American Kestrel Falco sparverius U
Merlin Falco columbarius U
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus U
Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens U
Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens U
Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus V
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe U
Vermillion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus V
Great-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus C
Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis V
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus U
Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis V
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus U
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus C
Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons U
Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius U
Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus V
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus C
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata C
Florida Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma coerulescens U
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos C
Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus C
Purple Martin Progne subis U
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor C
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis U
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia U
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota U
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica U
Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis U
Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor C
White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis V
Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla U
House Wren Troglodytes aedon C
Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis U
Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris U
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus C
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea C
Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa R
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula C
 
Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis U
Veery Catharus fuscescens U
Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus U
Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus U
Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus U
American Robin Turdus migratorius C
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis C
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos C
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum C
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris U
American Pipit Anthus rubescens U
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum C
Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla U
Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum U
Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla R
Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis U
Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera R
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia U
Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea U
Swainson’s Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii R
Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina U
Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata U
Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa R
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas C
Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina U
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla U
Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina U
Northern Parula Setophaga americana C
Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia U
Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca U
Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia U
Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica U
Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata U
Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens U
Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum C
Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus C
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata C
Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica U
Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor U
Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens U
Wilson’s Warbler Cardellina pusilla V
Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens R
Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus U
Bachman’s Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis U
 
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina U
Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida V
Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla R
Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus R
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis U
Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum U
Le Conte’s Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii R
Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca V
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia U
Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii R
Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana C
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis V
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys R
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis V
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra U
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea U
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis C
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus R
Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea U
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea U
Painted Bunting Passerina ciris U
Dickcissel Spiza americana V
Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus U
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus C
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna U
Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus R
Brewer’s Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus R
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula C
Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major C
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater U
Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius R
Bullock’s Oriole Icterus bullockii V
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula U
Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus R
House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus U
Pine Siskin Spinus pinus R
American Goldfinch Spinus tristis U
House Sparrow Passer domesticus U