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Common Bird Species of Richmond National Battlefield

Species contained within this guide are adapted from the NPSpecies data system created by the National Park Service. NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed ...more ↓

Turkey Vulture 1
Cathartes aura
Mourning Dove 2
Zenaida macroura
Northern Cardinal 3
Cardinalis cardinalis
Indigo Bunting 4
Passerina cyanea
Summer Tanager 5
Piranga rubra
American Crow 6
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue Jay 7
Cyanocitta cristata
Dark-eyed Junco 8
Junco hyemalis
Song Sparrow 8
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 9
Spizella passerina
Field Sparrow 10
Spizella pusilla
White-throated Sparrow 11
Zonotrichia albicollis
American Goldfinch 12
Spinus tristis
Red-winged Blackbird 13
Agelaius phoeniceus
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Molothrus ater
Common Grackle 14
Quiscalus quiscula
Tufted Titmouse 15
Baeolophus bicolor
Carolina Chickadee 16
Poecile carolinensis
Yellow-rumped Warbler 17
Setophaga coronata
Common Yellowthroat 18
Geothlypis trichas
Pine Warbler 3
Setophaga pinus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Polioptila caerulea
White-breasted Nuthatch 19
Sitta carolinensis
Carolina Wren 20
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Wood Thrush 21
Hylocichla mustelina
Eastern Bluebird 22
Sialia sialis
American Robin 23
Turdus migratorius
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Contopus virens
White-eyed Vireo 3
Vireo griseus
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Vireo olivaceus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 24
Melanerpes carolinus
Red-tailed Hawk 25
Buteo jamaicensis
Red-shouldered Hawk 26
Buteo lineatus
Black Vulture 27
Coragyps atratus
Chimney Swift 28
Chaetura pelagica
Wild Turkey 29
Meleagris gallopavo
Cedar Waxwing 30
Bombycilla cedrorum
Blue Grosbeak 31
Passerina caerulea
Scarlet Tanager 3
Piranga olivacea
Eastern Towhee 18
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Gray Catbird 3
Dumetella carolinensis
Northern Mockingbird 32
Mimus polyglottos
Brown Thrasher 3
Toxostoma rufum
European Starling 11
Sturnus vulgaris
Eastern Phoebe 33
Sayornis phoebe
Great Blue Heron 34
Ardea herodias
Northern Flicker 35
Colaptes auratus
Pileated Woodpecker 36
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-headed Woodpecker 21
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Downy Woodpecker 37
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 38
Picoides villosus

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