Birds of Kettle River SNA

The seasons in the guide are defined as follows:
Sp (Spring) = March, April, May
Su (Summer) = June, July
Fa (Fall) = August, September, October, November
Wi (Winter) = December, January, February

Abundance codes are defined as follows:
C = Common — ...more ↓

Canada Goose ¹
Branta canadensis

Wood Duck ²
Aix sponsa

Ruffed Grouse ³
Bonasa umbellus

Mallard ⁴
Anas platyrhynchos

Common Loon ⁵
Gavia immer

Pied-billed Grebe ⁶
Podilymbus podiceps

Ring-necked Pheasant ⁷
Phasianus colchicus

American Bittern ⁸
Botaurus lentiginosus

Great Blue Heron ⁹
Ardea herodias

Green Heron ¹⁰
Butorides virescens

Osprey ¹¹
Pandion haliaetus

Turkey Vulture ¹²
Cathartes aura

Bald Eagle ¹³
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Sharp-shinned Hawk ¹⁴
Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier ⁸
Circus hudsonius

Broad-winged Hawk ¹⁵
Buteo platypterus

Red-tailed Hawk ¹⁶
Buteo jamaicensis

American Kestrel ¹⁷
Falco sparverius

Sandhill Crane ¹⁸
Antigone canadensis

Sora ¹⁹
Porzana carolina

Spotted Sandpiper ²⁰
Actitis macularius

American Woodcock ⁵
Scolopax minor

Wilson's Snipe ²¹
Gallinago delicata

Killdeer ²²
Charadrius vociferus

American Herring Gull ²³
Larus argentatus smithsonianus

Yellow-billed Cuckoo ²⁴
Coccyzus americanus

Mourning Dove ²⁵
Zenaida macroura

Great Horned Owl ²⁶
Bubo virginianus

Barred Owl ⁴
Strix varia

Common Nighthawk ¹¹
Chordeiles minor

Chimney Swift ¹¹
Chaetura pelagica

Ruby-throated Hummingbird ²⁷
Archilochus colubris

Red-headed Woodpecker ¹¹
Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Belted Kingfisher ¹⁴
Megaceryle alcyon

Red-bellied Woodpecker ²⁸
Melanerpes carolinus

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ²⁹
Sphyrapicus varius

Hairy Woodpecker ³⁰
Dryobates villosus

Downy Woodpecker ³¹
Dryobates pubescens

Pileated Woodpecker ³²
Dryocopus pileatus

Eastern Wood-Pewee ⁵
Contopus virens

Northern Flicker ³³
Colaptes auratus

Least Flycatcher ³⁴
Empidonax minimus

Eastern Phoebe ³⁵
Sayornis phoebe

Yellow-throated Vireo ³⁶
Vireo flavifrons

Great Crested Flycatcher ⁵
Myiarchus crinitus

Warbling Vireo ²⁵
Vireo gilvus

Eastern Kingbird ³⁷
Tyrannus tyrannus

Red-eyed Vireo ¹¹
Vireo olivaceus

Blue Jay ³⁸
Cyanocitta cristata

American Crow ³⁹
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven ⁴⁰
Corvus corax

Tree Swallow ⁴¹
Tachycineta bicolor

Northern Rough-winged Swallow ⁵
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow ⁴²
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Barn Swallow ⁴³
Hirundo rustica

Black-capped Chickadee ⁴⁴
Poecile atricapillus

White-breasted Nuthatch ⁴⁵
Sitta carolinensis

House Wren ⁵
Troglodytes aedon

Winter Wren ⁵
Troglodytes hiemalis

Sedge Wren ⁵
Cistothorus platensis

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ⁴⁶
Regulus calendula

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ⁵
Polioptila caerulea

Eastern Bluebird ⁴⁷
Sialia sialis

Veery ⁴⁸
Catharus fuscescens

Swainson's Thrush ¹⁵
Catharus ustulatus

Hermit Thrush ⁴⁹
Catharus guttatus

Wood Thrush ⁵⁰
Hylocichla mustelina

Gray Catbird ⁵
Dumetella carolinensis

American Robin ⁵¹
Turdus migratorius

European Starling ⁵²
Sturnus vulgaris

Cedar Waxwing ⁵³
Bombycilla cedrorum

Golden-winged Warbler ⁵⁴
Vermivora chrysoptera

Tennessee Warbler ⁵⁵
Oreothlypis peregrina

Nashville Warbler ³⁴
Oreothlypis ruficapilla

Northern Parula ⁵⁶
Setophaga americana

Yellow Warbler ⁵⁷
Setophaga petechia

Chestnut-sided Warbler ⁵⁸
Setophaga pensylvanica

Magnolia Warbler ⁵⁹
Setophaga magnolia

Yellow-rumped Warbler ⁶⁰
Setophaga coronata

Black-throated Green Warbler ⁶¹
Setophaga virens

Blackburnian Warbler ⁶²
Setophaga fusca

Pine Warbler ¹¹
Setophaga pinus

Bay-breasted Warbler ⁶³
Setophaga castanea

Black-and-white Warbler ⁶⁴
Mniotilta varia

American Redstart ⁶¹
Setophaga ruticilla

Ovenbird ⁶⁵
Seiurus aurocapilla

Northern Waterthrush ⁶⁶
Parkesia noveboracensis

Louisiana Waterthrush ¹¹
Parkesia motacilla

Mourning Warbler ⁶⁷
Geothlypis philadelphia

Common Yellowthroat ⁶⁸
Geothlypis trichas

Wilson's Warbler ⁶⁹
Cardellina pusilla

Canada Warbler ⁷⁰
Cardellina canadensis

Scarlet Tanager ⁷¹
Piranga olivacea

Eastern Towhee ⁷²
Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Chipping Sparrow ⁷³
Spizella passerina

Savannah Sparrow ⁷⁴
Passerculus sandwichensis

Swamp Sparrow ³⁴
Melospiza georgiana

White-throated Sparrow ⁷⁵
Zonotrichia albicollis

Song Sparrow ⁴⁹
Melospiza melodia

Dark-eyed Junco ⁷⁶
Junco hyemalis

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Birds of Kettle River SNA

Canada Goose 1 Branta canadensis

Wood Duck 2 Aix sponsa

Ruffed Grouse 3 Bonasa umbellus

Mallard 4 Anas platyrhynchos

Common Loon 5 Gavia immer

Pied-billed Grebe 6 Podilymbus podiceps

Ring-necked Pheasant 7 Phasianus colchicus

American Bittern 8 Botaurus lentiginosus

Great Blue Heron 9 Ardea herodias

Green Heron 10 Butorides virescens

Osprey 11 Pandion haliaetus

Turkey Vulture 12 Cathartes aura

Bald Eagle 13 Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Sharp-shinned Hawk 14 Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier 8 Circus hudsonius

Broad-winged Hawk 15 Buteo platypterus

Red-tailed Hawk 16 Buteo jamaicensis

American Kestrel 17 Falco sparverius

Sandhill Crane 18 Antigone canadensis

Sora 19 Porzana carolina

Spotted Sandpiper 20 Actitis macularius

American Woodcock 5 Scolopax minor

Wilson's Snipe 21 Gallinago delicata

Killdeer 22 Charadrius vociferus

American Herring Gull 23 Larus argentatus smithsonianus

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 24 Coccyzus americanus

Mourning Dove 25 Zenaida macroura

Great Horned Owl 26 Bubo virginianus

Barred Owl 4 Strix varia

Common Nighthawk 11 Chordeiles minor

Chimney Swift 11 Chaetura pelagica

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 27 Archilochus colubris

Red-headed Woodpecker 11 Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Belted Kingfisher 14 Megaceryle alcyon

Red-bellied Woodpecker 28 Melanerpes carolinus

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 29 Sphyrapicus varius

Hairy Woodpecker 30 Dryobates villosus

Downy Woodpecker 31 Dryobates pubescens

Pileated Woodpecker 32 Dryocopus pileatus

Eastern Wood-Pewee 5 Contopus virens

Northern Flicker 33 Colaptes auratus

Least Flycatcher 34 Empidonax minimus

Eastern Phoebe 35 Sayornis phoebe

Yellow-throated Vireo 36 Vireo flavifrons

Great Crested Flycatcher 5 Myiarchus crinitus

Warbling Vireo 25 Vireo gilvus

Eastern Kingbird 37 Tyrannus tyrannus

Red-eyed Vireo 11 Vireo olivaceus

Blue Jay 38 Cyanocitta cristata

American Crow 39 Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven 40 Corvus corax

Tree Swallow 41 Tachycineta bicolor

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5 Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow 42 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Barn Swallow 43 Hirundo rustica

Black-capped Chickadee 44 Poecile atricapillus

White-breasted Nuthatch 45 Sitta carolinensis

House Wren 5 Troglodytes aedon

Winter Wren 5 Troglodytes hiemalis

Sedge Wren 5 Cistothorus platensis

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 46 Regulus calendula

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5 Polioptila caerulea

Eastern Bluebird 47 Sialia sialis

Veery 48 Catharus fuscescens

Swainson's Thrush 15 Catharus ustulatus

Hermit Thrush 49 Catharus guttatus

Wood Thrush 50 Hylocichla mustelina

Gray Catbird 5 Dumetella carolinensis

American Robin 51 Turdus migratorius

European Starling 52 Sturnus vulgaris

Cedar Waxwing 53 Bombycilla cedrorum

Golden-winged Warbler 54 Vermivora chrysoptera

Tennessee Warbler 55 Oreothlypis peregrina

Nashville Warbler 34 Oreothlypis ruficapilla

Northern Parula 56 Setophaga americana

Yellow Warbler 57 Setophaga petechia

Chestnut-sided Warbler 58 Setophaga pensylvanica

Magnolia Warbler 59 Setophaga magnolia

Yellow-rumped Warbler 60 Setophaga coronata