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The Birds of the Breaks and Nearby Areas

This is a guide to the birds that can be found in or near Breaks Interstate Park (BIP), an interstate park located on the border of Kentucky and Virginia. Dickensen County, VA and Pike County, KY and portions of Buchanan County, VA close to the Breaks. It is meant for BIP guests, locals, and ...more ↓

Sora 1
Porzana carolina
Common Moorhen 2
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 3
Fulica americana
Ruffed Grouse 4
Bonasa umbellus
Wild Turkey 5
Meleagris gallopavo
Northern Bobwhite 6
Colinus virginianus
Black-billed Cuckoo 7
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 8
Coccyzus americanus
Belted Kingfisher 9
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Pigeon 10
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 11
Zenaida macroura
Passenger Pigeon 12
Ectopistes migratorius
Stilt Sandpiper 13
Calidris himantopus
Dunlin 14
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 15
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper 16
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 17
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper 7
Calidris fuscicollis
Solitary Sandpiper 18
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs 18
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 19
Tringa flavipes
Common Snipe 20
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 7
Scolopax minor
Upland Sandpiper 7
Bartramia longicauda
Horned Grebe 18
Podiceps auritus
Pied-billed Grebe 21
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 22
Phalacrocorax auritus
Ring-billed Gull 23
Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull 24
Larus argentatus
Common Tern 25
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 26
Chlidonias niger
Peregrine Falcon 27
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 28
Falco sparverius
Turkey Vulture 29
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture 30
Coragyps atratus
Killdeer 31
Charadrius vociferus
Semipalmated Plover 32
Charadrius semipalmatus
American Golden Plover 7
Pluvialis dominica
Little Blue Heron 33
Egretta caerulea
Great Blue Heron 1
Ardea herodias
Cattle Egret 28
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 34
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 35
Botaurus lentiginosus
Sharp-shinned Hawk 36
Accipiter striatus
Northern Goshawk 37
Accipiter gentilis
Cooper's Hawk 38
Accipiter cooperii
Red-shouldered Hawk 32
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 39
Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk 40
Buteo platypterus
Bald Eagle 41
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 42
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 28
Chaetura pelagica
Tundra Swan 28
Cygnus columbianus
American Black Duck 34
Anas rubripes
Mallard 43
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail 44
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 20
Anas crecca
Blue-winged Teal 45
Anas discors
Northern Shoveler 45
Anas clypeata
Common Goldeneye 46
Bucephala clangula
Bufflehead 45
Bucephala albeola
Red-breasted Merganser 47
Mergus serrator
Ring-necked Duck 45
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup 48
Aythya affinis
Redhead
Aythya americana
Canvasback 7
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 49
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 50
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 51
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 34
Lophodytes cucullatus
Horned Lark 52
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 53
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 54
Certhia americana
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7
Polioptila caerulea
Carolina Wren 55
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Sedge Wren 7
Cistothorus platensis
Marsh Wren 45
Cistothorus palustris
Common Raven 56
Corvus corax
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue Jay 57
Cyanocitta cristata
Northern Cardinal 58
Cardinalis cardinalis
Lincoln's Sparrow 59
Melospiza lincolnii
Swamp Sparrow 60
Melospiza georgiana
Song Sparrow 61
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 62
Spizella passerina
Field Sparrow 59
Spizella pusilla
Fox Sparrow 9
Passerella iliaca
White-crowned Sparrow 63
Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated Sparrow 64
Zonotrichia albicollis
Orchard Oriole 13
Icterus spurius
Baltimore Oriole 65
Icterus galbula
Eastern Towhee 34
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Eastern Meadowlark 66
Sturnella magna
Common Grackle 67
Quiscalus quiscula
Yellow-throated Warbler 68
Dendroica dominica
Common Yellowthroat 34
Geothlypis trichas
Red-winged Blackbird 69
Agelaius phoeniceus
Evening Grosbeak 46
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden-winged Warbler 7
Vermivora chrysoptera

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