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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 ↓

Horned Lark 1
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 2
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 3
Certhia americana
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Polioptila caerulea
Carolina Wren 5
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Sedge Wren 4
Cistothorus platensis
Marsh Wren 6
Cistothorus palustris
Common Raven 7
Corvus corax
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue Jay 8
Cyanocitta cristata
Northern Cardinal 9
Cardinalis cardinalis
Lincoln's Sparrow 10
Melospiza lincolnii
Swamp Sparrow 11
Melospiza georgiana
Song Sparrow 12
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 13
Spizella passerina
Field Sparrow 10
Spizella pusilla
Fox Sparrow 14
Passerella iliaca
White-crowned Sparrow 15
Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated Sparrow 16
Zonotrichia albicollis
Orchard Oriole 17
Icterus spurius
Baltimore Oriole 18
Icterus galbula
Eastern Towhee 19
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Eastern Meadowlark 20
Sturnella magna
Common Grackle 21
Quiscalus quiscula
Yellow-throated Warbler 22
Dendroica dominica
Common Yellowthroat 19
Geothlypis trichas
Red-winged Blackbird 23
Agelaius phoeniceus
Evening Grosbeak 24
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden-winged Warbler 4
Vermivora chrysoptera
Summer Tanager 25
Piranga rubra
Scarlet Tanager 26
Piranga olivacea
Savannah Sparrow 27
Passerculus sandwichensis
Dark-eyed Junco 12
Junco hyemalis
Grasshopper Sparrow 28
Ammodramus savannarum
Vesper Sparrow 4
Pooecetes gramineus
Indigo Bunting 29
Passerina cyanea
Yellow-breasted Chat 30
Icteria virens
American Redstart 31
Setophaga ruticilla
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 32
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-and-white Warbler 33
Mniotilta varia
Rusty Blackbird 34
Euphagus carolinus
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Molothrus ater
Red Crossbill 35
Loxia curvirostra
Connecticut Warbler 36
Oporornis agilis
Swainson's Warbler 37
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Bobolink 38
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Prothonotary Warbler 11
Protonotaria citrea
Cliff Swallow 39
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Purple Martin 40
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 41
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 6
Tachycineta bicolor
Bank Swallow 42
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
American Robin 43
Turdus migratorius
Swainson's Thrush 44
Catharus ustulatus
Gray-cheeked Thrush 45
Catharus minimus
Hermit Thrush 46
Catharus guttatus
Veery 47
Catharus fuscescens
Eastern Bluebird 48
Sialia sialis
Wood Thrush 49
Hylocichla mustelina
Tufted Titmouse 50
Baeolophus bicolor
American Pipit 4
Anthus rubescens
White-breasted Nuthatch 51
Sitta carolinensis
Red-breasted Nuthatch 52
Sitta canadensis
European Starling 16
Sturnus vulgaris
Northern Mockingbird 38
Mimus polyglottos
Brown Thrasher 53
Toxostoma rufum
Gray Catbird 4
Dumetella carolinensis
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Myiarchus crinitus
Eastern Wood-Pewee 4
Contopus virens
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Contopus cooperi
Least Flycatcher 11
Empidonax minimus
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 4
Empidonax flaviventris
Willow Flycatcher 38
Empidonax traillii
Alder Flycatcher 54
Empidonax alnorum
Acadian Flycatcher 10
Empidonax virescens
Eastern Kingbird 55
Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern Phoebe 30
Sayornis phoebe
Philadelphia Vireo 45
Vireo philadelphicus
Yellow-throated Vireo 38
Vireo flavifrons
Red-eyed Vireo 28
Vireo olivaceus
Warbling Vireo 56
Vireo gilvus
Blue-headed Vireo 10
Vireo solitarius
White-eyed Vireo 29
Vireo griseus
Ovenbird 57
Seiurus aurocapilla
Worm-eating Warbler 4
Helmitheros vermivorum
Louisiana Waterthrush 4
Parkesia motacilla
Northern Waterthrush 58
Parkesia noveboracensis
Blue Grosbeak 59
Passerina caerulea
Blue-winged Warbler 46
Vermivora cyanoptera
Lapland Longspur 28
Calcarius lapponicus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 17
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 60
Regulus satrapa
Carolina Chickadee 17
Poecile carolinensis
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Tennessee Warbler 61
Oreothlypis peregrina
Orange-crowned Warbler 14
Oreothlypis celata
Nashville Warbler 11
Oreothlypis ruficapilla
Mourning Warbler 62
Geothlypis philadelphia
Kentucky Warbler 63
Geothlypis formosa

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