Bird List for
Better Birdwatching
in Louisiana & Mississippi- 151 species
FLYCATCHERS
__ Eastern Wood-Pewee
__ Eastern Phoebe
__ Great-crested Flycatcher
__ Acadian Flycatcher
__ Eastern Kingbird
SHRIKES, VIREOS
__ Loggerhead Shrike
__ White-eyed Vireo
__ Yellow-throated Vireo
__ Blue-headed Vireo
__ Red-eyed Vireo
JAYS, CROWS
__ Blue Jay
__ American Crow
__ Fish Crow
SWALLOWS
__ Purple Martin
__ Tree Swallow
__ Northern Rough-
winged Swallow
__ Barn Swallow
CHICKADEES, TITMICE
__ Carolina Chickadee
__ Tufted Titmouse
NUTHATCHES, CREEPERS
__ Brown-headed
Nuthatch
__ Brown Creeper
WRENS
__ Carolina Wren
__ House Wren
__ Winter Wren
__ Sedge Wren
__ Marsh Wren
KINGLETS, GNATCATCHERS
__ Golden-crowned
Kinglet
__ Ruby-crowned Kinglet
__ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
THRUSHES
__ Eastern Bluebird
__ Hermit Thrush
__ Wood Thrush
__ American Robin
THRASHERS, MOCKINGBIRDS
__ Gray Catbird
__ Northern Mockingbird
__ Brown Thrasher
PIPITS, WAXWINGS
__ American Pipit
__ Cedar Waxwing
WARBLERS
__ Orange-crowned
Warbler
__ Northern Parula
__ Yellow-rumped
Warbler
__ Yellow-throated
Warbler
__ Pine Warbler
__ Prairie
Warbler
__ Black-and-white
Warbler
__ American Redstart
__ Prothonotary Warbler
__ Louisiana Waterthrush
__ Kentucky Warbler
__ Common Yellowthroat
__ Hooded Warbler
__ Yellow-breasted Chat
TANAGERS
__ Summer Tanager
TOWHEES, SPARROWS
__ Eastern Towhee
__ Chipping Sparrow
__ Field Sparrow
__ Vesper Sparrow
__ Savannah Sparrow
__ LeConte’s Sparrow
__ Fox Sparrow
__ Song Sparrow
__ Lincoln’s Sparrow
__ Swamp Sparrow
__ White-throated
Sparrow
__ White-crowned
Sparrow
__ Dark-eyed Junco
GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS
__ Northern Cardinal
__ Rose-breasted Grosbeak
__ Blue Grosbeak
__ Indigo Bunting
__ Painted Bunting
BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES
__ Red-winged Blackbird
__ Eastern Meadowlark
__ Common Grackle
__ Brown-headed
Cowbird
__ Orchard Oriole
__ Baltimore Oriole
FINCHES
__ House Finch
__ American Goldfinch
PELICANS
__ Brown Pelican
GREBES
__ Pied-billed Grebe
CORMORANTS
__ Double-crested
Cormorant
__ Anhinga
HERONS, EGRETS
__ Great Blue Heron
__ Great Egret
__ Snowy Egret
__ Little Blue Heron
__ Cattle Egret
__ Green Heron
__ Yellow-crowned
Night-Heron
IBISES
__ White Ibis
VULTURES
__ Turkey Vulture
__ Black Vulture
WATERFOWL
__ Greater White-fronted Goose
__ Canada Goose
__ Snow Goose
__ Wood Duck
__ Gadwall
__ Northern Pintail
__ American Wigeon
__ Northern Shoveler
__ Green-winged Teal
__ Ring-necked Duck
__ Lesser Scaup
__ Ruddy Duck
HAWKS, EAGLES
__ Bald Eagle
__ Northern Harrier
__ Sharp-shinned Hawk
__ Cooper's Hawk
__ Red-shouldered Hawk
__ Broad-winged Hawk
__ Red-tailed Hawk
FALCONS
__ American Kestrel
GROUSE
__ Wild Turkey
__ Northern Bobwhite
RAILS
__ American Coot
__ Sora
PLOVERS
__ Semipalmated Plover
__ Killdeer
SANDPIPERS
__ Greater Yellowlegs
__ Lesser Yellowlegs
__ Spotted Sandpiper
__ Sanderling
__ Dunlin
__ Least Sandpiper
__ Long-billed Dowitcher
__ Wilson's Snipe
__ American Woodcock
GULLS, TERNS
__ Bonaparte's Gull
__ Ring-billed Gull
__ Herring Gull
__ Forster’s Tern
DOVES, CUCKOOS
__ Mourning Dove
__ Yellow-billed Cuckoo
OWLS
__ Eastern Screech-Owl
__ Great Horned Owl
__ Barred Owl
GOATSUCKERS
__ Common Nighthawk
__ Chuck-will’s-widow
SWIFTS
__ Chimney Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
__ Ruby-throated
Hummingbird
KINGFISHERS
__ Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
__ Red-headed
Woodpecker
__ Red-bellied
Woodpecker
__ Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker
__ Downy Woodpecker
__ Hairy Woodpecker
__ Red-cockaded
Woodpecker
__ Northern Flicker
__ Pileated Woodpecker
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