UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
AT LAFAYETTE
EXPERIMENTAL FARM BIRD LIST
JANUARY 2001

List compiled by Jay Huner
Crawfish Research Center
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
P.O. Box 44650
Lafayette, Louisiana 70504 USA

Tel.: 337 394-7508; Fax.: 337 394-4152

e-Mail: jhuner@louisiana.ed

Number: 238 - Jan. 2001

Location: Approximately 3 miles southeast of the intersection of La. Hwy. 182 and La. Hwy. 92. Western St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. 600 Acre Unit.

Annotation: Accidental, Not Expected - A; Questionable - Q; Annual Breeder - B; Occasional Breeder - OB; Possible Breeder - PB.

Study Period: 1986-2001

Grebes

1. Pied-billed Grebe - B

Pelicans and their Allies

2. American White Pelican

3. Brown Pelican - A

Cormorants

4. Neotropic Cormorant

5. Double-crested Cormorant

6. Anhinga

Frigate Birds

7. Magnificent Frigate Bird - A

Bitterns, Herons, Egrets and Allies

8. American Bittern

9. Least Bittern - OB

10. Great Blue Heron

11. Great Egret

12. Snowy Egret

13. Little Blue Heron

14. Tricolored Heron

15. Reddish Egret - A

16. Cattle Egret

17. Green Heron - PB

18. Black-crowned Night-Heron

19. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Ibises and Spoonbills

20. White Ibis

21. Glossy Ibis

22. White-faced Ibis

23. Roseate Spoonbill

Storks

24. Wood Stork

Vultures

25. Black Vulture

26. Turkey Vulture

Waterfowl

27. Fulvous Whistling Duck - OB

28. Greater White-fronted Goose

29. Snow Goose

30. Ross’s Goose

31. Canada Goose

32. Wood Duck - B

33. Gadwall

34. American Wigeon

35. Mallard

36. Mottled Duck

37. Blue-winged Teal

38. Cinnamon Teal

39. Northern Shoveler

40. Northern Pintail

41. Green-winged Teal

42. Canvasback

43. Redhead

44. Ring-necked Duck

45. Greater Scaup

46. Lesser Scaup

47. Common Goldeneye (Dec. 2000) - A

48. Bufflehead

49. Hooded Merganser

50. Red-breasted Merganser - A

51. Ruddy Duck

Hawks, Eagles and Allies

52. Osprey

53. Swallow-tailed Kite - A

54. Mississippi Kite - OB

55. Northern Harrier

56. Sharp-shinned Hawk

57. Cooper’s Hawk

58. Red-shouldered Hawk - B

59. Broad-winged Hawk

60. Red-tailed Hawk - B

Falcons

61. American Kestrel

62. Merlin

63. Peregrine Falcon

Quails

64. Northern Bobwhite - B

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

XX. Clapper Rail - Q [not included in total number]

65. King Rail

66. Virginia Rail

67. Sora

68. Purple Gallinule

69. Common Moorhen

70. American Coot

Plovers

71. Black-bellied Plover

72. Semipalmated Plover

73. Killdeer - B

Stilts and Avocets

74. Black-necked Stilt - OB

75. American Avocet

Sandpipers, Phalaropes and Allies

76. Greater Yellowlegs

77. Lesser Yellowlegs

78. Solitary Sandpiper

79. Willet

80. Spotted Sandpiper

81. Semipalmated Sandpiper

82. Western Sandpiper

83. Least Sandpiper

84. White-rumped Sandpiper

85. Baird’s Sandpiper

86. Pectoral Sandpiper

87. Dunlin (Jan. 2001)

88. Stilt Sandpiper

89. Short-billed Dowitcher

90. Long-billed Dowitcher

91. Wilson’s Phalarope

92. Ruff - A

93. Common Snipe

94. American Woodcock

Gulls and Terns

95. Laughing Gull

96. Bonaparte’s Gull

97. Ring-billed Gull

98. Herring Gull

99. Gull-billed Tern

100. Caspian Tern

101. Royal Tern - A

102. Common Tern -A

103. Foster’s Tern

Pigeons and Doves

104. Rock Dove - OB

105. Eurasian Collared-Dove

106. White-winged Dove

107. Mourning Dove - B

108. Common Ground-Dove

Cuckoos

109. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - B

Barn Owls

110. Barn Owl - OB

Typical Owls

111. Eastern Screech-Owl - OB

112. Great Horned Owl

113. Barred Owl

114. Long-eared Owl - A

115. Short-eared Owl

Nightjars

116. Common Nighthawk

117. Whip-poor-will

Swifts

118. Chimney Swift

Hummingbirds

119. Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Kingfishers

120. Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers

121. Red-headed Woodpecker

122. Red-bellied Woodpecker - B

123. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

124. Downy Woodpecker - B

125. Hairy Woodpecker - PB

126. Northern Flicker

127. Pileated Woodpecker

Flycatchers

128. Eastern Wood-Pewee

129. Acadian Flycatcher - PB

130. Alder Flycatcher

131. Least Flycatcher

132. Eastern Phoebe

133. Vermillion Flycatcher

134. Great Crested Flycatcher - B

135. Eastern Kingbird - PB

136. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Larks

137. Horned Lark (Jan. 2001) - A

Shrikes

138. Loggerhead Shrike - B

Vireos

139. White-eyed Vireo - OB

140. Blue-headed Vireo

141. Yellow-throated Vireo

142. Philadelphia Vireo

143. Red-eyed Vireo - OB

Jays and Crows

144. Blue Jay - B

145. American Crow - OB

146. Fish Crow

Martins and Swallows

147. Purple Martin - OB

148. Tree Swallow

149. Northern Rough-winged Swallow

150. Bank Swallow

151. Cliff Swallow

152. Barn Swallow - B

Titmice

153. Carolina Chickadee - B

154. Tufted Titmouse - B

Wrens

155. Carolina Wren - B

156. Bewick’s Wren - A

157. House Wren

158. Winter Wren

159. Sedge Wren

160. Marsh Wren

Kinglets, Gnatcatchers and Thrushes

161. Golden-crowned Kinglet

162. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

163. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

164. Eastern Bluebird - B

165. Swainson’s Thrush

166. Wood Thrush

167. Hermit Thrush

168. American Robin

Thrashers

169. Gray Catbird

170. Northern Mockingbird - B

171. Brown Thrasher - B

Starlings

172. European Starling - B

Pipits

173. American Pipit

Waxwings

174. Cedar Waxwing

Warblers

175. Golden-winged Warbler

176. Blue-winged Warbler

177. Tennessee Warbler

178. Orange-crowned Warbler

179. Nashville Warbler

180. Northern Parula - PB

181. Yellow Warbler

182. Magnolia Warbler

183. Yellow-rumped Warbler

184. Black-throated Green Warbler

185. Blackburnian Warbler

186. Yellow-throated Warbler

187. Pine Warbler

188. Palm Warbler

189. Blackpoll Warbler

190. Black-and-white Warbler

191. American Redstart

192. Prothonotary Warbler - B

193. Worm-eating Warbler

194. Swainson’s Warbler

195. Oven Bird

196. Northern Waterthrush

197. Louisiana Waterthrush

198. Kentucky Warbler

199. Common Yellowthroat - PB

200. Wilson’s Warbler

201. Canada Warbler

202. Yellow-breasted Chat

Tanagers

203. Summer Tanager

204. Scarlet Tanager

Sparrows

205. Eastern Towee

206. Chipping Sparrow

207. Field Sparrow

208. Vesper Sparrow

209. Lark Sparrow

210. Savannah Sparrow

211. Fox Sparrow (Dec. 2000)

212. LeConte’s Sparrow

213. Song Sparrow

214. Lincoln’s Sparrow

215. Swamp Sparrow

216. White-throated Sparrow

217. Lapland Longspur

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Buntings

218. Northern Cardinal - B

219. Rose-breasted Grosbeak

220. Blue Grosbeak

221. Indigo Bunting - B

222. Painted Bunting - B

Blackbirds and Allies

223. Dickcissel

224. Bobolink

225. Red-winged Blackbird - B

226. Eastern Meadowlark - B

227. Yellow-headed Blackbird

228. Rusty Blackbird

229. Brewer’s Blackbird

230. Common Grackle - PB

231. Boat-tailed Grackle

232. Great-tailed Grackle

233. Brown-headed Cowbird - B

234. Orchard Oriole - B

235. Baltimore Oriole

Finches

236. House Finch

237. American Goldfinch

Old World Sparrows

238. House Sparrow - B

Note: Many birders have contributed to this list. Several individuals standout - Michael Musumeche, William Vermillion, David Patton, William Fontenot, Will J. Bernard, III, Mark Broussard, and Tibor Mikuska.