Birds of the Broad River Watershed
This list was compiled from observations and county records from within the watershed (Banks, Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe, Stephens, and Wilkes). A majority of records are from Clarke County, but those records should also represent possible species within the Broad River Watershed. Records may also include historical occurrences and may not reflect current distributions.
A majority of these species are migratory and may only be seen within the watershed during winter or summer or as they pass through to and from their breeding and wintering grounds.
| Order | Family | ScientificName | Common Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anseriformes | Anatidae | Chen rossii | Ross's Goose |
| Branta canadensis | Canada Goose | ||
| Aix sponsa | Wood Duck | ||
| Anas strepera | Gadwall | ||
| Anas platyrhynchos | Mallard | ||
| Anas discors | Blue-winged Teal | ||
| Anas crecca | Green-winged Teal | ||
| Aythya affinis | Lesser Scaup | ||
| Lophodytes cucullatus | Hooded Merganser | ||
| Clangula hyemalis | Long-tailed Duck | ||
| Bucephala clangula | Common Goldeneye | ||
| Mergus serrator | Red-breasted Merganser | ||
| Galliformes | Odontophoridae | Colinus virginianus | Northern Bobwhite |
| Galliformes | Phasianidae | Bonasa umbellus | Ruffed Grouse |
| Meleagris gallopavo | Wild Turkey | ||
| Galliformes | Gaviidae | Gavia immer | Common Loon |
| Podicipediformes | Podicipedidae | Podilymbus podiceps | Pied-Billed Grebe |
| Podiceps auritus | Horned Grebe | ||
| Ciconiiformes | Ciconiidae | Mycteria americana | Wood Stork |
| Suliformes | Phalacrocoracidae | Phalacrocorax auritus | Double-crested Cormorant |
| Suliformes | Anhingidae | Anhinga anhinga | Anhinga |
| Pelecaniformes | Ardeidae | Ardea herodias | Great Blue Heron |
| Ardea alba | Great Egret | ||
| Egretta caerulea | Little Blue Heron | ||
| Bubulcus ibis | Cattle Egret | ||
| Butorides virescens | Green Heron | ||
| Nyctanassa violacea | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | ||
| Accipitriformes | Cathartidae | Coragyps atratus | Black Vulture |
| Cathartes aura | Turkey Vulture | ||
| Accipitriformes | Pandionidae | Pandion haliaetus | Osprey |
| Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | Ictinia mississippiensis | Mississippi Kite |
| Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | ||
| Circus cyaneus | Northern Harrier | ||
| Accipiter striatus | Sharp-shinned Hawk | ||
| Accipiter cooperii | Cooper's Hawk | ||
| Buteo lineatus | Red-shouldered Hawk | ||
| Buteo platypterus | Broad-winged Hawk | ||
| Buteo jamaicensis | Red-tailed Hawk | ||
| Gruiformes | Rallidae | Fulica americana | American Coot |
| Gruiformes | Gruidae | Grus canadensis | Sandill Crane |
| Charadriiformes | Charadriidae | Charadrius vociferus | Killdeer |
| Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae | Actitis macularius | Spotted Sandpiper |
| Tringa solitaria | Solitary Sandpiper | ||
| Tringa melanoleuca | Greater Yellowlegs | ||
| Tringa flavipes | Lesser Yellowlegs | ||
| Calidris minutilla | Least Sandpiper | ||
| Gallinago delicata | Wilson's Snipe | ||
| Scolopax minor | American Woodcock | ||
| Charadriiformes | Laridae | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | Bonaparte's Gull |
| Larus delawarensis | Ring-billed Gull | ||
| Columbiformes | Columbidae | Columba livia | Rock Pigeon |
| Streptopelia decaocto | Eurasian Collared-Dove | ||
| Zenaida macroura | Mourning Dove | ||
| Cuculiformes | Cuculidae | Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
| Coccyzus erythropthalmus | Black-billed Cuckoo | ||
| Strigiformes | Tytonidae | Tyto alba | Barn Owl |
| Strigiformes | Strigidae | Megascops asio | Eastern Screech-Owl |
| Bubo virginianus | Great Horned Owl | ||
| Strix varia | Barred Owl | ||
| Caprimulgiformes | Caprimulgidae | Chordeiles minor | Common Nighthawk |
| Antrostomus carolinensis | Chuck-will's-widow | ||
| Antrostomus vociferus | Eastern Whip-poor-will | ||
| Apodiformes | Apodidae | Chaetura pelagica | Chimney Swift |
| Apodiformes | Trochilidae | Archilochus colubris | Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
| Selasphorus rufus | Rufous Hummingbird | ||
| Coraciiformes | Alcedinidae | Megaceryle alcyon | Belted Kingfisher |
| Piciformes | Picidae | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | Red-headed Woodpecker |
| Melanerpes carolinus | Red-bellied Woodpecker | ||
| Sphyrapicus varius | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | ||
| Picoides pubescens | Downy Woodpecker | ||
| Picoides villosus | Hairy Woodpecker | ||
| Colaptes auratus | Northern Flicker | ||
| Dryocopus pileatus | Pileated Woodpecker | ||
| Falconiformes | Falconidae | Falco sparverius | American Kestrel |
| Falco columbarius | Merlin | ||
| Passeriformes | Tyrannidae | Contopus virens | Eastern Wood-Pewee |
| Empidonax flaviventris | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | ||
| Empidonax virescens | Acadian Flycatcher | ||
| Empidonax traillii | Willow Flycatcher | ||
| Sayornis phoebe | Eastern Phoebe | ||
| Myiarchus crinitus | Great Crested Flycatcher | ||
| Tyrannus tyrannus | Eastern Kingbird | ||
| Passeriformes | Laniidae | Lanius ludovicianus | Loggerhead Shrike |
| Passeriformes | Vireonidae | Vireo griseus | White-eyed Vireo |
| Vireo flavifrons | Yellow-throated Vireo | ||
| Vireo solitarius | Blue-headed Vireo | ||
| Vireo olivaceus | Red-eyed Vireo | ||
| Passeriformes | Corvidae | Cyanocitta cristata | Blue Jay |
| Corvus brachyrhynchos | American Crow | ||
| Corvus ossifragus | Fish Crow | ||
| Passeriformes | Alaudidae | Eremophila alpestris | Horned Lark |
| Passeriformes | Hirundinidae | Progne subis | Purple Martin |
| Tachycineta bicolor | Tree Swallow | ||
| Stelgidopteryx serripennis | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | ||
| Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Cliff Swallow | ||
| Hirundo rustica | Barn Swallow | ||
| Passeriformes | Paridae | Poecile carolinensis | Carolina Chickadee |
| Baeolophus bicolor | Tufted Titmouse | ||
| Passeriformes | Sittidae | Sitta canadensis | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| Sitta carolinensis | White-breasted Nuthatch | ||
| Sitta pusilla | Brown-headed Nuthatch | ||
| Passeriformes | Certhiidae | Certhia americana | Brown Creeper |
| Passeriformes | Troglodytidae | Troglodytes aedon | House Wren |
| Troglodytes hiemalis | Winter Wren | ||
| Thryothorus ludovicianus | Carolina Wren | ||
| Passeriformes | Polioptilidae | Polioptila caerulea | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
| Passeriformes | Regulidae | Regulus satrapa | Golden-crowned Kinglet |
| Regulus calendula | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | ||
| Passeriformes | Turdidae | Sialia sialis | Eastern Bluebird |
| Catharus fuscescens | Veery | ||
| Catharus minimus | Gray-cheeked Thrush | ||
| Catharus ustulatus | Swainson's Thrush | ||
| Catharus guttatus | Hermit Thrush | ||
| Hylocichla mustelina | Wood Thrush | ||
| Turdus migratorius | American Robin | ||
| Passeriformes | Mimidae | Dumetella carolinensis | Gray Catbird |
| Mimus polyglottos | Northern Mockingbird | ||
| Toxostoma rufum | Brown Thrasher | ||
| Passeriformes | Sturnidae | Sturnus vulgaris | European Starling |
| Passeriformes | Motacillidae | Anthus rubescens | American Pipit |
| Passeriformes | Bombycillidae | Bombycilla cedrorum | Cedar Waxwing |
| Passeriformes | Parulidae | Seiurus aurocapilla | Ovenbird |
| Helmitheros vermivorum | Worm-eating Warbler | ||
| Parkesia motacilla | Louisiana Waterthrush | ||
| Parkesia noveboracensis | Northern Waterthrush | ||
| Vermivora chrysoptera | Golden-winged Warbler | ||
| Vermivora cyanoptera | Blue-winged Warbler | ||
| Mniotilta varia | Black-and-white Warbler | ||
| Protonotaria citrea | Prothonotary Warbler | ||
| Limnothlypis swainsonii | Swainson's Warbler | ||
| Oreothlypis peregrina | Tennessee Warbler | ||
| Oreothlypis celata | Orange-crowned Warbler | ||
| Oreothlypis ruficapilla | Nashville Warbler | ||
| Geothlypis formosa | Kentucky Warbler | ||
| Geothlypis trichas | Common Yellowthroat | ||
| Setophaga citrina | Hooded Warbler | ||
| Setophaga ruticilla | American Redstart | ||
| Setophaga tigrina | Cape May Warbler | ||
| Setophaga americana | Northern Parula | ||
| Setophaga magnolia | Magnolia Warbler | ||
| Setophaga fusca | Blackburnian Warbler | ||
| Setophaga petechia | Yellow Warbler | ||
| Setophaga pensylvanica | Chestnut-sided Warbler | ||
| Setophaga striata | Blackpoll Warbler | ||
| Setophaga caerulescens | Black-throated Blue Warbler | ||
| Setophaga palmarum | Palm Warbler | ||
| Setophaga pinus | Pine Warbler | ||
| Setophaga coronata | Yellow-rumped Warbler | ||
| Setophaga dominica | Yellow-throated Warbler | ||
| Setophaga discolor | Prairie Warbler | ||
| Setophaga virens | Black-throated Green Warbler | ||
| Cardellina canadensis | Canada Warbler | ||
| Cardellina pusilla | Wilson's Warbler | ||
| Icteria virens | Yellow-breasted Chat | ||
| Passeriformes | Emberizidae | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Eastern Towhee |
| Spizella passerina | Chipping Sparrow | ||
| Spizella pusilla | Field Sparrow | ||
| Pooecetes gramineus | Vesper Sparrow | ||
| Passerculus sandwichensis | Savannah Sparrow | ||
| Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow | ||
| Passerella iliaca | Fox Sparrow | ||
| Melospiza melodia | Song Sparrow | ||
| Melospiza georgiana | Swamp Sparrow | ||
| Zonotrichia albicollis | White-throated Sparrow | ||
| Zonotrichia leucophrys | White-crowned Sparrow | ||
| Junco hyemalis | Dark-eyed Junco | ||
| Passeriformes | Cardinalidae | Piranga rubra | Summer Tanager |
| Piranga olivacea | Scarlet Tanager | ||
| Cardinalis cardinalis | Northern Cardinal | ||
| Pheucticus ludovicianus | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | ||
| Passerina caerulea | Blue Grosbeak | ||
| Passerina cyanea | Indigo Bunting | ||
| Spiza americana | Dickcissel | ||
| Passeriformes | Icteridae | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Bobolink |
| Agelaius phoeniceus | Red-winged Blackbird | ||
| Sturnella magna | Eastern Meadowlark | ||
| Euphagus carolinus | Rusty Blackbird | ||
| Quiscalus quiscula | Common Grackle | ||
| Molothrus ater | Brown-headed Cowbird | ||
| Icterus spurius | Orchard Oriole | ||
| Icterus galbula | Baltimore Oriole | ||
| Passeriformes | Fringillidae | Haemorhous purpureus | Purple Finch |
| Haemorhous mexicanus | House Finch | ||
| Spinus pinus | Pine Siskin | ||
| Spinus tristis | American Goldfinch | ||
| Coccothraustes vespertinus | Evening Grosbeak | ||
| Passeriformes | Passeridae | Passer domesticus | House Sparrow |