Alabama Breeding Bird Atlas 2002

Species Distribution Maps

ANSERIFORMES- SWANS, GEESE, AND DUCKS

Anatidae- swans, geese, and ducks

Canada Goose

Wood Duck
Gadwall

American Black Duck

Mallard

Mottled Duck

Blue-winged Teal

Hooded Merganser

GALLIFORMES - GALLINACEOUS BIRDS

Phasianidae - partridges, grouse, turkeys, and quail

Ruffed Grouse

Wild Turkey

Odontophoridae – partridge and quail

Northern Bobwhite

PODICIPEDIFORMES - GREBES

Podicipedidae - grebes

Pied-billed Grebe

PELECANIFORMES - TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS

Pelecanidae - Pelicans

Brown Pelican

Phalacrocoracidae- cormorants

Double-crested Cormorant

Anhingidae

Anhinga

CICONIIFORMES- HERONS, IBISES, STORKS, AND ALLIES

Ardeidae- bitterns and herons

American Bittern

Least Bittern

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Little Blue Heron

Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret

Cattle Egret

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Threskiornithidae - Ibises

White Ibis

Glossy Ibis
Ciconiidae - Storks

Wood Stork

Cathartidae - American vultures

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

FALCONIFORMES - DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY

Accipitridae- eagles, hawks, and allies

Osprey

Swallow-tailed Kite

Mississippi Kite

Bald Eagle

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Falconidae - falcons

American Kestrel

GRUIFORMES - CRANES, RAILS, AND ALLIES

Rallidae- rails, gallinules, and coots

Clapper Rail

King Rail

Purple Gallinule

Common Moorhen

American Coot

CHARADRIIFORMES- SHOREBIRDS, GULLS, AND ALLIES

Charadriidae- plovers

Snowy Plover

Wilson's Plover

Killdeer

Haematopodiae- oystercatchers

American Oystercatcher
Recurvirostridae- stilts and avocets

Black-necked Stilt

Scolopacidae- sandpipers and allies

Willet

American Woodcock

Laridae- gulls and terns

Laughing Gull

Least Tern
                Gull-billed Tern
                Caspian Tern
                Common Tern

Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern

Black Skimmer

COLUMBIFORMES- PIGEONS AND DOVES

Columbidae- pigeons and doves

Rock Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-Dove

White-winged Dove

Mourning Dove

Common Ground-Dove

CUCULIFORMES- CUCKOOS AND ALLIES

Cuculidae- cuckoos and roadrunners

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Black-billed Cuckoo

STRIGIFORMES- OWLS

Tytonidae- barn-owls

Barn Owl

Strigidae- typical owls

Eastern Screech-Owl

Great Horned Owl

Barred Owl

CAPRIMULGIFORMES- GOATSUCKERS AND ALLIES

Caprimulgidae- goatsuckers

Common Nighthawk

Chuck-will's-widow

Whip-poor-will

APODIFORMES- SWIFTS AND HUMMINGBIRDS

Apodidae- swifts

Chimney Swift

Trochilidae- hummingbirds

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

CORACIIFORMES- KINGFISHERS, ROLLERS, HORNBILLS, AND ALLIES

Alcedinidae- kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher

PICIFORMES- PUFFBIRDS, TOUCANS, WOODPECKERS, AND ALLIES

Picidae- woodpeckers

Red-headed Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Red-cockaded Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

PASSERIFORMES- PASSERINE BIRDS

Tyrannidae- tyrant flycatchers

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Acadian Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Gray Kingbird

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Laniidae- shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike

Vireonidae- vireos

White-eyed Vireo

Yellow-throated Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Corvidae- jays, magpies, and crows

Blue Jay

American Crow

Fish Crow

Alaudidae- larks

Horned Lark

Hirundinidae- swallows

Purple Martin
Tree Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Barn Swallow

Paridae- titmice

Carolina Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Sittidae- nuthatches

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Troglodytidae- wrens

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Marsh Wren

Sylviidae- gnatcatchers

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Turdidae- thrushes

Eastern Bluebird

Wood Thrush

American Robin

Mimidae- mockingbirds, thrashers, and allies

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

Brown Thrasher

Sturnidae- starlings

European Starling

Bombycillidae- waxwings

Cedar Waxwing

Parulidae- wood warblers

Blue-winged Warbler

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

Pine Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Cerulean Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Prothonotary Warbler

Worm-eating Warbler

Swainson's Warbler

Ovenbird

Louisiana Waterthrush

Kentucky Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Hooded Warbler

Yellow-breasted Chat

Thraupidae- tanagers

Summer Tanager

Scarlet Tanager

Emberizidae- sparrows

Eastern Towhee

Bachman’s Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Cardinalidae- cardinals, grosbeaks, and allies

Northern Cardinal

Blue Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Painted Bunting

Dickcissel

Icteridae- blackbirds and orioles

Red-winged Blackbird

Eastern Meadowlark

Common Grackle

Boat-tailed Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Orchard Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

Fringillidae- finches

House Finch

Red Crossbill

American Goldfinch

Passeridae- Old World sparrows

House Sparrow