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Conservation Area Checklists: Click a species name below to view detailed information about that species! Click Here for this checklist WITHOUT seasonal status.
Checklist Total: 227 Species.
Busch (August A) Mem CA
1. ____ Snow Goose SR a (nw); SV r (elsewhere); WR c (local) 2. ____ Ross's Goose WR u; SV a
3. ____ Cackling Goose T c (w), u (e); WR u (w), r (e) 4. ____ Canada Goose PR c
5. ____ Wood Duck SR c; WR u (se), r (elsewhere) 6. ____ Gadwall T c; SR a (nw); SV r; WR u
7. ____ American Wigeon T c; SV ca (nw), a (elsewhere); WR u 8. ____ American Black Duck WR u; [SR a; SV ca]
9. ____ Mallard WR c; SR u 10. ____ Blue-winged Teal T c; SR r; WR ca (extreme n), r (elsewhere)
11. ____ Northern Shoveler T c; SR a (nw); SV r; WR u 12. ____ Northern Pintail T c; SR a (nw); SV r (nw), ca (elsewhere); WR u
13. ____ Garganey T a 14. ____ Green-winged Teal T c; SV r (n), ca (elsewhere); WR c (s), r (n)
15. ____ Canvasback WR c (Miss. R.); T u (elsewhere); WR r (elsewhere); SV a 16. ____ Redhead T u; SV ca (nw); WR r
17. ____ Ring-necked Duck T c; SV r; WR u 18. ____ Greater Scaup WR u (local); SV a (nw)
19. ____ Lesser Scaup T c; SV r; WR u 20. ____ Bufflehead T u; WR u (local)
21. ____ Common Goldeneye WR c, u (se); SV a 22. ____ Hooded Merganser T c; SR c (se, local), r (elsewhere); WR c (s, local), u (n,local)
23. ____ Common Merganser WR c, u (se); SV a 24. ____ Red-breasted Merganser T u; SV a; WR r
25. ____ Ruddy Duck T c; SV r; SR a; WR u (s), r (n) 26. ____ Northern Bobwhite PR c
27. ____ Ring-necked Pheasant PR u (n), r (se), ca (elsewhere) 28. ____ Wild Turkey PR c
29. ____ Red-throated Loon T r (fall), ca (spring); WR a 30. ____ Common Loon T u; SV & WR r
31. ____ Pied-billed Grebe T c; WR u (s), r (n); SR u (local) 32. ____ Horned Grebe T u; WR u (s), ca (n)
33. ____ Eared Grebe T u (w), r (e); WR & SV ca 34. ____ Double-crested Cormorant T c; SR r; SV u; WR r
35. ____ Great Blue Heron SR c; WR u 36. ____ Great Egret SR u (local); SV c; WV r
37. ____ Snowy Egret T & SV u; SR r (se) 38. ____ Little Blue Heron T & SV u; SR c (se, local), a (elsewhere)
39. ____ Green Heron SR c; WV a 40. ____ Turkey Vulture SR c; WR u (s & c), a (n)
41. ____ Osprey T u; SV & SR r; WV r 42. ____ Swallow-tailed Kite T & SV ca; *SR
43. ____ Mississippi Kite SR u (Miss. R.), r (sw & wc); T r (elsewhere) 44. ____ Bald Eagle WR c (large rivers & lakes), u (elsewhere); SR u (local)
45. ____ Northern Harrier WR c; SR r 46. ____ Sharp-shinned Hawk WR u; SR r (s)
47. ____ Cooper's Hawk PR u 48. ____ Red-shouldered Hawk PR c (s), r (n)
49. ____ Broad-winged Hawk T c; SR u (s), r (n) 50. ____ Red-tailed Hawk PR c
51. ____ Golden Eagle WR r 52. ____ American Kestrel WR c; SR c, u (Ozarks)
53. ____ Sora T c; SR & SV ca; WR r (central), ca (elsewhere) 54. ____ Common Moorhen SR r
55. ____ American Coot T c; SR u; WR u (se), r (elsewhere) 56. ____ Semipalmated Plover T c
57. ____ Killdeer SR c; WR u (s), r (n) 58. ____ Spotted Sandpiper T c; SR u; WV a
59. ____ Solitary Sandpiper T u 60. ____ Greater Yellowlegs T c; WV ca
61. ____ Lesser Yellowlegs T c; WV a 62. ____ Semipalmated Sandpiper T c
63. ____ Least Sandpiper T c; WV r 64. ____ White-rumped Sandpiper T c (spring), ca (fall)
65. ____ Pectoral Sandpiper T c; WV a 66. ____ Dunlin T u; WV a
67. ____ Stilt Sandpiper T u (spring), c (fall) 68. ____ Short-billed Dowitcher T u
69. ____ Long-billed Dowitcher T u; WV a 70. ____ Wilson's Snipe T c; WR r
71. ____ American Woodcock SR u; WR r (s) 72. ____ Wilson's Phalarope T c (w), u (e); SR a (nw)
73. ____ Bonaparte's Gull T u; SV a; WR u (s, local), r (n) 74. ____ Ring-billed Gull T c; SV u (Miss. R.), r (elsewhere); WR c (s), u (n)
75. ____ Black Tern T c (w), u (e); *SR 76. ____ Common Tern T u
77. ____ Forster's Tern T c; WV a 78. ____ Rock Pigeon PR c
79. ____ Mourning Dove SR c; WR c (se), u (elsewhere) 80. ____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo SR c; WV a
81. ____ Black-billed Cuckoo T u; SR u (n), r (s) 82. ____ Great Horned Owl PR c
83. ____ Barred Owl PR c 84. ____ Long-eared Owl WR u; SR ca
85. ____ Common Nighthawk SR c 86. ____ Eastern Whip-poor-will SR c
87. ____ Chimney Swift SR c 88. ____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird SR c; WV a
89. ____ Belted Kingfisher SR u; WR u (s), r (n) 90. ____ Red-headed Woodpecker SR c; WR u (s), r (n)
91. ____ Red-bellied Woodpecker PR c 92. ____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker T u; WR u (s), r (n); *SR (ne)
93. ____ Downy Woodpecker PR c 94. ____ Hairy Woodpecker PR u
95. ____ Northern Flicker PR c 96. ____ Pileated Woodpecker PR c (Ozarks), r (nw), u (elsewhere)
97. ____ Olive-sided Flycatcher T u 98. ____ Eastern Wood-Pewee SR c
99. ____ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher T u (e), r (w) 100. ____ Acadian Flycatcher SR c (s), u (n)
101. ____ Alder Flycatcher T c (w), u (e) 102. ____ Willow Flycatcher SR u
103. ____ Least Flycatcher T c; SR a 104. ____ Eastern Phoebe SR c, r (se); WR r (s), ca (n)
105. ____ Great Crested Flycatcher SR c 106. ____ Western Kingbird SR u (nw, wc), r (elsewhere)
107. ____ Eastern Kingbird SR c 108. ____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher SR u (sw, wc), r (se), ca (n); T c (sw), r (elsewhere); WV a
109. ____ White-eyed Vireo SR c (s), r (n); WV a 110. ____ Bell's Vireo SR u (n & w), r (elsewhere)
111. ____ Yellow-throated Vireo SR u 112. ____ Blue-headed Vireo T u; WV a
113. ____ Warbling Vireo SR c, u (Ozarks); WV a 114. ____ Philadelphia Vireo T u
115. ____ Red-eyed Vireo SR c 116. ____ Blue Jay PR c
117. ____ Clark's Nutcracker WV & WR ca 118. ____ American Crow PR c
119. ____ Fish Crow SR u (s & c rivers, local); WR r (se) 120. ____ Horned Lark PR c, u (Ozarks)
121. ____ Purple Martin SR c 122. ____ Tree Swallow T c; SR u (local); WV a
123. ____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow SR c 124. ____ Bank Swallow SR c (local), r (Ozarks)
125. ____ Cliff Swallow SR c (local) 126. ____ Barn Swallow SR c; WV a
127. ____ Chickadee sp. sp. 128. ____ Tufted Titmouse PR c
129. ____ Red-breasted Nuthatch WR u (sporadic); SR a 130. ____ White-breasted Nuthatch PR c
131. ____ Brown Creeper T c; WR u; SR ca (Miss. R.) 132. ____ Carolina Wren PR c
133. ____ House Wren SR c, u (se); WR r (se), ca (elsewhere) 134. ____ Winter Wren T u; WR u (s), r (n)
135. ____ Sedge Wren T u; SR u (n& w), r (elsewhere); WR r (sw), ca (elsewhere) 136. ____ Marsh Wren T u; SR r (n), a (s); WV r
137. ____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher SR c; WV a (se) 138. ____ Golden-crowned Kinglet T c; WR u
139. ____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet T c; WR u (s), r (n) 140. ____ Eastern Bluebird SR c; WR u (s), r (n)
141. ____ Veery T u (e), r (w) 142. ____ Gray-cheeked Thrush T u
143. ____ Swainson's Thrush T c 144. ____ Hermit Thrush T u; WR u (s & c), r (n)
145. ____ Wood Thrush SR c 146. ____ American Robin SR c; WR c (s, local), r (n)
147. ____ Gray Catbird SR c; WR ca (s), a (n) 148. ____ Northern Mockingbird SR c, u (extreme n); WR u (s & c), r (n)
149. ____ Brown Thrasher SR c; WR u (s), r (n & c) 150. ____ European Starling PR c
151. ____ American Pipit T u; WV r (s), ca (n & c) 152. ____ Cedar Waxwing T c; SR u (n & c); WR u
153. ____ Lapland Longspur T c; WR u, r (Ozarks) 154. ____ Blue-winged Warbler SR u (s), r (n)
155. ____ Golden-winged Warbler T u; *SR e 156. ____ Tennessee Warbler T c
157. ____ Orange-crowned Warbler T c (w), u (e); WV r (s), ca (n) 158. ____ Nashville Warbler T c; WV a (e)
159. ____ Northern Parula SR c; WV a 160. ____ Yellow Warbler T c; SR c (n), r (s)
161. ____ Chestnut-sided Warbler T c; SR ca (e) 162. ____ Magnolia Warbler T c
163. ____ Cape May Warbler T u (e), r (w); WV ca 164. ____ Yellow-rumped Warbler T c; WR u (s), r (n)
165. ____ Black-throated Green Warbler T c; SV ca 166. ____ Blackburnian Warbler T u
167. ____ Yellow-throated Warbler SR c (s), r (n) 168. ____ Pine Warbler SR c (s), r (ne); T ca (nw); WR r (s)
169. ____ Prairie Warbler SR u (Ozarks), ca (n); T a (nw) 170. ____ Palm Warbler T c (e), u (w); WR ca (s)
171. ____ Bay-breasted Warbler T u 172. ____ Blackpoll Warbler T c (spring), a (fall)
173. ____ Cerulean Warbler SR c (se Ozarks), r (elsewhere) 174. ____ Black-and-white Warbler T c; SR u (s), r (n)
175. ____ American Redstart SR c; WV a 176. ____ Prothonotary Warbler SR c (s), u (n, local)
177. ____ Worm-eating Warbler SR u (s), r (n) 178. ____ Ovenbird T c; SR u (s), r (n)
179. ____ Northern Waterthrush T c 180. ____ Louisiana Waterthrush SR c (s), u (n)
181. ____ Kentucky Warbler SR c (s), u (n) 182. ____ Mourning Warbler T u
183. ____ Common Yellowthroat SR c; WR r 184. ____ Hooded Warbler SR u (s), r (nw), ca (nc,ne); T r (n)
185. ____ Wilson's Warbler T c 186. ____ Canada Warbler T u; SV a (sw)
187. ____ Yellow-breasted Chat SR c (s), u (n) 188. ____ Eastern Towhee SR c, u (se); WR u (se), r (elsewhere)
189. ____ American Tree Sparrow WR c (n & w), u (elsewhere) 190. ____ Chipping Sparrow SR c; WR r (s), ca (n & c)
191. ____ Clay-colored Sparrow T u (w), r (e); WV a 192. ____ Field Sparrow SR c; WR u (s), r (n)
193. ____ Lark Sparrow SR u; WV a (sw) 194. ____ Savannah Sparrow T c; SV a; [SR]; WR u (s), r (n)
195. ____ Grasshopper Sparrow SR c (local), r (se); WR a 196. ____ Henslow's Sparrow SR u (local)
197. ____ Le Conte's Sparrow T c (w), u (e); WR u (s), r (n) 198. ____ Nelson's Sparrow T r
199. ____ Fox Sparrow T c (e), u (w); WR u (s), r (n) 200. ____ Song Sparrow SR c (n), u (se), r (elsewhere); WR c
201. ____ Lincoln's Sparrow T u; WR r 202. ____ Swamp Sparrow T c; *SR (n); WR u
203. ____ White-throated Sparrow WR c; SV ca 204. ____ Harris's Sparrow T c (w), r (e); WR u (w), r (e)
205. ____ White-crowned Sparrow WR c; SV a 206. ____ Dark-eyed Junco WR c; SV a
207. ____ Summer Tanager SR c (s), u (n); WV a 208. ____ Scarlet Tanager T c; SR u
209. ____ Northern Cardinal PR c 210. ____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak T c; SR c (n), ca (s); WR a
211. ____ Blue Grosbeak SR c (s), u (n) 212. ____ Indigo Bunting SR c; WV ca (s)
213. ____ Dickcissel SR c; WR ca 214. ____ Red-winged Blackbird PR c
215. ____ Eastern Meadowlark PR c 216. ____ Western Meadowlark PR c (nw); SR r (wc), ca (elsewhere); WR c (wc), u (elsewhere, local)
217. ____ Rusty Blackbird T c; WR u (s), r (n) 218. ____ Common Grackle SR c; WR c (s), u (n)
219. ____ Brown-headed Cowbird SR c; WR u 220. ____ Orchard Oriole SR c
221. ____ Baltimore Oriole SR c (n), u (s); WR ca 222. ____ Purple Finch T c; WR u
223. ____ House Finch PR u 224. ____ Pine Siskin WR u (sporadic); SR ca; SV r
225. ____ American Goldfinch PR c 226. ____ House Sparrow PR c
227. ____ Eurasian Tree Sparrow PR c (St. Louis & north along Miss. R.), ca (elsewhere)
Seasonal Status: Abundance Status: The abundance status of each species is based on observation in the appropriate habitat(s). Transient status is not indicated for summer, winter, or permanent residents unless the transient is different.
PR -- permanent resident; some individual present year round. c -- common or abundant; usually observed daily in large numbers
SR -- summer resident; a breeder. u -- uncommon; fairly frequent reports, usually in small numbers
SV -- summer visitor; a non-breeder. r -- rare; more than 15 records; usually recorded annually
WR -- winter resident; between 15 December and 20 February. ca -- casual; 5-15 records; occasionally reported
WV -- winter visitor; usually present for only a short period of the winter. a -- accidental; 1-4 records; a vagrant
T -- transient in spring and/or fall. [  ] -- hypothetical; at least one possibly valid record, but has not met criteria for full acceptance by the Missouri Bird Records Committee (MBRC)
* -- species formerly occurring in Missouri; now extirpated
#  -- species formerly occurring in Missouri; now extinct
-- Mute Swan has occurred on the area, but the MBRC does not currently accept this species as a wild bird in Missouri. If definitive evidence of wild origin is noted, please document. The current status of Mute Swans in Missouri is hypothetical.