Dearborn Bird Checklist

compiled by the Rouge River Bird Observatory

Dearborn's bird checklist contains 255 species...60% of all the species ever recorded in the state of Michigan in a 300-acre area without boreal forest, wetlands, or shoreline! More importantly, of the 295 species considered regular (occurring annually) in the state, 136 (44%) are also regular here.

You can download a  printable copy of the checklist.  You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the checklist (it's also a free download).

For the vagrant bird enthusiast, we have a brief list detailing the sightings of some Dearborn rarities.

Detailed information on the bird life of our area, including status, relative abundance, temporal patterns, and historical references is in the new book The Birds of Dearborn, An Annotated Checklist.

This checklist complies with all taxonomic changes made by the American Ornithologists' Union as of July 2006.

This checklist copyright Rouge River Bird Observatory.  Not to be reproduced without permission.

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ALL CAPS indicates an accidental species; an asterisk (*) indicates hypothetical species; a double bar x (|e|) indicates an extirpated species, italics indicates a species recorded before 1970.

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ORDER ANSERIFORMES
Family Anatidae: Swans, Geese, and Ducks

 __ GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
 __ Snow Goose
 __ Cackling Goose
 __ Canada Goose
 __ Mute Swan
 __ Tundra Swan
 __ Wood Duck
 __ Gadwall
 __ American Wigeon
 __ American Black Duck
 __ Mallard
 __ Blue-winged Teal
 __ Northern Shoveler
 __ Northern Pintail
 __ Green-winged Teal
 __ Canvasback
 __ Redhead
 __ Ring-necked Duck
 __ Greater Scaup
 __ Lesser Scaup
 __ Bufflehead
 __ WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
 __ Common Goldeneye
 __ Hooded Merganser
 __ Common Merganser
 __ Red-breasted Merganser
 __ Ruddy Duck

ORDER GALLIFORMES
Family Phasianidae: Partridges, Grouse, and Turkeys

 __ Ring-necked Pheasant

Family Odontophoridae: New World Quail

 __ NORTHERN BOBWHITE

ORDER GAVIIFORMES
Family Gaviidae: Loons
 __ Common Loon

ORDER PODICIPEDIFORMES
Family Podicipedidae: Grebes

 __ Pied-billed Grebe
 __ Horned Grebe

ORDER PELECANIFORMES
Family Phalacrocoracidae:  Cormorants

 __ Double-crested Cormorant

ORDER CICONIIFORMES
Family Ardeidae:  Bitterns and Herons

 __ American Bittern
 __ Great Blue Heron
 __ Great Egret
 __ LITTLE BLUE HERON
 __ TRICOLORED HERON
 __ Green Heron
 __ Black-crowned Night-Heron
 __ YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON

Family Catharitidae:  Vultures

 __Turkey Vulture

ORDER FALCONIFORMES
Family Accipitridae: Kites, Eagles, Hawks, and allies

 __ Osprey
 __ WHITE-TAILED KITE*
 __ MISSISSIPPI KITE
 __ Bald Eagle
 __ Northern Harrier
 __ Sharp-shinned Hawk
 __ Cooper's Hawk
 __ Northern Goshawk
 __ Red-shouldered Hawk
 __ Broad-winged Hawk
 __ Red-tailed Hawk
 __ Rough-legged Hawk
 __ GOLDEN EAGLE

Family Falconidae: Falcons

 __ American Kestrel
 __ Merlin
 __ GYRFALCON
 __ Peregrine Falcon

ORDER GRUIFORMES
Family Rallidae:  Rails, Coots, and Gallinules

 __ VIRGINIA RAIL
 __ Sora
 __ COMMON MOORHEN
 __ American Coot

Family Gruidae: Cranes

 __ Sandhill Crane

ORDER CHARADIIFORMES
Family Charadriidae:  Plovers

 __ Black-bellied Plover
 __ American Golden-Plover
 __ Semipalmated Plover
 __ Killdeer

Family Scolopacidae:  Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies

__ Spotted Sandpiper
__ Solitary Sandpiper
__ Greater Yellowlegs
__ Lesser Yellowlegs
__ Upland Sandpiper
__ SANDERLING
__ Least Sandpiper
__ Pectoral Sandpiper
__ Dunlin
__ Wilson's Snipe
__ American Woodcock

Family Laridae:  Skuas, Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

 __ BLACK-HEADED GULL
 __ Bonaparte's Gull
 __ Ring-billed Gull
 __ Herring Gull
 __ Lesser Black-backed Gull
 __ Glaucous Gull
 __ Great Black-backed Gull
 __ Caspian Tern
 __ Black Tern
 __ Common Tern
 __ Forster's Tern 

Family Stercorariidae:  Jaegers

 __ LONG-TAILED JAEGER

ORDER COLUMBIFORMES
Family Columbidae:  Pigeons and Doves

 __ Rock Pigeon
 __ Mourning Dove
 __ Passenger Pigeon |e|

ORDER CUCULIFORMES
Family Cuculidae:  Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis

__ Yellow-billed Cuckoo
__ Black-billed Cuckoo

ORDER STRIGIFORMES
Family Tytonidae:  Barn Owls

 __ Barn Owl |e|

Family Strigidae: Typical Owls

 __ Eastern Screech-Owl
 __ Great Horned Owl
 __ Snowy Owl
 __ BARRED OWL
 __ Long-eared Owl
 __ Short-eared Owl
 __ Northern Saw-whet Owl

ORDER CAPRIMULGIFORMES
Family Caprimulgidae: Nightjars

 __ Common Nighthawk
 __ Whip-poor-will

ORDER APODIFORMES
Family Apodidae: Swifts

 __ Chimney Swift

Family Trochilidae: Hummingbirds

 __ Ruby-throated Hummingbird

ORDER CORACIIFORMES
Family Alcedinidae:  Kingfishers

 __ Belted Kingfisher

ORDER PICIFORMES
Family Picidae:  Woodpeckers and allies

 __ Red-headed Woodpecker
 __ Red-bellied Woodpecker
 __ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
 __ Downy Woodpecker
 __ Hairy Woodpecker
 __ Northern Flicker

ORDER PASSERIFORMES
Family Tyrannidae  Tyrant Flycatchers

 __ Olive-sided Flycatcher
 __ WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE*
 __ Eastern Wood-Pewee
 __ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
 __ Acadian Flycatcher
 __ Alder Flycatcher
 __ Willow Flycatcher
 __ Least Flycatcher
 __ Eastern Phoebe
 __ Great Crested Flycatcher
 __ Eastern Kingbird

Family Laniidae: Shrikes

 __ Northern Shrike

Family Vireonidae: Vireos

 __ White-eyed Vireo
 __ Yellow-throated Vireo
 __ Blue-headed Vireo
 __ Warbling Vireo
 __ Philadelphia Vireo
 __ Red-eyed Vireo

Family Corvidae: Jays, Magpies, and Crows

 __ Blue Jay
 __ American Crow

Family Alaudidae: Larks

 __ Horned Lark

Family Hirundinidae: Swallows

 __ Purple Martin
 __ Tree Swallow
 __ Northern Rough-winged Swallow
 __ Bank Swallow
 __ Cliff Swallow
 __ Barn Swallow

Family Paridae: Titmice

 __ Black-capped Chickadee
 __ Tufted Titmouse

Family Sittidae: Nuthatches

 __ Red-breasted Nuthatch
 __ White-breasted Nuthatch

Family Certhiidae: Creepers

 __ Brown Creeper

Family Troglodytidae: Wrens

 __ Carolina Wren
 __ Bewick's Wren*
 __ House Wren
 __ Winter Wren
 __ Marsh Wren

Family Regulidae: Kinglets

 __ Golden-crowned Kinglet
 __ Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Family Sylviidae: Gnatchatchers

 __ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Family Turdidae: Solitaires, Thrushes, and allies

 __ Eastern Bluebird
 __ Veery
 __ Gray-cheeked Thrush
 __ Swainson's Thrush
 __ Hermit Thrush
 __ Wood Thrush
 __ American Robin
 __ VARIED THRUSH

Family Mimidae:  Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and allies

 __ Gray Catbird
 __ Northern Mockingbird
 __ Brown Thrasher

Family Sturnidae: Starlings

 __ European Starling

Family Motacillidae:  Wagtails and Pipits

 __ American Pipit

Family Bombycillidae:  Waxwings

 __ Bohemian Waxwing
 __ Cedar Waxwing

Family Parulidae:  Wood Warblers

 __ Blue-winged Warbler
 __ Golden-winged Warbler
    __ "Brewster's" Warbler
    __ "Lawrence's" Warbler
 __ Tennessee Warbler
 __ Orange-crowned Warbler
 __ Nashville Warbler
 __ VIRGINIA'S WARBLER
 __ Northern Parula
 __ Yellow Warbler
 __ Chestnut-sided Warbler
 __ Magnolia Warbler
 __ Cape May Warbler
 __ Black-throated Blue Warbler
 __ Yellow-rumped Warbler
 __ Black-throated Gray Warbler
 __ TOWNSEND'S WARBLER
 __ Black-throated Green Warbler
 __ Blackburnian Warbler
 __ Yellow-throated Warbler
 __ Pine Warbler
 __ Kirtland's Warbler
 __ Prairie Warbler
 __ Palm Warbler
      __ "Yellow" Palm Warbler
 __ Bay-breasted Warbler
 __ Blackpoll Warbler
 __ Cerulean Warbler
 __ Black-and-white Warbler
 __ American Redstart
 __ Prothonotary Warbler
 __ Worm-eating Warbler
 __ Ovenbird
 __ Northern Waterthrush
 __ Louisiana Waterthrush
 __ Kentucky Warbler
 __ Connecticut Warbler
 __ Mourning Warbler
 __ Common Yellowthroat
 __ Hooded Warbler
 __ Wilson's Warbler
 __ Canada Warbler
 __ Yellow-breasted Chat

Family Thraupidae:  Tanagers

 __ Summer Tanager
 __ Scarlet Tanager

Family Emberizidae: Sparrows

 __ Eastern  Towhee
 __ Bachman's Sparrow
 __ American Tree Sparrow
 __ Chipping Sparrow
 __ Clay-colored Sparrow
 __ Field Sparrow
 __ Vesper Sparrow
 __ LARK SPARROW
 __ Savannah Sparrow
 __ Grasshopper Sparrow
 __ Fox Sparrow
 __ Song Sparrow
 __ Lincoln's Sparrow
 __ Swamp Sparrow
 __ White-throated Sparrow
 __ Harris's Sparrow
 __ White-crowned Sparrow
      __ "Gambel's" White-crowned Sparrow
 __ Dark-eyed ("Slate-colored") Junco
      __ "Oregon" Junco
 __ LAPLAND LONGSPUR
 __ Snow Bunting

Family Cardinalidae:  Cardinals, New World Grosbeaks, and Buntings

 __ Northern Cardinal
 __ Rose-breasted Grosbeak
 __ BLUE GROSBEAK
 __ Indigo Bunting
 __ Dickcissel

Family Icteridae:  Blackbirds, Meadowlarks, and Orioles

 __ Bobolink
 __ Red-winged Blackbird
 __ Eastern Meadowlark
 __ Rusty Blackbird
 __ Common Grackle
 __ Brown-headed Cowbird
 __ Orchard Oriole
 __ Baltimore Oriole

Family Fringillidae:  Finches and allies

 __ Purple Finch
 __ House Finch
 __ RED CROSSBILL
 __ White-winged Crossbill
 __ Common Redpoll
 __ HOARY REDPOLL
 __ Pine Siskin
 __ American Goldfinch
 __ Evening Grosbeak

Family Passeridae:  Old World Sparrows

  __ House Sparrow
  __ EURASIAN TREE SPARROW*
 

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