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Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge

Oakland City, Indiana

LOONS						SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Common Loon					Gavia immer

GREBES 						SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Pied-billed Grebe				Podilymbus podiceps
___ Horned Grebe				Podiceps auritus
___ Red-necked Grebe				Podiceps grisegena

CORMORANTS					SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Double-crested Cormorant			Phalacrocorax auritus

BITTERNS, HERONS, IBISES                        SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Great Blue Heron                            Ardea herodias
___ Great Egret					Casmerodius albus
___ Little Blue Heron				Egretta caerulea
___ Cattle Egret				Bulbulcus ibis
___ Green Heron					Butorides striatus
___ Black-crowned Night-Heron			Nycticorax nycticorax
___ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron			Nyctanassa violaceus
___ White Ibis					Eudocimus albus

SWANS, GEESE, DUCKS				SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Tundra Swan					Cygnus columbianus
___ Mute Swan					Cygnus olor
___ White-fronted Goose				Anser albifrons
___ Snow Goose					Chen caerulescens
___ Canada Goose 				Branta canadensis
___ Wood Duck					Aix sponsa
___ Green-winged Teal				Anas crecca
___ American Black Duck				Anas rubripes
___ Mallard					Anas platyrhynchos
___ Northern Pintail				Anas acuta
___ Blue-winged Teal				Anas discors
___ Cinnamon Teal				Anas cyanoptera
___ Northern Shoveler				Anas clypeata
___ Gadwall					Anas strepera
___ American Wigeon				Anas americana
___ Canvasback					Aythya valisineria
___ Redhead					Aythya americana
___ Ring-necked Duck				Aythya collaris
___ Greater Scaup				Aythya marila
___ Lesser Scaup				Aythya affinis
___ Common Goldeneye				Bucephala clangula
___ Bufflehead					Bucephala albeola
___ Hooded Merganser				Lophodytes cucullatus
___ Common Merganser				Mergus merganser
___ Red-breasted Merganser			Mergus serrator
___ Ruddy Duck					Oxyura jamaicensis

VULTURES, HAWKS, FALCONS			SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Turkey Vulture				Cathartes aura
___ Osprey					Pandion haliaetus
___ Bald Eagle					Haliaeetus leucocephalus
___ Northern Harrier				Circus cyaneus
___ Sharp-shinned Hawk				Accipiter striatus
___ Cooper's Hawk				Accipiter cooperii
___ Red-shouldered Hawk				Buteo lineatus
___ Broad-winged Hawk				Buteo platypterus
___ Red-tailed Hawk				Buteo jamaicensis
___ American Kestrel				Falco sparverius
___ Merlin					Falco columbarius
___ Peregrine Falcon				Falco peregrinus
___ Mississippi Kite				Ictinia mississippiensis

GALLINACEOUS BIRDS				SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Eastern Wild Turkey				Meleagris gallopavo
___ Northern Bobwhite				Colinus virginianus

RAILS						SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Sora            				Porzana carolina
___ Purple Gallinule				Porphyrula martinica
___ American Coot				Fulica americana
___ Sandhill Crane				Grus canadensis

SHOREBIRDS 					SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Black-bellied Plover			Pluvialis squatarola
___ American Golden-Plover			Pluvialis dominica
___ Semipalmated Plover				Charadrius semipalmatus
___ Piping Plover				Charadrius melodus
___ Killdeer					Charadrius vociferus
___ Greater Yellowlegs				Tringa melanoleuca
___ Lesser Yellowlegs				Tringa flavipes
___ Solitary Sandpiper				Tringa solitaria
___ Willet					Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
___ Spotted Sandpiper				Actitis macularia
___ Upland Sandpiper				Bartramia longicauda
___ Ruddy Turnstone				Arenaria interpres
___ Sanderling					Calidris alba
___ Semipalmated Sandpiper 			Calidris pusilla
___ Western Sandpiper				Calidris mauri
___ Least Sandpiper				Calidris minutilla
___ White-rumped Sandpiper			Calidris fuscicollis
___ Baird's Sandpiper 				Calidris bairdii
___ Pectoral Sandpiper				Calidris melanotos
___ Dunlin					Calidris alpina
___ Stilt Sandpiper				Calidris himantopus
___ Buff-breasted Sandpiper			Tryngites subruficollis
___ Short-billed Dowitcher			Limnodromus griseus
___ Long-billed Dowitcher			Limnodromus scolopaceus
___ Common Snipe				Gallinago gallinago
___ American Woodcock				Scolopax minor
___ Wilson's Phalarope				Phalaropus tricolor

GULLS, TERNS					SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Bonaparte's Gull				Larus philadelphia
___ Ring-billed Gull				Larus delawarensis
___ Herring Gull				Larus argentatus
___ Common Tern					Sterna hirundo
___ Forster's Tern				Sterna forsteri
___ Least Tern					Sterna antillarum
___ Black Tern					Chlidoias niger

DOVES						SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Rock Dove					Columba livia
___ Mourning Dove				Zenaida macroura

CUCKOOS						SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Black-billed Cuckoo				Coccyzus erythropthalmus
___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo			Coccyzus americanus

OWLS						SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Eastern Screech-Owl				Otus asio
___ Great Horned Owl				Bubo virginianus
___ Barred Owl					Strix varia

GOATSUCKERS					SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Common Nighthawk				Cordeiles minor
___ Whip-poor-will				Caprimulgus vociferus

SWIFTS, HUMMINGBIRDS				SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Chimney Swift				Chaetura pelagica
___ Ruby-throated Hummingbird			Archilochus colubris

KINGFISHERS					SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Belted Kingfisher				Ceryle alcyon

WOODPECKERS					SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Red-headed Woodpecker			Melanerpes erythrocephalus
___ Red-bellied Woodpecker			Melanerpes carolinus
___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker			Sphyrapicus varius
___ Downy Woodpecker				Picoides pubescens
___ Hairy Woodpecker				Picoides villosus
___ Common Flicker 				Colaptes auratus
___ Pileated Woodpecker				Dryocopus pileatus

FLYCATCHERS					SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Eastern Wood-Pewee				Contopus virens
___ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher			Empidonax flaviventris
___ Acadian Flycatcher				Empidonax virescens
___ Willow Flycatcher				Empidonax trailii
___ Least Flycatcher				Empidonax minimus
___ Eastern Phoebe				Sayornis phoebe
___ Great Crested Flycatcher			Myiarchus crinitus
___ Eastern Kingbird				Tyrannus tyrannus

LARKS						SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Horned Lark					Eremophila alpestris

SWALLOWS					SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Purple Martin				Progne subis
___ Tree Swallow				Tachycineta bicolor
___ Rough-winged Swallow			Stelgidopteryx serripennis
___ Bank Swallow				Riparia riparia
___ Cliff Swallow				Hirunda pyrrhonota
___ Barn Swallow				Hirunda rustica

JAYS, CROWS					SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Blue Jay					Cyanocitta cristata
___ American Crow				Corvus brachyrhynchos

CHICKADEES					SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Carolina Chickadee				Parus carolinensis
___ Tufted Titmouse				Parus bicolor

NUTHATCHES					SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Red-breasted Nuthatch			Sitta canadensis
___ White-breasted Nuthatch 			Sitta carolinensis

CREEPERS                            		SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Brown Creeper				Certhia americana

WRENS						SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Carolina Wren				Thryothorus ludovicianus
___ Bewick's Wren				Thryomanes bewickii
___ House Wren					Troglodytes aedon
___ Winter Wren					Troglodytes troglodytes
___ Sedge Wren					Cistothorus platensis
___ Marsh Wren					Cistothorus palustris

KINGLETS               				SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Golden-crowned Kinglet			Regulus satrapa
___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet			Regulus calendula
___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher			Polioptila caerulea

THRUSHES					SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Eastern Bluebird				Sialia sialis
___ Veery					Catharus fuscescens
___ Gray-cheeked Thrush				Catharus minimus
___ Swainson's Thrush				Catharus ustulatus
___ Hermit Thrush				Catharus guttatus
___ Wood Thrush					Hylocichla mustelina
___ American Robin				Turdus migratorius

THRASHERS					SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Gray Catbird				Dumetella carolinensis
___ Northern Mockingbird			Mimus polyglottos
___ Brown Thrasher				Toxostoma rufum

PIPITS             				SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ American Pipit				Anthus spinoletta

WAXWINGS					SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Cedar Waxwing				Bombycilla cedrorum

SHRIKES						SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Loggerhead Shrike				Lanius ludovicianus

STARLINGS					SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ European Starling				Sturnus vulgaris

VIREOS						SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ White-eyed Vireo				Vireo griseus
___ Solitary Vireo				Vireo solitarius
___ Yellow-throated Vireo			Vireo flavifrons
___ Warbling Vireo				Vireo gilvus
___ Red-eyed Vireo				Vireo olivaceus

WOOD WARBLERS					SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Blue-winged Warbler				Vermivora pinus
___ Golden-winged Warbler			Vermivora chrysoptera
___ Tennessee Warbler				Vermivora peregrina
___ Nashville Warbler				Vermivora ruficapilla
___ Northern Parula				Parula americana
___ Yellow Warbler				Dendroica petechia
___ Chestnut-sided Warbler			Dendroica pensylvanica
___ Magnolia Warbler				Dendroica magnolia
___ Cape May Warbler				Dendroica tigrina
___ Yellow-rumped Warbler			Dendroica coronata
___ Black-throated Green Warbler 		Dendroica virens
___ Blackburnian Warbler			Dendroica fusca
___ Yellow-throated Warbler 			Dendroica dominica
___ Pine Warbler				Dendroica pinus
___ Prairie Warbler				Dendroica discolor
___ Palm Warbler				Dendroica palmarum
___ Bay-breasted Warbler			Dendroica castanea
___ Blackpoll Warbler				Dendroica striata
___ Cerulean Warbler				Dendroica cerulea
___ Black-and-white Warbler			Mniotilta varia
___ American Redstart				Setophaga ruticilla
___ Prothonotary Warbler			Protonotaria citrea
___ Worm-eating Warbler				Helmitheros vermivorus
___ Ovenbird					Seiurus aurocapillus
___ Northern Waterthrush 			Seiurus noveboracensis
___ Louisiana Waterthrush			Seiurus motacilla
___ Kentucky Warbler				Oporornis formosus
___ Mourning Warbler				Oporornis philadelphia
___ Common Yellowthroat				Geothlypis trichas
___ Hooded Warbler				Wilsonia citrina
___ Wilson's Warbler				Wilsonia pusilla
___ Canada Warbler				Wilsonia canadensis
___ Yellow-breasted Chat			Icteria virens

TANAGERS					SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Summer Tanager				Pirangra rubra
___ Scarlet Tanager				Pirangra olivacea

SPARROWS					SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Northern Cardinal				Cardinalis cardinalis
___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak			Pheucticus ludovicianus
___ Blue Grosbeak				Guiraca caerulea
___ Indigo Bunting				Passerina cyanea
___ Dickcissel 					Spiza americana
___ Rufous-sided Towhee				Pipilo erythrophthalmus
___ American Tree Sparrow			Spizella arborea
___ Chipping Sparrow				Spizella passerina
___ Field Sparrow				Spizella pusilla
___ Savannah Sparrow				Passerculus sandwichensis
___ Fox Sparrow					Passerella iliaca
___ Song Sparrow				Melospiza melodia
___ Lincoln's Sparrow				Melospiza lincolnii
___ Swamp Sparrow				Melospiza georgiana
___ White-throated Sparrow 			Zonotrichia albicollis
___ White-crowned Sparrow			Zonotrichia leucophrys
___ Dark-eyed Junco				Junco hyemalis
___ Lapland Longspur				Calcarius lapponicus
___ Snow Bunting				Plectrophenax nivalis

MEADOWLARKS, BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES		SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Red-winged Blackbird			Agelaius phoeniceus
___ Eastern Meadowlark				Sturnella magna
___ Rusty Blackbird				Euphagus carolinus
___ Common Grackle				Quiscalus quiscula
___ Brown-headed Cowbird			Molothrus ater
___ Orchard Oriole				Icterus spurius
___ Northern Oriole				Icetrus galbula

FINCHES                                        	SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ Purple Finch				Carpodacus purpureus
___ American Goldfinch				Carduelis tristis

OLD WORLD SPARROWS				SCIENTIFIC NAME

___ House Sparrow				Passer domesticus

                 Castrale, J.S. and S.E. Backs, 1986.
                 Indiana Department of Natural Resources, unpublished data, 1984-85.
                 Indiana Department of Natural Resources, unpublished data, 1986.
                 Unpublished Field Journals, 1970-1986.

                 Refuge Manager
                 Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge
                 510 ½ West Morton, Box 217
                 Oakland City, Indiana 47660

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  No date.  Patoka River National Wildlife 
     Refuge.  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  6 pages.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  No date.  Patoka River National Wildlife 
     Refuge.  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  6 pages.  Jamestown, ND: 
     Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
     http://www.npwrc.usgs.govpatoka.htm 
     (Version 22MAY98).