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Isle Royale National Park

Houghton, Michigan

R - Regular occurrence
O - Occasional occurrence
A - Accidental occurrence
T - Breeds on adjacent mainland

LOONS                                  

___ Common Loon                              R 
___ Red-throated Loon                       A,T

GREBES                                      

___ Red-necked Grebe                        R,T
___ Horned Grebe                             R 
___ Western Grebe                            A 
___ Pied-billed Grebe                        R
 
PELICAN, CORMORANTS                                  

___ White Pelican                            A 
___ Double-Crested Cormorant                O,T

BITTERNS, HERONS                            

___ Great Blue Heron                         R 
___ Green Heron                              A 
___ Black-crowned Night Heron                A 
___ American Bittern                         R

SWANS, GEESE, DUCKS                         

___ Mute Swan                                A 
___ Whistling Swan                           O 
___ Canada Goose                             R 
___ Snow Goose                               O 
___ Mallard                                  R 
___ American Black Duck                      R 
___ Mallard X Black Duck Hybrid              A 
___ Gadwall                                  A 
___ Common Pintail                          A,T
___ Green-winged Teal                        R 
___ Blue-winged Teal                         R 
___ American Wigeon (Baldpate)               O 
___ Northern Shoveler (Shoveler)             A 
___ Wood Duck                                R 
___ Redhead                                  A 
___ Ring-necked Duck                         R 
___ Canvasback                               A 
___ Greater Scaup                            R 
___ Lesser Scaup                             R 
___ Common Goldeneye                         R 
___ Bufflehead                               R 
___ Oldsquaw                                 R 
___ White-winged Scoter                      O 
___ Surf Scoter                              A 
___ Black Scoter (Common Scoter)             A 
___ Ruddy Duck                               A 
___ Hooded Merganser                         R 
___ Common Merganser                         R 
___ Red-breasted Merganser                   R 

VULTURES, HAWKS, FALCONS                    

___ Turkey Vulture                           A 
___ Northern Goshawk                         R 
___ Sharp-shinned Hawk                      R,T
___ Cooper's Hawk                           O,T
___ Red-tailed Hawk                          R 
___ Red-shouldered Hawk                      A 
___ Rough-legged Hawk                        O 
___ Golden Eagle                             O 
___ Bald Eagle                               O 
___ Northern Harrier (Marsh Hawk)           O,T
___ Osprey                                   O 
___ Gyrfalcon                                A 
___ Peregrine Falcon                        A,T 
___ Merlin (Pigeon Hawk)                     R 
___ American Kestrel (Sparrow Hawk)          R 

GALLINACEOUS BIRDS                          

___ Sharp-tailed Grouse                      O 

RAILS                               

___ Virginia Rail                            A 
___ Sora                                    R,T
___ American Coot                           O,T

SHOREBIRDS                                  

___ Semipalmated Plover                      A 
___ Killdeer                                O,T
___ Lesser Golden Plover                     O 
___ Black-bellied Plover                     O 
___ American Woodcock                        R 
___ Common Snipe                            R,T
___ Whimbrel                                 O 
___ Upland Sandpiper (Upland Plover)        A,T
___ Spotted Sandpiper                       R,T
___ Solitary Sandpiper                       R 
___ Greater Yellowlegs                       O 
___ Lesser Yellowlegs                        R 
___ Pectoral Sandpiper                       O 
___ Least Sandpiper                          O 
___ Semipalmated Sandpiper                   A 
___ Sanderling                               A 
___ Dowitcher (Species)                      A 
___ Marbled Godwit                           A 

GULLS, TERNS                                

___ Herring Gull                             R 
___ Ring-billed Gull                        R,T
___ Bonaparte's Gull                         R 
___ Common Tern                              O 
___ Caspian Tern                             A 
___ Black Tern                               A 

DOVES                                       

___ Rock Dove                               A,T
___ Mourning Dove                           O,T

CUCKOOS                                     

___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo                     O 
___ Black-billed Cuckoo                      R 

OWLS                                        

___ Great Horned Owl                         R 
___ Snowy Owl                                O 
___ Hawk Owl                                 A 
___ Barred Owl                              A,T
___ Great Grey Owl                           A 
___ Long-eared Owl                          A,T
___ Short-eared Owl                         A,T
___ Boreal Owl                               A 
___ Saw-whet Owl                             A
 
GOATSUCKERS                                 

___ Whip-poor-will                           R 
___ Common Nighthawk                         R 

SWIFTS, HUMMINGBIRDS                        

___ Chimney Swift                           R,T
___ Ruby-throated Hummingbird                R 

KINGFISHERS                                 

___ Belted Kingfisher                        R 

WOODPECKERS                                 

___ Common (Yellow-shafted)                  R 
___ Pileated Woodpecker                      R 
___ Red-headed Woodpecker                   A,T
___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker                 R 
___ Hairy Woodpecker                         R 
___ Downy Woodpecker                        R,T
___ Black-backed Three-toed Woodpecker       R 
___ Northern Three-toed Woodpecker          O,T

FLYCATCHERS                                 

___ Eastern Kingbird                         R 
___ Great Crested Flycatcher                 A 
___ Eastern Phoebe                           R 
___ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher               R,T
___ Alder Flycatcher                         R 
___ Least Flycatcher                        R,T
___ Eastern Pewee                           R,T
___ Olive-sided Flycatcher                  R,T

LARKS                                       

___ Horned Lark                             R,T

SWALLOWS                                    

___ Tree Swallow                             R 
___ Bank Swallow                            A,T
___ Barn Swallow                             R 
___ Purple Martin                            A 

JAYS, MAGPIES, CROWS                        

___ Gray Jay                                 R 
___ Blue Jay                                 R 
___ Black-billed Magpie                      A 
___ Northern Raven                           R 
___ American Crow                            R 

CHICKADEES                                  

___ Black-capped Chickadee                   R 
___ Boreal Chickadee                        A,T

NUTHATCHES                                  

___ White-breasted Nuthatch                 O,T

CREEPERS                                    

___ Brown Creeper                            R 

WRENS                                       

___ House Wren                               R 
___ Winter Wren                              R 
___ Marsh Wren (Long-billed)                 A 
___ Sedge Wren (Short-billed)               R,T

THRASHERS                                   

___ Gray Catbird (Catbird)                  O,T
___ Brown Thrasher                          O,T

KINGLETS, THRUSHES                          

___ American Robin                           R 
___ Wood Thrush                              A 
___ Hermit Thrush                            R 
___ Swainson's Thrush                        R 
___ Gray-cheeked Thrush                      R 
___ Veery                                   R,T
___ Eastern Bluebird                         O 
___ Golden-crowned Kinglet                   R 
___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet                    R,T

PIPITS                                      

___ American Pipit                           R 

WAXWINGS                                    

___ Cedar Waxwing                            R 

SHRIKES                                     

___ Northern Shrike                          O 

STARLINGS                                   

___ Starling                                O,T

VIREOS                                      

___ Yellow-throated Vireo                    A 
___ Solitary Vireo                          O,T
___ Red-eyed Vireo                           R 
___ Philadelphia Vireo                      O,T
___ Warbling Vireo                           A

WOOD WARBLERS                               

___ Black-and-white Warbler                 R,T
___ Golden-winged Warbler                    A 
___ Tennessee Warbler                       R,T
___ Orange-crowned Warbler                   O 
___ Nashville Warbler                        R 
___ Northern Parula Warbler                  R 
___ Yellow Warbler                          O,T
___ Magnolia Warbler                         R 
___ Cape May Warbler                        R,T
___ Black-throated Blue Warbler             R,T
___ Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)           R 
___ Black-throated Green Warbler             R 
___ Blackburnian Warbler                    R,T
___ Chesnut-sided Warbler                   R,T
___ Bay-breasted Warbler                    R,T
___ Blackpoll Warbler                        R 
___ Pine Warbler                            O,T
___ Palm Warbler                            R,T
___ Ovenbird                                 R 
___ Northern Waterthrush                    O,T
___ Connecticut Warbler                     O,T
___ Mourning Warbler                         R 
___ Common Yellowthroat                     O,T
___ Wilson's Warbler                        R,T
___ Canada Warbler                           R 
___ American Redstart                        R

OLD WORLD SPARROWS                          

___ House Sparrow                           A,T

MEADOWLARKS, BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES            

___ Bobolink                                O,T
___ Eastern Meadowlark                      A,T
___ Yellow-headed Blackbird                  A 
___ Red-winged Blackbird                    R,T
___ Northern Oriole (Baltimore)              O 
___ Rusty Blackbird                          O 
___ Brewer's Blackbird                      O,T
___ Common Grackle                           R 
___ Brown-headed Cowbird                    R,T

GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, FINCHES               

___ Scarlet Tanager                         R,T
___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak                  R,T
___ Indigo Bunting                          R,T
___ Dickcissel                               A 
___ Evening Grosbeak                        R,T
___ Purple Finch                            R,T
___ Pine Grosbeak                            R 
___ Common Redpoll                           O 
___ Pine Siskin                             R,T
___ American Goldfinch                      R,T
___ Red Crossbill                            O 
___ White-winged Crossbill                  O,T
___ Rufous-sided Towhee                      A 
___ Savannah Sparrow                        R,T
___ Vesper Sparrow                          R,T
___ Lark Sparrow                             A 
___ Northern Junco (Slate-colored)           R 
___ American Tree Sparrow                    O 
___ Chipping Sparrow                         R 
___ Clay-colored Sparrow                    O,T
___ Field Sparrow                            A 
___ Harris' Sparrow                          O 
___ White-crowned Sparrow                   O,T
___ White-throated Sparrow                   R 
___ Fox Sparrow                              R 
___ Lincoln's Sparrow                       O,T
___ Swamp Sparrow                            R 
___ Song Sparrow                             R 
___ Lapland Longspur                         O 
___ Snow Bunting                             R 

National Park Service 
Isle Royale National Park
Houghton, Mighican 49931-1895

National Park Service.  No Date.  Isle Royale National Park Bird Checklist.  
     Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.  
     http://www.npwrc.usgs.govroyale.htm 
     (Version 30DEC2002).