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Table 1. Species list of birds found at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kansas, 1998-1999. Species shown in bold are grassland-associated species, ** indicates species known to nest at the preserve, * indicates species believed to nest at the preserve, # indicates exotic/introduced species.
Common Name	Scientific Name
Pied-billed Grebe	Podilymbus podiceps				X
American White Pelican	Pelecanus erythrorhynchos						X
* Great Blue Heron	Ardea herodias	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X
Green Heron	Butorides virescens								X
Turkey Vulture	Cathartes aura	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X
Greater White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons						X
Snow Goose	Chen caerulescens				X		X
Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	X				X	X
** Wood Duck	Aix sponsa	X	X				X	X	X	X
Gadwall	Anas strepera				X		X
American Wigeon	Anas americana						X
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos		X		X	X	X
Blue-winged Teal	Anas discors				X		X
Northern Pintail	Anas acuta						X
Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca						X
Unidentified Teal	Anas spp.		X		X	X
Canvasback	Athya valisineria						X
Redhead	Athya americana						X
Ring-necked Duck	Athya collaris				X		X
Lesser Scaup	Athya affinis						X
Bufflehead	Bucephala albeola						X
Common Goldeneye	Bucephala clangula					X	X
Bald Eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus				X	X
Northern Harrier	Circus cyaneus			X	X	X	X
Swainson's Hawk	Bueo swainsni	X
** Red-tailed Hawk	Buteo jamaicensis		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rough-legged Hawk	Buteo lagopus						X
* American Kestrel	Falco sparverius	X		X	X	X
Merlin	Falco columbarius						X
** Greater Prairie-chicken	Tympanuchus cupido	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
* Wild Turkey	Meleagris gallopavo	X			X
** Northern Bobwhite	Colinus virginianus	X	X	X	X				X	X
Sandhill Crane	Grus canadensis				X
** Killdeer	Charadrius virginianus	X	X	X			X	X	X	X
** Upland Sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	X	X					X	X	X
Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago				X	X
Unidentified Gull	Larus spp.				X		X
Rock Dove	Columba livia						X		X	X
** Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X
* Black-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus erythropthalmus		X
** Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus	X	X	X					X	X
** Great Horned Owl	Bubo virginianus	X	X		X	X				X
Barred Owl	Strix varia			X
** Common Nighthawk	Chordeiles minor	X	X	X				X	X	X
* Chimney Swift	Chaetura pelagica	X							X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Archilochus colubris							X
* Belted Kingfisher	Cerle alcyon	X		X	X			X	X
* Red-headed Woodpecker	Melanerpes erythrocephalus	X	X
** Red-bellied Woodpecker	Melanerpes carolinus	X	X	X		X	X	X	X
** Downy Woodpecker	Picoides pubescens	X	X	X	X	X	X			X
* Hairy Woodpecker	Picoides villosus			X	X	X	X		X
** Northern Flicker	Colaptes auratus	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
** Pileated Woodpecker	Dryocopus pileatus		X
** Eastern Wood-pewee	Contopus virens	X	X	X					X	X
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	Empidonax flaviventris	X	X
* Acadian Flycatcher	Empidonax virescens	X	X	X				X
Least Flycatcher	Empidonax minimus			X
** Eastern Phoebe	Sayornis phoebe	X	X	X				X	X
** Great Crested Flycatcher	Myiarchus crinitus	X	X	X				X	X
Western Kingbird	Tyrannus verticalis								X
** Eastern Kingbird	Tyrannus tyrannus	X	X	X				X	X	X
** Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	Tyrannus forficatus	X	X	X				X	X
* Loggerhead Shrike	Lanius ludovicianus		X		X
White-eyed Vireo	Vireo griseus		X
Yellow-throated Vireo	Vireo flavifrons		X
Warbling Vireo	Vireo gilvus	X
** Red-eyed Vireo	Vireo olivaceus	X	X						X
** Blue Jay	Cyanocitta cristata	X	X	X	X			X	X	X
* American Crow	Corvus brachyrynchos	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
* Horned Lark	Eremophila alpestris				X	X	X	X	X	X
** Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Stelgidopteryx serripennis	X	X					X	X	X
** Bank Swallow	Riparia riparia	X		X					X
** Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	X	X	X				X	X	X
** Black-capped Chickadee	Poecile atricapillus	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X

Common Name	Scientific Name
** Tufted Titmouse	Baeolophus bicolor	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
* White-breasted Nuthatch	Sitta carolinensis	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown Creeper	Certhia americana						X
* Carolina Wren	Thryothorus ludovicianus	X	X	X		X	X	X	X
** Bewick's Wren	Thryothorus bewickii		X		X
* House Wren	Troglodytes aedon	X	X	X	X				X
Winter Wren	Troglodytes troglodytes					X	X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Polioptila caerulea		X	X			X	X
** Eastern Bluebird	Sialia sialis	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Townsend's Solitaire	Myadestes townsendi					X	X
Swainson's Thrush	Catharus ustulatus							X
** American Robin	Turdus migratorius	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X
* Gray Catbird	Dumetella carolinensis	X		X					X
* Northern Mockingbird	Mymus polyglottos	X	X	X				X	X
* Brown Thrasher	Toxostoma rufum	X	X	X				X	X
**# European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Cedar Waxwing	Bombycilla cedrorum
Tennessee Warbler	Vermivora peregrina								X
* Northern Parula	Parula americana	X	X	X
Yellow Warbler	Dendroica petechia	X
Palm Warbler	Dendroica palmarum			X
American Redstart	Mniotilta ruticilla			X
Mourning Warbler	Oporornis philadelphia			X
* Common Yellowthroat	Oporornis formosus	X							X
*Yellow-breasted Chat	Geothlypis trichas		X
* Summer Tanager	Piranga rubra			X					X
** Eastern Towhee	Pipilo erythrophthalmus	X	X		X			X
American Tree Sparrow	Torreornis arborea				X	X	X
* Chipping Sparrow	Spizella passerina	X			X			X	X
*Field Sparrow	Spizella pusilla		X		X			X
Vesper Sparrow	Spizella gramineus							X
* Lark Sparrow	Chondestes grammacus	X	X	X					X	X
Savannah Sparrow	Passerculus sandwichensis				X	X	X
** Grasshopper Sparrow	Ammodramus savannarum	X	X	X	X			X	X	X
Fox Sparrow	Xenospiza iliaca				X	X	X
Song Sparrow	Passerella melodia				X	X	X
White-throated Sparrow	Zonotrichia albicollis				X	X
Harris' Sparrow	Zonotrichia querula				X	X	X
White-crowned Sparrow	Zonotrichia leucophrys				X
Dark-eyed Junco	Junco hyemalis				X	X	X
Lapland Longspur	Calcarius lapponicus				X	X	X
Smith's Longspur	Calcarius pictus				X	X	X
** Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
* Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Pheucticus ludovicianus	X						X
* Blue Grosbeak	Cyanocompsa caerulea								X
* Indigo Bunting	Passerina cyanea	X	X	X				X	X	X
** Dickcissel	Spiza amertcana	X	X	X				X	X	X
** Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus	X	X		X	X	X	X	X
** Eastern Meadowlark	Sturnella magna	X	X	X			X	X	X	X
Western Meadowlark	Sturnella neglecta	X			X	X
Brewer's Blackbird	Euphagus cyanocephalus				X
* Common Grackle	Quiscalus quiscula	X	X	X				X	X
* Great-tailed Grackle	Quiscalus mexicanus		X	X			X			X
** Brown-headed Cowbird	Molothrus ater	X	X					X	X	X
** Orchard Oriole	Icterus parisorum	X	X						X	X
* Baltimore Oriole	Icterus galbula	X	X						X
* Oriole Integrade	Icterus spp.							X	X	X
Purple Finch	Carpodacus purpureus				X		X
* American Goldfinch	Carduelis tristis	X	X	X	X	X			X
*# House Sparrow	Melamprosops domesticus	X	X	X	X				X