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Data compiled by Meg Scanlon 2000

This list represents all documented species (237) in North Park since 1950. Data collected from Joseph A. Grom (North Park Naturalist 1970-1988), the Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania (D. W. Brauning), and The Birds of Pennsylvania (G. M. McWilliams & D.W. Brauning).

 

 

A - Alien species introduced from Europe

 

B - Breeding species in;

        1 - North Park, 

        2 -  Pennsylvania

 

DV – Declining or vulnerable populations primarily due to habitat loss.

 

H- Historically found in region

 

M – Migratory species

 

O – Primary habitat;

        1 – field

        2 – forest

        3 – water

        4 – mixed

 

P – Proposed State Status by the PA Biological Survey:

         E – Endangered

         T – Threatened

         R – Rare

         CP – Candidate Proposed

         CA – Candidate at Risk

         CR – Candidate Rare

         CU  - Condition Undetermined

          X-Pa. Extirpated

          S- Species Extinct

 

 

 

Green Backed Heron - B1, M, O3

Nrthn Bobwhite Quail- B1, 01,  PCA

Snow Goose - M, O3

Virginia Rail – B2, DV, M, 03

Ross’s Goose - M, O3

Sora Rail – B2, DV, M, 03

Canada Goose - B1, M, O3

Common  Moorhen B2, DV, M, 03

Mute Swan - A, B1, 03

American Coot – B2, M, 03, PCR

Tundra Swan - M, O3

Semipalmated Plover – M, 03

American Widgeon - B2, M, O3

Least Sandpiper – M, 03

American Black Duck - B2, M, O3

Dunlin – M. 03

Wood Duck- B1, M, O3

Killdeer – B1, M, 01

Mallard - B1, M, 03

Greater Yellowlegs – M, 03

Blue- Winged Teal – B2, M, 03

Lesser Yellowlegs -  M, 03

Green-Winged Teal -B2, M, 03, PCR

Solitary Sandpiper – M, 03

Northern Shoveler – B2, M. 03

Spotted Sandpiper – B1, DV, 03

Northern Pintail – B2, M, 03

Pectoral Sandpiper – M, 03

Gadwall – B2, M, 03

Semipalmated Sandpiper – M, 03

Canvasback – M. 03

Ruddy Turnstone – M, 03

Redhead – M, 03

Common Snipe – B2, M, 03, PCR

Ring-Necked Duck – M, 03

American Woodcock  B1, DV, M, 02

Greater Scaup – M, 03

Herring Gull – B2, M, 03

Lesser Scaup – M, 03

Ring-Billed Gull - M, 03

White-Winged Scoter – M, 03

Bonaparte’s Gull – M, 03

Oldsquaw – M, 03

Common Tern  - B2, M, 03, PE

Bufflehead – M, 03

Black Tern – B2, M, 03, PE

Common Goldeneye – M, 03, PT

Caspian Tern – M, 03

Hooded Merganser – B2, M, 03

Rock Dove – A, B1, 01

Red-Breasted Merganser – M, 03

(Passenger Pigeon – B2, H, S)

Common Merganser – B2, M, 03

Mourning Dove – B1, 01

Ruddy Duck – B2, M, 03

Black-Billed Cuckoo- B1, DV, M, 02

Turkey Vulture – B2, M, 04

Yellow-Billed Cuckoo -  B1, M, 02

Osprey – B2, M, 03, PT

Great Horned Owl – B1, 04

Northern Harrier – B2, M, 01, PCA

Snowy Owl - M, 01

Bald Eagle – B2, M, 03, PE

Barn Owl – B2, 01, PCA

Sharp-Shinned Hawk -B1, DV, M, 02

Eastern Screech Owl – B1, 04

Cooper’s Hawk – B1, M, 02

Long-Eared Owl - B1, 04, PCU

Northern Goshawk – B2, M, 02, PCR

Short-Eared Owl – B2, M, 01, PE

Red-Shouldered Hawk B2, DV,M,02

Nrthn. Saw-Whet Owl-B1,M,02,PCU

Broad-Winged Hawk – B1, M, 02

Chimney Swift – B1, M, 04

Common Loon – M, 03

Red-Tailed Hawk – B1, M, 04

Common Nighthawk -B2, DV, M, 04

Pie-Billed Grebe – B2, M, 03, PCR

Rough-Legged Hawk – M, 01

Whip-Poor-Will – B1, DV, M, 04

Horned Grebe – M, 03

American Kestrel – B1, M, 01

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird-B1,M,04

Double-Crested Cormorant B2,M, 03

Merlin – M, 01

Belted Kingfisher – B1, M, 03

American Bittern – B2, M, 03, PE

Peregrine Falcon – B2, M, 01, PE

Red-Bellied Woodpecker – B1, 02

Least Bittern – B2, M, 03, PE

Ring-Necked Pheasant – A, B1, 01

Red-Headed WoodpeckerB2,DV,M,02

Cattle Egret – B2, M, 03

Ruffed Grouse  - B1, 02

Downy Woodpecker - B1, 02

Great Blue Heron – B2, DV, 03

(Heath Hen) – B2, S

Hairy Woodpecker – B1, 02

Little Blue Heron – M, 03

Wild Turkey – B1, 02

Northern Flicker – B1, DV, M, 02

 

 

 

Pileated Woodpecker – B1, 02

Cedar Waxwing – B1, M, 04

Northern Waterthrush – B2, M, 03

Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker -B2, M, 02

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher – B1, M, 02

Yellow-Breasted Chat –B1, DV,M,02

Eastern Kingbird – B1, M, 04

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet – M, 02

Scarlet Tanager – B1, M, 02

Eastern Wood Pewee – B1, M, 02

Golden-Crowned Kinglet - B2, M, 02

Summer Tanager – B2,M, 02, PCR

Acadian Flycatcher – B1, M, 02

European Starling – A, B1, M, 04

Northern Cardinal – B1, 04

Willow Flycatcher – B1, DV, M, 04

White-Eyed Vireo – B1, M, 04

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak – B1, M, 04

Least Flycatcher – B1, M, 02

Yellow-Throated Vireo – B1, M, 02

Evening Grosbeak – B2, M, 04

Alder Flycatcher – B1, M, 04

Warbling Vireo – B1, M, 02

Pine Grosbeak – M, 02

Olive-Sided Flycatcher - M, 02, PX

Red-Eyed Vireo – B1, M, 02

Indigo Bunting – B1, M, 04

Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher B2,M,02,PT

Blue-Headed Vireo – B2, M, 02

Rufous-Sided TowheeB1, DV, M, 01

Eastern Phoebe – B1, M, 02

Philadelphia Vireo – M, P2, 04

Red-Winged Blackbird -B1, DV, M, 01

Great Crested Flycatcher –B1, M, 02

Blue-Winged Warbler – B1, M, 04

Rusty Blackbird – M, 03

Horned Lark – B1, DV, M, 01

Golden-Winged Warbler B1, DV, M, 04

Brewer’s Blackbird – M, 04

Tree Swallow – B1, M, 01

Brewster’s Warbler – B1, 02

Bobolink – B1, M, 01

Bank Swallow – B2, M, 03

Northern Parula – B1, M, 02

Eastern Meadowlark –B1, DV, M, 01

Cliff Swallow – B2, M, 01

Yellow Warbler – B1, M, 04

Western Meadowlark – M. 01

Nrthn Rough-Winged SwallowB1,M,03

Chestnut-Sided Warbler – B1, M, 04

Common Grackle – B1, DV, M, 04

Barn Swallow – B1, M, 01

Prairie Warbler – B1, M, 04

Brown Headed Cowbird – B1, M, 04

Purple Martin – B2, DV, M, 04

Cerulean Warbler – B1, M, 02

Orchard Oriole – B1, M, 04

Blue Jay – B1, 04

Black-And-White Warbler – B1,DV,M,02

Northern Oriole – B1, DV, M, 02

American Crow – B1, M, 02

American Redstart – B1, M, 02

Purple Finch – B1, M, 02

Black-Billed Magpie – Zoo Escapee

Worm-Eating Warbler -  B1, M, 02

House Finch –B1, 04, Introduced

Black-Capped Chickadee –B1, M, 02

Prothonotary Warbler–B2,M,03,PCR

American Goldfinch - B1, DV, M, 01

Carolina Chickadee – B2, M, 02

Tennessee Warbler – M, 02

Common Redpoll – M, 04

Boreal Chickadee – M, 02

Orange-Crowned Warbler – M, 02

Pine Siskin – B2, M, 02

Tufted Titmouse – B1, 02

Nashville Warbler – DV, M, 02

Red Crossbill – B2, M, 02

White-Breasted Nuthatch – B1, 02

Magnolia Warbler – B2, M, 04

White-winged Crossbill – M, 02

Red-Breasted Nuthatch – B2, M, 02

Cape May Warbler – M, 02

House Sparrow – A, B1, 04

Brown Creeper – B2, M, 02

Black-Throated Blue Warbler B2,M,02

Chipping Sparrow – B1, M, 04

Carolina Wren – B1, 04

Yellow-Rumped Warbler –B2, M, 02

Field Sparrow – B1, DV, M, 01

House Wren – B1, M, 04

Black-Throated Green Warbler B2,M,02

Savannah Sparrow – B1, M, 01

Bewick’s Wren – M, 04, PX

Blackburnian Warbler – B2, M, 02

Grasshopper Sparrow B1, DV, M, 01

Winter Wren – B2, M, 04

Yellow-Throated Warbler – B2,M,02

Henslow’s Sparrow – B1,  DV,  01

Marsh Wren – B2, M, 03, PCR

Kentucky Warbler – B1, M, 02

Song Sparrow – B1, M, 01

Veery – B1, M, 02

Bay-Breasted Warbler – M, 02

Vesper Sparrow – B1, DV, M, 01

Wood Thrush - B1, M, 02

Blackpoll Warbler – B2, M, 02

American Tree Sparrow – DV, M, 01

Hermit Thrush – B2, M, 02

Pine Warbler – B2, DV, M, 02

White-Crowned Sparrow – M, 01

Swainson’s Thrush B2, M, 02, PCR

Palm Warbler – M, 04

White-Throated Sparrow –B2, M, 04

Grey-Checked Thrush – M, 02

Wilson’s Warbler – M, 04

Fox Sparrow – M, 04

American Robin – B1, M, 02

Canada Warbler – B1, DV, M, 02

Lincoln’s Sparrow – M, 01

Eastern Bluebird – B1, M, 01

Hooded Warbler – B1, M, 02

Swamp Sparrow – B2, M, 03

Gray Catbird – B1, M, 02

Mourning Warbler – B2, M, 04

Dark-Eyed Junco – B2, M, 02

Northern Shrike -  M, 01

Connecticut Warbler – M, 02

Lapland Longspur – M, 01

Loggerhead Shrike – M, 01, PE

Ovenbird – B1, M, 02

Snow Bunting – M, 01

Northern Mockingbird – B1, 04

Common Yellowthroat – B1, M, 04

American Pipit – M, 01

Brown Thrasher – B1, DV, M, 04

Louisiana Waterthrush – B1, M, 03

(Carolina Parakeet -  H, M, S)