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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Georgia and South Carolina

Birding the American Civil War: Savannah to Charleston

Cumulative Checklist

with Jon Dunn & Giff Beaton as leaders

  • Column A = number of tours out of one on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2010 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2010 tour
  • Column D = H = heard only, N = Nest, X = Seen during 2010 tour
A B C D
1 Canada Goose 2 3 Branta canadensis
1 Mallard 2 3 Anas platyrhynchos
1 Mottled Duck 2 8 Anas fulvigula fulvigula
1 Blue-winged Teal 2 20 Anas discors
1 Northern Shoveler 1 25 Anas clypeata
1 Ring-necked Duck 1 2 Aythya collaris
1 Hooded Merganser 1 1 Lophodytes cucullatus
1 Pied-billed Grebe 2 2 Podilymbus podiceps
1 Northern Gannet 2 6 Morus bassanus
1 Brown Pelican 4 100 N Pelecanus occidentalis
1 Double-crested Cormorant 5 1600 Phalacrocorax auritus
1 Anhinga 2 10 Anhinga anhinga
1 American Bittern 1 1 Botaurus lentiginosus
1 Least Bittern 1 3 Ixobrychus exilis
1 Great Blue Heron 4 3 Ardea herodias
1 Great Egret 5 25 Ardea alba
1 Snowy Egret 5 20 Egretta thula
1 Little Blue Heron 2 6 Egretta caerulea
1 Tricolored Heron 3 8 Egretta tricolor
1 Cattle Egret 2 3 Bubulcus ibis
1 Green Heron 2 1 Butorides virescens
1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 6 N Nyctanassa violacea
1 Glossy Ibis 2 6 Plegadis falcinellus
1 Wood Stork 1 20 N Mycteria americana
1 Black Vulture 5 20 Coragyps atratus
1 Turkey Vulture 5 20 Cathartes aura
1 Osprey 4 8 Pandion haliaetus
1 Bald Eagle 4 2 Haliaeetus leucocephalus
1 Northern Harrier 1 3 Circus cyaneus
1 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 Accipiter cooperii
1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 2 Buteo lineatus
1 Broad-winged Hawk 1 1 Buteo platypterus
1 Red-tailed Hawk 4 3 Buteo jamaicensis borealis
1 Clapper Rail 1 6 H Rallus longirostris
1 King Rail 1 4 H Rallus elegans
1 Common Moorhen 2 15 Gallinula chloropus
1 American Coot 2 25 Fulica americana
1 Black-bellied Plover 1 2 Pluvialis squatarola
1 Semipalmated Plover 1 2 Charadrius semipalmatus
1 Killdeer 3 5 Charadrius vociferus
1 American Oystercatcher 3 8 Haemotopus palliatus
1 Black-necked Stilt 2 20 Himantopus mexicanus
1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 4 Tringa solitaria
1 Greater Yellowlegs 2 10 Tringa melanoleuca
1 "Eastern" Willet 1 2 Tringa semipalmata semipalmata
1 "Western" Willet 2 6 Tringa semipalmata inornata
1 Ruddy Turnstone 2 8 Arenaria interpres
1 Red Knot 1 12 Calidris canutus
1 Sanderling 3 75 Calidris alba
1 Western Sandpiper 1 1 Calidris mauri
1 Least Sandpiper 2 20 Calidris minutilla
1 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 40 Calidris melanotos
1 Dunlin 3 100 Calidris alpina hudsonicus
1 Dowitcher species 2 10 Limnodromus griseus/L. scolopaceus
1 Bonaparte's Gull 2 3 Chroicocephalus philadelphia
1 Lauging Gull 5 150 Leucophaeus atricilla
1 Ring-billed Gull 3 40 Larus delawarensis
1 Herring Gull 3 10 Larus argentatus smithsonianus
1 Great Black-backed Gull 1 1 Larus marinus
1 Gull-billed Tern 1 1 Geochelidon nilotica
1 Least Tern 3 15 Sternula antillarum
1 Forster's Tern 3 35 Sterna forsteri
1 Royal Tern 4 80 Thalasseus maximus
1 Sandwich Tern 1 25 Thalasseus sandvicensis
1 Black Skimmer 2 150 Rynchops niger
1 Rock Pigeon 5 6 Columba livia
1 Eurasian Collared-Dove 3 10 Streptopelia decaocto
1 Mourning Dove 5 12 Zenaida macroura
1 Chimney Swift 4 15 Chaetura pelagica
1 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 3 Melanerpes erythrocephalus
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 8 Melanerpes carolinus
1 Downy Woodpecker 3 2 Picoides pubescens
1 Red-cockaded Woodpecker 2 4 N Picoides borealis
1 Pileated Woodpecker 2 4 Dryocopus pileatus
1 Eastern Phoebe 1 1 H Sayornis phoebe
1 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 2 Myiarchus crinitus
1 Eastern Kingbird 3 3 Tyrannus tyrannus
1 Loggerhead Shrike 1 1 Lanius ludovicianus
1 White-eyed Vireo 2 3 Vireo griseus
1 Red-eyed Vireo 2 12 Vireo olivaceus
1 Blue Jay 4 10 Cyanocitta cristata
1 American Crow 1 10 Corvus brachyrhynchos
1 Fish Crow 5 30 Corvus ossifragus
1 Purple Martin 3 15 Progne subis
1 Tree Swallow 5 200 Tachycineta bicolor
1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 6 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
1 Barn Swallow 4 25 Hirundo rustica
1 Carolina Chickadee 4 4 Poecile carolinensis
1 Tufted Titmouse 3 10 Baeolophus bicolor
1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 3 Sitta carolinensis carolinensis
1 Brown-headed Nuthatch 1 4 Sitta pusilla
1 Carolina Wren 5 10 Thryothorus ludovicianus
1 House Wren 1 1 H Troglodytes aedon
1 Sedge Wren 1 2 Cistothorus platensis
1 Marsh Wren 2 6 N Cistothorus palustris griseus
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 7 Regulus calendula
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5 20 Polioptila caerulea
1 Eastern Bluebird 2 10 Sialia sialis
1 Hermit Thrush 1 1 Catharus guttatus faxoni
1 American Robin 4 3 Turdus migratorius
1 Gray Catbird 3 3 Dumetella carolinensis
1 Northern Mockingbird 5 15 Mimus polyglottos
1 Brown Thrasher 3 4 Toxostoma rufum
1 European Starling 5 30 Sturnus vulgaris
1 Cedar Waxwing 4 150 Bombycilla cedrorum
1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 1 Vermivora celeta celeta
1 Northern Parula 2 20 Parula americana
1 "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler 5 25 Dendroica coronata coronata
1 "Eastern" Palm Warbler 3 8 Dendroica palmarum hypochrysea
1 Pine Warbler 4 19 Dendroica pinus
1 Prairie Warbler 2 3 Dendroica discolor
1 "Western" Palm Warbler 1 6 Dendroica palmarum palmarum
1 Black-and-white Warbler 2 2 Mniotilta varia
1 Prothonotary Warbler 2 5 Protonotaria citrea
1 Worm-eating Warbler 1 1 Helmitheros vermivorum
1 Ovenbird 1 1 H Seiurus aurocapilla
1 Common Yellowthroat 4 3 Geothlypis trichas
1 Hooded Warbler 1 4 Wilsonia citrina
1 Eastern Towhee 2 10 Pipilo erythrophthalmus
1 Bachman's Sparrow 1 10 Aimophila aestivalis aestivalis
1 Chipping Sparrow 1 15 Spizella passerina
1 Savannah Sparrow 4 25 Passerculus sandwichensis savanna
1 Swamp Sparrow 2 4 Melospiza georgiana
1 White-throated Sparrow 3 7 Zonotrichia albicollis
1 Northern Cardinal 5 16 Cardinalis cardinalis
1 Red-winged Blackbird 4 20 Agelaius phoeniceus
1 Dickey's [Audubon's] Oriole 1 2 Icterus graduacauda dickayae
1 Common Grackle 4 6 Quiscalus quiscula
1 Boat-tailed Grackle 5 50 Quiscalus major torreyi
1 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 5 Molothrus ater ater
1 Orchard Oriole 1 1 Icterus spurius
1 Baltimore Oriole 1 1 Icterus galbula
1 House Finch 2 8 Carpodacus mexicanus
1 American Goldfinch 1 1 H Spinus tristis
1 House Sparrow 4 15 Passer domesticus
1 Common Whitetail 1 2 Plathemis lydia

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Mammals

1 White-tailed Deer 1 3 Odocoileus virginianus
1 Eastern Gray Squirrel 4 6 Sciurus carolinensis
1 Eastern Fox Squirrel 1 1 Sciurus niger
1 Common Bottlenose Dolphin 3 6 Tursiops truncatus

Amphibians and Reptiles

1 American Alligator 2 100 Alligator mississippiensis
1 Green Anole 1 1 Anolis carolinensis
1 Broadhead Skink 1 2 Eumeces laticeps
1 Green Treefrog 1 1 Hyla cinerea
1 Bullfrog 1 2 H Rana catesbeiana
1 Pig Frog 1 2 H Rana grylio

Butterflies

1 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2 5 Papilio glaucus
1 Zebra Swallowtail 1 1 Eurytides marcellus
1 Palamedes Swallowtail 3 20 Papilio palamedes
1 Red-banded Hairstreak 1 1 Calycopis cecrops
1 Spring Azure 1 3 Celastrina ladon
1 Red Admiral 1 1 Vanessa atalanta

Odonates

1 Orange Bluet 1 2 Enallagma signatum
1 Fragile Forktail 3 50 Ischnura posita
1 Swamp Darner 1 2 Epiaeschna heros
1 Harlequin Darner 1 10 Gomphaeschna furcillata
1 Lancet Clubtail 1 2 Gomphus exilis
1 Common Baskettail 1 5 Epitheca cynosura
1 Blue Corporal 1 2 Ladona deplanata

Ododnates

1 Rambur's Forktail 1 20 Ischnura ramburii

Damselflies and Dragonflies

1 Common Green Darner 1 2 Anax junius
1 Eastern Pondhawk 1 1 Erythemis simplicicollis
1 Blue Dasher 1 6 Pachydiplax longipennis