Arkansas Birds

Birds of Arkansas - 426 species

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* indicates a species with 10 or fewer records which requires a long form report. Nesting species are shown in blue and extinct species are shown in red. The code in parentheses after the name indicates the highest level of evidence for that species: S-Specimen; P-Photo; A-Audio; D-Written Documentation.
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Ducks, Geese, Swans

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (P)	Fulvous Whistling-Duck (S)	Snow Goose (P)
Ross's Goose (P)	Greater White-fronted Goose (P)	*Tundra Bean-Goose (P)
*Brant (D)	*Barnacle Goose (P)	Cackling Goose (P)
Canada Goose (P)	Egyptian Goose (P)	Mute Swan (P)
Trumpeter Swan (P)	Tundra Swan (P)	Wood Duck (S)
*Garganey (D)	Blue-winged Teal (S)	Cinnamon Teal (P)
Northern Shoveler (S)	Gadwall (S)	*Eurasian Wigeon (P)
American Wigeon (S)	Mallard (S)	American Black Duck (P)
Mottled Duck (S)	Northern Pintail (S)	Green-winged Teal (S)
Canvasback (S)	Redhead (S)	Ring-necked Duck (S)
*Tufted Duck (P)	Greater Scaup (P)	Lesser Scaup (S)
Surf Scoter (P)	White-winged Scoter (P)	Black Scoter (P)
Long-tailed Duck (S)	Bufflehead (S)	Common Goldeneye (D)
*Barrow's Goldeneye (P)	Hooded Merganser (S)	Common Merganser (P)
Red-breasted Merganser (S)	Ruddy Duck (S)

New World Quail

Northern Bobwhite (S)

Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail

Wild Turkey (S)

*Ruffed Grouse (D)

Greater Prairie-Chicken (D)

Grebes

*Least Grebe (P)	Pied-billed Grebe (S)	Horned Grebe (S)
Red-necked Grebe (P)	Eared Grebe (P)	Western Grebe (P)

Pigeons, Doves

Rock Pigeon (P)	Eurasian Collared-Dove (P)	Passenger Pigeon (S)
Inca Dove (S)	Common Ground Dove (P)	White-winged Dove (P)
Mourning Dove (S)

Cuckoos, Roadrunners, Anis

Groove-billed Ani (S)	Greater Roadrunner (S)	Yellow-billed Cuckoo (S)
Black-billed Cuckoo (S)

Goatsuckers

Common Nighthawk (S)

Chuck-will's-widow (S)

Eastern Whip-poor-will (S)

Swifts

*White-throated Swift (S)

Chimney Swift (S)

Hummingbirds

*Mexican Violetear (P)	*Rivoli's Hummingbird (P)	Ruby-throated Hummingbird (S)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (P)	Anna's Hummingbird (P)	*Calliope Hummingbird (P)
Rufous Hummingbird (S)	*Allen's Hummingbird (P)	*Broad-tailed Hummingbird (P)
*Broad-billed Hummingbird (P)	*Buff-bellied Hummingbird (P)

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

King Rail (S)	Virginia Rail (S)	Sora (S)
Common Gallinule (S)	American Coot (S)	Purple Gallinule (S)
Yellow Rail (S)	*Black Rail (D)

Limpkins

Limpkin (P)

Cranes

Sandhill Crane (P)

*Whooping Crane (D)

Stilts and Avocets

Black-necked Stilt (P)

American Avocet (S)

Lapwings and Plovers

Black-bellied Plover (S)	American Golden-Plover (S)	Killdeer (S)
Semipalmated Plover (S)	Piping Plover (S)	*Wilson's Plover (P)
*Mountain Plover (D)	*Snowy Plover (P)

Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies

Upland Sandpiper (S)	Whimbrel (P)	Eskimo Curlew (D)
Long-billed Curlew (S)	Hudsonian Godwit (P)	Marbled Godwit (P)
Ruddy Turnstone (P)	Red Knot (P)	Ruff (P)
*Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (P)	Stilt Sandpiper (S)	*Curlew Sandpiper (P)
Sanderling (S)	Dunlin (S)	*Purple Sandpiper (D)
Baird's Sandpiper (S)	Least Sandpiper (S)	White-rumped Sandpiper (S)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (S)	Pectoral Sandpiper (S)	Semipalmated Sandpiper (S)
Western Sandpiper (S)	Short-billed Dowitcher (S)	Long-billed Dowitcher (S)
American Woodcock (S)	Wilson's Snipe (S)	Spotted Sandpiper (S)
Solitary Sandpiper (S)	Lesser Yellowlegs (S)	Willet (S)
Greater Yellowlegs (S)	Wilson's Phalarope (S)	Red-necked Phalarope (P)
Red Phalarope (P)

Skuas and Jaegers

*Pomarine Jaeger (P)

Parasitic Jaeger (P)

*Long-tailed Jaeger (P)

Auks, Murres, and Puffins

*Long-billed Murrelet (P)

Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

Black-legged Kittiwake (P)	Sabine's Gull (P)	Bonaparte's Gull (S)
*Black-headed Gull (P)	Little Gull (P)	Laughing Gull (P)
Franklin's Gull (S)	*Short-billed Gull (P)	Ring-billed Gull (S)
*California Gull (P)	Herring Gull (S)	Iceland Gull (P)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (P)	Glaucous Gull (P)	*Great Black-backed Gull (P)
*Sooty Tern (S)	*Bridled Tern (P)	Least Tern (S)
*Gull-billed Tern (P)	Caspian Tern (S)	Black Tern (S)
Common Tern (S)	Forster's Tern (S)	*Royal Tern (S)
*Black Skimmer (S)

Loons

Red-throated Loon (S)	Pacific Loon (P)	Common Loon (S)
*Yellow-billed Loon (P)

Storks

Wood Stork (P)

Frigatebirds

Magnificent Frigatebird (P)

Boobies and Gannets

*Brown Booby (P)

*Northern Gannet (P)

Darters

Anhinga (S)

Cormorants

Double-crested Cormorant (S)

Neotropic Cormorant (P)

Pelicans

American White Pelican (S)

Brown Pelican (S)

Bitterns, Herons, and Allies

American Bittern (S)	Least Bittern (S)	Great Blue Heron (S)
Great Egret (S)	Snowy Egret (S)	Little Blue Heron (S)
Tricolored Heron (P)	Cattle Egret (P)	Green Heron (S)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (P)	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (S)

Ibises and Spoonbills

White Ibis (S)	Glossy Ibis (S)	White-faced Ibis (P)
Roseate Spoonbill (P)

New World Vultures

Black Vulture (D)

Turkey Vulture (S)

Ospreys

Osprey (P)

Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies

White-tailed Kite (P)	Swallow-tailed Kite (P)	Golden Eagle (S)
Northern Harrier (P)	Sharp-shinned Hawk (S)	Cooper's Hawk (S)
*Northern Goshawk (S)	Bald Eagle (S)	Mississippi Kite (S)
Red-shouldered Hawk (S)	Broad-winged Hawk (S)	Swainson's Hawk (P)
Red-tailed Hawk (S)	Rough-legged Hawk (P)	Ferruginous Hawk (P)

Barn Owls

Barn Owl (S)

Typical Owls

Eastern Screech-Owl (S)	Great Horned Owl (S)	*Snowy Owl (S)
Burrowing Owl (S)	Barred Owl (S)	Long-eared Owl (S)
Short-eared Owl (S)	Northern Saw-whet Owl (S)

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher (S)

Woodpeckers

*Lewis's Woodpecker (D)	Red-headed Woodpecker (S)	Red-bellied Woodpecker (S)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (S)	Downy Woodpecker (S)	Red-cockaded Woodpecker (S)
Hairy Woodpecker (S)	Northern Flicker (S)	Pileated Woodpecker (S)
*Ivory-billed Woodpecker (S)

Caracaras and Falcons

*Crested Caracara (P)	American Kestrel (S)	Merlin (S)
Peregrine Falcon (P)	Prairie Falcon (P)

Parrots

Carolina Parakeet (D)

Tyrant Flycatchers

*Ash-throated Flycatcher (P)	Great Crested Flycatcher (S)	*Great Kiskadee (P)
*Tropical Kingbird (P)	*Couch's Kingbird (P)	*Cassin's Kingbird (D)
Western Kingbird (S)	Eastern Kingbird (S)	*Gray Kingbird (D)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (P)	*Fork-tailed Flycatcher (P)	Olive-sided Flycatcher (P)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (S)	Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (S)	Acadian Flycatcher (S)
Alder Flycatcher (D)	Willow Flycatcher (S)	Least Flycatcher (S)
Eastern Phoebe (S)	Say's Phoebe (P)	Vermilion Flycatcher (S)

Vireos

White-eyed Vireo (S)	Bell's Vireo (S)	Yellow-throated Vireo (S)
Blue-headed Vireo (S)	Philadelphia Vireo (S)	Warbling Vireo (S)
Red-eyed Vireo (S)

Shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike (S)

*Northern Shrike (P)

Jays, Magpies, Crows

Blue Jay (S)	*Clark's Nutcracker (S)	American Crow (S)
Fish Crow (P)

Chickadees, Titmice

Carolina Chickadee (S)

Tufted Titmouse (S)

Larks

Horned Lark (S)

Swallows

Bank Swallow (D)	Tree Swallow (P)	Northern Rough-winged Swallow (S)
Purple Martin (S)	Barn Swallow (S)	Cliff Swallow (S)
Cave Swallow (P)

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (S)

Golden-crowned Kinglet (S)

Waxwings

*Bohemian Waxwing (D)

Cedar Waxwing (S)

Nuthatches

Red-breasted Nuthatch (S)

White-breasted Nuthatch (S)

Brown-headed Nuthatch (S)

Creepers

Brown Creeper (S)

Gnatcatchers

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (S)

Wrens

Rock Wren (P)	House Wren (S)	Winter Wren (S)
Sedge Wren (S)	Marsh Wren (S)	Carolina Wren (S)
Bewick's Wren (S)

Mimids

Gray Catbird (S)	Brown Thrasher (S)	*Sage Thrasher (P)
Northern Mockingbird (S)

Starlings

European Starling (S)

Thrushes

Eastern Bluebird (S)	*Mountain Bluebird (P)	Townsend's Solitaire (P)
Veery (D)	Gray-cheeked Thrush (S)	Swainson's Thrush (S)
Hermit Thrush (S)	Wood Thrush (S)	American Robin (S)
*Varied Thrush (P)

Old World Flycatchers

*Northern Wheatear (P)

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow (S)

*Eurasian Tree Sparrow (P)

Pipits

American Pipit (S)

Sprague's Pipit (S)

Finches

*Brambling (P)	Evening Grosbeak (S)	*Pine Grosbeak (P)
*Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (P)	House Finch (P)	Purple Finch (S)
Common Redpoll (P)	Red Crossbill (P)	White-winged Crossbill (D)
Pine Siskin (P)	Lesser Goldfinch (P)	American Goldfinch (S)

Longspurs, Snow Bunting

Lapland Longspur (S)	Chestnut-collared Longspur (S)	Smith's Longspur (P)
*Thick-billed Longspur (D)	*Snow Bunting (S)

Towhees, Sparrows

*Cassin's Sparrow (P)	Bachman's Sparrow (P)	Grasshopper Sparrow (S)
Lark Sparrow (S)	*Lark Bunting (P)	Chipping Sparrow (S)
Clay-colored Sparrow (S)	Field Sparrow (S)	*Brewer's Sparrow (P)
Fox Sparrow (P)	American Tree Sparrow (S)	Dark-eyed Junco (S)
White-crowned Sparrow (S)	Harris's Sparrow (S)	White-throated Sparrow (S)
Vesper Sparrow (S)	LeConte's Sparrow (S)	Nelson's Sparrow (S)
Henslow's Sparrow (S)	Savannah Sparrow (S)	Song Sparrow (S)
Lincoln's Sparrow (S)	Swamp Sparrow (S)	Rufous-crowned Sparrow (P)
*Green-tailed Towhee (D)	Spotted Towhee (P)	Eastern Towhee (S)

Chats

Yellow-breasted Chat (S)

Blackbirds, Orioles

Yellow-headed Blackbird (S)	Bobolink (S)	Eastern Meadowlark (S)
Western Meadowlark (S)	Orchard Oriole (S)	*Bullock's Oriole (P)
Baltimore Oriole (S)	*Scott's Oriole (P)	Red-winged Blackbird (S)
Brown-headed Cowbird (S)	Rusty Blackbird (S)	Brewer's Blackbird (S)
Common Grackle (S)	Great-tailed Grackle (P)

Wood-warblers

Ovenbird (S)	Worm-eating Warbler (S)	Louisiana Waterthrush (S)
Northern Waterthrush (S)	Bachman's Warbler (S)	Golden-winged Warbler (D)
Blue-winged Warbler (S)	Black-and-white Warbler (S)	Prothonotary Warbler (S)
Swainson's Warbler (S)	Tennessee Warbler (S)	Orange-crowned Warbler (S)
Nashville Warbler (S)	Connecticut Warbler (D)	Mourning Warbler (S)
Kentucky Warbler (S)	Common Yellowthroat (S)	Hooded Warbler (S)
American Redstart (S)	Cape May Warbler (P)	Cerulean Warbler (S)
Northern Parula (S)	Magnolia Warbler (S)	Bay-breasted Warbler (S)
Blackburnian Warbler (S)	Yellow Warbler (S)	Chestnut-sided Warbler (S)
Blackpoll Warbler (S)	Black-throated Blue Warbler (P)	Palm Warbler (S)
Pine Warbler (S)	Yellow-rumped Warbler (S)	Yellow-throated Warbler (S)
Prairie Warbler (S)	*Black-throated Gray Warbler (D)	Black-throated Green Warbler (S)
Canada Warbler (D)	Wilson's Warbler (S)	*Painted Redstart (P)

Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings

Summer Tanager (S)	Scarlet Tanager (S)	Western Tanager (P)
Northern Cardinal (S)	Rose-breasted Grosbeak (S)	Black-headed Grosbeak (P)
Blue Grosbeak (S)	Lazuli Bunting (P)	Indigo Bunting (S)
Painted Bunting (S)	Dickcissel (S)