**BIRDS OF THE OAK RIDGE RESERVATION*^a^***

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  **COMMON NAME**                **SCIENTIFIC       **PRESENCE**    **STATUS*^b^***
                                 NAME**                             
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  **LOONS**                                                         

  **Common Loon**                *Gavia immer*      **winter**      

  **GREBES**                                                        

  **Pied-billed Grebe**          *Podilymbus        **casual        
                                 podiceps*          visitor**       

  **Horned Grebe**               *Podiceps auritus* **winter**      

  **Eared Grebe**                *Podiceps          **transient**   
                                 nigricollis*                       

  **CORMORANTS**                                                    

  **Double-crested Cormorant**   *Phalacrocorax     **casual        
                                 auritus*           visitor**       

  **DARTERS**                                                       

  **Anhinga**                    *Anhinga anhinga*  **transient**   **NM**

  **BITTERNS & HERONS**                                             

  **Great Blue Heron**           *Ardea herodias*   **breeder**     

  **Great Egret**                *Ardea alba*       **casual        **NM**
                                                    visitor**       

  **Snowy Egret**                *Egretta thula*    **migrant**     **NM**

  **Little Blue Heron**          *Egretta caerulea* **casual        **NM**
                                                    visitor**       

  **Green Heron**                *Butorides         **breeder**     
                                 virescens*                         

  **Black-crowned Night-Heron**  *Nycticorax        **breeder**     
                                 nycticorax*                        

  **SWANS, GEESE, & DUCKS**                                         

  **Mute Swan**                  *Cygnus olor*      **casual        
                                                    visitor**       

  **Canada Goose**               *Anser canadensis* **breeder**     

  **Ross\' Goose**               *Chen rossii*      **migrant**     

  **Snow Goose**                 *Chen              **migrant**     
                                 caerulescens*                      

  **Greater White-fronted        *Anser albifrons*  **migrant**     
  Goose**                                                           

  **Wood Duck**                  *Aix sponsa*       **breeder**     

  **Green-winged Teal**          *Anas crecca*      **winter**      

  **American Black Duck**        *Anas rubripes*    **winter**      

  **Mallard**                    *Anas              **breeder**     
                                 platyrhynchos*                     

  **Northern Pintail**           *Anas acuta*       **winter**      

  **Blue-winged Teal**           *Anas discors*     **winter**      

  **Gadwall**                    *Anas strepera*    **winter**      

  **American Wigeon**            *Anas americana*   **winter**      

  **Northern Shoveler**          *Anas clypeata*    **winter**      

  **Canvasback**                 *Aythya            **winter**      
                                 valisineria*                       

  **Ring-necked Duck**           *Aythya collaris*  **winter**      

  **Greater Scaup**              *Aythya marila*    **winter**      

  **Lesser Scaup**               *Aythya affinis*   **winter**      

  **Bufflehead**                 *Bucephala         **winter**      
                                 clangula*                          

  **Hooded Merganser**           *Lophodytes        **winter**      
                                 cucullatus*                        

  **Red-breasted Merganser**     *Mergus serrator*  **winter**      

  **Common Merganser**           *Mergus merganser* **winter**      

  **Ruddy Duck**                 *Oxyura            **winter**      
                                 jamaicensus*                       

  **VULTURES**                                                      

  **Black Vulture**              *Coragyps atratus* **breeder**     

  **Turkey Vulture**             *Cathartes aura*   **breeder**     
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  **COMMON NAME**                **SCIENTIFIC       **PRESENCE**    **STATUS*^b^***
                                 NAME**                             

  **KITES, HAWKS, EAGLES, &                                         
  allies**                                                          

  **Osprey**                     *Pandion           **breeder**     
                                 haliaetus*                         

  **Bald Eagle**                 *Haliaeetus        **casual        **NM**
                                 leucocephalus*     visitor**       

  **Northern Harrier**           *Circus cyaneus*   **winter**      **NM**

  **Sharp-shinned Hawk**         *Accipiter         **possible      **NM**
                                 striatus*          breeder**       

  **Cooper\'s Hawk**             *Accipiter         **possible      
                                 cooperii*          breeder**       

  **Red-shouldered Hawk**        *Buteo lineatus*   **breeder**     

  **Red-tailed Hawk**            *Buteo             **breeder**     
                                 jamaicensis*                       

  **Broad-winged Hawk**          *Buteo             **breeder**     **RI**
                                 platypterus*                       

  **FALCONS**                                                       

  **American Kestrel**           *Falco sparverius* **breeder**     

  **Peregrine Falcon**           *Falco peregrinus* **migrant**     **SE, RI**

  **GROUSE, TURKEY & QUAIL**                                        

  **Ruffed Grouse**              *Bonasa umbellus*  **casual        **RI**
                                                    visitor**       

  **Wild Turkey**                *Meleagris         **breeder**     
                                 gallopavo*                         

  **Northern Bobwhite**          *Colinus           **breeder**     **RI**
                                 virginianus*                       

  **RAILS, GALLINULES, & COOTS**                                    

  **Sora**                       *Porzana carolina* **migrant**     

  **American Coot**              *Fulica americana* **casual        
                                                    visitor**       

  **Common Moorhen**             *Gallinula         **migrant**     **NM**
                                 chloropus*                         

  **CRANES**                                                        

  **Sandhill Crane**             *Grus canadensis*  **migrant**     

  **PLOVERS**                                                       

  **Killdeer**                   *Charadrius        **breeder**     
                                 vociferus*                         

  **Semipalmated Plover**        *Charadrius        **migrant**     
                                 semipalmatus*                      

  **SANDPIPERS & allies**                                           

  **Greater Yellowlegs**         *Tringa            **migrant**     
                                 melanoleuca*                       

  **Lesser Yellowlegs**          *Tringa flavipes*  **migrant**     

  **Solitary Sandpiper**         *Tringa solitaria* **migrant**     

  **Spotted Sandpiper**          *Actitus           **casual        
                                 macularius*        visitor**       

  **Pectoral Sandpiper**         *Calidris          **migrant**     
                                 melanotos*                         

  **White-rumped Sandpiper**     *Calidris          **migrant**     
                                 fuscicollis*                       

  **Least Sandpiper**            *Calidris          **migrant**     
                                 minutilla*                         

  **Common Snipe**               *Gallinago         **winter**      
                                 gallinago*                         

  **American Woodcock**          *Scolopax minor*   **breeder**     

  **GULLS & TERNS**                                                 

  **Bonaparte\'s Gull**          *Larus             **winter**      
                                 philadelphia*                      

  **Ring-billed Gull**           *Larus             **winter**      
                                 delawarensis*                      

  **Caspian Tern**               *Sterna caspia*    **transient**   

  **Forster\'s Tern**            *Sterna forsteri*  **transient**   

  **PIGEONS & DOVES**                                               

  **Rock Pigeon**                *Columba livia*    **breeder**     

  **Mourning Dove**              *Zenaida macroura* **breeder**     

  **CUCKOOS**                                                       

  **Yellow-billed Cuckoo**       *Coccyzus          **breeder**     
                                 americanus*                        
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  **COMMON NAME**                **SCIENTIFIC       **PRESENCE**    **STATUS*^b^***
                                 NAME**                             

  **OWLS**                                                          

  **Northern Saw-whet Owl**      *Aegolius          **transient**   **MC, ST, RI**
                                 acadicus*                          

  **Eastern Screech-Owl**        *Megascops asio*   **breeder**     

  **Great Horned Owl**           *Bubo virginianus* **breeder**     

  **Barred Owl**                 *Strix varia*      **breeder**     

  **Barn Owl**                   *Tyto alba*        **possible      **NM**
                                                    breeder**       

  **GOATSUCKERS**                                                   

  **Common Nighthawk**           *Chordeiles minor* **breeder**     

  **Chuck-will\'s-widow**        *Caprimulgus       **breeder**     **RI**
                                 carolinensis*                      

  **Whip-poor-will**             *Caprimulgus       **breeder**     **RI**
                                 vociferus*                         

  **SWIFTS**                                                        

  **Chimney Swift**              *Chaetura          **breeder**     **RI**
                                 pelagica*                          

  **HUMMINGBIRDS**                                                  

  **Ruby-throated Hummingbird**  *Archilochus       **breeder**     
                                 colubris*                          

  **KINGFISHERS**                                                   

  **Belted Kingfisher**          *Ceryle alcyon*    **breeder**     **RI**

  **WOODPECKERS**                                                   

  **Red-bellied Woodpecker**     *Melanerpes        **breeder**     
                                 carolinus*                         

  **Red-headed Woodpecker**      *Melanerpes        **breeder**     **RI**
                                 erythrocephalus*                   

  **Yellow-bellied Sapsucker**   *Sphyrapicus       **winter**      **MC, NM**
                                 varius*                            

  **Downy Woodpecker**           *Picoides          **breeder**     **RI**
                                 pubescens*                         

  **Hairy Woodpecker**           *Picoides          **breeder**     
                                 vollosus*                          

  **Northern Flicker**           *Colaptes auratus* **breeder**     **RI**

  **Pileated Woodpecker**        *Dryocopus         **breeder**     
                                 pileatus*                          

  **TYRANT FLYCATCHERS**                                            

  **Olive-sided Flycatcher**     *Contopus cooperi* **migrant**     **NM, RI**

  **Eastern Wood-Pewee**         *Contopus virens*  **breeder**     **RI**

  **Acadian Flycatcher**         *Empidonax         **breeder**     **RI**
                                 virescens*                         

  **Willow Flycatcher**          *Empidonax         **breeder**     **RI**
                                 trailii*                           

  **Eastern Phoebe**             *Sayornis phoebe*  **breeder**     

  **Great Crested Flycatcher**   *Myiarchus         **breeder**     
                                 crinitus*                          

  **Eastern Kingbird**           *Tyrannus          **breeder**     
                                 tyrannus*                          

  **Western Kingbird**           *Tyrannus          **transient**   
                                 verticalis*                        

  **LARKS**                                                         

  **Horned Lark**                *Eremophila        **casual        
                                 alpestris*         visitor**       

  **SWALLOWS**                                                      

  **Purple Martin**              *Progne subis*     **breeder**     **RI**

  **Tree Swallow**               *Tachycineta       **breeder**     
                                 bicolor*                           

  **Northern Rough-winged        *Stelgidopteryx    **breeder**     
  Swallow**                      serripennis*                       

  **Cliff Swallow**              *Petrochelidon     **breeder**     
                                 fulva*                             

  **Barn Swallow**               *Hirundo rustica*  **breeder**     

  **Bank Swallow**               *Petrochelidon     **migrant**     
                                 pyrrhonota*                        

  **JAYS & CROWS**                                                  

  **Blue Jay**                   *Cyannocitta       **breeder**     
                                 cristata*                          

  **American Crow**              *Corvus            **breeder**     
                                 brachyrhynchos*                    

  **COMMON NAME**                **SCIENTIFIC       **PRESENCE**    **STATUS*^b^***
                                 NAME**                             

  **TITMICE & CHICKADEES**                                          

  **Carolina Chickadee**         *Poecile           **breeder**     **RI**
                                 carolinensis*                      

  **Tufted Titmouse**            *Baeolophus        **breeder**     
                                 bicolor*                           

  **NUTHATCHES**                                                    

  **Red-breasted Nuthatch**      *Sitta canadensis* **winter**      

  **White-breasted Nuthatch**    *Sitta             **breeder**     
                                 carolinensis*                      

  **Brown-headed Nuthatch**      *Sitta pusilla*    **breeder**     **RI**

  **CREEPERS**                                                      

  **Brown Creeper**              *Certhia           **winter**      
                                 americana*                         

  **WRENS**                                                         

  **Carolina Wren**              *Thryothorus       **breeder**     
                                 ludovicianus*                      

  **House Wren**                 *Troglodytes       **breeder**     
                                 aedon*                             

  **Winter Wren**                *Troglodytes       **winter**      
                                 troglodytes*                       

  **Sedge Wren**                 *Cistothorus       **migrant**     
                                 platensis*                         

  **Marsh Wren**                 *Cistothorus       **migrant**     
                                 palustris*                         

  **KINGLETS, GNATCATCHERS, &                                       
  THRUSHES**                                                        

  **Golden-crowned Kinglet**     *Regulus satrapa*  **winter**      

  **Ruby-crowned Kinglet**       *Regulus           **winter**      
                                 calendula*                         

  **Blue-gray Gnatcatcher**      *Polioptila        **breeder**     
                                 caerulea*                          

  **Eastern Bluebird**           *Siala sialis*     **breeder**     

  **Veery**                      *Catharus          **migrant**     
                                 fuscescens*                        

  **Swainson\'s Thrush**         *Catharus          **migrant**     
                                 ustulatus*                         

  **Hermit Thrush**              *Catharus          **winter**      
                                 guttatus*                          

  **Wood Thrush**                *Hylocichla        **breeder**     **RI**
                                 mustelina*                         

  **American Robin**             *Turdus            **breeder**     
                                 migratorius*                       

  **Varied Thrush**              *Ixoreus naevius*  **transient**   

  **PIPITS & WAGTAILS**                                             

  **American Pipit**             *Anthus rubescens* **migrant**     

  **THRASHERS & MOCKINGBIRDS**                                      

  **Gray Catbird**               *Dumetella         **breeder**     
                                 carolinensis*                      

  **Northern Mockingbird**       *Mimus             **breeder**     
                                 polyglottos*                       

  **Brown Thrasher**             *Toxostoma rufum*  **breeder**     **RI**

  **WAXWINGS**                                                      

  **Cedar Waxwing**              *Bombycilla        **breeder**     
                                 cedrorum*                          

  **SHRIKES**                                                       

  **Loggerhead Shrike**          *Lanius            **transient**   **MC, NM, RI**
                                 ludovicianus*                      

  **STARLINGS**                                                     

  **European Starling**          *Sturnus vulgaris* **breeder**     

  **VIREOS**                                                        

  **White-eyed Vireo**           *Vireo griseus*    **breeder**     

  **Blue-headed Vireo**          *Vireo solitarius* **migrant**     

  **Yellow-throated Vireo**      *Vireo flavifrons* **breeder**     **RI**

  **Red-eyed Vireo**             *Vireo olivaceus*  **breeder**     

  **Warbling Vireo**             *Vireo gilvus*     **casual        
                                                    visitor**       
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  **COMMON NAME**                **SCIENTIFIC NAME** **PRESENCE**   **STATUS*^b^***

  **WOOD WARBLERS**                                                 

  **Blue-winged Warbler**        *Vermivora pinus*   **breeder**    **RI**

  **Golden-winged Warbler**      *Vermivora          **migrant**    **MC, NM, RI**
                                 chrysotera*                        

  **Tennessee Warbler**          *Vermivora          **migrant**    
                                 peregrina*                         

  **Nashville Warbler**          *Vermivora          **migrant**    
                                 ruficapilla*                       

  **Northern Parula**            *Parula americana*  **breeder**    

  **Yellow Warbler**             *Dendroica          **breeder**    
                                 petechia*                          

  **Chestnut-sided Warbler**     *Dendroica          **migrant**    
                                 pensylvanica*                      

  **Magnolia Warbler**           *Dendroica          **migrant**    
                                 magnolia*                          

  **Cape May Warbler**           *Dendroica tigrina* **migrant**    

  **Black-throated Blue          *Dendroica          **migrant**    
  Warbler**                      caerulescens*                      

  **Yellow-rumped Warbler**      *Dendroica          **winter**     
                                 coronata*                          

  **Black-throated Green         *Dendroica virens*  **possible     
  Warbler**                                          breeder**      

  **Blackburnian Warbler**       *Dendroica fusca*   **migrant**    **RI**

  **Yellow-throated Warbler**    *Dendroica          **breeder**    
                                 dominica*                          

  **Pine Warbler**               *Dendroica pinus*   **breeder**    

  **Prairie Warbler**            *Dendroica          **breeder**    **RI**
                                 discolor*                          

  **Palm Warbler**               *Dendroica          **migrant**    
                                 palmarum*                          

  **Bay-breasted Warbler**       *Dendroica          **migrant**    
                                 castanea*                          

  **Blackpoll Warbler**          *Dendroica striata* **migrant**    

  **Cerulean Warbler**           *Dendroica cerulea* **possible     **NM, RI**
                                                     breeder**      

  **Black-and-white Warbler**    *Mniotilta varia*   **possible     **RI**
                                                     breeder**      

  **American Redstart**          *Setophaga          **possible     
                                 ruticilla*          breeder**      

  **Prothonotary Warbler**       *Protonotaria       **breeder**    
                                 citrea*                            

  **Worm-eating Warbler**        *Helmitheros        **breeder**    **RI**
                                 vermivorus*                        

  **Ovenbird**                   *Seiurus            **breeder**    
                                 aurocapillus*                      

  **Northern Waterthrush**       *Seiurus            **migrant**    
                                 novaboracensus*                    

  **Louisiana Waterthrush**      *Seiurus motacilla* **possible     **RI**
                                                     breeder**      

  **Kentucky Warbler**           *Oporornis          **breeder**    **RI**
                                 formosus*                          

  **Common Yellowthroat**        *Geothlypis         **breeder**    
                                 trichas*                           

  **Hooded Warbler**             *Wilsonia citrina*  **breeder**    **RI**

  **Wilson\'s Warbler**          *Wilsonia pusilla*  **migrant**    

  **Canada Warbler**             *Wilsonia           **migrant**    **RI**
                                 canadensis*                        

  **Yellow-breasted Chat**       *Icteria virens*    **breeder**    **RI**

  **TANAGERS**                                                      

  **Summer Tanager**             *Piranga rubra*     **breeder**    **RI**

  **Scarlet Tanager**            *Piranga olivacea*  **breeder**    **RI**

  **CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS, &                                         
  allies**                                                          

  **Northern Cardinal**          *Cardinalis         **breeder**    
                                 cardinalis*                        

  **Rose-breasted Grosbeak**     *Pheucticus         **migrant**    
                                 ludovicianus*                      

  **Blue Grosbeak**              *Passerina          **breeder**    
                                 caerulea*                          

  **Indigo Bunting**             *Passerina cyanea*  **breeder**    **RI**

  **Dickcissel**                 *Spiza americana*   **casual       
                                                     visitor**      

  **COMMON NAME**                **SCIENTIFIC NAME** **PRESENCE**   **STATUS*^b^***

  **TOWHEES, SPARROWS, &                                            
  allies**                                                          

  **Eastern Towhee**             *Pipilo             **breeder**    **RI**
                                 erythrophthalmus*                  

  **American Tree Sparrow**      *Spizella arborea*  **winter**     

  **Chipping Sparrow**           *Spizella           **breeder**    
                                 passerina*                         

  **Field Sparrow**              *Spizella pusilla*  **breeder**    **RI**

  **Savannah Sparrow**           *Passerculus        **migrant +    
                                 sandwichensis*      winter**       

  **Grasshopper Sparrow**        *Ammodramus         **breeder**    **RI**
                                 savannarum*                        

  **Fox Sparrow**                *Passerella iliaca* **winter**     

  **Song Sparrow**               *Melospiza melodia* **breeder**    

  **Swamp Sparrow**              *Melospiza          **winter**     
                                 georgiana*                         

  **White-throated Sparrow**     *Zonotrichia        **winter**     
                                 albicollis*                        

  **White-crowned Sparrow**      *Zonotrichia        **migrant**    
                                 leucophrys*                        

  **Vesper Sparrow**             *Pooecetes          **migrant**    **NM**
                                 gramineus*                         

  **Dark-eyed Junco**            *Junco hyemalis*    **winter**     

  **BLACKBIRDS & allies**                                           

  **Bobolink**                   *Dolichonyx         **migrant**    
                                 oryzivorus*                        

  **Red-winged Blackbird**       *Agelaius           **breeder**    
                                 phoeniceus*                        

  **Eastern Meadowlark**         *Sturnella magna*   **breeder**    **RI**

  **Common Grackle**             *Quiscalus          **breeder**    
                                 quiscula*                          

  **Brown-headed Cowbird**       *Molothrus ater*    **breeder**    

  **Orchard Oriole**             *Icterus spurius*   **breeder**    

  **Baltimore Oriole**           *Icterus galbula*   **breeder**    

  **FINCHES**                                                       

  **Purple Finch**               *Carpodacus         **winter**     
                                 purpureus*                         

  **House Finch**                *Carpodacus         **breeder**    
                                 mexicanus*                         

  **Pine Siskin**                *Carduelis pinus*   **migrant**    

  **American Goldfinch**         *Carduelis tristis* **breeder**    

  **Evening Grosbeak**           *Coccothraustes     **migrant**    
                                 vespertinus*                       

  **OLD WORLD SPARROWS**                                            

  **House Sparrow**              *Passer domesticus* **breeder**    
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*^a^* Updated 1/2009

*^b^* Status:

MC = federally listed as of management concern

NM = deemed by the state of Tennessee as in need of management

RI = Partners in Flight-designated birds of regional importance

SE = state endangered

ST = state threatened