U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Cat Island

National Wildlife Refuge

Bird List

David Hall
Cat Island National

Wildlife Refuge is one of

over 530 refuges in the

National Wildlife Refuge

System. The refuge is

located about 5 miles west

of St. Francisville, LA, in

West Feliciana Parish. The

refuge is primarily

comprised of bottomland

hardwood forest that is

annually flooded by the

Mississippi River. Several

habitat types including

overcup oak-bitter pecan,

hackberry-elm-ash, nuttall

oak-ash-sweetgum, and

shrub-scrub swamp occur

on the refuge. While

baldcypress trees are

found throughout the area,

there are stands of old

growth cypress-tupelo

present.
The river can flood the refuge for up to 6 months each

year, primarily between January and June. At that time,

access is limited to boats only. In winter, a variety of

waterfowl species are present throughout the refuge.

Songbirds and hawks that are associated with the midstory and canopy are there, while ground- and shrubnesting birds are usually not present. Once the river

drops and floodwaters recede from the refuge, many

birds return to the refuge. Wading birds, including wood

storks, feed in pools of water left behind by the river in

summer. The extent of flooding by the Mississippi River

varies year to year, which provides a variety of

birdwatching opportunities on the refuge.

Sp=March - May

S = June-August

F= September - November

W= December-February

C = common (certain to be seen in suitable habitat)

U = uncommon (present, but not certain to be seen)

O = occasional (seen only a few times during a season)

R = rare (seen at intervals of 2 to 5 years)

S. Maslowski
SP S F W

Grebes

___Pied-billed Grebe O O U

Pelicans

___American White Pelican O U U

Cormorants

___Double-crested Cormorant U U C

Anhingas

___Anhinga U O R R

Bitterns, Herons, and Egrets

___Great Blue Heron C C C C

___Great Egret C C C C

___Snowy Egret C C C U

___Little Blue Heron U U U U

___Tricolored Heron R O R R

___Cattle Egret O O O O

___Green Heron U U U U

___Black-crowned Night-Heron O U O

___Yellow-crowned Night-Heron U U U

Ibises and Spoonbills

___White Ibis C C U

___Roseate Spoonbill O R

Storks

___Wood Stork U O

Vultures

___Black Vulture C C C C

___Turkey Vulture C C C C

Ducks, Geese, and Swans

___Greater White-fronted Goose U U

___Snow Goose U U

___Ross’s Goose R R

___Canada Goose R R

___Wood Duck C C C C

___Green-winged Teal U U C

___Mottled Duck O U

___Mallard U O C C

___Northern Pintail R R R

___Blue-winged Teal C U O

___Northern Shoveler U U U

___Gadwall U U C

___American Wigeon U U C

___Ring-necked Duck U U U

___Hooded Merganser U U U C
SP S F W

Kites, Hawks, and Eagles

___Osprey U U U U

___Swallow-tailed Kite O O

___Mississippi Kite C C U

___Bald Eagle R

___Northern Harrier R

___Sharp-shinned Hawk U U U

___Cooper’s Hawk U U C C

___Red-shouldered Hawk C C C C

___Broad-winged Hawk U U U

___Red-tailed Hawk C U C C

Caracaras and Falcons

___American Kestrel R R U

___Merlin R R R

___Peregrine Falcon R

Turkey

___Wild Turkey U U U U

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

___American Coot U U U

Lapwings and Plovers

___Killdeer U U U U

Silts and Avocets

___Black-necked Stilt O U O R

Sandpipers, Phalaropes and Allies

___Greater Yellowlegs U U

___Lesser Yellowlegs U U

___Solitary Sandpiper U U

___Spotted Sandpiper U U

___American Woodcock U U U

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

___Laughing Gull O O O O

___Ring-billed Gull U O U

___Forster’s Tern O O O

___Least Tern O O O

Pigeons and Doves

___Mourning Dove C U U U

Cuckoos

___Black-billed Cuckoo O O

___Yellow-billed Cuckoo C C C
SP S F W

Typical Owls

___Eastern Screech-Owl U U U U

___Great Horned Owl U U U U

___Barred Owl C C C C

Goatsuckers

___Common Nighthawk U O O

Swifts

___Chimney Swift C C C

Hummingbirds

___Ruby-throated Hummingbird C C C

Kingfishers

___Belted Kingfisher U O U U

Woodpeckers

___Red-headed Woodpecker C C C C

___Red-bellied Woodpecker C C C C

___Yellow-bellied Sapsucker U C C

___Downy Woodpecker C C C C

___Hairy Woodpecker C C C C

___Northern Flicker C U C C

___Pileated Woodpecker C C C C

Tyrant Flycatchers

___Olive-sided Flycatcher R R

___Eastern Wood-Pewee C C U

___Acadian Flycatcher C C C

___Eastern Phoebe U C C

___Great Crested Flycatcher C C U

___Eastern Kingbird U U U

Shrikes

____Loggerhead Shrike O O

Vireos

___White-eyed Vireo C C C U

___Yellow-throated Vireo C C C

___Blue-headed Vireo U U U

___Red-eyed Vireo C C C

Jays and Crows

___Blue Jay C C C C

___American Crow C C C C

___Fish Crow C C C C

 Swallows

___Purple Martin C U U

___Tree Swallow C C O
SP S F W

___Northern Rough-winged Swallow U C U

___Barn Swallow U C R

Chickadees and Titmice

___Carolina Chickadee C C C C

___Tufted Titmouse C C C C

Creepers

___Brown Creeper R U U

Wrens

___Carolina Wren C C C C

___House Wren U U C

___Winter Wren U U U

___Sedge Wren U U U

Kinglets

___Golden-crowned Kinglet R R U

___Ruby-crowned Kinglet C C C

Gnatcatchers

___Blue-gray Gnatcatcher C C C C

Thrushes

___Eastern Bluebird O R O O

___Veery U U

___Gray-cheeked Thrush U U

___Swainson’s Thrush U U

___Hermit Thrush U U C

___Wood Thrush C C C

___American Robin U R C C

Mockingbirds and Thrashers

___Gray Catbird U O U U

___Brown Thrasher U U U U

Waxwings

___Cedar Waxwing C U U

Wood Warblers

___Blue-winged Warbler U U

___Golden-winged Warbler R R

___Tennessee Warbler U U

___Orange-crowned Warbler U C C

___Nashville Warbler U U

___Northern Parula C C C

___Yellow Warbler C C

___Chestnut-sided Warbler U U

___Magnolia Warbler U U

___Yellow-rumped Warbler C C C

___Black-throated Blue Warbler R

___Black-throated Green Warbler U C
SP S F W

___Blackburnian Warbler R R

___Yellow-throated Warbler U U U

___Prairie Warbler R R

___Palm Warbler U U U

___Bay-breasted Warbler U U

___Blackpoll Warbler R R

___Cerulean Warbler R R

___Black-and-white Warbler U U R

___American Redstart U U C

___Prothonotary Warbler C C C

___Worm-eating Warbler U R U

___Swainson’s Warbler U U U

___Ovenbird U U

___Northern Waterthrush U U

___Louisiana Waterthrush R R

___Kentucky Warbler U U U

___Common Yellowthroat C C C C

___Hooded Warbler C C C

___Wilson’s Warbler U U U

___Yellow-breasted Chat C C C

Tanagers

___Summer Tanager C C C

___Scarlet Tanager O O

Emberizids

___Eastern Towhee C C C C

___Savannah Sparrow C C C

___Song Sparrow U U U

___Swamp Sparrow C C C

___White-throated Sparrow C C C

___Dark-eyed Junco U U U

Cardinals, Saltators and Allies

___Northern Cardinal C C C C

___Rose-breasted Grosbeak U U

___Blue Grosbeak C C

___Indigo Bunting C C C

___Painted Bunting C C C

Blackbirds

___Red-winged Blackbird C C C C

___Common Grackle C C C C

___Brown-headed Cowbird C C C C

___Orchard Oriole C C U

___Baltimore Oriole U U

Finches

___American Goldfinch C U C
Herb Stein
Sighting Notes

Date

Time

Weather

No. of species

Route or area

Observers

Remarks

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Larry Richardson

Dane Menhe

Nick Milam
Cat Island

National Wildlife Refuge

P. O. Box 1936

St. Francisvile, Louisiana 70775

225/635 4753

http://southeast.fws.gov

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

1 800/344 WILD

September 2002