Birds and Mammals

KEY

Abundance Status (AS)
ab	Abundant: Almost certain to be found in proper habitat during proper season
co	Common: Frequently found in proper habitat
un	Uncommon: Infrequently found in proper habitat
ra	Rare: Very seldom found
*	Included on the rare and endangered species list in Missouri
Seasonal Status for Birds (SS)
PR	Permanent resident
SR	Summer resident
WR	Winter resident
T	Transient, migrating through in spring or fall

Birds	SS	AS	Birds	SS	AS
Pied-Billed Grebe	T	co	House Wren	SR	co
Great Blue Heron	PR	ab	Winter Wren	WR	un
Green Heron	SR	co	Bewick's Wren	T	ra
Little Blue Heron *	T	ra	Carolina Wren	PR	co
Cattle Egret	T	ra	Marsh Wren	T	un
Snowy Egret *	T	ra	Mockingbird	PR	co
Yellow -crowned Night Heron	SR	un	Gray Catbird	PR	co
Canada Goose	T	un	Brown Thrasher	SR	co
White-fronted Goose	T	un	American Robin	SR	ab
Snow Goose	T	un	Wood Thrush	SR	co
Mallard Duck	T	co	Hermit Thrush	T	ra
Gadwall	T	un	Swainson'sThrush	T	un
Pintail	T	un	Gray-Cheeked Thrush	T	un
Green-winged Teal	T	co	Veery	T	un
Blue-winged Teal	T	co	Eastern Bluebird	PR	co
American Widgeon	T	co	Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher	SR	co
Northern Shoveler	T	un	Golden-Crowned Kinglet	WR	un
Wood Duck	SR	co	Ruby-Crowned Kinglet	WR	co
Redhead	T	un	Water Pipit	T	un
Canvasback	T	ra	Cedar Waxwing	SR	un
Common Goldeneye	WR	ra	Loggerhead Shrike	PR	co
Bufflehead	T	un	Starling	PR	ab
Turkey Vulture	SR	ab	White-eyed Vireo	T	un
Black Vulture	T	ra	Bell's Vireo	T	un
Sharp-shinned Hawk *	T	ra	Yellow-throated Vireo	T	ra
Cooper's Hawk *	SR	un	Red-eyed Vireo	SR	co
Red-tailed Hawk	PR	co	Philadelphia Vireo	T	ra
Red-shouldered Hawk	SR	co	Warbling Vireo	T	co
Broad-winged Hawk	SR	un	Black-and-white Warbler	T	un
Rough-legged Hawk	T	ra	Prothonotary Warbler	SR	un
Golden Eagle	WR	ra	Worm Eating Warbler	SR	un
Bald Eagle *	WR	un	Blue-winged Warbler	T	un
Northern Harrier	T	ra	Tennessee Warbler	T	ra
Osprey *	T	un	Orange-crowned Warbler	T	ra
American Kestrel	PR	co	Nashville Warbler	T	un
Bobwhite	PR	un	Northern Parula	SR	un
Wild Turkey	PR	co	Yellow Warbler	T	ra
Sora (Rail)	T	co	Magnolia Warbler	T	ra
American Coot	T	co	Myrtle Warbler	T	co
Killdeer	SR	co	Black-throated Green Warbler	T	ra
American Woodcock	T	un	Blackburnian Warbler	T	ra
Common Snipe	T	un	Yellow -throated Warbler	SR	un
Spotted Sandpiper	T	un	Blackpoll Warbler	T	ra
Herring Gull	T	un	Prairie Warbler	T	ra
Ring-billed Gull	T	un	Ovenbird	T	ra
Mourning Dove	PR	co	Louisiana Waterthrush	SR	un
Yellow -billed Cuckoo	SR	co	Common Yellowthroat	SR	co
Black-billed Cuckoo	SR	un	Yellow-breasted Chat	SR	co
Roadrunner	PR	ra	Kentucky Warbler	SR	un
Screech Owl	PR	co	Wilson's Warbler	T	ra
Great Horned Owl	PR	co	American Redstart	SR	un
Saw-Whet Owl	WR	ra	House Sparrow	PR	ab
Snowy Owl	WR	ra	Eastern Meadowlark	PR	co
Barred Owl	PR	ra	Yellow-headed Blackbird	T	un
Chuck-will's Widow	SR	co	Red-winged Blackbird	R	co
Whip-poor-will	SR	co	Orchard Oriole	SR	co
Common Nighthawk	SR	co	Northern Oriole	SR	co
Chimney Swift	SR	co	Rusty Blackbird	T	un
Ruby Throated Hummingbird	SR	ab	Brewer's Blackbird	T	un
Belted Kingfisher	PR	co	Common Grackle	SR	ab
Northern Flicker	PR	co	Brown-Headed Cowbird	SR	co
Pileated Woodpecker	PR	co	Scarlet Tanager	SR	ra
Red-bellied Woodpecker	PR	co	Summer Tanager	SR	co
Redheaded Woodpecker	PR	co	Cardinal	PR	co
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker	WR	un	Rose-breasted Grosbeak	T	un
Hairy Woodpecker	PR	co	Evening Grosbeak	T	un
Downy Woodpecker	PR	co	Blue Grosbeak	SR	un
Eastern Kingbird	SR	co	Indigo Bunting	SR	co
Least Flycatcher	T	un	Dickcissel	SR	un
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	SR	ra	Purple Finch	WR	ab
Great Crested Flycatcher	SR	un	House Finch	PR	un
Eastern Phoebe	SR	co	American Goldfinch	PR	co
Eastern Wood Pewee	SR	un	Eastern Towhee	SR	co
Horned Lark	PR	un	Savannah Sparrow	T	un
Bank Swallow	SR	ra	Grasshopper Sparrow	T	ra
Rough-Winged Swallow	SR	co	Vesper Sparrow	T	ra
Barn Swallow	SR	co	Dark-eyed Junco	WR	ab
Purple Martin	SR	co	Tree Sparrow	PR	un
Blue Jay	PR	co	Chipping Sparrow	SR	co
American Crow	PR	ab	Field Sparrow	PR	co
Black-Capped Chickadee	T	un	Harris Sparrow	PR	un
Carolina Chickadee	PR	ab	White-crowned Sparrow	WR	un
Tufted Titmice	PR	co	White-throated Sparrow	WR	co
Red-Breasted Nuthatch	WR	un	Fox Sparrow	T	un
White-Breasted Nuthatch	PR	co	Lincoln's Sparrow	T	un
Brown Creeper	WR	un	Swamp Sparrow	T	un
			Song Sparrow	WR	un

Mammals	AS	Mammals	AS
Opossum	co	Eastern Woodrat	ra
Short tailed Shrew	co	Muskrat	co
Eastern Mole	co	White-footed Mouse	ab
Least Shrew	un	Woodchuck (groundhog)	co
Big Brown Bat	co	House Mouse	ab
Red Bat	co	Prairie Vole	un
Little Brown Bat	un	Woodland Vole	co
Gray Bat *	un	Coyote	co
Hoary Bat	un	Red Fox	co
Eastern Pipistrelle Bat	co	Gray Fox	un
Eastern Cottontail	ab	Raccoon	co
Eastern Chipmunk	ab	Striped Skunk	co
Eastern Gray Squirrel	ab	River Otter	un
Southern Flying Squirrel	co	Mink	co
Fox Squirrel	un	Bobcat	ra
Beaver	co	White-tailed Deer	co
		Nine-banded Armadillo	ra

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