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Birds from Pershing State Park and
Vicinity
Compiled by Tom Nagel, 1989 Breeding Bird Atlas
KEY
| Park | |
| Y | found within the park |
| N | found outside the park boundaries |
Status |
|
| Possible, Probable and Confirmed match the codes used for the Breeding Bird Atlas | |
| Open | species that could be nesting but were not found within their "safe dates" for nesting or are colonial nesters and were not listed as nesting in the atlas |
| Migrant | species that do not nest in Missouri but migrate through the state |
| Species | Park | Status | Abundance and Habitat |
| Great Blue Heron | Y |
Open |
One seen at lake near entrance |
| Green-backed Heron | Y | Possible | Wooded sloughs near entrance |
| Wood Duck | Y | Possible | Flying over near office |
| Mallard | Y | Confirmed | Reported by Park Supt. from lake near campground |
| Turkey Vulture | Y | Open | Several seen soaring over park |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Y | Probable | Seen in park, and pair north of Hwy. 36 |
| Wild Turkey | Y | Probable | Seen at far side of prairie and heard gobbling by campground |
| Northern Bobwhite | Y | Probable | Heard calling by entrance, picnic area and south of office |
| Killdeer | N | Possible | In cornfield on other side of levee from wet prairie |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Y | Migrant | By lake at entrance |
| Rock Dove | Y | Possible | Hwy. 36 Bridge over Muddy Creek |
| Mourning Dove | Y | Possible | All along Hwy. 130 |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Y | Confirmed | Several heard throughout the woods |
| Barred Owl | Y | Probable | Heard in woods below campground and picnic area |
| Chuck-will's-widow | Y | Possible | Heard from near the enclosed shelter |
| Whip-poor-will | Y | Probable | A number heard in woods around campground and picnic area |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Y | Possible | A couple seen in woods along creek |
| Belted Kingfisher | Y | Possible | One at lake across from campground |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | Y | Confirmed | All through wooded areas |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Y | Possible | Woods near campground |
| Downy Woodpecker | Y | Probable | Several in upland and bottomland woods |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Y | Possible | A couple seen in bottomland woods |
| Northern Flicker | Y | Possible | Bottomland prairie |
| Pileated Woodpecker | Y | Possible | One seen in bottomland woods |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Y | Probable | In several places in woods around campground and picnic area |
| Acadian Flycatcher | Y | Possible | One our two along creek between campground and picnic area |
| Willow Flycatcher | Y | Confirmed | Several in thickets at base of levee across prairie from tower |
| Eastern Phoebe | Y | Possible | Under Hwy. 36 bridge over Muddy Creek |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Y | Possible | Edge of woods by campground |
| Eastern Kingbird | Y | Confirmed | Confirmed by overlook tower, others were also seen |
| Horned Lark | Y | Possible | One in wet prairie, several in fields next to prairie and entrance |
| Rough-winged Swallow | N | Open | Creek by RR bridge north of Hwy. 36 (bridge now gone) |
| Barn Swallow | Y | Confirmed | Nest on Supt. Residence |
| Blue Jay | Y | Possible | Throughout |
| American Crow | Y | Open | Flying over |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Y | Probable | All through wooded areas |
| Tufted Titmouse | Y | Confirmed | All through wooded areas |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Y | Possible | Upland and bottomland woods |
| Carolina Wren | Y | Probable | Several in bottomland woods |
| House Wren | Y | Probable | Many in swampy woods near entrance |
| Marsh Wren | Y | Open | One in beaver marsh at park entrance |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Y | Probable | Upland and bottomland woods |
| Eastern Bluebird | Y | Confirmed | Picnic area and wet prairie near tower |
| Wood Thrush | Y | Possible | One heard in woods near old barn |
| American Robin | Y | Confirmed | Abundant in woods and developed areas |
| Gray Catbird | Y | Probable | A couple around picnic area and near entrance |
| Northern Mockingbird | N | Probable | Along gravel road a little east of the park |
| Brown Thrasher | Y | Probable | Along Hwy. 130 near entrance |
| Cedar Waxwing | Y | Possible | A couple in campground and picnic area |
| Loggerhead Shrike | N | Possible | Along gravel road a little east of the park |
| European Starling | Y | Possible | In developed areas |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Y | Possible | In campground |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Y | Possible | Several in upland and bottomland woods |
| Solitary Vireo | Y | Migrant | Edge of woods by campground |
| Northern Parula | Y | Probable | Several along creek and below old barn |
| Yellow Warbler | Y | Probable | Several in wet prairie, mostly close to levee |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Y | Open | Heard on in bottomland woods |
| American Redstart | Y | Open | Saw one at edge of woods by campground |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Y | Probable | A number in swampy wooded areas and sloughs |
| Ovenbird | Y | Open | Several heard in upland and bottomland woods |
| Kentucky Warbler | Y | Probable | Several in upland and bottomland woods |
| Common Yellowthroat | Y | Confirmed | Abundant throughout wet prairie, and in open areas |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | Y | Probable | One at edge of prairie by tower |
| Tennessee Warbler | Y | Migrant | Woods |
| Nashville Warbler | Y | Migrant | Woods |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Y | Migrant | Bottomland woods by bridge over creek |
| Summer Tanager | Y | Probable | Several in upland woods |
| Northern Cardinal | Y | Confirmed | Throughout? |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | N | Probable | Along gravel road just east of park |
| Indigo Bunting | Y | Probable | Throughout |
| Dickcissel | Y | Probable | Abundant in wet prairie |
| Rurfous-sided Towhee | Y | Probable | A few at edge of wet prairie by tower |
| Chipping Sparrow | Y | Probable | Common around campground and office |
| Field Sparrow | Y | Confirmed | A few by upland prairie and wet prairie by tower |
| Lark Sparrow | Y | Probable | In road by entrance (flew to pasture next to park) |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | N | Probable | In pasture at entrance (could hear from park) |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Y | Confirmed | Abundant in wet prairie and around lakes |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Y | Probable | Open areas around entrance and office |
| Common Grackle | Y | Possible | Developed areas |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Y | Probable | Developed areas |
| Northern Oriole | Y | Confirmed | Campground, picnic area and wet prairie by tower |
| American Goldfinch | Y | Confirmed | Developed areas |
