Official OOS Ohio Bird Checklist

 

The official Ohio checklist stands at 450 species as of December 2023. The checklist follows the nomenclature and taxonomic sequence of the American Ornithological Society’s Check-List of North and Middle American Birds through the Sixty-forth Supplement (July 2023).

ANATIDAE

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis

Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor

Snow Goose Anser caerulescens

Ross’s Goose Anser rossii

Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons

Brant Branta bernicla

Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii

Canada Goose Branta canadensis

Mute Swan Cygnus olor

Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator

Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus

Wood Duck Aix sponsa

Garganey Spatula querquedula

Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors

Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera

Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata

Gadwall Anas strepera

Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope

American Wigeon Anas americana

American Black Duck Anas rubripes

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

Northern Pintail Anas acuta

Green-winged Teal Anas crecca

Canvasback Aythya valisineria

Redhead Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris

Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula

Greater Scaup Aythya marila

Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis

King Eider Somateria spectabilis

Common Eider Somateria mollissima

Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus

Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata

White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi

Black Scoter Melanitta americana

Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis

Bufflehead Bucephala albeola

Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula

Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica

Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus

Common Merganser Mergus merganser

Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator

Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 

 

ODONTOPHORIDAE

Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus

 

PHASIANIDAE

Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo

Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus

Greater Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus cupido

Gray Partridge Perdix perdix

Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus

 

PHOENICOPTERIDAE

American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber

 

PODICIPEDIDAE

Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps

Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus

Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena

Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis

Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis

 

COLUMBIDAE

Rock Pigeon Columba livia

Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto

Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius

Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina

White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica

Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura

 

CUCULIDAE

Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani

Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris

Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus

Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus

 

CAPRIMULGIDAE

Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor

Chuck-will’s-widow Antrostomus carolinensis

Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus

 

APODIDAE

Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica

White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis

 

TROCHILIDAE

Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus

Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris

Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri

Anna’s Hummingbird Calypte anna

Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope

Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus

Allen’s Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin

Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris

 

RALLIDAE

King Rail Rallus elegans

Virginia Rail Rallus limicola

Sora Porzana carolina

Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata

American Coot Fulica americana

Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus

Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis

Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis

 

ARAMIDAE

Limpkin Aramus guarauna

 

GRUIDAE

Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis

Whooping Crane Grus americana

 

RECURVIROSTRIDAE

Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus

American Avocet Recurvirostra americana

 

CHARADRIIDAE

Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus

Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola

American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica

Killdeer Charadrius vociferus

Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus

Piping Plover Charadrius melodus

Wilson’s Plover Charadrius wilsonia

Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus

 

SCOLOPACIDAE

Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis

Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus

Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica

Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

Red Knot Calidris canutus

Ruff Calidris pugnax

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata

Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus

Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis

Sanderling Calidris alba

Dunlin Calidris alpina

Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima

Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii

Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla

White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis

Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calildris subruficollis

Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanatos

Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla

Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri

Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus

Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus

Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola

American Woodcock Scolopax minor

Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago delicata

Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius

Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria

Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca

Willet Tringa semipalmata

Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes

Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor

Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus

Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius

 

STERCORARIIDAE

Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus

Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus

Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus

 

ALCIDAE

Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia

Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle

Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix

Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus

Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica

 

LARIDAE

Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla

Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea

Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini

Bonaparte’s Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus

Ross’s Gull Rhodostethia rosea

Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla

Franklin’s Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan

Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris

Heermann’s Gull Larus heermanni

Common Gull Larus canus

Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus

Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis

California Gull Larus californicus

Herring Gull Larus argentatus

Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides

Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus

Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus

Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens

Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus

Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus

Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus

Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus

Least Tern Sternula antillarum

Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex

Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia

Black Tern Chlidonias niger

Common Tern Sterna hirundo

Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea

Forster’s Tern Sterna forsteri

Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus

 

GAVIIDAE

Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata

Arctic Loon Gavia arctica

Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica

Common Loon Gavia immer

 

HYDROBATIDAE

Leach’s Storm-Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous

 

PROCELLARIIDAE

Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata

 

CICONIIDAE

Wood Stork Mycteria americana 

 

FREGATIDAE

Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens

 

SULIDAE

Brown Booby Sula leucogaster

Northern Gannet Morus bassanus

 

ANHINGIDAE

Anhinga Anhinga anhinga

 

PHALACROCORACIDAE

Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum

Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum

 

PELECANIDAE

American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

 

ARDEIDAE

American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus

Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis

Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias

Great Egret Ardea alba

Snowy Egret Egretta thula

Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea

Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor

Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

Green Heron Butorides virescens

Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea

 

THRESKIORNITHIDAE

White Ibis Eudocimus albus

Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus

White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi

Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja

 

CATHARTIDAE

Black Vulture Coragyps atratus

Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

 

PANDIONIDAE

Osprey Pandion haliaetus 

 

ACCIPITRIDAE

White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus

Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus

Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos

Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius

Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus

Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii

American Goshawk Accipiter atricapillus

Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis

Harris’s Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus

Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus

Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus

Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni

Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus

Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis

TYTONIDAE

Barn Owl Tyto alba

 

STRIGIDAE

Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio

Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus

Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus

Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula

Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia

Barred Owl Strix varia

Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa

Long-eared Owl Asio otus

Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus

Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus

Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus

 

ALCEDINIDAE

Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon

 

PICIDAE

Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius

Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis

Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus

Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens

Red-cockaded Woodpecker Dryobates borealis

Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus

Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus

Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus

Ivory-billed Woodpecker Campephilus principalis 

 

FALCONIDAE

Crested Caracara Caracara plancus

American Kestrel Falco sparverius

Merlin Falco columbarius

Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolis

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus

 

PSITTACIDAE

Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis

 

TYRANNIDAE

Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cineracens

Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus

Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus

Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis

Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus

Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus

Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi

Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris

Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens

Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum

Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii

Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus

Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii

Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri

Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis

Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe

Say’s Phoebe Sayornis saya

Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus

 

VIREONIDAE

White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus

Bell’s Vireo Vireo bellii

Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons

Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius

Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus

Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus

Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

 

LANIIDAE

Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus

Northern Shrike Lanius borealis

 

CORVIDAE

Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata

Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia

American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos

Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus

Common Raven Corvus corax

 

PARIDAE

Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis

Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus

Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus

Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor

 

ALAUDIDAE

Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris

 

HIRUNDINIDAE

Bank Swallow Riparia riparia

Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina

Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Purple Martin Progne subis

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva

 

REGULIDAE

Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa

 

BOMBYCILLIDAE

Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus

Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum

 

SITTIDAE

Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis

Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla 

 

CERTHIIDAE

Brown Creeper Certhia americana

 

POLIOPTILIDAE

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea

 

TROGLODYTIDAE

Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus

Bewick’s Wren Thryomanes bewickii

Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren Troglodytes aedon

Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis

Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis

Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris

 

MIMIDAE

Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis

Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum

Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos

 

STURNIDAE

European Starling Sturnus vulgaris

 

TURDIDAE

Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis

Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides

Townsend’s Solitaire Myadestes townsendi

Veery Catharus fuscescens

Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus

Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus

Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus

Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina

American Robin Turdus migratorius

Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius

 

MUSCICAPIDAE

Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 

 

PASSERIDAE

House Sparrow Passer domesticus

Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus

 

MOTACILLIDAE

American Pipit Anthus rubescens

Sprague’s Pipit Anthus spragueii 

 

FRINGILLIDAE

Brambling Fringilla montifringilla

Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus

Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis

House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus

Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus

Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea

Hoary Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni

Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra

White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera

Pine Siskin Spinus pinus

American Goldfinch Spinus tristi 

 

CALCARIIDAE

Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus

Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus

Smith’s Longspur Calcarius pictus

Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis

 

PASSERELLIDAE

Cassin’s Sparrow Peucaea cassinii

Bachman’s Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis

Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum

Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata

Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus

Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys

Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina

Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida

Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla

Brewer’s Sparrow Spizella breweri

Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca

American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea

Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis

White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys

Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla

Harris’s Sparrow Zonotrichia querula

White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis

Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus

LeConte’s Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii

Nelson’s Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni

Baird’s Sparrow Centronyx bairdii

Henslow’s Sparrow Centronyx henslowii

Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis

Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia

Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii

Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana

Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus

Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus

Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus

 

ICTERIIDAE

Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens

 

ICTERIDAE

Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna

Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta

Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius

Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus

Bullock’s Oriole Icterus bullockii

Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula

Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus

Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater

Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus

Brewer’s Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus

Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula

Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus

 

PARULIDAE

Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla

Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum

Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla

Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis

Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera

Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera

Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia

Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea

Swainson’s Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii

Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina

Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata

Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla

Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis

Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia

Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa

Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas

Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina

American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla

Kirtland’s Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii

Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina

Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea

Northern Parula Setophaga americana

Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia

Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea

Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca

Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia

Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica

Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata

Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens

Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum

Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus

Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata

Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica

Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor

Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens

Townsend’s Warbler Setophaga townsendi

Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens

Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis

Wilson’s Warbler Cardellina pusilla

Painted Redstart Myioborus pictus

 

CARDINALIDAE

Summer Tanager Piranga rubra

Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea

Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana

Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis

Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus

Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus

Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea

Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea

Painted Bunting Passerina ciris

Dickcissel Spiza americana

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