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ALABAMA BIRD LIST

This list of Alabama Birds is based on bird records accumulated for many years by members of the Alabama Ornithological Society and other Alabama birders and ornithologists. The geographical and seasonal distribution in Alabama of the birds on this list varies. Some birds, such as Brown Pelicans, are found only on the coast. Other species may be found only in north Alabama. Some of the birds listed as common, are common only in the appropriate habitat or certain areas of Alabama.. The arrival and departure dates for winter visitors, summer residents, and migrants are approximate and experience considerable variation from one species to another and from year to year. To learn more about bird distribution visit the websites on our Birding Links page.

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Due to space limitations the text codes do not indicate the sub-categories (abundant/common etc.) A good source for this information is ALABAMA BIRDS by Tom Imhof. Unfortunately this book is out of print. Many public libraries have the book and it may be found for sale in bookstores that deal in used books. Many of the websites on our links pages have quite a bit of information on the geographical and seasonal distribution of birds nationwide.

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DEFINITIONS

Abundant - A common bird that occurs in large numbers.
Common - Can almost always be found in its habitat at the right season after a proper search.
Fairly Common - Can be found half or more than half the time in its habitat at the right season.
Uncommon - Found less than half the time in its habitat at the right season.
Rare - Indicates regular occurrence, usually annually, but in very small numbers.
Casual - Very few records. Species does not occur in Alabama at regular intervals.
Accidental - Less than 5 records. Alabama is outside the normal range of this species.
Hypothetical - Species with no photographs or specimens and unverified by several experienced observers.
Extinct - Species that are no longer in existence.
Extirpated - Species that are no longer occur in Alabama.
Permanent Resident - Birds that can be found in Alabama the entire year in the appropriate habitat.
Winter Visitor - Birds that spend the winter months in Alabama. Generally October - March.
Summer Resident - Birds that spend the summer months and breed in Alabama. Generally March - September.
Migrant - Birds that pass through Alabama, usually in spring and fall. Migration peaks occur in April & October.
Vagrant - Birds whose occurrence is unpredictable. Birds that are perhaps lost. Many are western species.

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EXPLANATION OF TEXT & COLOR CODES

Black Text - Permanent Resident

Blue Text - Winter Visitor

Green Text - Summer Resident

Red Text - Migrant/Vagrant

Normal Text - abundant/common/uncommon

Italics - rare

Bold Text - accidental/casual/hypothetical

Bold Italic - extinct/extirpated

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ALABAMA BIRD LIST Page Quick Links Definitions - Text & Color Codes - View List - Top of Page This list is in taxonomical order and proceeds vertically by the column. The colors and text styles may not view properly if you are not using a dynamic web browser. Internet Explorer or Netscape is recommended.
Loon, Red-throated	Rail, Yellow	Hummingbird, Buff-bellied	Warbler, Yellow-rumped
Loon, Pacific	Rail, Black	Hummingbird, Magnificent	Warbler, Black-thr. Gray
Loon, Common	Rail, Clapper	Hummingbird, Ruby-thr.	Warbler, Black-thr. Green
Grebe, Pied-billed	Rail, King	Hummingbird, Black-chin.	Warbler, Blackburnian
Grebe, Horned	Rail, Virginia	Hummingbird, Anna's	Warbler, Yellow-throated
Grebe, Red-necked	Sora	Hummingbird, Calliope	Warbler, Pine
Grebe, Eared	Gallinule, Purple	Hummingbird, Broad-tailed	Warbler, Prarie
Grebe, Western	Moorhen, Common	Hummingbird, Rufous	Warbler, Palm
Shearwater, Cory's	Coot, American	Hummingbird, Allen's	Warbler, Bay-breasted
Shearwater, Greater	Crane, Sandhill	Kingfisher, Belted	Warbler, Blackpoll
Shearwater, Sooty	Plover, Black-bellied	Woodpecker, Red-headed	Warbler, Cerulean
Shearwater, Audubon's	Golden-Plover, American	Woodpecker, Red- bellied	Warbler, Black-amd-white
Storm-Petrel, Wilson's	Plover, Snowy	Sapsucker, Yellow-bellied	Redstart, American
Storm-Petrel, Leach's	Plover, Wilson's	Woodpecker, Downy	Warbler, Prothonotary
Storm-Petrel, Band R.	Plover, Semipalmated	Woodpecker, Hairy	Warbler, Worm-eating
Booby, Masked	Plover, Piping	Woodpecker, Red-cock.	Warbler, Swainson's
Booby, Brown	Kildeer	Flicker, Northern	Ovenbird
Gannet, Northern	Plover, Mountain	Woodpecker, Pileated	Waterthrush, Northern
Pelican, American White	Oystercatcher, American	Flycatcher. Olive-sided	Waterthrush, Louisiana
Pelican, Brown	Stilt, Black-necked	Wood-Pewee, Eastern	Warbler, Kentucky
Cormorant, Great	Avocet, American	Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied	Warbler, Connecticut
Cormorant, Double-crested	Yellowlegs, Greater	Flycatcher, Acadian	Warbler, Mourning
Cormorant, Neotropic	Yellowlegs, Lesser	Flycatcher, Alder	Yellowthroat, Common
Anhinga	Sandpiper, Solitary	Flycatcher, Willow	Warbler, Hooded
Frigatebird, Magnificent	Willit	Flycatcher, Least	Warbler, Wilson,s
Bittern, American	Sandpiper, Spotted	Flycatcher, Hammond's	Warbler, Canada
Bittern, Least	Sandpiper, Upland	Phoebe, Eastern	Chat, Yellow-breasted
Heron, Great Blue	Whimbrel	Phoebe' Say's	Tanager, Summer
Egret, Great	Curlew, Long-billed	Flycatcher, vermillion	Tanager, Scarlet
Egret, Snowy	Godwit, Hudsonian	Flycatcher, Ash-throated	Tanager, Western
Heron, Little Blue	Godwit, Marbled	Flycatcher, Great-crested	Cardinal, Northern
Heron, Tricolored	Turnstone, Ruddy	Flycatcher, LaSagra's	Grosbeak, Rose-breasted
Egret, Reddish	Knot, Red	Flycatcher, Sulphur-bellied	Grosbeak, Black-headed
Egret, Cattle	Sanderling	Kingbird, Couch's	Grosbeak, Blue
Heron, Green	Sandpiper, Semipalmated	Kingbird. Western	Bunting, Indigo
Night-Heron, Black Cr.	Sandpiper, Western	Kingbird, Eastern	Bunting, Painted
Night Heron, Yellow Cr.	Sandpiper, Least	Kingbird, Gray	Dicksissel
Ibis, White	Sandpiper, White-rumped	Flycatcher, Scissor-tailed	Towhee, Green-tailed
Ibis, Glossy	Sandpiper, Baird's	Flycatcher, Fork-tailed	Towhee, Eastern
Ibis, White-faced	Sandpiper, Pectoral	Lark, Horned	Sparrow, Bachman's
Spoonbill, Roseate	Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed	Martin, Purple	Sparrow, American Tree
Stork, Wood	Dunlin	Swallow, Tree	Sparrow, Chipping
Whistling-Duck, Fulvous	Sandpiper, Curlew ?	Swallow, N. Rough-winged	Sparrow, Clay-colored
Whistling-Duck, Black-b.	Sandpiper, Stilt	Swallow, Bank	Sparrow, Field
Swan, Tundra	Sandpiper, Buff-breasted	Swallow, Cliff	Sparrow, Vesper
Goose, Gr. White-fronted	Ruff	Swallow, Cave	Sparrow, Lark
Goose, Snow	Dowitcher, Short-billed	Swallow, Barn	Bunting, Lark
Goose, Ross's	Dowitcher, Long-billed	Jay, Blue	Sparrow, Savannah
Brant	Snipe, Common	Crow, American	Sparrow, Grasshopper
Goose, Canada	Woodcock, American	Crow, Fish	Sparrow, Henslow's
Duck, Wood	Phalarope, Wilson's	Chickadee, Carolina	Sparrow, Le Conte's
Teal, Green-winged	Phalarope, Red-necked	Titmouse, Tufted	Sparrow, Nelson's Sharp T.
Duck, American Black	Phalarope, Red	Nuthatch, Red-breasted	Sparrow, Seaside
Duck, Mottled	Jaeger, Pomarine ?	Nuthatch, White-breasted	Sparrow, Fox
Mallard	Jaeger, Parasitic ?	Nuthatch, Brown-headed	Sparrow, Song
Pintail. White-cheeked	Gull, Laughing	Creeper, Brown	Sparrow, Lincoln's
Pintail, Northern	Gull, Franklin's	Wren, Rock	Sparrow, Swamp
Teal, Blue-winged	Gull, Little	Wren, Carolina	Sparrow, White-throated
Teal, Cinnamon	Gull, Bonaparte's	Wren, Bewick's	Sparrow, Harris's
Shoveler, Northern	Gull, Ring-billed	Wren, House	Junco, Dark-eyed
Gadwall	Gull, Herring	Wren, Winter	Longspur, Lapland
Wigeon, Eurasian	Gull, Iceland	Wren, Sedge	Longspur, Smith's
Wigeon, American	Gull, Lesser Black-back.	Wren, Marsh	Bobolink
Canvasback	Gull, Glaucous	Kinglet, Golden-crowned	Blackbird, Red-winged
Redhead	Gull, Great Black-backed	Kinglet, Ruby-crowned	Meadowlark, Eastern
Duck, Ring-necked	Kittiwake, Black-legged	Gnatcatcher, Blue-Gray	Meadowlark, Western
Scaup, Greater	Gull, Sabine's	Wheatear, Northern	Blackbird, Yellow-headed
Scaup, Lesser	Tern, Gull-billed	Bluebird, Eastern	Blackbird, Rusty
Duck, Harlequin	Tern, Caspian	Veery	Blackbird, Brewer's
Oldsquaw	Tern, Royal	Thrush, Gray-cheeked	Grackle, Boat-tailed
Scoter, Black	Tern, Sandwich	Thrush, Swainson's	Grackle, Common
Scoter, Surf	Tern, Roseate	Thrush, Hermit	Cowbird, Shiny
Scoter, White-winged	Tern, Common	Thrush, Wood	Cowbird, Bronzed
Goldeneye, Common	Tern, Forster's	Robin, American	Cowbird, Brown-headed
Bufflehead	Tern, Least	Thrush, Varied	Oriole, Orchard
Merganser, Hooded	Tern, Bridled	Catbird, Gray	Oriole, Baltimore
Merganser, Common	Tern, Sooty	Mockingbird, Northern	Oriole, Bullock's
Merganser, Red-breasted	Tern, Black	Thrasher, Sage	Finch, Purple
Duck, Ruddy	Noddy, Brown	Thrasher, Brown	Finch, House
Vulture, Black	Skimmer, Black	Pipit, American	Crossbill, Red
Vulture, Turkey	Dove, Rock	Pipit, Sprague's	Redpoll, Common
Osprey	Collared-Dove, Eurasian	Waxwing, Cedar	Siskin, Pine
Kite, Swallowtailed	Dove, White-winged	Shrike, Loggerhead	Goldfinch, American
Kite. White-tailed	Dove, Mourning	Starling, European	Grosbeak, Evening
Kite, Mississippi	Ground-Dove, Common	Vireo, White-eyed	Sparrow, House
Eagle, Bald	Cuckoo, Black-billed	Vireo, Bell's	Tropicbird, Whitetailed
Harrier, Northern	Cuckoo, Yellow-billed	Vireo, Blue-headed	Eider, King
Hawk, Sharp-shinned	Ani, Groove-billed	Vireo, Yellow-throated	Hawk, Ferruginous
Hawk, Cooper's	Owl, Barn	Vireo, Warbling	Crane, Whooping
Goshawk, Northern	Screech-Owl, Eastern	Vireo, Philadelphia	Woodcock, Eurasian
Hawk, Red-shouldered	Owl, Great Horned	Vireo, Red-eyed	Jaeger, Long-tailed
Hawk, Broad-winged	Owl, Snowy	Vireo, Black-whiskered	Gull, California
Hawk, Swainson's	Owl, Burrowing	Warbler, Blue-winged	Gull, Thayer's
Hawk, Red-tailed	Owl, Barred	Warbler, Golden-winged	Pigeon, Band-tailed
Hawk, Rough-legged	Owl, Long-eared	Warbler, Tennessee	Hummingbird, Blue-thr.
Eagle, Golden	Owl, Short-eared	Warbler, Orange-crowned	Warbler, Kirtland's
Kestrel, American	Owl, Northern Saw-whet	Warbler, Nashville	Redstart, Painted
Merlin	Nighthawk, Lesser	Parula, Northern	*Raven, Common*
Falcon, Prarie ?	Nighthawk, Common	Warbler, Yellow	*Warbler, Bachman's*
Falcon, Perigrine	Chuck-will's-widow	Warbler, Chestnut-sided	*Pigeon, Passenger*
Grouse, Ruffed	Whip-poor-will	Warbler, Magnolia	*Woodpecker, Ivory-billed*
Turkey, Wild	Swift, Chimney	Warbler, Cape May	*Parakeet, Carolina*
Bobwhite, Northern	Hummingbird, Gr. V.-ear	Warbler, Black-thr. Blue
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