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Southeastern Pine-oak Forest

57 Bird Species

Bachman's Sparrow

This sparrow of the southeast has a rounded tail, flat crown, and a fairly large bill. The upper mandible is darker than the lower mandible. Upperparts are gray with rufous streaking. Birds in the southeast part of the range have darker streaking. The blackish tertials are edged in rufous. The head s more...

Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 20 cm

Bachman's Warbler

This little warbler is probably extinct. The last confirmed sighting was in 1962. In all plumages, note the thin, very pointed, decurved bill. Adult Male: Dark olive upperparts, with black cap, yellow forehead, gray nape, and yellowish eye ring. Underparts are yellow, with a large black patch on the more...

Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 17 cm

Bahama Swallow

This species is recognized by its long forked tail and bright white underparts. Male: Dark metallic green crown and back, with the dark of the crown extending below the eyes. The upperside of the wings and tail are dark metallic blue. The underparts, including the cheek and the underwing coverts, are more...

Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 28 cm

Bahama Woodstar

Relatively small hummingbird with green upperparts, buffy underparts, and a partial white collar. Forked, rufous tail with black or green edges distinctive. Bill slightly curved. Male is iridescent green above with a magenta-pink gorget and rufous underparts with a greenish wash on flanks. Female gre more...

Length: 9 cm Wingspan: 12 cm

Barred Owl

A large, dark-eyed owl without ear tufts. Adult has brown back with white bars and spots, pale buffy underparts with well-defined vertical brown streaks, round head, dark eyes, and yellow bill. Sexes are similar. Spotted Owl of Western North America has white spots on brown underparts. more...

Length: 51 cm Wingspan: 107 cm

Black Vulture

Black overall. The skin on the bare head is gray and wrinkled, darker and smoother on young birds. The bill is dark with a pale tip. The legs and feet are pale gray. In flight, the white undersides of the primaries form pale wingtips that contrast with the rest of the bird’s plumage. Wings are hel more...

Length: 60 cm Wingspan: 137 cm

Black-and-white Warbler

This warbler is recognized by its boldly streaked pattern and by its unusual foraging habits. The bill is fairly long and slightly decurved. Upperparts are black with white streaks. Underparts are white with black streaks. The crown is black with a central white stripe. Adult Male: Distinguished by t more...

Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 22 cm

Blue Grosbeak

Smaller than other grosbeaks, and similar to Indigo Bunting, Blue Grosbeaks are recognized by their heavy bills and prominent wing bars. Adult Male: Dark metallic blue overall, with blackish tail and wings, and two chestnut wing bars. At close range, the back shows indistinct darker streaks. The lore more...

Length: 16 cm Wingspan: 27 cm

Blue Jay

This is a fairly large blue and white bird with a distinctive crest and a sturdy all dark bill. It has a whitish face with black forehead and eye line. Crest and nape blue. Black collar on chest extending onto head. Back deep blue; chin and belly whitish gray. Wings and tail light blue with dark barr more...

Length: 28 cm Wingspan: 41 cm

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Like other gnatcatchers, this is a tiny active songbird. The upperparts are light blue-gray with a prominent white eye ring and white edges on the tertials. The tail is black with white outer tail feathers. The bill is fine, fairly short, and pale gray in color. The underparts are whitish. In alterna more...

Length: 10 cm Wingspan: 15 cm

Blue-headed Vireo

This species, along with Cassin's Vireo and Plumbeous Vireo, was formerly known as Solitary Vireo. Blue-headed is the northern and eastern member of this complex. The back is olive green, and contrasts with the blue-gray head. The wings are blackish, with two pale yellow wing bars and yellowish edges more...

Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 22 cm

Brown-headed Nuthatch

This small, almost tailless bird has a brown head with pale face, a disproportionately long bill, gray wings and back and buffy and gray underparts. Distinguished from Pygmy Nuthatch, which only occurs in western pine forests, by more chestnut-brown head, larger pale spot on nape and larger size. more...

Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 20 cm

Bumblebee Hummingbird

Tiny hummingbird with short bill. Wingtips project past tail tip on perched birds. Adult male: Green crown, back and rump. Green wing coverts and dark wingtips. White face, throat and underparts. Bright magenta-purple gorget and smudgy cinnamon flanks. Black tail feathers with orange bases and white more...

Length: 7 cm Wingspan: 10 cm

Carolina Chickadee

Displays the somewhat unique chickadee head pattern, black cap, white cheeks, and black bib. The nape, back and wings are gray. Underparts are mostly white or pale gray with pale buffy flanks. Bill is very short, thin, and pointed. Similar to Black-capped, which is brighter, larger with a larger head more...

Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 19 cm

Carolina Wren

A large, noisy, and familiar wren across Eastern and Southeastern North America. Adult is warm brown overall, with clean buffy underparts, white undertail coverts with black barring, rich reddish upperparts, fine black barring on wings and tail, white throat, clean white supercilium, and relatively l more...

Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 19 cm

Cattle Egret

Smallest of the white herons, Cattle Egrets are easily recognized by their short necks, comparatively short bills, and upland foraging habits. Adults are white overall, with a relatively short yellow bill and yellow legs and feet. During the breeding season, buffy-orange plumes appear on the crown, b more...

Length: 46 cm Wingspan: 91 cm

Non-vegetated Areas

2 species

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

Rimrocks and Mesas, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Clearcuts, Boreal Forest, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Salt Water

5 species

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Common Ground-Dove

Columbina passerina

Coastal Dunes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest

Prairie Warbler

Setophaga discolor

Coastal Dunes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

Coastal Dunes, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets