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Southern Wooded Swamps

39 Bird Species

Acadian Flycatcher

This species is heavy-billed and long-winged compared to most other Empidonax flycatchers. Upperparts are bright olive green. The dusky-green to blackish wings show two wing bars (whitish in spring, buffy in autumn) and very long primary projection. The complete eye ring is thin and yellowish. The th more...

Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 22 cm

American Coot

A small, dark, duck-like rail. Adults solid charcoal gray with a white, chicken-like bill, red or white forehead, and pale yellow legs with large feet and large lobed toes. Juveniles have paler bellies, gray legs and feet and a grayer bill. Very similar to Eurasian and Caribbean Coots. Larger and les more...

Length: 39 cm Wingspan: 61 cm

Anhinga

Large, black, slender cormorant-like bird with longer tail and neck. Long, yellowish, pointy bill. Adult male: black overall. Short white plumes and sides of head and neck. Orange patch at base of bill. Dark greenish lores. Silvery-white wing panels. White streaks and spots on scapular feathers and b more...

Length: 89 cm Wingspan: 114 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-throated Green Warbler

This is the eastern representative of the black-throated warbler complex. In all plumages, note the unstreaked olive-green back and crown, the olive auriculars, and the yellow wash across the vent. Adult Male: Yellow face with olive auriculars and yellow crescent below eye. Crown and back are olive-g more...

Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 19 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 Creeper

Brown Creeper is easily recognized by its cryptic coloration, thin decurved bill, and its habit of clinging vertically to tree trunks. The upperparts are dark brown, with whitish to buffy streaking and pale supercilium. The tail is long and stiff. Underparts are white, with a buffy wash to the belly more...

Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 18 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

Common Grackle

Larger than blackbirds, with a noticeably graduated tail, heavy bill, and pale eye. Male is entirely glossy black; at close range, iridescence is bluish on head and neck, with bronze or multicolored sheen on rest of body. Female is similar but has reduced iridescence on body and slightly smaller tail more...

Length: 32 cm Wingspan: 43 cm

Common Yellowthroat

Common in marshes across North America. Male is distinctive, with bright lemon yellow underparts, plain olive-green upperparts, yellow throat, green crown, and a wide black mask across the face, bordered above by a thin strip of white. Female is much duller, lacking black on face, underparts are dull more...

Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 17 cm

Double-crested Cormorant

The size of a small goose with a long neck and moderately long square tail. Rides much lower in water than waterfowl because feathering is less water-repellent. The bill is rather thin and has a slight hook at the tip. Gets its name from two rows of lateral crown feathers that are only present during more...

Length: 75 cm Wingspan: 130 cm

Great Crested Flycatcher

This is the largest and most colorful flycatcher in the east. Upperparts are olive-brown. The wings are darker with whitish feather edges on the tertials and secondaries, and rufous on the primaries. The tail has extensive rufous, mostly visible on the underside. The face and upper breast are dark gr more...

Length: 17 cm Wingspan: 30 cm

Green Heron

Small, stocky heron with long bill. Alternate adult: dark dusky green crown and back that are glossy. Face, neck, and sides of upper breast dark chestnut. Two-toned bill with dark upper mandible and straw yellow lower mandible. White chin and throat and short white malar stripe. White on center of ne more...

Length: 64 cm Wingspan: 112 cm

Acadian Flycatcher
6 Photographs
American Coot
40 Photographs
Anhinga
7 Photographs
Barred Owl
5 Photographs
Black Vulture
9 Photographs
Black-throated Green Warbler
6 Photographs
Blue-headed Vireo
12 Photographs
Brown Creeper
8 Photographs
Carolina Chickadee
2 Photographs
Carolina Wren
3 Photographs
Cattle Egret
7 Photographs
Common Grackle
6 Photographs
Common Yellowthroat
37 Photographs
Double-crested Cormorant
18 Photographs
Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Photograph
Green Heron
13 Photographs

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