Boreal Songbird Initiative : Boreal Birds of the St. Louis Area
  

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Boreal Birds of the St. Louis Area (view list)

The St. Louis area has 88 bird species regularly seen that breed in the Boreal Forest. Some of these species winter in the US, many however migrate south to winter in Mexico, Central and South America.



Species
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
Waterfowl
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
American Bittern
Canada Goose
Mallard
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser

Hawks and Owls
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk>
Bald Eagle
Osprey

Shorebirds
Sora
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Bonaparte's Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern

Backyard and Trail Birds
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
Common Nighthawk
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher>
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Swainson's Thrush
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Orange-crowned Warblera>
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-rumped "Myrtle" Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Rusty Blackbird
Purple Finch

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