 BIRDS OF CITY PARK, NEW ORLEANS, LA
Robert D. Purrington
(Some of the species in this list have been recorded within a few blocks of the
park or are reasonably surmised to have occurred in the park)
Codes:
AB--abundant; C--common, FC--fairly common, U--uncommon, R--rare, O—occasional, A--accidental
R--resident, M--migrant, FM--fall Migrant, SM—spring migrant, W—winter, S—summer
*--breeding, **--erratic |
__ Greater White-fronted Goose R-W
__ Snow Goose U-W
__ Ross’s Goose R-W
__ Brant A-W
__ Canada Goose R-W
__ Wood Duck U-R*
__ Green-winged Teal U-W
__ Mottled Duck R-R
__ Mallard R-W
__ N. Pintail R-W
__ Blue-winged Teal U-W
__ Cinnamon Teal A-W
__ N. Shoveler U-W
__ Gadwall U-W
__ American Wigeon U-W
__ Greater Scaup R-W
__ Lesser Scaup U-W
__ Black Scoter R-W
__ Surf Scoter R-W
__ White-winged Scoter R-W
__ Common Goldeneye R-W
__ Bufflehead R-W
__ Hooded Merganser R-W
__ Red-breasted Merganser U-W
__ Ruddy Duck R-W
__ Common Loon R-W
__ Pied-billed Grebe U-W
__ Horned Grebe R-W
__ Eared Grebe R-W
__ Am. White Pelican U-W
__ Brown Pelican U-R
__ Double-crested Cormorant FC-W
__ Anhinga UC/R-R
__ Magnificent Frigatebird R-S
__ American Bittern R-W
__ Least Bittern R-S
__ Great Blue Heron U-R
__ Great Egret FC-R
__ Snowy Egret FC-R
__ Little Blue Heron U-R
__ Tri-colored Heron U-R
__ Reddish Egret R-R
__ Cattle Egret FC-R
__ Green Heron C-S*
__ Black-crowned Night-Heron FC-R
__ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron FC-S
__ White Ibis C/FC-R
__ Glossy Ibis R-R
__ White-faced Ibis U-R
__ Roseate Spoonbill R-R
__ Wood Stork A-F
__ Black Vulture U-R
__ Turkey Vulture FC-R
__ Osprey U-R
__ Am. Swallow-tailed Kite U-SM
__ Mississippi Kite FC-S*
__ Bald Eagle R-W
__ Northern Harrier U-W
__ Sharp-shinned Hawk U-W
__ Cooper’s Hawk FC/U-W,U-S*
__ Red-shouldered Hawk FC-R*
__ Broad-winged Hawk U-M
__ Red-tailed Hawk U-W
__ American Kestrel C-W
__ Merlin U-W
__ Peregrine Falcon U-W
__ Northern Bobwhite R-R
__ Virginia Rail U-M
__ Sora U-M
__ Purple Gallinule R-M
__ Common Moorhen U-R
__ American Coot FC-W
__ Black-bellied Plover R-W
__ American Golden Plover R-SM
__ Kildeer C-R
__ Black-necked Stilt U-R
__ Greater Yellowlegs U-W
__ Lesser Yellowlegs U-W
__ Solitary Sandpiper U-M
__ Spotted Sandpiper U-W
__ Upland Sandpiper U-M
__ Whimbrel R-SM
__ Semipalmated Sandpiper U-M
__ Western Sandpiper U-W
__ Least Sandpiper U-W
__ Pectoral Sandpiper U-M
__ Dunlin U-W
__ Stilt Sandpiper R-M
__ Buff-breasted Sandpiper R-M
__ Long-billed Dowitcher U-W
__ Common Snipe U-W
__ American Woodcock R-W
__ Wilson’s Phalarope R-M
__ Laughing Gull VC-R
__ Franklin’s Gull R-M
__ Bonaparte’s Gull U-W
__ Ring-billed Gull FC-W
__ Herring Gull U-W
__ Gull-billed Tern U-R
__ Caspian Tern R-W
__ Royal Tern U-W
__ Forster’s Tern U-W
__ Least Tern U-S
__ Black Tern U-M
__ Black Skimmer R-W
__ Rock Pigeon C-R*
__ Eurasian Collared-Dove FC-R*
__ White-winged Dove U-W
__ Mourning Dove C-R*
__ Common Ground-Dove R-W
__ Monk Parakeet U-R*
__ Black-billed Cuckoo U-M
__ Yellow-billed Cuckoo FC-M, U-S*
__ Groove-billed Ani U-W
__ Common Barn Owl U-R*
__ Eastern Screech-Owl FC-R*
__ Great Horned Owl U-R*
__ Barred Owl R-R
__ Lesser Nighthawk A-M
__ Common Nighthawk FC-S
__ Chuck-will’s-Widow U-M
__ Whip-poor-will U-M
__ Chimney Swift C-S*
__ Broad-billed Hummingbird A-W
__ Buff-bellied Hummingbird R-W
__ Ruby-throated Hummingbird U-S*
__ Black-chinned Humminbird R-W
__ Broad-tailed Hummingbird R-W
__ Belted Kingfisher FC-W
__ Red-headed Woodpecker R-M
__ Red-bellied Woodpecker C-R*
__ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker C-W
__ Downy Woodpecker C-R*
__ Hairy Woodpecker FC-R*
__ Northern Flicker FC-W
__ Olive-sided Flycatcher U-SM
__ Western Wood-Pewee A-W
__ Eastern Wood-Pewee C-M
__ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher U-M
__ Acadian Flycatcher FC-M
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__ Alder Flycatcher R?-M
__ Willow Flycatcher R?-M
__ Least Flycatcher U-M
__ Eastern Phoebe C-W
__ Vermilion Flycatcher R-W
__ Ash-throated Flycatcher R-W
__ Great-crested Flycatcher C-S*
__ Western Kingbird U-M,R-W
__ Gray Kingbird A-M
__ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher U-M, R-W
__ White-eyed Vireo VC-M, U-W
__ Bell’s Vireo A-W
__ Blue-headed Vireo FC-W
__ Yellow-throated Vireo FC-M
__ Warbling Vireo U-M
__ Philadelphia Vireo U-M
__ Red-eyed Vireo C-M
__ Black-whiskered Vireo A-M
__ Purple Martin C-S
__ Tree Swallow C-W
__ Northern Rough-winged Swallow U-M
__ Bank Swallow U-M
__ Cliff Swallow R-M
__ Barn Swallow FC-S
__ Blue Jay C-R*
__ American Crow C-R*
__ Fish Crow U-W
__ Carolina Chickadee U-R
__ Tufted Timouse R-R
__ Red-breasted Nuthatch U-W
__ Brown Creeper U-W
__ Carolina Wren C-R*
__ Bewick’s Wren R-W
__ House Wren C-W
__ Winter Wren U-W
__ Sedge Wren R-W
__ Marsh Wren R-W
__ Golden-crowned Kinglet U-W
__ Ruby-crowned Kinglet C-W
__ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher C-M, FC-W
__ Eastern Bluebird R-R
__ Veery U-M
__ Gray-cheeked Thrush FC-M
__ Swainson’s Thrush FC-M
__ Hermit Thrush FC-W
__ Wood Thrush FC-M
__ American Robin C-W, U-R*
__ Gray Catbird VC-M, C-W
__ Northern Mockingbird C-R*
__ Brown Thrasher FC-W, R-R*
__ American Pipit U-W
__ Cedar Waxwing FC-W**
__ Loggerhead Shrike U-R*
__ European Starling AB-R*
__ Blue-winged Warbler U-M
__ Golden-winged Warbler U-M
__ Tennessee Warbler FC-M
__ Orange-crowned Warbler FC-W
__ Nashville Warbler U/R-FM
__ Northern Parula FC-M
__ Yellow Warbler FC-SM, VC-FM
__ Chestnut-sided Warbler U-M
__ Magnolia Warbler C-M
__ Cape May Warbler O-M
__ Black-throated Blue Warbler O-M
__ Yellow-rumped Warbler VC-W
__ Black-throated Gray Warbler O-W
__ Black-throated Green Warbler FC-M
__ Blackburnian Warbler U-M
__ Yellow-throated Warbler FC-M
__ Pine Warbler FC/U-W
__ Prairie Warbler R-SM, FC-FM
__ Palm Warbler U-W
__ Bay-breasted Warbler FC-M
__ Blackpoll Warbler O-SM
__ Cerulean Warbler U-M
__ Black-and-White Warbler C-M
__ American Redstart C-M
__ Prothonotary Warbler FC-M
__ Worm-eating Warbler FC-M
__ Swainson’s Warbler R-SM,O-FM
__ Ovenbird C-M
__ Northern Waterthrush C-M
__ Louisiana Waterthrush U-M
__ Kentucky Warbler FC-M
__ Mourning Warbler O-FM
__ Common Yellowthroat C-M, C-R*
__ Hooded Warbler FC-M
__ Wilson’s Warbler U-W
__ Canada Warbler U/R-FM
__ Painted Redstarat A-W
__ Yellow-breasted Chat FC-M
__ Summer Tanager C-M
__ Scarlet Tanager FC-M
__ Western Tanager O-W
__ Eastern Towhee U/R-R
__ Chipping Sparrow U-W
__ Clay-colored Sparrow R-FM
__ Field Sparrow U/R-W
__ Vesper Sparrow R-W
__ Lark Sparrow U-FM, R-W
__ Lark Bunting A-FM
__ Savannah Sparrow C-W
__ Grasshopper Sparrow U/R-W
__ LeConte’s Sparrow O-M
__ Fox Sparrow R-W**
__ Song Sparrow U-W
__ Lincoln’s Sparrow U/R-W
__ Swamp Sparrow C-W
__ White-throated Sparrow C-W
__ White-crowned Sparrow U-W
__ Dark-eyed Junco U-W
__ Northern Cardinal FC-R*
__ Rose-breasted Grosbeak FC-M
__ Black-headed Grosbeak R-W
__ Blue Grosbeak FC-M
__ Indigo Bunting VC-M
__ Painted Bunting FC-M, O-R
__ Dickcissel R-M
__ Bobolink O-SM
__ Red-winged Blackbird VC-R*
__ Eastern Meadowlark FC-R*
__ Yellow-headed Blackbird R-FM
__ Brewer’s Blackbird R-W
__ Boat-tailed Grackle C-R*
__ Common Grackle C-R*
__ Bronzed Cowbird U/R-R
__ Brown-headed Cowbird FC-R*
__ Orchard Oriole VC-M, O-R*
__ Baltimore Oriole FC-M, R-W
__ Bullock’s Oriole R/O-W
__ Scott’s Oriole A-W
__ Purple Finch U/R-W**
__ House Finch U-R*
__ Pine Siskin R-W
__ American Goldfinch C-W
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