A Checklist of the Birds of
DAUPHIN ISLAND, ALABAMA

Bold-faced species are rare, unusual or local species.
  Apr Apr
  2006 2007
Greater White-fronted Goose    
Snow Goose    
Canada Goose x x
Wood Duck   x
Gadwall    
American Wigeon    
Mallard x x
Mottled Duck x x
Blue-winged Teal x x
Northern Shoveler x  
Northern Pintail    
Green-winged Teal    
Ring-necked Duck    
Lesser Scaup x x
Bufflehead    
Red-breasted Merganser x x
Ruddy Duck    
Ring-necked Pheasant    
Wild Turkey x  
Northern Bobwhite    
Red-throated Loon x  
Common Loon x x
Pied-billed Grebe x  
Red-necked Grebe x  
Northern Gannet x x
American White Pelican x x
Brown Pelican x x
Double-crested Cormorant x x
Anhinga x x
American Bittern    
Least Bittern    
Great Blue Heron x x
Great Egret x x
Snowy Egret x x
Little Blue Heron x x
Tricolored Heron x x
Reddish Egret x x
Cattle Egret x x
Green Heron x x
Black-crowned Night-Heron x  
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron    
White Ibis   x
Glossy Ibis    
Roseate Spoonbill    
Black Vulture x x
Turkey Vulture x x
Osprey x x
Swallow-tailed Kite x x
Mississippi Kite    
Bald Eagle x x
Northern Harrier x x
Sharp-shinned Hawk    
Cooper's Hawk    
Red-shouldered Hawk x  
Broad-winged Hawk x  
Red-tailed Hawk x x
American Kestrel x x
Merlin    
Peregrine Falcon    
Clapper Rail x x
King Rail    
Virginia Rail    
Sora x x
Purple Gallinule    
Common Moorhen x  
American Coot x x
Sandhill Crane   x
Black-bellied Plover x x
Snowy Plover   x
Wilson's Plover x x
Semipalmated Plover x x
Piping Plover x x
Killdeer x x
American Oystercatcher x x
Black-necked Stilt x x
American Avocet    
Greater Yellowlegs x x
Lesser Yellowlegs   x
Solitary Sandpiper   x
Willet x x
Spotted Sandpiper x  
Whimbrel    
Marbled Godwit x x
Ruddy Turnstone x x
Red Knot   x
Sanderling x x
Semipalmated Sandpiper x x
Western Sandpiper x x
Least Sandpiper x x
White-rumped Sandpiper    
Baird's Sandpiper x  
Pectoral Sandpiper    
Purple Sandpiper x  
Dunlin   x
Stilt Sandpiper    
Short-billed Dowitcher x x
Long-billed Dowitcher x  
Wilson's Snipe    
Wilson's Phalarope x  
Laughing Gull x x
Ring-billed Gull x x
Herring Gull x x
Lesser Black-backed Gull    
Gull-billed Tern x x
Caspian Tern x x
Royal Tern x x
Sandwich Tern   x
Common Tern x x
Forster's Tern x x
Least Tern x x
Black Tern x  
Black Skimmer x x
Rock Pigeon x x
Eurasian Collared-Dove x x
*Ringed Turtle-Dove x  
White-winged Dove    
Mourning Dove x x
Black-billed Cuckoo x  
Yellow-billed Cuckoo   x
Barn Owl    
Barred Owl    
Chuck-will's-widow    
Chimney Swift x x
Ruby-throated Hummingbird x x
Black-chinned Hummingbird   x
Belted Kingfisher x x
Red-headed Woodpecker   x
Red-bellied Woodpecker x x
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   x
Downy Woodpecker   x
Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker x  
Pileated Woodpecker x  
Eastern Wood-Pewee x  
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher    
Alder/Willow Flycatcher x  
Least Flycatcher    
Eastern Phoebe x x
Great Crested Flycatcher x x
Western Kingbird    
Eastern Kingbird x x
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher    
Loggerhead Shrike x  
White-eyed Vireo x x
Yellow-throated Vireo   x
Blue-headed Vireo x  
Warbling Vireo    
Philadelphia Vireo    
Red-eyed Vireo x x
Blue Jay x x
American Crow x x
Fish Crow x x
Purple Martin x x
Tree Swallow x x
Northern Rough-winged Swallow    
Bank Swallow    
Cliff Swallow x x
Cave Swallow   x
Barn Swallow   x
Carolina Chickadee x x
Tufted Titmouse x x
Brown-headed Nuthatch x  
Carolina Wren x x
House Wren x  
Sedge Wren    
Marsh Wren x x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher x x
Eastern Bluebird x x
Gray-cheeked Thrush    
Swainson's Thrush    
Hermit Thrush   x
Wood Thrush   x
Gray Catbird   x
Northern Mockingbird x x
Brown Thrasher x x
European Starling x x
Cedar Waxwing x x
Blue-winged Warbler   x
Tennessee Warbler   x
Orange-crowned Warbler    
Northern Parula x x
Yellow Warbler x  
Chestnut-sided Warbler   x
Black-throated Blue Warbler    
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle)Warbler x x
Black-throated Green Warbler   x
Blackburnian Warbler    
Yellow-throated Warbler x x
Pine Warbler x x
Prairie Warbler x x
Palm Warbler x x
Blackpoll Warbler    
Cerulean Warbler   x
Black-and-white Warbler x x
American Redstart    
Prothonotary Warbler x x
Worm-eating Warbler   x
Swainson's Warbler x  
Ovenbird x x
Northern Waterthrush   x
Louisiana Waterthrush    
Kentucky Warbler x  
Common Yellowthroat x x
Hooded Warbler   x
Wilson's Warbler    
Yellow-breasted Chat    
Summer Tanager x x
Scarlet Tanager   x
Western Tanager    
Eastern Towhee x x
Bachman's Sparrow    
Savannah Sparrow    
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow    
Seaside Sparrow    
Lincoln's Sparrow    
Swamp Sparrow   x
White-throated Sparrow   x
White-crowned Sparrow    
Northern Cardinal x x
Rose-breasted Grosbeak   x
Blue Grosbeak   x
Indigo Bunting x x
Painted Bunting    
Dickcissel    
Red-winged Blackbird x x
Eastern Meadowlark   x
meadowlark sp. x  
Rusty Blackbird x  
Brewer's Blackbird   x
Common Grackle x x
Boat-tailed Grackle x x
Brown-headed Cowbird x x
Orchard Oriole x x
Baltimore Oriole   x
House Finch x x
House Sparrow x x
     
Total Species 137 143

x = observed     d = dead
  Apr Apr
  2006 2007
MAMMALS    
White-tailed Deer    
Nutria    
Muskrat    
River Otter    
Swamp Rabbit    
Eastern Cottontail    
Virginia Opossum d  
Eastern Fox Squirrel    
Eastern Gray Squirrel x x
Atlantic Bottle-nosed Dolphin x x
Raccoon x  
Striped Skunk x x
Nine-banded Armadillo    
Wild Pig (feral)    
     
FISHES    
Manta Ray   x
Sting Ray   x
     
REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS    
American Alligator x  
Snapping Turtle    
Red-eared Slider   x
Common Slider x  
Mud Turtle    
Carolina Anole x x
Western Ribbon Snake    
Black Water Snake    
Yellowbelly Water Snake    
Bullfrog    
     
BUTTERFLIES    
Giant Swallowtail x  
Monarch x x
Viceroy    
Red Admiral x x
Cloudless Sulphur x x
Buckeye x  
Cabbage White x x
     

A Checklist of the Birds of DAUPHIN ISLAND, ALABAMA & nearby MISSISSIPPI
Compliled by Dan Watkins
Bird Treks, 216 Spring Lane
Peach Bottom, PA USA 17563-4008
717-548-3303 info@birdtreks.com
www.birdtreks.com
Created by Valerie K. M. Schutsky

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