List of birds of Oklahoma. This list of birds of Oklahoma includes species documented in the U. S. As of December 2. An additional nine species are classed as either hypothetical or of uncertain origin; eight of them are also classed as accidental. Since the official list was published in 2. This means that birds that are considered probable escapees, although they may have been sighted flying free in Oklahoma, are not included.
This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of The Check- list of North American Birds (7th edition through the 5. American Ornithological Society. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils. Black- bellied whistling- duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous whistling- duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (A)Greater white- fronted goose, Anser albifrons. Snow goose, Chen caerulescens. Ross's goose, Chen rossii. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Nicaragua. The avifauna of Nicaragua include a total of 778 species, of which three have been introduced by humans and. General information on how to attract nesting bluebirds and other small cavity nesters, including distinguishing nests and eggs, heat, dealing with house sparrows. Conures are intelligent, playful and comical birds that make wonderful pets. There are many different types of conures available, and deciding which type of conure is. Brant, Branta bernicla (A)Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (A)Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii. Canada goose, Branta canadensis. Mute swan, Cygnus olor (I) (UO)Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator. Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus. Wood duck, Aix sponsa. Gadwall, Anas strepera. Eurasian wigeon, Anas penelope (A)American wigeon, Anas americana. American black duck, Anas rubripes (A)Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos. Mottled duck, Anas fulvigula (A)Blue- winged teal, Anas discors. Cinnamon teal, Anas cyanoptera. Northern shoveler, Anas clypeata. Northern pintail, Anas acuta. Garganey, Anas querquedula. Baikal teal, Anas formosa (H)Green- winged teal, Anas crecca. Canvasback, Aythya valisineria. Redhead, Aythya americana. Ring- necked duck, Aythya collaris. Greater scaup, Aythya marila. Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis. Surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata. White- winged scoter, Melanitta fusca. Black scoter, Melanitta americana (A)Long- tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis. Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola. Common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula. Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica (A)Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus. Common merganser, Mergus merganser. Red- breasted merganser, Mergus serrator. Ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis. New World quail. These are terrestrial species, variable in size but generally plump with broad relatively short wings. Many species are gamebirds or have been domesticated as a food source for humans. Order: Podicipediformes Family: Podicipedidae. Grebes small to medium- large freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land. Pigeons and doves. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails, and strong legs. The Old World cuckoos are brood parasites. Nightjars and allies. They have long wings, short legs, and very short bills. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is cryptically colored to resemble bark or leaves. Order: Apodiformes Family: Apodidae. The swifts are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have very long swept- back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang. Hummingbirds. They are the only birds that can fly backwards. Rails, gallinules, and coots. The most typical family members occupy dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, making them difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and to be weak fliers. Order: Gruiformes Family: Gruidae. Cranes are large, long- legged, and long- necked birds. Unlike the similar- looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or . The avocets have long legs and long up- curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills. Lapwings and plovers. They are small to medium- sized birds with compact bodies, short thick necks, and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water. Sandpipers and allies. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Different lengths of legs and bills enable multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. Upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda. Eskimo curlew, Numenius borealis (Possibly E) (A)Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus. Long- billed curlew, Numenius americanus. Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemastica. Marbled godwit, Limosa fedoa. Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres. Red knot, Calidris canutus (A)Ruff, Calidris pugnax (A)Stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus. Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea (H)Sanderling, Calidris alba. Dunlin, Calidris alpina. Purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima (A)Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii. Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla. White- rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis. Buff- breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis. Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos. Semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla. Western sandpiper, Calidris mauri. Short- billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus. Long- billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus. Wilson's snipe, Gallinago delicata. American woodcock, Scolopax minor. Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria. Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus. Greater yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca. Willet, Tringa semipalmata. Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes. Wilson's phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor. Red- necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus. Red phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius (A)Jaegers. They have longish bills with hooked tips and webbed feet with sharp claws. They look like large dark gulls, but have a fleshy cere above the upper mandible. They are strong, acrobatic fliers. Gulls, terns, and skimmers. They are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Black- legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla (A)Sabine's gull, Xema sabini. Bonaparte's gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia. Black- headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus (A)Little gull, Hydrocoloeus minutus. Laughing gull, Leucophaeus atricilla. Franklin's gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan. Heermann's gull, Larus heermanni (A)Mew gull, Larus canus (A)Ring- billed gull, Larus delawarensis. California gull, Larus californicus. Herring gull, Larus argentatus. Thayer's gull, Larus thayeri. Iceland gull, Larus glaucoides (A)Lesser black- backed gull, Larus fuscus. Glaucous- winged gull, Larus glaucescens (A)Glaucous gull, Larus hyperboreus. Great black- backed gull, Larus marinus (A)Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscatus (A)Least tern, Sternula antillarum. Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia. Black tern, Chlidonias niger. Common tern, Sterna hirundo. Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea (A)Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri. Royal tern, Thalasseus maximus (A)Black skimmer, Rynchops niger (A)Order: Gaviiformes Family: Gaviidae. Loons are aquatic birds, the size of a large duck, to which they are unrelated. Their plumage is largely gray or black, and they have spear- shaped bills. Loons swim well and fly adequately, but are almost hopeless on land, because their legs are placed towards the rear of the body. Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Ciconiidae. Storks are large, heavy, long- legged, long- necked wading birds with long stout bills and wide wingspans. They lack the powder down that other wading birds such as herons, spoonbills and ibises use to clean off fish slime. Storks lack a pharynx and are mute. Frigatebirds. They are large, black, or black- and- white, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have colored inflatable throat pouches. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan- to- body- weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week. Boobies and gannets. Both groups are medium- large coastal seabirds that plunge- dive for fish. Cormorants. The bill is long, thin, and sharply hooked. Their feet are four- toed and webbed. Anhingas. They are fish eaters which often swim with only their neck above the water. Pelicans. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more secretive. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long- necked birds such as storks, ibises, and spoonbills. American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus. Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis. Great blue heron, Ardea herodias. Great egret, Ardea alba. Snowy egret, Egretta thula. Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea. Tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor. Reddish egret, Egretta rufescens (A)Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis. Green heron, Butorides virescens. Black- crowned night- heron, Nycticorax nycticorax. Yellow- crowned night- heron, Nyctanassa violacea. Ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings. Their bodies tends to be elongated, the neck more so, with rather long legs. The bill is also long, decurved in the case of the ibises, straight and distinctively flattened in the spoonbills. New World vultures. Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers. However, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carcasses. Order: Accipitriformes Family: Pandionidae. Pandionidae is a family of fish- eating birds of prey possessing a very large, powerful hooked beak for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. The family is monotypic. Hawks, kites, and eagles. These birds have very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight.
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