WMAN 426 Ornithology
Spring 2009
Must Know Bird Songs


The following lists contain the bird songs and calls that you are required to know for the practical exams. 
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List One

Common Loon
Killdeer
Bobwhite
Turkey
Ruffed Grouse
 

List Two

Black -billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Screech-owl (Breeding) Eastern Screech-owl (Territory)
Barred Owl
Great-horned Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker

List Three
Eastern Wood-pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird

List Three

White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo

Blue Jay
Horned Lark
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Scarlet Tanager

List Four

Golden-winged Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black and White Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler    Hooded Warbler 2
Yellow-breasted Chat

List 5

Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch