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The birds you could expect to see in the Toledo Bend Lake Area
with links to photos of the birds on the Toledo-Bend.US website

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The column "List" refers to birds that have been seen (1, 2) or photographed (3) and placed on lists kept by:

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This list is available as a PDF document file - though it may not necessarily be as current as this list - depending upon recent additions made to this list in the form of links to pictures or updates to birds seen and recorded on the birding lists mentioned. To download the Adobe PDF file (which is a lot better for printing, if you wish your own copy of a checklist to work with) - CLICK HERE - this is a 386 KB file.

While we have painstakingly attempted to be very accurate with the identification of the bird photographs on the Toledo-Bend.US website, there is some probability that a few errors have been made because we are not naturalists or experts and are working only from photographs. WE have not tried to list the many additional birds that traverse the area during their migrations... there are far too many for that.

Columns: W = Winters here  -  B = Breeds here  -  Y = Year round  -  X = Yes  - * = Close to range 
Comments: Family name or months expected to be seen here   
List: Appears on list of birds seen from (1) Hillside Inn & RV Park   (2) Beans VIP Campground   (3) Pictures on Toledo-Bend.us. 

NOTE: Some birds in the list have links to the pages on the Toledo-Bend.US website where the pictures may be viewed.

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P

List

W

B

Y

Name

Comments
         

Ducks – Geese – Swans  

Anatidae
     

*

  

Black-bellied Whistling-duck

Mar - May
     

*

  

Fulvous Whistling-duck

Feb - May
  3

X

    

Greater White-fronted Goose

Nov - Feb
 

1

X

    

Snow Goose

Nov - Feb
   

X

    

Ross’s Goose

Oct - Feb
 

1, 3

X

    

Canada Goose

Nov - Feb
   

X

    

Cackling Goose

Nov - Feb
 

1, 2, 3

X

  

X

Wood Duck

Jan - Apr
  3

X

    

American Widgeon

Nov - Feb
   

X

    

Gadwall

Nov - Mar
 

1, 2, 3

    

X

Mallard

  
       

X

Mottled Duck

  
   

X

    

Blue-winged Teal

Oct - Feb
   

X

    

Green Winged Teal

Nov - Feb
  3

X

    

Northern Shoveler

Oct - Mar
 

1

X

    

Northern Pintail

Oct - Jan
 

1, 3

X

    

Canvasback

Dec - Jan
   

X

    

Redhead

Nov - Jan
 

2, 3

X

    

Ring-necked Duck

Nov - Jan
   

X

    

Greater Scaup

Nov - Feb
 

1, 3

X

    

Lesser Scaup

Nov - Jan
 

1

X

    

Bufflehead

Nov - Feb
   

*

    

Common Goldeneye

Dec - Feb
   

X

    

Hooded Merganser

Dec - Jan
   

X

    

Red Breasted Merganser

Dec - Feb
   

X

    

Ruddy Duck

Nov - Jan
  3      

Swan Goose

  
          Turkeys Phasianidae
       

X

Wild Turkey

  
         

New World Quail

 Odontophoridae
 

1, 2

    

X

Northern Bobwhite

  
         

Loons

 Gaviidae
  3

X

    

Common Loon

  
         

Grebes

 Podicipedidae
  3    

X

Pied-billed Grebe

  
   

X

    

Eared Grebe

Nov - Mar
   

X

    

Horned Grebe

Nov - Mar
         

Pelicans

 Pelecanidae
 

1, 2, 3

X

    

American White Pelican

Nov - Mar
 

1

    

*

Brown Pelican

  
         

Cranes

 Gruidae
   

*

    

Sandhill Crane

Nov - Feb

P

List

W

B

Y

Name

Comments
         

Cormorants

 Phalancrocoracidae
       

*

Neotropic Cormorant

  
 

1, 2, 3

    

X

Double-crested Cormorant

  
         

Darters

 Anhingidae
 

1

  

X

*

Anhinga

  
         

Bitterns, Herons and Allies

 Ardeidae
 

2

  

X

  

Least Bittern

Apr - Sep
   

X

    

American Bittern

  
 

1, 2, 3

    

X

Great Egret

  
 

1, 2

    

X

Great Blue Heron

  
  3  

X

X

Snowy Egret

  
  3  

X

X

Little Blue Heron

  
 

1, 3

  

X

*

Tricolored Heron

  
  3    

*

Reddish Egret

  
 

1, 2, 3

    

X

Cattle Egret

  
 

2, 3

  

X

  

Green Heron

  
  3  

X

X

Black-crowned Night-heron

  
 

1, 3

  

X

  

Yellow-crowned Night-heron

  
         

Ibises and Spoonbills

 Threskiornithidae
       

*

Roseate Spoonbill

  
  3    

X

White Ibis

  
       

*

Glossy Ibis

  
       

*

White-faced Ibis

  
         

New World Vultures

 Cathartidae
 

2, 3

    

X

Black Vulture

  
 

1, 3

    

X

Turkey Vulture

  
         

Hawks, Kites, Eagles and Allies

 Accipitridae
 

1, 3

X

X

  

Osprey

  
 

1, 2, 3

X

X

X

Bald Eagle

Nov – Apr
     

X

  

Mississippi Kite

Mar – Aug
 

1

  

X

  

Swallow-tailed Kite

  
   

X

    

Sharp-shinned Hawk

  
  3    

X

Red-shouldered Hawk

  
  3  

X

  

Broad-winged Hawk

  
  3    

X

Red-tailed Hawk

  
  3

X

    

Northern Harrier

  
  3    

X

Cooper’s Hawk

  
         

Caracaras and Falcons

 Falconidae
 

1

    

X

American Kestrel

  
   

X

    

Merlin

  
   

*

    

Peregrine Falcon

  
         

Larks

 Alaudidae
   

X

  

*

Horned Lark

  

P

List

W

B

Y

Name

Comments
         

Rails, Gallinules and Coots

 Rallidae
   

*

    

Yellow Rail

Nov – Apr
   

X

    

Virginia Rail

Nov – Apr
       

X

King Rail

Nov – Mar
   

X

    

Sora

  
 

1, 2

  

X

  

Purple Gallinule

Oct – Mar
  3  

X

*

Common Moorhen

  
 

1, 3

    

X

American Coot

  
         

Lapwings and Plovers

 Charadriidae
 

1, 3

    

X

Kildeer

  
   

*

    

Semipalmated Plover

  
         

Stilts and Avocets

 Recurvirostridae
 

2

  

*

*

Black-necked Stilt

  
         

Sandpipers, Phalaropes and Allies

 Scolopacidae
   

X

    

Greater Yellowlegs

Sep – Mar
   

X

    

Lesser Yellowlegs

Sep – Mar
       

*

Willet

  
   

X

    

Spotted Sandpiper

Sep – Apr
   

X

    

Western Sandpiper

Sep – Mar
   

X

    

Least Sandpiper

Nov – Mar
   

X

    

Dunlin

Nov – Apr
   

X

    

Long-billed Dowitcher

Nov - Feb
   

X

    

Wilson’s Snipe

Oct – Feb
 

1

X

  

X

American Woodcock

  
         

Gulls and Terns

 Laridae
 

1, 3

    

*

Laughing Gull

  
   

X

    

Bonaparte’s Gull

Nov – Mar
  3

X

    

Ring-billed Gull

Oct – Feb
 

1,3

X

    

Herring Gull

Oct – Feb
    *     Lesser Black-billed Gull Oct - Mar
       

*

Caspian Tern

  
     

*

  

Least Tern

Mar – Aug
 

1

X

  

X

Forster’s Tern

  
         

Pigeons and Doves

 Columbidae
  3    

X

Rock Pigeon

  
       

X

Eurasian Collared-dove

  
 

1, 2, 3

    

X

Mourning Dove

  
 

2, 3

    

X

Inca Dove

  
         

Cuckoos and Roadrunners

 Cuculidae
 

2

  

X

  

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

May – Sep
 

1, 3

   

X

Greater Roadrunner

  
         

Barn Owls

 Tytonidae
       

X

Barn Owl

  

P

List

W

B

Y

Name

Comments
         

Typical Owls

 Strigidae
 

1

    

X

Eastern Screech-owl

  
  3    

X

Great Horned Owl

  
       

X

Barred Owl

  
   

X

    

Short-eared Owl

  
         

Nighthawks and Nightjars

 Caprimulgidae
     

X

  

Common Nighthawk

May – Sep
     

X

  

Chuck-Will’s-Widow

May – Sep
         

Swifts

 Apodidae
 

2

  

X

  

Chimney Swift

Apr – Sep
         

Hummingbirds

 Trochilidae
 

1, 2, 3

  

X

  

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Mar – Oct
   

X

    

Rufous Hummingbird

Oct – Mar
         

Kingfishers

 Alcedinidae
 

1, 2, 3

    

X

Belted Kingfisher

  
         

Woodpeckers and Allies

 Picidae
 

1, 3

    

X

Red-headed Woodpecker

  
 

1, 3

    

X

Red-bellied Woodpecker

  
 

1, 3

X

    

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

  
  3    

X

Downy Woodpecker

  
  3    

X

Hairy Woodpecker

  
       

X

Red-cockaded Woodpecker

  
 

1, 2, 3

    

X

Pileated Woodpecker

  
  3 X     Northern Flicker  
          Tyrant Flycatchers

Tyrannidae
     

X

  

Eastern Wood-pewee

May – Sep
     

X

  

Acadian Flycatcher

May – Aug
   

X

  

*

Eastern Phoebe

Oct – Mar
     

X

  

Great Crested Flycatcher

Apr – Aug
  3  

X

  

Eastern Kingbird

Apr - Sep
  3  

X

  

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Apr - Aug
  3   X   Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher  
         

Shrikes

 Laniidae
       

X

Loggerhead Shrike

  
         

Vireos

 Vireonidae
     

X

X

White-eyed Vireo

  
 

1, 3

  

X

  

Yellow-throated Vireo

Apr - Sep
   

X

    

Blue-headed Vireo

Oct – Mar
 

1

  

X

  

Red-eyed Vireo

Apr – Oct
     

*

  

Warbling Vireo

May - Aug
  3   *   Bell's Vireo  
         

Creepers

 Certhiidae
   

X

    

Brown Creeper

Oct – Apr
             

P

List

W

B

Y

Name

Comments
         

Jays and Crows

 Corvidae
 

1, 2, 3

    

X

Blue Jay

  
 

1, 2, 3

    

X

American Crow

  
  3    

X

Fish Crow

  
         

Swallows

 Hiruninidae
 

1

  

X

  

Purple Martin

Feb – Oct
   

*

    

Tree Swallow

Oct – Feb
  3  

X

  

Cliff Swallow

Apr – Oct
  3  

X

  

Barn Swallow

Feb – Sep
     

X

  

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Apr - Sep
         

Chickadees and Titmice

 Paridae
 

1, 3

    

X

Carolina Chickadee

  
 

1, 3

    

X

Tufted Titmouse

  
         

Nuthatches

 Sittidae
   

X

    

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Oct - Apr
  3    

X

Brown-headed Nuthatch

  
       

*

White-breasted Nuthatch

  
         

Wrens

 Troglodytidae
  3    

X

Carolina Wren

  
 

2

*

    

Bewick’s Wren

  
 

2

X

    

House Wren

Oct – Mar
   

X

    

Winter Wren

Oct – Mar
   

X

    

Sedge Wren

Oct – Mar
   

X

    

Marsh Wren

  
         

Bulbuls

 Pycnonotidae
   

X

    

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Oct – Mar
   

X

    

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Nov – Apr
         

Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers

 Sylviidae
   

*

X

X

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

  
         

Thrushes

 Turdidae
 

1, 2, 3

    

X

Eastern Bluebird

  
  3

X

    

Hermit Thrush

Nov  Mar
 

1

  

X

  

Wood Thrush

Mar – Sep
 

1, 2, 3

    

X

American Robin

  
         

Mockingbirds and Thrashers

 Mimidae
  3

*

*

X

Gray Catbird

  
 

1, 2, 3

    

X

Northern Mockingbird

  
  3    

X

Brown Thrasher

  
         

Starlings

 Sturnidae
 

1, 2, 3

    

X

European Starling

  
         

Wagtails and Pipits

 Motacillidae
   

X

    

Sprague’s Pipit

  
   

X

    

American Pipit

  

P

List

W

B

Y

Name

Comments
         

Waxwings

 Bombycillidae
 

1, 2, 3

X

    

Cedar Waxwing

  
          Tanagers Thraupidae
 

1, 2, 3

 

X

  

Summer Tanager

May – Sep
         

Wood-warblers

 Parulidae
   

X

    

Orange-crowned Warbler

Nov – Mar
     

X

  

Northern Parula

Apr – Aug
  3

X

    

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon & Myrtle)

Nov – Mar
  3  

X

  

Yellow-throated Warbler

Apr – Aug
  3    

X

Pine Warbler

  
     

X

  

Prairie Warbler

Apr – Sep
     

*

  

Palm Warbler

Nov – Mar
     

X

  

Black-and-white Warbler

Mar – July
     

X

  

American Redstart

Apr – Aug
     

X

  

Prothonotary Warbler

Apr – Aug
     

X

  

Worm-eating Warbler

Apr – Aug
     

X

  

Swainson’s Warbler

May – Sep
     

X

  

Louisiana Waterthrush

Apr – July
     

X

  

Kentucky Warbler

Apr – July
       

X

Common Yellowthroat

  
     

X

  

Hooded Warbler

Apr – Aug
     

X

  

Yellow-breasted Chat

May - Aug
  3 X     Bay-breasted Warbler migrates through
         

Emberizids

 Emberizidae
   

X

  

X

Eastern Towhee

  
       

X

Bachman’s Sparrow

  
 

1, 3

    

X

Chipping Sparrow

  
       

X

Field Sparrow

  
   

X

    

Vesper Sparrow

Nov – Mar
   

*

*

*

Lark Sparrow

  
  3

X

    

Savannah Sparrow

Nov – Mar
   

X

    

Grasshopper Sparrow

  
   

X

    

LeConte’s Sparrow

Nov – Apr
   

X

    

Henslow’s Sparrow

  
   

X

    

Fox Sparrow

Nov – Feb
   

X

    

Lincoln’s Sparrow

Nov – Mar
   

X

    

Song Sparrow

Nov – Feb
   

X

    

Swamp Sparrow

Dec – Mar
  3

X

    

White-throated Sparrow

Nov – Mar
   

X

    

White-crowned Sparrow

Nov – Mar
  3

X

    

Dark-eyed Junco

Oct – Mar
   

X

    

Lapland Longspur

Dec – Feb
             

P

List

W

B

Y

Name

Comments
         

Cardinals, Saltators, and Allies

 Cardinalidae
 

1, 2, 3

    

X

Northern Cardinal

  
 

1, 2, 3

  

X

  

Blue Grosbeck

May – Aug
 

1

  

X

  

Indigo Bunting

May – Sep
 

2

  

X

  

Painted Bunting

May – Sep
     

X

  

Dickcissel

May – Sep
         

Blackbirds

 Icteridae
  3    

X

Red-winged Blackbird

  
       

X

Eastern Meadowlark

  
   

X

    

Rusty Blackbird

Dec – Feb
 

1

X

    

Brewer’s Blackbird

  
 

1

    

X

Common Grackle

  
  3    

X

Great-tailed Grackle

  
 

2, 3

    

X

Brown-headed Cowbird

  
 

1

  

X

  

Orchard Oriole

Apr – July
     

X

  

Baltimore Oriole

Apr - July
         

Fringilline and Cardueline Finches

 Fringillidae
  3    

X

House Finch

  
   

X

    

Purple Finch

  
 

1, 2, 3

X

    

American Goldfinch

  
 

1, 3

X

    

Pine Siskin

  
         

Old World Sparrows

 Passeridae
       

X

House Sparrow

  
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