LOONS
___ Common Loon  OM

GREBES
___ Pied-billed Grebe UM
___ Horned Grebe OM

STORM-PETRELS
___ Band-rumped Storm-Petrel XM

PELICANS & CORMORANTS
___ American White Pelican XM
___ Double-crested Cormorant XM

BITTERNS & HERONS
___ American Bittern OM
___ Great Blue Heron UR cc
___ Great Egret OM
___ Little Blue Heron OM
___ Green Heron* FS cc
___ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron* US cc

GEESE & DUCKS
___ Snow Goose XM
___ Brant XM
___ Canada Goose OM
___ Wood Duck* OR cc
___ Green-winged Teal XM
___ American Black Duck UW cc
___ Mallard UW cc
___ Northern Pintail XM
___ Blue-winged Teal UM, OW
___ Northern Shoveler XM
___ American Wigeon XM
___ Ring-necked Duck OW
___ Lesser Scaup XM
___ Redhead XW
___ White-winged Scoter XW cc
___ Harlequin Duck XW
___ Common Goldeneye XW
___ Bufflehead XW
___ Hooded Merganser UW, XS cc
___ Common Merganser OW
___ Red-breasted Merganser XM
___ Ruddy Duck OM, cc

VULTURES, HAWKS & EAGLES
___ Black Vulture* FR cc
___ Turkey Vulture* CR cc
___ Osprey OM
___ Swallow-tailed Kite XS
___ Mississippi Kite XM
___ Bald Eagle OM
___ Northern Harrier (Marsh Hawk) OMW
___ Sharp-shinned Hawk* UR
___ Cooper's Hawk* UR
___ Northern Goshawk XR
___ Red-shouldered Hawk OMW, OR
___ Broad-winged Hawk* FS, CM, lr
___ Red-tailed Hawk* UR
___ Golden Eagle XMW cc XS
___ American Kestrel* UR cc
___ Merlin XMS
___ Peregrine Falcon* OWM, OS ri

GROUSE, TURKEYS & QUAILS
___ Ruffed Grouse* FR
___ Wild Turkey* UR cc
___ Northern Bobwhite* FR

RAILS, GALLINULES & COOTS
___ King Rail XMS
___ Virginia Rail XM
___ Sora OM
___ Common Moorhen XM
___ American Coot XMWS

CRANES
___ Sandhill Crane XM

SHOREBIRDS
___ American Golden Plover (Lesser Gol-Pl.) XM
___ Semipalmated Plover OM cc
___ Killdeer* UR cc
___ Greater Yellowlegs OM
___ Lesser Yellowlegs XM
___ Solitary Sandpiper UM
___ Willet XM
___ Spotted Sandpiper UM
___ Least Sandpiper OM cc
___ Ruff XM
___ Short-billed Dowitcher XM
___ Common Snipe UMW cc
___ American Woodcock* UR
___ Red-necked Phalarope XM
___ Red Phalarope XM

GULLS & TERNS
___ Laughing Gull XM
___ Bonaparte's Gull XM
___ Ring-billed Gull XMW
___ Herring Gull XW
___ Sooty Tern XS

DOVES
___ Rock Dove XR
___ Mourning Dove* CR cc

CUCKOOS
___ Black-billed Cuckoo* US
___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo* FS OWLS
___ Barn Owl OR
___ Eastern Screech-Owl* FR
___ Great Horned Owl* UR
___ Barred Owl* FR
___ Northern Saw-whet Owl* FR he
___ Short-eared Owl XW
___ Long-eared Owl XW

NIGHTHAWKS & NIGHTJARS
___ Common Nighthawk FM
___ Chuck-will's-widow* US
___ Whip-poor-will* FS

SWIFTS & HUMMINGBIRDS
___ Chimney Swift* CS
___ Ruby-throated Hummingbird* FS, CM-fall

KINGFISHERS
___ Belted Kingfisher* FR

WOODPECKERS
___ Red-headed Woodpecker* UR, cc
___ Red-bellied Woodpecker* FR
___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker* US, he, FW
___ Downy Woodpecker* FR
___ Hairy Woodpecker* FR
___ Red-cockaded Woodpecker (* formerly) extirpated
___ Northern Flicker (Common Flicker)* FR
___ Pileated Woodpecker* FR

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
___ Olive-sided Flycatcher* US, he
___ Eastern Wood-Pewee* CS
___ Acadian Flycatcher* CS
___ Alder Flycatcher OM
___ Willow Flycatcher OS
___ Least Flycatcher* US
___ Eastern Phoebe* CR (UW)
___ Great Crested Flycatcher* FS
___ Western Kingbird XM
___ Eastern Kingbird* FS cc
___ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher XM cc

LARKS
___ Horned Lark OR cc

SWALLOWS
___ Purple Martin US
___ Tree Swallow OM
___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow* FS
___ Bank Swallow OM
___ Cliff Swallow UM
___ Barn Swallow* CS

JAYS, CROWS & RAVENS
___ Blue Jay* CR
___ American Crow* CR
___ Common Raven FR he

CHICKADEES & TITMICE
___ Black-capped Chickadee* FR he
___ Carolina Chickadee* CR
___ Tufted Titmouse* CR

NUTHATCHES & CREEPERS
___ Red-breasted Nuthatch* CR he
___ White-breasted Nuthatch* FR
___ Brown Creeper* FR he

WRENS
___ Carolina Wren* CR
___ Bewick's Wren* XR (formerly OR)
___ House Wren* OR, FM
___ Winter Wren* CR he
___ Sedge Wren OM
___ Marsh Wren OM

KINGLETS & GNATCATCHERS
___ Golden-crowned Kinglet* CR he
___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet FMW
___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* CS

THRUSHES
___ Eastern Bluebird* FR cc
___ Veery* CS he
___ Gray-cheeked Thrush FM
___ Swainson's Thrush CM
___ Hermit Thrush* FW
___ Wood Thrush* CS
___ American Robin* FR, CM

THRASHERS
___ Gray Catbird* FS, OW
___ Northern Mockingbird* UR
___ Brown Thrasher* FS, UW

PIPITS & WAXWINGS
___ American Pipit (Water Pipit) OMW
___ Cedar Waxwing* FR (erratic)

SHRIKES & STARLINGS
___ Loggerhead Shrike OR cc
___ European Starling* CR

VIREOS
___ White-eyed Vireo* FS
___ Solitary Vireo* CS he
___ Yellow-throated Vireo* CS
___ Warbling Vireo OS
___ Philadelphia Vireo OM
___ Red-eyed Vireo* AS

WOOD WARBLERS
___ Blue-winged Warbler FM
___ Golden-winged Warbler* US
___ Brewster's Warbler XM
___ Lawrence's Warbler XM
___ Tennessee Warbler CM
___ Orange-crowned Warbler OMW
___ Nashville Warbler FM
___ Northern Parula* FS
___ Yellow Warbler* FS
___ Chestnut-sided Warbler* CS he
___ Magnolia Warbler CM
___ Cape May Warbler FM
___ Black-throated Blue Warbler* CS, he
___ Yellow-rumped Warbler A-CMW, XS*?
___ Black-throated Green Warbler* CS
___ Blackburnian Warbler* FS he
___ Yellow-throated Warbler* FS
___ Pine Warbler* FS, OW
___ Prairie Warbler* FS
___ Palm Warbler FM, OW
___ Bay-breasted Warbler FM
___ Blackpoll Warbler FM (spring), OM (fall)
___ Cerulean Warbler FM, OS
___ Black-and-white Warbler*  CS
___ American Redstart* FS
___ Prothonotary Warbler* OM, XS
___ Worm-eating Warbler* FS
___ Swainson's Warbler* US
___ Ovenbird* CS
___ Northern Waterthrush OM
___ Louisiana Waterthrush* CS
___ Kentucky Warbler* CS
___ Mourning Warbler XM
___ Connecticut Warbler OM
___ Common Yellowthroat* FS
___ Hooded Warbler* CS
___ Wilson's Warbler OM
___ Canada Warbler* CS he
___ Yellow-breasted Chat* FS

TANAGERS
___ Summer Tanager*  FS
___ Scarlet Tanager* CS

CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS & SPARROWS
___ Northern Cardinal* CR
___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak*  FS he
___ Blue Grosbeak OM, OS cc
___ Indigo Bunting* C-AS
___ Dickcissel XW cc
___ Rufous-sided Towhee* CR
___ Bachman's Sparrow  XS (formerly OS)
___ Chipping Sparrow* CS
___ Field Sparrow* CR
___ Vesper Sparrow* UM cc
___ Lark Sparrow XS cc
___ Savannah Sparrow UMW cc
___ Grasshopper Sparrow OSM cc
___ Henslow's Sparrow XM
___ Fox Sparrow O-FW
___ Song Sparrow* CR
___ Lincoln's Sparrow OM
___ Swamp Sparrow FW
___ White-throated Sparrow C-AW
___ White-crowned Sparrow OM, OW
___ Dark-eyed Junco* AR he (lower elv. W)
___ Snow Bunting XW he
___ Chestnut-collared Longspur XM

MEADOWLARKS, BLACKBIRDS & ORIOLES
___ Bobolink UM cc
___ Red-winged Blackbird* FM, CS, cc, UW
___ Eastern Meadowlark* CR cc
___ Yellow-headed Blackbird XM
___ Rusty Blackbird UM, OW
___ Common Grackle* FS, UW
___ Brown-headed Cowbird* FM, FR
___ Orchard Oriole* UM, US
___ Baltimore Oriole* UM, OS, cc

FINCHES
___ Purple Finch U-FW
___ House Finch XW
___ Red Crossbill UR he (erratic)
___ White-winged Crossbill XW
___ Common Redpoll XW
___ Pine Siskin US, U-CW (erratic)
___ American Goldfinch* FR
___ Evening Grosbeak U-CW (erratic)

OLD WORLD SPARROWS
___ House Sparrow* UR

This resource is based on the following source:
Alsop, III. F.J. 1995. Birds of the Great Smoky Mountains, a checklist for the birds of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Great Smoky Mountains Natural History Association in cooperation with Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Unpaginated.

This resource should be cited as: Alsop, III. F.J. 1995. Birds of the Great Smoky Mountains, a checklist for the birds of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. http://www.npwrc.usgs.govsmokymt.htm (Version 22MAY98).

Revised March 2008