Bird List for Mifflin County
This is a preliminary list of the birds recorded in this county.
The list shows all species on the Official State List with a Yes next to each species recorded in this county or a B for those species which breed in the county (Ie., species who coded Probable or Confirmed during the latest Breeding Bird Atlas).
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Mifflin County List
Yellowlegs sp.
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Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser
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Nelson's 'Atlantic' Sparrow
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Storm-Petrel sp.
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Fox Sparrow (Slate-colored)
-
Eider sp.
-
Dark-eyed 'Cassiar' Junco
-
Red-tailed 'Harlan's' Hawk
-
Empidonax sp.
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King/Clapper Rail
-
Dark-eyed 'Oregon' Junco
-
Black-throated Green X Cape May Warbler
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Frigatebird sp.
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Herring 'Vega' Gull
-
Glaucous Gull X Herring Gull (Nelson's Gull)
-
Blue-winged Teal X Northern Shoveler
-
Great White Heron
-
Iceland/Thayer's Gull
-
Great Black-backed Gull x Herring Gull
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Lawrence's Warbler
-
Iceland "Thayer's" Gull
-
Green-winged 'Common' Teal
-
Eastern x Western Kingbird
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Green-winged Teal x Common Teal
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Lesser Black-backed X Herring Gull
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Phalarope sp.
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Gadwall x Mallard
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Red-tailed Hawk (Western dark form)
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Jaeger sp.
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Chen sp.
-
Plegadis sp.
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Redhead x Ring-necked Duck
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Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
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Bicknell's/Gray-cheeked Thrush
-
Pomarine/Parasitic Jaeger
-
Myiarchus sp.
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Snow Goose x Ross's Goose
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Black-headed x Ring-billed Gull
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Black Brant
-
Selasphorus sp.
-
Savannah "Ipswich" Sparrow
-
White-crowned 'Gambel's' Sparrow
-
Waterthrush sp.
-
Brewster's Warbler
Yes
Eurasian X American Wigeon
-
Yellow-rumped 'Audubon's' Warbler
-
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
-
Snow Goose
Yes
Ross's Goose
-
Greater White-fronted Goose
-
Pink-footed Goose
-
Brant
Yes
Barnacle Goose
-
Cackling Goose
Yes
Canada Goose
B
Mute Swan
Yes
Trumpeter Swan
Yes
Tundra Swan
Yes
Wood Duck
B
Blue-winged Teal
Yes
Cinnamon Teal
-
Northern Shoveler
Yes
Gadwall
Yes
Eurasian Wigeon
-
American Wigeon
Yes
Mallard
B
American Black Duck
Yes
Northern Pintail
Yes
Green-winged Teal
Yes
Canvasback
Yes
Redhead
Yes
Ring-necked Duck
Yes
Tufted Duck
-
Greater Scaup
Yes
Lesser Scaup
Yes
King Eider
-
Harlequin Duck
-
Surf Scoter
Yes
White-winged Scoter
Yes
Black Scoter
Yes
Long-tailed Duck
Yes
Bufflehead
Yes
Common Goldeneye
Yes
Barrow's Goldeneye
-
Hooded Merganser
Yes
Common Merganser
B
Red-breasted Merganser
Yes
Masked Duck
-
Ruddy Duck
Yes
Northern Bobwhite
Yes
Ring-necked Pheasant
B
Ruffed Grouse
B
Wild Turkey
B
Pied-billed Grebe
Yes
Horned Grebe
Yes
Red-necked Grebe
Yes
Eared Grebe
-
Western Grebe
-
Rock Pigeon
B
Eurasian Collared-Dove
-
Common Ground-Dove
-
White-winged Dove
Yes
Mourning Dove
B
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
B
Black-billed Cuckoo
B
Common Nighthawk
Yes
Chuck-will's-widow
-
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Yes
Chimney Swift
B
Bahama Woodstar
-
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
B
Black-chinned Hummingbird
-
Anna's Hummingbird
-
Rufous Hummingbird
-
Allen's Hummingbird
-
Calliope Hummingbird
-
Yellow Rail
-
Black Rail
-
Clapper Rail
-
King Rail
-
Virginia Rail
Yes
Sora
Yes
Spotted Rail
-
Purple Gallinule
-
Common Gallinule
-
American Coot
Yes
Sandhill Crane
Yes
Black-necked Stilt
-
American Avocet
-
American Oystercatcher
-
Black-bellied Plover
-
American Golden-Plover
Yes
Snowy Plover
-
Wilson's Plover
-
Semipalmated Plover
Yes
Piping Plover
-
Killdeer
B
Upland Sandpiper
Yes
Whimbrel
-
Long-billed Curlew
-
Hudsonian Godwit
-
Marbled Godwit
-
Ruddy Turnstone
Yes
Red Knot
-
Ruff
-
Stilt Sandpiper
-
Curlew Sandpiper
-
Sanderling
-
Dunlin
Yes
Purple Sandpiper
-
Baird's Sandpiper
-
Least Sandpiper
Yes
White-rumped Sandpiper
Yes
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
-
Pectoral Sandpiper
Yes
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Yes
Western Sandpiper
Yes
Short-billed Dowitcher
Yes
Long-billed Dowitcher
-
American Woodcock
B
Wilson's Snipe
Yes
Spotted Sandpiper
B
Solitary Sandpiper
Yes
Lesser Yellowlegs
Yes
Willet
Yes
Greater Yellowlegs
Yes
Wilson's Phalarope
-
Red-necked Phalarope
-
Red Phalarope
-
Pomarine Jaeger
-
Parasitic Jaeger
-
Long-tailed Jaeger
-
Dovekie
-
Thick-billed Murre
-
Black Guillemot
-
Long-billed Murrelet
-
Ancient Murrelet
-
Black-legged Kittiwake
-
Sabine's Gull
-
Bonaparte's Gull
Yes
Black-headed Gull
-
Little Gull
-
Ross's Gull
-
Laughing Gull
-
Franklin's Gull
-
Mew Gull
-
Ring-billed Gull
Yes
California Gull
-
Herring Gull
Yes
Iceland Gull
-
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Yes
Slaty-backed Gull
-
Glaucous Gull
-
Great Black-backed Gull
-
Kelp Gull
-
Sooty Tern
-
Least Tern
-
Gull-billed Tern
-
Caspian Tern
-
Black Tern
-
White-winged Tern
-
Roseate Tern
-
Common Tern
Yes
Arctic Tern
-
Forster's Tern
Yes
Royal Tern
-
Black Skimmer
-
White-tailed Tropicbird
-
Red-throated Loon
Yes
Pacific Loon
-
Common Loon
Yes
Yellow-billed Loon
-
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
-
Leach's Storm-Petrel
-
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
-
Trindade Petrel
-
Black-capped Petrel
-
Cory's Shearwater
-
Great Shearwater
-
Wood Stork
-
Magnificent Frigatebird
-
Brown Booby
-
Northern Gannet
-
Double-crested Cormorant
Yes
Great Cormorant
-
Anhinga
-
American White Pelican
-
Brown Pelican
-
American Bittern
Yes
Least Bittern
-
Great Blue Heron
B
Great Egret
Yes
Snowy Egret
Yes
Little Blue Heron
Yes
Tricolored Heron
-
Cattle Egret
-
Green Heron
B
Black-crowned Night-Heron
-
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
-
White Ibis
-
Glossy Ibis
-
White-faced Ibis
-
Roseate Spoonbill
-
Black Vulture
Yes
Turkey Vulture
B
Osprey
B
White-tailed Kite
-
Swallow-tailed Kite
Yes
Golden Eagle
Yes
Northern Harrier
Yes
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Yes
Cooper's Hawk
B
Northern Goshawk
Yes
Bald Eagle
B
Mississippi Kite
Yes
Red-shouldered Hawk
B
Broad-winged Hawk
B
Swainson's Hawk
Yes
Red-tailed Hawk
B
Rough-legged Hawk
Yes
Barn Owl
B
Eastern Screech-Owl
B
Great Horned Owl
B
Snowy Owl
Yes
Northern Hawk Owl
-
Barred Owl
B
Great Gray Owl
-
Long-eared Owl
Yes
Short-eared Owl
Yes
Boreal Owl
-
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Yes
Belted Kingfisher
B
Red-headed Woodpecker
B
Red-bellied Woodpecker
B
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yes
Black-backed Woodpecker
-
Downy Woodpecker
B
Hairy Woodpecker
B
Northern Flicker
B
Pileated Woodpecker
B
Crested Caracara
-
American Kestrel
B
Merlin
Yes
Gyrfalcon
Yes
Peregrine Falcon
Yes
Prairie Falcon
-
Monk Parakeet
-
Ash-throated Flycatcher
-
Great Crested Flycatcher
B
Tropical Kingbird
-
Western Kingbird
-
Eastern Kingbird
B
Gray Kingbird
-
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
-
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
-
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yes
Eastern Wood-Pewee
B
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yes
Acadian Flycatcher
B
Alder Flycatcher
Yes
Willow Flycatcher
B
Least Flycatcher
B
Hammond's Flycatcher
-
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
-
Eastern Phoebe
B
Say's Phoebe
-
Vermilion Flycatcher
-
Loggerhead Shrike
-
Northern Shrike
Yes
White-eyed Vireo
B
Yellow-throated Vireo
B
Blue-headed Vireo
B
Philadelphia Vireo
Yes
Warbling Vireo
B
Red-eyed Vireo
B
Blue Jay
B
American Crow
B
Fish Crow
B
Common Raven
B
Horned Lark
B
Purple Martin
B
Tree Swallow
B
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
B
Bank Swallow
B
Cliff Swallow
B
Cave Swallow
-
Barn Swallow
B
Carolina Chickadee
-
Black-capped Chickadee
B
Boreal Chickadee
-
Tufted Titmouse
B
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Yes
White-breasted Nuthatch
B
Brown-headed Nuthatch
-
Brown Creeper
B
House Wren
B
Winter Wren
B
Sedge Wren
-
Marsh Wren
-
Carolina Wren
B
Bewick's Wren
-
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
B
Golden-crowned Kinglet
B
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Yes
European Robin
-
Northern Wheatear
-
Eastern Bluebird
B
Mountain Bluebird
-
Townsend's Solitaire
-
Veery
B
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Yes
Bicknell's Thrush
-
Swainson's Thrush
Yes
Hermit Thrush
B
Wood Thrush
B
Redwing
-
American Robin
B
Varied Thrush
-
Gray Catbird
B
Brown Thrasher
B
Northern Mockingbird
B
European Starling
B
Bohemian Waxwing
Yes
Cedar Waxwing
B
House Sparrow
B
American Pipit
Yes
Brambling
-
Evening Grosbeak
Yes
Pine Grosbeak
-
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
-
House Finch
B
Purple Finch
Yes
Common Redpoll
Yes
Hoary Redpoll
Yes
Red Crossbill
Yes
White-winged Crossbill
Yes
Pine Siskin
Yes
Lesser Goldfinch
-
American Goldfinch
B
Lapland Longspur
Yes
Snow Bunting
Yes
Green-tailed Towhee
-
Spotted Towhee
-
Eastern Towhee
B
Bachman's Sparrow
-
American Tree Sparrow
Yes
Chipping Sparrow
B
Clay-colored Sparrow
Yes
Field Sparrow
B
Vesper Sparrow
B
Lark Sparrow
-
Lark Bunting
-
Savannah Sparrow
B
Grasshopper Sparrow
B
Henslow's Sparrow
-
LeConte's Sparrow
-
Seaside Sparrow
-
Nelson's Sparrow
-
Saltmarsh Sparrow
-
Fox Sparrow
Yes
Song Sparrow
B
Lincoln's Sparrow
Yes
Swamp Sparrow
B
White-throated Sparrow
B
Harris's Sparrow
-
White-crowned Sparrow
Yes
Golden-crowned Sparrow
-
Dark-eyed Junco
B
Yellow-breasted Chat
B
Yellow-headed Blackbird
-
Bobolink
B
Eastern Meadowlark
B
Western Meadowlark
Yes
Orchard Oriole
B
Bullock's Oriole
-
Baltimore Oriole
B
Black-backed Oriole
-
Scott's Oriole
-
Red-winged Blackbird
B
Shiny Cowbird
-
Brown-headed Cowbird
B
Rusty Blackbird
Yes
Brewer's Blackbird
Yes
Common Grackle
B
Ovenbird
B
Worm-eating Warbler
B
Louisiana Waterthrush
B
Northern Waterthrush
Yes
Golden-winged Warbler
B
Blue-winged Warbler
B
Black-and-white Warbler
B
Prothonotary Warbler
-
Swainson's Warbler
Yes
Tennessee Warbler
Yes
Orange-crowned Warbler
-
Nashville Warbler
Yes
Connecticut Warbler
Yes
MacGillivray's Warbler
-
Mourning Warbler
Yes
Kentucky Warbler
Yes
Common Yellowthroat
B
Hooded Warbler
B
American Redstart
B
Kirtland's Warbler
-
Cape May Warbler
Yes
Cerulean Warbler
B
Northern Parula
B
Magnolia Warbler
Yes
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yes
Blackburnian Warbler
B
Yellow Warbler
B
Chestnut-sided Warbler
B
Blackpoll Warbler
Yes
Black-throated Blue Warbler
B
Palm Warbler
Yes
Pine Warbler
B
Yellow-rumped Warbler
B
Yellow-throated Warbler
Yes
Prairie Warbler
B
Black-throated Gray Warbler
-
Townsend's Warbler
-
Black-throated Green Warbler
B
Canada Warbler
B
Wilson's Warbler
Yes
Summer Tanager
-
Scarlet Tanager
B
Western Tanager
-
Northern Cardinal
B
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
B
Black-headed Grosbeak
-
Blue Grosbeak
Yes
Lazuli Bunting
-
Indigo Bunting
B
Varied Bunting
-
Painted Bunting
Yes
Dickcissel
Yes