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Birding Hot Spots:

Bird Sightings in Central Oklahoma, including Oklahoma City

Below is the list of bird species that are listed by the Oklahoma Ornithological Society Bird Records Committee in the "Date Guide to the Occurrences of Birds in Oklahoma" (Fourth Edition, 2004) as being either resident or possible migrant in the Central Oklahoma area. Sightings of some of the species listed below may be classified as "Rare."  For information about date ranges for the species, visit the Oklahoma Bird Records Committee searchable database.
 

* Known to nest in area

Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross’s Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose *
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck *
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard *
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey *
Northern Bobwhite *
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe *
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
American White Pelican
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern *
Least Bittern *
Great Blue Heron *
Great Egret *
Snowy Egret *
Little Blue Heron *
Cattle Egret *
Green Heron *
Black-crowned Night-Heron *
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron *
White Ibis
White-faced Ibis *
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture *
Osprey
Mississippi Kite *
Bald Eagle *
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk *
Broad-winged Hawk *
Swainson’s Hawk *
Red-tailed Hawk *
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel *
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot *
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Snowy Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer *
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling

 
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ringed-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Sabine’s Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Forster’s Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern
Rock Pigeon *
Eurasian Collared-Dove *
White-winged Dove *
Mourning Dove *
Inca Dove
Monk Parakeet *
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo *
Greater Roadrunner *
Barn Owl *
Eastern Screech-Owl *
Great Horned Owl *
Snowy Owl
Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl *
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Common Nighthawk *
Common Poorwill
Chuck-will's-widow *
Chimney Swift *
Ruby-throated Hummingbird *
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher *
Red-headed Woodpecker *
Red-bellied Woodpecker *
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker *
Hairy Woodpecker *
Northern Flicker *
Pileated Woodpecker *
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee *
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe *
Great Crested Flycatcher *
Western Kingbird *
Eastern Kingbird *
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher *
Loggerhead Shrike *
White-eyed Vireo *
Bell's Vireo *
Black-capped Vireo *
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo *
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo *
Blue Jay *
American Crow *
Horned Lark *
Purple Martin *
Tree Swallow *
N. Rough-winged Swallow *
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow *
Barn Swallow *
Carolina Chickadee *
Tufted Titmouse *
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch *
Brown Creeper



 
Canyon Wren
Carolina Wren *
Bewick’s Wren *
House Wren *
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren * 
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher *
Eastern Bluebird *
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend’s Solitaire
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin *
Gray Catbird *
Northern Mockingbird *
Brown Thrasher *
European Starling *
American Pipit
Sprague’s Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler *
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler *
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush *
Kentucky Warbler *
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat *
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat *
Summer Tanager *
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee
Cassin’s Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow *
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow *
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow *
LeConte’s Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
McCown’s Longspur
Lapland Longspur
Smith’s Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Northern Cardinal *
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak *
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting *
Painted Bunting *
Dickcissel *
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird *
Eastern Meadowlark *
Western Meadowlark *
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Common Grackle *
Great-tailed Grackle *
Brown-headed Cowbird *
Orchard Oriole *
Baltimore Oriole *
Purple Finch
House Finch *
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow *