Arkansas Checklist
Species data
Abundance Presence
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.03
American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Upper Coastal Plain 0.04
Double-crest. Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.01
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga
Upper Coastal Plain 0.06
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Upper Coastal Plain 1.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.4
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.8
Great Egret
Casmerodius albus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.0
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.5
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Upper Coastal Plain 0.09
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.5
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.04
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Upper Coastal Plain 2.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 1.2
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Upper Coastal Plain 18.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 3.7
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 8.3
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Upper Coastal Plain 1.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.7
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 1.1
Yellow-crn. Night Heron
Nycticorax violacus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.06
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 1.0
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
Upper Coastal Plain 0.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.5
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.2
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Upper Coastal Plain 0.02
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.1
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.02
Blue-winged Teal
Anas discors
Upper Coastal Plain 0.03
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.00
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.03
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
Upper Coastal Plain 1.1
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.3
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Upper Coastal Plain 3.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.04
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 2.3
Mississippi Kite
Ictinia mississippiensis
Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.3
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.01
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.02
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Upper Coastal Plain 0.07
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.03
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Upper Coastal Plain 1.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.7
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.04
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.3
Swainson's Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.01
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Upper Coastal Plain 0.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.6
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.6
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.07
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.1
Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.00
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Upper Coastal Plain 0.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.2
Northern Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
Upper Coastal Plain 14.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 16.3
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 16.8
King Rail
Rallus elegans
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
American Coot
Fulica americana
Upper Coastal Plain 0.01
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Upper Coastal Plain 1.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 19.8
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 1.7
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.07
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.01
Least Tern
Sterna antillarum
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Rock Dove
Columba livia
Upper Coastal Plain 0.08
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 5.3
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 6.0
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Upper Coastal Plain 13.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 42.3
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 11.2
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Upper Coastal Plain 11.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 9.1
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 11.2
Greater Roadrunner
Geococcyx californianus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.04
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.05
Eastern Screech-owl
Otus asio
Upper Coastal Plain 0.02
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.01
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.03
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.07
Barred Owl
Strix varia
Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.3
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Upper Coastal Plain 0.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.3
Chuck-will's-widow
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Upper Coastal Plain 3.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.6
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 2.6
Whip-poor-will
Caprimulgus vociferus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.05
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.3
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 1.3
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Upper Coastal Plain 6.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 3.5
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 9.5
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Upper Coastal Plain 1.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.4
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 1.0
Belted Kingfisher
Ceryle alcyon
Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.3
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Upper Coastal Plain 1.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.6
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Upper Coastal Plain 8.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 8.3
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 4.2
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Upper Coastal Plain 3.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.6
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 2.5
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.3
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Upper Coastal Plain 1.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.9
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 1.3
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Upper Coastal Plain 3.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.8
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 3.8
Eastern Wood-pewee
Contopus virens
Upper Coastal Plain 7.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.4
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 7.0
Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Upper Coastal Plain 3.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 1.7
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
Upper Coastal Plain 2.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.3
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 3.7
Grt. Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Upper Coastal Plain 6.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.5
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 4.5
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Upper Coastal Plain 5.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.8
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 4.8
Scissor-tail Flycatcher
Tyrannus forficatus
Upper Coastal Plain 1.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.05
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 1.6
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
Upper Coastal Plain 0.01
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 9.4
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.01
Purple Martin
Progne subis
Upper Coastal Plain 17.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 7.1
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 9.1
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.02
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Upper Coastal Plain 1.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.1
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 1.2
Bank Swallow
Riparia riparia
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Cliff Swallow
Hirundo pyrrhonota
Upper Coastal Plain 0.01
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 2.1
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Upper Coastal Plain 19.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 12.6
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 17.4
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Upper Coastal Plain 16.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 10.1
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 15.9
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Upper Coastal Plain 49.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 10.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 44.4
Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragus
Upper Coastal Plain 1.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.3
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.9
Carolina Chickadee
Parus carolinensis
Upper Coastal Plain 12.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.3
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 10.9
Tufted Titmouse
Parus bicolor
Upper Coastal Plain 15.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 4.1
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 14.4
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 2.4
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Sitta pusilla
Upper Coastal Plain 1.9
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.08
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Upper Coastal Plain 22.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 7.0
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 9.5
Bewick's Wren
Thryomanes bewickii
Upper Coastal Plain 0.04
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.05
House Wren
Troglodytes aedon
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Upper Coastal Plain 12.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 8.0
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
Upper Coastal Plain 8.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 7.2
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
Upper Coastal Plain 5.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.5
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 3.4
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Upper Coastal Plain 6.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 11.5
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 15.2
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.5
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Upper Coastal Plain 20.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 20.9
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 15.2
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Upper Coastal Plain 2.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 2.8
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 2.5
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.1
Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 3.1
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.4
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Upper Coastal Plain 5.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 25.3
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 30.8
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Upper Coastal Plain 13.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.7
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 5.2
Bell's Vireo
Vireo bellii
Upper Coastal Plain 0.02
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.2
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
Upper Coastal Plain 1.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.05
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.6
Warbling Vireo
Vireo gilvus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.04
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.02
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
Upper Coastal Plain 12.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 20.5
Blue-winged Warbler
Vermivora pinus
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.08
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Upper Coastal Plain 0.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.09
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 1.4
Yellow Warbler
Dendroica petechia
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.03
Black-th. Green Warbler
Dendroica virens
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.07
Yellow-throated Warbler
Dendroica dominica
Upper Coastal Plain 0.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.04
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.4
Pine Warbler
Dendroica pinus
Upper Coastal Plain 16.9
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 8.5
Prairie Warbler
Dendroica discolor
Upper Coastal Plain 1.9
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 1.5
Cerulean Warbler
Dendroica cerulea
Upper Coastal Plain 0.02
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.09
Black-&-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Upper Coastal Plain 3.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 3.8
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Upper Coastal Plain 0.09
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.2
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
Upper Coastal Plain 1.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.7
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.1
Worm-eating Warbler
Helmitheros vermivorus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.5
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.7
Swainson's Warbler
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Upper Coastal Plain 0.04
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.00
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 6.1
Louisiana Waterthrush
Seiurus motacilla
Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.01
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.4
Kentucky Warbler
Oporornis formosus
Upper Coastal Plain 6.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 4.1
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Upper Coastal Plain 15.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 4.5
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 4.2
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia citrina
Upper Coastal Plain 2.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.03
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 1.8
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Upper Coastal Plain 27.0
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 3.9
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 12.2
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Upper Coastal Plain 9.5
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 6.5
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 4.1
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Upper Coastal Plain 44.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 34.4
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 28.1
Blue Grosbeak
Guiraca caerulea
Upper Coastal Plain 4.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 4.3
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Upper Coastal Plain 24.8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 18.3
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 34.6
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.4
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.3
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Upper Coastal Plain 10.9
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 59.8
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 5.2
Eastern Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Upper Coastal Plain 3.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.5
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 3.9
Bachman's Sparrow
Aimophila aestivalis
Upper Coastal Plain 0.5
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.04
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Upper Coastal Plain 2.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 6.2
Field Sparrow
Spizella pusilla
Upper Coastal Plain 3.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.6
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 8.1
Lark Sparrow
Chondestes grammacus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.6
Grasshopper Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum
Upper Coastal Plain 0.01
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.4
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.1
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Upper Coastal Plain 12.3
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 495.8
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 20.5
Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna
Upper Coastal Plain 14.6
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 31.1
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 20.2
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.1
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Upper Coastal Plain 9.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 45.9
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 18.3
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
Upper Coastal Plain 12.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 11.8
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 11.9
Orchard Oriole
Icterus spurius
Upper Coastal Plain 7.7
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 3.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 2.5
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 1.8
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.1
House Finch
Carpodacus mexicanus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.01
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.2
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.2
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
Upper Coastal Plain 0.02
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 0.06
American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis
Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 0.1
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 1.8
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Upper Coastal Plain 8.1
Mississippi Alluvial Plain 59.5
Ozark-Ouachita Plateau 25.3