Kentucky Checklist
Species data
Abundance Presence
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
Highland Rim 0.00
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Upper Coastal Plain 3.4
Highland Rim 0.5
Lexington Plain 0.2
Cumberland Plateau 0.1
Great Egret
Casmerodius albus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Highland Rim 0.02
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Upper Coastal Plain 0.8
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Upper Coastal Plain 0.6
Highland Rim 0.01
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Upper Coastal Plain 1.7
Highland Rim 1.2
Lexington Plain 1.6
Cumberland Plateau 0.6
Ohio Hills 0.3
Black-crn. Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Highland Rim 0.00
Yellow-crn. Night Heron
Nycticorax violacus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.06
Highland Rim 0.01
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Highland Rim 0.02
Lexington Plain 0.2
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
Upper Coastal Plain 1.9
Highland Rim 0.4
Lexington Plain 0.3
Cumberland Plateau 0.1
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Highland Rim 0.6
Lexington Plain 0.3
Cumberland Plateau 0.06
Blue-winged Teal
Anas discors
Upper Coastal Plain 0.06
Highland Rim 0.02
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.7
Highland Rim 0.4
Lexington Plain 0.4
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Upper Coastal Plain 6.0
Highland Rim 2.4
Lexington Plain 5.2
Cumberland Plateau 0.5
Ohio Hills 1.0
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Highland Rim 0.05
Mississippi Kite
Ictinia mississippiensis
Upper Coastal Plain 0.3
Northern Harrier
Circus cyaneus
Highland Rim 0.00
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.02
Highland Rim 0.01
Lexington Plain 0.06
Cumberland Plateau 0.01
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Highland Rim 0.1
Lexington Plain 0.1
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.7
Highland Rim 0.2
Lexington Plain 0.01
Cumberland Plateau 0.6
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.02
Highland Rim 0.2
Lexington Plain 0.08
Cumberland Plateau 0.3
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Upper Coastal Plain 0.9
Highland Rim 0.9
Lexington Plain 0.6
Cumberland Plateau 0.4
Ohio Hills 0.8
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Upper Coastal Plain 0.3
Highland Rim 2.1
Lexington Plain 1.7
Cumberland Plateau 0.2
Ohio Hills 0.4
Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
Cumberland Plateau 0.01
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Highland Rim 0.08
Lexington Plain 0.08
Cumberland Plateau 0.07
Northern Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
Upper Coastal Plain 47.8
Highland Rim 29.2
Lexington Plain 13.9
Cumberland Plateau 4.3
Ohio Hills 7.2
American Coot
Fulica americana
Highland Rim 0.00
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Upper Coastal Plain 6.6
Highland Rim 7.5
Lexington Plain 7.7
Cumberland Plateau 1.1
Ohio Hills 3.2
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularia
Lexington Plain 0.01
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Highland Rim 0.04
Lexington Plain 0.03
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Highland Rim 0.04
Least Tern
Sterna antillarum
Upper Coastal Plain 0.6
Rock Dove
Columba livia
Upper Coastal Plain 3.2
Highland Rim 7.2
Lexington Plain 4.4
Cumberland Plateau 0.9
Ohio Hills 0.6
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Upper Coastal Plain 47.2
Highland Rim 47.5
Lexington Plain 34.8
Cumberland Plateau 27.8
Ohio Hills 37.2
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Highland Rim 0.01
Lexington Plain 0.1
Cumberland Plateau 0.09
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Upper Coastal Plain 12.9
Highland Rim 9.7
Lexington Plain 7.1
Cumberland Plateau 3.5
Ohio Hills 2.5
Eastern Screech-owl
Otus asio
Upper Coastal Plain 0.08
Highland Rim 0.02
Lexington Plain 0.05
Cumberland Plateau 0.09
Ohio Hills 0.6
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Highland Rim 0.3
Lexington Plain 0.1
Cumberland Plateau 0.02
Ohio Hills 0.3
Barred Owl
Strix varia
Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Highland Rim 0.08
Cumberland Plateau 0.1
Ohio Hills 0.2
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Upper Coastal Plain 0.03
Highland Rim 0.06
Lexington Plain 0.8
Cumberland Plateau 0.03
Ohio Hills 0.2
Chuck-will's-widow
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Upper Coastal Plain 1.8
Highland Rim 0.9
Lexington Plain 0.03
Cumberland Plateau 0.1
Whip-poor-will
Caprimulgus vociferus
Upper Coastal Plain 1.3
Highland Rim 0.9
Lexington Plain 0.1
Cumberland Plateau 0.5
Ohio Hills 2.5
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Upper Coastal Plain 12.9
Highland Rim 19.1
Lexington Plain 32.1
Cumberland Plateau 14.8
Ohio Hills 18.8
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Upper Coastal Plain 1.5
Highland Rim 0.6
Lexington Plain 0.6
Cumberland Plateau 1.2
Ohio Hills 1.1
Belted Kingfisher
Ceryle alcyon
Upper Coastal Plain 0.8
Highland Rim 0.4
Lexington Plain 0.6
Cumberland Plateau 1.4
Ohio Hills 2.8
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Upper Coastal Plain 2.5
Highland Rim 1.8
Lexington Plain 0.6
Cumberland Plateau 0.3
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Upper Coastal Plain 18.2
Highland Rim 11.4
Lexington Plain 4.0
Cumberland Plateau 2.3
Ohio Hills 4.0
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Upper Coastal Plain 3.9
Highland Rim 3.1
Lexington Plain 1.8
Cumberland Plateau 4.7
Ohio Hills 7.2
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Upper Coastal Plain 1.0
Highland Rim 0.6
Lexington Plain 0.2
Cumberland Plateau 0.9
Ohio Hills 1.2
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Upper Coastal Plain 3.0
Highland Rim 4.1
Lexington Plain 4.9
Cumberland Plateau 2.3
Ohio Hills 14.2
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Upper Coastal Plain 1.1
Highland Rim 2.2
Lexington Plain 0.9
Cumberland Plateau 3.5
Ohio Hills 2.6
Eastern Wood-pewee
Contopus virens
Upper Coastal Plain 7.0
Highland Rim 8.6
Lexington Plain 6.8
Cumberland Plateau 5.8
Ohio Hills 6.9
Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Upper Coastal Plain 7.2
Highland Rim 1.8
Lexington Plain 1.7
Cumberland Plateau 7.1
Ohio Hills 4.5
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii
Highland Rim 0.1
Lexington Plain 0.04
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimus
Cumberland Plateau 0.07
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
Upper Coastal Plain 4.9
Highland Rim 3.9
Lexington Plain 3.0
Cumberland Plateau 9.8
Ohio Hills 17.2
Grt. Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Upper Coastal Plain 4.0
Highland Rim 3.5
Lexington Plain 4.0
Cumberland Plateau 1.8
Ohio Hills 2.0
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Upper Coastal Plain 3.7
Highland Rim 8.1
Lexington Plain 7.0
Cumberland Plateau 2.1
Ohio Hills 4.1
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
Upper Coastal Plain 1.4
Highland Rim 0.5
Lexington Plain 0.2
Cumberland Plateau 0.02
Purple Martin
Progne subis
Upper Coastal Plain 10.4
Highland Rim 5.8
Lexington Plain 4.6
Cumberland Plateau 2.1
Ohio Hills 6.1
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Highland Rim 0.2
Lexington Plain 0.04
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Upper Coastal Plain 1.5
Highland Rim 2.4
Lexington Plain 1.8
Cumberland Plateau 7.0
Ohio Hills 4.1
Bank Swallow
Riparia riparia
Upper Coastal Plain 6.4
Highland Rim 0.03
Lexington Plain 0.05
Cliff Swallow
Hirundo pyrrhonota
Upper Coastal Plain 2.7
Highland Rim 0.2
Cumberland Plateau 0.3
Ohio Hills 1.2
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Upper Coastal Plain 40.0
Highland Rim 39.7
Lexington Plain 23.4
Cumberland Plateau 15.0
Ohio Hills 40.1
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Upper Coastal Plain 15.9
Highland Rim 17.6
Lexington Plain 13.1
Cumberland Plateau 13.8
Ohio Hills 13.4
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Upper Coastal Plain 23.4
Highland Rim 38.6
Lexington Plain 47.8
Cumberland Plateau 36.6
Ohio Hills 53.8
Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragus
Upper Coastal Plain 1.2
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Cumberland Plateau 0.02
Carolina Chickadee
Parus carolinensis
Upper Coastal Plain 2.9
Highland Rim 5.3
Lexington Plain 3.1
Cumberland Plateau 24.7
Ohio Hills 17.9
Tufted Titmouse
Parus bicolor
Upper Coastal Plain 13.8
Highland Rim 15.9
Lexington Plain 7.8
Cumberland Plateau 16.9
Ohio Hills 14.3
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Upper Coastal Plain 3.0
Highland Rim 2.5
Lexington Plain 0.3
Cumberland Plateau 3.9
Ohio Hills 8.7
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Upper Coastal Plain 9.1
Highland Rim 8.4
Lexington Plain 9.0
Cumberland Plateau 24.1
Ohio Hills 7.6
Bewick's Wren
Thryomanes bewickii
Highland Rim 0.06
Lexington Plain 0.3
House Wren
Troglodytes aedon
Upper Coastal Plain 0.07
Highland Rim 0.7
Lexington Plain 9.6
Cumberland Plateau 0.2
Sedge Wren
Cistothorus platensis
Upper Coastal Plain 0.04
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Upper Coastal Plain 3.1
Highland Rim 4.4
Lexington Plain 3.2
Cumberland Plateau 10.9
Ohio Hills 15.6
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
Upper Coastal Plain 7.3
Highland Rim 14.1
Lexington Plain 11.0
Cumberland Plateau 9.0
Ohio Hills 12.8
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
Upper Coastal Plain 11.7
Highland Rim 8.4
Lexington Plain 1.8
Cumberland Plateau 27.6
Ohio Hills 25.1
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Upper Coastal Plain 35.7
Highland Rim 47.9
Lexington Plain 82.6
Cumberland Plateau 38.0
Ohio Hills 48.3
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Upper Coastal Plain 2.3
Highland Rim 3.5
Lexington Plain 5.7
Cumberland Plateau 13.7
Ohio Hills 10.7
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Upper Coastal Plain 31.8
Highland Rim 15.5
Lexington Plain 9.9
Cumberland Plateau 2.8
Ohio Hills 4.8
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Upper Coastal Plain 5.5
Highland Rim 7.7
Lexington Plain 5.2
Cumberland Plateau 4.8
Ohio Hills 8.0
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Upper Coastal Plain 0.3
Highland Rim 2.9
Lexington Plain 2.9
Cumberland Plateau 3.5
Ohio Hills 0.5
Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus
Upper Coastal Plain 1.8
Highland Rim 1.0
Lexington Plain 0.2
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Upper Coastal Plain 29.4
Highland Rim 73.4
Lexington Plain 119.4
Cumberland Plateau 32.1
Ohio Hills 61.4
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Upper Coastal Plain 4.5
Highland Rim 3.5
Lexington Plain 0.8
Cumberland Plateau 15.3
Ohio Hills 8.9
Solitary Vireo
Vireo solitarius
Cumberland Plateau 0.8
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
Upper Coastal Plain 1.1
Highland Rim 1.6
Lexington Plain 0.5
Cumberland Plateau 4.2
Ohio Hills 4.0
Warbling Vireo
Vireo gilvus
Upper Coastal Plain 1.4
Highland Rim 2.0
Lexington Plain 1.2
Ohio Hills 0.7
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
Upper Coastal Plain 1.3
Highland Rim 7.1
Lexington Plain 3.8
Cumberland Plateau 52.8
Ohio Hills 21.3
Blue-winged Warbler
Vermivora pinus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.03
Highland Rim 0.1
Lexington Plain 0.2
Cumberland Plateau 3.5
Ohio Hills 5.3
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Upper Coastal Plain 1.2
Highland Rim 0.4
Lexington Plain 0.09
Cumberland Plateau 3.3
Ohio Hills 0.8
Yellow Warbler
Dendroica petechia
Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Highland Rim 0.5
Lexington Plain 1.1
Cumberland Plateau 12.4
Ohio Hills 4.3
Black-th. Green Warbler
Dendroica virens
Cumberland Plateau 0.8
Yellow-throated Warbler
Dendroica dominica
Upper Coastal Plain 0.9
Highland Rim 0.6
Lexington Plain 0.3
Cumberland Plateau 4.3
Ohio Hills 3.1
Pine Warbler
Dendroica pinus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.08
Highland Rim 0.4
Cumberland Plateau 2.0
Ohio Hills 1.1
Prairie Warbler
Dendroica discolor
Upper Coastal Plain 0.2
Highland Rim 2.7
Lexington Plain 1.5
Cumberland Plateau 7.5
Ohio Hills 3.1
Cerulean Warbler
Dendroica cerulea
Upper Coastal Plain 0.5
Highland Rim 0.2
Lexington Plain 0.02
Cumberland Plateau 2.3
Ohio Hills 2.2
Black-&-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Highland Rim 0.1
Lexington Plain 0.01
Cumberland Plateau 3.5
Ohio Hills 2.7
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Highland Rim 0.09
Cumberland Plateau 2.3
Ohio Hills 1.1
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
Upper Coastal Plain 2.1
Highland Rim 0.4
Cumberland Plateau 0.03
Worm-eating Warbler
Helmitheros vermivorus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.07
Highland Rim 0.4
Cumberland Plateau 1.9
Ohio Hills 0.7
Swainson's Warbler
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Cumberland Plateau 0.4
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.03
Highland Rim 1.7
Lexington Plain 0.01
Cumberland Plateau 19.3
Ohio Hills 6.5
Louisiana Waterthrush
Seiurus motacilla
Upper Coastal Plain 0.6
Highland Rim 0.3
Lexington Plain 0.08
Cumberland Plateau 0.8
Ohio Hills 1.8
Kentucky Warbler
Oporornis formosus
Upper Coastal Plain 1.4
Highland Rim 2.7
Lexington Plain 0.4
Cumberland Plateau 6.7
Ohio Hills 6.2
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Upper Coastal Plain 23.9
Highland Rim 20.2
Lexington Plain 12.2
Cumberland Plateau 29.7
Ohio Hills 20.4
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia citrina
Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Highland Rim 0.5
Lexington Plain 0.01
Cumberland Plateau 8.0
Ohio Hills 1.7
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Upper Coastal Plain 12.3
Highland Rim 10.4
Lexington Plain 8.4
Cumberland Plateau 20.3
Ohio Hills 7.2
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Upper Coastal Plain 2.3
Highland Rim 4.3
Lexington Plain 1.8
Cumberland Plateau 5.4
Ohio Hills 3.5
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Upper Coastal Plain 0.4
Highland Rim 3.4
Lexington Plain 0.5
Cumberland Plateau 7.9
Ohio Hills 2.8
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Upper Coastal Plain 67.7
Highland Rim 40.1
Lexington Plain 33.8
Cumberland Plateau 50.4
Ohio Hills 40.8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Lexington Plain 0.01
Cumberland Plateau 0.02
Blue Grosbeak
Guiraca caerulea
Upper Coastal Plain 2.8
Highland Rim 5.3
Lexington Plain 1.0
Cumberland Plateau 1.5
Ohio Hills 0.2
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Upper Coastal Plain 38.4
Highland Rim 49.6
Lexington Plain 43.6
Cumberland Plateau 64.5
Ohio Hills 46.8
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Upper Coastal Plain 14.8
Highland Rim 4.1
Lexington Plain 0.2
Cumberland Plateau 0.02
Eastern Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Upper Coastal Plain 14.5
Highland Rim 9.4
Lexington Plain 8.6
Cumberland Plateau 13.8
Ohio Hills 10.3
Bachman's Sparrow
Aimophila aestivalis
Upper Coastal Plain 0.06
Highland Rim 0.00
Lexington Plain 0.01
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Upper Coastal Plain 1.9
Highland Rim 9.4
Lexington Plain 7.7
Cumberland Plateau 25.9
Ohio Hills 16.0
Field Sparrow
Spizella pusilla
Upper Coastal Plain 10.4
Highland Rim 17.0
Lexington Plain 21.7
Cumberland Plateau 7.1
Ohio Hills 15.0
Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus
Lexington Plain 0.01
Lark Sparrow
Chondestes grammacus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.04
Lexington Plain 0.02
Savannah Sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis
Upper Coastal Plain 0.1
Highland Rim 0.01
Lexington Plain 0.03
Grasshopper Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum
Upper Coastal Plain 1.0
Highland Rim 2.7
Lexington Plain 1.1
Cumberland Plateau 0.2
Henslow's Sparrow
Ammodramus henslowii
Highland Rim 0.03
Lexington Plain 0.06
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Upper Coastal Plain 1.3
Highland Rim 11.6
Lexington Plain 23.1
Cumberland Plateau 48.8
Ohio Hills 47.5
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Highland Rim 0.03
Lexington Plain 0.04
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Upper Coastal Plain 153.0
Highland Rim 75.7
Lexington Plain 66.5
Cumberland Plateau 10.5
Ohio Hills 27.2
Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna
Upper Coastal Plain 52.2
Highland Rim 50.8
Lexington Plain 57.5
Cumberland Plateau 1.8
Ohio Hills 13.8
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Upper Coastal Plain 88.3
Highland Rim 95.8
Lexington Plain 132.7
Cumberland Plateau 15.7
Ohio Hills 35.8
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
Upper Coastal Plain 15.5
Highland Rim 13.0
Lexington Plain 15.9
Cumberland Plateau 22.0
Ohio Hills 5.7
Orchard Oriole
Icterus spurius
Upper Coastal Plain 5.5
Highland Rim 6.8
Lexington Plain 10.8
Cumberland Plateau 3.6
Ohio Hills 1.6
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
Upper Coastal Plain 1.3
Highland Rim 1.3
Lexington Plain 3.3
Cumberland Plateau 0.6
Ohio Hills 1.4
House Finch
Carpodacus mexicanus
Upper Coastal Plain 0.5
Highland Rim 1.0
Lexington Plain 0.8
Cumberland Plateau 2.0
Ohio Hills 0.2
American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis
Upper Coastal Plain 6.0
Highland Rim 8.8
Lexington Plain 13.2
Cumberland Plateau 16.3
Ohio Hills 20.3
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Upper Coastal Plain 90.9
Highland Rim 78.4
Lexington Plain 37.4
Cumberland Plateau 8.9
Ohio Hills 19.2