West Virginia Checklist
Species data
Abundance Presence
Double-crest. Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Ridge and Valley 0.03
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Ridge and Valley 0.05
Cumberland Plateau 0.4
Ohio Hills 0.3
Allegheny Plateau 0.01
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Ridge and Valley 0.3
Cumberland Plateau 0.4
Ohio Hills 0.4
Allegheny Plateau 0.04
Black-crn. Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Ridge and Valley 0.01
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Ridge and Valley 1.6
Cumberland Plateau 0.2
Ohio Hills 1.0
Allegheny Plateau 0.6
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
Ridge and Valley 0.4
Cumberland Plateau 0.3
Ohio Hills 0.2
Allegheny Plateau 0.02
American Black Duck
Anas rubripes
Ridge and Valley 0.06
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Ridge and Valley 0.3
Cumberland Plateau 1.2
Ohio Hills 0.5
Allegheny Plateau 0.1
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
Ridge and Valley 0.2
Cumberland Plateau 0.2
Ohio Hills 0.01
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Ridge and Valley 4.1
Cumberland Plateau 1.8
Ohio Hills 1.9
Allegheny Plateau 0.9
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Ridge and Valley 0.01
Ohio Hills 0.00
Northern Harrier
Circus cyaneus
Ohio Hills 0.00
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Ridge and Valley 0.04
Cumberland Plateau 0.2
Ohio Hills 0.01
Allegheny Plateau 0.02
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Ridge and Valley 0.02
Cumberland Plateau 0.09
Ohio Hills 0.09
Allegheny Plateau 0.01
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Ridge and Valley 0.1
Cumberland Plateau 0.3
Ohio Hills 0.3
Allegheny Plateau 0.05
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Ridge and Valley 0.1
Cumberland Plateau 0.7
Ohio Hills 0.2
Allegheny Plateau 0.07
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Ridge and Valley 0.3
Cumberland Plateau 0.5
Ohio Hills 0.4
Allegheny Plateau 0.05
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Ridge and Valley 0.2
Cumberland Plateau 0.07
Ohio Hills 0.7
Allegheny Plateau 0.06
Ring-necked Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
Ridge and Valley 0.2
Ohio Hills 0.01
Allegheny Plateau 0.04
Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
Ridge and Valley 0.2
Cumberland Plateau 0.09
Ohio Hills 0.03
Allegheny Plateau 0.3
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Ridge and Valley 0.5
Cumberland Plateau 0.8
Ohio Hills 0.3
Allegheny Plateau 0.2
Northern Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
Ridge and Valley 6.0
Cumberland Plateau 0.1
Ohio Hills 0.4
Allegheny Plateau 0.1
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Ridge and Valley 2.1
Cumberland Plateau 1.2
Ohio Hills 2.5
Allegheny Plateau 0.8
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularia
Ridge and Valley 0.06
Cumberland Plateau 0.04
Ohio Hills 0.02
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
Ridge and Valley 0.01
Ohio Hills 0.00
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
Ohio Hills 0.01
Allegheny Plateau 0.02
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Allegheny Plateau 0.01
Rock Dove
Columba livia
Ridge and Valley 6.1
Cumberland Plateau 4.6
Ohio Hills 2.4
Allegheny Plateau 0.4
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Ridge and Valley 16.2
Cumberland Plateau 11.2
Ohio Hills 14.1
Allegheny Plateau 3.2
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Ridge and Valley 0.2
Cumberland Plateau 0.7
Ohio Hills 0.6
Allegheny Plateau 0.2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Ridge and Valley 3.0
Cumberland Plateau 1.9
Ohio Hills 2.7
Allegheny Plateau 0.7
Eastern Screech-owl
Otus asio
Ridge and Valley 0.04
Cumberland Plateau 0.1
Ohio Hills 0.07
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Ridge and Valley 0.1
Cumberland Plateau 0.2
Ohio Hills 0.01
Allegheny Plateau 0.05
Barred Owl
Strix varia
Ridge and Valley 0.2
Cumberland Plateau 0.07
Ohio Hills 0.09
Allegheny Plateau 0.09
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Ridge and Valley 0.01
Ohio Hills 0.00
Chuck-will's-widow
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Ridge and Valley 0.02
Whip-poor-will
Caprimulgus vociferus
Ridge and Valley 0.2
Cumberland Plateau 0.4
Ohio Hills 0.1
Allegheny Plateau 0.08
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Ridge and Valley 7.4
Cumberland Plateau 12.1
Ohio Hills 8.3
Allegheny Plateau 2.0
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Ridge and Valley 0.4
Cumberland Plateau 1.4
Ohio Hills 1.5
Allegheny Plateau 0.2
Belted Kingfisher
Ceryle alcyon
Ridge and Valley 0.9
Cumberland Plateau 1.5
Ohio Hills 0.8
Allegheny Plateau 0.2
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Ridge and Valley 0.07
Ohio Hills 0.03
Allegheny Plateau 0.01
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Ridge and Valley 3.9
Cumberland Plateau 2.2
Ohio Hills 3.0
Allegheny Plateau 0.2
Yellow-bell. Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Ridge and Valley 0.01
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Ridge and Valley 3.8
Cumberland Plateau 3.8
Ohio Hills 3.1
Allegheny Plateau 1.5
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Ridge and Valley 0.8
Cumberland Plateau 0.7
Ohio Hills 0.4
Allegheny Plateau 0.9
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Ridge and Valley 4.8
Cumberland Plateau 4.6
Ohio Hills 4.8
Allegheny Plateau 1.2
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Ridge and Valley 4.9
Cumberland Plateau 3.3
Ohio Hills 3.2
Allegheny Plateau 1.4
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus borealis
Allegheny Plateau 0.01
Eastern Wood-pewee
Contopus virens
Ridge and Valley 8.8
Cumberland Plateau 4.7
Ohio Hills 6.7
Allegheny Plateau 5.3
Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Ridge and Valley 3.0
Cumberland Plateau 8.6
Ohio Hills 12.0
Allegheny Plateau 3.3
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorium
Ridge and Valley 0.05
Ohio Hills 0.03
Allegheny Plateau 0.02
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii
Ridge and Valley 0.2
Cumberland Plateau 0.2
Ohio Hills 1.0
Allegheny Plateau 0.2
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimus
Ridge and Valley 0.4
Cumberland Plateau 0.2
Ohio Hills 0.2
Allegheny Plateau 2.1
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
Ridge and Valley 10.4
Cumberland Plateau 8.8
Ohio Hills 9.1
Allegheny Plateau 3.3
Grt. Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Ridge and Valley 5.7
Cumberland Plateau 3.8
Ohio Hills 2.5
Allegheny Plateau 1.5
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Ridge and Valley 2.7
Cumberland Plateau 0.9
Ohio Hills 2.4
Allegheny Plateau 0.3
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
Ridge and Valley 0.2
Ohio Hills 0.00
Allegheny Plateau 0.03
Purple Martin
Progne subis
Ridge and Valley 2.4
Cumberland Plateau 1.4
Ohio Hills 0.5
Allegheny Plateau 0.05
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Ridge and Valley 1.0
Cumberland Plateau 1.0
Ohio Hills 0.6
Allegheny Plateau 0.3
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Ridge and Valley 2.3
Cumberland Plateau 4.6
Ohio Hills 1.0
Allegheny Plateau 0.1
Bank Swallow
Riparia riparia
Ridge and Valley 0.6
Cumberland Plateau 0.2
Ohio Hills 0.1
Allegheny Plateau 0.05
Cliff Swallow
Hirundo pyrrhonota
Ridge and Valley 0.3
Ohio Hills 0.09
Allegheny Plateau 0.07
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Ridge and Valley 17.8
Cumberland Plateau 5.3
Ohio Hills 15.1
Allegheny Plateau 5.9
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Ridge and Valley 9.3
Cumberland Plateau 13.8
Ohio Hills 6.3
Allegheny Plateau 3.0
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Ridge and Valley 42.8
Cumberland Plateau 26.7
Ohio Hills 32.6
Allegheny Plateau 23.8
Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragus
Ridge and Valley 1.1
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Ridge and Valley 2.6
Cumberland Plateau 0.3
Ohio Hills 0.07
Allegheny Plateau 1.2
Black-capped Chickadee
Parus atricapillus
Ridge and Valley 4.7
Ohio Hills 0.1
Allegheny Plateau 4.5
Carolina Chickadee
Parus carolinensis
Ridge and Valley 1.7
Cumberland Plateau 11.0
Ohio Hills 7.0
Tufted Titmouse
Parus bicolor
Ridge and Valley 18.1
Cumberland Plateau 18.2
Ohio Hills 14.4
Allegheny Plateau 6.8
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis
Ridge and Valley 0.09
Allegheny Plateau 0.4
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Ridge and Valley 3.2
Cumberland Plateau 2.8
Ohio Hills 4.2
Allegheny Plateau 1.9
Brown Creeper
Certhia americana
Allegheny Plateau 0.3
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Ridge and Valley 6.4
Cumberland Plateau 21.4
Ohio Hills 8.4
Allegheny Plateau 0.6
Bewick's Wren
Thryomanes bewickii
Ridge and Valley 0.03
Ohio Hills 0.00
Allegheny Plateau 0.01
House Wren
Troglodytes aedon
Ridge and Valley 7.6
Cumberland Plateau 2.2
Ohio Hills 4.7
Allegheny Plateau 5.9
Winter Wren
Troglodytes troglodytes
Ohio Hills 0.01
Allegheny Plateau 1.3
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Regulus satrapa
Ridge and Valley 0.02
Allegheny Plateau 1.4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Ridge and Valley 5.2
Cumberland Plateau 5.0
Ohio Hills 7.3
Allegheny Plateau 0.8
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
Ridge and Valley 6.4
Cumberland Plateau 4.6
Ohio Hills 7.7
Allegheny Plateau 1.4
Veery
Catharus fuscescens
Ridge and Valley 0.6
Ohio Hills 0.02
Allegheny Plateau 8.6
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatus
Ridge and Valley 0.03
Allegheny Plateau 0.6
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
Ridge and Valley 0.09
Ohio Hills 0.00
Allegheny Plateau 1.6
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
Ridge and Valley 12.4
Cumberland Plateau 36.7
Ohio Hills 25.3
Allegheny Plateau 11.9
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Ridge and Valley 46.9
Cumberland Plateau 51.7
Ohio Hills 50.1
Allegheny Plateau 28.9
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Ridge and Valley 10.8
Cumberland Plateau 17.7
Ohio Hills 14.1
Allegheny Plateau 8.1
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Ridge and Valley 8.4
Cumberland Plateau 2.5
Ohio Hills 5.5
Allegheny Plateau 0.4
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Ridge and Valley 3.1
Cumberland Plateau 2.6
Ohio Hills 2.4
Allegheny Plateau 1.1
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Ridge and Valley 6.0
Cumberland Plateau 3.5
Ohio Hills 4.7
Allegheny Plateau 4.3
Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus
Ridge and Valley 0.01
Ohio Hills 0.00
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Ridge and Valley 50.2
Cumberland Plateau 21.9
Ohio Hills 43.8
Allegheny Plateau 11.4
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Ridge and Valley 0.4
Cumberland Plateau 6.1
Ohio Hills 6.9
Allegheny Plateau 0.4
Solitary Vireo
Vireo solitarius
Ridge and Valley 0.7
Cumberland Plateau 0.3
Ohio Hills 0.2
Allegheny Plateau 3.9
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
Ridge and Valley 1.5
Cumberland Plateau 3.8
Ohio Hills 4.3
Allegheny Plateau 0.5
Warbling Vireo
Vireo gilvus
Ridge and Valley 1.5
Ohio Hills 1.5
Allegheny Plateau 0.1
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
Ridge and Valley 23.9
Cumberland Plateau 45.7
Ohio Hills 34.5
Allegheny Plateau 50.8
Blue-winged Warbler
Vermivora pinus
Ridge and Valley 0.06
Cumberland Plateau 2.8
Ohio Hills 3.7
Allegheny Plateau 0.02
Golden-winged Warbler
Vermivora chrysoptera
Ridge and Valley 0.2
Cumberland Plateau 0.9
Ohio Hills 0.2
Allegheny Plateau 0.8
Nashville Warbler
Vermivora ruficapilla
Allegheny Plateau 0.01
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Ridge and Valley 1.0
Cumberland Plateau 3.3
Ohio Hills 2.6
Allegheny Plateau 3.2
Yellow Warbler
Dendroica petechia
Ridge and Valley 4.3
Cumberland Plateau 10.7
Ohio Hills 15.3
Allegheny Plateau 6.6
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Dendroica pensylvanica
Ridge and Valley 1.0
Cumberland Plateau 0.3
Ohio Hills 0.1
Allegheny Plateau 6.5
Magnolia Warbler
Dendroica magnolia
Ridge and Valley 0.2
Ohio Hills 0.03
Allegheny Plateau 3.6
Black-thr. Blue Warbler
Dendroica caerulescens
Ridge and Valley 0.2
Cumberland Plateau 0.04
Ohio Hills 0.02
Allegheny Plateau 3.0
Myrtle Warbler
Dendroica coronata
Allegheny Plateau 0.08
Black-th. Green Warbler
Dendroica virens
Ridge and Valley 0.7
Cumberland Plateau 0.3
Ohio Hills 0.2
Allegheny Plateau 7.7
Blackburnian Warbler
Dendroica fusca
Ridge and Valley 0.1
Ohio Hills 0.02
Allegheny Plateau 0.5
Yellow-throated Warbler
Dendroica dominica
Ridge and Valley 0.1
Cumberland Plateau 3.0
Ohio Hills 3.5
Allegheny Plateau 0.03
Pine Warbler
Dendroica pinus
Ridge and Valley 0.9
Cumberland Plateau 0.04
Ohio Hills 0.2
Prairie Warbler
Dendroica discolor
Ridge and Valley 0.6
Cumberland Plateau 1.1
Ohio Hills 2.8
Allegheny Plateau 0.4
Cerulean Warbler
Dendroica cerulea
Ridge and Valley 0.2
Cumberland Plateau 3.5
Ohio Hills 4.7
Allegheny Plateau 0.4
Black-&-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Ridge and Valley 1.1
Cumberland Plateau 5.8
Ohio Hills 2.8
Allegheny Plateau 2.3
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Ridge and Valley 1.4
Cumberland Plateau 6.3
Ohio Hills 4.3
Allegheny Plateau 2.2
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
Ridge and Valley 0.07
Worm-eating Warbler
Helmitheros vermivorus
Ridge and Valley 1.7
Cumberland Plateau 1.5
Ohio Hills 1.1
Allegheny Plateau 0.1
Swainson's Warbler
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Cumberland Plateau 0.3
Ohio Hills 0.1
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillus
Ridge and Valley 4.4
Cumberland Plateau 11.7
Ohio Hills 7.2
Allegheny Plateau 5.3
Northern Waterthrush
Seiurus noveboracensis
Ridge and Valley 0.02
Allegheny Plateau 0.2
Louisiana Waterthrush
Seiurus motacilla
Ridge and Valley 1.1
Cumberland Plateau 1.2
Ohio Hills 1.5
Allegheny Plateau 0.8
Kentucky Warbler
Oporornis formosus
Ridge and Valley 0.1
Cumberland Plateau 8.4
Ohio Hills 4.2
Allegheny Plateau 0.4
Mourning Warbler
Oporornis philadelphia
Ridge and Valley 0.05
Allegheny Plateau 1.2
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Ridge and Valley 3.8
Cumberland Plateau 12.4
Ohio Hills 13.8
Allegheny Plateau 6.3
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia citrina
Ridge and Valley 0.2
Cumberland Plateau 9.0
Ohio Hills 3.3
Allegheny Plateau 4.5
Canada Warbler
Wilsonia canadensis
Ridge and Valley 0.2
Cumberland Plateau 0.04
Ohio Hills 0.01
Allegheny Plateau 1.8
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Ridge and Valley 0.9
Cumberland Plateau 8.7
Ohio Hills 11.5
Allegheny Plateau 0.6
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Ridge and Valley 0.06
Cumberland Plateau 0.7
Ohio Hills 0.9
Allegheny Plateau 0.02
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Ridge and Valley 9.3
Cumberland Plateau 12.4
Ohio Hills 10.6
Allegheny Plateau 6.1
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Ridge and Valley 14.9
Cumberland Plateau 33.5
Ohio Hills 27.4
Allegheny Plateau 5.2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Ridge and Valley 0.7
Cumberland Plateau 0.1
Ohio Hills 0.3
Allegheny Plateau 2.2
Blue Grosbeak
Guiraca caerulea
Ridge and Valley 0.04
Ohio Hills 0.1
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Ridge and Valley 33.1
Cumberland Plateau 37.4
Ohio Hills 38.1
Allegheny Plateau 21.7
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Ridge and Valley 0.03
Ohio Hills 0.00
Eastern Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Ridge and Valley 15.1
Cumberland Plateau 13.1
Ohio Hills 16.1
Allegheny Plateau 8.8
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Ridge and Valley 25.4
Cumberland Plateau 15.5
Ohio Hills 22.1
Allegheny Plateau 12.4
Field Sparrow
Spizella pusilla
Ridge and Valley 11.5
Cumberland Plateau 3.9
Ohio Hills 12.1
Allegheny Plateau 4.5
Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus
Ridge and Valley 0.2
Ohio Hills 0.06
Allegheny Plateau 0.06
Savannah Sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis
Ridge and Valley 0.2
Ohio Hills 0.1
Allegheny Plateau 0.1
Grasshopper Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum
Ridge and Valley 3.6
Ohio Hills 0.2
Allegheny Plateau 0.06
Henslow's Sparrow
Ammodramus henslowii
Ridge and Valley 0.02
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Ridge and Valley 17.9
Cumberland Plateau 40.7
Ohio Hills 31.2
Allegheny Plateau 16.2
Swamp Sparrow
Melospiza georgiana
Allegheny Plateau 0.01
Slate-colored Junco
Junco hyemalis
Ridge and Valley 0.5
Ohio Hills 0.01
Allegheny Plateau 6.7
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Ridge and Valley 0.3
Ohio Hills 0.03
Allegheny Plateau 0.9
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Ridge and Valley 28.3
Cumberland Plateau 3.7
Ohio Hills 25.1
Allegheny Plateau 16.5
Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna
Ridge and Valley 13.3
Cumberland Plateau 0.5
Ohio Hills 7.0
Allegheny Plateau 2.2
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Ridge and Valley 40.3
Cumberland Plateau 11.1
Ohio Hills 19.6
Allegheny Plateau 5.7
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
Ridge and Valley 6.9
Cumberland Plateau 8.7
Ohio Hills 11.0
Allegheny Plateau 2.8
Orchard Oriole
Icterus spurius
Ridge and Valley 0.8
Cumberland Plateau 1.8
Ohio Hills 3.5
Allegheny Plateau 0.08
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
Ridge and Valley 4.1
Cumberland Plateau 2.8
Ohio Hills 3.0
Allegheny Plateau 1.7
Purple Finch
Carpodacus purpureus
Ridge and Valley 0.03
Allegheny Plateau 0.1
House Finch
Carpodacus mexicanus
Ridge and Valley 6.5
Cumberland Plateau 3.4
Ohio Hills 3.8
Allegheny Plateau 1.6
American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis
Ridge and Valley 17.4
Cumberland Plateau 17.3
Ohio Hills 11.4
Allegheny Plateau 5.6
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Ridge and Valley 23.0
Cumberland Plateau 23.8
Ohio Hills 11.4
Allegheny Plateau 5.2