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Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park's varied topography (from 50 feet elevation at Alachua Sink to 150 feet along the North Rim) supports a complex mosaic of hydric, mesic, and xeric habitats ranging from basin marsh to hardwood hammock. This diversity is primarily responsible for the large number of bird species recorded in the preserve to date. Bird species are listed by family in this check-list. Paynes Prairie is the major wintering ground for the eastern population of Sandhill Cranes. Wildlife frequently seen includes wading birds, alligators, snakes, and small mammals. The juxtaposition of this vast natural realm near a major population center is a remarkable coincidence; certainly the preserve is a tremendous public asset to be enjoyed, managed wisely, and preserved for future generations. Acknowledgments TAXONOMY: SEASONS Spring (S) - March, April, May HABITAT CLASSIFICATION CATEGORIES OF ABUNDANCE
BREEDING STATUS Please report any observations of rare, unlisted birds, or those found at times other than designated to the Visitor Center or Ranger Station. SPECIES SP SU F W LOONS ____ Common Loon - - R R L GREBES ____ * Pied-billed Grebe F U F F L ____ Horned Grebe - - R R L PELICANS ____ American White Pelican - - - X L CORMORANTS ____ * Double-crested Cormorant C U C C LA DARTERS ____ * Anhinga F F F F LAM FRIGATEBIRDS ____ Magnificent Frigatebird - - - X A BITTERNS and HERONS ____ American Bittern U - U U M ____ * Least Bittern F F U - M ____ * Great Blue Heron A A A A ML ____ * Great Egret (Common) C C C F ML ____ * Snowy Egret F F F U ML ____ * Little Blue Heron C C C C ML ____ * Tricolored Heron U U U U ML ____ * Cattle Egret A A A U MO ____ * Green Heron C C F U ML ____ * Black-crowned Night-Heron F F F U ML ____ * Yellow-crowned Night-HeronU U U R ML IBIS and SPOONBILLS ____ * White Ibis A A A A ML ____ * Glossy Ibis U U U U ML ____ Roseate Spoonbill - R - - M STORKS ____ Wood Stork U U U U ML SWANS, GEESE, and DUCKS ____ Fulvous Whistling-Duck X - X X ML ____ Tundra Swan (Whistling) - - - X ML ____ Greater White-fronted Goose - - - X ML ____ Snow Goose (incl.Bl. Goose) - - R R ML ____ Canada Goose - - X X ML ____ * Wood Duck F U C C MHL ____ Green-winged Teal R - C C ML ____ American Black Duck R - U U ML ____ * Mottled Duck (Florida) U U U C ML ____ Mallard R - U U ML ____ Northern Pintail R - U U ML ____ Blue-winged Teal C R C C ML ____ Northern Shoveler R R U U ML ____ Gadwall R - U U ML ____ American Wigeon R - C C ML ____ Canvasback - - - R L ____ Redhead - - R R L ____ Ring-necked Duck U - F F ML ____ Greater Scaup - - - X L ____ Lesser Scaup U - U U L ____ White-winged Scoter - - X - L ____ Common Goldeneye - - - R ML ____ Bufflehead - - R R ML ____ Hooded Merganser - - U U ML ____ Red-breasted Merganser - - - R L ____ Ruddy Duck R - R R L VULTURES ____ Black Vulture F F F C A ____ Turkey Vulture C C C A A KITES, EAGLES and HAWKS ____ * Osprey F F U U AML ____ Swallow-tailed Kite U U U X A ____ White-tailed Kite - - - X AM(Black-shouldered Kite) ____ Snail Kite - - - X AM ____ Mississippi Kite U F R - A ____ * Bald Eagle F U U C AML ____ + Northern Harrier F X F F AM(Marsh Hawk) ____ Sharp-shinned Hawk U - U U AMH ____ Cooper's Hawk U U U U AMH ____ * Red-shouldered Hawk F F F F AMH ____ Short-tailed Hawk - - - X A ____ Broad-winged Hawk R - R X AH ____ * Red-tailed Hawk F U C C AMH ____ Rough-legged Hawk - - - X A ____ Golden Eagle - - - X A FALCONS ____ * American Kestrel F R F F AMO ____ Merlin R - R R AM ____ Peregrine Falcon - - R R A TURKEYS and QUAIL ____ * Wild Turkey U U F F HO ____ * Northern Bobwhite U U U U HOP RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS ____ Yellow Rail - - R - M ____ + Black Rail R R - - M ____ * King Rail U U U U M ____ Virginia Rail U X U U M ____ Sora C - U C ML ____ * Purple Gallinule U F U R ML ____ * Common Moorhen A A A A ML(Gallinule) ____ * American Coot U R U F ML LIMPKINS ____ * Limpkin R R R R ML CRANES ____ * Sandhill Crane U U A A MAL PLOVERS and LAPWINGS ____ Black-bellied-Plover - - - X M ____ Am. Golden-Plover (Lesser) X - X - M ____ Semipalmated Plover X - X - M ____ * Killdeer C U C C MOL STILTS and AVOCETS ____ * Black-necked Stilt R R - - ML ____ American Avocet - - R R ML SANDPIPERS ____ Greater Yellowlegs F - F F ML ____ Lesser Yellowlegs U - U U ML ____ Solitary Sandpiper U - U - ML ____ Willet X - - - ML ____ Spotted Sandpiper U - U R ML ____ Upland Sandpiper R - - - ML ____ Marbled Godwit - - X - ML ____ Semipalmated Sandpiper R R X - ML ____ Western Sandpiper R R - R ML ____ Least Sandpiper U - U U ML ____ White-rumped Sandpiper - - X - ML ____ Pectoral Sandpiper R - R - ML ____ Dunlin - - - R ML ____ Stilt Sandpiper - - X - ML ____ Short-billed Dowitcher - X X X ML ____ Long-billed Dowitcher R - - R ML ____ Common Snipe C R C C ML ____ American Woodcock U R U U MHA GULLS, TERNS, and SKIMMERS ____ Laughing Gull - - X - A ____ Bonaparte's Gull U - - F AL ____ Ring-billed Gull A - A A AL ____ Herring Gull - - U U AL ____ Great Black-backed Gull - - X L ____ Royal Tern - - - X AL ____ Forster's Tern U R U F AL ____ Least Tern - R - - AL ____ Black Tern - R R - AL ____ Black Skimmer - - - X A DOVES ____ Rock Dove U U U U HOA ____ * Mourning Dove A A A A HOA ____ * Common Ground Dove R R R R H CUCKOOS and ANIS ____ Black-billed Cuckoo - - X - H ____ * Yellow-billed Cuckoo F F F - H ____ Smooth-billed Ani - - - X M ___ Grooved-billed Ani R - R - M BARN-OWL ____ * Barn Owl U U U U HM TYPICAL OWLS ____ * Eastern Screech-Owl U U U U H ____ * Great Horned Owl U U U U HM ____ * Barred Owl U U U U HM ____ Short-eared Owl - - R R M NIGHTJARS ____ * Common Nighthawk U U U - AOP ____ * Chuck-will's-widow F F U - OHP ____ Whip-poor-will R - U R OH SWIFTS ____ * Chimney Swift F F F - A HUMMINGBIRDS ____ * Ruby-throated Hummingbird U U U - H KINGFISHERS ____ Belted Kingfisher F U F F ML WOODPECKERS ____ * Red-headed Woodpecker U U U R HO ____ * Red-bellied Woodpecker C C C C HP ____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker U - U U H ____ * Downy Woodpecker F F F F HP ____ Hairy Woodpecker R R R R H ____ * Northern Flicker F U F F HOM ____ * Pileated Woodpecker F F F U HP FLYCATCHERS ____ Eastern Wood Pewee - R U - HP ____ * Acadian Flycatcher F F F - H ____ Eastern Phoebe F - C C MHO ____ Vermilion Flycatcher - - - R MHO ____ Ash-throated Flycatcher - - X - M ____ * Great Crested Flycatcher F F F - HPO ____ Western Kingbird R - R R O ____ * Eastern Kingbird U R U - OP ____ Gray Kingbird - - X - O ____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - - X - M SWALLOWS ____ Purple Martin U U U - A ____ Tree Swallow C - C C A ____ * N. Rough-winged Swallow U U - - A ____ Bank Swallow R - R - A ____ Cliff Swallow X - R - A ____ * Barn Swallow F R F R A JAYS and CROWS ____ * Blue Jay C C C C HPM ____ * American Crow U U U F AHP ____ * Fish Crow C C F F AHM TITMICE ____ * Carolina Chickadee F F F F HP ____ * Tufted Titmouse C C C C HP NUTHATCHES ____ + Brown-headed Nuthatch R - - R P WRENS ____ * Carolina Wren C C C C HMP ____ Bewick's Wren - - - X M ____ House Wren U - F F HM ____ Sedge Wren U - F F M ____ Marsh Wren U - U U M KINGLETS, GNATCATCHERS, and THRUSHES ____ Golden-crowned Kinglet R - R R H ____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet A - A A HP ____ * Blue-gray Gnatcatcher C F A C HP ____ * Eastern Bluebird U U U U PO ____ Veery X - U - H ____ Gray-cheeked Thrush - - U - H ____ Swainson's Thrush X - U - H ____ Hermit Thrush F - F F H ____ Wood Thrush U - U - H ____ American Robin C - A A OP MIMIC THRUSHES ____ Gray Catbird C - C U HPM ____ * Northern Mockingbird C C C F HPO ____ * Brown Thrasher F F F U HP PIPITS ____ American Pipit (Water) R - - U M WAXWINGS ____ Cedar Waxwing C - U F PH SHRIKES ____ * Loggerhead Shrike F F F F MO STARLINGS ____ * European Starling U U U U OA VIREOS ____ * White-eyed Vireo A A A C HPM ____ Solitary Vireo F - U F HP ____ * Yellow-throated Vireo C C U X HP ____ Philadelphia Vireo - - X - H ____ * Red-eyed Vireo F F A - H WARBLERS ____ Blue-winged Warbler - - F X H ____ Golden-winged Warbler - - U - H ____ Tennessee Warbler - - U - H ____ Orange-crowned Warbler U - U F HP ____ Nashville Warbler - - X - H ____ * Northern Parula A A A R HP ____ Yellow Warbler F F F X HM ____ Chestnut-sided Warbler - - U - HP ____ Magnolia Warbler - - U - HP ____ Cape May Warbler U - R - HP ____ Black-throated Blue Warbler U - U - HP ____ Yellow-rumped Warbler A - A A HPM ____ Black-throated Green Warbler - - U - H ____ Blackburnian Warbler - - U - HP ____ * Yellow-throated Warbler F F F U P ____ * Pine Warbler C C C F HP ____ Prairie Warbler F - F U HP ____ Palm Warbler A - A A MPO ____ Blackpoll Warbler U - - - HP ____ Cerulean Warbler - R - - H ____ Black-and-white Warbler F - F F HP ____ American Redstart U R F - HP ____ * Prothonotary Warbler F F U - HM ____ Worm-eating Warbler R - U - H ____ Ovenbird U - C R H ____ Northern Waterthrush U - U - M ____ Louisiana Waterthrush - - R - L ____ Kentucky Warbler - X U - H ____ Connecticut Warbler X - - - H ____ * Common Yellowthroat C C C C M ____ Hooded Warbler U - U - H ____ Wilson's Warbler - - R R M ____ + Yellow-breasted Chat R R - - M TANAGER ____ * Summer Tanager C C C - HP ____ Scarlet Tanager X - X - H CARDINALS and ALLIES ____ * Northern Cardinal A A A A POH ____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak - - U - H ____ * Blue Grosbeak C C U - MO ____ * Indigo Bunting C C C - MO ____ Painted Bunting - - U X ML ____ Dickcissel X - - - M TOWHEES, SPARROWS, and ALLIES ____ * Eastern Towhee C C C C PHO ____ Chipping Sparrow F - F F MO ____ Field Sparrow U - U U MO ____ Vesper Sparrow F - F F MO ____ Lark Sparrow - - X X M ____ Savannah Sparrow C - C C MO ____ Grasshopper Sparrow R - R U M ____ Henslow's Sparrow X - - R M ____ Le Conte's Sparrow - - - R M ____ Fox Sparrow - - - R M ____ Song Sparrow F - F F MO ____ Lincoln's Sparrow - - R R O ____ Swamp Sparrow C - C C M ____ White-throated Sparrow F - F F HPO ____ White-crowned Sparrow U - R U OM ____ Dark-eyed Junco - - - R O BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES and ALLIES ____ Bobolink U - R - M ____ * Red-winged Blackbird A A A A MO ____ * Eastern Meadowlark F F F F MO ____ Rusty Blackbird - - R R HM ____ Brewer's Blackbird - - R R OM ____ * Boat-tailed Grackle A C A A MAO ____ * Common Grackle F F F F MAO ____ * Brown-headed Cowbird U U - - OPH ____ + Orchard Oriole C C X - HM ____ Baltimore Oriole U - U U OH NORTHERN FINCHES ____ Purple Finch R - R R HP ____ House Finch - - X - O ____ Pine Siskin R - R R HP ____ American Goldfinch C - C C AHP WORLD SPARROW ____ + House Sparrow U U U U O 
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