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x Black-throated Green Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Population genetics of selected Appalachian species    
The Black-throated Green Warbler, Dendroica virens, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. It is 12 cm long and weighs 9 g, and has an olive-green crown, a yellow face with olive markings, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, an olive...
NCWRC Cold Mountain Game Land Bird Survey
x Nashville Warbler Nashville Warbler      
The Nashville Warbler, Vermivora ruficapilla, is a small songbird in the New World warbler family. They have olive-brown upperparts, a white belly and a yellow throat and breast; they have a white eye ring, no wing bars and a thin pointed bill....
x Ovenbird Ovenbird93      
The Ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. Ovenbirds are 14 cm long and weigh 18 g. They have white underparts streaked with black, and olive-brown upperparts. They have white eye rings, pinkish legs and...
x Bird Juvenile Superb Fairy-wren Cherokee National Forest Fall Migrant Bird Banding   Virginia Bird Conservation Initiative
Birds (class Aves) are winged, bipedal, endothermic (warm-blooded), vertebrate animals that lay eggs. There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the...
Behavorial Study of the Breeding Season of the Alder Flycather, Empidonax alnorum, on Roan Mountain Southeast Quail Study Group
Natural History of the Northern Saw-Whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus, in the Southern Appalachian Mountains Atlantic Coast Joint Venture
Avian Populations of the High Altitude Red Spruce Forest and Associated Northern Hardwoods on Unaka Mountain, Unicoi County, Tennessee Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture
Habitat analysis and survey of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius, in the Southern Appalachians Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture
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x American Kestrel Americankestrel65      
The American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) is a small falcon. This bird was (and sometimes still is) colloquially known in North America as the "Sparrow Hawk". This name is misleading because it implies a connection with the Eurasian Sparrowhawk...
x Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker(Sphyrapicus varius) Population genetics of selected Appalachian species    
The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius, is a medium-sized woodpecker. The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is part of the New World sapsucker genus Sphyrapicus which is within the woodpecker family Picidae The genus also includes the Red-naped...
Habitat analysis and survey of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius, in the Southern Appalachians
Virginia Avian Heritage
Breeding biology of the Southern Appalachian Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
x Red-eyed Vireo Redeyedvireo17 Population genetics of selected Appalachian species    
The Red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus, is a small American songbird, 13-14 cm in length. It is somewhat warbler-like but not closely related to the New World warblers (Parulidae). Common across its vast range, this species is not considered threatened...
x Swainson's Warbler Swainson's WarblerPainting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes Population genetics of selected Appalachian species    
Swainson's Warbler, Limnothlypis swainsonii, is a small species of New World warbler. It is monotypic, the only member of the genus Limnothlypis. A small and rather non-descript species of New World warbler, Swainson's Warblers will grow to about 5...
Virginia Avian Heritage
x Veery Veery Population genetics of selected Appalachian species    
The Veery, Catharus fuscescens, is a small thrush species. It is occasionally called Willow Thrush or Wilson's Thrush. This species is 16-18 cm in length, and has the white-dark-white underwing pattern characteristic of Catharus thrushes. It is a...
Hermit Thrush, Catharus guttatus, and Veery, C. fuscescens, habitat associations in a dynamic Southern Appalachian Spruce-fir Forest
NCWRC Cold Mountain Game Land Bird Survey
Purchase Knob MAPS Station
Balsam Mountain MAPS Station
x Dark-eyed Junco Dark-eyed Junco Population genetics of selected Appalachian species    
The Dark-eyed Junco, Junco hyemalis, is the best-known species of the juncos, a genus of small grayish American sparrows. This bird is common across much of temperate North America and in summer ranges far into the Arctic. It is a very variable...
Virginia Avian Heritage
NCWRC Cold Mountain Game Land Bird Survey
Purchase Knob MAPS Station
Balsam Mountain MAPS Station
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x Canada Warbler Canada Warbler Population genetics of selected Appalachian species    
The Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis) is a small 13 cm long songbird of the New World warbler family. These birds have yellow underparts, blue-grey upperparts and pink legs; they also have yellow eye-rings and thin, pointed bills. Adult males...
Shenandoah NPS Priority Bird Species Monitoring
Balsam Mountain MAPS Station
x Rose-breasted Grosbeak Adult male Population genetics of selected Appalachian species    
The Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus, is a large seed-eating bird in the cardinal family, Cardinalidae. The adult is 19 cm (7.5 in) long and weighs 47 g (1.7 oz). It has dark upperparts, white underparts and a large pale bill. The...
NCWRC Cold Mountain Game Land Bird Survey
x Northern Saw-whet Owl Northern Saw-Whet Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Surveys    
The Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) is a miniature owl native to North America. Adults are 18 cm long with a 43 cm wingspan. The Northern Saw-Whet Owl has a round, light, grey face with brown streaks; they also have a dark beak and yellow...
Natural History of the Northern Saw-Whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus, in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Avian Populations of the High Altitude Red Spruce Forest and Associated Northern Hardwoods on Unaka Mountain, Unicoi County, Tennessee
Virginia Avian Heritage
Survey of Northern Saw Whet Owls during autumn migration in the Southern Appalachians
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x Hermit Thrush Hermit Thrush Hermit Thrush, Catharus guttatus, and Veery, C. fuscescens, habitat associations in a dynamic Southern Appalachian Spruce-fir Forest    
The Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) is a medium-sized North American thrush. It is not very closely related to the other North American migrant species of Catharus, but rather to the Mexican Russet Nightingale-thrush. This species is 15–17 cm in...
x Common Raven Common Raven at Bryce Canyon National Park, USA The Common Raven (Corvus corax) in Tennessee    
The Common Raven (Corvus corax), also known as the Northern Raven, is a large, all-black passerine bird in the crow family. Found across the northern hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids. There are eight known subspecies with...
Investigation of Cliffs and Cliff-nesting Birds of the Southern Appalachians
NCWRC Cold Mountain Game Land Bird Survey
x Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum CT2 Behavorial Study of the Breeding Season of the Alder Flycather, Empidonax alnorum, on Roan Mountain   Boreal Avian Modelling Project
The Alder Flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum, is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. Adults have olive-brown upperparts, browner on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have a white eye ring, white wing bars, a small...
Purchase Knob MAPS Station
x Magnolia Warbler Adult and Immature Male. Avian Populations of the High Altitude Red Spruce Forest and Associated Northern Hardwoods on Unaka Mountain, Unicoi County, Tennessee    
The Magnolia Warbler, Dendroica magnolia , is a New World warbler. It breeds across most of Canada as well as New England and the Great Lakes region of the U.S. It is migratory, wintering in Central America. This species is a very rare vagrant to...
x Golden-winged Warbler Male and Female Breeding habitats and biology of the Golden-winged Warbler in the Appalachian highlands of upper East Tennessee   Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture
The Golden-winged Warbler, Vermivora chrysoptera, is a New World warbler, 11.6 cm long and weighing 8.5 g. It breeds in eastern North America in southeastern Canada and the eastern USA. Its range is extending northwards, but in the south it is being...
Virginia Avian Heritage Atlantic Coast Joint Venture
Allegheny Highlands IBA Golden-winged Warbler Surveys Golden-winged Warbler Working Group
Status Assessment of Golden-winged Warblers and Bewick’s Wrens in Virginia
Purchase Knob MAPS Station
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x Resident bird   A breeding bird census of the spruce habitat on Whitetop Mountain, Virginia    
A resident bird, in ornithology, is a bird that does not make seasonal migrations. Birds that do migrate are referred to as migratory birds. For some bird species, a favorable environment, or food supply allows the birds to stay as a resident...
A breeding bird census of boreal forest habitat on Roan Mountain, Mitchell County, North Carolina
x Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus nest USFWS Virginia Avian Heritage    
The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the Peregrine, and historically as the "Duck Hawk" in North America, is a cosmopolitan bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is a large, crow-sized falcon, with a blue-gray back,...
Investigation of Cliffs and Cliff-nesting Birds of the Southern Appalachians
x Bewick's Wren Bewick's Wren Virginia Avian Heritage    
The Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) is a wren native to North America. At about 14 cm long, it is gray-brown above, white below, with a long white eyebrow. While similar in appearance to the Carolina Wren, it has a long tail that is tipped in...
Status Assessment of Golden-winged Warblers and Bewick’s Wrens in Virginia
x Swainson's Thrush Swainson's Thrush Virginia Avian Heritage    
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus), also called Olive-backed Thrush, is a medium-sized thrush. This species is 16-18 cm in length, and has the white-dark-white underwing patterm characteristic of Catharus thrushes. Swainson's Thrush was named...
x Red-breasted Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch Virginia Avian Heritage    
The Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis, is a small songbird. Adults have blue-grey upperparts with reddish underparts; they have a white face with a black stripe through the eyes, a white throat, a straight grey bill and a black crown. This...
NCWRC Cold Mountain Game Land Bird Survey
x Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperiAAP067B Virginia Avian Heritage    
The Olive-sided Flycatcher, Contopus cooperi, is a passerine bird. It is a medium-sized tyrant flycatcher. Adults are dark olive on the face, upperparts and flanks. They have light underparts, a large dark bill and a short tail. Their breeding...
x Winter Wren Winter Wren Virginia Avian Heritage    
The Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes), also known as the Northern Wren, is a very small bird, a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae. It is the only one of nearly sixty species in the family that occurs in the Old World; in...
Shenandoah NPS Priority Bird Species Monitoring
x Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa 28258 Virginia Avian Heritage    
The Golden-crowned Kinglet, Regulus satrapa, is a very small songbird. Adults are olive-gray on the upperparts with white underparts, with thin bills and short tails. They have white wing bars, a black stripe through the eyes and a yellow crown...
NCWRC Cold Mountain Game Land Bird Survey
Balsam Mountain MAPS Station
x Black-capped Chickadee Poecile-atricapilla-001 Virginia Avian Heritage    
The Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) is a small, common songbird, a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. Though often placed in the genus Parus with most other tits, mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data and morphology suggest that...
Comparison of Black-capped and Carolina Chickadee
Purchase Knob MAPS Station
Balsam Mountain MAPS Station
x Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus Virginia Avian Heritage    
The Pine Siskin, Carduelis pinus, is a small finch. Adults are brown on the upperparts and pale on the underparts, with heavy streaking throughout. They have a short forked tail. They have yellow patches in their wings and tail, not always visible;...
x Nightjar Common Nighthawk, Chordeiles minor, and Whip-poor-will, Caprimulgus vociferus U.S. Nightjar Survey Network    
Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills. They are sometimes referred to as goatsuckers from the mistaken belief that they suck milk from goats (the Latin for goatsucker is...
x Whip-poor-will Adult male U.S. Nightjar Survey Network    
The Whip-poor-will or whippoorwill, Caprimulgus vociferus, is a medium-sized (22–27 cm) nightjar from North and Central America. The Whip-poor-will is commonly heard within its range, but less often seen. It is named onomatopoeically after its call....
x Chuck-will's-widow Chuck-will's-widow U.S. Nightjar Survey Network    
The Chuck-will's-widow, Caprimulgus carolinensis is a nocturnal bird of the nightjar family Caprimulgidae. It is found in the southeastern United States near swamps, rocky uplands, and pine woods. It migrates to the West Indies, Central America, and...
x Turkey Vulture Turkey Vulture in woods Investigation of Cliffs and Cliff-nesting Birds of the Southern Appalachians    
The Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura, is a bird found throughout most of the Americas. It also known in some North American regions as the Turkey Buzzard (or just "buzzard"), and in some areas of the Caribbean as the John Crow or Carrion Crow. One of...
x American Black Vulture Coragyps-atratus-001 Investigation of Cliffs and Cliff-nesting Birds of the Southern Appalachians    
The Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus, also known as the American Black Vulture, is a bird in the New World vulture family whose range extends from the southeastern United States to Central Chile and Uruguay in South America. Although a common and...
x Blue-winged Warbler Blue-winged Warbler Allegheny Highlands IBA Golden-winged Warbler Surveys    
The Blue-winged Warbler, Vermivora pinus, is a fairly common New World warbler, 11.5 cm long and weighing 8.5 g. It breeds in eastern North America in southern Ontario and the eastern USA. Its range is extending northwards, where it is replacing the...
Status Assessment of Golden-winged Warblers and Bewick’s Wrens in Virginia
x Cerulean Warbler Cerulean Warbler Shenandoah NPS Priority Bird Species Monitoring   Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture
The Cerulean Warbler, Dendroica cerulea, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. Adult males have pale cerulean blue upperparts and white underparts with a black necklace across the breast; they also have black streaks on the back and...
Cerulean Warbler Atlas Project
Landscape level habitat characteristics of Cerulean Warblers
Effects of gas well development on birds in the Appalachian Mountains
x Kentucky Warbler Kentucky Warbler (male) Shenandoah NPS Priority Bird Species Monitoring    
The Kentucky Warbler, Oporornis formosus, is a small species of New World warbler. The Kentucky Warbler, like all members of the genus Oporornis, is a sluggish and heavy warbler with a short tail, preferring to spend most of its time on or near the...
x Worm-eating Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Shenandoah NPS Priority Bird Species Monitoring    
The Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorus) is a small New World warbler. It is the only species classified in the genus Helmitheros. It is 13 cm long and weighs 13 g. It is relatively plain with olive-brown upperparts and light-coloured...
x Louisiana Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush by LA Fuertes Shenandoah NPS Priority Bird Species Monitoring    
The Louisiana Waterthrush, Seiurus motacilla , is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America from southernmost Canada and south through the eastern USA, excluding Florida and the coast. It is migratory, wintering in Central America and...
Effects of gas well development on birds in the Appalachian Mountains
x Carolina Chickadee Parus carolinensisPCSL11116B Comparison of Black-capped and Carolina Chickadee    
The Carolina Chickadee, Poecile carolinensis, is a small bird, a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. Often, it is still placed in the genus Parus with most other tits, but mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data and morphology suggest that separating...
x Black-throated Blue Warbler BlackthroatedBlueWarbler23 NCWRC Cold Mountain Game Land Bird Survey    
The Black-throated Blue Warbler, Dendroica caerulescens, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. Adult males have white underparts with black throat, face and flanks; the upperparts are deep blue; immature males are similar with...
Purchase Knob MAPS Station
x Ruffed Grouse none The Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) may be found in the Hilbert WMA NCWRC Cold Mountain Game Land Bird Survey    
The Ruffed Grouse, Bonasa umbellus, is a medium-sized grouse occurring in forests from the Appalachian Mountains across Canada to Alaska. It is non-migratory. The Ruffed Grouse is frequently referred to as the "partridge". This is technically wrong ...
x Brown Creeper Brown Creeper NCWRC Cold Mountain Game Land Bird Survey    
The Brown Creeper (Certhia americana), also known as the American Tree Creeper, is a small songbird, the only North American member of the treecreeper family Certhiidae. Adults are brown on the upperparts with light spotting, resembling a piece of...
x Chestnut-sided Warbler Adult female in summer plumage NCWRC Cold Mountain Game Land Bird Survey    
The Chestnut-sided Warbler, Dendroica pensylvanica, is a New World warbler. They breed in eastern North America and in southern Canada westwards to the Canadian Prairies. They also breed in the Great Lakes region and in the eastern USA. These birds...
Purchase Knob MAPS Station
x Blackburnian Warbler Blackburnian Warbler NCWRC Cold Mountain Game Land Bird Survey    
The Blackburnian Warbler, Dendroica fusca , is a small New World warbler. They breed in eastern North America, from southern Canada, westwards to the southern Canadian Prairies, the Great Lakes region and New England, to North Carolina. Blackburnian...
Purchase Knob MAPS Station
x Northern Goshawk Juvenile (left) and adult by Louis Agassiz Fuertes Monongahela National Forest Northern Goshawk Surveys    
The Goshawk (pronounced /ˈɡɒs.hɔːk/, from OE. góshafoc 'goose-hawk'), Accipiter gentilis, is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes other diurnal raptors, such as eagles, buzzards and harriers. It is a widespread...
x Gray Catbird GreyCatbird23 Purchase Knob MAPS Station    
The Gray or Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) is a medium-sized northern American perching bird of the mimid family. It is the only member of New World catbird genus Dumetella. Like the Black Catbird, it is among the basal lineages of the...
x Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia melodia Purchase Knob MAPS Station    
The Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia, is a medium-sized American sparrow. Adults have brown upperparts with dark streaks on the back and are white underneath with dark streaking and a dark brown spot in the middle of the breast. They have a brown cap...
x Snail Grapevinesnail 01 Effects of Atmospheric Pollution on High Elevation Fauna in Great Smoky Mountains National Park    
The word snail is a common name for almost all members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word snail is used in a general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. Snails...
x Bird of prey Harris Hawk Survey of diurnal raptors during autumn migration in the Southern Appalachians    
Birds of prey are birds that hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses, especially vision. They are defined as any bird that hunts other animals. Their talons and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing...
x Neotropical migratory bird          
x Sage Grouse SageGrouse21      
The Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) or Greater Sage-grouse, is the largest grouse in North America. Its range is sagebrush country in the western United States and southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. The Gunnison Sage-grouse was...
x Migratory Bird Canvasback pair2        
x Sharp-tailed Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse      
The Sharp-tailed Grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus (previously: Tetrao phasianellus), is a medium-sized prairie grouse. It is also known as the sharptail, and is known as "fire grouse" or "fire bird" by Native American Indians due to their reliance...
x Bat "Chiroptera" from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904     North Carolina Bat Working Group
Bats are flying mammals in the order Chiroptera (pronounced /kaɪˈrɒptərə/). The forelimbs of bats are webbed and developed as wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly,...
Southeastern Bat Diversity Network
North American Pollinator Protection Campaign
x Ant Meat eater ant feeding on honey      
Ants are social insects of the family Formicidae (pronounced /fɔrˈmɪsəˌdiː/), and along with the related wasps and bees, they belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130...
x Southeastern Myotis Southeastern Myotis      
The Southeastern Myotis (Myotis austroriparius) is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found only in the United States.
x Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat        
The Rafinesque's Big-Eared Bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family. It is found only in United States.
x Shark Oceanic Whitetip Shark      
Sharks (superorder Selachimorpha) are a type of fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a highly streamlined body. The earliest known sharks date from more than 420 million years ago, before the time of the dinosaurs. Since that time, sharks...
x Apocrita female Andrena sp.      
Apocrita is a suborder of insects in the order Hymenoptera. The Apocrita includes wasps, bees and ants, and consists of many families. It includes the most advanced Hymenoptera and is distinguished from the Symphyta by the narrow "waist" (petiole)...
x Nepenthes saranganiensis Nepenthes saranganiensis. Live and herbarium specimens.      
Nepenthes saranganiensis (pronounced /nɨˈpɛnθiːz sɑrɑːŋˌɡɑːniˈɛnsɨs/, from Sarangani) is a species of pitcher plant native to the Philippines. It is very closely related to N. alata, but can be distinguished from that taxon on the basis of its...
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