Birds of Eagle Bluffs (Advanced Edition)

This list contains every bird (currently 176) that I could find a picture of from the Friends of Eagle Bluffs Photography Facebook group. It contains many commonly seen birds, but also many birds that are rarely seen at Eagle Bluffs.

Here is a list of all 448 birds documented in Missouri at mobirds.org.

This page has several companion pages:

• Birds of Eagle Bluffs (Beginner’s Edition) contains only the 77 most common and most easily recognized birds.
• Birds of Eagle Bluffs (Common Edition) contains the 135 most commonly seen birds at Eagle Bluffs.
• Birds of Eagle Bluffs (Children’s Summer Edition) lists the top 22 birds to know for your very first time birdwatching at Eagle Bluffs in the summer.
• Birds of Eagle Bluffs (Children’s Winter Edition) lists the top 28 birds to know for your very first time birdwatching at Eagle Bluffs in the winter.

The number following the name of the bird represents the relative frequency of the bird. This is a log scale, so a bird with a score of 3 is 10 times more likely to be seen than a bird with a score of 2. The scale ranges from 0 to 4, with 0 being exceedingly uncommon, and 4 being very frequent.

Links to the ebird.org webpage about the species are provided for those species that are underlined. (These are added slowly as I read about them.)

1. Ducks, Geese, Swans
2. Upperland Game Birds
3. Grebes
4. Pigeons, Doves
5. Cuckoos
6. Nighthawks, nightjars
7. Swifts, Hummingbirds
8. Rails, Coots, Cranes
9. Shorebirds
10. Gulls, Terns, Skimmers, Jaegers
11. Loons
12. Frigatebirds, Cormorants, Darters
13. Pelicans, Herons, Ibises
14. New World Vultures
15. Kites, Hawks, Eagles
16. Owls
17. Kingfishers
18. Woodpeckers
19. Falcons
20. Flycatchers
21. Vireos
22. Shrikes
23. Jays, Magpies, Crows
24. Chickadees, Titmice
25. Larks
26. Swallows
27. Kinglets
28. Nuthatches
29. Creepers
30. Gnatcatchers
31. Wrens
32. Starlings
33. Mimids
34. Thrushes
35. Waxwings
36. Old World Sparrows
37. Finches
38. Longspurs, Snow Buntings
39. New World Sparrows
40. Chats
41. Blackbirds, Orioles
42. Wood-warblers
43. Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings

Ducks, Geese, Swans

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (2)

Snow Goose (3)

Ross’s Goose (3)

Graylag Goose (0)
Greater White-fronted Goose (3)

Cackling Goose (2)
Canada Goose (4)

Mute Swan (2)

Trumpeter Swan (3)

Tundra Swan (2)*

Wood Duck (4)

Blue-winged Teal (4)

Cinnamon Teal (2)*
Northern Shoveler (4)

Gadwall (4)

American Wigeon (3)

Mallard (4)

American Black Duck (3)
Mottled Duck (1)
Northern Pintail (3)

Green-winged Teal (4)

Canvasback (3)

Redhead (3)

Ring-necked Duck (4)

Greater Scaup (2)
Lesser Scaup (4)

Surf Scoter (0)
Long-tailed Duck (2)
Bufflehead (3)

Common Goldeneye (3)

Hooded Merganser (3)

Common Merganser (3)

Red-breasted Merganser (2)

Ruddy Duck (3)

Upperland Game Birds

Northern Bobwhite (3)

Wild Turkey (2)

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe (4)

Horned Grebe (2)

Eared Grebe (2)

Pigeons, Doves

Rock Pigeon (3)

Eurasian Collared-Dove (2)
Mourning Dove (4)

Cuckoos

Yellow-billed Cuckoo (3)

Black-billed Cuckoo (2)

Nighthawks, nightjars

Common Nighthawk (2)

Chuck-will’s-widow (1)
Eastern Whip-poor-will (1)

Swifts, Hummingbirds

Chimney Swift (3)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (3)

Rails, Coots, Cranes

Virginia Rail (2)*
Sora (3)

Common Gallinule (2)

American Coot (4)

Sandhill Crane (3)

Whooping Crane (0)

Shorebirds

Black-necked Stilt (2)

American Avocet (3)

Black-bellied Plover (2)
American Golden-Plover (3)

Killdeer (4)

Semipalmated Plover (3)

Piping Plover (1)
Snowy Plover (1)
Upland Sandpiper (1)

Whimbrel (1)
Hudsonian Godwit (2)

Marbled Godwit (2)
Short-billed Dowitcher (3)

Long-billed Dowitcher (3)

American Woodcock (2)
Wilson’s Snipe (3)

Wilson’s Phalarope (3)

Red-necked Phalarope (2)
Spotted Sandpiper (3)

Solitary Sandpiper (3)

Lesser Yellowlegs (4)

Willet (2)
Greater Yellowlegs (3)

Ruddy Turnstone (2)

Red Knot (1)
Ruff (1)
Curlew Sandpiper (0)
Stilt Sandpiper (3)

Buff-breasted Sandpiper (2)
Sanderling (2)
Dunlin (3)

Baird’s Sandpiper (3)
White-rumped Sandpiper (3)
Least Sandpiper (3)

Pectoral Sandpiper (3)

Western Sandpiper (2)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (3)

Gulls, Terns, Skimmers, Jaegers

Bonaparte’s Gull (2)*
Franklin’s Gull (2)
Ring-billed Gull (3)

Herring Gull (2)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (1)
Iceland Gull (1)
Least Tern (2)
Caspian Tern (2)

Black Tern (3)

Forster’s Tern (3)

Common Tern (1)

Loons

Common Loon (1)

Frigatebirds, Cormorants, Darters

Double-crested Cormorant (4)

Neotropic Cormorant (1)

Pelicans, Herons, Ibises

American White Pelican (4)

American Bittern (2)

Least Bittern (2)
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (2)

Black-crowned Night Heron (3)

Little Blue Heron (2)

Snowy Egret (3)

Green Heron (3)

Western Cattle Egret (2)

Great Egret (4)

Great Blue Heron (4)

White Ibis (2)
Glossy Ibis (1)

White-faced Ibis (2)

Roseate Spoonbill (1)

New World Vultures

Black Vulture (1)
Turkey Vulture (4)

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Osprey (3)

Swallow-tailed Kite (2)*
Golden Eagle (1)
Mississippi Kite (3)

Northern Harrier (4)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (3)

Cooper’s Hawk (3)

American Goshawk (1)
Bald Eagle (4)

Red-shouldered Hawk (3)

Broad-winged Hawk (3)

Swainson’s Hawk (1)
Red-tailed Hawk (4)

Rough-legged Hawk (2)

Owls

Eastern Screech-Owl (2)

Great Horned Owl (3)

Long-eared Owl (0)

Barred Owl (3)

Short-eared Owl (2)

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher (4)

Woodpeckers

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (2)

Red-headed Woodpecker (3)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (4)

Downy Woodpecker (4)

Hairy Woodpecker (3)
Pileated Woodpecker (3)

Northern Flicker (4)

Falcons

American Kestrel (4)

Merlin (2)

Peregrine Falcon (3)

Prairie Falcon (1)

Flycatchers

Olive-sided Flycatcher (2)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (3)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (1)
Acadian Flycatcher (2)
Alder Flycatcher (2)*
Willow Flycatcher (2)
Least Flycatcher (2)

Eastern Phoebe (3)

Great Crested Flycatcher (3)

Western Kingbird (2)
Eastern Kingbird (4)

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (3)

Vireos

White-eyed Vireo (3)

Bell’s Vireo (3)

Yellow-throated Vireo (2)
Blue-headed Vireo (1)
Philadelphia Vireo (2)
Warbling Vireo (3)

Red-eyed Vireo (3)

Shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike (2)
Northern Shrike (0)

Jays, Magpies, Crows

Blue Jay (4)

American Crow (4)

Fish Crow (3)

Chickadees, Titmice

Carolina Chickadee (0)
Black-capped Chickadee (4)

Tufted Titmouse (3)

Larks

Horned Lark (4)

Swallows

Bank Swallow (3)
Tree Swallow (4)

Purple Martin (3)

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (3)

Barn Swallow (4)

Cliff Swallow (3)

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (3)

Golden-crowned Kinglet (2)

Nuthatches

White-breasted Nuthatch (3)

Red-breasted Nuthatch (2)

Creepers

Brown Creeper (2)

Gnatcatchers

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (3)

Wrens

House Wren (3)

Winter Wren (2)
Sedge Wren (3)
Marsh Wren (3)

Carolina Wren (3)

Starlings

European Starling (4)

Mimids

Gray Catbird (3)

Brown Thrasher (3)

Northern Mockingbird (3)

Thrushes

Eastern Bluebird (4)

Veery (1)

Gray-cheeked Thrush (1)
Swainson’s Thrush (2)
Hermit Thrush (2)
Wood Thrush (3)
American Robin (3)

Waxwings

Cedar Waxwing (3)

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow (3)
American Pipit (2)

Finches

House Finch (2)
Purple Finch (2)

Common Redpoll (0)
Pine Siskin (2)
American Goldfinch (4)

Longspurs, Snow Buntings

Lapland Longspur (2)
Smith’s Longspur (1)

New World Sparrows

Grasshopper Sparrow (2)

Chipping Sparrow (2)

Clay-colored Sparrow (2)
Field Sparrow (3)

Lark Sparrow (3)

American Tree Sparrow (3)

Fox Sparrow (3)
Dark-eyed Junco (3)

White-crowned Sparrow (4)

Harris’s Sparrow (2)
White-throated Sparrow (3)

Vesper Sparrow (2)
LeConte’s Sparrow (2)
Nelson’s Sparrow (2)
Savannah Sparrow (3)

Henslow’s Sparrow (1)
Song Sparrow (4)

Lincoln’s Sparrow (2)
Swamp Sparrow (3)

Spotted Towhee (2)

Eastern Towhee (2)

Chats

Yellow-breasted Chat (3)

Blackbirds, Orioles

Yellow-headed Blackbird (2)

Bobolink (2)
Western Meadowlark (3)

Eastern Meadowlark (3)

Orchard Oriole (3)

Baltimore Oriole (3)

Red-winged Blackbird (4)

Brown-headed Cowbird (4)

Rusty Blackbird (2)

Brewer’s Blackbird (2)
Common Grackle (4)

Great-tailed Grackle (2)

Wood-warblers

Ovenbird (2)
Worm-eating Warbler (1)
Louisiana Waterthrush (2)
Northern Waterthrush (3)

Golden-winged Warbler (1)
Blue-winged Warbler (1)
Black-and-white Warbler (2)*
Prothonotary Warbler (3)

Tennessee Warbler (2)
Orange-crowned Warbler (2)
Nashville Warbler (2)*
Connecticut Warbler (0)
Mourning Warbler (1)
Kentucky Warbler (2)
Common Yellowthroat (4)

Hooded Warbler (0)
American Redstart (3)

Cape May Warbler (1)
Cerulean Warbler (0)
Northern Parula (3)

Magnolia Warbler (2)
Bay-breasted Warbler (1)
Blackburnian Warbler (1)
Yellow Warbler (3)

Chestnut-sided Warbler (2)
Blackpoll Warbler (2)

Palm Warbler (3)

Pine Warbler (1)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (3)

Yellow-throated Warbler (2)
Prairie Warbler (1)

Black-throated Green Warbler (2)
Canada Warbler (1)
Wilson’s Warbler (2)

Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings

Summer Tanager (3)

Scarlet Tanager (2)
Northern Cardinal (4)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (2)

Blue Grosbeak (3)

Indigo Bunting (4)

Dickcissel (4)