Birds Reported in Allegheny County - 2004
(Mike Fialkovich)

The following is a list of birds reported in Allegheny County in 2004. This is the largest annual list since I've been keeping records for Allegheny.

Northern Bobwhites were found with young at Imperial; however it is known birds are released by dog trainers. The wild status of Ring-necked Pheasant is uncertain these days since the wild sustainable populations seem to have vanished, and continued releases make it difficult to ascertain the status of the species. Mute Swans were also of questionable origin; however this is a migrant in the state, so some of the birds could be from a wild sustainable population.

1. Snow Goose
2. Canada Goose
3. Tundra Swan
4. Mute Swan*
5. Wood Duck
6. Green-winged Teal
7. American Black Duck
8. Mallard
9. Northern Pintail
10. Blue-winged Teal
11. Northern Shoveler
12. Gadwall
13. American Wigeon
14. Canvasback
15. Redhead
16. Ring-necked Duck
17. Greater Scaup
18. Lesser Scaup
19. Long-tailed Duck
20. Black Scoter
21. Surf Scoter
22. Common Goldeneye
23. Bufflehead
24. Hooded Merganser
25. Common Merganser
26. Red-breasted Merganser
27. Ruddy Duck
28. Ring-necked Pheasant*
29. Ruffed Grouse
30. Wild Turkey
31. Common Loon
32. Pied-billed Grebe
33. Horned Grebe
34. Red-necked Grebe
35. Double-crested Cormorant
36. Great Blue Heron
37. Great Egret
38. Green Heron
39. Black-crowned Night-Heron
40. Glossy Ibis
41. Turkey Vulture
42. Black Vulture
43. Osprey
44. Bald Eagle
45. Northern Harrier
46. Sharp-shinned Hawk
47. Cooper’s Hawk
48. Red-shouldered Hawk
49. Broad-winged Hawk
50. Red-tailed Hawk
51. Rough-legged Hawk
52. American Kestrel
53. Merlin
54. Peregrine Falcon
55. Virginia Rail
56. Sora
57. Common Moorhen
58. American Coot
59. Black-bellied Plover
60. American Golden Plover
61. Semipalmated Plover
62. Killdeer
63. Greater Yellowlegs
64. Lesser Yellowlegs
65. Solitary Sandpiper
66. Willet
67. Spotted Sandpiper
68. Upland Sandpiper
69. Ruddy Turnstone
70. Semipalmated Sandpiper
71. Western Sandpiper
72. Least Sandpiper
73. White-rumped Sandpiper
74. Baird’s Sandpiper
75. Pectoral Sandpiper
76. Dunlin
77. Stilt Sandpiper
78. Short-billed Dowitcher
79. Long-billed Dowitcher
80. Wilson’s Snipe
81. American Woodcock
82. Bonaparte’s Gull
83. Ring-billed Gull
84. Herring Gull
85. Iceland Gull
86. Great Black-backed Gull
87. Lesser Black-backed Gull
88. Caspian Tern
89. Common Tern
90. Forster’s Tern
91. Black Tern
92. Rock Dove
93. Mourning Dove
94. Black-billed Cuckoo
95. Yellow-billed Cuckoo
96. Eastern Screech Owl
97. Great Horned Owl
98. Barred Owl
99. Long-eared Owl
100. Short-eared Owl
101. Northern Saw-whet Owl
102. Common Nighthawk
103. Whip-poor-will
104. Chimney Swift
105. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
106. Belted Kingfisher
107. Red-headed Woodpecker
108. Red-bellied Woodpecker
109. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
110. Downy Woodpecker
111. Hairy Woodpecker
112. Northern Flicker
113. Pileated Woodpecker
114. Olive-sided Flycatcher
115. Eastern Wood-pewee
116. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
117. Acadian Flycatcher
118. Alder Flycatcher
119. Willow Flycatcher
120. Least Flycatcher
121. Eastern Phoebe
122. Great Crested Flycatcher
123. Eastern Kingbird
124. Northern Shrike
125. White-eyed Vireo
126. Blue-headed Vireo
127. Yellow-throated Vireo
128. Warbling Vireo
129. Philadelphia Vireo
130. Red-eyed Vireo
131. Horned Lark
132. Blue Jay
133. American Crow
134. Fish Crow
135. Common Raven
136. Purple Martin
137. Tree Swallow
138. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
139. Bank Swallow
140. Cliff Swallow
141. Barn Swallow
142. Black-capped Chickadee
143. Carolina Chickadee
144. Tufted Titmouse
145. Red-breasted Nuthatch
146. White-breasted Nuthatch
147. Brown Creeper
148. Carolina Wren
149. House Wren
150. Winter Wren
151. Marsh Wren
152. Golden-crowned Kinglet
153. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
154. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
155. Eastern Bluebird
156. Veery
157. Gray-cheeked Thrush
158. Swainson’s Thrush
159. Hermit Thrush
160. Wood Thrush
161. American Robin
162. Gray Catbird
163. Northern Mockingbird
164. Brown Thasher
165. European Starling
166. American Pipit
167. Cedar Waxwing
168. Blue-winged Warbler
169. Golden-winged Warbler
170. Tennessee Warbler
171. Orange-crowned Warbler
172. Nashville Warbler
173. Northern Parula
174. Yellow Warbler
175. Chestnut-sided Warbler
176. Magnolia Warbler
177. Cape May Warbler
178. Black-throated Blue Warbler
179. Yellow-rumped Warbler
180. Black-throated Green Warbler
181. Blackburnian Warbler
182. Yellow-throated Warbler
183. Pine Warbler
184. Prairie Warbler
185. Palm Warbler
186. Bay-breasted Warbler
187. Blackpoll Warbler
188. Cerulean Warbler
189. Black-and-white Warbler
190. American Redstart
191. Worm-eating Warbler
192. Swainson’s Warbler
193. Ovenbird
194. Northern Waterthrush
195. Louisiana Waterthrush
196. Kentucky Warbler
197. Connecticut Warbler
198. Mourning Warbler
199. Common Yellowthroat
200. Hooded Warbler
201. Wilson’s Warbler
202. Canada Warbler
203. Yellow-breasted Chat
204. Summer Tanager
205. Scarlet Tanager
206. Eastern Towhee
207. American Tree Sparrow
208. Chipping Sparrow
209. Clay-colored Sparrow
210. Field Sparrow
211. Vesper Sparrow
212. Savannah Sparrow
213. Grasshopper Sparrow
214. Henslow’s Sparrow
215. Fox Sparrow
216. Song Sparrow
217. Lincoln’s Sparrow
218. Swamp Sparrow
219. White-throated Sparrow
220. White-crowned Sparrow
221. Dark-eyed Junco
222. Snow Bunting
223. Northern Cardinal
224. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
225. Indigo Bunting
226. Dickcissel
227. Bobolink
228. Red-winged Blackbird
229. Eastern Meadowlark
230. Rusty Blackbird
231. Common Grackle
232. Brown-headed Cowbird
233. Orchard Oriole
234. Baltimore Oriole
235. Purple Finch
236. House Finch
237. Common Redpoll
238. Hoary Redpoll
239. Pine Siskin
240. American Goldfinch
241. Evening Grosbeak
242. House Sparrow

Additional, possible and hybrid species:
Brewster’s Warbler 
Northern Bobwhite – released, but found with young at Imperial 

*Wild status uncertain