Complete List of Summer Birds of Albemarle County (145 species)

Doesn't count birds that pass through in spring and fall during migration, or that winter here but spend summer up in the far north
*- birds that are less likely to be in our county, but we are near the edge of their range

Yellow-billed Cuckoo- breeding

*Black-billed Cuckoo- migratory, a little bit north breeding

Common Nighthawk- breeding

Whippoorwill- breeding

Chuck-will's-widow- breeding, maybe a few migratory dots

Chimney Swift- breeding

Ruby-throated Hummingbird- breeding

Northern Bobwhite- year-round

Ruffed Grouse- year-round

Wild Turkey- year-round

Rock Pigeon- year-round

Mourning Dove- year-round

Black Vulture- year-round

Turkey Vulture- year-round

Osprey- breeding and migratory

*Sharp-shinned Hawk- nonbreeding and yearround near the northern border of VA

Cooper's Hawk- year-round

Red-shouldered Hawk- year-round

Broad-winged Hawk- breeding

Red-tailed Hawk- year-round

Barn Owl- year-round

Eastern Screech Owl- year-round

Great Horned Owl- year-round

Barred Owl- year-round

*Northern Saw-whet Owl- nonbreeding, near northern border year round

Belted Kingfisher- year-round

Red-headed Woodpecker- breeding and wintering

Red-bellied Woodpecker- year-round

*Yellow-bellied Sapsucker- nonbreeding and migrator

Downy Woodpecker- year-round

Hairy Woodpecker- year-round

Northern Flicker- year-round

Pileated Woodpecker- year-round

American Kestrel- year round

*Monk Parakeet- wild populations in cities

Eastern Wood-Pewee- breeding

Acadian Flycatcher- breeding

Willow Flycatcher- breeding, migratory

Least Flycatcher- breeding, migratory

Eastern Phoebe- year-round

Great Crested Flycatcher- breeding

Eastern Kingbird- breeding

Loggerhead Shrike- year-round

White-eyed Vireo- breeding

Yellow-throated Vireo- breeding

Blue-headed Vireo- breeding, migratory

Warbling Vireo- breeding, migratory

Red-eyed Vireo- breeding

Blue Jay- year-round

American Crow- year-round 50

Fish Crow- year-round

Common Raven- year-round

Horned Lark- year-round

Purple Martin- breeding

Tree Swallow- breeding, year-round in the coastal plain

Northern Rough-winged Swallow- breeding

Bank Swallow- breeding, migration

Cliff Swallow- breeding, migration

Barn Swallow- breeding

Carolina Chickadee- year-round

Tufted Titmouse- year-round

Red-breasted Nuthatch- nonbreeding, year-round

White-breasted Nuthatch- year-round

Brown Creeper- nonbreeding, year-round

House Wren- breeding

*Winter Wren- nonbreeding, year-round a little farther north

Carolina Wren- year-round

Blue-gray gnatcatcher- breeding

*Golden-crowned Kinglet- nonbreeding, breeding a little north in West Virginia

Eastern Bluebird- year-round

*Veery- migration, breeding a little north

Wood Thrush- breeding

American Robin- year-round

Gray Catbird- breeding, year-round closer to coast

Brown Thrasher- breeding, and a little south year-round

Northern Mockingbird- year-round

European Starling- year-round

Cedar Waxwing- year-round

House Sparrow- year-round

House Finch- year-round

*Purple Finch- year-round a little north, and non-breeding

American Goldfinch- year-round

Eastern Towhee- breeding and year-round

Chipping Sparrow- year-round and breeding

Field Sparrow- year round

Vesper Sparrow- breeding and migrating

*Savannah Sparrow- breeding a little north, and nonbreeding

Grasshopper Sparrow- breeding

Yellow-breasted Chat- breeding

*Bobolink- breeding near and just inside VA border

Eastern Meadowlark- year-round

Orchard Oriole- breeding

Baltimore Oriole- breeding, migratory

Red-winged Blackbird- year-round

Brown-headed Cowbird- year-round

Common Grackle- year-round

Ovenbird- breeding

Worm-eating Warbler- breeding

Louisiana Waterthrush- breeding

Northern Waterthrush- breeding, migratory 100

*Golden-winged Warbler- migratory, breeding closer to and within VA border

*Blue-winged Warbler- migratory mostly, spots of breeding

Black-and-white Warbler- breeding

Prothonotary Warbler- breeding a little to the east and south of here

Kentucky Warbler- breeding

Common Yellowthroat- breeding

Hooded Warbler- breeding

American Redstart- breeding

Cerulean Warbler- migratory, breeding

Northern Parula- breeding

Blackburnian Warbler- migratory, breeding

Yellow Warbler- breeding

*Chestnut-sided Warbler- breeding just in from the VA border

Pine Warbler- breeding, year-round a little south

Yellow-throated Warbler- breeding, migratory

Prairie Warbler- breeding

Canada Warbler- breeding in a thin strip in VA near the mountains, migratory

Summer Tanager- breeding

Scarlet Tanager- breeding

Northern Cardinal- year-round

Rose-breasted Grosbeak- breeding, migratory

Blue Grosbeak- breeding

Indigo Bunting- breeding

American Woodcock- breeding, year-round

*American Bittern- wintering, year-round a little farther east

Least Bittern- breeding

Great Blue Heron- year-round

*Great Egret- migratory, breeding only the tiniest bit farther toward the coast

Black-crowned Night Heron- migratory and breeding

Green Heron- breeding

Pied-billed Grebe- year-round

Killdeer- year-round

*Lesser Black-backed Gull- nonbreeding (scarce)

*Ring-billed Gull- migratory and nonbreeding

*Bonaparte's Gull- migratory and non-breeding

*King Rail- breeding in scattered populations

Ducks, geese, and swans

Canada Goose- year-round

*Mute Swan, introduced in possible scattered populations

*Trumpeter Swan, introduced and rare possible scattered populations

Wood Duck- year-round

Mallard- year-round

Hooded Merganser- year-round

American Black Duck- nonbreeding, year-round closer to the coast and a little north of VA