Checklist of Birds found in the Farmland/Parkland Region

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The farmland / parkland region of Manitoba is located in the southwestern and south-central regions of the province. This ecosystem once included prairie habitat, particularly tallgrass prairie, but today consists chiefly of agricultural land, aspen parkland, riparian woodland, and pockets of boreal forest. Also within this ecosystem, we find the prairie pothole region of Manitoba. This world-renowned area, just south of Riding Mountain National Park, boasts some of the world's most productive waterfowl nesting habitat.

Photo courtesy of Darcy Pisiak.

Within the farmland / parkland region we find the Manitoba Escarpment, marked by the Turtle, Riding, Duck and Porcupine Mountains. These mountain regions are heavily wooded in aspen, birch and coniferous trees, and are surrounded primarily by farmland. To the east of the escarpment lie the Manitoba Lowlands, which boast some of the most productive farmland on the Canadian prairies. This wide variety of landforms on Manitoba's prairies are a result of the Ice Age. Vast sheets of ice carved the present landscape, while melting glaciers deposited nutrient rich clays and silts in the area.

It is important to note that the following checklist serves the entire farmland / parkland region of Manitoba, and differences in species diversity as well as in local variations in species abundances may occur. For example, species more common in the western part of this region include Greater White-fronted and Ross' geese (during migration) and typical grassland birds such as Baird's Sparrow and Ferruginous Hawk. American Woodcock and Red-headed Woodpecker are good examples of species more common in the eastern portion.

In this checklist, seasons are defined as follows:

Spring - March to May
Summer - June to August
Fall - September to November
Winter - December to February

Key to Seasonal Abundance Values in the Checklist:

A - Abundant: Likely to be found on all outings during the proper season; often widespread or in large flocks.
C - Common: Likely to be found on most outings during the proper season, sometimes in large numbers.
U - Uncommon: Likely to be found from time to time every year during the proper season, usually in small numbers.
R - Rare: Found only a few times per year, or at only a few localities, almost always in small numbers.
O - Occasional: Not found annually, in most cases, only single birds are found..
X - Extirpated: Formerly occurred regularly, but no longer found in the area.
acc - Accidental: A few documented sightings of a species outside of its normal range
 

( __ )

Common Loon

U

R

U

-

( __ )

Pacific Loon

-

-

acc

-

( __ )

Red-throated Loon

-

-

acc

-

( __ )

Clark's Grebe

-

acc

acc

-

( __ )

Eared Grebe

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Horned Grebe

C

C

C

acc

( __ )

Pied-billed Grebe

C

C

C

acc

( __ )

Red-necked Grebe

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Western Grebe

C

C

C

-

( __ )

American White Pelican

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Double-crested Cormorant

C

U

C

acc

( __ )

American Bittern

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Least Bittern

R

R

acc

-

( __ )

Black-crowned Night-Heron

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Great Blue Heron

C

C

C

acc

( __ )

Green Heron

R

R

O

-

( __ )

Little Blue Heron

acc

acc

acc

-

( __ )

Tricolored Heron

acc

acc

acc

-

( __ )

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

acc

acc

acc

-

( __ )

Cattle Egret

R

O

acc

-

( __ )

Great Egret

R

R

R

-

( __ )

Snowy Egret

O

O

acc

-

( __ )

Glossy Ibis

acc

acc

acc

-

( __ )

White-faced Ibis

acc

acc

acc

-

( __ )

Trumpeter Swan

acc

acc

acc

-

( __ )

Tundra Swan

C

R

C

acc

( __ )

Brant

acc

-

acc

-

( __ )

Canada Goose

A

C

A

R

( __ )

Greater White-fronted Goose

C

R

C

-

( __ )

Ross' Goose

R

-

U

-

( __ )

Snow Goose

A

R

A

acc

( __ )

American Black Duck

U

U

U

-

( __ )

American Wigeon

C

C

C

acc

( __ )

Blue-winged Teal

A

A

A

-

( __ )

Cinnamon Teal

O

O

acc

-

( __ )

Eurasian Wigeon

acc

acc

acc

-

( __ )

Gadwall

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Garganey

acc

-

-

-

( __ )

Green-winged Teal

C

U

C

acc

( __ )

Mallard

A

A

A

R

( __ )

Northern Pintail

A

C

A

acc

( __ )

Northern Shoveler

A

C

C

acc

( __ )

Wood Duck

C

C

C

acc

( __ )

Barrow's Goldeneye

O

-

-

-

( __ )

Black Scoter

acc

-

O

-

( __ )

Bufflehead

C

U

C

-

( __ )

Canvasback

C

C

C

acc

( __ )

Common Eider

-

-

acc

-

( __ )

Common Goldeneye

C

U

C

O

( __ )

Common Merganser

C

R

C

acc

( __ )

Greater Scaup

U

R

U

acc

( __ )

Harlequin Duck

-

acc

O

-

( __ )

Hooded Merganser

U

U

U

-

( __ )

King Eider

-

-

acc

-

( __ )

Lesser Scaup

A

C

C

O

( __ )

Oldsquaw

acc

-

O

acc

( __ )

Red-breasted Merganser

U

-

U

acc

( __ )

Redhead

C

C

C

acc

( __ )

Ring-necked Duck

C

U

C

acc

( __ )

Ruddy Duck

C

C

C

acc

( __ )

Surf Scoter

acc

-

R

-

( __ )

White-winged Scoter

R

R

R

acc

( __ )

Turkey Vulture

U

U

U

-

( __ )

Bald Eagle

C

R

C

R

( __ )

Golden Eagle

R

acc

R

R

( __ )

Broad-winged Hawk

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Cooper's Hawk

U

U

U

acc

( __ )

Ferruginous Hawk

R

R

R

-

( __ )

Northern Goshawk

U

R

U

U

( __ )

Northern Harrier

C

C

C

O

( __ )

Red-shouldered Hawk

acc

acc

-

acc

( __ )

Red-tailed Hawk

C

C

C

O

( __ )

Rough-legged Hawk

C

acc

C

U

( __ )

Sharp-shinned Hawk

C

U

C

-

( __ )

Swainson's Hawk

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Osprey

U

U

U

-

( __ )

American Kestrel

C

C

C

R

( __ )

Gyrfalcon

R

-

R

R

( __ )

Merlin

U

U

U

R

( __ )

Peregrine Falcon

O

O

O

O

( __ )

Prairie Falcon

R

R

R

R

( __ )

Gray (Hungarian) Partridge

C

C

C

C

( __ )

Ring-necked Pheasant

R

R

R

R

( __ )

Ruffed Grouse

C

C

C

C

( __ )

Sharp-tailed Grouse

C

C

C

C

( __ )

Spruce Grouse

R

R

R

R

( __ )

Wild Turkey

R

R

R

R

( __ )

Willow Ptarmigan

acc

-

-

acc

Greater Prairie Chicken

X

X

X

X

( __ )

American Coot

A

A

A

acc

( __ )

Common Moorhen

acc

acc

-

-

( __ )

Sora

C

C

C

-

( __ )

King Rail

-

acc

acc

-

( __ )

Virginia Rail

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Yellow Rail

U

U

R

-

( __ )

Sandhill Crane

C

U

C

-

( __ )

Whooping Crane

acc

acc

acc

-

( __ )

American Golden Plover

C

U

C

-

( __ )

Black-bellied Plover

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Killdeer

A

A

C

acc

( __ )

Piping Plover

O

O

O

-

( __ )

Semipalmated Plover

U

U

U

-

( __ )

American Avocet

U

U

U

-

( __ )

Black-necked Stilt

acc

acc

acc

-

( __ )

American Woodcock

U

U

R

-

( __ )

Baird's Sandpiper

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

R

U

R

-

( __ )

Common Snipe

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Curlew Sandpiper

-

acc

-

-

( __ )

Dunlin

C

R

C

-

( __ )

Greater Yellowlegs

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Hudsonian Godwit

U

R

R

-

( __ )

Least Sandpiper

A

C

C

-

( __ )

Lesser Yellowlegs

A

A

C

-

( __ )

Long-billed Dowitcher

U

U

C

-

( __ )

Marbled Godwit

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Pectoral Sandpiper

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Purple Sandpiper

acc

-

-

-

( __ )

Red Knot

U

U

U

-

( __ )

Red Phalarope

acc

acc

acc

-

( __ )

Red-necked Phalarope

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Ruddy Turnstone

C

U

U

-

( __ )

Ruff

acc

acc

-

-

( __ )

Sanderling

C

U

C

-

( __ )

Semipalmated Sandpiper

A

A

C

-

( __ )

Short-billed Dowitcher

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Solitary Sandpiper

U

U

U

-

( __ )

Spotted Sandpiper

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Stilt Sandpiper

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Upland Sandpiper

C

C

O

-

( __ )

Western Sandpiper

acc

acc

acc

-

( __ )

Whimbrel

R

R

-

-

( __ )

White-rumped Sandpiper

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Willet

C

C

R

-

( __ )

Wilson's Phalarope

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Bonaparte's Gull

C

C

C

-

( __ )

California Gull

U

U

acc

-

( __ )

Franklin's Gull

A

A

C

-

( __ )

Glaucous Gull

R

R

R

-

( __ )

Great Black-backed Gull

acc

acc

acc

-

( __ )

Herring Gull

C

C

C

R

( __ )

Iceland Gull

acc

-

acc

-

( __ )

Ivory Gull

acc

-

acc

-

( __ )

Laughing Gull

-

acc

-

-

( __ )

Lesser Black-backed Gull

acc

acc

-

-

( __ )

Mew Gull

-

-

acc

-

( __ )

Ring-billed Gull

A

A

A

-

( __ )

Sabine's Gull

-

-

O

-

( __ )

Thayer's Gull

acc

-

O

-

( __ )

Arctic Tern

O

-

acc

-

( __ )

Black Tern

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Caspian Tern

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Common Tern

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Forster's Tern

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Long-tailed Jaeger

acc

acc

acc

-

( __ )

Parasitic Jaeger

-

acc

acc

-

( __ )

Pomarine Jaeger

-

-

acc

-

( __ )

Ancient Murrelet

-

-

acc

-

( __ )

Black Guillemot

-

-

acc

-

( __ )

Mourning Dove

A

A

A

R

( __ )

Rock Dove

A

A

A

A

( __ )

Black-billed Cuckoo

U

U

R

-

( __ )

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

-

O

-

-

( __ )

Barn Owl

acc

-

acc

acc

( __ )

Barred Owl

R

R

R

R

( __ )

Boreal Owl

R

acc

acc

R

( __ )

Burrowing Owl

R

R

R

-

( __ )

Eastern Screech Owl

U

U

U

U

( __ )

Great Gray Owl

R

O

R

U

( __ )

Great Horned Owl

C

C

C

C

( __ )

Long-eared Owl

U

U

U

acc

( __ )

Northern Hawk Owl

O

acc

R

R

( __ )

Northern Saw-whet Owl

U

U

R

O

( __ )

Short-eared Owl

C

C

U

R

( __ )

Snowy Owl

C

acc

C

C

( __ )

Common Nighthawk

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Whip-poor-will

U

U

acc

-

( __ )

Chimney Swift

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

U

U

U

-

( __ )

Rufous Hummingbird

-

acc

acc

-

( __ )

Belted Kingfisher

C

U

C

acc

( __ )

Black-backed Woodpecker

acc

-

R

R

( __ )

Downy Woodpecker

C

C

C

C

( __ )

Hairy Woodpecker

C

C

C

C

( __ )

Lewis' Woodpecker

acc

acc

acc

acc

( __ )

Pileated Woodpecker

R

R

U

U

( __ )

Red-bellied Woodpecker

acc

acc

O

O

( __ )

Red-headed Woodpecker

C

C

U

O

( __ )

Three-toed Woodpecker

-

-

O

O

( __ )

Northern Flicker

C

C

C

R

( __ )

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

C

U

C

-

( __ )

Alder Flycatcher

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Great Crested Flycatcher

C

C

R

-

( __ )

Least Flycatcher

A

A

C

-

( __ )

Olive-sided Flycatcher

U

U

U

-

( __ )

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

acc

acc

acc

-

( __ )

Willow Flycatcher

-

R

-

-

( __ )

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

U

U

R

-

( __ )

Eastern Kingbird

A

A

C

-

( __ )

Western Kingbird

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Eastern Phoebe

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Say's Phoebe

R

R

R

-

( __ )

Eastern Wood-Pewee

U

C

U

-

( __ )

Western Wood-Pewee

R

R

-

-

( __ )

Horned Lark

A

A

A

C

( __ )

Bank Swallow

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Barn Swallow

A

A

C

-

( __ )

Cliff Swallow

A

A

U

-

( __ )

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

U

U

O

-

( __ )

Purple Martin

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Tree Swallow

A

A

U

-

( __ )

Violet-green Swallow

-

-

acc

-

( __ )

American Crow

A

A

A

U

( __ )

Black-billed Magpie

C

C

C

C

( __ )

Blue Jay

C

C

C

C

( __ )

Clark's Nutcracker

acc

-

acc

-

( __ )

Common Raven

C

C

C

C

( __ )

Gray Jay

R

R

O

O

( __ )

Black-capped Chickadee

C

C

C

C

( __ )

Boreal Chickadee

O

acc

O

O

( __ )

Red-breasted Nuthatch

C

C

C

U

( __ )

White-breasted Nuthatch

C

C

C

C

( __ )

Brown Creeper

C

-

C

R

( __ )

Carolina Wren

acc

acc

acc

-

( __ )

House Wren

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Marsh Wren

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Rock Wren

acc

-

-

-

( __ )

Sedge Wren

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Winter Wren

U

-

U

-

( __ )

American Robin

A

A

A

R

( __ )

Eastern Bluebird

U

U

U

-

( __ )

Mountain Bluebird

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

acc

acc

-

( __ )

Golden-crowned Kinglet

C

R

C

R

( __ )

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

C

C

C

acc

( __ )

Townsend's Solitaire

acc

-

O

acc

( __ )

Gray-cheeked Thrush

U

U

U

-

( __ )

Hermit Thrush

C

U

C

acc

( __ )

Swainson's Thrush

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Varied Thrush

acc

acc

R

R

( __ )

Wood Thrush

O

O

acc

acc

( __ )

Northern Wheatear

acc

acc

acc

-

( __ )

Veery

C

C

R

-

( __ )

Brown Thrasher

C

C

U

O

( __ )

Gray Catbird

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Northern Mockingbird

R

R

R

R

( __ )

Sage Thrasher

-

acc

-

-

( __ )

American Pipit

C

-

C

-

( __ )

Sprague's Pipit

C

C

R

-

( __ )

Bohemian Waxwing

C

-

C

C

( __ )

Cedar Waxwing

C

C

C

U

( __ )

Loggerhead Shrike

R

R

R

-

( __ )

Northern Shrike

U

U

U

U

( __ )

European Starling

C

C

C

C

( __ )

Philadelphia Vireo

U

R

U

-

( __ )

Red-eyed Vireo

C

A

C

-

( __ )

Solitary Vireo

C

U

C

-

( __ )

Warbling Vireo

C

A

R

-

( __ )

White-eyed Vireo

-

acc

-

-

( __ )

Yellow-throated Vireo

U

U

R

-

( __ )

American Redstart

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Bay-breasted Warbler

C

U

C

-

( __ )

Black-and-white Warbler

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Blackburnian Warbler

C

U

U

-

( __ )

Blackpoll Warbler

C

U

C

-

( __ )

Black-throated Blue Warbler

O

acc

O

-

( __ )

Black-throated Green Warbler

U

U

U

-

( __ )

Canada Warbler

U

U

U

-

( __ )

Cape May Warbler

C

U

U

-

( __ )

Cerulean Warbler

-

acc

-

-

( __ )

Chestnut-sided Warbler

C

U

U

-

( __ )

Common Yellowthroat

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Connecticut Warbler

U

U

R

-

( __ )

Golden-winged Warbler

U

U

acc

-

( __ )

Hooded Warbler

acc

acc

acc

-

( __ )

Magnolia Warbler

C

U

C

-

( __ )

Mourning Warbler

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Nashville Warbler

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Northern Parula

R

R

R

-

( __ )

Northern Waterthrush

C

U

C

-

( __ )

Orange-crowned Warbler

C

R

C

-

( __ )

Ovenbird

C

C

C

-

( __ )

Palm Warbler

C

R

C

-

( __ )

Pine Warbler

O

acc

R

-

( __ )

Tennessee Warbler

A

C

C

-

( __ )

Wilson's Warbler

C

U

U

-

( __ )

Yellow Warbler

A

A

U

-

( __ )

Yellow-rumped Warbler

A

U

A

-

( __ )

Yellow-breasted Chat

acc

acc

-

-

( __ )

American Tree Sparrow

C

-

C

O

( __ )

Baird's Sparrow

U

U

R

-

( __ )

Black-headed Grosbeak

acc

O

acc

-

( __ )

Chestnut-collared Longspur

C

C

R

-

( __ )

Chipping Sparrow

C

C

C

acc

( __ )

Clay-colored Sparrow

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Dark-eyed Junco

A

U

A

U

( __ )

Dickcissel

acc

O

-

-

( __ )

Eastern Towhee

U

U

U

O

( __ )

Field Sparrow

O

O

O

-

( __ )

Fox Sparrow

C

-

C

O

( __ )

Golden-crowned Sparrow

acc

-

-

-

( __ )

Grasshopper Sparrow

U

U

-

-

( __ )

Green-tailed Towhee

acc

-

acc

acc

( __ )

Harris Sparrow

C

acc

C

O

( __ )

Indigo Bunting

C

C

O

-

( __ )

Lapland Longspur

A

acc

A

U

( __ )

Lark Bunting

U

U

-

acc

( __ )

Lark Sparrow

U

U

acc

-

( __ )

Lazuli Bunting

acc

-

acc

-

( __ )

Le Conte's Sparrow

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Lincoln's Sparrow

C

R

C

-

( __ )

McCown's Longspur

acc

-

acc

-

( __ )

Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow

R

U

acc

-

( __ )

Northern Cardinal

R

R

R

R

( __ )

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Savannah Sparrow

A

A

A

-

( __ )

Scarlet Tanager

U

U

R

-

( __ )

Smith's Longspur

C

-

C

-

( __ )

Snow Bunting

A

acc

A

C

( __ )

Song Sparrow

C

C

C

acc

( __ )

Summer Tanager

acc

acc

acc

-

( __ )

Swamp Sparrow

C

U

C

-

( __ )

Vesper Sparrow

C

C

C

acc

( __ )

White-crowned Sparrow

C

-

C

acc

( __ )

White-throated Sparrow

C

C

C

R

( __ )

Bobolink

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Brewer's Blackbird

C

C

C

O

( __ )

Brown-headed Cowbird

C

C

R

acc

( __ )

Common Grackle

C

C

C

R

( __ )

Eastern Meadowlark

-

acc

-

-

( __ )

Baltimore Oriole

C

C

U

-

( __ )

Orchard Oriole

U

U

-

-

( __ )

Red-winged Blackbird

A

A

A

R

( __ )

Rusty Blackbird

C

-

C

R

( __ )

Western Tanager

acc

acc

-

-

( __ )

Western Meadowlark

A

A

A

O

( __ )

Yellow-headed Blackbird

C

C

C

O

( __ )

American Goldfinch

C

A

C

R

( __ )

Brambling

acc

-

acc

-

( __ )

Common Redpoll

C

-

C

C

( __ )

Evening Grosbeak

C

R

C

C

( __ )

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

acc

-

acc

acc

( __ )

Hoary Redpoll

U

-

U

U

( __ )

House Finch

acc

-

acc

-

( __ )

Pine Grosbeak

U

-

C

C

( __ )

Pine Siskin

C

U

C

U

( __ )

Purple Finch

C

U

C

R

( __ )

Red Crossbill

O

O

O

O

( __ )

White-winged Crossbill

O

O

O

O

( __ )

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

-

-

acc

-

( __ )

House Sparrow

A

A

A

A