Birds in Kentucky
Explore 144 species found in this region.
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Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Apr–Sep

Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Calidris subruficollisVU
Sep

Cackling Goose
Branta hutchinsiiLC
Jan–Feb

Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Year-round

Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Apr–Oct

Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Year-round

Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
May–Oct

Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerinaLC
Year-round
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Common Grackle
Quiscalus quisculaNT
Year-round

Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Oct–Apr

Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Dec–Feb

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Year-round

Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Apr–Oct

Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
May–Aug

Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescensLC
Year-round

Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Oct–May

Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Year-round

Eastern Screech-owl
Megascops asioLC
Jul–May

Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Year-round

Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragusLC
Mar–Oct

Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteriLC
Apr–Nov

Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliacaLC
Oct–Apr

Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Oct–Apr