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This list of birds of West Virginia includes species documented in the U.S. state of West Virginia and accepted by the West Virginia Bird Records Committee of the Brooks Bird Club (BBC). As of July 2021 the published list contained 354 species. [ 1 ]
The cardinal is West Virginia's state bird. North American migrant birds such as the tufted titmouse, scarlet tanager, brown thrasher, American robin, and humming bird live throughout the warmer seasons, except in the highest peaks. Some Icterid birds visit West Virginia, as well as the hermit thrush and wood thrush.
A few of the animals at the Wildlife Center were once found naturally in West Virginia, but were extirpated by the early 1900s. [1] The Wildlife Center comprises 338 acres (137 ha) and displays 29 different species of West Virginia mammals, birds, and reptiles, which are located along a 1.25-mile (2.01 km)trail through a mature hardwood forest.
Two such paths, the Atlantic Flyway and the Mississippi Flyway, overlap above Ohio. Of the nearly 2,000 species of birds that live in North America, 450 have been documented visiting the state.
For species found in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the list are those of the AOS, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North and Middle American birds.
This list of birds of Ohio includes species documented in the U.S. state of Ohio and accepted by Ohio Bird Records Committee (OBRC). As of November 2024, there were 451 species on the official list. [1] Of them, 193 have been documented as breeding in the state, [2] and 125 are review species as defined below. [3] Eight species found in Ohio ...
Ohio skies are filled this time of year with hundreds of species of birds flying north for the summer. The height of the spring migration — known as The Biggest Week in American Birding — is ...
The habitat of the tufted titmouse is deciduous and mixed woods as well as gardens, parks, and shrublands. Although it is non-migratory and originally native to the Ohio and Mississippi River basins, factors such as bird feeders have caused it to occupy a larger territory across the United States and stretching into Ontario and Quebec in Canada.