This third edition of the Checklist of
Oklahoma birds incorporates the name and sequence changes made in the
American Ornithologists’ Union’s 1998, 7th edition of the Check-list of
North American Birds and supplements (Auk 117:847-858, 2000; Auk
119:897-906, 2002; Auk 120:923-932, 2003; Auk 121:985-995, 2004; and Auk
122:1026-1031, 2005), with the exception that we have listed only the order
and family names of the upper taxa.
Since the 2 Edition (OBRC 2000), ten new species, Least Grebe, Reddish
Egret, Crested Caracara, Ruff, Mew Gull, Iceland Gull, Arctic Tern,
Broad-billed Hummingbird, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, and Black Phoebe, are
added to the list on the basis of photographs of the birds in Oklahoma.
Seven new species, Northern Gannet, Curlew Sandpiper, White-throated Swift,
Gray Flycatcher, Cave Swallow, Grace’s Warbler, and Bronzed Cowbird, are
added to the list on the basis of accepted written documentation. Two
additional species are added by the splitting of Cackling Goose from Canada
Goose and Black-crested Titmouse from Tufted Titmouse. One species, Ringed
Turtle-Dove was deleted from this checklist as there is no evidence of a
self-sustaining population.
There are 470 species on this checklist.
The 412 species documented with voucher specimens have no indicator before
their names. The 38 species that have been documented with a recognizable
photograph have an asterisk (*) preceding their names. The 14 species seen
in the state and supported only by written documentation, and two species of
uncertain origin, Mute Swan, and Monk Parakeet, have brackets [ ] around
their names. Also, two species now extinct, Passenger Pigeon, and Carolina
Parakeet, and two species possibly extinct, Eskimo Curlew, and Ivory-billed
Woodpecker, have an obelisk (†) preceding their names.
The preferred citation of this checklist
is:
Oklahoma Bird Records Committee. 2006. The Oklahoma Ornithological Society
Checklist of Oklahoma Birds. 3rd edition. Oklahoma Ornithological Society,
Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Bird Records Committee:
James W. Arterburn, Jeffrey A. Cox, Victor W. Fazio III, Bonnie L. Gall,
Joseph A. Grzybowski (Chairman), M. Jo Loyd, Larry P. Mays, Dan L. Reinking,
James B. Thayer, and Donald W. Verser.
