Great Backyard Bird Count: 2009 Results: Alabama

2009 Results: Alabama

Other years: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

See list of localities in Alabama with reports.

Species [taxonomic] [alphabetic]	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Common Grackle	14,810	174
Red-winged Blackbird	13,555	256
American Goldfinch	5,859	474
American Robin	4,625	435
Cedar Waxwing	4,385	136
Pine Siskin	4,362	176
Mourning Dove	3,662	699
Northern Cardinal	3,492	763
Chipping Sparrow	2,943	251
Sandhill Crane	2,803	12
Ring-billed Gull	2,318	43
American Crow	2,127	445
European Starling	2,091	117
House Finch	1,855	422
Brown-headed Cowbird	1,823	112
Snow Goose	1,721	13
Carolina Chickadee	1,560	560
Blue Jay	1,226	455
Tufted Titmouse	1,223	490
Canada Goose	1,176	122
American Coot	1,144	30
Eastern Bluebird	1,114	334
Laughing Gull	1,054	24
House Sparrow	1,050	184
Northern Mockingbird	1,037	454
White-throated Sparrow	885	225
Double-crested Cormorant	838	52
Rock Pigeon	828	73
Yellow-rumped Warbler	778	180
Dark-eyed Junco	745	228
Killdeer	726	110
Carolina Wren	684	346
Purple Finch	682	178
Bonaparte's Gull	655	13
Downy Woodpecker	620	379
Brown Pelican	512	30
Red-bellied Woodpecker	474	315
Ring-necked Duck	451	25
Turkey Vulture	449	123
Eurasian Collared-Dove	448	87
Great Blue Heron	442	121
Song Sparrow	422	109
Field Sparrow	414	76
Mallard	400	54
White-breasted Nuthatch	389	237
Eastern Towhee	373	196
Brewer's Blackbird	360	29
Brown-headed Nuthatch	340	182
Sanderling	334	15
Dunlin	311	5
Black Vulture	307	65
Eastern Meadowlark	306	40
Pine Warbler	305	133
Wood Duck	262	42
Red-tailed Hawk	260	153
Brown Thrasher	247	159
Herring Gull	247	23
American Pipit	228	14
Great Egret	225	33
Forster's Tern	210	17
Lesser Scaup	204	13
Gadwall	189	10
Savannah Sparrow	181	22
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	175	111
Red-shouldered Hawk	169	104
Wild Turkey	161	28
Rusty Blackbird	157	23
Bufflehead	154	17
Eastern Phoebe	145	98
Red-headed Woodpecker	139	88
White-winged Dove	109	5
Common Loon	103	25
Northern Flicker	103	68
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	101	79
Semipalmated Plover	100	1
Vesper Sparrow	91	13
Northern Shoveler	90	12
Belted Kingfisher	84	57
Pileated Woodpecker	81	63
Hairy Woodpecker	80	57
House Wren	80	53
Royal Tern	80	9
American Kestrel	78	50
Wilson's Snipe	73	15
Cooper's Hawk	71	56
Pied-billed Grebe	68	27
White-crowned Sparrow	68	23
Hooded Merganser	63	15
Purple Martin	61	23
Common Ground-Dove	57	19
Golden-crowned Kinglet	55	27
Swamp Sparrow	55	20
Green-winged Teal	52	6
Brown Creeper	48	31
Red-breasted Merganser	46	9
Willet	46	11
Greater White-fronted Goose	40	1
Loggerhead Shrike	39	29
Sharp-shinned Hawk	39	28
Ruddy Turnstone	38	6
Bald Eagle	34	22
Fish Crow	34	16
Tree Swallow	33	2
Palm Warbler	32	13
American White Pelican	30	6
Osprey	29	16
Great Horned Owl	28	19
Northern Bobwhite	28	11
Piping Plover	27	2
Red-breasted Nuthatch	27	20
Ruddy Duck	27	7
Black-bellied Plover	26	3
American Wigeon	25	7
Winter Wren	25	18
Fox Sparrow	23	13
Snowy Egret	23	4
Barred Owl	22	14
Hermit Thrush	22	16
Short-billed Dowitcher	22	2
Boat-tailed Grackle	21	4
Peregrine Falcon	21	8
Horned Grebe	20	4
Northern Gannet	20	5
Northern Harrier	18	11
Eastern Screech-Owl	17	10
American Woodcock	16	5
Blue-headed Vireo	16	10
Northern Pintail	14	5
Snowy Plover	14	1
Common Yellowthroat	13	8
Greater Scaup	13	4
American Black Duck	12	5
Common Goldeneye	12	4
Caspian Tern	11	1
Gray Catbird	11	8
Black-crowned Night-Heron	10	4
Horned Lark	10	5
Least Sandpiper	10	4
Merlin	10	6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	10	4
Orange-crowned Warbler	10	9
Western Sandpiper	10	1
Blue-winged Teal	9	3
Canvasback	9	4
Cattle Egret	9	2
Common Moorhen	9	4
Evening Grosbeak	9	4
Greater Yellowlegs	9	5
Lapland Longspur	9	3
Redhead	9	4
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	9	3
Pectoral Sandpiper	8	3
Franklin's Gull	7	2
Sora	7	3
Common Tern	6	3
Lesser Yellowlegs	6	2
Little Blue Heron	6	3
Rufous Hummingbird	6	6
Anhinga	5	4
Baltimore Oriole	5	5
Barn Owl	5	5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	5	5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	5	5
Grasshopper Sparrow	4	3
Tricolored Heron	4	2
American Oystercatcher	3	1
Marsh Wren	3	2
Reddish Egret	3	2
Whooping Crane	3	1
Great Black-backed Gull	2	2
Mottled Duck	2	1
Sedge Wren	2	1
Whip-poor-will	2	1
Yellow-throated Warbler	2	2
American Bittern	1	1
Black-and-white Warbler	1	1
Broad-winged Hawk	1	1
Clapper Rail	1	1
Green Heron	1	1
Hooded Oriole	1	1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	1	1
Total	103,970

A total of 181 species were reported.

See list of localities in Alabama with reports.

This report was updated 15-Mar-2009 16:25 ET. Bird checklists submitted to GBBC are included on these results within about 2 hours of submission.