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Winter Birds of Kentucky |
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Below are listed some of the birds most likely to be found in Kentucky during the winter months. Most of these can be observed every winter; some will be found only occasionally. And, of course, there may be many others not listed that may be seen in Kentucky during any given winter. And that's the stuff that makes birding interesting!!!
| Common Loon | American Kestrel | |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Short-eared Owl | |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Eastern Screech-owl | |
| Snow Goose | Long-eared Owl | |
| Canada Goose | Great Horned Owl | |
| Mallard | Barred Owl | |
| American Black Duck | Barn Owl | |
| Northern Pintail | Mourning Dove | |
| Gadwall | Belted Kingfisher | |
| American Wigeon | Red-headed Woodpecker | |
| Northern Shoveler | Pileated Woodpecker | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Northern Flicker | |
| Green-winged Teal | Red-bellied Woodpecker | |
| Wood Duck | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | |
| Canvasback | Downy Woodpecker | |
| Redhead | Hairy Woodpecker | |
| Ring-necked Duck | Eastern Phoebe | |
| Lesser Scaup | Horned Lark | |
| Greater Scaup | American Crow | |
| Bufflehead | Blue Jay | |
| Ruddy Duck | Carolina Chickadee | |
| Hooded Merganser | Tufted Titmouse | |
| American Coot | White-breasted Nuthatch | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Red-breasted Nuthatch | |
| Herring Gull | Brown Creeper | |
| Great Blue Heron | Winter Wren | |
| Black-crowned Night-heron | Bewick's Wren | |
| Sandhill Crane | Carolina Wren | |
| Killdeer | Golden-crowned Kinglet | |
| Common Snipe | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | |
| Wild Turkey | Northern Mockingbird | |
| Ruffed Grouse | Brown Thrasher | |
| Northern Bobwhite | Eastern Bluebird | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | American Robin | |
| Cooper's Hawk | Hermit Thrush | |
| Northern Harrier | Loggerhead Shrike | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Cedar Waxwing | |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Yellow-rumped Warbler | |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Pine Warbler | |
| Bald Eagle | Red-winged Blackbird | |
| Osprey | Brown-headed Cowbird | |
| Turkey Vulture | Rusty Blackbird | |
| Black Vulture | Brewer's Blackbird | |
| Common Grackle | White-throated Sparrow | |
| Eastern Meadowlark | White-crowned Sparrow | |
| European Starling | Field Sparrow | |
| House sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | |
| Dark-eyed Junco | American Tree Sparrow | |
| Northern Cardinal | Fox Sparrow | |
| House Finch | Song Sparrow | |
| Purple Finch | Vesper Sparrow | |
| American Goldfinch | Savannah Sparrow | |
| Pine Sisken | LeConte's Sparrow | |
| Eastern Towhee |
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