Ecological Archives A025-036-A1

Torre J. Hovick, R. Dwayne Elmore, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, David M. Engle, and Robert G. Hamilton. 2015. Spatial heterogeneity increases diversity and stability in grassland bird communities. Ecological Applications 25:662–672. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1067.1

Appendix A (Table A1). All bird species detected and their abundances from 2011–2013 at the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Oklahoma, USA.

Common name

Scientific name

Detections

Habitat

Dickcissel

Spiza americana

3110

grassland

Grasshopper Sparrow

Ammodramus savannarum

1035

grassland

Eastern Meadowlark

Sturnella magna

684

grassland

Henslow's Sparrow

Ammodramus henslowii

290

grassland

Upland Sandpiper

Bartramia longicauda

81

grassland

Northern Bobwhite

Colinus virginianus

55

successional/scrub

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

40

wetland

Brown-headed Cowbird

Molothrus ater

39

grassland

American Goldfinch

Spinus tristus

24

successional/scrub

Bell's Vireo

Vireo bellii

21

successional/scrub

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

21

successional/scrub

Common Nighthawk

Chordeiles minor

18

grassland

Orchard Oriole

Icterus spurius

17

successional/scrub

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus forficatus

17

successional/scrub

Common Yellowthroat

Geothlypis trichas

16

successional/scrub

Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus

12

wetland

Field Sparrow

Spizella pusilla

11

successional/scrub

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

7

successional/scrub

Lark Sparrow

Chondestes grammacus

5

successional/scrub

Cliff Swallow

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

4

wetland

Clay-colored Sparrow

Spizella pallida

3

successional/scrub

Greater Prairie-Chicken

Tympanuchus cupido

3

grassland

Horned Lark

Eremophila alpestris

3

grassland

Loggerhead Shrike

Lanius ludovicianus

3

woodland

Downy Woodpecker

Picoides pubescens

2

woodland

Eastern Bluebird

Sialia sialis

2

woodland

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

2

wetland

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Archilochus colubris

2

woodland

Blue Grosbeak

Passerina caerulea

1

successional/scrub

Eastern Phoebe

Sayornis phoebe

1

woodland

Indigo Bunting

Passerina cyanea

1

successional/scrub

Northern Mockingbird

Mimus polyglottos

1

successional/scrub

Painted Bunting

Passerina ciris

1

successional/scrub

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

1

woodland

Savannah Sparrow

Passerculus sandwichensis

1

grassland


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