List of birds of Kentucky
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This list of birds of Kentucky includes species documented in the U.S. state of Kentucky by the Kentucky Bird Records Committee (KBRC) of the Kentucky Ornithological Society through January 2023.[1] Another accidental species has been documented since that date.[2] Of the 394 species, 108 are classed as accidental and six were introduced to North America. Four are extinct and three have been extirpated. An additional nine species are hypothetical as defined below. Birds that are considered probable escapees, although they may have been sighted flying free, are not included. Three additional accidental species have been added from another source.
This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 62nd Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS).[3] Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
The following tags are used to designate some species:
- (A) Accidental - A species on the Kentucky review list, for which the KOS requires documentation
- (E) Extirpated - a species which no longer occurs in Kentucky but exists elsewhere
- (X) Extinct - a recent species that no longer exists
- (I) Introduced - a species established solely as result of direct or indirect human intervention
- (H) Hypothetical - species with only sight records or questionable reports, which also require documentation