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Table 3.3--Some southeastern forest bird species and their sensitivities to urban and suburban development^*

Assemblage	Common name	Scientific name	Urban/suburban association
Mature-forest assemblage (late-successional forests)	Pine warbler	Dendroica pinus	tolerant
	Red-eyed vireo	Vireo olivaceus	intolerant
	Red-bellied woodpecker	Melanerpes carolinus	tolerant
	Wood thrush	Hylocichla mustelina	intolerant
	Ovenbird	Seiurus aurocapollus	intolerant
	Hooded warbler	Wilsonia citrina	intolerant
	Acadian flycatcher	Empidonax virescens	intolerant
	Scarlet tanager	Piranga olivacea	intolerant
	Northern parula	Parula americana	intolerant
	Black-and-white warbler	Mniotilta varia	intolerant
	Hairy woodpecker	Picoides villosus	tolerant
	Pileated woodpecker	Dryocopus pileatus	intolerant
	Yellow-throated warbler	Dendroica dominica	intolerant
	Prothonotary warbler	Protonotaria citrea	intolerant
	Kentucky warbler	Oporornis formosus	intolerant
	Louisiana waterthrush	Seiurus motacilla	intolerant
Shrubland (early-successional clearcuts)	Indigo bunting	Passerina cyanea	intolerant
	Yellow-breasted chat	Icteria virens	intolerant
	Common yellow-throat	Geothlypis trichas	intolerant
	White-eyed vireo	Vireo griseus	intolerant
	Prairie warbler	Dendroica discolor	intolerant
	Field sparrow	Spizella pusilla	intolerant
	Gray catbird	Dumetella carolinensis	tolerant
Forest-edge (fragmented landscapes)	Brown-headed cowbird	Molothrus ater	tolerant
	Northern mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos	tolerant
	Chipping sparrow	Spizella passerina	tolerant
	American robin	Turdus migratorius	tolerant
	Eastern bluebird	Sialia sialis	tolerant
	Common grackle	Quiscalus quiscula	tolerant
	Eastern kingbird	Tyrannus tyrannus	rural/agricultural
	Red-headed woodpecker	Melanerpes erythrocephalus	somewhat tolerant
	Orchard oriole	Icterus spurius	rural/agricultural
	House finch	Carpodacus mexicanus	tolerant
Habitat generalist	Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	tolerant
	Carolina wren	Thryothorus ludovicianus	tolerant
	Tufted titmouse	Baeolophus bicolor	tolerant
	Blue-gray gnatcatcher	Polioptila caerulea	intolerant
	Carolina chickadee	Poecile carolinensis	tolerant
	Blue jay	Cyanocitta cristata	tolerant
	Great crested flycatcher	Myiarchus crinitus	somewhat tolerant
	Summer tanager	Piranga rubra	intolerant
	Downy woodpecker	Picoides pubescens	tolerant
	Yellow-billed cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus	intolerant
	Eastern wood pewee	Contopus virens	intolerant
	Mourning dove	Zenaida macroura	tolerant
	Common crow	Corvus brachyrhynchos	tolerant
	Northern bobwhite	Colinus virginianus	intolerant
	Brown thrasher	Toxostoma rufum	intolerant
	Northern flicker	Colaptes auratus	tolerant
	American goldfinch	Carduelis tristis	tolerant
	Red-shouldered hawk	Buteo lineatus	tolerant
	Yellow-throated vireo	Vireo flavifrons	intolerant
	Ruby-throated hummingbird	Archilochus colubris	tolerant
	Eastern phoebe	Sayornis phoebe	tolerant
	Eastern screech-owl	Otus asio	tolerant
	Common nighthawk	Chordeiles minor	tolerant
	White-breasted nuthatch	Sitta carolinensis	tolerant

^*Adapted from: Canterbury and others, 2000. Based on results from: Engels and Sexton (1994), Smith and Schaefer (1992), Dowd (1992), Beissinger and Osborne (1982), Rottenborn (1999), Linehan and others (1967), Blair (1996), Goldstein and others (1986), Friesen and others (1995), Long and Long (1992), Askins and Philbrick (1987), Aldrich and Coffin (1980), Bolen and Robinson (1995), Zimmerman (1991), and Hines and Anastasi (1973).

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