Birds
Total Species Count: 144
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Updated 4.1.25
Hawks, eagles, kites & Allies
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Not pictured:
Haliaeetus leucocephalus // Bald Eagle
Accipiter striatus // Sharp-shinned Hawk
Astur cooperii // Cooper's Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis // Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo lineatus // Red-shouldered Hawk
Circus hudsonius // Northern Harrier
Elanus leucurus // White-tailed Kite
Pandion haliaetus carolinensis // American Osprey
Waterfowl
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Not pictured:
Melanitta perspicillata // Surf Scoter
Branta canadensis // Canada Goose
Anser caerulescens // Snow Goose
Spatula clypeata // Northern Shoveler
Branta bernicla // Brant
Aix sponsa // Wood Duck
Anas platyrhynchos // Mallard
Aythya collaris // Ring-necked Duck
Mareca americana // American Wigeon
Mergus serrator // Red-breasted Merganser
Oxyura jamaicensis // Ruddy Duck
Spatula cyanoptera // Cinnamon Teal
Spatula discors // Blue-winged Teal
HUmmingbirds & Swifts
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Calypte anna // Anna's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sasin // Allen's Hummingbird
New World Vultures
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Cathartiformes
Cathartes aura // Turkey Vulture
Shorebirds
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Not pictured:
Anarhynchus nivosus // Snowy Plover
Sternula antillarum browni // California Least Tern
Pluvialis fulva // Pacific Golden-Plover
Actitis macularius // Spotted Sandpiper
Calidris alpina // Dunlin
Calidris mauri // Western Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla // Least Sandpiper
Charadrius semipalmatus // Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius vociferus // Killdeer
Fulica americana // Long-billed Curlew
Haematopus bachmani // Black Oystercatcher
Himantopus mexicanus // Black-necked Stilt
Larus occidentalis // Western Gull
Limosa fedoa // Marbled Godwit
Numenius phaeopus // Whimbrel
Phalaropus lobatus // Red-necked Phalarope
Pluvialis squatarola // Black-bellied Plover
Recurvirostra americana // American Avocet
Rynchops niger // Black Skimmer
Sternula antillarum // Least Tern
Sterna forsteri // Forster's Tern
Thalasseus maximus // Royal Tern
Tringa melanoleuca // Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa semipalmata // Willet
Pigeons & doves
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Not pictured:
Zenaida macroura // Mourning Dove
Columba livia // Rock Pigeon
Kingfishers
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Megaceryle alcyon // Belted Kingfisher
Cuckoos
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Not pictured:
Geococcyx californianus // Greater Roadrunner
Falcons & caracaras
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Falco columbarius // Merlin
Falco sparverius // American Kestrel
Landfowl
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Not pictured:
Callipepla californica // California Quail
Callipepla gambelii // Gambel’s Quail
Alectoris chukar // Chukar
Meleagris gallopavo // Wild Turkey
Cranes, rails & allies
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Not pictured:
Antigone canadensis // Sandhill Crane
Porzana carolina // Sora
Rallus limicola // Virginia Rail
Fulica americana // American Coot
Gallinula galeata // Common Gallinule
Rallus obsoletus levipes // Light-footed Ridgway's Rail
Perching Birds
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Not pictured:
Corthylio calendula // Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Regulus satrapa // Golden-crowned Kinglet
Bombycilla cedrorum // Cedar Waxwing
Turdus migratorius // American Robin
Melozone crissalis // California Towhee
Phainopepla nitens // Phainopepla
Cardinalis sinuatus // Pyrrhuloxia
Corvus brachyrhynchos // American Crow
Cyanocitta stelleri // Steller’s Jay
Haemorhous mexicanus // House Finch
Junco hyemalis // Dark-eyed Junco
Pica nuttalli // Yellow-billed Magpie
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus // Cactus Wren
Mimus polyglottos // Northern Mockingbird
Cardinalis cardinalis // Nothern Cardinal
Sitta canadensis // Red-breasted Nuthacth
Petrochelidon fulva // Cave Swallow
Himatione sanguinea // ‘Apapane
Chlorodrepanis virens // Hawai’i ‘Amakihi
Auriparus flaviceps // Verdin
Acridotheres tristis // Common Myna
Polioptila caerulea // Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Agelaius phoeniceus // Red-winged Blackbird
Amphispiza bilineata // Black-throated Sparrow
Aphelocoma californica // California Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma insularis // Island Scub-Jay
Cardellina pusilla // Wilson's Warbler
Certhia americana // Brown Creeper
Corvus corax // Common Raven
Drepanis coccinea // I'iwi
Haemorhous purpureus // Purple Finch
Lanius ludovicianus // Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus anthonyi // Island Loggerhead Shrike
Lonchura punctulata // Scaly-breasted Munia
Melospiza melodia // Song Sparrow
Passer domesticus // House Sparrow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota // Cliff Swallow
Pipilo chlorurus // Green-tailed Towhee
Pipilo maculatus // Spotted Towhee
Polioptila californica // California Gnatcatcher
Psaltriparus minimus // Bushtit
Quiscalus mexicanus // Great-tailed Grackle
Salpinctes obsoletus // Rock Wren
Sayornis nigricans // Black Phoebe
Sayornis saya // Say's Phoebe
Setophaga coronata // Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga townsendi // Townsend's Warbler
Sialia mexicana // Western Bluebird
Sitta carolinensis // White-breasted Nuthatch
Spinus psaltria // Lesser Goldfinch
Sturnus vulgaris // European Starling
Thryomanes bewickii // Bewick's Wren
Zonotrichia leucophrys // White-crowned Sparrow
Herons, Ibises & Allies
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Ardea alba // Great Egret
Ardea herodias // Great Blue Heron
Butorides virescens // Green Heron
Egretta caerulea // Little Blue Heron
Egretta rufescens // Reddish Egret
Egretta thula // Snowy Egret
Egretta tricolor // Tricolored Heron
Nyctanassa violacea // Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax // Black-crowned Night Heron
Plegadis chihi // White-faced Ibis
Pelicans
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Pelecanidae
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos // American Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis // Brown Pelican
Woodpeckers & Allies
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Not pictured:
Melanerpes lewis // Lewis’s Woodpecker
Dryobates albolarvatus // White-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes uropygialis // Gila Woodpecker
Dryobates scalaris // Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Colaptes auratus // Northern Flicker
Dryobates nuttallii // Nuttall's Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorus // Acorn Woodpecker
Grebes
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Podicipediformes
Aechmophorus occidentalis // Western Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis // Eared Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps // Pied-billed Grebe
Owls
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Not pictured:
Bubo virginianus // Great Horned Owl
Tyto furcata // American Barn Owl
Athene cunicularia // Burrowing Owl
Gannets, Cormorants & Allies
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Suliformes
Not pictured:
Sula leucogaster // Brown Booby
Sula brewsteri // Cocos Booby
Nannopterum auritum // Double-crested Cormorant
Urile penicillatus // Brandt's Cormorant