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California
United States
464 Species
New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture
California Condor
Crows, Jays, and Magpies
American Crow
Common Raven
Steller's Jay
California Scrub-Jay
Yellow-billed Magpie
Clark's Nutcracker
Canada Jay
Pinyon Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Starlings
European Starling
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
Canada Goose
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Ruddy Duck
Snow Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
Red-breasted Merganser
duck sp.
Brant
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Pintail
Common Merganser
Canvasback
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Surf Scoter
Tufted Duck
Greater White-fronted Goose (Western)
Blue-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Ross's Goose
Wood Duck
Snow/Ross's Goose
Harlequin Duck
Tundra Swan
Redhead
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Mute Swan
Muscovy Duck (Domestic type)
Long-tailed Duck
Cackling Goose (Aleutian)
Black Swan
Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Green-winged Teal (American)
Common x Barrow's Goldeneye (hybrid)
Emperor Goose
Tundra Swan (Bewick's)
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
African Collared-Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
White-winged Dove
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
Sora
American Coot
Virginia Rail
Ridgway's Rail
Common Gallinule
American Coot (Red-shielded)
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Plovers and Lapwings
Killdeer
Snowy Plover
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Mountain Plover
Sandpipers and Allies
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Willet
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Sanderling
Dunlin
Western Sandpiper
peep sp.
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Wilson's Snipe
Lesser Yellowlegs
Short-billed Dowitcher
Red Knot
Red-necked Phalarope
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Wilson's Phalarope
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Red Phalarope
Whimbrel (Hudsonian)
Willet (Western)
Ruff
Red/Red-necked Phalarope
Baird's Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
California Gull
gull sp.
American Herring Gull
Western Gull
Forster's Tern
Heermann's Gull
Common Tern
Ring-billed Gull
Caspian Tern
Elegant Tern
Bonaparte's Gull
Short-billed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Iceland Gull (Thayer's)
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Iceland Gull
Black Tern
Little Gull
Yellow-footed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Sabine's Gull
Least Tern
Common/Arctic Tern
Arctic Tern
Black Skimmer
Royal Tern
tern sp.
Ross's Gull
Larus sp.
Franklin's Gull
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western/Clark's Grebe
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
Black-crowned Night Heron
Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
American Bittern
Green Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
Little Blue Heron
Great Egret (American)
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
White-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.)
hawk sp.
Swainson's Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo sp.
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis)
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk (elegans)
Tyrant Flycatchers
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Western Wood-Pewee
Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope)
Western Kingbird
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Vermilion Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Hammond's/Dusky Flycatcher
Cassin's Kingbird
Tropical Kingbird
Gray Flycatcher
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Long-tailed Tits
Bushtit
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Wrens
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Rock Wren
Pacific Wren
Cactus Wren
Northern House Wren
Winter Wren
Canyon Wren
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Northern Mockingbird
California Thrasher
Sage Thrasher
Gray Catbird
LeConte's Thrasher
Thrushes and Allies
Hermit Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Western Bluebird
Varied Thrush
Townsend's Solitaire
Mountain Bluebird
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Lawrence's Goldfinch
Cassin's Finch
Pine Grosbeak
Pine Siskin
European Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
House/Purple Finch
Purple Finch (Western)
New World Sparrows
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia sp.
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Nelson's Sparrow
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Abert's Towhee
Sagebrush Sparrow
Bell's Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
new world sparrow sp.
Sagebrush/Bell's Sparrow (Sage Sparrow)
White-throated Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's)
Harris's Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)
Fox Sparrow (Sooty)
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)
Fox Sparrow (Thick-billed)
Cassin's Sparrow
Troupials and Allies
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Tricolored Blackbird
Bullock's Oriole
blackbird sp.
Brown-headed Cowbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Hooded Oriole
Scott's Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored)
New World Warblers
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)
Townsend's Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
Black-throated Gray Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
American Redstart
Hermit Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Lucy's Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
new world warbler sp.
Painted Redstart
Northern Parula
Blackpoll Warbler
Falcons and Caracaras
Peregrine Falcon
American Kestrel
Prairie Falcon
Merlin
falcon sp.
Cormorants and Shags
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Brandt's Cormorant
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Mountain Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Woodpeckers
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Acorn Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Lewis's Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)
Pileated Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
Owls
Burrowing Owl
Great Horned Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Long-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Short-eared Owl
Spotted Owl
Barred Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Snowy Owl
Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Gray Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Cassin's/Plumbeous Vireo
Parrotbills
Wrentit
Nuthatches
Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Treecreepers
Brown Creeper
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Sooty Grouse
Chukar
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Brown Pelican (California)
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Swallows
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Cliff Swallow
swallow sp.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow (American)
Cardinals and Allies
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Summer Tanager
Blue Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
New World Quail
California Quail
Gambel's Quail
Mountain Quail
Swifts
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift
Black Swift
Osprey
Osprey
Larks
Horned Lark
Oystercatchers
Black Oystercatcher
Auks, Murres, and Puffins
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Cassin's Auklet
Common Murre
Tufted Puffin
Ancient Murrelet
Craveri's Murrelet
Scripps's/Guadalupe/Craveri's Murrelet
Scripps's Murrelet
Scripps's/Guadalupe Murrelet (Xantus's Murrelet)
Loons
Common Loon
Pacific Loon
Red-throated Loon
loon sp.
Yellow-billed Loon
Ibises and Spoonbills
White-faced Ibis
Barn-Owls
American Barn Owl
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Snow Bunting
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Albatrosses
Black-footed Albatross
Laysan Albatross
Shearwaters and Petrels
Northern Fulmar
Pink-footed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Black-vented Shearwater
Cook's Petrel
Hawaiian Petrel
Cuckoos
Greater Roadrunner
Flamingos
Chilean Flamingo
Penduline-Tits
Verdin
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
California Gnatcatcher
Silky-flycatchers
Phainopepla
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Skuas and Jaegers
South Polar Skua
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
Northern Storm-Petrels
Ashy Storm-Petrel
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Black Storm-Petrel
Nightjars and Allies
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Dippers
American Dipper
New World and African Parrots
Lilac-crowned Amazon
Southern Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Boobies and Gannets
Masked/Nazca Booby
Northern Gannet
Cocos Booby
Waxbills and Allies
Scaly-breasted Munia
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