List of birds in California

The crested quail ( Callipepla californica ) is the official state bird of California .

The List of Birds in California lists the species of birds that are or have been found in California . It follows the Official California Bird List published by the California Birds Records Committee (CBRC) as of February 2, 2014.

The list includes a total of 657 species, 11 of which are not originally native to California, but are now established. Two of these neozoa have since been exterminated, with one of these two species being deliberately reintroduced in California at the moment, but not yet fully native again.

The order of the species in this list is aligned with that of the Check-List of North American Birds of the North American Ornithologists' Union (7th edition).

The bird life of California

Pinnacles National Natural Landmark in the Mojave Desert
The Sacramento River Valley in California's Long Valley
Mount Whitney in the Sierra Nevada
Coastal rainforest in Redwood National Park

According to Jules Evens and Ian Tait, authors of an authoritative introduction to the birds of California ( Introduction to California Birdlife , 2005), making more than 600 occurring in the area of the State of California birds about three quarters of the entire United States occurring bird species. Evens and Tait attribute this unprecedented diversity to a combination of favorable climatic conditions and the diverse land surface of the state in the far west of the USA, which is favorable to a large number of different habitats . With its extremely heterogeneous landscape forms - from the dry desert to the mountains of the Sierra Nevada and the fertile Californian long valley to the temperate rainforest on the northern Pacific coast - California offers an above-average number of different habitats for birds. California is the only region on the mainland of the United States that is designated as an Endemic Bird Area .

Endemic

Two bird species and 60 subspecies are endemic to California , so they only occur there. The island jay ( Aphelocoma insularis ) occurs only on Santa Cruz Island , an island of only 245 square kilometers in the Channel Islands National Park . It differs from its closest relative on the mainland, the western bush jay ( Aphelocoma californica ) in its size, color, voice and nesting behavior. The distribution area of the yellow-billed elster ( Pica nuttalli ) is limited to the Californian long valley and the valleys of the coastal mountains south of San Francisco. In addition to the Nuttall woodpecker ( Picoides nuttallii ), it is one of two Californian endemics named after the English zoologist Thomas Nuttall (1786–1859), who was one of the first Europeans to describe the fauna and flora of California. The California condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ), extinct in the wild from 1987 to 1992, has been reintroduced into the wild since 1992 as part of the largest conservation breeding program in the United States. While the condor was endemic to California for a long time, it is now found not only in Big Sur and the Pinnacles National Park of California, but also in northeastern Arizona and in the north of the Mexican state of Baja California .

Endemic and formerly endemic species of California
Island jay ( Aphelocoma insularis )
Yellow-billed lobster ( Pica nuttalli )
California condor ( Gymnogyps californianus )

Neozoa

Of the 657 bird species found in California, 9 belong to the neozoa , the non-native species:

Chukar chicken ( Alectoris chukar )

Pheasant ( Phasianus colchicus )

White-tailed ptarmigan ( Lagopus leucura )

Turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo )

Rock dove ( Columba livia )

Pearl-necked pigeon ( Streptopelia chinensis )

Red-Crowned Amazon ( Amazona viridigenalis )

Starling ( Sturnus vulgaris )

House Sparrow ( Passer domesticus )

Four of these species (chukar chicken, pheasant, white-tailed ptarmigan and turkey) were introduced as game animals. Of these, the pheasant, of which the California Fish and Game Commission imported a total of 5,000 animals by 1916, has achieved the widest distribution.

Species list

Legend

* - Species pending review as only four or fewer sightings over the last ten years (189 species)
I - Originally not native to California, but established today (9 species)
E - Extinct in California (1 species)
RI - Reintroduction started, species but not completely at home again (1 species)

P - At least one photographically documented sighting (112 species)
V - At least one sighting documented by video (24 species)
A - At least one sighting documented by sound recording (9 species)
S - Documented solely through observation (2 species)

Goose birds (Anseriformes)

Duck birds (Anatidae)

Autumn Whistled Goose ( Dendrocygna autumnalis ) - Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - * P

Yellow Whistling Goose ( Dendrocygna bicolor ) - Fulvous Whistling-Duck - *

Bean Goose ( Anser fabalis ) - Bean Goose - * P

White-fronted Goose ( Anser albifrons ) - Greater White-fronted Goose

Emperor Goose ( Anser canagicus ) - Emperor Goose - *

Snow Goose ( Anser caerulescens ) - Snow Goose

Ross's Goose ( Anser rossii ) - Ross's Goose

Brent Goose ( Branta bernicla ) - Brant

Cackling goose ( Branta hutchinsii ) - Cackling Goose

Canada Goose ( Branta canadensis ) - Cackling Goose

Trumpeter Swan ( Cygnus buccinator ) - Trumpeter Swan - P

Whistling Swan ( Cygnus columbianus ) - Tundra Swan

Whooper Swan ( Cygnus cygnus ) - Whooper Swan - * P

Wood Duck ( Aix sponsa ) - Wood Duck

Gadwall ( Anas strepera ) - Gadwall

Sickle duck ( Anas falcata ) - Falcated Duck - P *

Wigeon ( Anas penelope ) - Eurasian Wigeon

North American Wigeon ( Anas americana ) - American Wigeon

Dark Duck ( Anas rubripes ) - American Black Duck - *

Mallard ( Anas platyrhynchos ) - Mallard

Blue-winged Teal ( Anas discors ) - Blue-winged Teal

Cinnamon ( Anas cyanoptera ) - Cinnamon Teal

Shoveler ( Anas clypeata ) - Northern Shoveler

Northern pintail ( Anas acuta )

Teal ( Anas querquedula ) - Garganey - *

Baikalente ( Anas formosa ) - Baikal Teal - *

Common Teal ( Anas crecca ) - Green-winged Teal

Giant pochard ( Aythya valisineria ) - Canvasback

Redhead ( Aythya americana ) - Redhead

Pochard ( Aythya ferina ) - Common Pochard - * P

Ring- billed Duck ( Aythya collaris ) - Ring-necked Duck

Tufted Duck ( Aythya fuligula ) - Tufted Duck

Scapular Duck ( Aythya marila ) - Greater Scaup

Violet Duck ( Aythya affinis ) - Lesser Scaup

Black Duck ( Polysticta stelleri ) - Steller's Eider - * P

King Eider ( Somateria spectabilis ) - King Eider - *

Eider ( Somateria mollissima ) - Common Eider - * P

Collared Duck ( Histrionicus histrionicus ) - Harlequin Duck

Surf scoter ( Melanitta perspicillata ) - Surf Scoter

Velvet Scoter ( Melanitta fusca ) - White-winged Scoter

American scoter ( Melanitta americana ) - Black Scoter

Tailed duck ( clangula hyemalis ) - Long-tailed Duck

Buffalo head ( Bucephala albeola ) - Bufflehead

Goldeneye ( Bucephala clangula ) - Common Goldeneye

Spatula Duck ( Bucephala islandica ) - Barrow's Goldeneye

Dwarf Slayer ( Mergellus albellus ) - Smew - * PV

Hooded Merganser ( Lophodytes cucullatus ) - Hooded Merganser

Goosander ( Mergus merganser ) - Common Merganser

Midsummer ( Mergus serrator ) - Red-breasted Merganser

Ruddy duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis ) - Ruddy Duck

Chicken birds (Galliformes)

Toothed quail (Odontophoridae)

Mountain quail ( Oreortyx pictus ) - Mountain Quail
Quail ( Callipepla californica ) - California Quail
Helmet Quail ( Callipepla gambelii ) - Gambel's Quail

Pheasants (Phasianidae)

Chukar chicken ( Alectoris chukar ) - Chukar - I.

Pheasant ( Phasianus colchicus ) - Ring-necked Pheasant - I.

Ruffed Grouse ( Bonasa umbellus ) - Ruffed Grouse

Mugwort Grouse ( Centrocercus urophasianus ) - Greater Sage-Grouse

White-tailed ptarmigan ( Lagopus leucura ) - White-tailed Ptarmigan - IP

Rock Mountain Grouse ( Dendragapus obscurus fuliginosus ) - Sooty Grouse

Sharp-tailed grouse ( Tympanuchus phasianellus ) - Sharp-tailed Grouse - E

Wild Turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo ) - Wild Turkey - I

Loons (Gaviiformes)

Loons (Gaviidae)

Red-throated Loon ( Gavia stellata ) - Red-throated Loon
Black-throated diver ( Gavia arctica ) - Arctic Loon - *
Pacific Diver ( Gavia pacifica ) - Pacific Loon
Common Loon ( Gavia immer ) - Common Loon
Yellow-billed loon ( Gavia adamsii ) - Yellow-billed Loon - *

Grebes (Podicipediformes)

Grebes (Podicipedidae)

Black-headed Grebe ( Tachybaptus dominicus ) - Least Grebe - *
Pied-billed Grebe ( Podilymbus podiceps ) - Pied-billed Grebe
Slavonian Grebe ( Podiceps auritus ) - Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe ( Podiceps grisegena ) - Red-necked Grebe
Black-necked Grebe ( Podiceps nigricollis ) - Eared Grebe
Racing diver ( Aechmophorus occidentalis ) - Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe ( Aechmophorus clarkii ) - Clark's Grebe

Tubular noses (Procellariiformes)

Albatrosses (Diomedeidae)

White-capped albatross ( Thalassarche cauta ) - Shy Albatross - * P
Light-mantled albatross ( Phoebetria palpebrata ) - Light-mantled Albatross - * PV
Wandering ( Diomedea exulans ) - Wandering Albatross - * P
Laysan Albatross ( Phoebastria immutabilis ) - Laysan Albatross
Black-footed albatross ( Phoebastria nigripes ) - Black-footed Albatross
Short-tailed albatross ( Phoebastria albatrus ) - Short-tailed Albatross - *

Petrels (Procellariidae)

Fulmar ( Fulmarus glacialis ) - Northern Fulmar
Long -winged petrel ( Pterodroma macroptera ) - Great-winged Petrel - * PV
Murphy's Petrel ( Pterodroma ultima ) - Murphy's Petrel
Shearwater ( Pterodroma inexpectata ) - Mottled Petrel
Hawaii Petrel ( Pterodroma sandwichensis ) - Hawaiian Petrel - PV
Cook Petrel ( Pterodroma cookii ) - Cook's Petrel
Stejneger petrel ( Pterodroma longirostris ) - Stejneger's Petrel - * P
Bulwer's Petrel ( Bulweria bulwerii ) - Bulwer's Petrel - * P
White-chinned petrel ( Procellaria aequinoctialis ) - White-chinned Petrel - * PV
Parkinson's Petrel ( Procellaria parkinsoni ) - Parkinson's Petrel - * P
White-faced Shearwater ( Calonectris leucomelas ) - Streaked Shearwater - *
Yellow-billed Shearwater ( Calonectris diomedea ) - Cory's Shearwater - * P
Pink-footed shearwater ( Puffinus creatopus ) - Pink-footed Shearwater
Pale -footed Shearwater ( Puffinus carneipes ) - Flesh-footed Shearwater
Great Shearwater ( Puffinus gravis ) - Great Shearwater - * P
Wedge-tailed Shearwater ( Puffinus pacificus ) - Wedge-tailed Shearwater - * P
Gray-necked Shearwater ( Puffinus bulleri ) - Buller's Shearwater
Dark Shearwater ( Puffinus griseus ) - Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed shearwaters ( Puffinus tenuirostris ) - Short-tailed Shearwater
Atlantic Shearwater ( Puffinus puffinus ) - Manx Shearwater - PV
Townsend Shearwater ( Puffinus auricularis ) - Townsend's Shearwater - *
Schwarzsteiß Shearwater ( Puffinus opisthomelas ) - Black-vented Shearwater

Petrels (Hydrobatidae)

Red- footed petrel ( Oceanites oceanicus ) - Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Fork-tailed petrel ( Oceanodroma furcata ) - Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel

Collar Petrel ( Oceanodroma hornbyi ) - Ringed Storm-Petrel - * P

Petrel ( Oceanodroma leucorhoa ) - Leach's Storm Petrel-

Single-color wave runner ( Oceanodroma homochroa ) - Ashy Storm-Petrel

Galapagos wave runner ( Oceanodroma tethys ) - Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel - *

Black-wave runner ( Oceanodroma melania ) - Black Storm-Petrel

Tristram wave runner ( Oceanodroma tristrami ) - Tristram's Storm-Petrel - * P

Dwarf-petrel ( Oceanodroma microsoma ) - Least Storm-Petrel

Tropical birds (Phaethontiformes)

Tropical birds (Phaethontidae)

White-tailed tropic bird ( Phaethon lepturus ) - White-tailed Tropic Bird - * P
Red-billed tropic bird ( Phaethon aethereus ) - Tropicbird Red-billed
Red-tailed tropic bird ( Phaethon rubricauda ) - Red-tailed Tropic Bird - *

Walking birds (Ciconiiformes)

Storks (Ciconiidae)

Wood Stork ( Mycteria americana ) - Wood Stork - *

Rudders without pelicans (Suliformes)

Frigate birds (Fregatidae)

Magnificent Frigatebird ( Fregata magnificens ) - Magnificent Frigatebird - *
Frigate ( Fregata minor ) - Great Frigatebird - * P
Ariel frigate bird ( Fregata ariel ) - Lesser Frigatebird - * P

Gannets (Sulidae)

Masked Booby ( Sula dactylatra ) - Masked Booby - * P
Blue-footed Booby ( Sula nebouxii ) - Blue-footed Booby - *
White-bellied Booby ( Sula leucogaster ) - Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby ( Sula sula ) - Red-footed Booby - *
Gannets ( Morus bassanus ) - Northern Gannet - * P

Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)

Paintbrush pod ( Phalacrocorax penicillatus ) - Brandt's Cormorant
Olive shag ( Phalacrocorax brasilianus ) - Neotropic Cormorant - P.
Ear shag ( Phalacrocorax auritus ) - Double-crested Cormorant
Red Sea Shark ( Phalacrocorax pelagicus ) - Pelagic Cormorant

Darter (Anhingidae)

American darter ( Anhinga anhinga ) - Anhinga - * P

Oarsopods (Pelecaniformes)

Pelicans (Pelecanidae)

Rhinoceros Pelican ( Pelecanus erythrorhynchos ) - American White Pelican
Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus occidentalis ) - Brown Pelican

Herons (Ardeidae)

North American bittern ( Botaurus lentiginosus ) - American bitter
American bittern ( Ixobrychus exilis ) - Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron ( Ardea herodias ) - Great Blue Heron
Egrets ( Ardea alba ) - Great Egret
Snowy Egret ( Egretta thula ) - Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron ( Egretta caerulea ) - Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron ( Egretta tricolor ) - Tricolored Heron - *
Eurasian Egret ( Egretta rufescens ) - Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret ( Bubulcus ibis ) - Cattle Egret
Green Heron ( Butorides virescens ) - Green Heron
Night Heron ( Nycticorax nycticorax ) - Black-crowned Night-Heron
Crab Heron ( Nyctanassa violacea ) - Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Ibises and spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)

Snow ibis ( Eudocimus albus ) - White Ibis - *

Brown ibis ( Plegadis falcinellus ) - Glossy Ibis - * P

White-faced ibis ( Plegadis chihi ) - White-faced Ibis

Roseate Spoonbill ( Platalea ajaja ) - Roseate Spoonbill - *

Birds of prey (Accipitriformes)

New World Vulture (Cathartidae)

Black Vulture ( Coragyps atratus ) - Black Vulture - * P

Turkey vulture ( Cathartes aura ) - Turkey Vulture

California condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ) - California condor - RI

Osprey (Pandionidae)

Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ) - Osprey

Hawk species (Accipitridae)

Schwalbenweih ( Elanoides forficatus ) - Swallow-tailed Kite - * P

Weißschwanzaar ( Elanus leucurus ) - White-tailed Kite

Mississippi Weih ( Ictinia mississippiensis ) - Mississippi Kite - *

Bald Eagle ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus ) - Bald Eagle

Hen Harrier ( Circus cyaneus ) - Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned hawk ( Accipiter striatus ) - Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk ( Accipiter cooperii ) - Cooper's Hawk

Goshawk ( Accipiter gentilis ) - Northern Goshawk

Crab Buzzard ( Buteogallus anthracinus ) - Common Black-Hawk - * P

Desert Buzzard ( Parabuteo unicinctus ) - Harris's Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk ( Buteo lineatus ) - Red-shouldered Hawk

Broad-winged Buzzard ( Buteo platypterus ) - Broad-winged Hawk

Two-banded Buzzard ( Buteo plagiatus ) - Gray Hawk - * PV

Prairie Buzzard ( Buteo swainsoni ) - Swainson's Hawk

Band -tailed Buzzard ( Buteo albonotatus ) - Zone-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Buzzard ( Buteo jamaicensis ) - Red-tailed Hawk

Royal Buzzard ( Buteo regalis ) - Ferruginous Hawk

Buzzard ( Buteo lagopus ) - Rough-legged Hawk

Golden Eagle ( Aquila chrysaetos ) - Golden Eagle

Crane birds (Gruiformes)

Railing birds (Rallidae)

Yellow rail ( Coturnicops noveboracensis ) - Yellow Rail

Slate rail ( Laterallus jamaicensis ) - Black Rail

Klapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris ) - Clapper Rail

Virginiaralle ( Rallus limicola ) - Virginia Rail

Carolina moorhen ( Porzana carolina ) - Sora

Dwarf Sultana ( Porphyrio martinica ) - Purple Gallinule - *

American Moorhen ( Gallinula galeata ) - Common Gallinule

American coot ( Fulica americana ) - American coot

Common crane (Gruidae)

Sandhill crane ( Grus canadensis ) - Sandhill Crane

Common crane ( Grus grus ) - * P

Plover-like (Charadriiformes)

Avocets (Recurvirostridae)

American stilt ( Himantopus mexicanus ) - Black-necked stilt
American Avocet ( Recurvirostra americana ) - American Avocet

Oystercatcher (Haematopodidae)

Brown-Mantled Oystercatcher ( Haematopus palliatus ) - American Oystercatcher
Cliff Oystercatcher ( Haematopus bachmani ) - Black Oystercatcher

Plover (Charadriidae)

Lapwing plover ( Pluvialis squatarola ) - Black-bellied plover
Greater Plover ( Pluvialis dominica ) - American Golden-Plover
Siberian golden plover ( Pluvialis fulva ) - Pacific golden-plover
Mongolian Ringed Plover ( Charadrius mongolus ) - Lesser Sand-Plover - * P

Great Ringed Plover ( Charadrius leschenaultii ) - Greater Sand-Plover - * PV

Kentish Plover ( Charadrius nivosus ) - Snowy Plover

Big-billed plover ( Charadrius wilsonia ) - Wilson's Plover - *

Ringed Plover ( Charadrius hiaticula ) - Common Ringed Plover - * PVA

America Ringed Plover ( Charadrius semipalmatus ) - Semipalmated Plover

Yellow-footed plover ( Charadrius melodus ) - Piping Plover - * P

Wedge-tailed plover ( Charadrius vociferus ) - Killdeer

Ringed Plover ( Charadrius montanus ) - Mountain Plover

Ringed Plover ( Charadrius morinellus ) - Eurasian Dotterel - * PV

Snipe birds (Scolopacidae)

Terek Sandpiper ( Xenus cinereus ) - Terek Sandpiper - * PV

Spotted Sandpiper ( Actitis macularius ) - Spotted Sandpiper

Lone water strider ( Tringa solitaria ) - Solitary Sandpiper

Gray-tailed tattler ( Tringa brevipes ) - Gray-tailed Tattler - * P

Wandering water strider ( Tringa incana ) - Wandering Tattler

Dark water strider ( Tringa erythropus ) - Spotted Redshank - * P

Large Yellow Legs ( Tringa melanoleuca ) - Greater Yellowlegs

Greenshank ( Tringa nebularia ) - Common Greenshank - * PV

Mud treaders ( Tringa semipalmata ) - Willet

Small Yellow Legs ( Tringa flavipes ) - Lesser Yellowlegs

Pond water strider ( Tringa stagnatilis ) - Marsh Sandpiper - * P

Wood Sandpiper ( Tringa glareola ) - Wood Sandpiper - * P

Prairie runner ( Bartramia longicauda ) - Upland Sandpiper - *

Whimbrel ( Numenius minutus ) - Little Curlew - * P

Whimbrel ( Numenius phaeopus ) - Whimbrel

Bristle-thighed curlew ( Numenius tahitiensis ) - Bristle-thighed Curlew - * PV

Whimbrel ( Numenius americanus ) - Long-billed Curlew

Hudsonian Godwit ( Limosa haemastica ) - Hudsonian Godwit - * P

Bar-tailed Godwit ( Limosa lapponica ) - Bar-tailed Godwit - *

American woodcock ( Limosa fedoa ) - Marbled Godwit

Ruddy Turnstone ( Arenaria interpres ) - Ruddy Turnstone

Black-headed Turnstone ( Arenaria melanocephala ) - Black Turnstone

Knutt ( Calidris canutus ) - Red Knot

Beachcombers ( Aphriza virgata ) - Surfbird

Ruff ( Philo pugnax ) - Ruff

Pointed -tailed Sandpiper ( Calidris acuminata ) - Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Bind beach runner ( Calidris himantopus ) - Stilt Sandpiper

Sickle sandpiper ( Calidris ferruginea ) - Curlew Sandpiper - *

Long-toed Sandpiper ( Calidris subminuta ) - Long-toed Stint - * P

Red-necked stint ( Calidris ruficollis ) - Red-necked Stint - * P

Sanderling ( Calidris alba ) - Sanderling

Alpine beach runner ( Calidris alpina ) - Dunlin

Bering beach runner ( Calidris ptilocnemis ) - Rock Sandpiper

Baird's Sandpiper ( Calidris bairdii ) - Baird's Sandpiper

Dwarf beach runner ( Calidris minuta ) - Little Stint - *

Meadow beach runners ( Calidris minutilla ) - Least Sandpiper

White-rumped sandpiper ( Calidris fuscicollis ) - White-rumped Sandpiper - *

Grass creeper ( Tryngites subruficollis ) - Buff – breasted Sandpiper

Gray-breasted Sandpiper ( Calidris melanotos ) - Pectoral Sandpiper

Sandy beach runner ( Calidris pusilla ) - Semipalmated Sandpiper

Mountain beach runner ( Calidris mauri ) - Western Sandpiper

Lesser Sandpiper ( Limnodromus griseus ) - Short-billed Dowitcher

Great Sandpiper ( Limnodromus scolopaceus ) - Long-billed Dowitcher

Miniature Snipe ( Lymnocryptes minimus ) - Jack Snipe - *

Wilsonbekassin ( Gallinago delicata ) - Wilson's Snipe

Common Snipe ( Gallinago gallinago ) - Common Snipe - * P

Canada godwit ( Scolopax minor ) - American Woodcock - * P

Wilson Water Treaders ( Phalaropus tricolor ) - Wilson's Phalarope

Odin's Grouse ( Phalaropus lobatus ) - Red-necked Phalarope

Thoroughbred ( Phalaropus fulicarius ) - Red Phalarope

Skuas (Stercorariidae)

Antarctic Skua ( Stercorarius maccormicki ) - South Polar Skua
Pomarine ( Stercorarius pomarinus ) - Pomarine Jaeger
Arctic Skua ( Stercorarius parasiticus ) - Parasitic Jaeger
Hawk sku ( Stercorarius longicaudus ) - Long-tailed Jaeger

Alkenbirds (Alcidae)

Guillemot ( Uria aalge ) - Common Murre

Thick-billed murre ( Uria lomvia ) - Thick-billed Murre - *

Pigeon Duck ( Cepphus columba ) - Pigeon Guillemot

Kamchatka marmelalk ( Brachyramphus perdix ) - Long – billed Murrelet - *

Marmelalk ( Brachyramphus marmoratus ) - Marbled Murrelet

Short-beaked lalk ( Brachyramphus brevirostris ) - Kittlitz's Murrelet - *

Lummenalk ( Synthliboramphus hypoleucus scrippsi ) - Scripps's Murrelet

Lummenalk ( Synthliboramphus hypoleucus hypoleucus ) - Guadalupe Murrelet

Craverialk ( Synthliboramphus craveri ) - Craveri's Murrelet

Silberalk ( Synthliboramphus antiquus ) - Ancient Murrelet

Aleutian aalk ( Ptychoramphus aleuticus ) - Cassin's Auklet

Red- beaked lalk ( Aethia psittacula ) - Parakeet Auklet

Least auklet ( Aethia pusilla ) - Least Auklet - *

Crested auklet ( Aethia cristatella ) - Crested Auklet - *

Rhinoceros auklet ( Cerorhinca monocerata ) - Rhinoceros Auklet

Hornlund ( Fratercula corniculata ) - Horned Puffin

Tufted Puffin ( Fratercula cirrhata ) - Tufted Puffin

Seagulls (Laridae)

Fork -tailed gull ( Creagrus furcatus ) - Swallow – tailed Gull - * P

Kittiwake ( Rissa tridactyla ) - Black-legged Kittiwake

Rock gull ( Rissa brevirostris ) - Red – legged Kittiwake - *

Ivory Gull ( Pagophila eburnea ) - Ivory Gull - * P

Swallow Gull ( Xema sabini ) - Sabine's Gull

Bonaparte Gull ( Chroicocephalus philadelphia ) - Bonaparte's Gull

Black-headed Gull ( Chroicocephalus ridibundus ) - Black-headed Gull - * P

Little Gull ( Hydrocoloeus minutus ) - Little Gull - *

Rose Gull ( Rhodostethia rosea ) - Ross's Gull - * P

Aztec Gull ( Leucophaeus atricilla ) - Laughing Gull

Prairie Gull ( Leucophaeus pipixcan ) - Franklin's Gull

Simeon 's Gull ( Larus belcheri ) - Belcher's Gull - * PV

Japanese gull ( Larus crassirostris ) - Black-tailed Gull - *

Heermann 's Gull ( Larus heermanni ) - Heermann's Gull

Common Gull ( Larus canus ) - Mew Gull

Ring-billed Gull ( Larus delawarensis ) - Ring-billed Gull

Western Gull ( Larus occidentalis ) - Western Gull

Yellow-footed gull ( Larus livens ) - Yellow-footed Gull

California Gull ( Larus californicus ) - California Gull

Herring Gull ( Larus argentatus ) - Herring Gull

Thayer's Gull ( Larus thayeri ) - Thayer's Gull

Iceland Gull ( Larus glaucoides ) - Iceland Gull - * P

Gull ( Larus fuscus ) - Lesser Black-backed Gull

Kamchatka Gull ( Larus schistisagus ) - Slaty – backed Gull - * P

Bering Gull ( Larus glaucescens ) - Glaucous – winged Gull

Glaucous gull ( Larus hyperboreus ) - Glaucous Gull

Gull ( Larus marinus ) - Great Black-backed Gull - * P

Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus ) - Sooty Tern - *

Chinstrap ( Onychoprion anaethetus ) - Bridled Tern - * P

American Little Tern ( Sternula antillarum ) - Least Tern

Salmon Tern ( Gelochelidon nilotica ) - Gull – billed Tern

Caspian tern ( Hydroprogne caspia ) - Caspian Tern

Black Tern ( Chlidonias niger ) - Black Tern

White-winged tern ( Chlidonias leucopterus ) - White-winged Tern - * PV

Tern ( Sterna hirundo ) - Common Tern

Arctic tern ( Sterna paradisaea ) - Arctic Tern

Forest Tern ( Sterna forsteri ) - Forster's Tern

Royal Tern ( Thalasseus maximus ) - Royal Tern

Sandwich Tern ( Sterna sandvicensis ) - Sandwich Tern - * P

Elegant tern ( Thalasseus elegans ) - Elegant Tern

Black mantle scissors beak ( Rynchops niger ) - Black Skimmer

Pigeons (columbiformes)

Pigeons (Columbidae)

Rock pigeon ( Columba livia ) - Rock Pigeon - I

Scaled- neck pigeon ( Patagioenas fasciata ) - ribbon-tailed pigeon
Oriental turtle dove ( Streptopelia orientalis ) - Oriental Turtle – Dove - * PV

Collared dove ( Streptopelia decaocto ) - Eurasian Collared – Dove - I.

Pearl-necked pigeon ( Streptopelia chinensis ) - Spotted Dove - I

White-winged dove ( Zenaida asiatica ) - White-winged Dove

Carolina Pigeon ( Zenaida macroura ) - Mourning Dove

Aztec pigeons ( Columbina inca ) - Inca Dove

Sparrow dust ( Columbina passerina ) - Common Ground – Dove

Rust pigeons ( Columbina talpacoti ) - Ruddy Ground – Dove

Cuckoo (Cuculiformes)

Cuckoos (Cuculidae)

Cuckoo ( Cuculus canorus ) - Common Cuckoo - * PV
Cory Cuckoo ( Coccyzus americanus ) - Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo ( Coccyzus erythropthalmus ) - Black-billed Cuckoo - *
Way Cuckoo ( Geococcyx californianus ) - Greater Roadrunner
Riefenschnabelani ( Crotophaga sulcirostris ) - Groove – billed Ani - * P

Owls (Strigiformes)

Barn Owls (Tytonidae)

Barn Owl ( Tyto alba ) - Barn Owl

Real owls (Strigidae)

Ponderosaeule ( Psiloscops flammeolus ) - Flammulated Owl

Western Screech-Owl ( Megascops kennicottii ) - Western Screech-Owl

Great Horned Owl ( Bubo virginianus ) - Great Horned Owl

Snowy Owl ( Bubo scandiacus ) - Snowy Owl - *

Gnome pygmy owl ( Glaucidium gnoma ) - Northern Pygmy – Owl

Elf owl ( Micrathene whitneyi ) - Elf Owl - *

Rabbit Owl ( Athene cunicularia ) - Burrowing Owl

Spotted Owl ( Strix occidentalis ) - Spotted Owl

Barred ( Strix varia ) - Barred Owl

Great Gray Owl ( Strix nebulosa ) - Great Gray Owl

Long-eared Owl ( Asio otus ) - Long-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl ( Asio flammeus ) - Short-eared Owl

Saw Whet Owl ( Aegolius acadicus ) - Northern Saw-whet Owl

Swallow-like (Caprimulgiformes)

Nightjar (Caprimulgidae)

Texas Nightjar ( Chordeiles acutipennis ) - Lesser Nighthawk

Falcon Nightjar ( Chordeiles minor ) - Common Nighthawk

Winter Nightjar ( Phalaenoptilus nuttallii ) - Common Poorwill

Carolina nightjar ( Caprimulgus carolinensis ) - Chuck – will's – widow - *

Brown-necked nightjar ( Caprimulgus ridgwayi ) - Buff – collared Nightjar - *

Black-throated nightjar ( Caprimulgus vociferus ) - Eastern Whip – poor – will - * PA

Arizona nightjar ( Caprimulgus arizonae ) - Mexican Whip – poor – will

Sailor birds (Apodiformes)

Sailors (Apodidae)

American Black Swift ( Cypseloides niger ) - Black Swift
Sailor collar ( streptoprocne zonaris ) - White-collared Swift - * S
Chimney Swift ( Chaetura pelagica ) - Chimney Swift
Gray belly sailors ( Chaetura vauxi ) - Vaux's Swift
Swifts ( Apus apus ) - Common Swift - * P
White-breasted Swift ( Aeronautes saxatalis ) - White – throated Swift

Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Small violet- eared hummingbird ( Colibri thalassinus ) - Green Violetear - * P

Violet Crown Brilliant Hummingbird ( Eugenes fulgens ) - Magnificent Hummingbird - * P

Blue-throated nymph ( Lampornis clemenciae ) - Blue-throated Hummingbird - * P

Ruby-throated Hummingbird ( Archilochus colubris ) - Ruby-throated Hummingbird - *

Black-chinned hummingbird ( Archilochus alexandri ) - Black-chinned Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird ( Calypte anna ) - Anna's Hummingbird

Violet head elf ( Calypte costae ) - Costa's hummingbird

Broad-tailed hummingbird ( Selasphorus platycercus ) - Broad-tailed hummingbird
Red-backed Zimtelfe ( Selasphorus rufus ) - Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's hummingbird ( Selasphorus sasin ) - Allen's hummingbird
Star Elf ( Selasphorus calliope ) - Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird ( Cynanthus latirostris ) - Broad-billed Hummingbird - * P
Veilchenscheitelamazilie ( Amazilia violiceps ) - Violet-crowned Hummingbird - * P
Black-fronted sapphire hummingbird ( Basilinna xantusii ) - Xantus's Hummingbird - * P

Rockers (Coraciiformes)

Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

Belted kingfisher ( Megaceryle alcyon ) - Belted Kingfisher

Woodpecker birds (Piciformes)

Woodpeckers (Picidae)

Blood-faced woodpecker ( Melanerpes lewis ) - Lewis's Woodpecker
Cardinal woodpecker ( Melanerpes erythrocephalus ) - Red-headed Woodpecker - *
Acorn woodpecker ( Melanerpes formicivorus ) - Acorn Woodpecker
Gilaspecht ( Melanerpes uropygialis ) - Gila Woodpecker
Pine sap tasty ( Sphyrapicus thyroideus ) - Williamson's Sapsucker

Yellow-bellied sap-sucker ( Sphyrapicus varius ) - Yellow-bellied sapsucker

Red-naped sap-sucker ( Sphyrapicus nuchalis ) - Red-naped sapsucker

Red-breasted sapsucker ( Sphyrapicus ruber ) - Red-breasted Sapsucker

Texan Woodpecker ( Picoides scalaris ) - Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Nuttall's Woodpecker ( Picoides nuttallii ) - Nuttall's Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker ( Picoides pubescens ) - downy woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker ( Picoides villosus ) - Hairy Woodpecker

Bald Woodpecker ( Picoides albolarvatus ) - White – headed Woodpecker

Black-backed woodpecker ( Picoides arcticus ) - Black-backed Woodpecker

Golden Woodpecker ( Colaptes auratus ) - Northern Flicker

Desert gold woodpecker ( Colaptes chrysoides ) - Gilded Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker ( Dryocopus pileatus ) - Pileated Woodpecker

Falconiformes

Falconies (Falconidae)

Caribbean caracara ( Caracara cheriway ) - Crested Caracara - * PV

Kestrel ( Falco tinnunculus ) - Eurasian Kestrel - * P

Great Spotted Falcon ( Falco sparverius ) - American Kestrel

Merlin ( Falco columbarius ) - Merlin

Gyrfalcon ( Falco rusticolus ) - Gyrfalcon - *

Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus ) - Peregrine Falcon

Prairie falcon ( Falco mexicanus ) - Prairie Falcon

Parrots (Psittaciformes)

True parrots (Psittacidae)

Red-Crowned Amazon ( Amazona viridigenalis ) - Red-crowned Parrot - I *

Passerines (Passeriformes)

Tyrants (Tyrannidae)

Olive-sided flycatcher ( Contopus cooperi ) - Olive-sided Flycatcher

Great snapper tyrant ( Contopus pertinax ) - Greater Pewee - *

Western forest tyrant ( Contopus sordidulus ) - Western Wood – Pewee

Eastern Forest Tyrant ( Contopus virens ) - Eastern Wood – Pewee - * PA

Birch Catcher ( Empidonax flaviventris ) - Yellow – bellied Flycatcher - *

Erlenschnäppertyrann ( Empidonax alnorum ) - Alder Flycatcher - *

Willow Tyrant ( Empidonax traillii ) - Willow Flycatcher

Garden tyrant ( Empidonax minimus ) - Least Flycatcher

Fir Tyrant ( Empidonax hammondii ) - Hammond's Flycatcher

Mugwort Tyrant ( Empidonax wrightii ) - Gray Flycatcher

Bush tyrant ( Empidonax oberholseri ) - Dusky Flycatcher

Bank tyrant ( Empidonax difficilis ) - Pacific – slope flycatcher

Highland snapper tyrant ( Empidonax occidentalis ) - Cordilleran Flycatcher

Black- headed Phoebe ( Sayornis nigricans ) - Black Phoebe

White-bellied Phoebe ( Sayornis phoebe ) - Eastern Phoebe

Say's Phoebe ( Sayornis saya ) - Say's Phoebe

Ruby Tyrant ( Pyrocephalus rubinus ) - Vermilion Flycatcher

Black Cap Flycatcher ( Myiarchus tuberculifer ) - Dusky-capped Flycatcher - *

Gray-throated tyrant ( Myiarchus cinerascens ) - Ash-throated flycatcher

Pacific Flycatcher ( Myiarchus nuttingi ) - Nutting's Flycatcher - * PVA

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ( Myiarchus crinitus ) - Great Crested Flycatcher - *

Cayenne tyrant ( Myiarchus tyrannulus ) - Brown-crested flycatcher

Northern Spotted Masked Tyrant ( Myiodynastes luteiventris ) - Sulfur – bellied Flycatcher - * PV

Mourning Bully ( Tyrannus melancholicus ) - Tropical Kingbird

Texas Flycatcher ( Tyrannus couchii ) - Couch's Kingbird - * PA

Cassinkönigstyrann ( Tyrannus vociferans ) - Cassin's Kingbird

Large-billed tyrant ( Tyrannus crassirostris ) - Thick-billed Kingbird - * PVA

Arkansas Kingbird ( Tyrannus verticalis ) - Western Kingbird

King tyrann ( Tyrannus tyrannus ) - Eastern Kingbird

Scissor-tailed king tyrant ( Tyrannus forficatus ) - Scissor – tailed flycatcher

Fork-tailed Flycatcher ( Tyrannus savana ) - Fork-tailed Flycatcher - * P

Shrike (Laniidae)

Brown Shrike ( Lanius cristatus ) - Brown Shrike - * P
Louisiana Strangler ( Lanius ludovicianus ) - Loggerhead Shrike
Northern gray shrike ( Lanius excubitor ) - Northern Shrike

Vireos (Vireonidae)

Weißaugenvireo ( Vireo griseus ) - White-eyed Vireo - * PA

Brown-eyed Vireo ( Vireo bellii ) - Bell's Vireo

Grauvireo ( Vireo vicinior ) - Gray Vireo

Yellow-throated vireo ( Vireo flavifrons ) - Yellow-throated Vireo

White -fronted vireo ( Vireo plumbeus ) - Plumbeous Vireo

Cassinvireo ( Vireo cassinii ) - Cassin's Vireo

Blaukopfvireo ( Vireo solitarius ) - Blue-headed Vireo - *

Huttonvireo ( Vireo huttoni ) - Hutton's Vireo

Sängervireo ( Vireo gilvus ) - Warbling Vireo

Plain Vireo ( Vireo philadelphicus ) - Philadelphia Vireo

Roach vireo ( Vireo olivaceus ) - Red-eyed Vireo

Lemon flank vireo ( Vireo flavoviridis ) - Yellow – green Vireo - *

Corvidae (corvids)

Great Jay ( Perisoreus canadensis ) - Gray Jay
Naked jay ( Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus ) - Pinyon Jay
Diademed Jay ( Cyanocitta stelleri ) - Steller's Jay
Blue Jay ( Cyanocitta cristata ) - Blue Jay - *
Island scrub jay ( Aphelocoma insularis ) - Iceland Scrub-Jay
Western Scrub Jay ( Aphelocoma californica ) - Western Scrub-Jay
Pine jay ( Nucifraga columbiana ) - Clark's Nutcracker
Hudson's Elster ( Pica hudsonia ) - Black – billed Magpie
Yellow-billed magpie ( Pica nuttalli ) - Yellow-billed Magpie
American Crow ( Corvus brachyrhynchos ) - American Crow
Raven ( Corvus corax ) - Common Raven

Alaudidae (larks)

Skylark ( Alauda arvensis ) - Sky Lark - * P
Ear Lark ( Eremophila alpestris ) - Horned Lark

Hirundinidae (swallows)

Purple Swallow ( Progne subis ) - Purple Martin

Marsh Swallow ( Tachycineta bicolor ) - Tree Swallow

Violet Tern ( Tachycineta thalassina ) - Violet – green Swallow

Gray-throated Swallow ( Stelgidopteryx serripennis ) - Northern Rough – winged Swallow

Sand martin ( Riparia riparia ) - Bank Swallow

Bald-fronted swallow ( Petrochelidon pyrrhonota ) - Cliff Swallow

Cave Swallow ( Petrochelidon fulva ) - Cave Swallow - * P

Barn Swallow ( Hirundo rustica ) - Barn Swallow

Paridae (titmice)

Black-capped Chickadee ( poecile atricapillus ) - Black-capped Chickadee
Gambelmeise ( Poecile gambeli ) - Mountain Chickadee
Red -backed Tit ( Poecile rufescens ) - Chestnut – backed Chickadee
Plain Titmouse ( Baeolophus inornatus ) - Oak Titmouse
Juniper Titmouse ( Baeolophus ridgwayi ) - Oak Titmouse

Remizidae (bag titmouse)

Goldköpfchen ( Auriparus flaviceps ) - Verdin

Aegithalidae (tailed tits)

Busch Meise ( Psaltriparus minimus ) - Bushtit

Sittidae (nuthatch)

Nuthatch ( Sitta canadensis ) - Red-breasted Nuthatch
Carolinas ( Sitta carolinensis ) - White – breasted Nuthatch
Dwarf Nuthatch ( Sitta pygmaea ) - Pygmy Nuthatch

Certhiidae (treecreeper)

Andean Treecreeper ( Certhia americana ) - Brown Creeper

Troglodytidae (wrens)

Rock wren ( Salpinctes obsoletus ) - Rock Wren
Canyon Wren ( Catherpes mexicanus ) - Canyon Wren
House Wren ( troglodytes aedon ) - House Wren
Pacific winter wren ( Troglodytes pacificus ) - Pacific Wren
Winter wren ( Troglodytes hiemalis ) - Winter Wren - * PA
Sedge wren ( Cistothorus platensis ) - Sedge Wren - * PA
Marsh wren ( Cistothorus palustris ) - Marsh Wren
Bush wren ( Thryomanes bewickii ) - Bewick's Wren
Cactus Wren ( Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus ) - Cactus Wren

Polioptilidae (mosquito catchers)

Blue gnat catcher ( Polioptila caerulea ) - Blue – gray gnatcatcher

California mosquito catcher ( Polioptila californica ) - California Gnatcatcher

Black-tailed mosquito catcher ( Polioptila melanura ) - Black-tailed Gnatcatcher - *

Cinclidae (dipper)

Gray-water blackbird ( Cinclus mexicanus ) - American Dipper

Regulidae (golden cockerel)

Red Indian Gold Grouse ( Regulus satrapa ) - Golden – crowned Kinglet

Rubin Kinglet ( Regulus calendula ) - Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Phylloscopidae (warbler)

Dark-scroller ( Phylloscopus fuscatus ) - Dusky Warbler - *
Wandering Warbler ( Phylloscopus borealis ) - Arctic Warbler - * P

Sylviidae (warblers)

Chaparral warbler ( Chamaea fasciata ) - Wrentite

Megaluridae (grass warbler)

Strichelschwirl ( Locustella lanceolata ) - Lanceolated Warbler - * P

Muscicapidae (flycatcher)

Bluethroat ( Luscinia svecica ) - Bluethroat - * P
Blue -tailed ( Tarsiger cyanurus ) - Red – flanked Bluetail - * P
Taigazwergschnäpper ( Ficedula albicilla ) - Taiga Flycatcher - * P
Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe ) - Northern Wheatear - *
Stonechat ( Saxicola torquatus ) - Stone Chat - * P *

Turdidae (thrushes)

Blue-throated Warbler ( Sialia mexicana ) - Western Bluebird

Mountain Hut Warbler ( Sialia currucoides ) - Mountain Bluebird

Bergklarino ( Myadestes townsendi ) - Townsend's Solitaire

Wilson's Thrush ( Catharus fuscescens ) - Veery - * P

Gray-cheeked thrush ( Catharus minimus ) - Gray-cheeked Thrush - *

Little Thrush ( Catharus ustulatus ) - Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush ( Catharus guttatus ) - Hermit Thrush

Forest throttle ( Hylocichla must elina ) - Wood Thrush - *

White -browed thrush ( Turdus obscurus ) - Eyebrowed Thrush - * PV

Red- coated thrush ( Turdus rufopalliatus ) - Rufous – backed Robin - * P

American Robin ( Turdus migratorius ) - American Robin

Varied thrush ( Ixoreus naevius ) - Varied Thrush

Mimidae (Mockingbirds)

Cats throttle ( Dumetella carolinensis ) - Gray Catbird

Curve-billed Mockingbird ( Toxostoma curvirostre ) - Curve – billed Thrasher - *

Red-backed Mockingbird ( Toxostoma rufum ) - Brown Thrasher

Cactus Mockingbird ( Toxostoma bendirei ) - Bendire's Thrasher

California Mockingbird ( Toxostoma redivivum ) - California Thrasher

Desert Mocking Thrush ( Toxostoma lecontei ) - Le Conte's Thrasher

Red-bellied mockingbird ( Toxostoma crissale ) - Crissal Thrasher

Mountain Mocking Thrush ( Oreoscoptes montanus ) - Sage Thrasher

Mockingbird ( Mimus polyglottos ) - Northern Mockingbird

Sturnidae (starlings)

Star ( Sturnus vulgaris ) - European Starling - I.

Motacillidae (stilts and pipit)

Eastern yellow wagtail ( Motacilla tschutschensis ) - Eastern Yellow Wagtail - * P

Wagtail ( Motacilla cinerea ) - Gray Wagtail - * P

Wagtail ( Motacilla alba ) - White Wagtail - * P

Wood Pipit ( Anthus hodgsoni ) - Olive – backed Pipit - * P

Red-throated Pipit ( Anthus cervinus ) - Red-throated Pipit

Pacific water pipit ( Anthus rubescens ) - American pipit

Prairie Pipit ( Anthus spragueii ) - Sprague's Pipit

Bombycillidae (waxwings)

Waxwing ( Bombycilla garrulus ) - Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing ( Bombycilla cedrorum ) - Cedar Waxwing

Ptiliogonatidae (silkcatchers)

Pied flycatcher ( Phainopepla nitens ) - Phainopepla

Calcariidae (spur and snow bunting)

Spurhammer ( Calcarius lapponicus ) - Lapland Longspur

Yellow-throated spur hammer ( Calcarius ornatus ) - Chestnut – collared longspur

Gold-bellied spurhammer ( Calcarius pictus ) - Smith's Longspur - * PV

White-throated spurhammer ( Rhynchophanes mccownii ) - McCown's Longspur - *

Snow Bunting ( Plectrophenax nivalis ) - Snow Bunting - *

Parulidae (wood warbler)

Ovenbird ( Seiurus aurocapilla ) - Ovenbird

Haldenwald warbler ( Helmitheros vermivorum ) - Worm-eating warbler - *

Stilt Warbler ( Parkesia motacilla ) - Louisiana Waterthrush - *

Riparian Warbler ( Parkesia noveboracensis ) - Northern Waterthrush

Gold-winged Warbler ( Vermivora chrysoptera ) - Golden-winged Warbler - *

Blue-winged Warbler ( Vermivora cyanoptera ) - Blue-winged Warbler - *

Treecreeper Warbler ( Mniotilta varia ) - Black – and – white Warbler

Lemon Warbler ( Protonotaria citrea ) - Prothonotary Warbler

Browed Warbler ( Oreothlypis peregrina ) - Tennessee Warbler

Orange spot Warbler ( Oreothlypis celata ) - Orange-crowned Warbler

Red- rumped Warbler ( Oreothlypis luciae ) - Lucy's Warbler

Ruby- Spotted Warbler ( Oreothlypis ruficapilla ) - Nashville Warbler

Virginia Warbler ( Oreothlypis virginiae ) - Virginia's Warbler

Black Warbler ( Oporornis agilis ) - Connecticut Warbler - *

Thicket Warbler ( Geothlypis tolmiei ) - MacGillivray's Warbler

Gray-headed Wood Warbler ( Geothlypis philadelphia ) - Mourning Warbler - *

Kentucky Warbler ( Geothlypis formosa ) - Kentucky Warbler

Willow- yellow throat ( Geothlypis trichas ) - Common Yellowthroat

Hooded warbler ( Setophaga citrina ) - Hooded Warbler

American Redstart ( Setophaga ruticilla ) - American Redstart

Tiger Wood Warbler ( Setophaga tigrina ) - Cape May Warbler - *

Poplar Warbler ( Setophaga cerulea ) - Cerulean Warbler - *

Great Warbler ( Setophaga americana ) - Northern Parula

Magnolia warbler ( Setophaga magnolia ) - Magnolia Warbler

Brown -breasted Warbler ( Setophaga castanea ) - Bay – breasted Warbler

Spruce Warbler ( Setophaga fusca ) - Blackburnian Warbler

Golden Warbler ( Setophaga petechia ) - Yellow Warbler

Yellow-crowned warbler ( Setophaga pensylvanica ) - Chestnut-sided warbler

Striped Warbler ( Setophaga striata ) - Blackpoll Warbler

Blue-backed Warbler ( Setophaga caerulescens ) - Black – throated Blue Warbler

Palm Waldsänger ( Setophaga palmarum ) - Palm warbler

Pine Warbler ( Setophaga pinus ) - Pine Warbler

Rumped warbler ( Setophaga coronata ) - Yellow-rumped Warbler

Golden -throated Warbler ( Setophaga dominica ) - Yellow – throated Warbler

Rust-crowned wood warbler ( Setophaga discolor ) - Prairie Warbler

Arizona Warbler ( Setophaga graciae ) - Grace's Warbler - *

Mourning Warbler ( Setophaga nigrescens ) - Black-throated Gray Warbler

Townsend Warbler ( Setophaga townsendi ) - Townsend's Warbler

Einsiedel Warbler ( Setophaga occidentalis ) - Hermit Warbler

Gold-cheeked Warbler ( Setophaga chrysoparia ) - Golden-cheeked Warbler - *

Green Warbler ( Setophaga virens ) - Black-throated Green Warbler

Canada Warbler ( Cardellina canadensis ) - Canada Warbler - *

Black Warbler ( Cardellina pusilla ) - Wilson's Warbler - *

Three-color warbler ( Cardellina rubrifrons ) - Red-faced Warbler - *

Red-breasted warbler ( Myioborus pictus ) - Painted Redstart

Yellow-breasted Warbler ( Icteria virens ) - Yellow – breasted Chat

Emberizidae (Ammern)

Green-tailed ground Ammer ( Pipilo Chlorurus ) - Green-tailed Towhee

Basic Ammer ( Pipilo maculatus ) - Spotted Towhee

Stainless apex Ammer ( Aimophila ruficeps ) - Rufous-crowned Sparrow

California Ground Bammer ( Melozone crissalis ) - California Towhee

Black- chin bushhammer ( Melozone aberti ) - Abert's Towhee

Cassinammer ( Peucaea cassinii ) - Cassin's Sparrow - *

American Tree Sparrow ( Spizella arborea ) - American Tree Sparrow

Schwirrammer ( Spizella passerina ) - Chipping Sparrow

Palehammer ( Spizella pallida ) - Clay – colored Sparrow

Nevadaammer ( Spizella breweri ) - Brewer's Sparrow

Klapperammer ( Spizella pusilla ) - Field Sparrow - * P

Black-chinned Sparrow ( Spizella atrogularis ) - Black-chinned Sparrow

Evening hammer ( Pooecetes gramineus ) - Vesper Sparrow

Rainammer ( Chondestes grammacus ) - Lark Sparrow

Black-throated Sparrow ( Amphispiza bilineata ) - Black-throated Sparrow

Sage bunting ( Artemisiospiza nevadensis ) - Sagebrush Sparrow

Mugwort ( Artemisiospiza belli ) - Bell's Sparrow

Prairie Ammer ( Calamospiza melanocorys ) - Lark Bunting

Savannah Sparrow ( Passerculus sandwichensis ) - Savannah Sparrow

Winged Sparrow ( Ammodramus savannarum ) - Grasshopper Sparrow

Baird's bunting ( Ammodramus bairdii ) - Baird's Sparrow - *

Leconteammer ( Ammodramus leconteii ) - Le Conte's Sparrow - *

Nelsonammer ( Ammodramus nelsoni ) - Nelson's Sparrow

Fox sparrow ( Passerella iliaca ) - Fox Sparrow

Songammer ( Melospiza melodia ) - Song Sparrow

Lincoln bunting ( Melospiza lincolnii ) - Lincoln's Sparrow

Swamp bammer ( Melospiza georgiana ) - Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow ( Zonotrichia albicollis ) - White-throated Sparrow

Harris's bunting ( Zonotrichia querula ) - Harris's Sparrow

Badgerhammer ( Zonotrichia leucophrys ) - White – crowned Sparrow

Crown Chamber ( Zonotrichia atricapilla ) - Golden – crowned Sparrow

Junko ( Junco hyemalis ) - Dark-eyed Junco

Little Bunting ( Emberiza pusilla ) - Little Bunting - * P

Wood Bunting ( Emberiza rustica ) - Rustic Bunting - * P

Cardinalidae (cardinals)

Zinnabertangare ( Piranga flava ) - Hepatic Tanager

Summer tangar ( Piranga rubra ) - Summer Tanager

Scarlet Tanager ( Piranga olivacea ) - Scarlet Tanager

Pine Tangare ( Piranga ludoviciana ) - Western Tanager

Red Cardinal ( Cardinalis cardinalis ) - Northern Cardinal

Narrow beak Cardinal ( cardinalis sinuatus ) - Pyrrhuloxia - * P

Rose-breasted grosbeak ( Pheucticus ludovicianus ) - Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Schwarzkopf Grosbeak ( Pheucticus melanocephalus ) - Black-headed Grosbeak

Azure Bishop ( Passerina caerulea ) - Blue Grosbeak

Lazulifink ( Passerina amoena ) - Lazuli Bunting

Indigo finch ( Passerina cyanea ) - Indigo Bunting

Multicolored Finch ( Passerina versicolor ) - Varied Bunting - *

Bunting ( Passerina ciris ) - Painted Bunting

Dickzissel ( Spiza americana ) - Dickcissel

Icteridae (starlings)

Ricebird ( Dolichonyx oryzivorus ) - Bobolink

Red-shouldered Blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus ) - Red – winged Blackbird

Dreifarbenstärling ( Agelaius tricolor ) - Tricolored Blackbird

Western Larkbird ( Sturnella neglecta ) - Western Meadowlark

Yellow-headed Schwarzstärling ( Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus ) - Yellow-headed Blackbird

Roststärling ( Euphagus carolinus ) - Rusty Blackbird - *

Brewer's Blackbird ( Euphagus cyanocephalus ) - Brewer's Blackbird

Crimson Grackle ( Quiscalus quiscula ) - Common Grackle - *

Jackdawgrackel ( Quiscalus mexicanus ) - Great-tailed Grackle

Red- eyed Cowbird ( Molothrus aeneus ) - Bronzed Cowbird

Brown-headed cowbird ( Molothrus ater ) - Brown-headed Cowbird

Garden Trupial ( Icterus spurius ) - Orchard Oriole

Masked Trupial ( Icterus cucullatus ) - Hooded Oriole

Golden Oriole ( Icterus pustulatus ) - Streak-backed Oriole - *

Bullock-Trupial ( Icterus bullockii ) - Bullock's Oriole

Baltimore trupial ( Icterus galbula ) - Baltimore Oriole

Scott-Trupial ( Icterus parisorum ) - Scott's Oriole

Fringillidae (finches)

Mountain Finch ( Fringilla montifringilla ) - Brambling - * PV

Gray-headed Schneegimpel ( Leucosticte tephrocotis ) - Gray – crowned Rosy – Finch

Black Snowfinch ( Leucosticte atrata ) - Black Rosy – Finch - *

Pine Grosbeak ( Pinicola enucleator ) - Pine Grosbeak

Rosefinch ( Carpodacus erythrinus ) - Common Rosefinch - * P

House Finch ( Haemorhous mexicanus ) - House Finch

Purple finch ( Haemorhous purpureus ) - Purple Finch

Cassingimpel ( Haemorhous cassinii ) - Cassin's Finch

Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra ) - Red Crossbill

Crossbill ( Loxia leucoptera ) - White – winged Crossbill - * S

Redpoll ( Acanthis flammea ) - Common Redpoll - *

Spruce Siskin ( Carduelis pinus ) - Pine Siskin

Mexican siskin ( Carduelis psaltria ) - Lesser Goldfinch

Masked Siskin ( Carduelis lawrencei ) - Lawrence's Goldfinch

American Goldfinch ( Carduelis tristis ) - American Goldfinch

Evening grosbeak ( Coccothraustes vespertinus ) - Evening Grosbeak

Passeridae (sparrows)

House Sparrow ( Passer domesticus ) - House Sparrow - I

Estrildidae (beautiful finches)

Scaly-Breasted Munia ( Lonchura punctulata ) - Nutmeg Mannikin - I

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Official California Checklist by the California Bird Records Committee

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Official California Checklist by the California Bird Records Committee dated February 2, 2014. Last accessed February 27, 2014.
↑ The AOU Check-list of North American Birds, 7th Edition (with access to the list, PDF).
↑ Jules Evens / Ian Tait: Introduction to California Birdlife , Berkeley [u. a.] 2005, p. 2.
^ Evens / Tait, Introduction to California Birdlife , p. 2.
^ Evens / Tait, Introduction to California Birdlife , p. 3.
↑ J. Grinnel / HC Bryant / TI Storer, The game birds of California , Berkeley [u. a.] 1918, here quoted from Evens / Tait, Introduction to California Birdlife , p. 34.

[CBRC-1] A ^b Official California Checklist by the California Bird Records Committee dated February 2, 2014. Last accessed February 27, 2014.

[2] The AOU Check-list of North American Birds, 7th Edition (with access to the list, PDF).

[3] Jules Evens / Ian Tait: Introduction to California Birdlife , Berkeley [u. a.] 2005, p. 2.

[4] Evens / Tait, Introduction to California Birdlife , p. 2.

[5] Evens / Tait, Introduction to California Birdlife , p. 3.

[6] J. Grinnel / HC Bryant / TI Storer, The game birds of California , Berkeley [u. a.] 1918, here quoted from Evens / Tait, Introduction to California Birdlife , p. 34.