Bird List for Better Birdwatching in California- 140 species

FLYCATCHERS

__ Western Wood-Pewee

__ Ash-throated Flycatcher

__ Pacific-slope Flycatcher

__ Western Kingbird

SHRIKES

__ Loggerhead Shrike

VIREOS

__ Warbling Vireo

JAYS, MAGPIES, CROWS

__ Steller's Jay

__ Western Scrub-Jay

__ American Crow

__ Common Raven

LARKS

__ Horned Lark

SWALLOWS

__ Tree Swallow

__ Violet-green Swallow

__ Northern Rough-winged Swallow

__ Cliff Swallow

__ Barn Swallow

CHICKADEES, BUSHTITS

__ Chestnut-backed Chickadee

__ Mountain Chickadee

__ Bushtit

NUTHATCHES, CREEPERS

__ Red-breasted Nuthatch

__ White-breasted Nuthatch-

__ Pygmy Nuthatch

__ Brown Creeper

WRENS, DIPPERS

__ Rock Wren

__ Canyon Wren

__ Bewick's Wren

__ House Wren

__ Winter Wren

__ Marsh Wren

__ Wrentit

__ American Dipper

KINGLETS, GNATCATCHERS

__ Ruby-crowned Kinglet

__ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

THRUSHES, SOLITAIRES

__ Western Bluebird

__ Mountain Bluebird

__ Townsend's Solitaire

__ Swainson's Thrush

__ Hermit Thrush

__ American Robin

MOCKINGBIRDS

__ Northern Mockingbird

WAXWINGS

__ Cedar Waxwing

WARBLERS

__ Orange-crowned Warbler

__ Yellow Warbler

__ Yellow-rumped Warbler

__ Black-throated Gray Warbler

__ MacGillivray's Warbler

__ Common Yellowthroat

__ Wilson's Warbler

__ Yellow-breasted Chat

TANAGERS

__ Western Tanager

GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS

__ Black-headed Grosbeak

__ Lazuli Bunting

TOWHEES, SPARROWS

__ Green-tailed Towhee

__ Spotted Towhee

__ Chipping Sparrow

__ Lark Sparrow

__ Savannah Sparrow

__ Fox Sparrow

__ Song Sparrow

__ Lincoln's Sparrow

__ White-crowned Sparrow

__ Dark-eyed Junco

BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES

__ Red-winged Blackbird

__ Western Meadowlark

__ Yellow-headed Blackbird

__ Brewer's Blackbird

__ Brown-headed Cowbird

__ Bullock's Oriole

FINCHES

__ House Finch

__ Red Crossbill

__ Pine Siskin

__ Lesser Goldfinch

__ American Goldfinch

__ Evening Grosbeak

GREBES

__ Pied-billed Grebe

__ Western Grebe

PELICANS

__ Brown Pelican

CORMORANTS

__ Pelagic Cormorant

__ Double-crested Cormorant

HERONS, BITTERNS

__ Great Blue Heron

__ Great Egret

__ Snowy Egret

__ Green Heron

__ Black-crowned Night-Heron

WATERFOWL

__ Wood Duck

__ Cinnamon Teal

__ Northern Shoveler

__ Gadwall

__ Common Merganser

__ Ruddy Duck

VULTURES

__ Turkey Vulture

HAWKS, EAGLES

__ Osprey

__ Bald Eagle

__ Northern Harrier

__ Sharp-shinned Hawk

__ Cooper's Hawk

__ Red-tailed Hawk

__ Golden Eagle

FALCONS

__ American Kestrel

__ Peregrine Falcon

__ Prairie Falcon

QUAIL

__ California Quail

RAILS

__ Sora

__ American Coot

PLOVERS

__ Killdeer

STILTS, AVOCETS

__ Black-necked Stilt

__ American Avocet

SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES

__ Greater Yellowlegs

__ Lesser Yellowlegs

__ Spotted Sandpiper

__ Western Sandpiper

__ Least Sandpiper

__ Long-billed Dowitcher

__ Wilson's Snipe

GULLS, TERNS

__ Ring-billed Gull

__ California Gull

__ Heerman's Gull

__ Herring Gull

__ Forster's Tern

PIGEONS, DOVES

__ Mourning Dove

__ Band-tailed Pigeon

OWLS

__ Barn Owl

__ Western Screech-Owl

__ Great Horned Owl

__ Northern Pygmy-Owl

__ Burrowing Owl

GOATSUCKERS

__ Common Poorwill

SWIFTS

_ White-throated Swift

HUMMINGBIRDS

__ Anna's Hummingbird

__ Black-chinned Hummingbird

__ Calliope Hummingbird

__ Rufous Hummingbird

KINGFISHERS

__ Belted Kingfisher

WOODPECKERS

__ Lewis' Woodpecker

__ Red-breasted Sapsucker

__ Williamson's Sapsucker

__ Acorn Woodpecker

__ Downy Woodpecker

__ Hairy Woodpecker

__ Northern Flicker