|
Natural History of Birds
Species
Organized by
Family
|
Habitat
|
B
|
NTM
|
Monthly
Abundance
|
Picture
|
Steller's Jay
(Cyanocitta stelleri)
|
| Anatidae
(Swans,
Geese, Ducks) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Greater White Fronted Goose
|
G
|
|
|
|
|
|
Snow Goose
|
G
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wood Duck
|
P
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mallard
|
P,M,F
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Common Merganser
|
F
|
|
|
|
|
Phasianidae
(Turkeys and Quail)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wild Turkey
|
M
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
California Quail
|
Ag,
Ar
|
*
|
|
|
|
Gaviidae
(Loons)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Loon
|
F
|
|
|
|
|
Phalacrocoracidae
(Cormorants)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Double-crested Cormorant
|
F
|
|
|
|
|
Ardeidae
(Bitterns, Herons, Egrets)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Great Blue Heron
|
F,G
|
|
|
|
|
|
Great Egret
|
F,G
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Great Heron
|
P
|
?
|
|
|
|
| Cathartidae
(New World Vultures) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Turkey Vulture
|
F,G
|
|
|
|
|
Accipitridae
(Hawks, Eagles, Harriers)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Osprey
|
F
|
|
x
|
|
|
|
White-Tailed Kite
|
G,M
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Northern Harrier
|
G
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sharp-shinned Hawk
|
M,
Rw
|
*
|
|
|
 |
|
Cooper's Hawk
|
M,
Rw
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Red-shouldered Hawk
|
M
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Broad-winged Hawk
|
F
|
|
x
|
|
|
|
Red-tailed Hawk
|
G
|
*
|
|
|
 |
|
Ferruginous Hawk
|
G
|
|
|
|
|
|
Golden Eagle
|
G
|
|
|
|
|
Falconidae
(Falcons)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
American Kestrel
|
G
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Merlin
|
G,
M
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prairie Falcon
|
G,
F
|
|
|
|
|
|
Peregrine Falcon
|
F
|
|
|
|
|
Rallidae
(Rails, Gallinules, Coots)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sora
|
P
|
|
|
|
|
Charadriidae
(Plovers and relatives)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Killdeer
|
Ag,
G
|
*
|
|
|
|
Scolopacidae
(Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and relatives)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Greater Yellowlegs
|
F
|
|
|
|
|
|
Whimbrel
|
F
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-billed Curlew
|
F
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wilson's Snipe
|
P
|
|
|
|
|
Laridae
(Jaegers, Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
California Gull
|
F
|
|
|
|
|
|
Herring Gull
|
F
|
|
|
|
|
|
Western Gull
|
F
|
|
|
|
|
|
Glaucous-winged Gull
|
F
|
|
|
|
|
|
Caspian Tern
|
F
|
|
|
|
|
Alcidae
(Auks, Murres, and Puffins)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marbled Murrelet
|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbidae
(Pigeons and Doves)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rock Pigeon
|
Ag,
G
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Band-tailed Pigeon
|
Rw,
M
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Mourning Dove
|
Ag,
G,M
|
*
|
|
|
|
Tytonidae
(Barn Owls)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barn Owl
|
Ag,
G
|
*
|
|
|
|
Strigidae
(Typical Owls)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Western Screech-Owl
|
M,
Rw
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Great Horned Owl
|
M,
G
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Northern Pygmy-Owl
|
M,
Rw
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Burrowing Owl
|
G
|
X
|
|
|
|
|
Long-eared Owl
|
Rw,
M
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-eared Owl
|
G
|
|
|
|
|
|
Northern Saw-whet Owl
|
Rw,
M
|
*
|
|
|
|
Caprimulgidae
(Goatsuckers)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lesser Nighthawk
|
Ar
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Common Nighthawk
|
G
|
|
X
|
|
|
Apodidae
(Swifts)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Black Swift
|
A
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Vaux's Swift
|
A
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
White-throated Swift
|
Q,
A
|
*
|
|
|
|
Trochilidae
(Hummingbirds)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Black-chinned Hummingbird
|
Ar,
M
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Anna's Hummingbird
|
Ag,G,M
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Costa's Hummingbird
|
Ar
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Rufous Hummingbird
|
Ar,
M
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Allen's Hummingbird
|
Ar,
M
|
*
|
X
|
|
|
Alcedinidae
(Kingfishers)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Belted Kingfisher
|
F,
P
|
|
|
|
|
Picidae
(Woodpeckers)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acorn Woodpecker
|
M,Rw
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Red-breasted Sapsucker
|
M,Rw
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nuttall's Woodpecker
|
Ri
|
|
|
|
|
|
Downy Woodpecker
|
M
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Hairy Woodpecker
|
Rw,M
|
*
|
|
|
 |
|
Northern Flicker
|
M,Rw
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Pileated Woodpecker
|
Rw,M
|
?
|
|
|
|
Tyrannidae
(Tyrant Flycatchers)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Olive-sided Flycatcher
|
Rw,
M
|
*
|
X
|
|
|
|
Western Wood-Pewee
|
Ar,Ag,M
|
?
|
X
|
|
|
|
Willow Flycatcher
|
Rw,
M
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Hammond's Flycatcher
|
M
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Pacific-slope flycatcher
|
M,
Rw
|
*
|
X
|
|
|
|
Black Phoebe
|
G,
Ag
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Eastern Phoebe
|
M
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Say's Phoebe
|
G,
Q
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ash-throated Flycatcher
|
Ar,M
|
*
|
X
|
|
|
|
Western Kingbird
|
G,
Q
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Eastern Kingbird
|
G
|
|
X
|
|
|
Laniidae
(Shrikes)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loggerhead Shrike
|
G
|
|
|
|
|
Vireonidae
(Vireos)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cassin's Vireo
|
M,Rw,Ar
|
*
|
X
|
|
|
|
Hutton's Vireo
|
M
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Warbling Vireo
|
M,
Rw
|
*
|
X
|
|
|
Corvidae
(Jays, Magpies, Crows)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Steller's Jay
|
Rw,M,Ar |
*
|
|
|
|
|
Western Scrub-Jay
|
M,C,Ag
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Clark's Nutcracker
|
Ar
|
|
|
|
|
|
American Crow
|
G
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Raven
|
Rw,M,G
|
*
|
|
|
|
Hirundinidae
(Swallows)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purple Martin
|
A
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Tree Swallow
|
A
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Violet-green Swallow
|
A
|
*
|
X
|
|
|
|
Northern Rough-winged
Swallow
|
A
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Cliff Swallow
|
A
|
*
|
X
|
|
|
|
Barn Swallow
|
A
|
*
|
X
|
|
|
Paridae
(Chickadees and Titmice)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
|
M,
Rw
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Oak Titmouse
|
M
|
*
|
|
|
|
Aegithalidae
(Bushtits)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bushtit
|
M,
C
|
*
|
|
|
|
Sittidae
(Nuthatches)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Red-breasted Nuthatch
|
Rw
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
White-breasted Nuthatch
|
M
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Pygmy Nuthatch
|
Rw
|
*
|
|
|
|
Certhiidae
(Creepers)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Brown Creeper
|
Rw,
M
|
*
|
|
|
|
Troglodytidae
(Wrens)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rock Wren
|
Q
|
|
|
|
|
|
Canyon Wren
|
Q
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bewick's Wren
|
M,C,Ar
|
*
|
|
|
 |
|
House Wren
|
Ar,
M
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Winter Wren
|
Rw,
M
|
*
|
|
|
|
Regulidae
(Kinglets)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Golden-crowned Kinglet
|
Rw
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
|
M,
Rw
|
|
|
|
|
Sylviidae
(Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
|
M,
C
|
|
X
|
|
|
Turdidae
(Thrushes)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Western Bluebird
|
G
|
x
|
|
|
|
|
Swainson's Thrush
|
Ri
|
*
|
X
|
|
|
|
Hermit Thrush
|
M,
Rw
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
American Robin
|
M,
Rw
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Varied Thrush
|
Rw
|
|
|
|
|
| Timaliidae
(Babblers) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wrentit
|
C,
Ar
|
*
|
|
|
|
Mimidae
(Mockingbirds and Thrashers)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Northern Mockingbird
|
Ar,
Ag
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Sage Thrasher
|
Ar
|
|
|
|
|
|
California Thrasher
|
Ar,
C
|
*
|
|
|
|
Sturnidae
(Starlings)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
European Starling
|
Ag,G,M
|
*
|
|
|
|
Motacillidae
(Pipits)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
American Pipit
|
G
|
|
|
|
|
Bombycillidae
(Waxwings)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cedar Waxwing
|
M,
Rw
|
|
|
|
|
Parulidae
(Wood Warblers)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tennessee Warbler
|
Ar
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Orange-crowned Warbler
|
M,Rw,Ar
|
*
|
X
|
|
|
|
Nashville Warbler
|
M
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Northern Parula
|
Ar
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Yellow Warbler
|
Ri,
Ar
|
x
|
X
|
|
|
|
Magnolia Warbler
|
Ri
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Black-throated Blue Warbler
|
M
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Yellow-rumped Warbler
|
M,Ar,Ri
|
|
|
|
|
|
Black-throated Gray Warbler
|
M
|
*
|
X
|
|
|
|
Townsend's Warbler
|
Rw,
M
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hermit Warbler
|
Rw,M,Ar
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Blackburnian Warbler
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Palm Warbler
|
Ar,
Ag
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Blackpoll Warbler
|
Ar
|
|
|
|
|
|
American Redstart
|
Ri
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
MacGillivray's Warbler
|
M
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Common Yellowthroat
|
P
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wilson's Warbler
|
M,Ri,C
|
*
|
X
|
|
|
Thraupidae
(Tanagers)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Western Tanager
|
Rw,
M
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Summer Tanager
|
Ar
|
|
X
|
|
 |
Emberizidae
(Sparrows and relatives)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spotted Towhee
|
M,C,Ar
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
California Towhee
|
M,C,Ag
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Chipping Sparrow
|
M,
G
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Clay-colored Sparrow
|
G
|
|
X
|
|
 |
|
Vesper Sparrow
|
G
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lark Sparrow
|
G
|
|
|
|
|
|
Savannah Sparrow
|
G
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Grasshopper Sparrow
|
G
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Fox Sparrow
|
C,M,Ar
|
|
|
|
|
|
Song Sparrow
|
Ri,
M
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Lincoln's Sparrow
|
G,
Ag
|
|
|
|
|
|
Swamp Sparrow
|
Ar
|
|
|
|
|
|
White-throated Sparrow
|
Ag,
Ar
|
|
|
|
|
|
White-crowned Sparrow
|
C,G,Ag
|
|
|
|
|
|
Golden-crowned Sparrow
|
Ar,Ag,M
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dark-eyed Junco ("Oregon")
|
Rw,M
|
*
|
|
|
|
Cardinalidae
(Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and relatives)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
|
Ar
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Black-headed Grosbeak
|
M,
Ri
|
*
|
X
|
|
|
|
Lazuli Bunting
|
G,
M
|
*
|
X
|
|
|
|
Indigo Bunting
|
Ar
|
|
X
|
|
|
Icteridae
(Blackbirds)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bobolink
|
G
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Red-winged Blackbird
|
G,Ag,P
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Western Meadowlark
|
G
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Brewer's Blackbird
|
G
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Brown-headed Cowbird
|
M
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Hooded Oriole
|
Ar
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Bullock's Oriole
|
Ar,
M
|
*
|
X
|
|
|
Fringillidae
(Finches)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purple Finch
|
Rw,M,C
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Cassin's Finch
|
Rw,M
|
|
|
|
|
|
House Finch
|
M,Ag,Ar
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Red Crossbill
|
Rw
|
?
|
|
|
|
|
Pine Siskin
|
Rw,M
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Lesser Goldfinch
|
M,
G
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Lawrence's Goldfinch
|
M,
G
|
|
|
|
|
|
American Goldfinch
|
Rw,M
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
Evening Grosbeak
|
Rw,M
|
|
|
|
|
Passeridae
(Old World Sparrows)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
House Sparrow
|
G
|
*
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Not
Recently Observed
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Green-winged Teal
|
P
|
|
|
|
|
|
Northern Pintail
|
P
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cinnamon Teal
|
P
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gadwall
|
P
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ring-necked Duck
|
P
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lesser Scaup
|
P
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ruddy Duck
|
P
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cattle Egret
|
G
|
|
|
|
|
|
American Coot
|
P
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rough-legged Hawk
|
G
|
|
|
|
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Horned Lark
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G
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Tricolored Blackbird
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Ag,P
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Key
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B=Breeding Status
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* = Breeder
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x = Extirpated
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NTM=Neotropical Migrant
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x = NTM
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Habitat
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Abandunce
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G=Grassland
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Ag=Agricultural
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P=Pond
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M=Mixed Evergreen Forest
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Ar=Arboretum
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Rw=Redwood
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C=Chaparral
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F=Flyover
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Q=Quarry
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Ri=Riparian
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A=Aerial
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