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Bird Observations

Date Range:
Jan-Dec, 1900-2024

Santa Cruz

Updated ~26 hr(s) ago.

473 species (+154 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Snow x Ross's Goose (hybrid)
Snow/Ross's Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser sp.
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
goose sp.
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid)
Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Mallard
American Wigeon x Mallard (hybrid)
Mexican Duck
Mallard x Mexican Duck (hybrid)
Mallard/Mexican Duck
Northern Pintail
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Ring-necked Duck x scaup sp. (hybrid)
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
Surf Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common/Red-breasted Merganser
merganser sp.
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
Northern Bobwhite
Scaled Quail
Gambel's Quail
Montezuma Quail
new world quail sp.
Wild Turkey
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Chukar
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Western x Clark's Grebe (hybrid)
Western/Clark's Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Eurasian/African Collared-Dove
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
Common/Ruddy Ground Dove
ground dove/Inca Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Groove-billed Ani
Greater Roadrunner
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Common Poorwill
Buff-collared Nightjar
Mexican Whip-poor-will
nightjar sp.
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift
swift sp.
Rivoli's Hummingbird
Plain-capped Starthroat
Blue-throated Mountain-gem
Lucifer Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Costa's Hummingbird
Black-chinned x Costa's Hummingbird (hybrid)
Anna's/Costa's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird x Selasphorus sp. (hybrid)
Selasphorus sp.
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Black-chinned x Broad-billed Hummingbird (hybrid)
White-eared Hummingbird
Violet-crowned Hummingbird
Broad-billed x Violet-crowned Hummingbird (hybrid)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Berylline Hummingbird
Cinnamon Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Ridgway's Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
Sandhill Crane
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Killdeer
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Semipalmated Plover
Northern Jacana
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
large shorebird sp.
shorebird sp.
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Glaucous Gull
California Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Sterna sp.
Elegant Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
Least Storm-Petrel
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
storm-petrel sp.
Wood Stork
Magnificent Frigatebird
Blue-footed Booby
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested/Neotropic Cormorant
cormorant sp.
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
white egret sp.
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Glossy x White-faced Ibis (hybrid)
Glossy/White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
new world vulture sp.
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
American Goshawk
Cooper's Hawk/American Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
Common Black Hawk
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Harris's Hawk
Gray Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
Barn Owl
Flammulated Owl
Whiskered Screech-Owl
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Western Screech-Owl
screech-owl sp.
Great Horned Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Elf Owl
Burrowing Owl
Spotted Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
owl sp.
Eared Quetzal
Elegant Trogon
Belted Kingfisher
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Green Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Williamson's Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied x Red-naped Sapsucker (hybrid)
Yellow-bellied/Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Red-naped x Red-breasted Sapsucker (hybrid)
Red-naped/Red-breasted Sapsucker
sapsucker sp.
Lewis's Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Downy Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Arizona Woodpecker
Dryobates sp.
Northern Flicker
Gilded Flicker
Northern x Gilded Flicker (hybrid)
Northern/Gilded Flicker
woodpecker sp.
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
large falcon sp.
small falcon sp.
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Budgerigar
White-winged Parakeet
Lilac-crowned Parrot
parrot sp.
Rose-throated Becard
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Tufted Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Greater Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Hammond's/Dusky Flycatcher
Gray/Dusky Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Buff-breasted Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Nutting's Flycatcher
Ash-throated/Nutting's Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus sp.
Great Kiskadee
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Cassin's/Western Kingbird
yellow-bellied kingbird sp.
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
new world flycatcher sp.
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Gray Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Cassin's/Blue-headed Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Cassin's/Plumbeous Vireo
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
solitary vireo sp.
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
vireo sp.
Loggerhead Shrike
Black-throated Magpie-Jay
Pinyon Jay
Steller's Jay
Blue Jay
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
Mexican Jay
Aphelocoma sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
jay sp.
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
Chihuahuan Raven
Common Raven
raven sp.
crow/raven sp.
Mountain Chickadee
Bridled Titmouse
Juniper Titmouse
Verdin
Horned Lark
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tree/Violet-green Swallow
Purple Martin
Brown-chested Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
swallow sp.
Bushtit
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Black-capped Gnatcatcher
Black-tailed x Black-capped Gnatcatcher (hybrid)
gnatcatcher sp.
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
House Wren
Pacific Wren
Winter Wren
Pacific/Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Cactus Wren
Sinaloa Wren
wren sp.
American Dipper
European Starling
Blue Mockingbird
Gray Catbird
Curve-billed Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Bendire's Thrasher
Curve-billed/Bendire's Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
Toxostoma sp.
Sage Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
mimid sp.
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
bluebird sp.
Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
Wood Thrush
Aztec Thrush
White-throated Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
American Robin
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Rufous-backed Robin
Turdus sp.
thrush sp.
Cedar Waxwing
Phainopepla
Olive Warbler
Zebra Finch
House Sparrow
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
Purple/Cassin's Finch
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Haemorhous sp.
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence's Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
new world goldfinch sp.
finch sp.
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Thick-billed Longspur
longspur sp.
Rufous-winged Sparrow
Botteri's Sparrow
Cassin's Sparrow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Peucaea sp.
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Spizella sp.
Five-striped Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Yellow-eyed Junco
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Dark-eyed/Yellow-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned x Golden-crowned Sparrow (hybrid)
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Sagebrush Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper x Savannah Sparrow (hybrid)
Baird's Sparrow
Grasshopper/Baird's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Canyon Towhee
Abert's Towhee
Canyon x Abert's Towhee (hybrid)
Canyon/Abert's Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee
towhee sp.
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Western Meadowlark
Chihuahuan Meadowlark
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Western/Chihuahuan Meadowlark
Black-vented Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Streak-backed Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole
Scott's Oriole
new world oriole sp.
Red-winged Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bronzed/Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
grackle sp.
blackbird sp.
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Crescent-chested Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Orange-crowned Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Leiothlypis sp.
MacGillivray's Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Tropical Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Black-throated Gray x Townsend's Warbler (hybrid)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Hermit Warbler
Townsend's x Hermit Warbler (hybrid)
Townsend's/Hermit Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga sp.
Fan-tailed Warbler
Rufous-capped Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Painted Redstart
Slate-throated Redstart
new world warbler sp.
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Hepatic/Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Flame-colored Tanager
Western x Flame-colored Tanager (hybrid)
tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Northern Cardinal x Pyrrhuloxia (hybrid)
Northern Cardinal/Pyrrhuloxia
Yellow Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Rose-breasted/Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Lazuli x Indigo Bunting (hybrid)
Lazuli/Indigo Bunting
Varied Bunting
Painted Bunting
Passerina sp.
Dickcissel
Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater
passerine sp.
bird sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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