eBird Field Checklist
Lighthouse Pt.
Santa Cruz, California, US
ebird.org/hotspot/L600607
172 species (+28 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Brant
Canada Goose
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Western/Clark's Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Swifts
Black Swift
Vaux's Swift
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
American Coot
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red/Red-necked Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Spotted Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Sanderling
Rock Sandpiper
peep sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Alcids
Rhinoceros Auklet
Tufted Puffin
Horned Puffin
Marbled Murrelet
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre
Ancient Murrelet
alcid sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Herring Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Iceland Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Elegant Tern
large tern sp.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Storm-Petrels
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Northern Fulmar
Pink-footed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Black-vented Shearwater
black-and-white shearwater sp.
shearwater sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Red-footed Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Owls
Great Horned Owl
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Falcons and Caracaras
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Western Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Vireos
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Steller's Jay
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
crow/raven sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Martins and Swallows
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
swallow sp.
Long-tailed Tits and Bushtit
Bushtit
Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies
Wrentit
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatches
Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Treecreepers
Brown Creeper
Wrens
Bewick's Wren
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
California Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Western Bluebird
Varied Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
new world goldfinch sp.
New World Sparrows
Chipping Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
California Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Blackbirds
Western Meadowlark
Hooded Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Red-winged/Tricolored Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Orange-crowned Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Wilson's Warbler