eBird Field Checklist
Playa del Rey/Ballona area
Los Angeles, California, US
ebird.org/hotspot/L2999612
251 species (+46 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Graylag Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Egyptian Goose
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
California Quail
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Western/Clark's Grebe
grebe sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Mourning Dove
Swifts
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black Oystercatcher
American x Black Oystercatcher (hybrid)
American/Black Oystercatcher
oystercatcher sp.
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Snowy Plover
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
Wandering Tattler
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Red Knot
Surfbird
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Rock Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
peep sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Alcids
Rhinoceros Auklet
Marbled Murrelet
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre
Ancient Murrelet
alcid sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Short-billed Gull
Common/Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Herring Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull
Iceland Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Sterna sp.
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Elegant Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant/Royal Tern
tern sp.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Northern Fulmar
Black-vented Shearwater
shearwater sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Masked Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
American Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
heron sp.
White-faced Ibis
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
hawk sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Burrowing Owl
Short-eared Owl
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Downy Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Falcons and Caracaras
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
falcon sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
large parakeet sp. (former Aratinga sp.)
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
yellow-bellied kingbird sp.
Vireos
Bell's Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
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Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Larks
Horned Lark
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
swallow sp.
Long-tailed Tits and Bushtit
Bushtit
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Swinhoe's White-eye
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
California Gnatcatcher
Wrens
Rock Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
California Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Western Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Silky-flycatchers
Phainopepla
Weavers and Allies
Black-headed Weaver
Estrildids
Scaly-breasted Munia
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
House Finch
House/Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
New World Sparrows
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
California Towhee
Spotted Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Western Meadowlark
Hooded Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
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Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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