eBird Field Checklist
Pt. Piedras Blancas--elephant seal colony
San Luis Obispo, California, US
ebird.org/hotspot/L486513
188 species (+32 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Mallard
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
scoter sp.
Bufflehead
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
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Greater Roadrunner
Swifts
White-throated Swift
Hummingbirds
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
American Coot
Shorebirds
American Avocet
Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Snowy Plover
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Red Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Red Knot
Surfbird
Sanderling
Dunlin
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
peep sp.
large shorebird sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Alcids
Rhinoceros Auklet
Horned Puffin
Cassin's Auklet
Marbled Murrelet
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre
large alcid sp.
Ancient Murrelet
alcid sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Franklin's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous Gull
Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Iceland Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Sterna sp.
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
Sooty Shearwater
Black-vented Shearwater
shearwater sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Brown Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black-crowned Night Heron
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
White-faced Ibis
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
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Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo sp.
Owls
Great Horned Owl
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Falcons and Caracaras
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
falcon sp.
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Western Wood-Pewee
Western Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Cassin's Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
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
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrens
Rock Wren
House Wren
Pacific Wren
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
California Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Western Bluebird
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
House Finch
Purple Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
New World Sparrows
Grasshopper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
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California Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Blackbirds
Western Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
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
Blue Grosbeak
Others
passerine sp.
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