Checklist for California, US

eBird Field Checklist

California, US

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425 species (+133 other taxa) -

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Waterfowl

Snow Goose

Ross's Goose

Snow/Ross's Goose

Graylag Goose

Swan Goose

Greater White-fronted Goose

Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)

Brant

Cackling Goose

Canada Goose

Greater White-fronted x Canada Goose (hybrid)

Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid)

Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)

Cackling/Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Trumpeter Swan

Tundra Swan

goose sp.

Egyptian Goose

Muscovy Duck

Wood Duck

Mandarin Duck

Blue-winged Teal

Cinnamon Teal

Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal

Northern Shoveler

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Mallard

Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

teal sp.

dabbling duck sp.

Canvasback

Redhead

Ring-necked Duck

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Greater/Lesser Scaup

King Eider

Harlequin Duck

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

scoter sp.

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Common/Red-breasted Merganser

Ruddy Duck

duck sp.

waterfowl sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Mountain Quail

California Quail

Gambel's Quail

California x Gambel's Quail (hybrid)

California/Gambel's Quail

Wild Turkey

Ruffed Grouse

Greater Sage-Grouse

Sooty Grouse

Ring-necked Pheasant

Indian Peafowl

Red Junglefowl

Chukar

Flamingos

American Flamingo

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Eared Grebe

Western Grebe

Clark's Grebe

Western/Clark's Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Band-tailed Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Spotted Dove

Inca Dove

Common Ground Dove

White-winged Dove

Mourning Dove

pigeon/dove sp.

Cuckoos

Greater Roadrunner

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Nightjars

Lesser Nighthawk

Common Nighthawk

Common Poorwill

Mexican Whip-poor-will

Swifts

Black Swift

Vaux's Swift

White-throated Swift

swift sp.

Hummingbirds

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird

Costa's Hummingbird

Anna's/Costa's Hummingbird

Calliope Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Allen's Hummingbird

Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Selasphorus sp.

hummingbird sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Ridgway's Rail

Virginia Rail

Sora

Common Gallinule

American Coot

Yellow Rail

Black Rail

rail/crake sp.

Cranes

Sandhill Crane

Shorebirds

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

Black Oystercatcher

American x Black Oystercatcher (hybrid)

Black-bellied Plover

Pacific Golden-Plover

Killdeer

Semipalmated Plover

Snowy Plover

plover sp.

Upland Sandpiper

Whimbrel

Long-billed Curlew

curlew sp.

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

Sanderling

Dunlin

Least Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

peep sp.

large shorebird sp.

shorebird sp.

Skuas and Jaegers

Parasitic Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger

jaeger sp.

Alcids

Rhinoceros Auklet

Tufted Puffin

Cassin's Auklet

Marbled Murrelet

Pigeon Guillemot

Common Murre

Ancient Murrelet

Scripps's Murrelet

Craveri's Murrelet

Scripps's/Craveri's Murrelet

Scripps's/Guadalupe/Craveri's Murrelet

murrelet sp.

alcid sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Sabine's Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Laughing Gull

Franklin's Gull

Heermann's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Yellow-footed Gull

Western Gull

Herring Gull

California Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)

Western/Glaucous-winged Gull

Larus sp.

gull sp.

Black Skimmer

Least Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Black Tern

Forster's Tern

Common Tern

Forster's/Common Tern

Sterna sp.

Elegant Tern

Royal Tern

Elegant/Royal Tern

large tern sp.

tern sp.

gull/tern sp.

Tropicbirds

Red-billed Tropicbird

Loons

Red-throated Loon

Pacific Loon

Arctic/Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Yellow-billed Loon

loon sp.

Albatrosses

Black-footed Albatross

Storm-Petrels

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel

Leach's Storm-Petrel

Ashy Storm-Petrel

Black Storm-Petrel

Least Storm-Petrel

storm-petrel sp.

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Northern Fulmar

Pink-footed Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater

Black-vented Shearwater

shearwater sp.

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Northern Gannet

Red-footed Booby

Brown Booby

Nazca Booby

booby sp.

Cormorants and Anhingas

Brandt's Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant

Neotropic Cormorant

Double-crested/Neotropic Cormorant

cormorant sp.

Pelicans

American White Pelican

Brown Pelican

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

American Bittern

Least Bittern

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron

Little Blue Heron

Reddish Egret

Snowy Egret

Green Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Great Blue Heron

heron sp.

white egret sp.

White-faced Ibis

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

California Condor

Turkey Vulture

Osprey

White-tailed Kite

Golden Eagle

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk

American Goshawk

Accipiter sp.

Bald Eagle

Common Black Hawk

Harris's Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Common Black x Red-shouldered Hawk (hybrid)

Broad-winged Hawk

Swainson's Hawk

Zone-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo sp.

hawk sp.

eagle sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

Flammulated Owl

Western Screech-Owl

Great Horned Owl

Northern Pygmy-Owl

Burrowing Owl

Spotted Owl

Barred Owl

Great Gray Owl

Long-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl

owl sp.

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers

Williamson's Sapsucker

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Red-naped x Red-breasted Sapsucker (hybrid)

sapsucker sp.

Lewis's Woodpecker

Acorn Woodpecker

Gila Woodpecker

Black-backed Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Nuttall's Woodpecker

Downy x Nuttall's Woodpecker (hybrid)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Nuttall's x Ladder-backed Woodpecker (hybrid)

Nuttall's/Ladder-backed Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Downy/Hairy Woodpecker

White-headed Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Gilded Flicker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Yellow-headed Caracara

American Kestrel

Peregrine Falcon

Prairie Falcon

small falcon sp.

falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Yellow-chevroned Parakeet

Red-crowned Parrot

Lilac-crowned Parrot

Red-crowned x Lilac-crowned Parrot (hybrid)

Red-crowned/Lilac-crowned Parrot

Red-lored Parrot

Yellow-headed Parrot

Amazona sp.

Burrowing Parakeet

Nanday Parakeet

Blue-crowned Parakeet

Mitred Parakeet

Red-masked Parakeet

Mitred/Red-masked Parakeet

Psittacara sp.

large parakeet sp. (former Aratinga sp.)

parakeet sp.

parrot sp.

Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Western Wood-Pewee

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Alder Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)

Hammond's Flycatcher

Gray Flycatcher

Dusky Flycatcher

Hammond's/Dusky Flycatcher

Western Flycatcher

Empidonax sp.

Black Phoebe

Say's Phoebe

Vermilion Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus sp.

Cassin's Kingbird

Western Kingbird

Cassin's/Western Kingbird

yellow-bellied kingbird sp.

new world flycatcher sp.

Vireos

Bell's Vireo

Gray Vireo

Hutton's Vireo

Cassin's Vireo

Plumbeous Vireo

Cassin's/Plumbeous Vireo

solitary vireo sp.

Philadelphia Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

vireo sp.

Shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Canada Jay

Black-throated Magpie-Jay

Pinyon Jay

Steller's Jay

Island Scrub-Jay

California Scrub-Jay

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay

California/Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay

Black-billed Magpie

Yellow-billed Magpie

Clark's Nutcracker

American Crow

Common Raven

crow/raven sp.

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Black-capped Chickadee

Mountain Chickadee

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

chickadee sp.

Oak Titmouse

Juniper Titmouse

Oak/Juniper Titmouse (Plain Titmouse)

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

Verdin

Larks

Horned Lark

Martins and Swallows

Bank Swallow

Tree Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Tree/Violet-green Swallow

Purple Martin

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Barn Swallow

Cliff Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Long-tailed Tits and Bushtit

Bushtit

Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies

Wrentit

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Swinhoe's White-eye

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Nuthatches

White-breasted Nuthatch

Pygmy Nuthatch

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Treecreepers

Brown Creeper

Gnatcatchers

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher

California Gnatcatcher

gnatcatcher sp.

Wrens

Rock Wren

Canyon Wren

House Wren

Pacific Wren

Marsh Wren

Bewick's Wren

Cactus Wren

wren sp.

Dippers

American Dipper

Starlings and Mynas

European Starling

Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers

Gray Catbird

California Thrasher

LeConte's Thrasher

Crissal Thrasher

Sage Thrasher

Northern Mockingbird

Thrushes

Western Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird

bluebird sp.

Townsend's Solitaire

Varied Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush

Catharus sp.

Wood Thrush

American Robin

thrush sp.

Waxwings

Cedar Waxwing

Silky-flycatchers

Phainopepla

Weavers and Allies

Northern Red Bishop

Estrildids

Scaly-breasted Munia

Orange-cheeked Waxbill

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

American Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Evening Grosbeak

Pine Grosbeak

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

House Finch

Purple Finch

House/Purple Finch

Cassin's Finch

Purple/Cassin's Finch

Haemorhous sp.

Red Crossbill

Pine Siskin

Lesser Goldfinch

Lawrence's Goldfinch

American Goldfinch

new world goldfinch sp.

Spinus sp.

Acanthis/Spinus sp.

finch sp.

New World Sparrows

Grasshopper Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Clay-colored Sparrow

Black-chinned Sparrow

Brewer's Sparrow

Black-throated Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Sagebrush Sparrow

Bell's Sparrow

Sagebrush/Bell's Sparrow (Sage Sparrow)

Vesper Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Abert's Towhee

California Towhee

Rufous-crowned Sparrow

Green-tailed Towhee

Spotted Towhee

towhee sp.

new world sparrow sp.

Yellow-breasted Chat

Blackbirds

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Bobolink

Western Meadowlark

Hooded Oriole

Orchard/Hooded Oriole

Bullock's Oriole

Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole

Scott's Oriole

new world oriole sp.

Red-winged Blackbird

Tricolored Blackbird

Red-winged/Tricolored Blackbird

Bronzed Cowbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Great-tailed Grackle

blackbird sp.

Wood-Warblers

Ovenbird

Black-and-white Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Lucy's Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Virginia's Warbler

Leiothlypis sp.

MacGillivray's Warbler

MacGillivray's/Mourning Warbler

Kentucky Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Hooded Warbler

American Redstart

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Palm Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Townsend's Warbler

Hermit Warbler

Black-throated Gray/Hermit Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

new world warbler sp.

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies

Hepatic Tanager

Summer Tanager

Scarlet Tanager

Western Tanager

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Black-headed Grosbeak

Rose-breasted x Black-headed Grosbeak (hybrid)

Rose-breasted/Black-headed Grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

Lazuli Bunting

Indigo Bunting

Lazuli/Indigo Bunting

Passerina sp.

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.