eBird Field Checklist
Contra Costa County, California, US
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413 species (+159 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Emperor Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Snow/Ross's Goose
Graylag Goose
Swan Goose
Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Brant
Cackling Goose
Greater White-fronted x Cackling Goose (hybrid)
Canada Goose
Swan Goose x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Cackling/Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Tundra Swan
swan sp.
goose sp.
Common Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)
Cinnamon Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Eurasian/American Wigeon
Mallard
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid)
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Anas sp.
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Ring-necked x Tufted Duck (hybrid)
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Ring-necked Duck x scaup sp. (hybrid)
Tufted Duck x scaup sp. (hybrid)
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common/Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common/Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
California Quail
Wild Turkey
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Gray Peacock-Pheasant
Red Junglefowl
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
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Streptopelia sp.
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Greater Roadrunner
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Swifts
Black Swift
Vaux's Swift
Chimney/Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift
swift sp.
Hummingbirds
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sp.
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Ridgway's Rail
large rail sp.
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
rail/crake sp.
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
American/Pacific Golden-Plover (Lesser Golden-Plover)
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Common Ringed/Semipalmated Plover
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Mountain Plover
Snowy Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
godwit sp.
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
Wandering Tattler
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Red Knot
Surfbird
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed/Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
large shorebird sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Alcids
Rhinoceros Auklet
Cassin's Auklet
Marbled Murrelet
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre
Ancient Murrelet
alcid sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous Gull
Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Glaucous x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
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Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Sterna sp.
Elegant Tern
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
loon sp.
Albatrosses
Laysan Albatross
Storm-Petrels
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Ashy Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp. (dark-rumped)
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Northern Fulmar
Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Brown Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
pelican sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
White-faced Ibis
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
American Goshawk
Cooper's Hawk/American Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
Golden/Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Burrowing Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
pygmy-owl/saw-whet owl sp.
owl sp.
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Barbets and Toucans
Keel-billed Toucan
Woodpeckers
Williamson's Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
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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
Acorn Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Downy x Nuttall's Woodpecker (hybrid)
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
Dryobates sp.
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatoos
Cockatiel
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
eclectus sp.
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Budgerigar
Monk Parakeet
Lilac-crowned Parrot
Mitred Parakeet
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Hammond's/Dusky Flycatcher
Gray/Dusky Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus sp.
Tropical Kingbird
Tropical/Couch's Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
yellow-bellied kingbird sp.
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus sp.
new world flycatcher sp.
Vireos
Bell's Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
solitary vireo sp.
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
vireo sp.
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Pinyon Jay
Steller's Jay
California Scrub-Jay
jay sp.
Black-billed Magpie
Yellow-billed Magpie
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
Common Raven
crow/raven sp.
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Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
chickadee sp.
Oak Titmouse
parid sp.
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.
Leaf Warblers
Dusky Warbler
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
Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
nuthatch sp.
Treecreepers
Brown Creeper
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrens
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
House Wren
Pacific Wren
Winter Wren
Pacific/Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
wren sp.
Dippers
American Dipper
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
California Thrasher
Sage Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
bluebird sp.
Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
American Robin
Varied Thrush/American Robin
thrush sp.
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Silky-flycatchers
Phainopepla
Weavers and Allies
Northern Red Bishop
Estrildids
Zebra Finch
Scaly-breasted Munia
Red-billed Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Red-throated Pipit
American Pipit
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Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Evening Grosbeak
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
House Finch
Purple Finch
House/Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous sp.
Yellow-fronted Canary
Red Crossbill
European Goldfinch
Island Canary
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence's Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
new world goldfinch sp.
Spinus sp.
finch sp.
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Snow Bunting
New World Sparrows
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Spizella sp.
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned x Golden-crowned Sparrow (hybrid)
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned x White-throated Sparrow (hybrid)
Zonotrichia sp.
Bell's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
California Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Spotted/Eastern Towhee (Rufous-sided Towhee)
towhee sp.
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Western Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Orchard/Hooded Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
new world oriole sp.
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Red-winged/Tricolored Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Leiothlypis sp.
Connecticut Warbler
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MacGillivray's Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Townsend's x Hermit Warbler (hybrid)
Black-throated Gray/Hermit Warbler
Townsend's/Hermit Warbler
Setophaga sp.
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Painted Redstart
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)
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 x Indigo Bunting (hybrid)
Lazuli/Indigo Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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