eBird Field Checklist
Orange County, California, US
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576 species (+219 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Bar-headed Goose
Emperor Goose
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
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
Branta sp.
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Black-necked Swan
Tundra Swan
swan sp.
goose sp.
Egyptian Goose
Ruddy Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Ringed Teal
Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Garganey
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid)
Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)
Cinnamon Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)
Gadwall
Northern Shoveler x Gadwall (hybrid)
Falcated Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Eurasian/American Wigeon
Chiloe Wigeon
Mallard
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid)
Mexican Duck
Northern Pintail
Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged x Green-winged Teal (hybrid)
Anas sp.
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
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
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common/Red-breasted Merganser
merganser sp.
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Mountain Quail
California Quail
new world quail sp.
Wild Turkey
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
Common Quail
Japanese Quail
old world quail sp.
Chukar
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Western x Clark's Grebe (hybrid)
Western/Clark's Grebe
grebe sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Rock/Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Eurasian/African Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Diamond Dove
Common Ground Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Turacos
White-cheeked Turaco
Cuckoos
Groove-billed Ani
Greater Roadrunner
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Common Poorwill
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Black Swift
Vaux's Swift
Chimney/Vaux's Swift
Chaetura sp.
White-throated Swift
swift sp.
Hummingbirds
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Anna's/Costa's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
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Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Anna's x Allen's Hummingbird (hybrid)
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird x Selasphorus sp. (hybrid)
Selasphorus sp.
Broad-billed Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Ridgway's Rail
large rail sp.
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
rail/crake sp.
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
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
American/Pacific Golden-Plover (Lesser Golden-Plover)
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Common Ringed Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Siberian Sand-Plover
Wilson's Plover
Mountain Plover
Snowy Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
curlew sp.
Bar-tailed Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red/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
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird's Sandpiper
Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
large shorebird sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
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Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
South Polar Skua
jaeger sp.
Alcids
Rhinoceros Auklet
Cassin's Auklet
auklet sp.
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre
Thick-billed/Common Murre
Ancient Murrelet
Scripps's Murrelet
Scripps's/Guadalupe Murrelet (Xantus's Murrelet)
Craveri's Murrelet
Scripps's/Craveri's Murrelet
Scripps's/Guadalupe/Craveri's Murrelet
murrelet sp.
alcid sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Red-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Yellow-footed 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)
Herring/Glaucous-winged Gull
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull
Iceland Gull
white-winged gull sp.
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Common/Arctic Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Sandwich x Elegant Tern (hybrid)
Royal Tern
Elegant/Royal Tern
Thalasseus sp.
large tern sp.
tern sp.
Tropicbirds
White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-billed Tropicbird
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Arctic Loon
Pacific Loon
Arctic/Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
loon sp.
Albatrosses
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Short-tailed Albatross
Storm-Petrels
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
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Townsend's Storm-Petrel
Leach's/Townsend's Storm-Petrel (dark-rumped)
Leach's/Townsend's Storm-Petrel (white-rumped)
Ashy Storm-Petrel
Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
Black Storm-Petrel
Least Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp. (dark-rumped)
storm-petrel sp. (white-rumped)
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Northern Fulmar
Cook's Petrel
Pink-footed Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Black-vented Shearwater
shearwater sp.
Storks
Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Masked Booby
Nazca Booby
Masked/Nazca Booby
Blue-footed Booby
booby sp.
sulid sp.
Cormorants and Anhingas
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested x Neotropic Cormorant (hybrid)
Double-crested/Neotropic Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
pelican sp.
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
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron x Snowy Egret (hybrid)
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
White-faced Ibis
Glossy x White-faced Ibis (hybrid)
Glossy/White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
California Condor
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
Harris's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
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Owls
Barn Owl
Flammulated Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Snowy Owl
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Spotted Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Long-eared/Short-eared Owl
Asio sp.
Northern Saw-whet Owl
owl sp.
Hornbills
Oriental Pied-Hornbill
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Barbets and Toucans
Keel-billed Toucan
Woodpeckers
Williamson's Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied x Red-naped Sapsucker (hybrid)
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
White-headed Woodpecker
Dryobates sp.
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
large falcon sp.
small falcon sp.
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatoos
Cockatiel
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Crimson Rosella
Budgerigar
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Fischer's Lovebird
White-winged Parakeet
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
White-winged/Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
Red-crowned Parrot
Lilac-crowned Parrot
Red-crowned x Lilac-crowned Parrot (hybrid)
Red-lored Parrot
Red-crowned x Red-lored Parrot (hybrid)
Yellow-headed Parrot
Turquoise-fronted Parrot
Amazona sp.
Pacific Parrotlet
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
Greater Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
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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
phoebe sp.
Vermilion Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Nutting's Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus sp.
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Cassin's/Western Kingbird
yellow-bellied kingbird sp.
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus sp.
new world flycatcher sp.
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Cassin's/Blue-headed Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Cassin's/Plumbeous Vireo
solitary vireo sp.
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
vireo sp.
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Black-throated Magpie-Jay
California Scrub-Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
Common Raven
crow/raven sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Mountain Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Great Tit
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
Leaf Warblers
Dusky Warbler
Arctic/Kamchatka Leaf Warbler
Long-tailed Tits and Bushtit
Bushtit
Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies
Wrentit
Vinous-throated Parrotbill
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Swinhoe's White-eye
Zosterops sp.
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Red-billed Leiothrix
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Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
nuthatch sp.
Treecreepers
Brown Creeper
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
California Gnatcatcher
gnatcatcher sp.
Wrens
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
House Wren
Pacific Wren
Winter Wren
Pacific/Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Cactus Wren
wren sp.
Dippers
American Dipper
Starlings and Mynas
Common Hill Myna
European Starling
Common Myna
Crested Myna
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Curve-billed Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Bendire's Thrasher
California Thrasher
Sage Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
mimid sp.
Thrushes
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
bluebird sp.
Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Rufous-backed Robin
Turdus sp.
thrush sp.
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Silky-flycatchers
Gray Silky-flycatcher
Phainopepla
Leafbirds
Golden-fronted Leafbird
Weavers and Allies
Taveta Golden-Weaver
Village Weaver
Northern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Estrildids
Zebra Finch
Bronze Mannikin
Scaly-breasted Munia
Tricolored Munia
Chestnut Munia
White-headed Munia
Lonchura sp.
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Black-rumped Waxbill
waxbill sp.
Zebra Waxbill
Red Avadavat
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Red-billed Firefinch
estrildid finch sp.
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
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Wagtails and Pipits
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail
Olive-backed Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Brambling
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
House/Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
Purple/Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous sp.
European Greenfinch
Yellow-fronted Canary
Red Crossbill
European Goldfinch
European Serin
Island Canary
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence's Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
new world goldfinch sp.
Spinus sp.
Acanthis/Spinus sp.
finch sp.
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Thick-billed Longspur
New World Sparrows
Cassin's Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Spizella sp.
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned x White-throated Sparrow (hybrid)
Zonotrichia sp.
Bell's Sparrow
Sagebrush/Bell's Sparrow (Sage Sparrow)
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
California Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Western Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Orchard/Hooded Oriole
Venezuelan Troupial
Streak-backed Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole
Scott's Oriole
new world oriole sp.
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Red-winged/Tricolored Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
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Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Leiothlypis sp.
MacGillivray's Warbler
Mourning Warbler
MacGillivray's/Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Tropical Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Cape May x Yellow-rumped Warbler (hybrid)
Magnolia x Yellow-rumped Warbler (hybrid)
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Black-throated Gray x Townsend's Warbler (hybrid)
Hermit Warbler
Townsend's x Hermit Warbler (hybrid)
Townsend's/Hermit Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga sp.
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Painted Redstart
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
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
Orange-breasted Bunting
Painted Bunting
Passerina sp.
Dickcissel
Tanagers and Allies
Red-crested Cardinal
Saffron Finch
Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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