eBird Field Checklist
San Diego County, California, US
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384 species (+116 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year
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Waterfowl
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Snow/Ross's Goose
Graylag Goose
Swan Goose
Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow x Greater White-fronted Goose (hybrid)
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Cackling/Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
goose sp.
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Mallard
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Gadwall 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
Aythya sp.
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
merganser sp.
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Mountain Quail
California Quail
Gambel's Quail
California x Gambel's Quail (hybrid)
California/Gambel's Quail
new world quail sp.
Wild Turkey
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Chukar
Flamingos
American Flamingo
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
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Greater Roadrunner
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Swifts
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-billed Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Ridgway's Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
rail/crake sp.
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Black Oystercatcher
American x Black Oystercatcher (hybrid)
American/Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Wilson's Plover
Snowy Plover
small plover sp.
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
Red/Red-necked Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
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Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Red Knot
Surfbird
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
large shorebird sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Alcids
Rhinoceros Auklet
Cassin's Auklet
Common Murre
large alcid sp.
Ancient Murrelet
Scripps's Murrelet
alcid sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's 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)
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull
Iceland Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Sterna sp.
Elegant Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant/Royal Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Albatrosses
Laysan Albatross
Storm-Petrels
Leach's/Townsend's/Ainley's Storm-Petrel
Black Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Northern Fulmar
Pink-footed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Black-vented Shearwater
shearwater sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Brown Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
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Double-crested Cormorant
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
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
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
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
Harris's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo sp.
Buteo/eagle sp.
hawk sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Spotted Owl
Long-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
owl sp.
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Williamson's Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Red-naped x Red-breasted Sapsucker (hybrid)
sapsucker sp.
Lewis's Woodpecker
Acorn 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
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.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Domestic lovebird sp. (Domestic type)
Monk Parakeet
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
Red-crowned Parrot
Lilac-crowned Parrot
Red-crowned x Lilac-crowned Parrot (hybrid)
Red-crowned/Lilac-crowned Parrot
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Red-lored Parrot
Yellow-headed Parrot
Amazona sp.
Burrowing Parakeet
Blue-crowned Parakeet
Mitred Parakeet
Red-masked Parakeet
large parakeet sp. (former Aratinga sp.)
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Hammond's/Dusky Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Cassin's/Western Kingbird
yellow-bellied kingbird sp.
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Vireos
Bell's Vireo
Gray Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Cassin's/Plumbeous Vireo
Warbling Vireo
vireo sp.
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Black-throated Magpie-Jay
Steller's Jay
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
crow/raven sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Mountain Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Verdin
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
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
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Pacific Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Cactus Wren
wren sp.
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Bendire's Thrasher
California Thrasher
LeConte's Thrasher
Toxostoma sp.
Sage Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
American Robin
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Silky-flycatchers
Phainopepla
Estrildids
Scaly-breasted Munia
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
House Finch
Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous sp.
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence's Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Spinus sp.
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Thick-billed Longspur
New World Sparrows
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Spizella sp.
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Sagebrush Sparrow
Bell's Sparrow
Sagebrush/Bell's Sparrow (Sage Sparrow)
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Abert's Towhee
California Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Orchard/Hooded Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
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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
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Nashville Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Townsend's x Hermit Warbler (hybrid)
Black-throated Green Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Painted Redstart
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Lazuli/Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Tanagers and Allies
Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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