eBird Field Checklist
San Mateo County, California, US
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490 species (+171 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Emperor Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Snow x Ross's Goose (hybrid)
Snow/Ross's Goose
Graylag Goose
Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Cackling/Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Tundra Swan
swan sp.
goose sp.
Crested Duck
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)
Gadwall
Northern Shoveler x Gadwall (hybrid)
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Eurasian/American Wigeon
Mallard
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid)
Mallard x Mexican Duck (hybrid)
Mallard/Mexican Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Tufted Duck x Lesser Scaup (hybrid)
Tufted Duck x scaup sp. (hybrid)
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
King Eider
eider sp.
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead x Common Goldeneye (hybrid)
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common x Barrow's Goldeneye (hybrid)
Common/Barrow's Goldeneye
Smew
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
merganser sp.
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Mountain Quail
California Quail
Wild Turkey
Lady Amherst's Pheasant
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
Chukar
Flamingos
Chilean Flamingo
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
Eurasian/African Collared-Dove
Laughing Dove
Common Ground Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Greater Roadrunner
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Common Poorwill
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern/Mexican Whip-poor-will
Swifts
Black Swift
Chimney Swift
Vaux's Swift
Chaetura sp.
White-throated Swift
large swift sp.
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.
Broad-billed Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Ridgway's Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
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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
Piping Plover
Mountain Plover
Snowy Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
curlew sp.
Bar-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
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
Red/Red-necked Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Red Knot
Surfbird
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Rock Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
Scolopacidae sp.
large shorebird sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
South Polar Skua
jaeger sp.
jaeger/skua sp.
Alcids
Rhinoceros Auklet
Tufted Puffin
Horned Puffin
Cassin's Auklet
Least Auklet
Parakeet Auklet
auklet sp.
Marbled Murrelet
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre
Thick-billed/Common Murre
Ancient Murrelet
Scripps's Murrelet
Guadalupe 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.
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Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Swallow-tailed Gull
Little Gull
Ross's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Heermann's Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Kelp Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous Gull
Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring/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
Herring/Iceland Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Common/Arctic Tern
Sterna sp.
Elegant Tern
Royal Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
Tropicbirds
Red-billed Tropicbird
tropicbird sp.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Arctic Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
loon sp.
Albatrosses
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Short-tailed Albatross
Salvin's Albatross
albatross sp.
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Ashy Storm-Petrel
Black Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp. (dark-rumped)
storm-petrel sp. (white-rumped)
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Northern Fulmar
Murphy's Petrel
Hawaiian Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Pterodroma sp.
White-chinned Petrel
Streaked Shearwater
Pink-footed Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Black-vented Shearwater
black-and-white shearwater sp.
shearwater sp.
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procellariid sp.
Storks
Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Northern Gannet
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Masked Booby
Nazca Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested 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
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
Black Vulture
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
Golden/Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Red-tailed x Rough-legged Hawk (hybrid)
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Snowy Owl
Great Horned Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Burrowing Owl
Spotted Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
owl sp.
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Williamson's Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied/Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Red-naped x Red-breasted Sapsucker (hybrid)
Yellow-bellied/Red-naped x Red-breasted Sapsucker (hybrid)
Red-naped/Red-breasted Sapsucker
sapsucker sp.
Lewis's Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
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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
Budgerigar
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
Mitred Parakeet
Red-masked Parakeet
Mitred/Red-masked Parakeet
Psittacara sp.
large parakeet sp. (former Aratinga sp.)
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
phoebe sp.
Vermilion Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird
Western Kingbird
yellow-bellied kingbird sp.
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus sp.
new world flycatcher sp.
Vireos
Bell's Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Cassin's/Plumbeous Vireo
solitary vireo sp.
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
vireo sp.
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Pinyon Jay
Steller's Jay
California Scrub-Jay
jay sp.
Yellow-billed Magpie
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
crow sp.
Common Raven
crow/raven sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Mountain Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Larks
Horned Lark
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Tree/Violet-green Swallow
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Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn x Cliff Swallow (hybrid)
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Red-whiskered Bulbul
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
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
Pacific/Winter Wren
Sedge 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
American Robin
thrush sp.
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Silky-flycatchers
Phainopepla
Weavers and Allies
Village Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Northern Red Bishop
Estrildids
Zebra Finch
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura sp.
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
White Wagtail
Red-throated Pipit
American Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
House/Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
Yellow-fronted Canary
Red Crossbill
Cassia Crossbill
crossbill sp.
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European Goldfinch
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
longspur sp.
Snow Bunting
Old World Buntings
Rustic Bunting
New World Sparrows
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
White-crowned x Golden-crowned Sparrow (hybrid)
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia sp.
Bell's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Ammospiza sp.
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
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's/Baltimore 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
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
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Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie 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
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga sp.
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Painted Redstart
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Summer Tanager
Scarlet 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
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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