eBird Field Checklist
Sonoma County, California, US
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475 species (+169 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
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
Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Barnacle x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Cackling/Canada Goose
Hawaiian Goose
Branta sp.
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter/Tundra Swan
swan sp.
goose sp.
Egyptian Goose
Common Shelduck
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)
Eurasian/American Wigeon
Mallard
Wood Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail x Green-winged Teal (hybrid)
teal sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
Steller's 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
merganser sp.
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Mountain Quail
California Quail
Wild Turkey
Sooty Grouse
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
Chukar
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
Spotted Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Turacos
Gray Go-away-bird
Cuckoos
Greater Roadrunner
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Common Poorwill
Swifts
Black Swift
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift
large swift sp.
small swift sp.
swift sp.
Hummingbirds
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird x Selasphorus sp. (hybrid)
Selasphorus sp.
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Violet-crowned Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Ridgway's Rail
Virginia Rail
Rallus sp.
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Common Gallinule x American Coot (hybrid)
Black Rail
rail/crake sp.
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
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Pacific Golden-Plover
American/Pacific Golden-Plover (Lesser Golden-Plover)
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Siberian Sand-Plover
Mountain Plover
Snowy Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
curlew sp.
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
Tringa sp.
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
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
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
South Polar Skua
jaeger sp.
Alcids
Rhinoceros Auklet
Tufted Puffin
Horned Puffin
Cassin's Auklet
Crested Auklet
Parakeet Auklet
auklet sp.
Long-billed Murrelet
Marbled Murrelet
Pigeon Guillemot
Thick-billed Murre
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/Guadalupe/Craveri's Murrelet
murrelet sp.
alcid sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Swallow-tailed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
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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
Herring/Iceland Gull
white-winged gull sp.
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Least 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.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Arctic Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
loon sp.
Albatrosses
Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Laysan x Black-footed Albatross (hybrid)
Short-tailed Albatross
White-capped/Salvin's/Chatham Albatross
albatross sp.
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Ashy 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
Murphy's Petrel
Hawaiian Petrel
Galapagos/Hawaiian Petrel (Dark-rumped Petrel)
Cook's Petrel
Cookilaria petrel sp.
Pterodroma sp.
Cory's Shearwater
Pink-footed Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Great 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.
procellariid sp.
Storks
Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Nazca Booby
Blue-footed Booby
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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
small bittern sp.
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Ardea sp.
white egret sp.
White-faced Ibis
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Swallow-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
Red-shouldered Hawk
Common Black x Red-shouldered Hawk (hybrid)
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
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
Spotted/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 x Red-naped Sapsucker (hybrid)
Yellow-bellied/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
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy x Hairy Woodpecker (hybrid)
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
Dryobates sp.
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
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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
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Monk Parakeet
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Hammond's/Dusky Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Tropical/Couch's Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
yellow-bellied kingbird sp.
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus sp.
new world flycatcher sp.
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
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
Canada Jay
Steller's Jay
Blue Jay
California Scrub-Jay
Yellow-billed Magpie
Pica sp.
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
crow sp.
Common Raven
crow/raven sp.
corvid sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Mountain Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
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.
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Long-tailed Tits and Bushtit
Bushtit
Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies
Wrentit
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
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
Toxostoma sp.
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
thrush sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Northern Wheatear
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Silky-flycatchers
Phainopepla
Weavers and Allies
Village Weaver
Estrildids
Zebra Finch
Scaly-breasted Munia
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Red-throated Pipit
American Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
House/Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
Purple/Cassin's Finch
Red Crossbill
European Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence's Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
new world goldfinch sp.
finch sp.
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
longspur sp.
Snow Bunting
New World Sparrows
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
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Black-chinned 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
Golden-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
Lincoln's/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
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
Rusty/Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
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
Leiothlypis sp.
Connecticut Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Black-throated Gray/Hermit Warbler
Townsend's/Hermit Warbler
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Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga sp.
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
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/Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Lazuli/Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Passerina sp.
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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