This is a family name list and is our best research on finding all the birds you might see in Southern California 540+ species
​ALBATROSS
ANI
AUKLETS
AVOCETS
BISHOPS
BITTERNS
BLACKBIRDS
BLUEBIRDS
BOBOLINK
BOOBY
BRANTS
BULBUL
BUNTINGS
BUSHTITS
CANVASBACKS
CARACARA
CARDINAL
CATBIRD
CHATS
CHICKADEES
CHICKENS
CHUKAR
CONDORS
COCKATIEL
COOTS
CORMORANTS
​COWBIRDS
CRANES
CREEPERS
CROSSBILL
CROWS
CUCKOO
CURLEWS
DICKCISSEL
DIPPERS
DOVES ​
DOWITCHERS
DUCKS
DUNLINS
EAGLES
EIDER
EGRETS
EIDER
EMUS
FALCONS
FINCHES
FLICKERS
FLYCATCHERS
FRIGATEBIRD
FULMARS
GADWALL
GARGANEY
GALLINULES
GEESE
GNATCATCHERS
GODWITS
GOLDENEYES
GOLDFINCHES
GRACKLES
GREBES
GROSBEAKS
GUILLEMOTES
GUINEAFOWL
GULLS​
​GYRFALCONS
​HARRIER
HAWKS
HERONS ​
HUMMINGBIRD​S
IBISES
JAEGERS
JAYS
JUNCOS
KESTRELS KILLDEERS
KINGBIRDS
KINGFISHERS
KINGLETS
KITES
KITTIWAKE
KNOTS
LARKS
LONGSPURS
​LOONS
MAGPIE
MALLARDS
​MANNIKINS
MARTINS
​MEADOWLARKS
MERGANSERS
MERLINS
MOCKINGBIRDS​
​MUNIAS
MURRELETS
​MURRES
NIGHTHAWKS
NUTCRACKERS
NUTHATCHES
​ORIOLES
​OSPREY
OSTRICHS
OVENBIRD
OWLS
OYSTERCATCHERS
PARAKEET
PARROTS
PARULA
PEAFOWL PEACOCK
PELICANS
PETRELS
PEWEES
PHAINOPEPLAS
PHALAROPES
PHEASANTS
​PHOEBES
PIGEONS
PINTAILS
PIPITS
PLOVERS
POORWILLS
PUFFINS
PYRRHULOXIA
QUAILS
RAILS
RAVENS
REDHEADS
REDSTARTS
​ROADRUNNERS
ROBINS
RUFFS
​SANDERLINGS
SANDPIPERS
SAPSUCKERS
SCAUPS
​SCOTERS
SHEARWATERS
SHOVERLERS
SHRIKES
SISKINS
SKIMMERS
SKUA
SNIPES
SORAS
​SOLITAIRES
SPARROWS
SPOONBILLS
STARLINGS
STILTS
STINTS
STORK
STORM-PETRELS
SURFBIRDS
​SWALLOWS
SWANS
SWIFTS
TANAGERS
TATTLERS
TEALS
TERNS
THRASHERS
THRUSHS
TITMOUSES
​TOWHEES
TROPICBIRDS
TURKEYS
TURNSTONES
​VERDINS
VIREOS
VULTURES
WAGTAIL
WARBLERS
WATERTHRUSH
WAXBILL
WAXWINGS
WHIMBRELS
WHITE-EYE
WHYDAH
WIGEONS
WILLETS
WOODPECKERS
WRENS
WRENTITS
YELLOWLEGS
YELLOWTHROATS