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    • Local-birds of area >
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      • Santa Rosa Plateau 3-9-2019
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      • SAN DIEGO
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      • OCEANSIDE
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      • LAKE ELSINORE 2019
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      • PERRIS
      • WINCHESTER/LAKE SKINNER
      • Whelan Lake
      • Wild Bird Center, Indio
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    • I AM THE BIRD
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  • BIRDS
    • TREE TOPPERS >
      • ANI CUCKOO DOVE PIGEON
      • WOODPECKER
      • FLICKER SAPSUCKER
      • KINGFISHER SHRIKE TANAGER
      • BUNTING CARDINAL DICKCISSEL GROSBEAK PYRRHULOXIA
      • BUDGERIGAR COCKATIEL PARAKEET PARROT
    • BUSH LEAGUERS >
      • CHAT OVENBIRD REDSTART WARBLER YELLOWTHROAT
      • PARULA WARBLER 2
      • WARBLER 3 WHITE-EYE WATERTHRUSH
      • SPARROW
      • JUNCO TOWHEE
      • WREN WRENTIT
      • BUSHTIT CHICKADEE TITMOUSE VERDIN
      • CATBIRD LARK MOCKINGBIRD THRASHER
      • PHAINOPEPLA PIPIT STARLING WAGTAIL WAXWING
      • CREEPER LONGSPUR NUTHATCH
      • CROSSBILL FINCH GOLDFINCH SISKIN
      • BISHOP MUNIA WAXBILL WHYDAH
    • BLACK BIRDS AND ALLIES >
      • CROW GRACKLE RAVEN
      • BLACKBIRD
      • BOBOLINK COWBIRD
      • JAY MAGPIE MEADOWLARK NUTCRACKER ORIOLE
    • SEAFARERS >
      • GULL​ KITTIWAKE
      • BOOBY CORMORANT FRIGATEBIRD​ PELICAN
      • SKIMMER TERN
      • ALBATROSS FULMAR JAEGER SHEARWATER SKUA
      • AUKLET GUILLEMOTE MURRE MURRELET PUFFIN STORM-PETREL TROPICBIRD
    • AQUATIC CRUISERS >
      • GREBE LOON
      • BUFFLEHEAD DUCK MALLARD SCOTER
      • CANVASBACK GADWALL GARGANEY GOLDENEYE MERGANSER SCAUP
      • EIDER PINTAIL REDHEAD SHOVELER TEAL WIGEON
      • BRANT GOOSE SWAN
    • SHORE PATROL >
      • DOWITCHER DUNLIN KNOT RUFF SURFBIRD TURNSTONE
      • CURLEW GODWIT TATTLER WHIMBREL YELLOWLEGS
      • KILLDEER PLOVER SANDERLING WILLET
      • PHALAROPE SANDPIPER SNIPE STINT
    • WETLAND WADERS >
      • BITTERN EGRET IBIS SPOONBILL
      • CRANE HERON STORK
      • COOT GALLINULE RAIL SORA
      • AVOCET OYSTERCATCHER STILT
    • BIRDS OF PREY >
      • CONDOR EAGLE OSPREY VULTURE
      • HARRIER HAWK KITE
      • CARACARA FALCON GYRFALCON KESTREL MERLIN
      • OWL
    • AVIAN AERIALISTS >
      • MARTIN SWALLOW
      • HUMMINGBIRD SWIFT
      • BLUEBIRD DIPPER ROBIN SOLITAIRE THRUSH
    • GROUND HUGGERS >
      • PEAFOWL PEACOCK
      • CHUKAR GUINEAFOWL PHEASANT QUAIL TURKEY
      • CHICKEN EMU OSTRICH ROADRUNNER
    • PEST CONTROL >
      • FLYCATCHER PEWEE
      • KINGBIRD PHOEBE
      • BULBUL KINGLET
      • GNATCATCHER ​VIREO
      • NIGHTHAWK POORWILL
  • IN ORDER
    • Group1 Ducks Doves + + >
      • ANSERIFORMES: -BRANT GOOSE SWAN
      • DUCKS ===> >
        • -BUFFLEHEAD DUCK​​ MALLARD SCOTER
        • -CANVASBACK GADWALL GARGANEY GOLDENEYE MERGANSER SCAUP
        • -EIDER PINTAIL REDHEAD SHOVELER TEAL WIGEON
      • GALLIFORMES: -CHUKAR ​GUINEAFOWL PHEASANT QUAIL TURKEY
      • -PEAFOWL PEACOCK
      • PODICIPEDIFORMES: -GREBE
      • DOVE AND KIN >
        • Columbiformes: ​-DOVE PIGEON
      • CUCKOO >
        • Cuculiformes: -ANI CUCKOO
        • -ROADRUNNER
      • Nighthawks >
        • Caprimulgiformes: -NIGHTHAWK POORWILL
      • Hummingbird and kin >
        • Apodiformes: -HUMMINGBIRD SWIFT
      • RAIL and kin >
        • GRUIFORMES: -COOT GALLINULE RAIL SORA
        • -CRANE
    • GROUP2 Sea&Shore birds >
      • Charadriiformes: -SHOREBIRDS ===> >
        • -AVOCETS OYSTERCATCHER STILT
        • -DOWITCHER DUNLIN KNOT RUFF SURFBIRD TURNSTONE
        • -CURLEW GODWIT TATTLER WHIMBREL YELLOWLEGS
        • -KILLDEER PLOVER SANDERLING WILLET​
        • -PHALAROPE SANDPIPER SNIPE STINT
      • JAEGER SKUA ===> >
        • -JAEGER SKUA
      • ALCIDA ===> >
        • -AUKLET GUILLEMOTE MURRE MURRELET PUFFIN STORM-PETREL TROPICBIRD
      • GULL TERNS SKIMMERS ===> >
        • -GULL KITTIWAKE
        • -TERN SKIMMER
      • LOON >
        • GAVIIFORMES: -LOONS
      • STORK >
        • Ciconiiformes: -STORK
      • BOOBY and kin >
        • SULIFORMES: -BOOBY FRIGATEBIRD
      • PELICAN OR HERON LIKE >
        • PELECANIFORMES: -CORMORANT PELICAN
        • -HERON
        • -BITTERN EGRET IBIS SPOONBILL
    • Group3 HAWKS + >
      • HAWK like >
        • ACCIPITRIFORMES: -CONDOR EAGLE OSPREY VULTURE
        • -HARRIER HAWK ​KITE
      • OWL >
        • STRIGIFORMES: -OWL
      • Kingfisher >
        • Coraciiformes: -KINGFISHER
      • Woodpecker LIKE >
        • Piciformes: -WOODPECKER
        • -FLICKER SAPSUCKER
      • Falcon and kin >
        • Falconiformes: -CARACARA FALCON GYRFALCON KESTREL MERLIN
      • Parrot and kin >
        • Psittaciformes: -BUDGERIGAR COCKATIEL PARAKEET PARROT
    • Group4 SONGBIRDS + >
      • Passeriformes: -FLYCATCHER + ===> >
        • -FLYCATCHER PEWEE
        • -KINGBIRD PHOEBE
        • -SHRIKE
        • -VIREO
        • -JAY MAGPIE MEADOWLARK NUTCRACKER
        • -CROW GRACKLE RAVEN
        • -LARK
        • -MARTIN SWALLOW
        • -CHICKADEE TITMOUSE
        • -BUSHTIT VERDIN
        • -CREEPER NUTHATCH
        • -WREN ​WRENTIT
        • -GNATCATCHER
        • -BULBUL KINGLET
      • THRUSH FINCH SPARROW + ===> >
        • -BULEBIRD​ DIPPER ​ROBIN SOLITAIRE THRUSH
        • -CATBIRD MOCKINGBIRD​ THRASHER
        • -PHAINOPEPLA PIPIT STARLING WAGTAIL WAXWING
        • -CROSSBILL ​FINCH GOLDFINCH SISKIN
        • -BISHOP MUNIA WAXBILL WHYDAH
        • -LONGSPUR
        • -SPARROW
        • -JUNCO TOWHEE
        • -BUNTING CARDINAL DICKCISSEL ​GROSBEAK PYRRHULOXIA
      • BLACKBIRD WARBLER + ===> >
        • -BLACKBIRDS
        • -GRACKLE
        • -BOBOLINK COWBIRD
        • -MAGPIE MEADOWLARK NUTCRACKER ORIOLE​
        • -CHAT​ OVENBIRD REDSTART WARBLER YELLOWTHROAT
        • -PARULA WARBLER 2 WATERTHRUSH
        • -WARBLER 3 WATERTHRUSH
        • -TANAGER
    • DOMESTICS >
      • -CHICKEN EMU OSTRICH
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    • Birds of Southern California
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    • 2022 Bird of the Year
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    • Birds of the Past >
      • 2021 Bird of the Year
      • 2020 Bird of the Year
      • 2019 Bird of the Year
      • 2018 Bird of the Year
      • 2017 Bird of the Year
      • Older BOTW 04-2018 to 09-2019
      • Older BOTW 09-2017 to 04-2018
      • Older BOTW 06-2016 to 08-2017
      • Birds ofthe Day 2021
      • Birds ofthe Day 2020
      • Birds ofthe Day 2019
      • BIRDS ofthe DAY 2018
      • BIRDS OFTHE DAY 2017
      • BIRDS OFTHE DAY 2016
    • Local-birds of area >
      • IRVINE
      • Santa Rosa Plateau 3-9-2019
      • RIVERSIDE
      • SAN DIEGO
      • San Diego 3-27-2019
      • OCEANSIDE
      • DANA POINT
      • LAKE ELSINORE
      • LAKE ELSINORE 2019
      • LAKE ELSINORE 11-23-2019
      • PERRIS
      • WINCHESTER/LAKE SKINNER
      • Whelan Lake
      • Wild Bird Center, Indio
      • TEMECULA
    • RED WHITE AND BLUE
    • Murrieta Mountain Blue
    • I AM THE BIRD
    • Thanks Firefighters
    • BABIES PLUS
    • FAVORITES I
    • FAVORITES II
    • DUCK HYBRIDS
  • BIRDS
    • TREE TOPPERS >
      • ANI CUCKOO DOVE PIGEON
      • WOODPECKER
      • FLICKER SAPSUCKER
      • KINGFISHER SHRIKE TANAGER
      • BUNTING CARDINAL DICKCISSEL GROSBEAK PYRRHULOXIA
      • BUDGERIGAR COCKATIEL PARAKEET PARROT
    • BUSH LEAGUERS >
      • CHAT OVENBIRD REDSTART WARBLER YELLOWTHROAT
      • PARULA WARBLER 2
      • WARBLER 3 WHITE-EYE WATERTHRUSH
      • SPARROW
      • JUNCO TOWHEE
      • WREN WRENTIT
      • BUSHTIT CHICKADEE TITMOUSE VERDIN
      • CATBIRD LARK MOCKINGBIRD THRASHER
      • PHAINOPEPLA PIPIT STARLING WAGTAIL WAXWING
      • CREEPER LONGSPUR NUTHATCH
      • CROSSBILL FINCH GOLDFINCH SISKIN
      • BISHOP MUNIA WAXBILL WHYDAH
    • BLACK BIRDS AND ALLIES >
      • CROW GRACKLE RAVEN
      • BLACKBIRD
      • BOBOLINK COWBIRD
      • JAY MAGPIE MEADOWLARK NUTCRACKER ORIOLE
    • SEAFARERS >
      • GULL​ KITTIWAKE
      • BOOBY CORMORANT FRIGATEBIRD​ PELICAN
      • SKIMMER TERN
      • ALBATROSS FULMAR JAEGER SHEARWATER SKUA
      • AUKLET GUILLEMOTE MURRE MURRELET PUFFIN STORM-PETREL TROPICBIRD
    • AQUATIC CRUISERS >
      • GREBE LOON
      • BUFFLEHEAD DUCK MALLARD SCOTER
      • CANVASBACK GADWALL GARGANEY GOLDENEYE MERGANSER SCAUP
      • EIDER PINTAIL REDHEAD SHOVELER TEAL WIGEON
      • BRANT GOOSE SWAN
    • SHORE PATROL >
      • DOWITCHER DUNLIN KNOT RUFF SURFBIRD TURNSTONE
      • CURLEW GODWIT TATTLER WHIMBREL YELLOWLEGS
      • KILLDEER PLOVER SANDERLING WILLET
      • PHALAROPE SANDPIPER SNIPE STINT
    • WETLAND WADERS >
      • BITTERN EGRET IBIS SPOONBILL
      • CRANE HERON STORK
      • COOT GALLINULE RAIL SORA
      • AVOCET OYSTERCATCHER STILT
    • BIRDS OF PREY >
      • CONDOR EAGLE OSPREY VULTURE
      • HARRIER HAWK KITE
      • CARACARA FALCON GYRFALCON KESTREL MERLIN
      • OWL
    • AVIAN AERIALISTS >
      • MARTIN SWALLOW
      • HUMMINGBIRD SWIFT
      • BLUEBIRD DIPPER ROBIN SOLITAIRE THRUSH
    • GROUND HUGGERS >
      • PEAFOWL PEACOCK
      • CHUKAR GUINEAFOWL PHEASANT QUAIL TURKEY
      • CHICKEN EMU OSTRICH ROADRUNNER
    • PEST CONTROL >
      • FLYCATCHER PEWEE
      • KINGBIRD PHOEBE
      • BULBUL KINGLET
      • GNATCATCHER ​VIREO
      • NIGHTHAWK POORWILL
  • IN ORDER
    • Group1 Ducks Doves + + >
      • ANSERIFORMES: -BRANT GOOSE SWAN
      • DUCKS ===> >
        • -BUFFLEHEAD DUCK​​ MALLARD SCOTER
        • -CANVASBACK GADWALL GARGANEY GOLDENEYE MERGANSER SCAUP
        • -EIDER PINTAIL REDHEAD SHOVELER TEAL WIGEON
      • GALLIFORMES: -CHUKAR ​GUINEAFOWL PHEASANT QUAIL TURKEY
      • -PEAFOWL PEACOCK
      • PODICIPEDIFORMES: -GREBE
      • DOVE AND KIN >
        • Columbiformes: ​-DOVE PIGEON
      • CUCKOO >
        • Cuculiformes: -ANI CUCKOO
        • -ROADRUNNER
      • Nighthawks >
        • Caprimulgiformes: -NIGHTHAWK POORWILL
      • Hummingbird and kin >
        • Apodiformes: -HUMMINGBIRD SWIFT
      • RAIL and kin >
        • GRUIFORMES: -COOT GALLINULE RAIL SORA
        • -CRANE
    • GROUP2 Sea&Shore birds >
      • Charadriiformes: -SHOREBIRDS ===> >
        • -AVOCETS OYSTERCATCHER STILT
        • -DOWITCHER DUNLIN KNOT RUFF SURFBIRD TURNSTONE
        • -CURLEW GODWIT TATTLER WHIMBREL YELLOWLEGS
        • -KILLDEER PLOVER SANDERLING WILLET​
        • -PHALAROPE SANDPIPER SNIPE STINT
      • JAEGER SKUA ===> >
        • -JAEGER SKUA
      • ALCIDA ===> >
        • -AUKLET GUILLEMOTE MURRE MURRELET PUFFIN STORM-PETREL TROPICBIRD
      • GULL TERNS SKIMMERS ===> >
        • -GULL KITTIWAKE
        • -TERN SKIMMER
      • LOON >
        • GAVIIFORMES: -LOONS
      • STORK >
        • Ciconiiformes: -STORK
      • BOOBY and kin >
        • SULIFORMES: -BOOBY FRIGATEBIRD
      • PELICAN OR HERON LIKE >
        • PELECANIFORMES: -CORMORANT PELICAN
        • -HERON
        • -BITTERN EGRET IBIS SPOONBILL
    • Group3 HAWKS + >
      • HAWK like >
        • ACCIPITRIFORMES: -CONDOR EAGLE OSPREY VULTURE
        • -HARRIER HAWK ​KITE
      • OWL >
        • STRIGIFORMES: -OWL
      • Kingfisher >
        • Coraciiformes: -KINGFISHER
      • Woodpecker LIKE >
        • Piciformes: -WOODPECKER
        • -FLICKER SAPSUCKER
      • Falcon and kin >
        • Falconiformes: -CARACARA FALCON GYRFALCON KESTREL MERLIN
      • Parrot and kin >
        • Psittaciformes: -BUDGERIGAR COCKATIEL PARAKEET PARROT
    • Group4 SONGBIRDS + >
      • Passeriformes: -FLYCATCHER + ===> >
        • -FLYCATCHER PEWEE
        • -KINGBIRD PHOEBE
        • -SHRIKE
        • -VIREO
        • -JAY MAGPIE MEADOWLARK NUTCRACKER
        • -CROW GRACKLE RAVEN
        • -LARK
        • -MARTIN SWALLOW
        • -CHICKADEE TITMOUSE
        • -BUSHTIT VERDIN
        • -CREEPER NUTHATCH
        • -WREN ​WRENTIT
        • -GNATCATCHER
        • -BULBUL KINGLET
      • THRUSH FINCH SPARROW + ===> >
        • -BULEBIRD​ DIPPER ​ROBIN SOLITAIRE THRUSH
        • -CATBIRD MOCKINGBIRD​ THRASHER
        • -PHAINOPEPLA PIPIT STARLING WAGTAIL WAXWING
        • -CROSSBILL ​FINCH GOLDFINCH SISKIN
        • -BISHOP MUNIA WAXBILL WHYDAH
        • -LONGSPUR
        • -SPARROW
        • -JUNCO TOWHEE
        • -BUNTING CARDINAL DICKCISSEL ​GROSBEAK PYRRHULOXIA
      • BLACKBIRD WARBLER + ===> >
        • -BLACKBIRDS
        • -GRACKLE
        • -BOBOLINK COWBIRD
        • -MAGPIE MEADOWLARK NUTCRACKER ORIOLE​
        • -CHAT​ OVENBIRD REDSTART WARBLER YELLOWTHROAT
        • -PARULA WARBLER 2 WATERTHRUSH
        • -WARBLER 3 WATERTHRUSH
        • -TANAGER
    • DOMESTICS >
      • -CHICKEN EMU OSTRICH
  • SimplEfect
    • SOCAL CHECKLIST New order
    • ALPHABETIC FAMILY NAMES
    • SCIENTIFIC ORDER>FAMILY INDEX
    • 4-LETTER CODE
  • BIRDS OF
    • HICs PARADE >
      • Los Angeles County
      • San Diego County
      • ORANGE COUNTY
      • Riverside County
      • Santa Barbara County
      • Ventura County
      • San Bernardino County
      • San Luis Obispo County
      • Kern County
      • Imperial County
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BIRDS OF Southern California
​and MURRIETA
​SOCAL CHECKLIST

This is the complete list of birds you have a fair chance to see in Southern California (birds we have profiled) 540+ species.
Most of these birds are fairly common; but some stick to the coast, some to the deserts, and some to the mountains
and there are a number of birds that just stop by during spring or fall migrations. 
Plus there are a few others that may rarely show up and if we see them we will add to the site
Click on the birds name below and it will take you to that bird's profile page
-- The order of this list was the order that eBird used for their checklists. The order of checklists were largely changed this last year. Our changes in process.
The order that birds are listed in checklists is by their relationship to other birds,  now determined by DNA and basic characteristics. Birds are categorized by these relationships and assigned to that related "Order". See bird categorization ( Click ) .
"And now featuring perpetual​ plumage."  
AA. Waterfowl
01. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
02. Fulvous Whistling-Duck
03. Snow Goose
04. Ross's Goose
05. Swan Goose
06. Greater White-fronted Goose
07. Brant
08. Cackling Goose
09. Canada Goose
10. Mute Swan
11. Trumpeter Swan
12. Tundra Swan
13. Egyptian Goose
14. Muscovy Duck (Domestic type)
15. Wood Duck
16. Mandarin Duck
17. Garganey
18. Blue-winged Teal
19. Cinnamon Teal
20. Northern Shoveler
21. Gadwall
22. Eurasian Wigeon
23. American Wigeon
24. Mallard
25. Mallard (mix)
26. Northern Pintail
27. Green-winged Teal
28. Canvasback
29. Redhead
30. Ring-necked Duck
31. Tufted Duck
32. Greater Scaup
33. Lesser Scaup
34. King Eider
35. Harlequin Duck
36. Surf Scoter
37. White-winged Scoter
38. Black Scoter
39. Long-tailed Duck
40. Bufflehead
41. Common Goldeneye
42. Barrow's Goldeneye​  **
43. Hooded Merganser
44. Common Merganser
45. Red-breasted Merganser
46. Ruddy Duck
AB. Grouse, Quail, and Allies
01. Mountain Quail
02. California Quail
03. Gambel’s Quail
04. Indian Peafowl
05. Chukar
06. Helmeted Guineafowl
07. Ring-necked Pheasant
08. Wild Turkey
AC. Loons and Grebes
01. Red-throated Loon
02. Pacific Loon
03. Common Loon
04. Yellow-billed Loon
05. Pied-billed Grebe
06. Horned Grebe
07. Red-necked Grebe
08. Eared Grebe
09. Western Grebe
10. Clark's Grebe
AC2. Storks
01. Wood Stork
AD. Albatrosses, Petrels, and Shearwaters
01. Laysan Albatross
02. Black-footed Albatross
03. Northern Fulmar
04. Cook's Petrel
05. Pink-footed Shearwater
06. Buller's Shearwater
07. Sooty Shearwater
08. Black-vented Shearwater
09. Leach's Storm-Petrel
10. Ashy Storm-Petrel
11. Black Storm-Petrel
12. Least Storm-Petrel
13. Red-billed Tropicbird

AE. Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
01. Blue-footed Booby
02. Red-footed Booby
03. Brown Booby
04. Masked Booby
05. 
Nazca Booby
06. Magnificent Frigatebird
AF. Cormorants, Anhingas, and Pelicans
01. Brandt's Cormorant
02. Double-crested Cormorant
03. Pelagic Cormorant
04. Neotropic Cormorant
05. American White Pelican
06. Brown Pelican
AG. Herons, Ibis, and Allies
01. American Bittern
02. Least Bittern
03. Great Blue Heron
04. Great Egret
05. Snowy Egret
06. Little Blue Heron
07. Tricolored Heron
08. Reddish Egret
09. Cattle Egret
10. Green Heron
11. Black-crowned Night-Heron
12. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
13. Glossy Ibis
14. White-faced Ibis 
15. Roseate Spoonbill
AH. Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
01. Californian Condor
02. Black Vulture
03. Turkey Vulture
04. Osprey
05. White-tailed Kite
06. Golden Eagle
07. Mississippi Kite
08. Northern Harrier
09. Sharp-shinned Hawk
10. Cooper's Hawk
11. Bald Eagle
12. Harris's Hawk
13. Red-shouldered Hawk
14. Broad-winged Hawk
15. Swainson's Hawk
16. Zone-tailed Hawk
17. Red-tailed Hawk
18. Rough-legged Hawk
19. Ferruginous Hawk
AI. Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
01. Black Rail  
02. Ridgway's Rail
03. Virginia Rail
04. Sora
05. Common Gallinule
06. American Coot
AJ. Cranes
01. Sandhill Crane
AK. Shorebirds
01. Black-necked Stilt
02. American Avocet
03. American Oystercatcher
04. Black Oystercatcher
05. Black-bellied Plover
06. American Golden-Plover
07. Pacific Golden-plover
08. Snowy Plover
09. Semipalmated Plover
10. Killdeer
11. Mountain Plover
12. Whimbrel
13. Long-billed Curlew
14. Bar-tailed Godwit
15. Marbled Godwit
16. Ruddy Turnstone
17. Black Turnstone
18. Red Knot
19. Surfbird
20. Ruff
21. Stilt Sandpiper
22. Curlew Sandpiper
23. Sanderling
24. Dunlin
25. Baird's Sandpiper
26. Least Sandpiper
27. Buff-breasted Sandpiper
28. Pectoral Sandpiper
29. Semipalmated Sandpiper
30. Western Sandpiper
31. Short-billed Dowitcher
32. Long-billed Dowitcher
33. Wilson's Snipe
34. Wilson's Phalarope
35. Red-necked Phalarope
36. Red Phalarope
37. Spotted Sandpiper
38. Solitary Sandpiper
39. Wandering Tattler
40. Greater Yellowlegs
41. Willet
42. Lesser Yellowlegs

AL. Skuas and Jaegers
01. South Polar Skua
02. Pomarine Jaegers
03. Parasitic Jaeger
04. Long-tailed Jaeger
AM. Alcids
01. Common Murre
02. Pigeon Guillemot
03. Scripps's Murrelet
03a. Guadalupe Murrelet
04. Marbled Murrelet
05. Craveri's Murrelet
06. Ancient Murrelet
07. Cassin's Auklet
08. Rhinoceros Auklet
09. Horned Puffin
AN. Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
01. Black-legged Kittiwake
​02. Sabine's Gull
03. Ivory Gull
04. Bonaparte's Gull
05. Little Gull
06. Laughing Gull
07. Franklin's Gull
08. Heermann's Gull
09. Mew Gull
10. Ring-billed Gull
11. Western Gull
12. Yellow-footed Gull
13. California Gull
14. Herring Gull
15. Thayer's Gull
16. Lesser Black-backed Gull
17. Glaucous-winged Gull
18. Glaucous Gull
19. Sabine's Gull
20. Least Tern
21. Gull-billed Tern
22. Caspian Tern
23. Black Tern
24. Common Tern
25. Arctic Tern
26. Forster's Tern
27. Royal Tern
28. Elegant Tern
29. Black Skimmer
AO. Pigeons and Doves
01. Rock Pigeon
02. Band-tailed Pigeon
03. Eurasian Collared-Dove
04. African Collared-Dove
05. Spotted Dove
06. Inca Dove
07. Common Ground-Dove
08. Ruddy Ground-Dove
09. White-winged Dove
10. Mourning Dove
11. Groove-billed Ani
AP. Cuckoos
01. Yellow-billed Cuckoo
02. Greater Roadrunner
AQ. Owls
01. Barn Owl
02. Flammulated Owl
03. Western Screech-Owl
04. Great Horned Owl
05. Northern Pygmy-Owl
06. Burrowing Owl
07.  Spotted Owl
08. Long-eared Qwl
09. Short-eared Owl
10. Northern Saw-whet Owl
AR. Nightjars
01. Common Nighthawk
02. Lesser Nighthawk
03. Common Poorwill
AS. Swifts
01. Black Swift
02. Vaux's Swift
03. White-throated Swift
AT. Hummingbirds
01. Black-chinned Hummingbird
02. Anna's Hummingbird
03. Costa's Hummingbird
04. Broad-tailed Hummingbird
05. Rufous Hummingbird
06. Allen's Hummingbird
07. Calliope Hummingbird 
08. Broad-billed Hummingbird
AU. Kingfishers
01. Belted Kingfisher
AV. Woodpeckers
01. Lewis's Woodpecker
02. Acorn Woodpecker
03. Gila Woodpecker
04. Williamson's Sapsucker
05. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
06. Red-naped Sapsucker
07. Red-breasted Sapsucker
08. Ladder-backed Woodpecker
09. Nuttall's Woodpecker
10. Downy Woodpecker
11. Hairy Woodpecker
12. White-headed Woodpecker
13. Northern Flicker
14. Gilded Flicker
AW. Falcons and Caracaras
01. Creasted Caracara
02. American Kestrel
03. Merlin
04. Gyrfalcon
05. Peregrine Falcon
06. Prairie Falcon
​AX. Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
01. Budgerigar
02. Rose-ringed Parakeet
03. Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
04. Red-crowned Parrot
05. Lilac-crowned Parrot
06. Red-Lored Parrot
07. Yellow-headed Parrot
08. Red-masked Parakeet
09. Nanday Parakeet
10. Blue-crowned Parakeet
11. Mitred Parakeet
12. Red-masked Parakeet
13. Cockatiel
AY. Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
01. Olive-sided Flycatcher
02. Greater-Pewee
03. Western Wood-Pewee
04. Willow Flycatcher
05. Least Flycatcher
06. Hammond's Flycatcher
07. Gray Flycatcher
08. Dusky Flycatcher
09. Pacific-slope Flycatcher
10. Black Phoebe
11. Eastern Phoebe
12. Say's Phoebe
13. Vermilion Flycatcher
14. Ash-throated Flycatcher
15. Dusky-capped Flycatcher
16. Great-crested Flycatcher
17. Brown-crested Flycatcher
18. Tropical Kingbird
19. Cassin's Kingbird
20. Thick-billed Kingbird
21. Western Kingbird
22. Eastern Kingbird
23. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
​AZ. Shrikes
01. Loggerhead Shrike
BA. Vireos
01. White-eyed Vireo
02. Bell's Vireo
03. Gray Vireo
04. Hutton's Vireo
05. 
Yellow-throated Vireo
06. Cassin's Vireo
07. 
Blue-headed Vireo   
08. Plumbeous Vireo
09. Philadelphia Vireo
10. Warbling Vireo
​11. Red-eyed Vireo  
​12. Yellow-green Vireo    
BB. Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
01. Black-throated Magpie Jay  
02. Pinyon Jay  

03. Steller's Jay  
04. California Scrub-Jay
05. Yellow-billed Magpie
06. Clark's Nutcracker  
07. American Crow
08. Common Raven
BC. Larks
01. Horned Lark
​BD. Martins and Swallows
01. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
02. Purple Martin
03. Tree Swallow
04. Violet-green Swallow
05. Bank Swallow
06. Barn Swallow
07. Cliff Swallow
​BE. Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
01. Mountain Chickadee
02. Chestnut-backed Chickadee
03. Oak Titmouse
BF. Penduline-Tits and Long-tailed Tits
01. Verdin
02. Bushtit
BG. Treecreepers
01. Red-breasted Nuthatch
02. White-breasted Nuthatch
​03. Pygmy Nuthatch
04. Brown Creeper
BH. Wrens
01. Rock Wren
02. Canyon Wren
03. House Wren
07. Pacific Wren
04. Marsh Wren
05. Bewick's Wren
06. Cactus Wren
BI. Gnatcathers
​01. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
02. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
03. California Gnatcatcher
BIA. BULBUL
01. Red-wiskered Bulbul
BJ. Dippers
01. American Dipper 
BK. Kinglets
01. Golden-crown Kinglet
02. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
BL. Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies
01. Wrentit
BLa. White-eye
01. Japanese White-eye
BM. Thrushes
01. Western Bluebird
02. Mountain Bluebird
03. Townsend's Solitaire
04. Swainson's Thrush
05. Hermit Thrush
06. Wood Thrush
07. American Robin
08. Varied Thrush
09. Rufous-backed Robin
BN. Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
01. Brown Thrasher
02. Gray Catbird
03. Bendire's Thrasher
04. California Thrasher
05. Le Conte's Thrasher
06. Sage Thrasher
07. Northern Mockingbird
BO. Starlings and Mynas
01. European Starling
BP. Wagtails and Pipits
01. White Wagtail
02. American Pipit
03. Sprague's Pipit
04. Red-throated Pipit
BQ. Waxwings
01. Cedar Waxwing
BR. Silky-flycatchers
01. Phainopepla
BS. Longspurs and Snow Buntings
01. Lapland Longspur
02. Chestnut-collared Longspur
03. McCown's Longspur
BT. Wood-Warblers
01. Ovenbird
02. 
Worm-eating Warbler
03. Northern Waterthrush
04. Golden-winged Warbler
05. Blue-winged Warbler
06. Black-and-white Warbler
07. Prothonotary Warbler
08. Tennessee Warbler
09. Orange-crowned Warbler
10. Lucy's Warbler
11. Nashville Warbler
12. Virginia's Warbler
13. Kentucky Warbler
14. Mourning Warbler
15. MacGillivray's Warbler
16. Common Yellowthroat
17. American Redstart
18. Northern Parula
19. Blackburnian Warbler
20. Yellow Warbler
21. Chestnut-sided Warbler
22. 
Magnolia Warbler
23. Blackpoll Warbler
24. Black-throated Blue Warbler
25. Palm Warbler
26. Yellow-rumped Warbler
27. Yellow-throated Warbler
28. Prairie Warbler
29. Grace's Warbler
30. Black-throated Gray Warbler
31. Black-throated Green Warbler
32. Bay-breasted Warbler
33. Townsend's Warbler
34. Hermit Warbler
35. Canada Warbler
36. Cape May Warbler
37. Hooded Warbler
38. Wilson's Warbler
39. Red-faced Warbler
40. Painted Redstart
41. American Redstart
42. Yellow-breasted Chat
BU. Sparrows and other Emberizids
01. Grasshopper Sparrow
02. American Tree Sparrow
03. Chipping Sparrow
04. Clay-colored Sparrow
05. Black-chinned Sparrow
06. Brewer's Sparrow
07. Black-throated Sparrow
08. Lark Sparrow
09. Lark Bunting
10. Fox Sparrow
​11. Nelson's Sparrow
12. Harris's Sparrow
13. Dark-eyed Junco
14. White-crowned Sparrow
15. Golden-crowned Sparrow
16. White-throated Sparrow
17. Bell's Sparrow
18. Vesper Sparrow
19. Sagebrush Sparrow
20. Savannah Sparrow
21. Song Sparrow
22. Lincoln's Sparrow
23. Swamp Sparrow
24. American Tree Sparrow
25. Abert's Towhee
26. California Towhee
27. Rufous-crowned Sparrow
28. Green-tailed Towhee
29. Spotted Towhee
BV. Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
01. Summer Tanager
02. Hepatic Tanager
03. Scarlet Tanager
04. Western Tanager
05. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
06. Black-headed Grosbeak
07. Blue Grosbeak
08. Evening Grosbeak
09. Lazuli Bunting
10. Indigo Bunting
11. Varied Bunting
12. Painted Bunting
13. 
Dickcissel
14. Northern Cardinal
15. Pyrrhuloxia
​0--  Lark Bunting  see sparrows
BW. Blackbirds
02. Bobolink
03. Red-winged Blackbird
04. Tricolored Blackbird
05. Western Meadowlark
06. Yellow-headed Blackbird
07. Rusty Blackbird
08. Brewer's Blackbird
09. Great-tailed Grackle
10. Brown-headed Cowbird
11. Orchard Oriole
12. Hooded Oriole
13. Bullock's Oriole
14. Baltimore Oriole
15. Scott's Oriole
BX. Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
01. House Finch
02. Purple Finch
03. Cassin's Finch
04. Red Crossbill
05. Pine Siskin
06. Lesser Goldfinch
07. Lawrence's Goldfinch
08. American Goldfinch
09. European Goldfinch
BY. Old World Sparrows
01. House Sparrow
BZ. Weavers and Allies
01. Northern Red Bishop
CA. Estrildids
01. Orange-cheeked Waxbill
02. Bronze Mannikin
03. Scaly-breasted Munia
04. Pintail  Whydah

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