Bird Checklist
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Key to markings C: common: almost certain to be seen in suitable habitat U: uncommon: present but not certain to be seen O: occasional: seen only a few times during a season R: rare: not present every year X: extraordinary: one or two records
SHOREBIRDS
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
X
O
Pacific Golden-Plover
R
Mongolian Plover
Snowy Plover
U
Wilson's Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Mountain Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Wandering Tattler
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Little Stint
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Rock Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
JAEGERS, GULLS, TERNS
Pomerine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Laughing Gull
Little Gull
Franklin's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
Sabine's Gull
Swallow-tailed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
White-winged Tern
Black Tern
Black Skimmer
AUKS, MURRES
Common Murre
Thick-billed Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Xantus's Murrelet
Marbled Murrelet
Craveri's Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
Cassin's Auklet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Horned Puffin
Tufted Puffin
PIGEONS, DOVES
Rock Dove (Introduced)
Band-tailed Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
CUCKOOS
Greater Roadrunner
OWLS
Barn Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Burrowing Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
GOATSUCKERS
Lesser Nighthawk
SWIFTS
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
Acorn Woodpecker
Lewis's Woodpecker
Yellow-breasted Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker "Red-shafted"
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Pacific Slope Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
SHRIKES
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