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

C
C
C
C

American Golden-Plover

X

O

Pacific Golden-Plover

X

X

R

Mongolian Plover

X

Snowy Plover

U

U

U

U

Wilson's Plover

X

Semipalmated Plover

U

C

X

C

Mountain Plover

X

X

Killdeer

C
C
C
C

Black-necked Stilt

C
C
C
C

American Avocet

C
C
C
C

Greater Yellowlegs

C
C

C

Lesser Yellowlegs

O

U

U

Willet

C
C

U

C

Wandering Tattler

X

X

X

Solitary Sandpiper

R

Spotted Sandpiper

U

U

U

Whimbrel

U

C

R

C

Long-billed Curlew

C
C

O

C

Marbled Godwit

C
C

U

C

Bar-tailed Godwit

X

Ruddy Turnstone

U
U

R

U

Black Turnstone

X

R

X

R

Surfbird

Red Knot

U

U

X

U

Sanderling

C
C

R

C

Semipalmated Sandpiper

X

O

Western Sandpiper

C
C

X

C

Red-necked Stint

X

Little Stint

X

Least Sandpiper

C
C

C

Baird's Sandpiper

X

U

Pectoral Sandpiper

X

U

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

R

Rock Sandpiper

X

Dunlin

C
C

X

C

Stilt Sandpiper

X

R

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

X

Ruff

X

X

R

Short-billed Dowitcher

C
C

X

C

Long-billed Dowitcher

C
C

C

Common Snipe

U

U

U

Wilson's Phalarope

X

U

O

U

Red-necked Phalarope

X

U

R

C

Red Phalarope

R

R

X

O

JAEGERS, GULLS, TERNS

Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall

Pomerine Jaeger

R

R

Parasitic Jaeger

X

X

O

Long-tailed Jaeger

X

Laughing Gull

X

X

Little Gull

X

Franklin's Gull

X

R

X

R

Bonaparte's Gull

U
O

U

C

Heermann's Gull

U

O

U
C

Mew Gull

U

O

O

Ring-billed Gull

C
C

U

C

California Gull

C
C

U

C

Herring Gull

C

O

O

Thayer's Gull

U

O

O

Western Gull

C
C
C
C

Glaucous-winged Gull

C
C

O

C

Glaucous Gull

R

X

Sabine's Gull

X

X

Swallow-tailed Gull

X

Black-legged Kittiwake

R

X

R

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Caspian Tern

X

C
C
C

Royal Tern

X

X

Elegant Tern

X

R

C
C

Common Tern

R

R

U

Arctic Tern

 

O

O

Forster's Tern

U

C
C
C

Least Tern

O

R

O

White-winged Tern

X

Black Tern

O

O

Black Skimmer

X

R

R

R

AUKS, MURRES

Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall

Common Murre

R

R

R

R

Thick-billed Murre

X

Pigeon Guillemot

R

R

O

Xantus's Murrelet

X

Marbled Murrelet

X

X

Craveri's Murrelet

X

Ancient Murrelet

X

X

Cassin's Auklet

X

R

Rhinoceros Auklet

X

R

Horned Puffin

X

Tufted Puffin

X

PIGEONS, DOVES

Rock Dove (Introduced)

C
C
C
C

Band-tailed Pigeon

U

U

U

U

White-winged Dove

X

Mourning Dove

C
C
C
C

CUCKOOS

Greater Roadrunner

R

R

R

R

OWLS

Barn Owl

U

U

U

U

Western Screech-Owl

R

R

Great Horned Owl

C
C
C
C

Northern Pygmy-Owl

X

Burrowing Owl

R

R

R

R

Long-eared Owl

X

X

Short-eared Owl

R

R

R

R

GOATSUCKERS

Lesser Nighthawk

X

SWIFTS

Vaux's Swift

X

O

O

White-throated Swift

O

R

R

HUMMINGBIRDS

Anna's Hummingbird

C
C
C
C

Rufous Hummingbird

 

O

O

Allen's Hummingbird

C
C

Black-chinned Hummingbird

X

Costa's Hummingbird

X

KINGFISHERS

Belted Kingfisher

U

U

U

U

WOODPECKERS

Acorn Woodpecker

C
C
C
C

Lewis's Woodpecker

X

Yellow-breasted Sapsucker

X

R

Red-breasted Sapsucker

O

O

O

Nuttall's Woodpecker

U

U

U

U

Downy Woodpecker

U

U

U

U

Hairy Woodpecker

U

U

U

U

Northern Flicker "Red-shafted"

C
C

U

C

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS

Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall

Olive-sided Flycatcher

U

U

R

Western Wood-Pewee

U

U

U

Pacific Slope Flycatcher

X

C
C

U

Willow Flycatcher

R
O

Hammond's Flycatcher

X

Gray Flycatcher

X

Dusky Flycatcher

X

X

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

X

Ash-throated Flycatcher

X

U

U

R

Black Phoebe

C
C
C
C

Say's Phoebe

U

R

U

Eastern Phoebe

X

Tropical Kingbird

X

Cassin's Kingbird

X

Western Kingbird

R

X

R

Eastern Kingbird

X

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

X

X

SHRIKES

Loggerhead Shrike
U
U
U
U

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