A Checklist of the Birds of
COMPLETE CALIFORNIA

Bold-faced species are rare, unusual or local species.
x = observed       h = heard only
  Sep Sep
  2002 2007
Greater White-fronted Goose x  
Canada Goose x x
Gadwall x x
American Wigeon x x
Mallard x x
Blue-winged Teal   x
Cinnamon Teal x x
Northern Shoveler x x
Northern Pintail x x
Green-winged Teal x x
Harlequin Duck   x
Surf Scoter x x
Common Merganser x x
Red-breasted Merganser x  
Ruddy Duck x x
Ring-necked Pheasant x  
Greater Sage-Grouse x x
Sooty (Blue) Grouse x  
Wild Turkey x  
Mountain Quail x x
California Quail x x
Red-throated Loon x  
Pacific Loon x x
Common Loon x x
Pied-billed Grebe   x
Horned Grebe   x
Eared Grebe x x
Western Grebe x x
Clark's Grebe x x
Black-footed Albatross x x
Northern Fulmar x x
Pink-footed Shearwater x x
Flesh-footed Shearwater x x
Buller's Shearwater x x
Sooty Shearwater x x
Short-tailed Shearwater   x
Black-vented Shearwater x x
Wilson's Storm-Petrel x x
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel x x
Ashy Storm-Petrel x x
Black Storm-Petrel   x
American White Pelican x x
Brown Pelican x x
Brandt's Cormorant x x
Double-crested Cormorant x x
Pelagic Cormorant x x
Great Blue Heron x x
Great Egret x x
Snowy Egret x x
Little Blue Heron   x
Reddish Egret x  
Black-crowned Night-Heron x x
White Ibis x  
White-faced Ibis   x
Turkey Vulture x x
California Condor   x
Osprey x x
White-tailed Kite x x
Bald Eagle   x
Northern Harrier x x
Sharp-shinned Hawk x x
Cooper's Hawk x x
Northern Goshawk   x
Red-shouldered Hawk x x
Broad-winged Hawk x  
Swainson's Hawk x  
Red-tailed Hawk x x
Golden Eagle x x
American Kestrel x x
Merlin   x
Peregrine Falcon x x
Prairie Falcon x x
(California) Clapper Rail   x
Virginia Rail   x
Sora   x
Common Moorhen x x
American Coot x x
Black-bellied Plover x x
Pacific Golden-Plover x  
Snowy Plover x x
Semipalmated Plover x x
Killdeer x x
Black Oystercatcher x x
Black-necked Stilt x x
American Avocet x x
Greater Yellowlegs x x
Lesser Yellowlegs x x
Solitary Sandpiper x  
Willet x x
Wandering Tattler x x
Spotted Sandpiper x x
Whimbrel x x
Long-billed Curlew x x
Marbled Godwit x x
Ruddy Turnstone x x
Black Turnstone x x
Surfbird x x
Red Knot   x
Sanderling x x
Semipalmated Sandpiper x x
Western Sandpiper x x
Least Sandpiper x x
Baird's Sandpiper x x
Pectoral Sandpiper x  
Dunlin   x
Stilt Sandpiper x  
Short-billed Dowitcher x x
Long-billed Dowitcher x x
Wilson's Snipe x x
Red-necked Phalarope x x
Red Phalarope x x
South Polar Skua x x
Pomarine Jaeger x x
Parasitic Jaeger x x
Long-tailed Jaeger x  
Heermann's Gull x x
Ring-billed Gull x x
California Gull x x
Western Gull x x
Glaucous-winged Gull x x
Sabine's Gull x x
Caspian Tern x x
Royal Tern x x
Elegant Tern x x
Common Tern x x
Arctic Tern x x
Forster's Tern x x
Black Skimmer x  
Common Murre x x
Pigeon Guillemot x x
Marbled Murrelet x x
Xantus's Murrelet x  
Cassin's Auklet x  
Rhinoceros Auklet x x
Tufted Puffin x  
Rock Pigeon x x
Band-tailed Pigeon x x
Eurasian Collared-Dove x x
Spotted Dove   x
Mourning Dove x x
Greater Roadrunner x x
Barn Owl   x
Great Horned Owl x x
Burrowing Owl x  
Great Gray Owl   x
Long-eared Owl   x
Black Swift   x
Vaux's Swift x x
White-throated Swift x x
Anna's Hummingbird x x
Rufous Hummingbird x x
Allen's Hummingbird x x
Belted Kingfisher x x
Lewis's Woodpecker x x
Acorn Woodpecker x x
Williamson's Sapsucker x  
Red-breasted Sapsucker x x
Nuttall's Woodpecker x x
Downy Woodpecker x x
Hairy Woodpecker x x
White-headed Woodpecker x x
Black-backed Woodpecker x  
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker x x
Western Wood-Pewee x x
Willow Flycatcher x  
Black Phoebe x x
Say's Phoebe x x
Dusky-capped Flycatcher x  
Hammond's Flycatcher   x
Pacific-slope Flycatcher x x
Cassin's Kingbird x  
Western Kingbird x x
Loggerhead Shrike x x
Cassin's Vireo x  
Hutton's Vireo x x
Warbling Vireo x x
Steller's Jay x x
Island Scrub-Jay x x
Western Scrub-Jay x x
Pinyon Jay x x
Clark's Nutcracker x x
Black-billed Magpie x x
Yellow-billed Magpie x x
American Crow x x
Common Raven x x
Horned Lark x x
Violet-green Swallow x x
Northern Rough-winged Swallow x x
Cliff Swallow x x
Barn Swallow x x
Mountain Chickadee x x
Chestnut-backed Chickadee x x
Oak Titmouse x x
Bushtit x x
Red-breasted Nuthatch x x
White-breasted Nuthatch x x
Pygmy Nuthatch x x
Brown Creeper x x
Cactus Wren   x
Rock Wren x  
Canyon Wren x x
Bewick's Wren x x
House Wren x x
Winter Wren x x
Marsh Wren x x
American Dipper x x
Golden-crowned Kinglet x h
Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher x h
California Gnatcatcher x x
Western Bluebird x x
Mountain Bluebird x x
Townsend's Solitaire   x
Swainson's Thrush x x
American Robin x x
Wrentit x x
Northern Mockingbird x x
Sage Thrasher x h
California Thrasher x x
Le Conte's Thrasher x x
European Starling x x
Orange-crowned Warbler x x
Yellow Warbler x x
Yellow-rumped (Aud's) Warbler x x
Black-throated Gray Warbler x x
Townsend's Warbler x x
Hermit Warbler x x
American Redstart   x
MacGillivray's Warbler   x
Common Yellowthroat x x
Wilson's Warbler x x
Western Tanager x x
Green-tailed Towhee x x
Spotted Towhee x x
California Towhee x x
Rufous-crowned Sparrow x x
Brewer's Sparrow x x
Vesper Sparrow x x
Lark Sparrow x x
Sage Sparrow x x
Savannah Sparrow x x
Grasshopper Sparrow   x
(Thick-billed) Fox Sparrow x x
Song Sparrow x x
Lincoln's Sparrow x  
White-crowned Sparrow x x
Dark-eyed Junco x x
Black-headed Grosbeak x x
Blue Grosbeak x x
Lazuli Bunting   x
Red-winged Blackbird x x
Tricolored Blackbird x x
Western Meadowlark x x
Yellow-headed Blackbird x x
Brewer's Blackbird x x
Great-tailed Grackle   x
Brown-headed Cowbird x x
Hooded Oriole x x
Purple Finch x x
Cassin's Finch x  
House Finch x x
Red Crossbill x  
Pine Siskin x x
Lesser Goldfinch x x
Lawrence's Goldfinch   x
American Goldfinch x x
House Sparrow x x
     
Total Species 237 237
3 were heard only (h) in 2007

x = observed       d = dead
  Sep Sep
  2002 2007
MAMMALS    
Orca x  
Blue Whale x x
Humpback Whale x x
Minke Whale x  
Northern Right Whale Dolphin x x
Baird's Beaked Whale x  
Risso's Dolphin x x
Common Dolphin x x
Pacific White-sided Dolphin x x
Coastal Bottle-nosed Dolphin x x
Dall's Porpoise x x
California Sea Lion x x
Northern Elephant Seal x x
Harbor Seal x x
California Sea Otter x x
Tule Elk x x
Mule Deer x x
Black-tailed Mule Deer x x
Bobcat   x
Coyote x x
Gray Fox x  
Virginia Opossum d d
Striped Skunk d d
Mountain Rabbit x  
Desert Cottontail   x
Black-tailed Jackrabbit x x
Western Gray Squirrel x x
Chickaree x x
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel x x
Belding's Ground Squirrel x  
California Ground Squirrel x x
Merriam's Chipmunk x x
Lodgepole Chipmunk x x
Sonoma Chipmunk   x
Least Chipmunk x x
Pika x  
Mountain Vole x x
     
REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS    
Northern Sagebrush Lizard x  
Western Whiptail x  
Rough-skinned Newt x  
     
FISHES    
Blue Shark x x
Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) x x
Basking Shark   x
     

A Checklist of the Birds of COMPLETE CALIFORNIA
Compiled by Jim Danzenbaker and Jason Horn
Bird Treks, 216 Spring Lane
Peach Bottom, PA USA 17563-4008
717-548-3303 info@birdtreks.com
www.birdtreks.com
Created by Valerie K. M. Schutsky

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