Birds

Golden Eagles in the Great Meadow

B = BREEDING STATUS: * = breeder, X = extirpatedWoodpecker perched on a tree in the Forest Ecology Research Plot
NTM = NEOTROPICAL MIGRANT: X = neotropical migrant
HAB = HABITAT: AG = agricultural, AR = arboretum, C = chaparral, F = flyover, G = grassland, M = mixed evergreen forest, P = pond, Q = quarry, RI = riparian, RW = redwood forest

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Species Common Name

Habitat

B

NTM

Anatidae (Swans, Geese, and Ducks)

Greater White-fronted Goose

G

Snow Goose

G

Wood Duck

P

Mallard

P, M, F

*

Common Merganser

F

Phasianidae (Turkeys and Quails)

Wild Turkey

M

*

California Quail

AG, AR

*

Gaviidae (Loons)

Common Loon

F

Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)

Double-crested Cormorant

F

Ardeidae (Bitterns, Herons, and Egrets)

Great Blue Heron

F, G

Great Egret

F, G

Green Heron

P

?

Cathartidae (New World Vultures)

Turkey Vulture

F, G

Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles, and Harriers)

Osprey

F

X

White-tailed Kite

G, M

*

Northern Harrier

G

Sharp-shinned Hawk

M, RW

*

Cooper's Hawk

M, RW

*

Red-shouldered Hawk

M, RW

*

Broad-winged Hawk

F

X

Red-tailed Hawk

G

*

Ferruginous Hawk

G

Golden Eagle

G

Falconidae (Falcons)

American Kestrel

G

*

Merlin

G, M

Prairie Falcon

G, F

Peregrine Falcon

F

Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots)

Sora

P

Charadriidae (Plovers and relatives)

Killdeer

AG, G

*

Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and relatives)

Greater Yellowlegs

F

Whimbrel

F

Long-billed Curlew

F

Wilson's Snipe

P

Laridae (Jaegers, Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)

California Gull

F

Herring Gull

F

Western Gull

F

Glaucous-winged Gull

F

Caspian Tern

F

Alcidae (Auks, Murres, and Puffins)

Marbled Murrelet

F

Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves)

Rock Pigeon

AG, G

*

Band-tailed Pigeon

RW, M

*

Mourning Dove

AG, G, M

*

Tytonidae (Barn Owls)

Barn Owl

AG, G

*

Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Western Screech-Owl

M, RW *

Great Horned Owl

M, G

*

Northern Pygmy-Owl

M, RW

*

Burrowing Owl

G

X

Long-eared Owl

RW, M

Short-eared Owl

G

Northern Saw-whet Owl

RW, M

*

Caprimulgidae (Goatsuckers)

Lesser Nighthawk

AR

X

Common Nighthawk

G

X

Apodidae (Swifts)

Black Swift

A

X

Vaux's Swift

A

X

White-throated Swift

Q, A

*

Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Black-chinned Hummingbird

AR, M

X

Anna's Hummingbird

M, AG, G

*

Costa's Hummingbird

AR, M

X

Rufous Hummingbird

AR, M

X

Allen's Hummingbird

AR, M

*

X

Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

Belted Kingfisher

F, P

Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Acorn Woodpecker

M, RW

*

Red-breasted Sapsucker

M, RW

Nuttall's Woodpecker

RI

Downy Woodpecker

M

*

Hairy Woodpecker

RW, M

*

Northern Flicker

M, RW

*

Pileated Woodpecker

RW, M

?

Tyrranidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)

Olive-sided Flycatcher

RW, M

*

X

Western Wood-Pewee

AR, AG, M

?

X

Willow Flycatcher

RW, M

X

Hammond's Flycatcher

M

X

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

M, RW

*

X

Black Phoebe

G, AG

*

Eastern Phoebe

M

X

Say's Phoebe

G, Q

Ash-throated Flycatcher

AR, M

*

X

Western Kingbird

G, Q

X

Eastern Kingbird

G

X

Laniidae (Shrikes)

Loggerhead Shrike

G

Vireonidae (Vireos)

Cassin's Vireo

M, RW, AR

*

X

Hutton's Vireo

M, RW, AR

*

Warbling Vireo

M, RW, AR

*

X

Corvidae (Jays, Magpies, and Crows)

Steller's Jay

RW, M, Ar

*

Western Scrub-Jay

M, C, Ag

*

Clark's Nutcracker

Ar

American Crow

G

Common Raven

RW, M, G

*

Hirundinidae (Swallows)

Purple Martin

A

X

Tree Swallow

A

X

Violet-green Swallow

A

*

X

N. Rough-winged Swallow

A

X

Cliff Swallow

A

*

X

Barn Swallow

A

*

X

Paridae (Chickadees and Titmice)

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

M, RW

*

Oak Titmouse

M

*

Aegithalidae (Bushtits)

Bushtit

M, C

*

Sittidae (Nuthatches)

Red-breasted Nuthatch

RW

*

White-breasted Nuthatch

M

Pygmy Nuthatch

RW

*

Certhiidae (Creepers)

Brown Creeper

RW, M

*

Troglodytidae (Wrens)

Rock Wren

Q

Canyon Wren

Q

Bewick's Wren

M, C, Ar

*

House Wren

AR, M

X

Winter Wren

RW, M

*

Regulidae (Kinglets)

Golden-crowned Kinglet

RW

*

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

M, RW

Sylviidae (Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

M, C

X

Turdidae (Thrushes)

Western Bluebird

G

X

Swainson's Thrush

RI

*

X

Hermit Thrush

M, RW

*

American Robin

M, RW

*

Varied Thrush

RW

Townsend's Solitaire

Ar

Timaliidae (Babblers)

Wrentit

C, AR

*

Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers)

Northern Mockingbird

AR, AG

*

Sage Thrasher

AR

California Thrasher

AR, C

*

Sturnidae (Starlings)

European Starling

AG, G, M

*

Motacillidae (Pipits)

American Pipit

G

Bombycillidae (Waxwings)

Cedar Waxwing

M, RW

Parulidae (Wood Warblers)

Tennessee Warbler

AR

X

Orange-crowned Warbler

M, RW, AR

*

X

Nashville Warbler

M

X

Northern Parula

AR

X

Yellow Warbler

RI, AR

X

X

Magnolia Warbler

RI

X

Black-throated Blue Warbler

M

X

Yellow-rumped Warbler

M, AR, RI

Black-throated Gray Warbler

M

*

X

Townsend's Warbler

RW, M

Hermit Warbler

RW, M, AR

*

Blackburnian Warbler

Palm Warbler

AR, AG

X

Blackpoll Warbler

AR

American Redstart

RI

X

MacGillivray's Warbler

M

X

Common Yellowthroat

P

Wilson's Warbler

M, RI, C

*

X

Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Western Tanager

RW, M

X

Summer Tanager

AR

X

Emberizidae (Sparrows and relatives)

Spotted Towhee

M, C, AR

*

California Towhee

M, C, A

*

Chipping Sparrow

M, G

*

Clay-colored Sparrow

G

X

Vesper Sparrow

G

Lark Sparrow

G

Savannah Sparrow

G

*

Grasshopper Sparrow

G

*

Fox Sparrow

C, M, AR

Song Sparrow

RI, M

*

Lincoln's Sparrow

G, AG

Swamp Sparrow

Ar

White-throated Sparrow

AG, AR

White-crowned Sparrow

C, G, AG

Golden-crowned Sparrow

AR, AG, M

Dark-eyed Junco ("Oregon")

RW, M

*

Cardinalidae (Cardinals, grosbeaks and relatives)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Ar

X

Black-headed Grosbeak

M, RI

*

X

Lazuli Bunting

G, M

*

X

Indigo Bunting

Ar

X

Icteridae (Blackbirds)

Bobolink

G

X

Red-winged Blackbird

G, AG, P

Western Meadowlark

G

*

Brewer's Blackbird

G

*

Brown-headed Cowbird

M

*

Hooded Oriole

Ar

X

Bullock's Oriole

AR, M

*

X

Fringillidae (Finches)

Purple Finch

RW, M, C

*

Cassin's Finch

RW, M

House Finch

M, AG, AR

Red Crossbill

RW

?

Pine Siskin

RW, M

*

Lesser Goldfinch

M, G

*

Lawrence's Goldfinch

M, G

American Goldfinch

RW, M

*

Evening Grosbeak

RW, M

Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)

House Sparrow

G

*