Birds
B = BREEDING STATUS: * = breeder, X = extirpated
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) |
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Greater White-fronted Goose |
G |
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Snow Goose |
G |
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Wood Duck |
P |
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Mallard |
P, M, F |
* |
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Common Merganser |
F |
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Phasianidae (Turkeys and Quails) |
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Wild Turkey |
M |
* |
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California Quail |
AG, AR |
* |
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Gaviidae (Loons) |
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Common Loon |
F |
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Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants) |
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Double-crested Cormorant |
F |
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Ardeidae (Bitterns, Herons, and Egrets) |
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Great Blue Heron |
F, G |
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Great Egret |
F, G |
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Green Heron |
P |
? |
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Cathartidae (New World Vultures) |
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Turkey Vulture |
F, G |
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Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles, and Harriers) |
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Osprey |
F |
X |
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White-tailed Kite |
G, M |
* |
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Northern Harrier |
G |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk |
M, RW |
* |
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Cooper's Hawk |
M, RW |
* |
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Red-shouldered Hawk |
M, RW |
* |
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Broad-winged Hawk |
F |
X |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
G |
* |
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Ferruginous Hawk |
G |
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Golden Eagle |
G |
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Falconidae (Falcons) |
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American Kestrel |
G |
* |
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Merlin |
G, M |
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Prairie Falcon |
G, F |
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Peregrine Falcon |
F |
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Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) |
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Sora |
P |
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Charadriidae (Plovers and relatives) |
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Killdeer |
AG, G |
* |
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Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and relatives) |
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Greater Yellowlegs |
F |
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Whimbrel |
F |
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Long-billed Curlew |
F |
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Wilson's Snipe |
P |
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Laridae (Jaegers, Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers) |
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California Gull |
F |
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Herring Gull |
F |
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Western Gull |
F |
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Glaucous-winged Gull |
F |
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Caspian Tern |
F |
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Alcidae (Auks, Murres, and Puffins) |
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Marbled Murrelet |
F |
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Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves) |
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Rock Pigeon |
AG, G |
* |
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Band-tailed Pigeon |
RW, M |
* |
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Mourning Dove |
AG, G, M |
* |
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Tytonidae (Barn Owls) |
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Barn Owl |
AG, G |
* |
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Strigidae (Typical Owls) |
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Western Screech-Owl |
M, RW * |
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Great Horned Owl |
M, G |
* |
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Northern Pygmy-Owl |
M, RW |
* |
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Burrowing Owl |
G |
X |
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Long-eared Owl |
RW, M |
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Short-eared Owl |
G |
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Northern Saw-whet Owl |
RW, M |
* |
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Caprimulgidae (Goatsuckers) |
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Lesser Nighthawk |
AR |
X |
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Common Nighthawk |
G |
X |
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Apodidae (Swifts) |
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Black Swift |
A |
X |
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Vaux's Swift |
A |
X |
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White-throated Swift |
Q, A |
* |
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Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) |
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Black-chinned Hummingbird |
AR, M |
X |
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Anna's Hummingbird |
M, AG, G |
* |
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Costa's Hummingbird |
AR, M |
X |
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Rufous Hummingbird |
AR, M |
X |
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Allen's Hummingbird |
AR, M |
* |
X |
Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) |
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Belted Kingfisher |
F, P |
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Picidae (Woodpeckers) |
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Acorn Woodpecker |
M, RW |
* |
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Red-breasted Sapsucker |
M, RW |
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Nuttall's Woodpecker |
RI |
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Downy Woodpecker |
M |
* |
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Hairy Woodpecker |
RW, M |
* |
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Northern Flicker |
M, RW |
* |
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Pileated Woodpecker |
RW, M |
? |
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Tyrranidae (Tyrant Flycatchers) |
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Olive-sided Flycatcher |
RW, M |
* |
X |
Western Wood-Pewee |
AR, AG, M |
? |
X |
Willow Flycatcher |
RW, M |
X |
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Hammond's Flycatcher |
M |
X |
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Pacific-slope Flycatcher |
M, RW |
* |
X |
Black Phoebe |
G, AG |
* |
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Eastern Phoebe |
M |
X |
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Say's Phoebe |
G, Q |
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Ash-throated Flycatcher |
AR, M |
* |
X |
Western Kingbird |
G, Q |
X |
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Eastern Kingbird |
G |
X |
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Laniidae (Shrikes) |
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Loggerhead Shrike |
G |
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Vireonidae (Vireos) |
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Cassin's Vireo |
M, RW, AR |
* |
X |
Hutton's Vireo |
M, RW, AR |
* |
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Warbling Vireo |
M, RW, AR |
* |
X |
Corvidae (Jays, Magpies, and Crows) |
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Steller's Jay |
RW, M, Ar |
* |
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Western Scrub-Jay |
M, C, Ag |
* |
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Clark's Nutcracker |
Ar |
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American Crow |
G |
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Common Raven |
RW, M, G |
* |
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Hirundinidae (Swallows) |
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Purple Martin |
A |
X |
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Tree Swallow |
A |
X |
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Violet-green Swallow |
A |
* |
X |
N. Rough-winged Swallow |
A |
X |
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Cliff Swallow |
A |
* |
X |
Barn Swallow |
A |
* |
X |
Paridae (Chickadees and Titmice) |
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
M, RW |
* |
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Oak Titmouse |
M |
* |
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Aegithalidae (Bushtits) |
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Bushtit |
M, C |
* |
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Sittidae (Nuthatches) |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch |
RW |
* |
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White-breasted Nuthatch |
M |
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Pygmy Nuthatch |
RW |
* |
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Certhiidae (Creepers) |
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Brown Creeper |
RW, M |
* |
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Troglodytidae (Wrens) |
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Rock Wren |
Q |
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Canyon Wren |
Q |
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Bewick's Wren |
M, C, Ar |
* |
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House Wren |
AR, M |
X |
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Winter Wren |
RW, M |
* |
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Regulidae (Kinglets) |
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Golden-crowned Kinglet |
RW |
* |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
M, RW |
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Sylviidae (Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers) |
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
M, C |
X |
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Turdidae (Thrushes) |
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Western Bluebird |
G |
X |
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Swainson's Thrush |
RI |
* |
X |
Hermit Thrush |
M, RW |
* |
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American Robin |
M, RW |
* |
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Varied Thrush |
RW |
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Townsend's Solitaire |
Ar |
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Timaliidae (Babblers) |
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Wrentit |
C, AR |
* |
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Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers) |
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Northern Mockingbird |
AR, AG |
* |
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Sage Thrasher |
AR |
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California Thrasher |
AR, C |
* |
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Sturnidae (Starlings) |
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European Starling |
AG, G, M |
* |
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Motacillidae (Pipits) |
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American Pipit |
G |
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Bombycillidae (Waxwings) |
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Cedar Waxwing |
M, RW |
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Parulidae (Wood Warblers) |
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Tennessee Warbler |
AR |
X |
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Orange-crowned Warbler |
M, RW, AR |
* |
X |
Nashville Warbler |
M |
X |
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Northern Parula |
AR |
X |
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Yellow Warbler |
RI, AR |
X |
X |
Magnolia Warbler |
RI |
X |
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Black-throated Blue Warbler |
M |
X |
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Yellow-rumped Warbler |
M, AR, RI |
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Black-throated Gray Warbler |
M |
* |
X |
Townsend's Warbler |
RW, M |
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Hermit Warbler |
RW, M, AR |
* |
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Blackburnian Warbler |
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Palm Warbler |
AR, AG |
X |
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Blackpoll Warbler |
AR |
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American Redstart |
RI |
X |
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MacGillivray's Warbler |
M |
X |
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Common Yellowthroat |
P |
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Wilson's Warbler |
M, RI, C |
* |
X |
Thraupidae (Tanagers) |
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Western Tanager |
RW, M |
X |
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Summer Tanager |
AR |
X |
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Emberizidae (Sparrows and relatives) |
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Spotted Towhee |
M, C, AR |
* |
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California Towhee |
M, C, A |
* |
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Chipping Sparrow |
M, G |
* |
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Clay-colored Sparrow |
G |
X |
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Vesper Sparrow |
G |
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Lark Sparrow |
G |
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Savannah Sparrow |
G |
* |
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Grasshopper Sparrow |
G |
* |
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Fox Sparrow |
C, M, AR |
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Song Sparrow |
RI, M |
* |
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Lincoln's Sparrow |
G, AG |
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Swamp Sparrow |
Ar |
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White-throated Sparrow |
AG, AR |
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White-crowned Sparrow |
C, G, AG |
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Golden-crowned Sparrow |
AR, AG, M |
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Dark-eyed Junco ("Oregon") |
RW, M |
* |
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Cardinalidae (Cardinals, grosbeaks and relatives) |
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
Ar |
X |
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Black-headed Grosbeak |
M, RI |
* |
X |
Lazuli Bunting |
G, M |
* |
X |
Indigo Bunting |
Ar |
X |
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Icteridae (Blackbirds) |
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Bobolink |
G |
X |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
G, AG, P |
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Western Meadowlark |
G |
* |
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Brewer's Blackbird |
G |
* |
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Brown-headed Cowbird |
M |
* |
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Hooded Oriole |
Ar |
X |
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Bullock's Oriole |
AR, M |
* |
X |
Fringillidae (Finches) |
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Purple Finch |
RW, M, C |
* |
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Cassin's Finch |
RW, M |
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House Finch |
M, AG, AR |
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Red Crossbill |
RW |
? |
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Pine Siskin |
RW, M |
* |
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Lesser Goldfinch |
M, G |
* |
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Lawrence's Goldfinch |
M, G |
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American Goldfinch |
RW, M |
* |
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Evening Grosbeak |
RW, M |
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Passeridae (Old World Sparrows) |
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House Sparrow |
G |
* |