CALeDNA_Bird_Guide

This field guide is a companion to the CALeDNA environmental DNA project (ucdna.com). It includes the plant, animal and fungal species that have been observed or are likely to occur at at least one of the University of California Natural Reserves.

The species included in this guide ...more ↓

American Wigeon 1
Anas americana
Mallard 2
Anas platyrhynchos
Green-winged Teal 3
Anas crecca
Cinnamon Teal 4
Anas cyanoptera
Canvasback 5
Aythya valisineria
Ring-necked Duck 6
Aythya collaris
Lesser Scaup 7
Aythya affinis
Bufflehead 6
Bucephala albeola
Hooded Merganser 8
Lophodytes cucullatus
Common Merganser 9
Mergus merganser
Ruddy Duck 10
Oxyura jamaicensis
Wild Turkey 11
Meleagris gallopavo
California Quail 12
Callipepla californica
Mountain Quail 13
Oreortyx pictus
Pied-billed Grebe 14
Podilymbus podiceps
American White Pelican 15
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Phalacrocorax auritus
Great Egret 17
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 17
Ardea herodias
Green Heron 8
Butorides virescens
Cattle Egret 18
Bubulcus ibis
Black-crowned Night-Heron 19
Nycticorax nycticorax
Turkey Vulture 20
Cathartes aura
California Condor 21
Gymnogyps californianus
White-tailed Kite 22
Elanus leucurus
Golden Eagle 5
Aquila chrysaetos
Bald Eagle 23
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Sharp-shinned Hawk 24
Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Harrier 25
Circus cyaneus
Red-shouldered Hawk 26
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 22
Buteo jamaicensis
American Kestrel 16
Falco sparverius
Merlin 27
Falco columbarius
Prairie Falcon 5
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 28
Falco peregrinus
Virginia Rail 16
Rallus limicola
Sora 17
Porzana carolina
American Coot 29
Fulica americana
Killdeer 30
Charadrius vociferus
Solitary Sandpiper 31
Tringa solitaria
Spotted Sandpiper 32
Actitis macularius
Greater Yellowlegs 31
Tringa melanoleuca
Sanderling 33
Calidris alba
Common Snipe 34
Gallinago gallinago
Band-tailed Pigeon 35
Patagioenas fasciata
Rock Pigeon 36
Columba livia
Eurasian Collared-Dove 37
Streptopelia decaocto
Mourning Dove 38
Zenaida macroura
Greater Roadrunner 39
Geococcyx californianus
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Great Horned Owl 40
Bubo virginianus
Western Screech-Owl 10
Megascops kennicottii
Northern Pygmy-Owl 41
Glaucidium gnoma
Burrowing Owl 29
Athene cunicularia
Common Poorwill 42
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
White-throated Swift 43
Aeronautes saxatalis
Vaux's Swift 25
Chaetura vauxi
Black-chinned Hummingbird 5
Archilochus alexandri
Costa's Hummingbird 18
Calypte costae
Anna's Hummingbird 18
Calypte anna
Stellula calliope 44
Selasphorus calliope
Rufous Hummingbird 45
Selasphorus rufus
Allen's Hummingbird 31
Selasphorus sasin
Ceryle alcyon 46
Megaceryle alcyon
Acorn Woodpecker 47
Melanerpes formicivorus
Lewis's Woodpecker 35
Melanerpes lewis
Red-breasted Sapsucker 35
Sphyrapicus ruber
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5
Sphyrapicus varius
Red-naped Sapsucker 48
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Nuttall's Woodpecker 17
Picoides nuttallii
White-headed Woodpecker 44
Picoides albolarvatus
Downy Woodpecker 49
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 50
Picoides villosus
Northern Flicker 51
Colaptes auratus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 5
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 46
Contopus sordidulus
Dusky Flycatcher 5
Empidonax oberholseri
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 52
Empidonax difficilis
Black Phoebe 31
Sayornis nigricans
Say's Phoebe 47
Sayornis saya
Ash-throated Flycatcher 31
Myiarchus cinerascens
Cassin's Kingbird 53
Tyrannus vociferans
Western Kingbird 54
Tyrannus verticalis
Loggerhead Shrike 18
Lanius ludovicianus
Hutton's Vireo 55
Vireo huttoni
Plumbeous Vireo 5
Vireo plumbeus
Cassin's Vireo 5
Vireo cassinii
Warbling Vireo 46
Vireo gilvus
Steller's Jay 56
Cyanocitta stelleri
California Scrub-Jay 25
Aphelocoma californica
Yellow-billed Magpie 54
Pica nuttalli
American Crow 57
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 58
Corvus corax
Horned Lark 59
Eremophila alpestris
Violet-green Swallow 31
Tachycineta thalassina
Tree Swallow 6
Tachycineta bicolor
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 60
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Barn Swallow 61
Hirundo rustica

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