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Crissy Field, San Francisco, CA

A guide of some commonly observed species of Crissy Field, Golden Gate Recreation Area (San Francisco, California)

All 43

Alkali Heath ¹
Frankenia salina

inland saltgrass ²
Distichlis spicata

Chamisso's-bush Lupine ³
Lupinus chamissonis

California Sea-lavender ⁴
Limonium californicum

Yellow Sand-verbena ⁵
Abronia latifolia

Chilean strawberry ⁶
Fragaria chiloensis

Killdeer ⁷
Charadrius vociferus

Great Egret ⁸
Ardea alba

Snowy Egret ⁹
Egretta thula

Whimbrel ¹⁰
Numenius phaeopus

Long-billed Curlew ⁸
Numenius americanus

Sanderling ¹¹
Calidris alba

black turnstone ¹²
Arenaria melanocephala

Ruddy Turnstone ¹³
Arenaria interpres

Great Blue Heron ⁸
Ardea herodias

western grebe ⁸
Aechmophorus occidentalis

Clark's Grebe ¹⁴
Aechmophorus clarkii

Western Gull ¹⁵
Larus occidentalis

Double-crested Cormorant ¹⁴
Phalacrocorax auritus

pelagic cormorant ⁵
Phalacrocorax pelagicus

Brown Pelican ⁹
Pelecanus occidentalis

black-crowned night-heron ¹⁶
Nycticorax nycticorax

Brewer's Blackbird ¹⁵
Euphagus cyanocephalus

Common Starling ¹⁷
Sturnus vulgaris

Red-winged Blackbird ¹⁸
Agelaius phoeniceus

belted kingfisher ¹⁹
Megaceryle alcyon

Forster's Tern ⁸
Sterna forsteri

Elegant Tern ²⁰
Thalasseus elegans

Caspian Tern ²¹
Hydroprogne caspia

California Gull ²²
Larus californicus

Ring-billed Gull ²³
Larus delawarensis

heermann's gull ¹⁵
Larus heermanni

Mew Gull ¹⁷
Larus canus brachyrhynchus

Mallard ²⁴
Anas platyrhynchos

anna's hummingbird ²⁵
Calypte anna

Beach Sandspurry ³
Spergularia macrotheca

Seaside Plantain ²⁶
Plantago maritima

Fleshy Jaumea ²⁷
Jaumea carnosa

salt sandspurry ²⁸
Spergularia salina

White-crowned Sparrow ²⁹
Zonotrichia leucophrys

Savannah Sparrow ⁸
Passerculus sandwichensis

Song Sparrow ³⁰
Melospiza melodia

House Sparrow ³¹
Passer domesticus

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