Wildlife of DeLaveaga Park and Golf Course

This is a guide of sorts to the biodiversity of DeLaveaga Park and Golf Course in Santa Cruz, California. The park is extremely rich in species, due in part to its diversity of habitats. Dry oak-pine forest, a grove of redwoods, a riparian tract of woodland, and lands dominated by introduced ...more ↓

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American Coot ¹
Fulica americana

Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo

California Quail ²
Callipepla californica

Band-tailed Pigeon ³
Patagioenas fasciata

Mourning Dove ⁴
Zenaida macroura

Red-shouldered Hawk ⁵
Buteo lineatus

Red-tailed Hawk ⁶
Buteo jamaicensis

Anna's Hummingbird ⁷
Calypte anna

Wood Duck ⁸
Aix sponsa

Brown Creeper ⁹
Certhia americana

Common Raven ¹⁰
Corvus corax

American Crow ¹¹
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Fox Sparrow ¹²
Passerella iliaca

Golden-crowned Sparrow ¹³
Zonotrichia atricapilla

Spotted Towhee ¹⁴
Pipilo maculatus

Dark-eyed Junco ¹⁵
Junco hyemalis

Black-headed Grosbeak ⁷
Pheucticus melanocephalus

Violet-green Swallow ¹⁶
Tachycineta thalassina

American Robin ¹⁷
Turdus migratorius

Swainson's Thrush ¹⁸
Catharus ustulatus

Hermit Thrush ¹⁹
Catharus guttatus

Western Bluebird ¹⁹
Sialia mexicana

Pygmy Nuthatch ²⁰
Sitta pygmaea

Olive-sided Flycatcher ²¹
Contopus cooperi

Pacific-slope Flycatcher ²²
Empidonax difficilis

Black Phoebe ²³
Sayornis nigricans

Hutton's Vireo ¹⁹
Vireo huttoni

Acorn Woodpecker ²⁴
Melanerpes formicivorus

Northern Flicker ²⁵
Colaptes auratus

Great Horned Owl ²⁶
Bubo virginianus

Ensatina ²⁷
Ensatina eschscholtzii

Arboreal Salamander ²⁸
Aneides lugubris

California Slender Salamander ²⁹
Batrachoseps attenuatus

Aquatic Garter Snake ³⁰
Thamnophis atratus

Santa Cruz Aquatic Garter Snake ³¹
Thamnophis atratus atratus

Gopher Snake ³²
Pituophis catenifer

Western Fence Lizard ³³
Sceloporus occidentalis

Mule Deer ³⁴
Odocoileus hemionus

Columbian Black-tailed Deer ³⁵
Odocoileus hemionus columbianus

Botta's Pocket Gopher ³⁶
Thomomys bottae

Broad-footed Mole ³⁷
Scapanus latimanus

American Shrewmole ³⁸
Neurotrichus gibbsii

California Towhee ³⁹
Melozone crissalis

Forest Sharp-tailed Snake ⁴⁰
Contia longicaudae

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ⁴¹
Regulus calendula

Sierran Tree Frog ⁴²
Pseudacris sierra

Yellow-eyed Ensatina ⁴⁰
Ensatina eschscholtzii xanthoptica

Pacific Wren ⁴³
Troglodytes pacificus

Wilson's Warbler ⁴⁴
Cardellina pusilla

House Finch ⁴⁵
Haemorhous mexicanus

Northern Rubber Boa ³⁰
Charina bottae

California Red-shouldered Hawk ⁴⁶
Buteo lineatus elegans

Hairy Woodpecker ⁴⁷
Dryobates villosus

Orange-crowned Warbler ⁴⁸
Leiothlypis celata

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Wildlife of DeLaveaga Park and Golf Course

American Coot 1 Fulica americana

Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo

California Quail 2 Callipepla californica

Band-tailed Pigeon 3 Patagioenas fasciata

Mourning Dove 4 Zenaida macroura

Red-shouldered Hawk 5 Buteo lineatus

Red-tailed Hawk 6 Buteo jamaicensis

Anna's Hummingbird 7 Calypte anna

Wood Duck 8 Aix sponsa

Brown Creeper 9 Certhia americana

Common Raven 10 Corvus corax

American Crow 11 Corvus brachyrhynchos

Fox Sparrow 12 Passerella iliaca

Golden-crowned Sparrow 13 Zonotrichia atricapilla

Spotted Towhee 14 Pipilo maculatus

Dark-eyed Junco 15 Junco hyemalis

Black-headed Grosbeak 7 Pheucticus melanocephalus

Violet-green Swallow 16 Tachycineta thalassina

American Robin 17 Turdus migratorius

Swainson's Thrush 18 Catharus ustulatus

Hermit Thrush 19 Catharus guttatus

Western Bluebird 19 Sialia mexicana

Pygmy Nuthatch 20 Sitta pygmaea

Olive-sided Flycatcher 21 Contopus cooperi

Pacific-slope Flycatcher 22 Empidonax difficilis

Black Phoebe 23 Sayornis nigricans

Hutton's Vireo 19 Vireo huttoni

Acorn Woodpecker 24 Melanerpes formicivorus

Northern Flicker 25 Colaptes auratus

Great Horned Owl 26 Bubo virginianus

Ensatina 27 Ensatina eschscholtzii

Arboreal Salamander 28 Aneides lugubris

California Slender Salamander 29 Batrachoseps attenuatus

Aquatic Garter Snake 30 Thamnophis atratus

Santa Cruz Aquatic Garter Snake 31 Thamnophis atratus atratus

Gopher Snake 32 Pituophis catenifer

Western Fence Lizard 33 Sceloporus occidentalis

Mule Deer 34 Odocoileus hemionus

Columbian Black-tailed Deer 35 Odocoileus hemionus columbianus

Botta's Pocket Gopher 36 Thomomys bottae

Broad-footed Mole 37 Scapanus latimanus

American Shrewmole 38 Neurotrichus gibbsii

California Towhee 39 Melozone crissalis

Forest Sharp-tailed Snake 40 Contia longicaudae

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 41 Regulus calendula

Sierran Tree Frog 42 Pseudacris sierra

Yellow-eyed Ensatina 40 Ensatina eschscholtzii xanthoptica

Pacific Wren 43 Troglodytes pacificus

Wilson's Warbler 44 Cardellina pusilla

House Finch 45 Haemorhous mexicanus

Northern Rubber Boa 30 Charina bottae

California Red-shouldered Hawk 46 Buteo lineatus elegans

Hairy Woodpecker 47 Dryobates villosus

Orange-crowned Warbler 48 Leiothlypis celata