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

California Towhee ²⁷
Melozone crissalis

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ²⁸
Regulus calendula

Pacific Wren ²⁹
Troglodytes pacificus

Wilson's Warbler ³⁰
Cardellina pusilla

House Finch ³¹
Haemorhous mexicanus

California Red-shouldered Hawk ³²
Buteo lineatus elegans

Hairy Woodpecker ³³
Dryobates villosus

Orange-crowned Warbler ³⁴
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

California Towhee 27 Melozone crissalis

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 28 Regulus calendula

Pacific Wren 29 Troglodytes pacificus

Wilson's Warbler 30 Cardellina pusilla

House Finch 31 Haemorhous mexicanus

California Red-shouldered Hawk 32 Buteo lineatus elegans

Hairy Woodpecker 33 Dryobates villosus

Orange-crowned Warbler 34 Leiothlypis celata