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Most Common Birds of San Francisco Bay Area

Western Sandpiper 1
Calidris mauri
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Agelaius phoeniceus
Varied Thrush 3
Ixoreus naevius
White-crowned Sparrow 4
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Pygmy Nuthatch 5
Sitta pygmaea
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Sparrow 7
Zonotrichia atricapilla
Barn Swallow 8
Hirundo rustica
Song Sparrow 9
Melospiza melodia
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10
Poecile rufescens
Killdeer 11
Charadrius vociferus
Brewer's Blackbird 12
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Nuttall's Woodpecker 13
Picoides nuttallii
Lesser Scaup 14
Aythya affinis
Oak Titmouse 15
Baeolophus inornatus
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Wood Duck 1
Aix sponsa
California Towhee 16
Melozone crissalis
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Black-crowned Night-Heron 17
Nycticorax nycticorax
Great Horned Owl 18
Bubo virginianus
Great Blue Heron 13
Ardea herodias
Red-shouldered Hawk 19
Buteo lineatus
Snowy Egret 20
Egretta thula
Townsend's Warbler 21
Bushtit 22
Psaltriparus minimus
Allen's Hummingbird 23
Selasphorus sasin
House Finch 24
Haemorhous mexicanus
Anna's Hummingbird 25
Calypte anna
House Sparrow 26
Passer domesticus
Spotted Towhee 27
Pipilo maculatus
American Robin 28
Turdus migratorius
Red-masked Parakeet 29
Psittacara erythrogenys
Northern Mockingbird 30
Mimus polyglottos
American Coot 31
Fulica americana
European Starling 32
Sturnus vulgaris
Mourning Dove 28
Zenaida macroura
Western Scrub-Jay 33
Aphelocoma californica
Steller's Jay 34
Cyanocitta stelleri
Mallard 35
Anas platyrhynchos
Rock Dove 36
Columba livia
California Gull 37
Larus californicus
Western Gull 12
Larus occidentalis
Black Oystercatcher 13
Haematopus bachmani
Heermann's Gull 12
Larus heermanni
Brown Pelican 20
Red-tailed Hawk 27
Buteo jamaicensis
Turkey Vulture 38
Cathartes aura
American Crow 39
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 40
Corvus corax

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