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Birds of Los Angeles

Birds that occur in LA county. Does not include rarities or vagrants. Can also be used for Ventura and Orange counties.

Greater Roadrunner 1
Geococcyx californianus
Nuttall's Woodpecker 2
Picoides nuttallii
Downy Woodpecker 3
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 4
Picoides villosus
Acorn Woodpecker 5
Melanerpes formicivorus
Lewis's Woodpecker 6
Melanerpes lewis
Red-shafted Flicker 7
Colaptes auratus cafer
Red-naped Sapsucker 8
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Red-breasted Sapsucker 6
Sphyrapicus ruber
Red-crowned Parrot 9
Amazona viridigenalis
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet 10
Brotogeris chiriri
Western Screech-Owl 11
Megascops kennicottii
Great Horned Owl 12
Bubo virginianus
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 13
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared-Dove 14
Streptopelia decaocto
Domestic Pigeon 15
Columba livia domestica
Band-tailed Pigeon 6
Patagioenas fasciata
Mourning Dove 16
Zenaida macroura
Sora 17
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 18
Rallus limicola
Ridgway's Rail 19
Rallus obsoletus
American Coot 20
Fulica americana
Anna's Hummingbird 21
Calypte anna
Costa's Hummingbird 21
Calypte costae
Rufous Hummingbird 22
Selasphorus rufus
Allen's Hummingbird 19
Selasphorus sasin
Black-chinned Hummingbird 23
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 23
Aeronautes saxatalis
Vaux's Swift 24
Chaetura vauxi
California Quail 25
Callipepla californica
Dunlin 26
Calidris alpina
Western Sandpiper 27
Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper 28
Calidris minutilla
Surfbird 29
Calidris virgata
Lesser Yellowlegs 30
Tringa flavipes
Wandering Tattler 21
Tringa incana
Greater Yellowlegs 19
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 23
Tringa semipalmata
Long-billed Curlew 17
Numenius americanus
American Whimbrel 31
Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
Wilson's Snipe 32
Gallinago delicata
Ruddy Turnstone 33
Arenaria interpres
Black Turnstone 6
Arenaria melanocephala
Marbled Godwit 24
Limosa fedoa
Red-necked Phalarope 17
Phalaropus lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope 34
Phalaropus tricolor
Least Tern 35
Sternula antillarum
Caspian Tern 19
Hydroprogne caspia
Elegant Tern 36
Thalasseus elegans
Royal Tern 37
Thalasseus maximus
Forster's Tern 38
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 39
Sterna hirundo
Bonaparte's Gull 19
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
California Gull 7
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 40
Larus delawarensis
Glaucous-winged Gull 41
Larus glaucescens
Olympic Gull 42
Larus glaucescens × occidentalis
Heermann's Gull 43
Larus heermanni
Western Gull 43
Larus occidentalis
Thayer's Gull 44
Larus thayeri
Black Skimmer 1
Rynchops niger
Snowy Plover 17
Charadrius nivosus
Semipalmated Plover 45
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 46
Charadrius vociferus
Black-bellied Plover 19
Pluvialis squatarola
Pigeon Guillemot 17
Cepphus columba
Black-necked Stilt 6
Himantopus mexicanus
Common Loon 47
Gavia immer
Pacific Loon 48
Gavia pacifica
Red-throated Loon 49
Gavia stellata
Horned Grebe 19
Podiceps auritus
Eared Grebe 11
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 17
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 50
Podilymbus podiceps
Black-vented Shearwater 23
Puffinus opisthomelas
White-faced Ibis 51
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 52
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
California Brown Pelican 53
Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Snowy Egret 28
Egretta thula
Great Egret 54
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 17
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 55
Nycticorax nycticorax
Least Bittern 56
Ixobrychus exilis
Green Heron 57
Butorides virescens
Merlin 58
Falco columbarius
Peregrine Falcon 59
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 18
Falco sparverius
Northern Pintail 60
Anas acuta
American Wigeon 61
Anas americana
Chestnut Teal 62
Anas castanea
Northern Shoveler 63
Anas clypeata
Blue-winged Teal 63
Anas discors
Mallard 64
Anas platyrhynchos
Domesticated Duck 65
Anas platyrhynchos domesticus
Gadwall 66
Anas strepera
Green-winged Teal 19
Anas crecca carolinensis
Bufflehead 63
Bucephala albeola
Red-breasted Merganser 67
Mergus serrator

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