Birds of San Diego County, California

San Diego County, California has over 500 birds on the accepted ABA list and many other introduced species. Waters of the Pacific Ocean, mountains over a mile high and deserts all within the boundaries of the county provide many varied habitats for a broad variety of birds.

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Osprey 2
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 3
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 5
Circus cyaneus
Zone-tailed Hawk 6
Buteo albonotatus
Red-tailed Hawk 7
Buteo jamaicensis
Red-shouldered Hawk 8
Buteo lineatus
California Red-shouldered Hawk 9
Buteo lineatus elegans
Ferruginous Hawk 6
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 10
Buteo swainsoni
White-tailed Kite 7
Elanus leucurus
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Harris's Hawk 6
Parabuteo unicinctus
Mississippi Kite 6
Ictinia mississippiensis
Turkey Vulture 11
Cathartes aura
Greater Roadrunner 12
Geococcyx californianus
White-headed Woodpecker 13
Picoides albolarvatus
Nuttall's Woodpecker 2
Picoides nuttallii
Downy Woodpecker 14
Picoides pubescens
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 15
Picoides scalaris
Hairy Woodpecker 16
Picoides villosus
Acorn Woodpecker 15
Melanerpes formicivorus
Lewis's Woodpecker 17
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Flicker 18
Colaptes auratus
Red-naped Sapsucker 19
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Red-breasted Sapsucker 17
Sphyrapicus ruber
Williamson's Sapsucker 6
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6
Sphyrapicus varius
Lilac-crowned Parrot
Amazona finschi
Red-crowned Parrot 20
Amazona viridigenalis
Red-masked Parakeet 21
Aratinga erythrogenys
Rose-ringed Parakeet 22
Psittacula krameri
Budgerigar 23
Melopsittacus undulatus
Western Screech-Owl 24
Megascops kennicottii
Burrowing Owl 25
Athene cunicularia
Great Horned Owl 26
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 27
Asio flammeus
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 28
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 30
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Dove 31
Columba livia
Band-tailed Pigeon 17
Patagioenas fasciata
White-winged Dove 32
Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove 33
Zenaida macroura
Common Ground-Dove 6
Columbina passerina
Wood Stork
Mycteria americana
Sora 2
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 34
Rallus limicola
Ridgway's Rail 35
Rallus obsoletus
Common Gallinule 36
Gallinula galeata
American Coot 37
Fulica americana
Anna's Hummingbird 38
Calypte anna
Costa's Hummingbird 39
Calypte costae
Calliope Hummingbird 13
Selasphorus calliope
Rufous Hummingbird 27
Selasphorus rufus
Allen's Hummingbird 40
Selasphorus sasin
Black-chinned Hummingbird 6
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 6
Aeronautes saxatalis
Vaux's Swift 5
Chaetura vauxi
Black Swift 41
Cypseloides niger
Mountain Quail 42
Oreortyx pictus
California Quail 26
Callipepla californica
Gambel's Quail 43
Callipepla gambelii
California x Gambel's Quail hybrid 5
California × gambel's quail
Wild Turkey 44
Meleagris gallopavo
Gulls 46
Larus
Herring Gull 47
Larus argentatus
California Gull 48
Larus californicus
Mew Gull 34
Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull 49
Larus delawarensis
Glaucous-winged Gull 50
Larus glaucescens
Heermann's Gull 41
Larus heermanni
Glaucous Gull 51
Larus hyperboreus
Western Gull 41
Larus occidentalis
Thayer's Gull 52
Larus thayeri
Bonaparte's Gull 35
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Least Tern 53
Sternula antillarum
California Least Tern 54
Sternula antillarum browni
Gull-billed Tern 55
Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern 35
Hydroprogne caspia
Elegant Tern 56
Thalasseus elegans
Royal Tern 57
Thalasseus maximus
Forster's Tern 2
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 58
Sterna hirundo
Black-legged Kittiwake 59
Rissa tridactyla
Black Skimmer 12
Rynchops niger
Black Tern 51
Chlidonias niger
Sabine's Gull 6
Xema sabini
Laughing Gull 6
Leucophaeus atricilla
Dowitchers 34
Limnodromus
Short-billed Dowitcher 60
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 2
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Sanderling 61
Calidris alba
Dunlin 62
Calidris alpina
Red Knot 35
Calidris canutus
Curlew Sandpiper 63
Calidris ferruginea

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