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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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Stilt Sandpiper 1
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 2
Calidris mauri
Pectoral Sandpiper 3
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 4
Calidris minutilla
Ruff 5
Calidris pugnax
Semipalmated Sandpiper 6
Calidris pusilla
Red-necked Stint 7
Calidris ruficollis
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 8
Calidris subruficollis
Surfbird 9
Calidris virgata
Wandering Tattler 10
Tringa incana
Greater Yellowlegs 11
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 8
Tringa semipalmata
Western Willet 12
Tringa semipalmata inornatus
Solitary Sandpiper 11
Tringa solitaria
Long-billed Curlew 13
Numenius americanus
Whimbrel 14
Numenius phaeopus
Wilson's Snipe 15
Gallinago delicata
Ruddy Turnstone 16
Arenaria interpres
Black Turnstone 17
Arenaria melanocephala
Marbled Godwit 18
Limosa fedoa
Bar-tailed Godwit 19
Limosa lapponica
Red Phalarope 20
Phalaropus fulicarius
Red-necked Phalarope 13
Phalaropus lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope 21
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 22
Actitis macularius
Snowy Plover 23
Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sand-Plover 7
Charadrius mongolus
Mountain Plover 18
Charadrius montanus
Semipalmated Plover 24
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 25
Charadrius vociferus
Wilson's Plover 11
Charadrius wilsonia
American Golden-Plover 8
Pluvialis dominica
Pacific Golden-Plover 26
Pluvialis fulva
Black-bellied Plover 11
Pluvialis squatarola
Common Murre 27
Uria aalge
Cassin's Auklet 28
Ptychoramphus aleuticus
Rhinoceros Auklet 29
Cerorhinca monocerata
Ancient Murrelet 30
Synthliboramphus antiquus
Craveri's Murrelet 31
Synthliboramphus craveri
Scripps's Murrelet 28
Synthliboramphus scrippsi
Black Oystercatcher 13
Haematopus bachmani
American x Black Oystercatcher hybrid 31
American × black oystercatcher
American Oystercatcher 32
Haematopus palliatus
Black-necked Stilt 17
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 33
Recurvirostra americana
South Polar Skua 34
Stercorarius maccormicki
Parasitic Jaeger 35
Stercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine Jaeger 36
Stercorarius pomarinus
Common Loon 8
Gavia immer
Pacific Loon 11
Gavia pacifica
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellata
Horned Grebe 11
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 37
Podiceps grisegena
Eared Grebe 38
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 13
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 39
Podilymbus podiceps
Buller's Shearwater 8
Puffinus bulleri
Flesh-footed Shearwater 40
Puffinus carneipes
Pink-footed Shearwater 41
Puffinus creatopus
Great Shearwater 42
Puffinus gravis
Sooty Shearwater 41
Puffinus griseus
Black-vented Shearwater 18
Puffinus opisthomelas
Manx Shearwater 43
Puffinus puffinus
Short-tailed Shearwater 15
Puffinus tenuirostris
Northern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis
Black-footed Albatross 8
Phoebastria nigripes
Black Storm-Petrel 44
Oceanodroma melania
Least Storm-Petrel 45
Oceanodroma microsoma
White-faced Ibis 46
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 47
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Brown Pelican 4
Pelecanus occidentalis
California Brown Pelican 48
Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Little Blue Heron 49
Egretta caerulea
Reddish Egret
Egretta rufescens
Snowy Egret 4
Egretta thula
Great Egret 13
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 13
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 50
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 51
Nyctanassa violacea
Least Bittern 52
Ixobrychus exilis
Cattle Egret 6
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 53
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 11
Botaurus lentiginosus
Red-billed Tropicbird 54
Phaethon aethereus
Merlin 55
Falco columbarius
Prairie Merlin 56
Falco columbarius richardsonii
Prairie Falcon 8
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 57
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 28
Falco sparverius
Crested Caracara 58
Caracara cheriway
Lesser Nighthawk 59
Chordeiles acutipennis
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus
Northern Pintail 60
Anas acuta
American Wigeon 61
Anas americana
Northern Shoveler 62
Anas clypeata
Green-winged Teal 63
Anas crecca
Green-winged Teal 11
Anas crecca carolinensis
Cinnamon Teal 64
Anas cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 62
Anas discors

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