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Birds of San Mateo County

Brant 1
Branta bernicla
Cackling Goose 1
Branta hutchinsii
Canada Goose 1
Branta canadensis
Gadwall 1
Anas strepera
Wood Duck 1
Aix sponsa
Eurasian Wigeon 1
Anas penelope
American Wigeon 1
Anas americana
Mallard 1
Anas platyrhynchos
Blue-winged Teal 1
Anas discors
Cinnamon Teal 1
Anas cyanoptera
Northern Shoveler 1
Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail 1
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 1
Anas crecca
Canvasback 1
Aythya valisineria
Ring-necked Duck 1
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup 1
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup 1
Aythya affinis
Surf Scoter 1
Melanitta perspicillata
White-winged Scoter 1
Melanitta fusca
Black Scoter 1
Melanitta americana
Bufflehead 1
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 1
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 1
Bucephala islandica
Hooded Merganser 1
Lophodytes cucullatus
Common Merganser 1
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Mergus serrator
Ruddy Duck 1
Oxyura jamaicensis
California Quail 1
Callipepla californica
Wild Turkey 1
Meleagris gallopavo
Common Loon 1
Gavia immer
Pacific Loon 1
Gavia pacifica
Red-throated Loon 1
Gavia stellata
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Podilymbus podiceps
Horned Grebe 1
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 1
Podiceps grisegena
Eared Grebe 1
Podiceps nigricollis
Western Grebe 1
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Clark's Grebe 1
Aechmophorus clarkii
Northern Fulmar 1
Fulmarus glacialis
Pink-footed Shearwater 1
Ardenna creatopus
Sooty Shearwater 1
Ardenna grisea
Black-vented Shearwater 1
Puffinus opisthomelas
Northern Gannet 1
Morus bassanus
Brandt's Cormorant 1
Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Pelagic Cormorant 1
Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Phalacrocorax auritus
American White Pelican 1
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Brown Pelican 1
Pelecanus occidentalis
Great Blue Heron 1
Ardea herodias
Great Egret 1
Ardea alba
Snowy Egret 1
Egretta thula
Green Heron 1
Butorides virescens
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Nycticorax nycticorax
Turkey Vulture 1
Cathartes aura
Osprey 1
Pandion haliaetus
White-tailed Kite 1
Elanus leucurus
Golden Eagle 1
Aquila chrysaetos
Northern Harrier 2
Circus cyaneus
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk 1
Accipiter cooperii
Bald Eagle 1
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Buteo jamaicensis
Ferruginous Hawk 1
Buteo regalis
Ridgway's Rail 1
Rallus obsoletus
Virginia Rail 3
Rallus limicola
Sora 1
Porzana carolina
American Coot 1
Fulica americana
Black-necked Stilt 1
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 1
Recurvirostra americana
Black Oystercatcher 1
Haematopus bachmani
Black-bellied Plover 1
Pluvialis squatarola
Snowy Plover 1
Charadrius nivosus
Semipalmated Plover 1
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 1
Charadrius vociferus
Whimbrel 1
Numenius phaeopus
Long-billed Curlew 1
Numenius americanus
Marbled Godwit 1
Limosa fedoa
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Arenaria interpres
Black Turnstone 1
Arenaria melanocephala
Red Knot 1
Calidris canutus
Surfbird 1
Calidris virgata
Sanderling 1
Calidris alba
Dunlin 1
Calidris alpina
Least Sandpiper 1
Calidris minutilla
Western Sandpiper 1
Calidris mauri
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 1
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Wilson's Snipe 1
Gallinago delicata
Wilson's Phalarope 1
Phalaropus tricolor
Red-necked Phalarope 1
Phalaropus lobatus
Red Phalarope 1
Phalaropus fulicarius
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Actitis macularius
Wandering Tattler 1
Tringa incana
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 1
Tringa semipalmata
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Tringa flavipes
Pomarine Jaeger 1
Stercorarius pomarinus
Parasitic Jaeger 1
Stercorarius parasiticus
Common Murre 1
Uria aalge

Edited by Donna Pomeroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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  • 2. (c) BJ Stacey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 3. (c) Blake Matheson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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