Riverside Citizen Science - Birds

Use this guide as a reference to bird species documented to occur within the City of Riverside.
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Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii

Sharp-shinned Hawk ¹
Accipiter striatus

White-throated Swift ²
Aeronautes saxatalis

Red-winged Blackbird ³
Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Pintail ⁴
Anas acuta

Cinnamon Teal ⁵
Anas cyanoptera

American Pipit ²
Anthus rubescens

Great Egret ⁶
Ardea alba

Great Blue Heron ⁶
Ardea herodias

Short-eared Owl ⁷
Asio flammeus

Burrowing Owl ⁸
Athene cunicularia

Lesser Scaup ⁹
Aythya affinis

Cedar Waxwing ¹⁰
Bombycilla cedrorum

Red-tailed Hawk ¹¹
Buteo jamaicensis

Red-shouldered Hawk ¹²
Buteo lineatus

Ferruginous Hawk ²
Buteo regalis

Swainson's Hawk ¹³
Buteo swainsoni

California Quail ¹⁴
Callipepla californica

Anna's Hummingbird ¹⁵
Calypte anna

Costa's Hummingbird ¹⁶
Calypte costae

Cactus Wren ¹⁷
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus

Turkey Vulture ¹⁸
Cathartes aura

Hermit Thrush ¹⁹
Catharus guttatus

Canyon Wren ²⁰
Catherpes mexicanus

Killdeer ²¹
Charadrius vociferus

Lark Sparrow ²²
Chondestes grammacus

Lesser Nighthawk ²³
Chordeiles acutipennis

Marsh Wren ⁷
Cistothorus palustris

Northern Flicker ²⁴
Colaptes auratus

Rock Dove ²⁵
Columba livia

American Crow ²⁶
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven ²⁷
Corvus corax

Willow Flycatcher ²
Empidonax traillii

Horned Lark ²⁸
Eremophila alpestris

Peregrine Falcon ²⁹
Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel ²²
Falco sparverius

American Coot
Fulica americana

Common Snipe ³⁰
Gallinago gallinago

Greater Roadrunner ³¹
Geococcyx californianus

Common Yellowthroat ³²
Geothlypis trichas

Yellow-breasted Chat ³³
Icteria virens

Hooded Oriole ³⁴
Icterus cucullatus

Baltimore Oriole ³²
Icterus galbula

Dark-eyed Junco ³⁵
Junco hyemalis

Loggerhead Shrike ³²
Lanius ludovicianus

Western Screech-Owl ³⁶
Megascops kennicottii

Lewis's Woodpecker ¹⁷
Melanerpes lewis

Song Sparrow ³⁵
Melospiza melodia

California Towhee ³⁷
Melozone crissalis

Sage Thrasher ²
Oreoscoptes montanus

Orange-crowned Warbler ³⁸
Oreothlypis celata

Ruddy Duck ³⁶
Oxyura jamaicensis

Savannah Sparrow ⁶
Passerculus sandwichensis

Fox Sparrow ³⁸
Passerella iliaca

Blue Grosbeak ²²
Passerina caerulea

Band-tailed Pigeon ¹⁷
Patagioenas fasciata

Phainopepla ³⁹
Phainopepla nitens

Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus

Nuttall's Woodpecker ⁶
Picoides nuttallii

Downy Woodpecker ⁴⁰
Picoides pubescens

Hairy Woodpecker ⁴¹
Picoides villosus

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ²
Polioptila caerulea

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher ³⁴
Polioptila melanura

Bushtit ⁴²
Psaltriparus minimus

Rock Wren ²
Salpinctes obsoletus

Black Phoebe ⁴³
Sayornis nigricans

Say's Phoebe ⁴⁴
Sayornis saya

Rufous Hummingbird ⁷
Selasphorus rufus

Yellow-rumped Warbler ²
Setophaga coronata

Western Bluebird ¹⁹
Sialia mexicana

Lawrence's Goldfinch ²
Spinus lawrencei

Lesser Goldfinch ⁴⁵
Spinus psaltria

American Goldfinch ⁴⁶
Spinus tristis

American Tree Sparrow ⁴⁷
Spizella arborea

Brewer's Sparrow ⁴⁸
Spizella breweri

Chipping Sparrow ⁴⁹
Spizella passerina

Northern Rough-winged Swallow ²
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Tree Swallow ⁷
Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow ⁴³
Tachycineta thalassina

California Thrasher ¹⁹
Toxostoma redivivum

House Wren ²
Troglodytes aedon

American Robin ⁵⁰
Turdus migratorius

Western Kingbird ³³
Tyrannus verticalis

Cassin's Kingbird ²⁰
Tyrannus vociferans

Barn Owl
Tyto alba

Bell's Vireo ²
Vireo bellii

Warbling Vireo ³⁸
Vireo gilvus

Mourning Dove ⁵⁰
Zenaida macroura

Golden-crowned Sparrow ⁵¹
Zonotrichia atricapilla

White-crowned Sparrow ⁵²
Zonotrichia leucophrys

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Riverside Citizen Science - Birds

Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii

Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Accipiter striatus

White-throated Swift 2 Aeronautes saxatalis

Red-winged Blackbird 3 Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Pintail 4 Anas acuta

Cinnamon Teal 5 Anas cyanoptera

American Pipit 2 Anthus rubescens

Great Egret 6 Ardea alba

Great Blue Heron 6 Ardea herodias

Short-eared Owl 7 Asio flammeus

Burrowing Owl 8 Athene cunicularia

Lesser Scaup 9 Aythya affinis

Cedar Waxwing 10 Bombycilla cedrorum

Red-tailed Hawk 11 Buteo jamaicensis

Red-shouldered Hawk 12 Buteo lineatus

Ferruginous Hawk 2 Buteo regalis

Swainson's Hawk 13 Buteo swainsoni

California Quail 14 Callipepla californica

Anna's Hummingbird 15 Calypte anna

Costa's Hummingbird 16 Calypte costae

Cactus Wren 17 Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus

Turkey Vulture 18 Cathartes aura

Hermit Thrush 19 Catharus guttatus

Canyon Wren 20 Catherpes mexicanus

Killdeer 21 Charadrius vociferus

Lark Sparrow 22 Chondestes grammacus

Lesser Nighthawk 23 Chordeiles acutipennis

Marsh Wren 7 Cistothorus palustris

Northern Flicker 24 Colaptes auratus

Rock Dove 25 Columba livia

American Crow 26 Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven 27 Corvus corax

Willow Flycatcher 2 Empidonax traillii

Horned Lark 28 Eremophila alpestris

Peregrine Falcon 29 Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel 22 Falco sparverius

American Coot Fulica americana

Common Snipe 30 Gallinago gallinago

Greater Roadrunner 31 Geococcyx californianus

Common Yellowthroat 32 Geothlypis trichas

Yellow-breasted Chat 33 Icteria virens

Hooded Oriole 34 Icterus cucullatus

Baltimore Oriole 32 Icterus galbula

Dark-eyed Junco 35 Junco hyemalis

Loggerhead Shrike 32 Lanius ludovicianus

Western Screech-Owl 36 Megascops kennicottii

Lewis's Woodpecker 17 Melanerpes lewis

Song Sparrow 35 Melospiza melodia

California Towhee 37 Melozone crissalis

Sage Thrasher 2 Oreoscoptes montanus

Orange-crowned Warbler 38 Oreothlypis celata

Ruddy Duck 36 Oxyura jamaicensis

Savannah Sparrow 6 Passerculus sandwichensis

Fox Sparrow 38 Passerella iliaca

Blue Grosbeak 22 Passerina caerulea

Band-tailed Pigeon 17 Patagioenas fasciata

Phainopepla 39 Phainopepla nitens

Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus

Nuttall's Woodpecker 6 Picoides nuttallii

Downy Woodpecker 40 Picoides pubescens

Hairy Woodpecker 41 Picoides villosus

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Polioptila caerulea

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 34 Polioptila melanura

Bushtit 42 Psaltriparus minimus

Rock Wren 2 Salpinctes obsoletus

Black Phoebe 43 Sayornis nigricans

Say's Phoebe 44 Sayornis saya

Rufous Hummingbird 7 Selasphorus rufus

Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Setophaga coronata

Western Bluebird 19 Sialia mexicana

Lawrence's Goldfinch 2 Spinus lawrencei

Lesser Goldfinch 45 Spinus psaltria

American Goldfinch 46 Spinus tristis

American Tree Sparrow 47 Spizella arborea

Brewer's Sparrow 48 Spizella breweri

Chipping Sparrow 49 Spizella passerina

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Tree Swallow 7 Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow 43 Tachycineta thalassina