Birds of Hearst San Simeon State Park

There are many species of birds found in Hearst San Simeon SP, and now you can identify them! Browse the field guide, or use the tags on the left to search by taxonomy. Click each entry for more photos and information about each species.

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Brandt's Cormorant ¹
Phalacrocorax penicillatus

Double-crested Cormorant ²
Phalacrocorax auritus

Pelagic Cormorant ³
Phalacrocorax pelagicus

Great Blue Heron ¹
Ardea herodias

Great Egret ¹
Ardea alba

Snowy Egret ⁴
Egretta thula

Cattle Egret ⁵
Bubulcus ibis

Green Heron ⁶
Butorides virescens

Black-crowned Night-Heron ⁷
Nycticorax nycticorax

White-faced Ibis ⁸
Plegadis chihi

Turkey Vulture ⁹
Cathartes aura

Osprey ¹⁰
Pandion haliaetus

White-tailed Kite ¹¹
Elanus leucurus

Northern Harrier ¹²
Circus hudsonius

Sharp-shinned Hawk ¹³
Accipiter striatus

Cooper's Hawk ¹⁴
Accipiter cooperii

Red-shouldered Hawk ¹⁵
Buteo lineatus

Red-tailed Hawk ¹⁶
Buteo jamaicensis

Ferruginous Hawk ¹⁷
Buteo regalis

Golden Eagle ¹⁸
Aquila chrysaetos

American Kestrel ¹⁹
Falco sparverius

Merlin ²⁰
Falco columbarius

Peregrine Falcon ²¹
Falco peregrinus

Virginia Rail ²²
Rallus limicola

American Coot ²³
Fulica americana

Killdeer ²⁴
Charadrius vociferus

Spotted Sandpiper ²⁵
Actitis macularius

Wandering Tattler ⁵
Tringa incana

Greater Yellowlegs ²⁶
Tringa melanoleuca

Willet ²⁷
Tringa semipalmata

Whimbrel ²⁸
Numenius phaeopus

Long-billed Curlew ¹
Numenius americanus

Sanderling ²⁹
Calidris alba

Least Sandpiper ³⁰
Calidris minutilla

Ruddy Turnstone ³¹
Arenaria interpres

Black Turnstone ³²
Arenaria melanocephala

Surfbird ⁹
Calidris virgata

Wilson's Snipe ³³
Gallinago delicata

Red-necked Phalarope ¹
Phalaropus lobatus

Heermann's Gull ³⁴
Larus heermanni

Mew Gull ³⁵
Larus canus

Ring-billed Gull ³⁶
Larus delawarensis

Western Gull ³⁷
Larus occidentalis

California Gull ³⁸
Larus californicus

Herring Gull ³⁹
Larus argentatus

Glaucous-winged Gull ⁴⁰
Larus glaucescens

Caspian Tern ²⁰
Hydroprogne caspia

Royal Tern ⁴¹
Thalasseus maximus

Elegant Tern ⁴²
Thalasseus elegans

Parasitic Jaeger ⁵
Stercorarius parasiticus

Common Murre ¹
Uria aalge

Marbled Murrelet ⁴³
Brachyramphus marmoratus

Rhinoceros Auklet ¹³
Cerorhinca monocerata

Band-tailed Pigeon ³²
Patagioenas fasciata

Mourning Dove ⁴⁴
Zenaida macroura

Barn Owl ⁴⁵
Tyto alba

Great Horned Owl ⁴⁶
Bubo virginianus

Burrowing Owl ²³
Athene cunicularia

Belted Kingfisher ¹³
Megaceryle alcyon

Acorn Woodpecker ⁴⁷
Melanerpes formicivorus

Downy Woodpecker ⁴⁸
Picoides pubescens

Hairy Woodpecker ⁴⁹
Picoides villosus

Northern Flicker ⁵⁰
Colaptes auratus

Western Wood-Pewee ⁵¹
Contopus sordidulus

Willow Flycatcher ²⁰
Empidonax traillii

Pacific-slope Flycatcher ¹⁹
Empidonax difficilis

Black Phoebe ²⁶
Sayornis nigricans

Say's Phoebe ²⁰
Sayornis saya

Ash-throated Flycatcher ²⁶
Myiarchus cinerascens

Loggerhead Shrike ⁵
Lanius ludovicianus

Warbling Vireo ⁵²
Vireo gilvus

Steller's Jay ⁵³
Cyanocitta stelleri

Western Scrub Jay ⁵⁴
Aphelocoma californica

American Crow ⁵⁵
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Tree Swallow ⁵⁶
Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow ²⁶
Tachycineta thalassina

Northern Rough-winged Swallow ²⁷
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow ⁵⁷
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Barn Swallow ⁵⁸
Hirundo rustica

Chestnut-backed Chickadee ⁹
Poecile rufescens

Oak Titmouse ⁵⁹
Baeolophus inornatus

Bushtit ⁶⁰
Psaltriparus minimus

Red-breasted Nuthatch ¹⁷
Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch ⁶¹
Sitta carolinensis

Pygmy Nuthatch ⁶²
Sitta pygmaea

Brown Creeper ⁶³
Certhia americana

House Wren ²⁷
Troglodytes aedon

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ²⁷
Polioptila caerulea

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ¹²
Regulus calendula

Western Bluebird ³⁷
Sialia mexicana

Hermit Thrush ³⁷
Catharus guttatus

American Robin ⁶⁴
Turdus migratorius

Varied Thrush ⁶⁵
Ixoreus naevius

Wrentit ²²
Chamaea fasciata

Northern Mockingbird ²⁰
Mimus polyglottos

California Thrasher ³⁷
Toxostoma redivivum

European Starling ⁶⁶
Sturnus vulgaris

American Pipit ²⁷
Anthus rubescens

Cedar Waxwing ⁶⁷
Bombycilla cedrorum

Tennessee Warbler ⁶⁸
Oreothlypis peregrina

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Birds of Hearst San Simeon State Park

Brandt's Cormorant 1 Phalacrocorax penicillatus

Double-crested Cormorant 2 Phalacrocorax auritus

Pelagic Cormorant 3 Phalacrocorax pelagicus

Great Blue Heron 1 Ardea herodias

Great Egret 1 Ardea alba

Snowy Egret 4 Egretta thula

Cattle Egret 5 Bubulcus ibis

Green Heron 6 Butorides virescens

Black-crowned Night-Heron 7 Nycticorax nycticorax

White-faced Ibis 8 Plegadis chihi

Turkey Vulture 9 Cathartes aura

Osprey 10 Pandion haliaetus

White-tailed Kite 11 Elanus leucurus

Northern Harrier 12 Circus hudsonius

Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 Accipiter striatus

Cooper's Hawk 14 Accipiter cooperii

Red-shouldered Hawk 15 Buteo lineatus

Red-tailed Hawk 16 Buteo jamaicensis

Ferruginous Hawk 17 Buteo regalis

Golden Eagle 18 Aquila chrysaetos

American Kestrel 19 Falco sparverius

Merlin 20 Falco columbarius

Peregrine Falcon 21 Falco peregrinus

Virginia Rail 22 Rallus limicola

American Coot 23 Fulica americana

Killdeer 24 Charadrius vociferus

Spotted Sandpiper 25 Actitis macularius

Wandering Tattler 5 Tringa incana

Greater Yellowlegs 26 Tringa melanoleuca

Willet 27 Tringa semipalmata

Whimbrel 28 Numenius phaeopus

Long-billed Curlew 1 Numenius americanus

Sanderling 29 Calidris alba

Least Sandpiper 30 Calidris minutilla

Ruddy Turnstone 31 Arenaria interpres

Black Turnstone 32 Arenaria melanocephala

Surfbird 9 Calidris virgata

Wilson's Snipe 33 Gallinago delicata

Red-necked Phalarope 1 Phalaropus lobatus

Heermann's Gull 34 Larus heermanni

Mew Gull 35 Larus canus

Ring-billed Gull 36 Larus delawarensis

Western Gull 37 Larus occidentalis

California Gull 38 Larus californicus

Herring Gull 39 Larus argentatus

Glaucous-winged Gull 40 Larus glaucescens

Caspian Tern 20 Hydroprogne caspia

Royal Tern 41 Thalasseus maximus

Elegant Tern 42 Thalasseus elegans

Parasitic Jaeger 5 Stercorarius parasiticus

Common Murre 1 Uria aalge

Marbled Murrelet 43 Brachyramphus marmoratus

Rhinoceros Auklet 13 Cerorhinca monocerata

Band-tailed Pigeon 32 Patagioenas fasciata

Mourning Dove 44 Zenaida macroura

Barn Owl 45 Tyto alba

Great Horned Owl 46 Bubo virginianus

Burrowing Owl 23 Athene cunicularia

Belted Kingfisher 13 Megaceryle alcyon

Acorn Woodpecker 47 Melanerpes formicivorus

Downy Woodpecker 48 Picoides pubescens

Hairy Woodpecker 49 Picoides villosus

Northern Flicker 50 Colaptes auratus

Western Wood-Pewee 51 Contopus sordidulus

Willow Flycatcher 20 Empidonax traillii

Pacific-slope Flycatcher 19 Empidonax difficilis

Black Phoebe 26 Sayornis nigricans

Say's Phoebe 20 Sayornis saya

Ash-throated Flycatcher 26 Myiarchus cinerascens

Loggerhead Shrike 5 Lanius ludovicianus

Warbling Vireo 52 Vireo gilvus

Steller's Jay 53 Cyanocitta stelleri

Western Scrub Jay 54 Aphelocoma californica

American Crow 55 Corvus brachyrhynchos

Tree Swallow 56 Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow 26 Tachycineta thalassina

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 27 Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow 57 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Barn Swallow 58 Hirundo rustica