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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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Killdeer 1
Charadrius vociferus
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Actitis macularius
Wandering Tattler 3
Tringa incana
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 5
Tringa semipalmata
Whimbrel 6
Numenius phaeopus
Long-billed Curlew 7
Numenius americanus
Sanderling 8
Calidris alba
Least Sandpiper 9
Calidris minutilla
Ruddy Turnstone 10
Arenaria interpres
Black Turnstone 11
Arenaria melanocephala
Surfbird 12
Calidris virgata
Wilson's Snipe 13
Gallinago delicata
Red-necked Phalarope 7
Phalaropus lobatus
Heermann's Gull 14
Larus heermanni
Mew Gull 15
Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull 16
Larus delawarensis
Western Gull 17
Larus occidentalis
California Gull 18
Larus californicus
Herring Gull 19
Larus argentatus
Glaucous-winged Gull 20
Larus glaucescens
Caspian Tern 21
Hydroprogne caspia
Royal Tern 22
Thalasseus maximus
Elegant Tern 23
Thalasseus elegans
Parasitic Jaeger 3
Stercorarius parasiticus
Common Murre 7
Uria aalge
Marbled Murrelet 24
Brachyramphus marmoratus
Rhinoceros Auklet 25
Cerorhinca monocerata

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