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Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

This is a comprehensive field guide to the all known bird species that preside or migrate through this Refuge.

Nuttall's Woodpecker 1
Picoides nuttallii
Downy Woodpecker 2
Picoides pubescens
Northern Flicker 3
Colaptes auratus
Red-breasted Sapsucker 4
Sphyrapicus ruber
Burrowing Owl 5
Athene cunicularia
Great Horned Owl 6
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 7
Asio flammeus
Barn Owl 8
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 9
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Dove 10
Columba livia
Band-tailed Pigeon 11
Patagioenas fasciata
Mourning Dove 12
Zenaida macroura
Sora 1
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 11
Rallus limicola
California Clapper Rail 4
Rallus longirostris obsoletus
California Black Rail 13
Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus
Eurasian Moorhen 14
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 15
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 16
Grus canadensis
Anna's Hummingbird 17
Calypte anna
Rufous Hummingbird 9
Selasphorus rufus
Allen's Hummingbird 18
Selasphorus sasin
Black-chinned Hummingbird 19
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 20
Aeronautes saxatalis
Chimney Swift 21
Chaetura pelagica
Vaux's Swift 19
Chaetura vauxi
California Quail 6
Callipepla californica
Wild Turkey 22
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 23
Phasianus colchicus
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 19
Calidris acuminata
Sanderling 24
Calidris alba
Dunlin 25
Calidris alpina
Baird's Sandpiper 26
Calidris bairdii
Red Knot 27
Calidris canutus
Curlew Sandpiper 28
Calidris ferruginea
Stilt Sandpiper 29
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 30
Calidris mauri
Pectoral Sandpiper 31
Calidris melanotos
Little Stint 28
Calidris minuta
Least Sandpiper 32
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 33
Calidris pusilla
Surfbird 34
Calidris virgata
Short-billed Dowitcher 35
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 1
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 36
Tringa flavipes
Wandering Tattler 37
Tringa incana
Greater Yellowlegs 38
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 31
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 4
Tringa solitaria
Long-billed Curlew 39
Numenius americanus
Whimbrel 1
Numenius phaeopus
Wilson's Snipe 40
Gallinago delicata
Ruddy Turnstone 41
Arenaria interpres
Marbled Godwit 42
Limosa fedoa
Hudsonian Godwit 43
Limosa haemastica
Bar-tailed Godwit 44
Limosa lapponica
Red Phalarope 41
Phalaropus fulicarius
Red-necked Phalarope 45
Phalaropus lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope 46
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 47
Actitis macularius
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Black-headed Gull 48
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Little Gull 49
Hydrocoloeus minutus
California Least Tern 50
Sternula antillarum browni
Caspian Tern 4
Hydroprogne caspia
Elegant Tern 51
Thalasseus elegans
Herring Gull 52
Larus argentatus
California Gull 53
Larus californicus
Mew Gull 54
Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull 16
Larus delawarensis
Lesser Black-backed Gull 55
Larus fuscus
Glaucous-winged Gull 56
Larus glaucescens
Heermann's Gull 53
Larus heermanni
Glaucous Gull 57
Larus hyperboreus
Western Gull 58
Larus occidentalis
Slaty-backed Gull 59
Larus schistisagus
Thayer's Gull 60
Larus thayeri
Forster's Tern 42
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 61
Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern 31
Sterna paradisaea
Black Skimmer 62
Rynchops niger
Black Tern 57
Chlidonias niger
Sabine's Gull 63
Xema sabini
Franklin's Gull 64
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Snowy Plover 1
Charadrius nivosus
Semipalmated Plover 65
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 66
Charadrius vociferus
American Golden-Plover 67
Pluvialis dominica
Pacific Golden-Plover 57
Pluvialis fulva
Black-bellied Plover 68
Pluvialis squatarola
Pigeon Guillemot 1
Cepphus columba
Common Murre 69
Uria aalge
Ancient Murrelet 70
Synthliboramphus antiquus
Black Oystercatcher 1
Haematopus bachmani
Black-necked Stilt 71
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 72
Recurvirostra americana
Parasitic Jaeger 68
Stercorarius parasiticus
Common Loon 19
Gavia immer
Pacific Loon 4
Gavia pacifica
Red-throated Loon 73
Gavia stellata

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