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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.

Horned Grebe 1
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 2
Podiceps grisegena
Eared Grebe 3
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 4
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 6
Plegadis chihi
Glossy Ibis 7
Plegadis falcinellus
American White Pelican 8
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Brown Pelican 9
Pelecanus occidentalis
Little Blue Heron 10
Egretta caerulea
Snowy Egret 11
Egretta thula
Great Egret 4
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 12
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 13
Nycticorax nycticorax
Least Bittern 14
Ixobrychus exilis
Cattle Egret 15
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 16
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 17
Botaurus lentiginosus
Merlin 18
Falco columbarius
Prairie Falcon 19
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 20
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 21
Falco sparverius
Tundra Swan 22
Cygnus columbianus
Northern Pintail 23
Anas acuta
American Wigeon 24
Anas americana
Northern Shoveler 25
Anas clypeata
Green-winged Teal 26
Anas crecca
Cinnamon Teal 27
Anas cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 25
Anas discors
Eurasian Wigeon 1
Anas penelope
Mallard 28
Anas platyrhynchos
Gadwall 29
Anas strepera
Bufflehead 25
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 30
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 30
Bucephala islandica
Common Merganser 29
Mergus merganser
Greater White-fronted Goose 31
Anser albifrons
Black Scoter 1
Melanitta americana
White-winged Scoter 25
Melanitta fusca
Surf Scoter 25
Melanitta perspicillata
Lesser Scaup 32
Aythya affinis
Redhead 1
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 6
Aythya collaris
Tufted Duck 25
Aythya fuligula
Greater Scaup 32
Aythya marila
Canvasback 33
Aythya valisineria
Snow Goose 34
Chen caerulescens
Ross' Goose 35
Chen rossii
Ruddy Duck 3
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 36
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose 37
Branta hutchinsii
Hooded Merganser 21
Lophodytes cucullatus
Long-tailed Duck 38
Clangula hyemalis
Osprey 39
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 40
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 41
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 42
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 43
Circus cyaneus
Rough-legged Hawk 44
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 4
Buteo lineatus
Ferruginous Hawk 45
Buteo regalis
White-tailed Kite 46
Elanus leucurus
Bald Eagle 20
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Turkey Vulture 47
Cathartes aura
Brown Booby 48
Sula leucogaster
Double-crested Cormorant 21
Phalacrocorax auritus
Pelagic Cormorant 49
Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Brandt's Cormorant 50
Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Magnificent Frigatebird 51
Fregata magnificens
Cliff Swallow 43
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Purple Martin 52
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 53
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 54
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 1
Tachycineta thalassina
Bank Swallow 55
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 33
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Brewer's Blackbird 52
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 33
Molothrus ater
Bullock's Oriole 33
Icterus bullockii
Hooded Oriole 56
Icterus cucullatus
Western Meadowlark 21
Sturnella neglecta
Red-winged Blackbird 57
Agelaius phoeniceus
Tricolored Blackbird 43
Agelaius tricolor
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Lanius ludovicianus
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 58
Poecile rufescens
House Sparrow 7
Passer domesticus
European Starling 59
Sturnus vulgaris
Rock Wren 33
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 33
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 60
Thryomanes bewickii
Marsh Wren 25
Cistothorus palustris
American Robin 61
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 52
Catharus guttatus
Swainson's Thrush 62
Catharus ustulatus
Varied Thrush 63
Ixoreus naevius
Ash-throated Flycatcher 64
Myiarchus cinerascens
Western Wood-Pewee 65
Contopus sordidulus
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 33
Empidonax difficilis
Least Flycatcher 66
Empidonax minimus

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