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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.

Allen's Hummingbird 1
Selasphorus sasin
American Avocet 2
Recurvirostra americana
American Bittern 3
Botaurus lentiginosus
American Coot 4
Fulica americana
American Crow 5
Corvus brachyrhynchos
American Golden-Plover 6
Pluvialis dominica
American Goldfinch 7
Spinus tristis
American Kestrel 8
Falco sparverius
American Pipit 9
Anthus rubescens
American Robin 10
Turdus migratorius
American White Pelican 11
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
American Wigeon 12
Anas americana
Ancient Murrelet 13
Synthliboramphus antiquus
Anna's Hummingbird 14
Calypte anna
Arctic Tern 8
Sterna paradisaea
Ash-throated Flycatcher 15
Myiarchus cinerascens
Baird's Sandpiper 16
Calidris bairdii
Bald Eagle 17
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Band-tailed Pigeon 18
Patagioenas fasciata
Bank Swallow 19
Riparia riparia
Bar-tailed Godwit 20
Limosa lapponica
Barn Owl 21
Tyto alba
Barn Swallow 22
Hirundo rustica
Barrow's Goldeneye 18
Bucephala islandica
Belted Kingfisher 23
Megaceryle alcyon
Bewick's Wren 24
Thryomanes bewickii
Black Oystercatcher 25
Haematopus bachmani
Black Phoebe 16
Sayornis nigricans
Black Scoter 26
Melanitta americana
Black Skimmer 27
Rynchops niger
Black Tern 28
Chlidonias niger
Black-bellied Plover 29
Pluvialis squatarola
Black-chinned Hummingbird 9
Archilochus alexandri
Black-crowned Night-Heron 30
Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-headed Grosbeak 31
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Black-headed Gull 32
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Black-necked Stilt 33
Himantopus mexicanus
Blackpoll Warbler 34
Setophaga striata
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 35
Polioptila caerulea
Blue-winged Teal 36
Anas discors
Bonaparte's Gull 25
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Brandt's Cormorant 37
Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Brewer's Blackbird 16
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown Booby 38
Sula leucogaster
Brown Pelican 39
Pelecanus occidentalis
Brown-headed Cowbird 9
Molothrus ater
Bufflehead 36
Bucephala albeola
Bullock's Oriole 9
Icterus bullockii
Burrowing Owl 40
Athene cunicularia
Bushtit 8
Psaltriparus minimus
Cackling Goose 41
Branta hutchinsii
California Black Rail 42
Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus
California Clapper Rail 26
Rallus longirostris obsoletus
California Gull 43
Larus californicus
California Least Tern 44
Sternula antillarum browni
California Quail 45
Callipepla californica
California Towhee 46
Melozone crissalis
Canada Goose 47
Branta canadensis
Canvasback 9
Aythya valisineria
Caspian Tern 26
Hydroprogne caspia
Cattle Egret 48
Bubulcus ibis
Cedar Waxwing 49
Bombycilla cedrorum
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 50
Poecile rufescens
Chimney Swift 51
Chaetura pelagica
Cinnamon Teal 52
Anas cyanoptera
Clark's Grebe
Aechmophorus clarkii
Cliff Swallow 28
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Common Goldeneye 18
Bucephala clangula
Common Loon 9
Gavia immer
Common Merganser 53
Mergus merganser
Common Murre 54
Uria aalge
Common Raven 55
Corvus corax
Common Tern 56
Sterna hirundo
Common Yellowthroat 57
Geothlypis trichas
Cooper's Hawk 58
Accipiter cooperii
Curlew Sandpiper 59
Calidris ferruginea
Dark-eyed Junco 60
Junco hyemalis
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Phalacrocorax auritus
Downy Woodpecker 61
Picoides pubescens
Dunlin 62
Calidris alpina
Dusky Flycatcher 9
Empidonax oberholseri
Eared Grebe 63
Podiceps nigricollis
Elegant Tern 64
Thalasseus elegans
Eurasian Moorhen 65
Gallinula chloropus
Eurasian Wigeon 26
Anas penelope
European Starling 66
Sturnus vulgaris
Ferruginous Hawk 67
Buteo regalis
Forster's Tern 68
Sterna forsteri
Fox sparrows 66
Passerella
Franklin's Gull 69
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Gadwall 53
Anas strepera
Glaucous Gull 28
Larus hyperboreus
Glaucous-winged Gull 70
Larus glaucescens
Glossy Ibis 59
Plegadis falcinellus
Golden Eagle 61
Aquila chrysaetos
Golden-crowned Kinglet 71
Regulus satrapa
Golden-crowned Sparrow 72
Zonotrichia atricapilla
Great Blue Heron 73
Ardea herodias
Great Egret 25
Ardea alba
Great Horned Owl 45
Bubo virginianus

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