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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.

Cooper's Hawk 1
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Accipiter striatus
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Actitis macularius
Clark's Grebe
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 4
Aechmophorus occidentalis
White-throated Swift 5
Aeronautes saxatalis
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Agelaius phoeniceus
Tricolored Blackbird 7
Agelaius tricolor
Nelson's Sparrow 8
Ammodramus nelsoni
Northern Pintail 9
Anas acuta
American Wigeon 10
Anas americana
Northern Shoveler 11
Anas clypeata
Green-winged Teal 12
Anas crecca
Cinnamon Teal 13
Anas cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 11
Anas discors
Eurasian Wigeon 14
Anas penelope
Mallard 15
Anas platyrhynchos
Gadwall 16
Anas strepera
Greater White-fronted Goose 17
Anser albifrons
American Pipit 18
Anthus rubescens
Western Scrub-Jay 19
Aphelocoma californica
Golden Eagle 20
Aquila chrysaetos
Black-chinned Hummingbird 18
Archilochus alexandri
Great Egret 4
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 21
Ardea herodias
Ruddy Turnstone 22
Arenaria interpres
Short-eared Owl 11
Asio flammeus
Burrowing Owl 23
Athene cunicularia
Lesser Scaup 24
Aythya affinis
Redhead 14
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 25
Aythya collaris
Tufted Duck 11
Aythya fuligula
Greater Scaup 24
Aythya marila
Canvasback 18
Aythya valisineria
Cedar Waxwing 26
Bombycilla cedrorum
American Bittern 27
Botaurus lentiginosus
Canada Goose 28
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose 29
Branta hutchinsii
Great Horned Owl 30
Bubo virginianus
Cattle Egret 31
Bubulcus ibis
Bufflehead 11
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 32
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 32
Bucephala islandica
Rough-legged Hawk 33
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 4
Buteo lineatus
Ferruginous Hawk 34
Buteo regalis
Green Heron 35
Butorides virescens
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 18
Calidris acuminata
Sanderling 36
Calidris alba
Dunlin 37
Calidris alpina
Baird's Sandpiper 38
Calidris bairdii
Red Knot 39
Calidris canutus
Curlew Sandpiper 40
Calidris ferruginea
Stilt Sandpiper 41
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 42
Calidris mauri
Pectoral Sandpiper 43
Calidris melanotos
Little Stint 40
Calidris minuta
Least Sandpiper 44
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 45
Calidris pusilla
Surfbird 46
Calidris virgata
California Quail 30
Callipepla californica
Anna's Hummingbird 47
Calypte anna
Wilson's Warbler 38
Cardellina pusilla
Turkey Vulture 48
Cathartes aura
Hermit Thrush 38
Catharus guttatus
Swainson's Thrush 49
Catharus ustulatus
Pigeon Guillemot 4
Cepphus columba
Chimney Swift 50
Chaetura pelagica
Vaux's Swift 18
Chaetura vauxi
Snowy Plover 4
Charadrius nivosus
Semipalmated Plover 51
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 52
Charadrius vociferus
Snow Goose 53
Chen caerulescens
Ross' Goose 54
Chen rossii
Black Tern 7
Chlidonias niger
Bonaparte's Gull 4
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Black-headed Gull 55
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Northern Harrier 7
Circus cyaneus
Marsh Wren 11
Cistothorus palustris
Long-tailed Duck 56
Clangula hyemalis
Northern Flicker 57
Colaptes auratus
Rock Dove 58
Columba livia
Western Wood-Pewee 59
Contopus sordidulus
American Crow 60
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 22
Corvus corax
Tundra Swan 61
Cygnus columbianus
Little Blue Heron 62
Egretta caerulea
Snowy Egret 63
Egretta thula
White-tailed Kite 64
Elanus leucurus
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 18
Empidonax difficilis
Least Flycatcher 65
Empidonax minimus
Dusky Flycatcher 18
Empidonax oberholseri
Willow Flycatcher 65
Empidonax traillii
Horned Lark 61
Eremophila alpestris
Brewer's Blackbird 38
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Merlin 66
Falco columbarius
Prairie Falcon 67
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 68
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 43
Falco sparverius
Magnificent Frigatebird 45
Fregata magnificens

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