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.

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper ¹
Calidris acuminata

Sanderling ²
Calidris alba

Dunlin ³
Calidris alpina

Baird's Sandpiper ⁴
Calidris bairdii

Red Knot ⁵
Calidris canutus

Curlew Sandpiper ⁶
Calidris ferruginea

Stilt Sandpiper ⁷
Calidris himantopus

Western Sandpiper ⁸
Calidris mauri

Pectoral Sandpiper ⁹
Calidris melanotos

Little Stint ⁶
Calidris minuta

Least Sandpiper ¹⁰
Calidris minutilla

Semipalmated Sandpiper ¹¹
Calidris pusilla

Surfbird ¹²
Calidris virgata

Short-billed Dowitcher ¹³
Limnodromus griseus

Long-billed Dowitcher ¹⁴
Limnodromus scolopaceus

Lesser Yellowlegs ¹⁵
Tringa flavipes

Wandering Tattler ¹⁶
Tringa incana

Greater Yellowlegs ¹⁷
Tringa melanoleuca

Willet ⁹
Tringa semipalmata

Solitary Sandpiper ¹⁸
Tringa solitaria

Long-billed Curlew ¹⁹
Numenius americanus

Whimbrel ¹⁴
Numenius phaeopus

Wilson's Snipe ²⁰
Gallinago delicata

Ruddy Turnstone ²¹
Arenaria interpres

Marbled Godwit ²²
Limosa fedoa

Hudsonian Godwit ²³
Limosa haemastica

Bar-tailed Godwit ²⁴
Limosa lapponica

Red Phalarope ²¹
Phalaropus fulicarius

Red-necked Phalarope ²⁵
Phalaropus lobatus

Wilson's Phalarope ²⁶
Phalaropus tricolor

Spotted Sandpiper ²⁷
Actitis macularius

Bonaparte's Gull ¹⁴
Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Black-headed Gull ²⁸
Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Little Gull ²⁹
Hydrocoloeus minutus

California Least Tern ³⁰
Sternula antillarum browni

Caspian Tern ¹⁸
Hydroprogne caspia

Elegant Tern ³¹
Thalasseus elegans

Herring Gull ³²
Larus argentatus

California Gull ³³
Larus californicus

Mew Gull ³⁴
Larus canus

Ring-billed Gull ³⁵
Larus delawarensis

Lesser Black-backed Gull ³⁶
Larus fuscus

Glaucous-winged Gull ³⁷
Larus glaucescens

Heermann's Gull ³³
Larus heermanni

Glaucous Gull ³⁸
Larus hyperboreus

Western Gull ³⁹
Larus occidentalis

Slaty-backed Gull ⁴⁰
Larus schistisagus

Thayer's Gull ⁴¹
Larus thayeri

Forster's Tern ²²
Sterna forsteri

Common Tern ⁴²
Sterna hirundo

Arctic Tern ⁹
Sterna paradisaea

Black Skimmer ⁴³
Rynchops niger

Black Tern ³⁸
Chlidonias niger

Sabine's Gull ⁴⁴
Xema sabini

Franklin's Gull ⁴⁵
Leucophaeus pipixcan

Snowy Plover ¹⁴
Charadrius nivosus

Semipalmated Plover ⁴⁶
Charadrius semipalmatus

Killdeer ⁴⁷
Charadrius vociferus

American Golden-Plover ⁴⁸
Pluvialis dominica

Pacific Golden-Plover ³⁸
Pluvialis fulva

Black-bellied Plover ⁴⁹
Pluvialis squatarola

Pigeon Guillemot ¹⁴
Cepphus columba

Common Murre ⁵⁰
Uria aalge

Ancient Murrelet ⁵¹
Synthliboramphus antiquus

Black Oystercatcher ¹⁴
Haematopus bachmani

Black-necked Stilt ⁵²
Himantopus mexicanus

American Avocet ⁵³
Recurvirostra americana

Parasitic Jaeger ⁴⁹
Stercorarius parasiticus

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