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Birds of the Alameda Shoreline

This guide includes over 50 bird species found along the beaches of Alameda. Look through the guide to see multiple photos of each species as well as range maps and information about habitats and feeding habits.

Mallard 1
Anas platyrhynchos
Eurasian Collared Dove 2
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Dove 3
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 4
Zenaida macroura
American Coot 5
Fulica americana
anna's hummingbird 6
Calypte anna
Sanderling 7
Calidris alba
Dunlin 8
Calidris alpina
Least Sandpiper 9
Calidris minutilla
Willet 10
Tringa semipalmata
Long-billed Curlew 5
Numenius americanus
Whimbrel 11
Numenius phaeopus
black turnstone 12
Arenaria melanocephala
Marbled Godwit 13
Limosa fedoa
Bonaparte's Gull 14
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Caspian Tern 14
Hydroprogne caspia
California Gull 15
Larus californicus
Common Gull 16
Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull 17
Larus delawarensis
glaucous-winged gull 18
Larus glaucescens
Western Gull 19
Larus occidentalis
Forster's Tern 20
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 21
Sterna hirundo
Semipalmated Plover 22
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 23
Charadrius vociferus
Grey Plover 14
Pluvialis squatarola
American Black Oystercatcher 5
Haematopus bachmani
Black-necked Stilt 12
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 24
Recurvirostra americana
Horned Grebe 25
Podiceps auritus
western grebe 5
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Snowy Egret 26
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 5
Ardea herodias
Northern Pintail 27
Anas acuta
American Wigeon 28
Anas americana
Northern Shoveler 29
Anas clypeata
Gadwall 30
Anas strepera
Bufflehead 2
Bucephala albeola
Lesser Scaup 31
Aythya affinis
Double-crested Cormorant 32
Phalacrocorax auritus
brandt's cormorant 33
Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 34
Poecile rufescens
House Sparrow 35
Passer domesticus
Western Bluebird 19
Sialia mexicana
Black Phoebe 14
Sayornis nigricans
Song Sparrow 36
Melospiza melodia
White-crowned Sparrow 37
Zonotrichia leucophrys
California Towhee 38
Melozone crissalis
Savannah Sparrow 5
Passerculus sandwichensis
Myrtle Warbler 39
Setophaga coronata
American Crow 40
Corvus brachyrhynchos
House Finch 29
Haemorhous mexicanus

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