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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.

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

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