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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.

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

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