CALAVERAS COUNTY, CA bird list

This list was most recently updated by Penelope K. Bowen
with input from several sources and people.


CALAVERAS COUNTY BIRD LIST 

265 Species as of 1/10/04 


Red-throated Loon  
Pacific Loon  
Common Loon  
Pied-billed Grebe *  
Horned Grebe  
Red-necked Grebe  
Eared Grebe  
Western Grebe *  
Clark's Grebe *  
Blue-footed Booby  
American White Pelican  
Double-crested Cormorant  
American Bittern  
Great Blue Heron  
Great Egret  
Snowy Egret  
Green Heron  
Black-crowned Night-Heron  
White-faced Ibis  
Turkey Vulture *  
Greater White-fronted Goose  
Snow Goose  
Canada Goose *  
Brant  
Tundra Swan  
Wood Duck *  
Gadwall  
Eurasian Wigeon  
American Wigeon  
Mallard *  
Blue-winged Teal  
Cinnamon Teal  
Northern Shoveler  
Northern Pintail  
Green-winged Teal  
Canvasback  
Redhead  
Ring-necked Duck  
Greater Scaup  
Lesser Scaup  
Harlequin Duck *(1)  
Surf Scoter  
Bufflehead  
Common Goldeneye  
Barrow's Goldeneye  
Hooded Merganser  
Common Merganser *  
Red-breasted Merganser  
Ruddy Duck  
Osprey *  
White-tailed Kite *  
Bald Eagle  
Northern Harrier *  
Sharp-shinned Hawk *  
Cooper's Hawk *  
Northern Goshawk *  
Red-shouldered Hawk *  
Swainson's Hawk  
Red-tailed Hawk *  
Ferruginous Hawk  
Rough-legged Hawk  
Golden Eagle *  
American Kestrel *  
Merlin  
Peregrine Falcon *  
Prairie Falcon *  
Ring-necked Pheasant  
Blue Grouse *  
Wild Turkey *  
Mountain Quail *  
California Quail *  
Virginia Rail *  
Common Moorhen *  
American Coot *  
Sandhill Crane  
Black-bellied Plover  
Semipalmated Plover  
Killdeer *  
Black-necked Stilt  
American Avocet  
Greater Yellowlegs  
Lesser Yellowlegs  
Solitary Sandpiper  
Spotted Sandpiper *  
Whimbrel  
Long-billed Curlew  
Marbled Godwit  
Western Sandpiper  
Least Sandpiper  
Dunlin  
Short-billed Dowitcher  
Long-billed Dowitcher  
Common Snipe  
Wilson's Phalarope  
Franklin's Gull 
Bonaparte's Gull  
Mew Gull  
Ring-billed Gull  
California Gull  
Glaucous-winged Gull 
Herring Gull  
Thayer's Gull 
Western Gull 
Caspian Tern  
Forster's Tern  
Black Tern  
Rock Dove *  
Band-tailed Pigeon *  
Mourning Dove *  
Greater Roadrunner *  
Barn Owl *  
Flammulated Owl *  
Western Screech-owl *  
Great Horned Owl *  
Northern Pygmy-Owl *  
Burrowing Owl *  
Spotted Owl *  
Long-eared Owl *  
Short-eared Owl *  
Northern Saw-whet Owl *  
Lesser Nighthawk  
Common Nighthawk *  
Common Poorwill *  
Black Swift  
Vaux's Swift *  
White-throated Swift *  
Black-chinned Hummingbird *  
Anna's Hummingbird *  
Calliope Hummingbird *  
Rufous Hummingbird  
Allen's Hummingbird  
Belted Kingfisher *  
Lewis's Woodpecker *  
Acorn Woodpecker *  
Williamson's Sapsucker *  
Red-naped Sapsucker  
Red-breasted Sapsucker *  
Nuttall's Woodpecker *  
Downy Woodpecker *  
Hairy Woodpecker *  
White-headed Woodpecker *  
Black-backed Woodpecker *  
Northern Flicker *  
Pileated Woodpecker *  
Olive-sided Flycatcher *  
Western Wood-pewee *  
Willow Flycatcher *  
Hammond's Flycatcher *  
Dusky Flycatcher *  
Pacific-slope Flycatcher *  
Black Phoebe *  
Say's Phoebe  
Ash-throated Flycatcher *  
Western Kingbird *  
Loggerhead Shrike *  
Cassin's Vireo *  
Hutton's Vireo *  
Warbling Vireo *  
Red-eyed Vireo  
Steller's Jay *  
Western Scrub-jay *  
Clark's Nutcracker *  
Yellow-billed Magpie *  
American Crow *  
Common Raven *  
Horned Lark *  
Purple Martin  
Tree Swallow *  
Violet-green Swallow *  
NorthernRough-winged Swallow *  
Cliff Swallow *  
Barn Swallow *  
Mountain Chickadee *  
Chestnut-backed Chickadee *  
Oak Titmouse *  
Bushtit *  
Red-breasted Nuthatch *  
White-breasted Nuthatch *  
Pygmy Nuthatch *  
Brown Creeper *  
Rock Wren *  
Canyon Wren *  
Bewick's Wren *  
House Wren *  
Winter Wren *  
Marsh Wren  
AmericanDipper *  
Golden-crowned Kinglet *  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet *  
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher *  
Western Bluebird *  
Mountain Bluebird *  
Townsend's Solitaire *  
Swainson's Thrush  
Hermit Thrush *  
American Robin *  
Varied Thrush  
Wrentit *  
Northern Mockingbird *  
Sage Thrasher  
California Thrasher *  
European Starling *  
American Pipit  
Cedar Waxwing  
Phainopepla *  
Orange-crowned Warbler *  
Nashville Warbler *  
Yellow Warbler *  
Yellow-rumped Warbler *  
Black-throated Gray Warbler *  
Townsend's Warbler  
Hermit Warbler *  
Black-and-White Warbler  
MacGillivray's Warbler *  
Common Yellowthroat  
Wilson's Warbler *  
Yellow-breasted Chat  
Summer Tanager 
Western Tanager *  
Green-tailed Towhee *  
Spotted Towhee *  
California Towhee *  
Rufous-crowned Sparrow *  
Chipping Sparrow *  
Brewer's Sparrow  
Black-chinned Sparrow  
Vesper Sparrow  
Lark Bunting  
Lark Sparrow *  
Black-throated Sparrow  
Sage Sparrow  
Savannah Sparrow  
Grasshopper Sparrow *  
Fox Sparrow *  
Song Sparrow *  
Lincoln's Sparrow *  
Swamp Sparrow  
White-throated Sparrow  
White-crowned Sparrow *  
Golden-crowned Sparrow  
Dark-eyed Junco *  
Black-headed Grosbeak *  
Blue Grosbeak  
Lazuli Bunting *  
Red-winged Blackbird *  
Tricolored Blackbird *  
Western Meadowlark *  
Yellow-headed Blackbird  
Brewer's Blackbird *  
Great-tailed Grackle  
Brown-Headed Cowbird *  
Hooded Oriole  
Bullock's Oriole *  
Baltimore Oriole  
Pine Grosbeak *  
Purple Finch *  
Cassin's Finch *  
House Finch *  
Red Crossbill *  
Pine Siskin *  
Lesser Goldfinch *  
Lawrence's Goldfinch *  
American Goldfinch  
Evening Grosbeak *  
House Sparrow *  


* = confirmed or probable breeder - real confirmation of nesting is lacking for many of these so additional reports are needed and appreciated. 

*(1) The last nesting record (and report) for Harlequin Duck was 1976 on Mokelumne Rive above Salt Springs Reservoir (3900') 

This list was most recently updated by Penelope K. Bowen
with input from several sources and people. All reports of birds 
(common as well as unusual) in Calaveras County are 
very much appreciated.