MARIN CO, CA bird list -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Field Checklist of the Birds of Marin County, Alta California Compiled 1978 by David Shuford for Point Reyes Bird Observatory 4990 Shoreline Highway Stinson Beach, California 94970 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loons Common Loon Yellow-billed Loon Arctic Loon Red-throated Loon Grebes Red-necked Grebe Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Western Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Tubenoses Black-footed Albatross Laysan Albatross Northern Fulmar Pink-footed Shearwater Flesh-footed Shearwater New Zealand Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Short-tailed Shearwater Manx Shearwater Scaled Petrel Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Leach's Storm-Petrel Ashy Storm-Petrel Black Storm-Petrel Pelicans and Allies White Pelican Brown Pelican Double-crested Cormorant Brandt's Cormorant Pelagic Cormorant Magnificent Frigatebird Herons and Allies Great Blue Heron Green Heron ("Northern") Little Blue Heron Cattle Egret Great Egret Snowy Egret Black-crowned Night Heron Yellow-crowned Night Heron Least Bittern White-faced Ibis White Ibis Waterfowl Whistling Swan Trumpeter Swan Canada Goose Brant "Black Brant" Emporer Goose White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Ross' Goose Mallard Gadwall Pintail Green-winged Teal "Eurasian" Green-winged Teal "American" Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal European Wigeon American Wigeon Northern Shoveler Wood Duck Redhead Ring-necked Duck Canvasback Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Tufted Duck Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye Bufflehead Oldsquaw Harlequin Duck King Eider White-winged Scoter Surf Scoter Black Scoter Ruddy Duck Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Vultures, Hawks and Falcons Turkey Vulture White-tailed Kite Mississippi Kite Goshawk Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Swainson's Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Golden Eagle Bald Eagle Marsh Hawk Osprey Prarie Falcon Peregrin Falcon Merlin American Kestrel Gallinaceious Birds California Quail Cranes and Rails Sandhill Crane Clapper Rail Virginia Rail Sora Black Rail Common Gallinule American Coot Shorebirds Black Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Snowy Plover Mountain Plover Lesser Golden Plover: "American" (dominica) "Pacific" (fulva) Black-tailed Godwit Marbled Godwit Whimbrel Long-billed Curlew Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Willet Spotted Sandpiper Wandering Tattler Ruddy Turnstone Black Turnstone Wilson's Phalarope Northern Phalarope Red Phalarope Common Snipe Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Surfbird Red Knot Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Rock Sandpiper Dunlin Curlew Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Ruff Jaegers Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger South Polar Skua Gulls and Terns Glaucous Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Western Gull Herring Gull Thayer's Gull California Gull Ring-billed Gull Mew Gull Black-headed Gull Franklin's Gull Bonaparte's Gull Heermann's Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Sabine's Gull Forster's Tern Comon Tern Arctic Tern Least Tern Royal Tern Elegant Tern Caspian Tern Black Tern Alcids Common Murre Pigeon Gullemot Marbled Murrelet Xantus' Murrelet Ancient Murrelet Cassin's Auklet Parakeet Auklet Crested Auklet Rhinonceros Auklet Horned Puffin Tufted Puffin Pigeons and Doves Band-tailed Pigeon White-winged Dove Mourning Dove Cuckoos Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Owls Barn Owl Screech Owl Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Pygmy Owl Burrowing Owl Spotted Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Saw-whet Owl Goatsuckers Poorwill Common Nighthawk Lesser Nighthawk Swifts and Hummingbirds Black Swift Chimney Swift Vaux's Swift White-throated Swift Black-chinned Hummingbird Costa's Hummingbird Anna's Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Allen's Hummingbird Calliope Hummingbird Kingfishers Belted Kingfisher Woodpeckers Common Flicker: "Yellow-shafted Flicker" "Red-shafted Flicker" Pileated Woodpecker Acorn Woodpecker Lewis' Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: "Eastern" "Red-naped sapsucker" "Red-breasted sapsucker" Williamson's Sapsucker Hairy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Nuttall's Woodpecker White-headed Woodpecker Tryant Flycatchers Eastern Kingbird Tropical Kingbird Western Kingbird Cassin's Kingbird Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Ash-throated Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Black Phoebe Say's Phoebe Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Hammond's Flycatcher Gray Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher Gray Flycatcher Western Flycatcher Western Wood Pewee Olive-sided Flycatcher Larks Commond Skylark Horned Lark Swallows Violet-green Swallow Tree Swallow Bank Swallow Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow Purple Martin Jays, Magpies and Crows Blue Jay Steller's Jay Scrub Jay Yellow-billed Magpie Common Raven Common Crow Pinon Jay Clark's Nutcracker Titmice and Bushtits Mountain Chickadee Chesnut-backed Chickadee Plain Titmouse Bushtit Nuthatches White-breasted Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch Pygmy Nuthatch Creepers Brown Creeper Wrentits Wrentit Dippers Dipper Wrens House Wren Winter Wren Bewick's Wren Long-billed Marsh Wren Short-billed Marsh Wren Rock Wren Mockingbirds and Thrashers Mockingbird Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher California Thrasher Sage Thrasher Sage Thrasher Thrushes American Robin Varied Thrush Wood Thrush Hermit Thrush Swainson's Thrush Gray-cheeked Thrush Western Bluebird Mountain Bluebird Townsend's Solitaire Gnatcatchers and Kinglets Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Pipits White Wagtail Yellow Wagtail Water Pipit Red-throated Pipit Waxwings Cedar Waxwing Silky Flycatchers Phainopepla Shrikes Northern Shrike Loggerhead Shrike Vireos White-eyed Vireo Hutton's Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Solitary Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Philadephia Vireo Warbling Vireo Wood Warblers Black-and-White Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Tennesee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Virginia's Warbler Lucy's Warbler Nothern Parula Yellow Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler: "Myrtle Warbler" "Audubon's Warbler" Black-throated Gray Warbler Townsend's Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Hermit Warbler Cerulean Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Pine Warbler Prarie Warbler Palm Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Connecticut Warbler Mourning Warbler MacGillivray's Warbler Common Yellowthroat Yellow-breasted Chat Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler American Redstart Blackbirds and Orioles Bobolink Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird Red-winged Blackbird Tricoloured Blackbird Orchard Oriole Hooded Oriole Northern Oriole: "Baltimore Oriole" "Bullock's Oriole" Rusty Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Tanagers Western Tanager Scarlet Tanager Summer Tanager Finches and Sparrows Rose-breasted Grosbeak Black-headed Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Lauli Bunting Dickcissel Evening Grosbeak Purple Finch Cassin's Finch House Finch Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Lesser Goldfinch Lawrence's Goldfinch Red Crossbill Green-tailed Towhee Rufous-sided Towhee Brown Towhee Lark Bunting Savannah Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Sharp-tailed Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lark Sparrow Rufous-crowned Sparrow Black-throated Sparrow Sage Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco: "Slate-colored Junco" "Oregon Junco" Gray-headed Junco Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow Black-chinned Sparrow Harris' Sparrow Harris' Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Colden-crowned Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Fox Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow McCown's Longspur Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Extirpated Species Fulvous Whistling-Duck California Condor Yellow Rail Roadrunner Introduced Species Ring-necked Pheasant Rock Dove European Starling House Sparrow Additional Species Scott's Oriole Veery -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Habitat Classification These are general and sometimes broad habitat categories, listed in accordance with likelihood of occurence. A - Aerial: applies to birds most often seen in flight, soaring B - Broadleaf Evergreen Forest: live oak, bay laurel, madrone, etc. C - Cliffs and Rocky Shore E - Evergreen Forest: Douglas Fir, Bishop Pine, Redwood Forest F - Freshwater: ponds, streams and marshes G - Grassland: fields of annual grasses; pasturelands and "weed" fields H - Human Habitations: man-influenced by buildings and horticulture I - Habitat Islands: small stands of trees (often Monterey Cypress) alongs the immediate coast (species found primarily in this habitat are occasionally found in habitatis R, B, E and vice versa.) L - Lagoons and Estuaries: shallow salt of brackish water and associated salt marsh, tidal flats, sand dunes and beaches. O - Open Water: in deper bays or off the immediate coast P - Pelagic: usually seen well offshore on the open ocean R - Riparian Forest: willow and alder thickets S - Coastal Scrub and Chaparral: low dense brush Last updated 30 Oct, 1995.