SACRAMENTO RIVER TRAIL (Redding, CA) bird list


By Bill Oliver 

"frequency" is based on casual observation


SPECIES
FREQUENCY

  
LOONS

Common Loon
R

  
GREBES

Pied-billed Grebe
R

  
CORMORANTS

Double-crested Cormorant
A

  
DUCKS AND GEESE

Ruddy Duck
R
Canada Goose
U
Wood Duck
R
American Wigeon
R
Gadwall
R
Mallard
C
Lesser Scaup
R
Common Goldeneye
U
Barrow's Goldeneye
R
Bufflehead
R
Hooded Merganser
R
Common Merganser
A

  
HERONS AND EGRETS

Great Blue Heron
U
Snowy Egret
R
Great Egret
U
Green Heron
R

  
VULTURES

Turkey Vulture
C

  
OSPREY

Osprey
U

  
HAWKS, EAGLES & KITES

Sharp-shinned Hawk
R
Cooper's Hawk
R
Red-shouldered Hawk
U
Red-tailed Hawk
U

  
FALCONS

American Kestrel
R
Peregrine Falcon
R

  
WOOD-PARTRIDGES

California Quail
C

  
RAILS AND COOTS

American Coot
R

  
SANDPIPERS

Spotted Sandpiper
R

  
PLOVERS

Killdeer
R

  
GULLS AND TERNS

Ring-billed Gull
C
Glaucous-winged Gull
R
Herring Gull
U

  
PIGEONS AND DOVES

Rock Dove
R
Band-tailed Pigeon
R
Mourning Dove
C

  
OWLS

Western Screech-Owl
R
Great Horned Owl
R

  
HUMMINGBIRDS

Anna's Hummingbird
U
Rufous Hummingbird
R

  
KINGFISHERS

Belted Kingfisher
U

  
WOODPECKERS

Acorn Woodpecker
C
Red-breasted Sapsucker
R
Nuttall's Woodpecker
U
Downy Woodpecker
R
Northern Flicker
C

  
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS

Western Wood-Pewee
R
Black Phoebe
C
Ash-throated Flycatcher
R

  
CROWS AND JAYS

Western Scrub-Jay
A
Yellow-billed Magpie
R
American Crow
C
Common Raven
R

  
WAXWINGS

Cedar Waxwing
R

  
THRUSHES

Varied Thrush
R
Western Bluebird
R
Hermit Thrush
U
American Robin
C

  
MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS

Northern Mockingbird
R
California Thrasher
R

  
STARLINGS

European Starling
C

  
NUTHATCHES

White-breasted Nuthatch
U

  
WRENS

Bewick's Wren
C

  
LONG-TAILED TITS

Bushtit
U

  
SWALLOWS

Tree Swallow
C
Violet-green Swallow
U
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
R
Barn Swallow
R
Cliff Swallow
R

  
KINGLETS

Ruby-crowned Kinglet
C
Golden-crowned Kinglet
R

  
OLD WORLD WARBLERS

Wrentit
C

  
CHICKADEES, TITS

Oak Titmouse
C

  
SISKINS AND ALLIES

Lesser Goldfinch
R
House Finch
R

  
NEW WORLD WARBLERS

Orange-crowned Warbler
U
Yellow Warbler
R
Yellow-rumped Warbler
U
Wilson's Warbler
R
Yellow-breasted Chat
R

  
SPARROWS, TANAGERS, ALLIES

Fox Sparrow
R
Song Sparrow
U
White-crowned Sparrow
U
Golden-crowned Sparrow
U
Dark-eyed Junco
U
Spotted Towhee
A
California Towhee
C
Western Tanager
R
Black-headed Grosbeak
R

  
BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, ORIOLES

Bullock's Oriole
R
Western Meadowlark
R

LEGEND
(A)bundant = seen 75 to 100 % of the time
(C)ommon = seen 50 to 75 % of the time
(U)ncommon = seen 25 to 50 % of the time
(R)are = seen 1 to 25 % of the time