San Luis ObispoCountyBird List
Non-native or introduced
Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Anatidae)
__ Fulvous Whistling-Duck
__ Greater White-fronted Goose
__ Emperor Goose
__ Snow Goose
__ Ross’s Goose
__ Brant
__ Cackling Goose
__ Canada Goose
__ Trumpeter Swan
__ Tundra Swan
__ Wood Duck
__ Gadwall
__ Eurasian Wigeon
__ American Wigeon
__ Mallard
__ Blue-winged Teal
__ Cinnamon Teal
__ Northern Shoveler
__ Northern Pintail
__ Garganey
__ Green-winged Teal
__ Canvasback
__ Redhead
__ Ring-necked Duck
__ Tufted Duck
__ Greater Scaup
__ Lesser Scaup
__ Harlequin Duck
__ Surf Scoter
__ White-winged Scoter
__ Black Scoter
__ Long-tailed Duck
__ Bufflehead
__ Common Goldeneye
__ Barrow’s Goldeneye
__ Hooded Merganser
__ Common Merganser
__ Red-breasted Merganser
__ Ruddy Duck
New World Quail (Odontophoridae)
__ Mountain Quail
__ California Quail
Partridges and Turkeys (Phasianidae)
__ Chukar
__ Wild Turkey
Loons (Gaviidae)
__ Red-throated Loon
__ Pacific Loon
__ Arctic Loon
__ Common Loon
__ Yellow-billed Loon
Grebes (Podicipedidae)
__ Pied-billed Grebe
__ Horned Grebe
__ Red-necked Grebe
__ Eared Grebe
__ Western Grebe
__ Clark’s Grebe
Albatrosses (Diomedeidae)
__ Laysan Albatross
__ Black-footed Albatross
__ Short-tailed Albatross
Shearwaters and Petrels (Procellariidae)
__ Northern Fulmar
__ Mottled Petrel
__ Cook’s Petrel
__ Pink-footed Shearwater
__ Flesh-footed Shearwater
__ Buller’s Shearwater
__ Sooty Shearwater
__ Short-tailed Shearwater
__ Manx Shearwater
__ Black-vented Shearwater
Storm-Petrels (Hydrobatidae)
__ Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
__ Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
__ Leach’s Storm-Petrel
__ Ashy Storm-Petrel
__ Black Storm-Petrel
__ Least Storm-Petrel
Tropicbirds (Phaethontidae)
__ Red-billed Tropicbird
__ Red-tailed Tropicbird
Boobies (Sulidae)
__ Blue-footed Booby
__ Brown Booby
__ Red-footed Booby
Pelicans (Pelecanidae)
__ American White Pelican
__ Brown Pelican
Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
__ Brandt’s Cormorant
__ Double-crested Cormorant
__ Pelagic Cormorant
Frigatebirds (Fregatidae)
__ Magnificent Frigatebird
Bitterns, Herons, and Allies (Ardeidae)
__ American Bittern
__ Least Bittern
__ Great Blue Heron
__ Great Egret
__ Snowy Egret
__ Little Blue Heron
__ Tricolored Heron
__ Reddish Egret
__ Cattle Egret
__ Green Heron
__ Black-crowned Night-Heron
Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)
__ White-faced Ibis
__ Roseate Spoonbill
Storks (Ciconiidae)
__ Wood Stork
New World Vultures (Cathartidae)
__ Turkey Vulture
__ California Condor
Hawks, Kites, Eagles and Allies (Accipitridae)
__ Osprey
__ White-tailed Kite
__ Mississippi Kite
__ Bald Eagle
__ Northern Harrier
__ Sharp-shinned Hawk
__ Cooper’s Hawk
__ Northern Goshawk
__ Red-shouldered Hawk
__ Broad-winged Hawk )
__ Swainson’s Hawk
__ Zone-tailed Hawk
__ Red-tailed Hawk
__ Ferruginous Hawk
__ Rough-legged Hawk
__ Golden Eagle
Caracaras & Falcons (Falconidae)
__ Crested Caracara
__ American Kestrel
__ Merlin
__ Peregrine Falcon
__ Prairie Falcon
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (Rallidae)
__ Yellow Rail
__ Black Rail
__ Clapper Rail
__ Virginia Rail
__ Sora
__ Common Moorhen
__ American Coot
Cranes (Gruidae)
__ Sandhill Crane
Plovers (Charadriidae)
__ Black-bellied Plover
__ American Golden-Plover
__ Pacific Golden-Plover
__ Snowy Plover
__ Semipalmated Plover
__ Piping Plover
__ Killdeer
__ Mountain Plover
Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae)
__ American Oystercatcher
__ Black Oystercatcher
Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostidae)
__ Black-necked Stilt
__ American Avocet
Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies (Scolopacidae)
__ Spotted Sandpiper
__ Solitary Sandpiper
__ Wandering Tattler
__ Greater Yellowlegs
__ Willet
__ Lesser Yellowlegs
__ Little Curlew
__ Whimbrel
__ Long-billed Curlew
__ Marbled Godwit
__ Bar-tailed Godwit
__ Ruddy Turnstone
__ Black Turnstone
__ Surfbird
__ Red Knot
__ Sanderling
__ Semipalmated Sandpiper
__ Western Sandpiper
__ Red-necked Stint
__ Least Sandpiper
__ Baird’s Sandpiper
__ Pectoral Sandpiper
__ Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
__ Dunlin
__ Stilt Sandpiper
__ Buff-breasted Sandpiper
__ Ruff
__ Short-billed Dowitcher
__ Long-billed Dowitcher
__ Wilson’s Snipe
__ Wilson’s Phalarope
__ Red-necked Phalarope
__ Red Phalarope
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (Laridae)
__ Black-legged Kittiwake
__ Sabine’s Gull
__ Ivory Gull
__ Bonaparte’s Gull
__ Little Gull
__ Laughing Gull
__ Franklin’s Gull
__ Heermann’s Gull
__ Mew Gull
__ Ring-billed Gull
__ Western Gull
__ California Gull
__ Herring Gull
__ Thayer’s Gull
__ Glaucous-winged Gull
__ Glaucous Gull
__ Least Tern
__ Caspian Tern
__ Black Tern
__ Common Tern
__ Arctic Tern
__ Forster’s Tern
__ Royal Tern
__ Elegant Tern
__ Black Skimmer
Skuas and Jaegers (Stercorariidae)
__ South Polar Skua
__ Pomarine Jaeger
__ Parasitic Jaeger
__ Long-tailed Jaeger
Auks, Murres, and Puffins (Alcidae)
__ Common Murre
__ Pigeon Guillemot
__ Marbled Murrelet
__ Xantus’s Murrelet
__ Craveri’s Murrelet
__ Ancient Murrelet
__ Cassin’s Auklet
__ Parakeet Auklet
__ Rhinoceros Auklet
__ Horned Puffin
__ Tufted Puffin
Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
__ Rock Pigeon
__ Band-tailed Pigeon
__ Eurasian Collared-Dove
__ White-winged Dove
__ Mourning Dove
__ Common Ground-Dove
Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis (Cuculidae)
__ Yellow-billed Cuckoo
__ Greater Roadrunner
Barn Owls (Tytonidae)
__ Barn Owl
Typical Owls (Strigidae)
__ 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
Goatsuckers (Caprimulgidae)
__ Lesser Nighthawk
__ Common Nighthawk
__ Common Poorwill
Swifts (Apodidae)
__ Black Swift
__ Chimney Swift
__ Vaux’s Swift
__ White-throated Swift )
Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
__ Broad-billed Hummingbird
__ Ruby-throated Hummingbird
__ Black-chinned Hummingbird
__ Anna’s Hummingbird
__ Costa’s Hummingbird
__ Calliope Hummingbird
__ Rufous Hummingbird
__ Allen’s Hummingbird
Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
__ Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers and Allies (Picidae)
__ Lewis’s Woodpecker
__ Acorn Woodpecker
__ Williamson’s Sapsucker
__ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
__ Red-naped Sapsucker
__ Red-breasted Sapsucker
__ Nuttall’s Woodpecker
__ Downy Woodpecker
__ Hairy Woodpecker
__ White-headed Woodpecker
__ Northern Flicker
Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
__ Olive-sided Flycatcher
__ Greater Pewee
__ Western Wood-Pewee
__ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
__ Willow Flycatcher
__ Least Flycatcher
__ Hammond’s Flycatcher
__ Gray Flycatcher
__ Dusky Flycatcher
__ Pacific-slope Flycatcher
__ Black Phoebe
__ Eastern Phoebe
__ Say’s Phoebe
__ Vermilion Flycatcher
__ Dusky-capped Flycatcher
__ Ash-throated Flycatcher
__ Great Crested Flycatcher
__ Brown-crested Flycatcher
__ Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
__ Tropical Kingbird
__ Cassin’s Kingbird
__ Western Kingbird
__ Eastern Kingbird
__ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Shrikes (Laniidae)
__ Loggerhead Shrike
Vireos (Vireonidae)
__ Bell’s Vireo
__ Yellow-throated Vireo
__ Plumbeous Vireo
__ Cassin’s Vireo
__ Blue-headed Vireo
__ Hutton’s Vireo
__ Warbling Vireo
__ Philadelphia Vireo
__ Red-eyed Vireo
__ Yellow-green Vireo
Jays and Crows (Corvidae)
__ Steller’s Jay
__ Western Scrub-Jay
__ Pinyon Jay
__ Clark’s Nutcracker
__ Yellow-billed Magpie
__ American Crow
__ Common Raven
Larks (Alaudidae)
__ Horned Lark
Swallows (Hirundinidae)
__ Purple Martin
__ Tree Swallow
__ Violet-green Swallow
__ Northern Rough-winged Swallow
__ Bank Swallow
__ Cliff Swallow
__ Barn Swallow
Chickadees and Titmice (Paridae)
__ Mountain Chickadee
__ Chestnut-backed Chickadee
__ Oak Titmouse
Bushtits (Aegithalidae)
__ Bushtit
Nuthatches (Sittadae)
__ Red-breasted Nuthatch
__ White-breasted Nuthatch
__ Pygmy Nuthatch
Creepers (Certhiidae)
__ Brown Creeper
Wrens (Troglodytidae)
__ Rock Wren
__ Canyon Wren
__ Bewick’s Wren
__ House Wren
__ Pacific Wren
__ Marsh Wren
Gnatcatchers (Polioptilidae)
__ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Dippers (Cinclidae)
__ American Dipper
Kinglets (Regulidae)
__ Golden-crowned Kinglet
__ Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Leaf Warblers(Phylloscopidae)
__ Arctic Warbler
Thrushes (Turdidae)
__ Western Bluebird
__ Mountain Bluebird
__ Townsend’s Solitaire
__ Swainson’s Thrush
__ Hermit Thrush
__ American Robin
__ Varied Thrush
Babblers (Timaliidae)
__ Wrentit
Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)
__ Gray Catbird
__ Northern Mockingbird
__ Sage Thrasher
__ Brown Thrasher
__ Bendire’s Thrasher
__ California Thrasher
__ LeConte's Thrasher )
Starlings (Sturnidae)
__ European Starling
Wagtails and Pipits (Motacillidae)
__Eastern Yellow Wagtail
__ White Wagtail
__ Red-throated Pipit
__ American Pipit
__ Sprague’s Pipit
Waxwings (Bombycillidae)
__ Cedar Waxwing )
Silky-Flycatchers (Ptilogonatidae)
__ Phainopepla
Wood-Warblers (Parulidae)
__ Golden-winged Warbler
__ Tennessee Warbler
__ Orange-crowned Warbler
__ Nashville Warbler
__ Virginia’s Warbler
__ Lucy’s Warbler
__ Northern Parula
__ Yellow Warbler
__ Chestnut-sided Warbler
__ Magnolia Warbler
__ Cape May Warbler
__ Black-throated Blue Warbler
__ Yellow-rumped Warbler
__ Black-throated Gray Warbler
__ Black-throated Green Warbler
__ Townsend’s Warbler
__ Hermit Warbler
__ Blackburnian Warbler
__ Yellow-throated Warbler
__ Grace’s Warbler
__ Pine Warbler
__ Prairie Warbler
__ Palm Warbler
__ Bay-breasted Warbler
__ Blackpoll Warbler
__ Black-and-white Warbler
__ American Redstart
__ Prothonotary Warbler
__ Worm-eating Warbler
__ Ovenbird
__ Northern Waterthrush
__ Kentucky Warbler
__ Connecticut Warbler
__ Mourning Warbler
__ MacGillivray’s Warbler
__ Common Yellowthroat
__ Hooded Warbler
__ Wilson’s Warbler
__ Canada Warbler
__ Painted Redstart
__ Yellow-breasted Chat
Emberizids (Emberizidae)
__ Green-tailed Towhee
__ Spotted Towhee
__ California Towhee
__ Cassin’s Sparrow
__ Rufous-crowned Sparrow
__ American Tree Sparrow
__ Chipping Sparrow
__ Clay-colored Sparrow
__ Brewer’s Sparrow
__ Black-chinned Sparrow
__ Vesper Sparrow
__ Lark Sparrow
__ Black-throated Sparrow
__ Sage Sparrow
__ Lark Bunting
__ Savannah Sparrow
__ Grasshopper Sparrow
__ Nelson’s Sparrow
__ Fox Sparrow
__ Song Sparrow
__ Lincoln’s Sparrow
__ Swamp Sparrow
__ White-throated Sparrow
__ Harris’s Sparrow
__ White-crowned Sparrow
__ Golden-crowned Sparrow
__ Dark-eyed Junco
__ McCown’s Longspur
__ Lapland Longspur
__ Chestnut-collared Longspur
Tanagers, Cardinals, Saltators, and Allies (Cardinalidae)
__ Hepatic Tanager
__ Summer Tanager
__ Scarlet Tanager
__ Western Tanager
__ Rose-breasted Grosbeak
__ Black-headed Grosbeak
__ Blue Grosbeak
__ Lazuli Bunting
__ Indigo Bunting
__ Painted Bunting
__ Dickcissel
Blackbirds (Icteridae)
__ Bobolink
__ Red-winged Blackbird
__ Tricolored Blackbird
__ Western Meadowlark
__ Yellow-headed Blackbird
__ Rusty Blackbird
__ Brewer’s Blackbird
__ Common Grackle
__ Great-tailed Grackle
__ Brown-headed Cowbird
__ Orchard Oriole
__ Hooded Oriole
__ Bullock’s Oriole
__ Baltimore Oriole
__ Scott’s Oriole
Fringilline Finches and Allies (Fringillidae)
__ Purple Finch
__ Cassin’s Finch
__ House Finch
__ Red Crossbill
__ Pine Siskin
__ Lesser Goldfinch
__ Lawrence’s Goldfinch
__ American Goldfinch
__ Evening Grosbeak
Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
__ House Sparrow