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.
I am no long the Regional editor for Calaveras County so these pages will not be updated:
Please send corrections and additions to:
John Sterling
email: ani@cal.net
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Four column checklist printed at about 60%
(note - the four column checklist does not include all the above birds - I stopped updating it in 2002)