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Sonoma Co. (CA) 2011-2016

Common Species Lists

Common Species
Common Name Bad Code(s)
 Generally expected.
  Canada Goose (B)
  Mute Swan (B)
  Wood Duck (B)
  Blue-winged Teal (B)
  Cinnamon Teal (B)
  Northern Shoveler (B)
  Gadwall (B)
  Mallard (B)
  Northern Pintail (B)
  Common Merganser (B)
  Ruddy Duck (B)
  Mountain Quail (B)
  California Quail (B)
  Wild Turkey (B)
  Ring-necked Pheasant (B)
  Pied-billed Grebe (B)
  Western Grebe
  Clark's Grebe
  Rock Pigeon (B)
  Band-tailed Pigeon (B)
  Eurasian Collared-Dove (B)
  Mourning Dove (B)
  Common Poorwill (B)
  Vaux's Swift (B)
  White-throated Swift (B)
  Anna's Hummingbird (B)
  Allen's Hummingbird (B)
  Clapper Rail (B)
  Virginia Rail (B)
  Sora (B)
  Common Gallinule (B)
  American Coot (B)
  Black-necked Stilt (B)
  American Avocet (B)
  Black Oystercatcher (B)
  Killdeer (B)
  Spotted Sandpiper (B)
  Common Murre
  Pigeon Guillemot (B)
  Rhinoceros Auklet
  Western Gull (B)
  Forster's Tern (B)
  Brandt's Cormorant (B)
  Pelagic Cormorant
  Double-crested Cormorant (B)
  American Bittern (B)
  Great Blue Heron (B)
  Great Egret (B)
  Snowy Egret (B)
  Green Heron (B)
  Black-crowned Night-Heron (B)
  Turkey Vulture (B)
  Osprey (B)
  White-tailed Kite (B)
  Golden Eagle (B)
  Northern Harrier (B)
  Cooper's Hawk (B)
  Red-shouldered Hawk (B)
  Red-tailed Hawk (B)
  Barn Owl (B)
  Western Screech-Owl (B)
  Great Horned Owl (B)
  Northern Pygmy-Owl (B)
  Spotted Owl (B)
  Barred Owl
  Belted Kingfisher (B)
  Acorn Woodpecker (NB),(CN)
  Downy Woodpecker (NB),(CN)
  Nuttall's Woodpecker (NB),(CN)
  Hairy Woodpecker (NB),(CN)
  (unid. Red / Yellow Shafted) Northern Flicker (NB),(CN)
  Pileated Woodpecker (NB),(CN)
  American Kestrel (B)
  Peregrine Falcon (B)
  Ash-throated Flycatcher (B)
  Western Kingbird (B)
  Olive-sided Flycatcher (B)
  Western Wood-Pewee (B)
  (Pacific-slope Flycatcher) Western Flycatcher (B)
  Black Phoebe (B)
  Hutton's Vireo (B)
  Cassin's Vireo (B)
  Warbling Vireo (B)
  Loggerhead Shrike (B)
  Steller's Jay (B)
  unid. California Scrub-Jay / Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (B)
  American Crow (B)
  Common Raven (B)
  Chestnut-backed Chickadee (B)
  Oak Titmouse (B)
  Horned Lark (B)
  Tree Swallow (B)
  Violet-green Swallow (B)
  Northern Rough-winged Swallow (B)
  Barn Swallow (B)
  Cliff Swallow (B)
  Bushtit (B)
  Wrentit (B)
  Golden-crowned Kinglet (B)
  Cedar Waxwing
  Red-breasted Nuthatch (B)
  White-breasted Nuthatch (B)
  Pygmy Nuthatch (B)
  Brown Creeper (B)
  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (B)
  Rock Wren (B)
  Canyon Wren
  Bewick's Wren (B)
  House Wren (NB)
  Pacific Wren (B)
  Marsh Wren (NB)
  California Thrasher (B)
  Northern Mockingbird (B)
  European Starling (B)
  Western Bluebird (B)
  Swainson's Thrush (B)
  Hermit Thrush (B)
  American Robin (B)
  House Sparrow (B)
  House Finch (B)
  Purple Finch (B)
  Pine Siskin (B)
  Lesser Goldfinch (B)
  Lawrence's Goldfinch (B)
  American Goldfinch (B)
  Grasshopper Sparrow (B)
  Lark Sparrow (B)
  Chipping Sparrow (B)
  Black-chinned Sparrow (B)
  (unid. race) Dark-eyed Junco (B)
  White-crowned Sparrow (B)
  unid. Sagebrush Sparrow / Bell's Sparrow (B)
  Savannah Sparrow (B)
  Song Sparrow (B)
  California Towhee (B)
  Rufous-crowned Sparrow (B)
  Spotted Towhee (B)
  Western Meadowlark (B)
  Hooded Oriole (B)
  Bullock's Oriole (B)
  Red-winged Blackbird (B)
  Tricolored Blackbird (B)
  Brown-headed Cowbird (B),(NB),(ON)
  Brewer's Blackbird (B)
  Orange-crowned Warbler (B)
  Common Yellowthroat (B)
  Yellow Warbler (B)
  Black-throated Gray Warbler (B)
  Hermit Warbler (B)
  Wilson's Warbler (B)
  Western Tanager (B)
  Black-headed Grosbeak (B)
  Blue Grosbeak (B)
  Lazuli Bunting (B)
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