Bird fact sheets - common sightings at Zzyzx
These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Please credit Dr. William Hoese, the CSU Desert Studies Center, CSUF Ornithology, and the individual CSU Fullerton students (where indicated) who created the fact sheets.
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American coot
- Fulica americana.
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Barn owl
- Tyto alba. Reed Witherspon
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Belted kingfisher
- Megaceryle alcyon.
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Black-crowned night heron
- Nycticorax nycticorax. Miranda Peters
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Black-necked stilt
- Himantopus mexicanus.
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Canyon wren
- Catherpes mexicanus. Rachael Lyons
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Cinnamon teal
- Spatula cyanoptera. Julia Teeple
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Common raven
- Corvus corax.
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Fox sparrow
- Passerella iliaca. Anne Basilio
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Gambel's quail
- Callipepla gambelii. Carly Yamashiro
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Great horned owl
- Bubo virginianus. Noah Szceszinski
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Killdeer
- Charadrius vociferus. Taylor Naquin
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Ladder-backed woodpecker
- Dryobates scalaris. Tristen Fierro
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Lazuli bunting
- Passerina amoena. Emily Pettit
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Loggerhead shrike
- Lanius ludovicianus.
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Marsh wren
- Cistothorus palustris.
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Mourning dove
- Zenaida macroura. Kristen Castillo
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Phainopepla
- Phainopepla nitens.
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Pied-billed grebe
- Podilymbus podiceps. Lina Luu
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Prairie falcon
- Falco mexicanus.
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Red-tailed hawk
- Buteo jamaicensis. Marc De Leon
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Rock wren
- Salpinctes obsoletus.
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Say's pheobe
- Sayomis saya. Madison Panzino
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Turkey vulture
- Cathartes aura.
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Verdin
- Auriparus flaviceps.
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Vermillion flycatcher
- Pyrocephalus obscurus. Kenneth Van
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White-throated swift
- Aeronautes saxatalis. Marissa Heyne
