Birds of the DSC
Printable Birding Checklist (PDF)
Common bird fact sheets
M = Migrant (Spring and/or Fall)
S = Summer Resident (Breeds)
W = Winter Resident
Y = Year-round Resident (Breeds)
* = Accidental (Documentation Required)
Ducks, Geese & Swans (Anatidae) | |
Greater White-fronted Goose | M |
Snow Goose | M |
Ross’s Goose | M* |
Canada Goose | MW |
Tundra Swan | M |
Wood Duck | M |
Mallard | MW |
Gadwall | MW |
Green-winged Teal | MW |
American Wigeon | MW |
Northern Pintail | MW |
Northern Shoveler | MW |
Blue-winged Teal | M |
Cinnamon Teal | MW |
Canvasback | MW |
Redhead | MW |
Ring-necked Duck | MW |
Lesser Scaup | MW |
Common Goldeneye | M* |
Bufflehead | MW |
Red-breasted Merganser | M* |
Hooded Merganser | M* |
Ruddy Duck | MW |
Partridges & Old World Quail (Phasianidae) | |
Chukar | Y |
New World Quail (Odontophoridae) | |
Gambel’s Quail | Y |
Loons (Gaviidae) | |
Common Loon | M* |
Grebes (Podicipedidae) | |
Pied-billed Grebe | Y |
Eared Grebe | M |
Western Grebe | M |
Pelicans (Pelecanidae) | |
American White Pelican | M |
Brown Pelican | M* |
Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae) | |
Double-crested Cormorant | M |
Herons, Bitterns & Egrets (Ardeidae) | |
American Bittern | M |
Least Bittern | M* |
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | M* |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | M |
Green Heron | M |
Cattle Egret | M |
Snowy Egret | M |
Great Egret | M |
Great Blue Heron | M |
Ibises (Threskiornithidae) | |
White-faced Ibis | M |
New World Vultures (Cathartidae) | |
Turkey Vulture | M |
Hawks, Kites, & Eagles (Accipitridae) | |
Osprey | M |
Northern Harrier | M |
Golden Eagle | Y |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | MW |
Cooper’s Hawk | MW |
Red-shouldered Hawk | M |
Red-tailed Hawk | Y |
Swainson’s Hawk | M |
Rough-legged Hawk | M |
Ferruginous Hawk | X |
Falcons (Falconidae) | |
American Kestrel | Y |
Merlin | MW |
Prairie Falcon | Y |
Peregrine Falcon | M |
Rails, Gallinules & Coots (Rallidae) | |
Virginia Rail | M |
Sora | M |
Purple Gallinule | M* |
Common Moorhen | M |
American Coot | Y |
Plovers (Charadriidae) | |
Semipalmated Plover | M |
Killdeer | Y |
Stilts & Avocets (Recurvirostridae) | |
American Avocet | M |
Black-necked Stilt | M |
Sandpipers & Phalaropes (Scolopacidae) | |
Willet | M |
Lesser Yellowlegs | M |
Greater Yellowlegs | M |
Solitary Sandpiper | M |
Spotted Sandpiper | M |
Western Sandpiper | M |
Least Sandpiper | M |
Baird’s Sandpiper | M |
Long-billed Dowitcher | M |
Wilson’s Snipe | M |
Wilson’s Phalarope | M |
Red-necked Phalarope | M |
Gulls, Terns & Skimmers (Laridae) | |
Heermann’s Gull | M* |
Bonaparte’s Gull | M |
Ring-billed Gull | M |
California Gull | M |
Least Tern | M* |
Forster’s Tern | M |
Black Tern | M |
Pigeons & Doves (Columbidae) | |
Rock Pigeon | Y |
Mourning Dove | Y |
Eurasian Collared-Dove | Y |
White-winged Dove | S |
Common Ground-Dove | Y |
Ruddy Ground-Dove | M* |
Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis (Cuculidae) | |
Greater Roadrunner | Y |
Groove-billed Ani | M* |
Barn Owls (Tytonidae) | |
Barn Owl | Y |
Typical Owls (Strigidae) | |
Long-eared Owl | Y |
Great-horned Owl | Y |
Goatsuckers (Caprimulgidae) | |
Lesser Nighthawk | S |
Common Poorwill | S |
Swifts (Apodidae) | |
Vaux’s Swift | M |
White-throated Swift | Y |
Hummingbirds (Trochilidae) | |
Black-chinned Hummingbird | S |
Costa’s Hummingbird | S |
Anna’s Hummingbird | S |
Calliope Hummingbird | M |
Rufous Hummingbird | M |
Kingfishers (Alcedinidae) | |
Belted Kingfisher | Y |
Woodpeckers (Picidae) | |
Acorn Woodpecker | M* |
Lewis’s Woodpecker | M |
Willow Flycatcher | M |
Northern Flicker “Yellow-shafted” | M* |
Northern Flicker “Red-shafted” | MW |
Red-breasted Sapsucker | MW |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | M* |
Red-naped Sapsucker | MW |
Ladder-backed Woodpecker | Y |
Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae) | |
Olive-sided Flycatcher | M |
Western Wood-Pewee | M |
Willow Flycatcher | M |
Hammond’s Flycatcher | M |
Gray Flycatcher | M |
Dusky Flycatcher | M |
Pacific-slope Flycatcher | M |
Black Phoebe | Y |
Say’s Phoebe | Y |
Vermillion Flycatcher | S |
Ash-throated Flycatcher | M |
Cassin’s Kingbird | M |
Western Kingbird | M |
Eastern Kingbird | M |
Shrikes (Laniidae) | |
Loggerhead Shrike | Y |
Vireos (Vireonidae) | |
Bell’s Vireo | M |
Plumbeous Vireo | M |
Cassin’s Vireo | M |
Red-eyed Vireo | M* |
Warbling Vireo | M |
Crows and Jays (Corvidae) | |
California Scrub-Jay | M |
American Crow | M* |
Common Raven | Y |
Larks (Alaudidae) | |
Horned Lark | Y |
Swallows (Hirundinidae) | |
Tree Swallow | M |
Violet-green Swallow | M |
Bank Swallow | M |
Cliff Swallow | M |
N. Rough-winged Swallow | M |
Barn Swallow | M |
Verdins (Remizidae) | |
Verdin | Y |
Creepers (Certhiidae) | |
Brown Creeper | M |
Nuthatches (Sittidae) | |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | M |
Wrens (Troglodytidae) | |
House Wren | M |
Bewick’s Wren | M |
Cactus Wren | Y |
Rock Wren | Y |
Canyon Wren | Y |
Marsh Wren | Y |
Winter Wren | Y |
Kinglets (Regulidae) | |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | M |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | MW |
Gnatcatchers (Sylviidae) | |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | M |
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher | Y |
Thrushes (Turdidae) | |
Western Bluebird | M |
Mountain Bluebird | M |
Townsend’s Solitaire | M |
Swainson’s Thrush | M |
Hermit Thrush | MW |
Varied Thrush | MW* |
American Robin | MW |
Mockingbirds & Thrashers (Mimidae) | |
Northern Mockingbird | Y |
Sage Thrasher | M |
Starlings (Sturnidae) | |
European Starling | Y |
Wagtails & Pipits (Motacillidae) | |
American Pipit | M |
Waxwings (Bombycillidae) | |
Cedar Waxwing | MW |
Silky-flycatchers (Ptilogonatidae) | |
Phainopepla | Y |
Wood-Warblers (Parulidae) | |
Prothonotary Warbler | M* |
Tennessee Warbler | M* |
Orange-crowned Warbler | M |
Nashville Warbler | M |
Virginia’s Warbler | M* |
Lucy’s Warbler | S |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | MW |
Black-and-white Warbler | M* |
Black-throated Gray Warbler | M |
Townsend’s Warbler | M |
Hermit Warbler | M |
Blackpoll Warlber | M |
Yellow Warbler | M |
MacGillivray’s Warbler | M |
Canada Warbler | M* |
Wilson’s Warbler | M |
Hooded Warbler | M* |
Ovenbird | M* |
Northern Waterthrush | M |
Common Yellowthroat | Y |
Yellow-breasted Chat | M |
American Redstart | M* |
Painted Redstart | M* |
Tanagers (Thraupidae) | |
Hepatic Tanager | M* |
Summer Tanager | M |
Scarlet Tanager | M* |
Western Tanager | M |
Sparrows & Towhees (Emberizidae) | |
Green-tailed Towhee | M |
Eastern Towhee | M* |
Spotted Towhee | M |
American Tree Sparrow | M* |
Chipping Sparrow | MW |
Brewer’s Sparrow | M |
Lark Sparrow | M |
Black-throated Sparrow | Y |
Bell's Sparrow | MW |
Sagebrush Sparrow | MW |
Fox Sparrow | MW |
Savannah Sparrow | MW |
Lincoln’s Sparrow | MW |
Song Sparrow | MW |
Vesper Sparrow | MW |
Swamp Sparrow | M* |
Harris’s Sparrow | MW* |
White-throated Sparrow | M* |
White-crowned Sparrow | MW |
Golden-crowned Sparrow | MW |
Dark-eyed Junco | MW |
Cardinals, Grosbeaks & Buntings (Cardinalidae) | |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak | M* |
Black-headed Grosbeak | M |
Blue Grosbeak | M |
Indigo Bunting | M* |
Lazuli Bunting | M |
Blackbirds & Orioles (Icteridae) | |
Western Meadowlark | M |
Yellow-headed Blackbird | M |
Tricolored Blackbird | M |
Red-winged Blackbird | Y |
Great-tailed Grackle | Y |
Brewer’s Blackbird | Y |
Brown-headed Cowbird | Y |
Hooded Oriole | M |
Bullock’s Oriole | M |
Streak-backed Oriole | M* |
Scott’s Oriole | M |
Finches (Fringillidae) | |
Purple Finch | M* |
House Finch | Y |
Pine Siskin | MW |
American Goldfinch | MW |
Lesser Goldfinch | Y |
Lawrence’s Goldfinch | M |
Evening Grosbeak | M |
Old World Sparrows (Passeridae) | |
House Sparrow | M |
Taxonomy and Nomenclature follows the 7th edition of the American Ornithologists’ Union Checklist of North American Birds (1997) and the 47th Supplement (2006)