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)
