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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

California: The Southern Coast, Santa Cruz Island, the Salton Sea and the Mohave Desert

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With Jon Dunn as leader

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1 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
1 Canada Goose 2 30 Branta canadensis
1 Ross's Goose Chen rossii
1 Brant Branta bernicla
1 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
2 Wood Duck 1 4 Aix sponsa
4 Gadwall 1 4 Anas strepera
4 American Wigeon 1 2 Anas americana
4 Mallard 6 12 Anas platyrhynchos
4 Blue-winged Teal 5 8 Anas discors
4 Cinnamon Teal 6 20 Anas cyanoptera
4 Northern Shoveler 4 5000 Anas clypeata
4 Northern Pintail 4 10 Anas acuta
4 "American" Green-winged Teal 1 2 Anas crecca carolinensis
1 Canvasback 1 1 Aythya valisineria
4 Redhead 2 30 Aythya americana
1 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
1 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
1 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
4 Ruddy Duck 3 50 Oxyura jamaicensis
1 Chukar Alectoris chukar
3 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 1 Phasianus colchicus
2 Wild Turkey 1 10 Meleagris gallopavo silvestris
4 California Quail 3 15 Callipepla californica
4 Gambel's Quail 3 10 Callipepla gambelii
4 Pied-billed Grebe 5 12 Podilymbus podiceps
4 Eared Grebe 4 5 Podiceps nigricollis
4 Western Grebe 4 20 Aechmophorus occidentalis
4 Clark's Grebe 1 2 Aechmophorus clarkii
4 Pink-footed Shearwater 2 6 Puffinus creatopus
1 Sooty Shearwater 2 6 Puffinus griseus
3 Black-vented Shearwater 3 2000 Puffinus opisthomelas
1 Black Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma melania
1 Blue-footed Booby Sula neuboxii
4 American White Pelican 2 200 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
4 Brown Pelican 7 300 Pelecanus occidentalis
4 Brandt's Cormorant 1 25 Phalacrocorax penicillatus
4 Double-crested Cormorant 8 500 Phalacrocorax auritus
4 Pelagic Cormorant 3 2 Phalacrocorax pelagicus
4 Least Bittern 1 5 Ixobrychus exilis
4 Great Blue Heron 9 15 Ardea herodias
4 Great Egret 5 100 Ardea alba
4 Snowy Egret 6 400 Egretta thula
4 Little Blue Heron 1 1 Egretta caerulea
1 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
2 Reddish Egret 3 1 Egretta rufescens
4 Cattle Egret 4 5000 Bubulcus ibis
4 Green Heron 3 2 Butorides virescens
4 Black-crowned Night-Heron 5 10 Nycticorax nycticorax
1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax violacea
4 White-faced Ibis 5 500 Plegadis chihi
4 Turkey Vulture 8 210 Cathartes aura
4 Osprey 7 1 Pandion haliaetus
4 White-tailed Kite 3 1 Elanus leucurus
2 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
4 Northern Harrier 4 5 Circus cyaneus
3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 3 Accipiter striatus
4 Cooper's Hawk 7 5 Accipiter cooperii
4 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 2 Buteo lineatus elegans
1 Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsonii
1 Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
4 Red-tailed Hawk 8 10 Buteo jamaicensis calurus
1 Golden Eagle 1 2 Aquila chrysaetos Canadensis
4 American Kestrel 5 15 Falco sparverius
3 Merlin 1 1 Falco columbarius columbarius
4 Peregrine Falcon 2 1 Falco peregrinus anatum
2 Prairie Falcon 1 1 Falco mexicanus
2 Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris yumaensis
3 Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
4 Sora 1 2 Porzana carolina
4 Common Moorhen 2 5 Gallinula chloropus
4 American Coot 7 25 Fulica americana
1 Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
4 Black-bellied Plover 4 65 Pluvialis squatarola
1 Pacific Golden-Plover 1 1 Pluvialis fulva
4 Snowy Plover 2 15 Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus
4 Semipalmated Plover 4 6 Charadrius semipalmatus
4 Killdeer 8 16 Charadrius vociferus
4 Black Oystercatcher 1 2 Haematopus bachmani
4 Black-necked Stilt 4 300 Himantopus mexicanus
4 American Avocet 3 500 Recurvirostra americana
4 Wandering Tattler 1 1 Tringa incanus
4 Greater Yellowlegs 3 25 Tringa melanoleuca
4 Willet 6 100 Tringa semipalmatus inornatus
4 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 12 Tringa flavipes
4 Spotted Sandpiper 4 2 Actitis macularius
1 Upand Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
4 Whimbrel 1 1 Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
4 Long-billed Curlew 4 40 Numenius americanus
4 Marbled Godwit 4 250 Limosa fedoa
4 Ruddy Turnstone 2 8 Arenaria interpres
4 Black Turnstone 2 2 Arenaria melanocephala
3 Surfbird Aphriza virgata
3 Red Knot 1 1 Calidris canutus
4 Sanderling 2 10 Calidris alba
4 Western Sandpiper 5 305 Calidris mauri
4 Least Sandpiper 4 20 Calidris minutilla
2 Baird's Sandpiper 1 9 Calidris bairdii
2 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
4 Dunlin 1 1 Calidris alpina pacifica
3 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
2 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
1 Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1 2 Tryngites subruficollis
4 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 20 Limnodromus griseus caurinus
4 Long-billed Dowitcher 4 300 Limnodromus scolopaceus
2 Wilson's Snipe 1 1 Gallinago delicata
4 Wilson's Phalarope 2 10 Phalaropus tricolor
4 Red-necked Phalarope 6 200 Phalaropus lobatus
4 Laughing Gull 2 300 Larus atricilla
4 Franklin's Gull 1 1 Larus pipixcan
1 Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia
4 Heermann's Gull 3 75 Larus heermanni
4 Ring-billed Gull 5 500 Larus delawarensis
4 California Gull 6 100 Larus californicus
4 Herring Gull 1 6 Larus argentatus smithsonianus
4 Yellow-footed Gull 2 6 Larus livens
4 Western Gull 4 130 Larus occidentalis wymani
1 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
1 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull Larus occidentalis x glaucescens
2 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
1 Gull-billed Tern 2 2 Gelochelidon nilotica
4 Caspian Tern 2 500 Hydroprogne caspia
4 Black Tern 3 2 Chlidonias niger
4 Common Tern 3 8 Sterna hirundo
4 Forster's Tern 6 10 Sterna forsteri
4 Royal Tern 3 11 Thalasseus maxima
4 Elegant Tern 3 600 Thalasseus elegans
4 Black Skimmer 3 40 Rynchops niger
1 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
4 Pomarine Jaeger 2 2 Stercorarius pomarinus
2 Parasitic Jaeger 3 3 Stercorarius parasiticus
1 Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
1 Common Murre 1 1 Uria aalge
4 Rock Pigeon 8 130 Columba livia
3 Band-tailed Pigeon 1 3 Patagioenas fasciata
4 Eurasian Collared-Dove 6 100 Streptopelia decaocto
4 Spotted Dove 1 5 Streptopelia chinensis chinensis
4 White-winged Dove 3 30 Zenaida asiatica
4 Mourning Dove 8 125 Zenaida macroura
4 Inca Dove 1 8 Columbina inca
4 Common Ground-Dove 3 40 Columbina passerina pallescens
3 Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti eluta
4 Greater Roadrunner 2 3 Geococcyx californianus
2 Barn Owl 1 1 Tyto alba
2 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
4 Burrowing Owl 3 10 Athene cunicularia hypugaea
3 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
4 Vaux's Swift 6 60 Chaetura vauxi
1 White-throated Swift 2 3 Aeronautes saxatalis
4 Black-chinned Hummingbird 2 6 Archilochus alexandri
4 Anna's Hummingbird 5 10 Calypte anna
4 Costa's Hummingbird 1 15 Calypte costae
4 Allen's Hummingbird 1 1 Selasphorus sasin sedentarius
4 Rufous or Allen's Hummingbird 3 25 Selasphorus rufus or S. sasin
4 Belted Kingfisher 5 2 Ceryle alcyon
2 Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
4 Acorn Woodpecker 2 10 Melanerpes formicivorus
4 Gila Woodpecker 3 8 Melanerpes uropygialis
1 Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
1 Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
1 Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
4 Ladder-backed Woodpecker 2 1 Picoides scalaris
4 Nuttall's Woodpecker 5 2 Picoides nuttallii
4 Downy Woodpecker 1 2 Picoides pubescens leucurus
2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides villosus
2 White-headed Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides albolarvatus
1 "Yellow-shafted" Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus borealis
4 "Red-shafted" Northern Flicker 4 2 Colaptes auratus collaris
2 Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
4 Western Wood-Pewee 6 18 Contopus sordidulus
4 Willow Flycatcher 5 12 Empidonax traillii brewsteri
1 Least Flycatcher 3 1 Empidonax minimus
3 Hammond's Flycatcher 2 1 Empidonax hammondii
4 Gray Flycatcher 1 1 Empidonax wrightii
2 Dusky Flycatcher 1 1 Empidonax oberholseri
4 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 6 2 Empidonax difficilis difficilis
2 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1 1 Empidonax difficilis insulicola
4 Black Phoebe 9 15 Sayornis nigricans
4 Say's Phoebe 4 6 Sayornis saya
3 Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
2 Ash-throated Flycatcher 2 2 Myiarchus cinerascens
1 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
2 Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
4 Western Kingbird 2 2 Tyrannus verticalis
4 Loggerhead Shrike 4 1 Lanius ludovicianus
2 Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
2 Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
4 Hutton's Vireo 3 2 Vireo huttoni huttoni
4 Warbling Vireo 6 8 Vireo gilvus swainsoni
1 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
3 Steller's Jay 2 10 Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis
3 Island Scrub-Jay 1 2 Aphelocoma insularis
3 Western Scrub-Jay 4 6 Aphelocoma californica californica
1 Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
1 Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
3 American Crow 4 50 Corvus brachyrhynchos
3 Common Raven 8 12 Corvus corax
4 Horned Lark 3 50 Eremophila alpestris
4 Tree Swallow 4 50 Tachycineta bicolor
2 Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5 3 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
3 Bank Swallow 2 2 Riparia riparia
3 Cliff Swallow 2 4 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
4 Barn Swallow 7 30 Hirundo rustica
4 Mountain Chickadee 2 5 Poecile gambeli baileyae
4 Oak Titmouse 2 2 Baeolophus inornatus transpositus
4 Verdin 4 10 Auriparus flaviceps
4 "Coastal" Bushtit 3 30 Psaltriparus minimus minimus
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 1 Sitta canadensis
4 "Coastal" White-breasted Nuthatch 2 6 Sitta carolinensis aculeata
3 Pygmy Nuthatch 2 5 Sitta pygmaea
4 Cactus Wren 1 1 Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
3 Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
1 Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
4 Bewick's Wren 3 2 Thryomanes bewickii correctus
4 House Wren 6 7 Troglodytes aedon parkmanii
4 Marsh Wren 2 6 Cistothorus palustris
4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 1 Regulus calendula
4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 4 Polioptila caerulea amoenissima
4 California Gnatcatcher 1 2 Polioptila californica californica
4 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 2 2 Polioptila melanura lucida
4 Western Bluebird 2 8 Sialia mexicana
2 Townsend's Solitaire 2 2 Myadestes townsendi
1 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus ustulatus
2 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus guttatus
2 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus sequoiensis
2 American Robin 1 5 Turdus migratorius propinquus
4 Wrentit 2 15 Chamaea fasciata
4 Northern Mockingbird 7 8 Mimus polyglottos
4 California Thrasher 1 4 Toxostoma redivivum
1 Crissal Thrasher 2 2 Toxostoma crissale
2 LeConte's Thrasher 1 2 Toxostoma lecontei
3 European Starling 9 50 Sturnus vulgaris
1 Eastern Yellow Wagtail 1 1 Motacilla tschutschensis tschutschensis
2 American Pipit Anthus rubescens
1 Cedar Waxwing 2 1 Bombycilla cedorum
4 Phainopepla 1 1 Phainopepla nitens
4 Orange-crowned Warbler 7 20 Vermivora celata lutescens
4 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 4 Vermivora celata sordida
2 Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata orestra
2 Nashville Warbler 2 2 Vermivora ruficapilla ridgwayi
1 Northern Parula 1 1 Parula americana
4 Yellow Warbler 6 28 Dendroica petechia
2 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 1 Dendroica pensylvanica
1 Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
3 "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata hooveri
3 "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler 5 8 Dendroica coronata auduboni
4 Black-throated Gray Warbler 4 2 Dendroica nigrescens
4 Townsend's Warbler 4 2 Dendroica townsendi
3 Hermit Warbler 3 1 Dendroica occidentalis
1 Blackburnian Warbler 1 1 Dendroica fusca
2 Grace's Warbler Dendroica graciae
1 Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum palmarum
3 Blackpoll Warbler 2 1 Dendroica striata
2 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
4 American Redstart 1 1 Setophaga ruticilla
1 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
1 Ovenbird 1 1 Seiurus aurocapilla
2 Northern Waterthrush 1 2 Seiurus noveboracensis
1 Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
4 MacGillivray's Warbler 1 2 Oporornis tolmiei
4 Common Yellowthroat 7 3 Geothlypis trichas
1 Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina
2 Wilson's Warbler 6 3 Wilsonia pusilla chryseola
4 Wilson's Warbler 2 12 Wilsonia pusilla pileolata
1 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 1 Icteria virens
1 Summer Tanager 1 1 Piranga ruber cooperi
3 Western Tanager 8 8 Piranga ludoviciana
3 Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
4 Spotted Towhee 3 5 Pipilo maculatus megalonyx
4 California Towhee 2 40 Pipilo crissalis
4 Abert's Towhee 3 12 Pipilo aberti
3 Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps obscura
4 Chipping Sparrow 5 20 Spizella passerina
1 Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
4 Brewer's Sparrow 2 10 Spizella breweri
4 Vesper Sparrow 2 2 Pooecetes gramineus confinus
3 Lark Sparrow 2 6 Chondestes grammacus
1 Black-throated Sparrow 1 2 Amphispiza bilineata
2 Sage Sparrow 1 15 Amphispiza belli canescens
1 Sage Sparrow Amphispiza belli nevadensis
2 Savannah Sparrow 6 10 Passerculus sandwichensis
4 "Belding's" Savannah Sparrow 1 1 Passerculus sandwichensis nevadensis
2 "Large-billed" Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis rostratus
1 Grasshopper Sparrow 1 1 Ammodramus savannarum perpallidus
1 Fox ("Thick-billed") Sparrow Passerella iliaca stephensi
1 Fox ("Thick-billed") Sparrow 1 1 Passerella iliaca megarhyncha
1 Fox ("Slate-colored") Sparrow Passerella iliaca schistacea
1 Fox ("Slate-colored") Sparrow Passerella iliaca altivagans
4 Song Sparrow 3 8 Melospiza melodia cooperi
4 Song Sparrow 1 5 Melospiza melodia saltonis
1 Song Sparrow Melospiza meloda montana
4 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 3 Melospiza lincolnii
4 White-crowned Sparrow 2 4 Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii
2 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys pugetensis
3 White-crowned Sparrow 1 1 Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha
3 Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
3 "Oregon" Dark-eyed Junco 3 2 Junco hyemalis thurberi
1 "Oregon" Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis montana
1 "Slate-colored" Junco Junco hyemalis hyemalis
1 Intergrade Junco Junco h. caniceps x J. h. mearnsi
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
4 Black-headed Grosbeak 3 4 Pheucticus melanocephalus
2 Blue Grosbeak 1 2 Passerina caerulea
3 Lazuli Bunting 4 6 Passerina amoena
4 Red-winged Blackbird 7 400 Agelaius phoeniceus
4 Tricolored Blackbird 1 10 Agelaius tricolor
4 Western Meadowlark 4 10 Sturnella neglecta
4 Yellow-headed Blackbird 3 20 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
4 Brewer's Blackbird 7 50 Euphagus cyanocephalus
4 Great-tailed Grackle 6 100 Quiscalus mexicanus
4 Brown-headed Cowbird 4 5 Molothrus ater
2 Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus nelsoni
1 Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
4 House Finch 8 25 Carpodacus mexicanus
1 Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus
4 Lesser Goldfinch 7 8 Carduelis psaltria
2 Lawrence's Goldfinch Carduelis lawrencei
4 American Goldfinch 2 6 Carduelis tristis
4 House Sparrow 8 50 Passer domesticus
2 Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
1 Mitred Parakeet Aratinga mitrata
1 Lilac-crowned Parrot Amazona finschi
3 Nutmeg Mannikin 1 10 Lonchura punctulata

Non-Established Exotics

3 Red-crowned Parrot 1 10 Amazona viridigenalis
3 Black-hooded Parakeet 1 50 Nandayus nenday

Mammals

4 Desert Cottontail 5 5 Sylvilagus auduboni
3 Brush Rabbit Sylvilagus bachmani
2 Black-tailed Jackrabbit 1 1 Lepus californicus
1 White-tailed Antelope Squirrel Ammospermophilus luecurus
4 California Ground Squirrel 3 25 Spermophilus beecheyi
3 Western Gray Squirrel 1 1 Sciurus griseus
1 Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger
1 Merriam's Chipmunk Canis latrans
1 Common Muskrat Ondatra zibetheca
1 Blue Whale 1 4 Balaenooptera musculus
4 Long-billed Saddleback Dolphin 2 100 Delphinus capensis
2 Pacific Bottlenosed Dolphin 1 2 Tursiops truncatus
3 Coyote Tamias merriami
1 Western Spotted Skunk Spilogale gracilis amphiala
2 Striped Skunk 1 1 Mephitis mephitis
1 Northern Fur Seal Callorhinus ursinus
4 California Sea Lion 2 5 Zalophus californianus
3 Harbor Seal 2 2 Phoca vitulina
1 Feral Pig Sus scrofa
1 Mule (Black-tailed) Deer 1 2 Odocoileus hemionus

Amphibians and Reptiles

2 Pacific Treefrog Hyla regilla
1 Western Toad Bufo boreas
1 Desert Iguana Dipsosaurus dorsalis
2 Western Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis
1 Desert Spiny Lizard Sceloporus magister
4 Side-blotched Lizard 3 5 Uta stansburiana
1 Southern Alligator Lizard Gerrhonotus multicarinatus
3 Western Whiptail Cnemidophorus tigris
1 Orange-throated Whiptail 1 1 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus

Butterflies

2 Giant Swallowtail 2 3 Papilio cresphontes
1 Cloudless Sulphur 1 2 Phoebis sennae
3 Gulf Fritillary 2 5 Agraulis vanillae
3 Common Buckeye Junonia coenia
1 Queen Danaus gilippus
2 Fiery Skipper 1 2 Hylephila phyleus
1 Umber Skipper Poanes melane

Butterflies and Moths

1 Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon
3 Western Tiger Swallowtail 1 1 Papilio rutulus
3 Cabbage White 1 5 Pieris rapae
4 Orange Sulphur 1 3 Colias eurytheme
4 Mourning Cloak 1 2 Nymphalis antiopa
2 West Coast Lady Vanessa annabella
2 Lorquin's Admiral 1 8 Limenitis lorquini
4 California Sister 1 2 Adelpha bredowii
4 Monarch 2 5 Danaus plexippus
1 Woodland Skipper Ochlodes sylvanoides

Butterflies and Skippers

1 Western White Pontia occidentalis
2 Western Pygmy-Blue Leptotes marina
1 Marine Blue Brephidium exile
1 Red Admiral Vanessa cardui
1 Painted Lady Vanessa atalanta
1 Saltbush Sootywing Hesperopsis alpheus