Cranes 

Sandhill Crane* 

Plovers and Lapwings 

Black-bellied Plover 
American Golden-Plover * 
Pacific Golden-Plover 
Snowy Plover 
Semipalmated Plover 
Piping Plover ** 
Killdeer 
Mountain Plover

Oystercatchers 

American Oystercatcher ** 
Black Oystercatcher 

Stilts and Avocets 

Black-necked Stilt 
American Avocet

Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies 

Spotted Sandpiper 
Solitary Sandpiper 
Gray-tailed Tattler ** 
Wandering Tattler 
Greater Yellowlegs 
Willet Tringa 
Lesser Yellowlegs 
Upland Sandpiper ** 
Whimbrel 
Long-billed Curlew 
Hudsonian Godwit ** 
Bar-tailed Godwit ** 
Marbled Godwit 
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone 
Surfbird 
Red Knot
Sanderling 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 
Western Sandpiper 
Red-necked Stint ** 
Little Stint ** 
Least Sandpiper 
White-rumped Sandpiper ** 
Baird’s Sandpiper 
Pectoral Sandpiper 
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper * 
Rock Sandpiper s* 
Dunlin 
Curlew Sandpiper ** 
Stilt Sandpiper * 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper * 
Ruff * 
Short-billed Dowitcher 
Long-billed Dowitcher 
Wilson’s Snipe 
Wilson’s Phalarope 
Red-necked Phalarope 
Red Phalarope

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers 

Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine’s Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
Black-headed Gull **
Little Gull **
Laughing Gull *
Franklin’s Gull
Black-tailed Gull ** 
Heermann’s Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Yellow-footed Gull *
California Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull **
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull *
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern *
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster’s Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern **
Elegant Tern
Black Skimmer

Skuas 

South Polar Skua
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger  

Auks, Murres, and Puffins 

Common Murre
Thick-billed Murre **
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet *
Scripps’s Murrelet
Guadalupe Murrelet
Craveri’s Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet *
Cassin’s Auklet
Parakeet Auklet ** 
Rhinoceros Auklet
Horned Puffin *
Tufted Puffin * 

Pigeons and Doves 

Rock Pigeon  – I
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove – I 
Spotted Dove  – I
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Ruddy Ground-Dove * 

Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis 

Yellow-billed Cuckoo *
Greater Roadrunner
Groove-billed Ani ** 

Barn Owls 

Barn Owl 

Typical Owls 

Flammulated Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Elf Owl ** 
Burrowing Owl
Spotted Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl

Goatsuckers 

Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk*
Common Poorwill
Mexican Whip-poor-will * 

Swifts 

Black Swift
Chimney Swift
Vaux’s Swift
White-throated Swift

Hummingbirds 

Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Costa’s Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird *
Rufous Hummingbird  
Allen’s Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird **
Violet-crowned Hummingbird **

Kingfishers 

Belted Kingfisher 

Woodpeckers and Allies 

Lewis’s Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker **
Acorn Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker *
Williamson’s Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker * 

Caracaras and Falcons 

Crested Caracara ** 
American Kestrel
Merlin Falco
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon 

Lories, Parakeets, Macaws, and Parrots

Rose-ringed Parakeet  – I
Mitred Parakeet  – I
Red-masked Parakeet  – I
Nanday Parakeet  – I
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet – I 
Red-crowned Parrot  – I 
Lilac-crowned Parrot – I 
Yellow-headed Parrot – I

Tyrant Flycatchers 

Olive-sided Flycatcher
Greater Pewee **
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher *
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe *
Say’s Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher **
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher **
Brown-crested Flycatcher*
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher ** 
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin’s Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird * *
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird*
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher * 

Shrikes 

Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike* 

Vireos 

White-eyed Vireo **
Bell’s Vireo
Gray Vireo *
Yellow-throated Vireo *
Plumbeous Vireo
Cassin’s Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo ** 
Hutton’s Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo *
Red-eyed Vireo*
Yellow-green Vireo** 

Jays, Magpies, and Crows 

Pinyon Jay *
Steller’s Jay
California Scrub-Jay
Clark’s Nutcracker
Yellow-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven 

Larks 

Horned Lark

Swallows 

Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow

Chickadees and Titmice 

Mountain Chickadee
Oak Titmouse  

Penduline Tits and Verdins 

Verdin 

Long-tailed Tits and Bushtits 

Bushtit 

Nuthatches 

Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch 

Creepers 

Brown Creeper 

Wrens 

Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
House Wren
Pacific Wren
Winter Wren **
Marsh Wren  
Bewick’s Wren
Cactus Wren 

Gnatcatchers 

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
California Gnatcatcher
Black-tailed * 

Cinclidae – Dippers 

American Dipper  

Bulbuls 

Red-whiskered Bulbul  – I 

Kinglets 

Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Leaf Warblers 

Arctic Warbler ** 

Sylviid Warblers 

Wrentit  

Old World Chats 

Bluethroat ** 
Red-flanked Bluetail ** 
Northern Wheatear **
Stonechat ** 

Thrushes 

Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend’s Solitaire
Gray-cheeked Thrush **
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush **
American Robin
Varied Thrush