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Common Loon
Order: Gaviiformes Family: Gaviidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Lakes, bays, ocean Diet: Fish |
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Pied-Billed Grebe
Order: Podicipediformes Family: Podicipedidae |
Resident Habitat: Ponds, bays, open water Diet: Aquatic insects, crayfish, small fish |
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Eared Grebe
Order: Podicipediformes Family: Podicipedidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Ponds, bays, ocean Diet: Aquatic insects, crustaceans |
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Clark's Grebe
Order: Podicipediformes Family: Podicipedidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Lakes, bays, ocean Diet: Fish |
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Brown Pelican
Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Pelicanidae |
Summer, Fall, Winter Visitant Habitat: Coastal water bodies Diet: Fish |
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Brandt's Cormorant
Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Phalacrocoracidae |
Resident Habitat: Coastal water Diet: Fish |
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Double-crested Cormorant
Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Phalacrocoracidae |
Resident Habitat: Water bodies Diet: Fish |
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Great Blue Heron
Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Ardeidae |
Resident Habitat: Streams, ponds, meadows, fields Diet: Fish, herps, small mammals, crustaceans, insects |
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Black-crowned Night-Heron
Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Ardeidae |
Resident Habitat: Wetlands Diet: Fish, herps, small mammals, crustaceans |
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American Bittern
Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Ardeidae |
Resident Habitat: Marshlands Diet: Fish, herps, small mammals, mollusks, insects |
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American Wigeon
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Water bodies (fresh & sheltered salt) Dabbling: Aquatic plants, some insects |
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Northern Shoveler
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Marshy ponds Dabbling: Plankton, some seeds |
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Green-winged Teal
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Shallow marshes, flooded fields, mudflats Dabbling: Seeds |
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Surf Scoter
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Coastal waters Diving: Aquatic invertebrates (mollusks) |
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Bufflehead
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Lakes, harbors, bays Diving: Insects, crustaceans, mollusks, some fish |
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Ruddy Duck
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae |
Resident Habitat: Ponds, lakes, sheltered bays Diving: Plants, insect larvae, mollusks |
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Turkey Vulture
Order: Falconiformes Family: Cathartidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Farmland, forest, rangeland Diet: Carrion, rarely living prey |
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Red-tailed Hawk
Order: Falconiformes Family: Accipitridae |
Resident Habitat: Open woodland Diet: Small mammals, some snakes, birds, fish |
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Cooper’s Hawk
Order: Falconiformes Family: Accipitridae |
Resident Habitat: Forests, woodlands Diet: Birds, some mammals, rarely herps or insects |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk
Order: Falconiformes Family: Accipitridae |
Resident & Winter Resident Habitat: Forests, forest edges Diet: Birds, rarely mammals, arthropods |
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Northern Harrier
Order: Falconiformes Family: Accipitridae |
Resident Habitat: Marshes, farmlands, rangelands Diet: Rodents, herps, birds, insects |
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American Kestrel
Order: Falconiformes Family: Falconidae |
Resident Habitat: Rangelands Diet: Insects, birds, small mammals, herps |
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California Quail
Order: Galliformes Family: Odontophoridae |
Resident Habitat: Coastal sagebrush, chaparral, high desert Diet: Seeds, fruit, few insects |
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American Coot
Order: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae |
Resident Habitat: Freshwater wetlands Diet: Omnivorous |
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Clapper Rail
Order: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae |
Resident Habitat: Marshes Diet: Invertebrates |
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Black-bellied Plover
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Charadriidae |
Winter Migrant Habitat: Shoreline Diet: Small crabs, mollusks, marine worms, insects |
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Killdeer
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Charadriidae |
Resident Habitat: Sandbars, mudflats, fields Diet: Insects, earthworms, snails |
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Black-necked Stilt
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Recurvirostridae |
Resident Habitat: Shallow wetlands Diet: Fish, aquatic invertebrates |
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American Avocet
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Recurvirostridae |
Resident Habitat: Shallow wetlands Diet: Aquatic invertebrates |
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Willet
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae |
Winter Migrant Habitat: Shoreline, marshes, mudflats Diet: Small crabs, mollusks, fishes, aquatic insects |
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Whimbrel
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae |
Winter Migrant Habitat: Grassy marshes, mudflats Diet: Small crabs, mollusks, aquatic insects |
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Long-billed Curlew
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae |
Winter Migrant Habitat: Wetlands Diet: Insects, crustaceans, marine invertebrates |
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Marbled Godwit
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae |
Winter Migrant Habitat: Shoreline, wetlands Diet: Mollusks, crustaceans, worms |
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Western Sandpiper
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae |
Winter Migrant Habitat: Shoreline, wetlands Diet: Snails, insect larvae, marine worms |
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Least Sandpiper
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae |
Winter Migrant Habitat: Wetlands Diet: Aquatic invertebrates & larvae |
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Dunlin
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae |
Winter Migrant Habitat: Shoreline, wetlands Diet: Mollusks, crustaceans, marine worms |
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Short-billed Dowitcher
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae |
Winter Migrant Habitat: Shoreline, wetlands Diet: Mollusks, crustaceans, marine worms, insects |
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Ring-billed Gull
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Water bodies (fresh & salt) Diet: Omnivorous |
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Western Gull
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
Resident Habitat: Pacific Coast Diet: Omnivorous |
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Glaucous-winged Gull
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Pacific Coast Diet: Omnivorous |
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Caspian Tern
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
Winter Migrant Habitat: Shoreline Diet: Fish |
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Forster’s Tern
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
Resident Habitat: Shoreline, marshes Diet: Fish, insects |
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Rock Pigeon
Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
Resident Habitat: Urban areas Diet: Seeds, fruit, rarely insects |
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Band-tailed Pigeon
Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
Resident Habitat: Forests Diet: Acorns, grain, fruit, seeds |
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Mourning Dove
Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
Resident Habitat: Open woodlands Diet: Seeds, grains |
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Greater Roadrunner
Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae |
Resident Habitat: Arid regions, scattered brush Diet: Insects, lizards, few snakes |
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Barn Owl
Order: Strigiformes Family: Tytonidae |
Resident Habitat: Grasslands, agricultural fields, deserts Diet: Small mammals, few birds |
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Western Screech-Owl
Order: Strigiformes Family: Strigidae |
Resident Habitat: Open woodlands, riparian habitats Diet: Nocturnal insects, some small birds, mammals, amphibians |
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Great Horned Owl
Order: Strigiformes Family: Strigidae |
Resident Habitat: Open woodlands Diet: Mammals, birds, herps, insects |
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Burrowing Owl
Order: Strigiformes Family: Strigidae |
Resident Habitat: Grasslands Diet: Arthropods, small mammals, birds, herps |
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Common Poorwill
Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Caprimulgidae |
Resident Habitat: Scrub Diet: Nocturnal flying insects |
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White-throated Swift
Order: Apodiformes Family: Apodidae |
Resident Habitat: Mountains, cliffs Diet: Flying insects |
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Anna’s Hummingbird
Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae |
Resident Habitat: Open woodlands, chaparral Diet: Nectar, small insects |
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Allen's Hummingbird
Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae |
Summer Resident Habitat: Riparian woodlands, coastal chaparral Diet: Nectar, small insects |
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Belted Kingfisher
Order: Coraciiformes Family: Alcedinidae |
Resident Habitat: Along water bodies Diet: Fish, few crustaceans, herps, insects |
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Acorn Woodpecker
Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae |
Resident Habitat: Mixed oak woodlands Diet: Insects, acorns, sap, fruit |
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Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae |
Resident Habitat: Oak woodlands Diet: Arthropods, some fruit |
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Downy Woodpecker
Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae |
Resident Habitat: Deciduous forests Diet: Insects, acorns, grains, berries |
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Northern Flicker
Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae |
Resident Habitat: Forest edges, open fields Diet: Insects (ants), berries, seeds |
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Red-breasted Sapsucker
Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Forests Diet: Insects, sap, fruit |
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Olive-sided Flycatcher
Order: Passeriformes Family: Tyrannidae |
Summer Resident Habitat: Montane forests & meadows Diet: Flying insects (high-up) |
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Western Wood-pewee
Order: Passeriformes Family: Tyrannidae |
Summer Resident Habitat: Open woodlands, forest edges, riparian areas Diet: Flying insects (mid-height) |
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Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Order: Passeriformes Family: Tyrannidae |
Summer Resident Habitat: Lowland coniferous/pine-oak forests Diet: Flying insects (below-canopy) |
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Black Phoebe
Order: Passeriformes Family: Tyrannidae |
Resident Habitat: Open woodlands Diet: Terrestrial & flying insects |
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Western Kingbird
Order: Passeriformes Family: Tyrannidae |
Migratory Habitat: Grasslands Diet: Flying insects, some fruit |
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Loggerhead Shrike
Order: Passeriformes Family: Laniidae |
Resident Habitat: Open woodlands Diet: Insects, small mammals, herps, birds |
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Hutton’s Vireo
Order: Passeriformes Family: Vireonidae |
Resident Habitat: Evergreen forests Diet: Insects, spiders, few seeds |
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Warbling Vireo
Order: Passeriformes Family: Vireonidae |
Summer Resident Habitat: Mixed-deciduous woodlands Diet: Insects, few seeds & fruit |
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Steller’s Jay
Order: Passeriformes Family: Corvidae |
Resident Habitat: Pine-oak woodlands Diet: Generalist forager |
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Western Scrub-Jay
Order: Passeriformes Family: Corvidae |
Resident Habitat: Open woodlands, scrub Diet: Acorns, nuts, fruit, insects |
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American Crow
Order: Passeriformes Family: Corvidae |
Resident Habitat: Open woodlands, urban areas Diet: Omnivorous |
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Common Raven
Order: Passeriformes Family: Corvidae |
Resident Habitat: Forests, mountains Diet: Omnivorous |
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Horned Lark
Order: Passeriformes Family: Alaudidae |
Resident Habitat: Open barren areas Diet: Seeds, some insects |
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Violet-green Swallow
Order: Passeriformes Family: Hirundinidae |
Summer Resident Habitat: Open woodlands Diet: Flying insects |
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Cliff Swallow
Order: Passeriformes Family: Hirundinidae |
Summer Resident Habitat: Open areas with nearby cliffs Diet: Flying insects |
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Barn Swallow
Order: Passeriformes Family: Hirundinidae |
Summer Resident Habitat: Open areas Diet: Flying insects |
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Order: Passeriformes Family: Paridae |
Resident Habitat: Forests Diet: Acorns, nuts, fruits, insects |
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Oak Titmouse
Order: Passeriformes Family: Paridae |
Resident Habitat: Oak, oak-pine woodlands Diet: Small insects, fruit, seeds |
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Bushtit
Order: Passeriformes Family: Aegithalidae |
Resident Habitat: Open woods, scrub, sagebrush Diet: Small insects, some vegetable matter |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch
Order: Passeriformes Family: Sittidae |
Resident Habitat: Coniferous forests Diet: Conifer seeds, insects |
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White-breasted Nuthatch
Order: Passeriformes Family: Sittidae |
Resident Habitat: Deciduous forests Diet: Insects, seeds, fruit, acorns |
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Brown Creeper
Order: Passeriformes Family: Certhiidae |
Resident Habitat: Coniferous & mixed forests Diet: Arthropods, seeds |
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Bewick’s Wren
Order: Passeriformes Family: Troglodytidae |
Resident Habitat: Brushy areas Diet: Insects |
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Marsh Wren
Order: Passeriformes Family: Troglodytidae |
Resident Habitat: Marshes Diet: Insects, spiders |
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House Wren
Order: Passeriformes Family: Troglodytidae |
Summer Resident Habitat: Woodlands, chaparral Diet: Insects, insect larvae |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Order: Passeriformes Family: Regulidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Mixed woodlands Diet: Insects, spiders, some fruit & seeds |
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American Robin
Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae |
Resident Habitat: Open woodlands Diet: Soil invertebrates; in winter: fruits, berries, seeds |
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Varied Thrush
Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Mature forests Diet: Arthropods, fruit, acorns |
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Hermit Thrush
Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Open woodlands Diet: Insects, caterpillars, spiders, fruit, seeds |
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Swainson's Thrush
Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae |
Summer Resident Habitat: Coniferous forests Diet: Insects, berries, seeds |
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Wrentit
Order: Passeriformes Family: Timaliidae |
Resident Habitat: Coastal scrub, montane chaparral Diet: Insects, fruit, spiders, seeds |
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Northern Mockingbird
Order: Passeriformes Family: Mimidae |
Resident Habitat: Open ground, shrubby areas Diet: Insects, fruit |
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California Thrasher
Order: Passeriformes Family: Mimidae |
Resident Habitat: Coastal chaparral, riparian thickets Diet: Insects, fruit |
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European Starling
Order: Passeriformes Family: Sturnidae |
Resident Habitat: Urban areas, agricultural fields, grasslands Diet: Omnivorous |
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American Pipit
Order: Passeriformes Family: Motacillidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Grasslands, open fields Diet: Insects, seeds |
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Cedar Waxwing
Order: Passeriformes Family: Bombycillidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Open woodlands Diet: Fruit, flowers, insects |
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Yellow-rumped Warbler
Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Forests Diet: Insects, spiders, some fruit, nectar, seeds |
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Townsend's Warbler
Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Coniferous & coniferous-deciduous forests Diet: Insects, honeydew |
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Orange-crowned Warbler
Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae |
Summer Resident Habitat: Thickets, forest understory Diet: Insects, spiders |
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Wilson's Warbler
Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae |
Summer Resident Habitat: Riparian areas Diet: Insects, berries |
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Common Yellowthroat
Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae |
Resident Habitat: Wetlands, scrub Diet: Insects, spiders |
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Spotted Towhee
Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae |
Resident Habitat: Dry thickets, scrub Diet: Seeds, insects, berries |
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California Towhee
Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae |
Resident Habitat: Chaparral, scrub Diet: Seeds, insects, berries |
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Savannah Sparrow
Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae |
Resident Habitat: Grasslands, tidal marshes Diet: Seeds, insects |
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Song Sparrow
Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae |
Resident Habitat: Open woodlands Diet: Seeds, insects |
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Fox Sparrow
Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Forests Diet: Seeds, insects |
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White-crowned Sparrow
Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Scrub, shrubby areas Diet: Seeds, insects, cotyledons |
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Golden-crowned Sparrow
Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Shrubby areas, scrub Diet: Seeds, insects, green seedlings |
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Dark-eyed Junco
Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae |
Resident Habitat: Forests, open woodlands Diet: Seeds, insects |
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Lark Sparrow
Order: Passeriformes Family: Emberizidae |
Resident Habitat: Forest edges, open woodlands, sagebrush Diet: Seeds, insects |
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Western Tanager
Order: Passeriformes Family: Cardinalidae |
Summer Resident Habitat: Forests Diet: Insects, fruit |
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Black-headed Grosbeak
Order: Passeriformes Family: Cardinalidae |
Summer Resident Habitat: Forests, transitional areas Diet: Buds, fruit, seeds, insects |
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Lazuli Bunting
Order: Passeriformes Family: Cardinalidae |
Summer Resident Habitat: Open woodlands, riparian areas Diet: Seeds, insects, fruit |
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Red-winged Blackbird
Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae |
Resident Habitat: Wetlands, fields Diet: Insects, seeds |
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Brewer's Blackbird
Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae |
Resident Habitat: Widespread Diet: Insects (Leps), some fruit |
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Brown-headed Cowbird
Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae |
Resident Habitat: Grasslands Diet: Seeds, grain, insects, spiders |
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Bullock's Oriole
Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae |
Summer Resident Habitat: Open woodlands, riparian areas Diet: Insects, fruit |
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Western Meadowlark
Order: Passeriformes Family: Icteridae |
Resident Habitat: Grasslands Diet: Ground-dwelling insects, seeds, grain |
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Lesser Goldfinch
Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae |
Resident Habitat: Open woodlands Diet: Seeds, some insects |
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American Goldfinch
Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae |
Winter Resident Habitat: Open woodlands, weedy fields Diet: Seeds |
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House Finch
Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae |
Resident Habitat: Urban areas, chaparral Diet: Seeds, fruit, berries |
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Purple Finch
Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae |
Resident Habitat: Evergreen & mixed forests Diet: Seeds, flowers, berries, buds, some insects |
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Pine Siskin
Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae |
Resident Habitat: Coniferous forests, suburban woodlands Diet: Catkins, tree buds, young needle tips |
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House Sparrow
Order: Passeriformes Family: Passeridae |
Resident Habitat: Urban areas Diet: Seeds, grain, fruit, some insects |
