río embudo birds

All-year Residents:
Theses species are present during all months of the year. They breed locally.

Number of species to date: 60

Observations limited to the Dixon Christmas Bird Count Circle, a 15 mile diameter circle centered on Arroyo la Mina in Dixon. See Satellite Map of Count Circle

Abundance classes:
Common: Certain to be seen in suitable habitat and proper season.
Less Common: Present and seen regularly, in suitable habitat and proper season.
Uncommon: Present (and seen regularly), but not certain to be seen even in suitable habitat and proper season.
Rare: Unusual, seen only every 2 to 5 years.
Vagrant : Seeing these birds is highly unusual. They are generally out of their normal range.

All species listed have been observed on at least one occasion.



English NameGenus speciesAbundance
Canada GooseBranta canadensisLess Common All-year Resident
Wood DuckAix sponsaLess Common All-year Resident
MallardAnas platyrhynchosCommon All-year Resident
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicusRare All-Year Resident
Scaled QuailCallipepla squamataRare All-Year Resident
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsRare All-Year Resident
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasCommon All-year Resident
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusUncommon All-year Resident
Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperiiLess Common All-year Resident
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisCommon All-year Resident
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosUncommon All-year Resident
American KestrelFalco sparveriusLess Common All-year Resident
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusRare All-Year Resident
Prairie FalconFalco mexicanusRare All-Year Resident
American CootFulica americanaUncommon All-year Resident
Rock PigeonColumba liviaCommon All-year Resident
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaoctoLess Common All-year Resident
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaLess Common All-year Resident
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraLess Common All-year Resident
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusRare All-Year Resident
Barn OwlTyto albaRare All-Year Resident
Western Screech-OwlMegascops kennicottiiRare All-Year Resident
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusUncommon All-year Resident
Northern Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium gnomaRare All-Year Resident
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusRare All-Year Resident
Belted KingfisherCeryle alcyonLess Common All-year Resident
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisLess Common All-year Resident
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerPicoides scalarisLess Common All-year Resident
Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescensCommon All-year Resident
Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosusLess Common All-year Resident
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusCommon All-year Resident
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusRare All-Year Resident
Western Scrub-JayAphelocoma californicaCommon All-year Resident
Pinyon JayGymnorhinus cyanocephalusCommon All-year Resident
Clark's NutcrackerNucifraga columbianaRare All-Year Resident
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsoniaCommon All-year Resident
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosCommon All-year Resident
Common RavenCorvus coraxCommon All-year Resident
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillusCommon All-year Resident
Juniper TitmouseBaeolophus ridgwayiLess Common All-year Resident
BushtitPsaltriparus minimusCommon All-year Resident
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisCommon All-year Resident
Brown CreeperCerthia americanaRare All-Year Resident
Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletusUncommon All-year Resident
Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanusLess Common All-year Resident
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickiiLess Common All-year Resident
American DipperCinclus mexicanusCommon All-year Resident
Western BluebirdSialia mexicanaCommon All-year Resident
American RobinTurdus migratoriusCommon All-year Resident
Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostreLess Common All-year Resident
European StarlingSturnus vulgarisCommon All-year Resident
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatusCommon All-year Resident
Canyon TowheePipilo fuscusCommon All-year Resident
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaCommon All-year Resident
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusLess Common All-year Resident
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaRare All-Year Resident
House FinchCarpodacus mexicanusCommon All-year Resident
Pine SiskinCarduelis pinusLess Common All-year Resident
Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinusUncommon All-year Resident
House SparrowPasser domesticusCommon All-year Resident