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Year-round Birds - All
Common Name
Genus + Specific Epithet
Season - Abundance Status
4-Letter
Species Code
Links to
Species Information Page
Links to Species Information Page
in Family Group list
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in Season-Abundance Photo List
Swans, Geese and Ducks
mall
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Year-round Bird - Common
Upland Game Birds
scqu
Scaled Quail
Callipepla squamata
Year-round Bird - Rare
Grebes
Pigeons and Doves
ropi
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
Year-round Bird - Less Common
eucd
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Streptopelia decaocto
Year-round Bird - Common
Cuckoos and their Allies
Nightjars, Nighthawks and Swifts
Hummingbirds
Gruiformes: Coots, Cranes and Rails
Smaller Wading Birds
Gulls, Terns and Skimmers
Medium to Large Waterbirds: Pelicans and their Allies
Long-legged Wading Birds
gbhe
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Year-round Bird - Uncommon
Diurnal Raptors: Vultures, Eagles and Hawks
goea
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Year-round Bird - Rare
ssha
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Year-round Bird - Uncommon
coha
Cooper’s Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Year-round Bird - Less Common
rtha
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Year-round Bird - Common
Nocturnal Raptors: Owls
ghow
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Year-round Bird - Rare
Kingfishers
beki
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
Year-round Bird - Less Common
Woodpeckers
lewo
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Year-round Bird - Uncommon
dowo
Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescens
Year-round Bird - Less Common
hawo
Hairy Woodpecker
Dryobates villosus
Year-round Bird - Uncommon
nofl
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Year-round Bird - Common
Falcons
amke
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Year-round Bird - Less Common
prfa
Prairie Falcon
Falco mexicanus
Year-round Bird - Rare
Tyrant Flycatchers
Shrikes and Vireos
Jays, Crows and their Allies
pija
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Year-round Bird - Rare
wosj
Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
Year-round Bird - Uncommon
bbma
Black-billed Magpie
Pica hudsonia
Year-round Bird - Common
amcr
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Year-round Bird - Less Common
cora
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Year-round Bird - Common
Larks
Swallows
Chickadees and their Allies
bcch
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Year-round Bird - Common
moch
Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli
Year-round Bird - Less Common
bush
Bushtit
Psaltriparus minimus
Year-round Bird - Uncommon
Nuthatches and Creepers
wbnu
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Year-round Bird - Less Common
Wrens
bewr
Bewick’s Wren
Thryomanes bewickii
Year-round Bird - Uncommon
Gnatcatchers
Dippers
Kinglets
Thrushes and their Allies
webl
Western Bluebird
Sialia mexicana
Year-round Bird - Less Common
mobl
Mountain Bluebird
Sialia currucoides
Year-round Bird - Rare
amro
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Year-round Bird - Common
Mimids "Mimic Thrushes"
Starlings and Mynas
eust
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Year-round Bird - Common
Waxwings
cedw
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Year-round Bird - Uncommon
European Passerines
hosp
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Year-round Bird - Less Common
Wagtails and Pipits
Finches
evgr
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Year-round Bird - Less Common
hofi
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
Year-round Bird - Common
pisi
Pine Siskin
Spinus pinus
Year-round Bird - Less Common
amgo
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
Year-round Bird - Common
Sparrows and their Allies
sosp
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Year-round Bird - Common
cant
Canyon Towhee
Melozone fusca
Year-round Bird - Rare
spto
Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus
Year-round Bird - Less Common
Chats
Icterids: Blackbirds, Orioles and their Allies
rwbl
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Year-round Bird - Common
gtgr
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Year-round Bird - Less Common
Wood-Warblers
Tanagers
Grosbeaks (Cardinalidae)
Buntings