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List of San Luis Obispo County Birds
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Anseriformes - Swans, Geese, and Ducks
Anatidae
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Greater White-fronted Goose
Emperor Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Brant
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Garganey
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Galliformes - Gallinaceous Birds
Odontophoridae
Mountain Quail
California Quail
Phasianidae
Chukar
Wild Turkey
Gaviiformes - Loons
Gaviidae - Loons
Red-throated Loon
Arctic Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
Podicipediformes - Grebes
Podicipedidae
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Procellariiformes - Tube-nosed Swimmers
Diomededidae-Albatrosses
Black-footed Albatross
Laysan Albatross
Short-tailed Albatross
Procellariidae-Shearwaters and Petrels
Northern Fulmar
Mottled Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Pink-footed Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Black-vented Shearwater
Hydrobatidae-Storm Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Ashy Storm-Petrel
Black Storm-Petrel
Least Storm-Petrel
Pelecaniformes - Totipalmate Birds
Phaethontidae-Tropicbirds
Red-billed Tropicbird
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Sulidae-Boobies
Blue-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby
Pelecanidae-Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Phalacrocoracidae-Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Frigatidae-Frigatebirds
Magnificent Frigatebird
Ciconiiformes - Herons, Ibises, Storks, and Allies
Ardeidae-Herons, Bitterns
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Reddish Egret
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Threskiornithidae-Ibises, Spoonbill
White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Ciconiidae-Storks
Wood Stork
Falconiformes - American Vultures and Diurnal Birds of Prey
Cathartidae-New World Vultures
Turkey Vulture
California Condor
Accipitridae-Hawks, Kites, Eagles
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Falconidae- Caracaras and Falcons
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Prairie Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Gruiformes - Rails, Cranes, and Allies
Rallidae-Rails
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Gruidae-Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Charadriiformes - Shorebirds, Gulls, Auks, and Allies
Charadriidae-Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
American Golden-Plover
Snowy Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
Mountain Plover
Haematopodidae-Oystercatchers
American Oystercatcher
Black Oystercatcher
Recurvirostridae-Stilts, Avocets
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Scolopacidae-Sandpipers, Phalaropes, Allies
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Wandering Tattler
Spotted Sandpiper
Little Curlew
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Rock Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Laridae-Skuas, Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern
Black Skimmer
Stercorariidae - Skuas
South Polar Skua
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Alcidae-Auks, Murres, Puffins
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Xantus's Murrelet
Craveri's Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
Cassin's Auklet
Parakeet Auklet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Tufted Puffin
Horned Puffin
Columbiformes - Pigeons, and Doves
Columbidae
Rock Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Cuculiformes - Cuckoos, and Allies
Cuculidae-Cuckoos, Roadrunners
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Strigiformes _ Owls
Tytonidae-Barn Owl
Barn Owl
Strigidae-Typical Owls
Western Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Burrowing Owl
Spotted Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Caprimulgiformes - Goatsuckers and Allies
Caprimulgidae
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Apodiformes - Swifts and Hummingbirds
Apodidae-Swifts
Black Swift
Chimney Swift
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift
Trochilidae-Hummingbirds
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Coraciiformes - Kingfishers
Alcedinidae
Belted Kingfisher
Piciformes - Woodpeckers
Piciformes-Woodpeckers
Picidae
Lewis's Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
White-headed Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Passeriformes - Passerine Birds
Tyrannidae-Tyrant Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Greater Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great-crested Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Laniidae-Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Vireonidae-Vireos
Bell's Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Corvidae-Crows and Jays
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Pinyon Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
Yellow-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Alaudidae-Larks
Horned Lark
Hirundinidae-Swallows
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Paridae-Chickadee and Titmouse
Mountain Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Aegithalidae-Bushtit
Bushtit
Sittidae-Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Certhiidae-Creepers
Brown Creeper
Troglodytidae-Wrens
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Cinclidae-Dippers
American Dipper
Regulidae-Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Sylviidae-Old World Warblers, Gnatcatchers
Arctic Warbler
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Turdidae-Thrushes
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Timaliidae-Wrentit
Wrentit
Mimidae-Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Sage Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Bendire's Thrasher
California Thrasher
Le Conte's Thrasher
Sturnidae-Starlings
European Starling
Motacillidae-Wagtails, Pipits
Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail
Red-throated Pipit
American Pipit
Bombycillidae-Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Ptilogonatidae-Silky Flycatchers
Phainopepla
Parulidae-Wood Warblers
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Painted Redstart
Yellow-breasted Chat
Emberizidae-Emberizids
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Cassin's Sparrow
Sage Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
McCown's Longspur
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Cardinalidae-Cardinals and Allies
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Icteridae-Blackbirds
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Scott's Oriole
Fringillidae-Finches and Allies
Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence's Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Passeridae-Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
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