Birds of UC Davis Arboretum ‐ Checklist and Field Card
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SWANS, GEESE, & DUCKS
___ Greater White‐fronted Goose
___ Cackling Goose
__ _Canada Goose
____Tundra Swan
___ Wood Duck
___ Gadwall
___ American Wigeon
___ Mallard
___ Cinnamon Teal
___ Northern Shoveler
___ Canvasback
___ Ring‐necked Duck
___ Bufflehead
___ Common Goldeneye
___ Hooded Merganser
___ Common Merganser
___ Ruddy Duck
PHEASANTS & QUAIL
___ Common Peafowl
___ Wild Turkey
___ California Quail
GREBES
___ Pied‐billed Grebe
___ Horned Grebe
___ Eared Grebe
Pelicans & CORMORANTS
___ American White Pelican
___ Double‐crested Cormorant
HERONS & IBIS
___ Great Blue Heron
___ Great Egret
___ Snowy Egret
___ Cattle Egret
___ Green Heron
___ Black‐crowned Night‐Heron
___ White‐faced Ibis
DIURNAL RAPTORS
___ Turkey Vulture
___ White‐tailed Kite
___ Northern Harrier
___ Sharp‐shinned Hawk
___ Cooper's Hawk
___ Red‐shouldered Hawk
___ Swainson's Hawk
___ Red‐tailed Hawk
___ Ferruginous Hawk
___ Golden Eagle
___ American Kestrel
___ Peregrine Falcon
RAILS & COOTS
___ American Coot
SHOREBIRDS
___ Greater Yellowlegs
___ Killdeer
___ Spotted Sandpiper
___ Whimbrel
___ Long‐billed Curlew
___ Wilson’s Snipe
GULLS & TERNS
___ Bonaparte’s Gull
___ Ring‐billed Gull
___ California Gull
___ Herring Gull
___ Thayer’s Gull
___ Glaucous‐winged Gull
___ Forster’s Tern
PIGEONS & DOVES
___ Rock Pigeon
___ Mourning Dove
OWLS
___ Barn Owl
___ Great Horned Owl
SWIFTS
___ Vaux’s Swift
___ White‐throated Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
___ Black‐chinned Hummingbird
___ Anna's Hummingbird
___ Costa’s Hummingbird
___ Calliope Hummingbird
___ Rufous Hummingbird
KINGFISHERS
___ Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
___ Lewis’s Woodpecker
___ Acorn Woodpecker
___ Red‐breasted Sapsucker
___ Nuttall's Woodpecker
___ Downy Woodpecker
___ Northern Flicker
FLYCATCHERS
___ Olive‐sided Flycatcher
___ Western Wood‐Pewee
___ Willow Flycatcher
___ Hammond’s Flycatcher
___ Dusky Flycatcher
___ Gray Flycatcher
___ Pacific‐slope Flycatcher
___ Black Phoebe
___ Ash‐throated Flycatcher
___ Western Kingbird
___ Scissor‐tailed Flycatcher
VIREOS
___ Cassin’s Vireo
___ Hutton’s Vireo
___ Warbling Vireo
JAYS,CROWS and MAGPIES
___ Western Scrub‐Jay
___ Yellow‐billed Magpie
___ American Crow
LARKS
___ Horned Lark
SWALLOWS
___ Tree Swallow
___ No.Rough‐winged Swallow
___ Cliff Swallow
___ Barn Swallow
TITMICE & BUSHTITS
___ Chestnut‐backed Chickadee
___ Oak Titmouse
___ Bushtit
NUTHATCHES & CREEPERS
___ Red‐breasted Nuthatch
___ White‐breasted Nuthatch
___ Brown Creeper
WRENS
___ Bewick’s Wren
___ House Wren
___ Pacific Wren
KINGLETS and BLUEBIRDS
___ Golden‐crowned Kinglet
___ Ruby‐crowned Kinglet
THRUSHES
___ Western Bluebird
___ Swainson’s Thrush
___ Hermit Thrush
___ American Robin
___ Varied Thrush
THRASHERS
___ Northern Mockingbird
STARLINGS and PIPTS
___ European Starling
___ American Pipit
WAXWINGS, and ALLIES
___ Cedar Waxwing
___ Phainopepla
WARBLERS
___ Tennessee Warbler
___ Orange‐crowned Warbler
___ Nashville Warbler
___ Yellow Warbler
___ Yellow‐rumped Warbler
___ Black‐throated Gray Warbler
___ Townsend’s Warbler
___ Hermit Warbler
___ Palm Warbler
___ Northern Waterthrush
___ MacGillivray’s Warbler
___ Common Yellowthroat
___ Wilson’s Warbler
___ Yellow‐breasted Chat
TANAGERS
___ Western Tanager
TOWHEES & SPARROWS
___ Spotted Towhee
___ California Towhee
___ Chipping Sparrow
___ Lark Sparrow
___ Fox Sparrow
___ Song Sparrow
___ Lincoln’s Sparrow
___ White‐throated Sparrow
___ White‐crowned Sparrow
___ Golden‐crowned Sparrow
___ Dark‐eyed Junco
GROSBEAKS & BUNTINGS
___ Black‐headed Grosbeak
___ Lazuli Bunting
BLACKBIRDS & ORIOLES
___ Red‐winged Blackbird
___ Western Meadowlark
___ Brewer’s Blackbird
___ Brown‐headed Cowbird
___ Bullock’s Oriole
FINCHES & PLOCEIDS
___ Purple Finch
___ House Finch
___ Red Crossbill
___ Pine Siskin
___ Lesser Goldfinch
___ American Goldfinch
___ House Sparrow
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Notes: Prepared by The Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology
University of California, Davis, 2011