Starr Ranch

Species - Common name

Species - Scientific name

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Great Egret

Casmerodius albus

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Wood Duck

Aix sponsa

Mallard*

Anas platyrhynchos

Turkey Vulture*

Cathartes aura

White-tailed Kite*

Elanus leucurus

Northern Harrier

Circus cyaneus

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Accipiter striatus

Cooper's Hawk*

A. cooperii

Red-shouldered Hawk*

Buteo lineatus

Red-tailed Hawk*

B. jamaicensis

Golden Eagle*

Aquila chrysaetos

American Kestrel*

Falco sparverius

Prairie Falcon

F. mexicanus

California Quail*

Callipepla californica

Mountain Quail

Oreortyx pictus

Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Killdeer*

Charadrius vociferus

Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca

Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago

Rock DoveÝ

Columba livia

Band-tailed Pigeon

C. fasciata

Spotted Dove

Streptopelia chinensis

Mourning Dove*

Zenaida macroura

Common Ground-Dove

Columbina passerina

Parrot, spp.Ý

Amazona spp., etc

Greater Roadrunner*

Geococcyx californianus

Barn Owl*

Tyto alba

Western Screech-Owl*

Otus kennicottii

Great Horned Owl*

Bubo virginianus

Burrowing Owl

Athene cunicularia

Spotted Owl

Strix occidentalis

Long-eared Owl*

Asio otus

Short-eared Owl

A. flammeus

Lesser Nighthawk*

Chordeiles acutipennis

Common Poorwill*

Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Vaux's Swift

Chaetura vauxi

White-throated Swift*

Aeronautes saxatalis

Black-chinned Hummingbird*

Archilochus alexandri

Anna's Hummingbird*

Calypte anna

Costa's Hummingbird*

C. costae

Rufous Hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus

Allen's Hummingbird

S. sasin

Belted Kingfisher

Ceryle alcyon

Lewis' Woodpecker

Melanerpes lewis

Acorn Woodpecker*

M. formicivorus

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Sphyrapicus varius

Red-breasted Sapsucker

S. ruber

Nuttall's Woodpecker*

Picoides nuttallii

Downy Woodpecker

P. pubescens

Northern Flicker*

Colaptes auratus

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Contopus cooperi

Western Wood-Pewee*

C. sordidulus

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Empidonax difficilis

Black Phoebe*

Sayornis nigricans

Say's Phoebe

S. saya

Ash-throated Flycatcher*

Myiarchus cinerascens

Cassin's Kingbird

Tyrannus vociferans

Western Kingbird*

T. verticalis

Horned Lark*

Eremophila alpestris

Purple Martin

Progne subis

Tree Swallow

Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow

T. thalassina

N. Rough-winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Bank Swallow

Riparia riparia

Cliff Swallow*

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Barn Swallow

H. rustica

Western Scrub-Jay*

Aphelocoma californica

American Crow*

Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven*

C. corax

Mountain Chickadee

Parus gambeli

Oak Titmouse*

P. inornatus

Bushtit*

Psaltriparus minimus

White-breasted Nuthatch*

Sitta carolinensis

Brown Creeper

Certhia americana

Cactus Wren*

Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus

Rock Wren

Salpinctes obsoletus

Canyon Wren*

Catherpes mexicanus

Bewick's Wren*

Thryomanes bewickii

House Wren*

Troglodytes aedon

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Regulus calendula

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher*

Polioptila caerulea

California Gnatcatcher*

P. californica

Western Bluebird*

Sialia mexicana

Swainson's Thrush

Catharus ustulatus

Hermit Thrush

C. guttatus

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

Wrentit*

Chamaea fasciata

Northern Mockingbird*

Mimus polyglottos

California Thrasher*

Toxostoma redivivum

American Pipit

Anthus rubescens

Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

Phainopepla*

Phainopepla nitens

Loggerhead Shrike*

Lanius ludovicianus

European Starling*Ý

Sturnus vulgaris

Bell's Vireo

Vireo bellii

Cassin's Vireo

V. cassinii

Hutton's Vireo*

V. huttoni

Warbling Vireo*

V. gilvus

Orange-crowned Warbler*

Vermivora celata

Nashville Warbler

V. ruficapilla

Yellow Warbler*

Dendroica petechia

Black-throated Gray Warbler

D. nigrescens

Yellow-rumped Warbler

D. coronata

Townsend's Warbler

D. townsendi

Hermit Warbler

D. occidentalis

Northern Waterthrush

Seiurus noveboracensis

Common Yellowthroat*

Geothlypis trichas

Wilson's Warbler

Wilsonia pusilla

Yellow-breasted Chat

Icteria virens

Western Tanager

Piranga ludoviciana

Black-headed Grosbeak*

Pheucticus melanocephalus

Blue Grosbeak*

Guiraca caerulea

Lazuli Bunting*

Passerina amoena

Spotted Towhee*

Pipilo maculatus

California Towhee*

P. crissalis

Rufous-crowned Sparrow*

Aimophila ruficeps

Tree Sparrow

Spizella arborea

Chipping Sparrow

S. passerina

Black-chinned Sparrow*

S. atrogularis

Lark Sparrow*

Chondestes grammacus

Sage Sparrow

Amphispiza belli

Savannah Sparrow

Passerculus sandwichensis

Grasshopper Sparrow*

Ammodramus savannarum

Fox Sparrow

Passerella iliaca

Song Sparrow*

Melospiza melodia

Lincoln's Sparrow

M. lincolnii

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Zonotrichia atricapilla

White-crowned Sparrow

Z. leucophrys

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Western Meadowlark*

Sturnella neglecta

Brown-headed Cowbird*

Molothrus ater

Hooded Oriole*

Icterus cucallatus

Bullock's Oriole*

I. bullockii

Scott's Oriole

I. parisorum

Purple Finch

Carpodacus purpureus

House Finch*

C. mexicanus

Lesser Goldfinch*

Carduelis psaltria

Lawrence's Goldfinch*

C. lawrencei

American Goldfinch*

C. tristis

Birds at Starr Ranch