Birds of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Source: Jorgensen P, Theriault R (2013) Birds of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park®: A Birder’s Checklist Second Edition. California State Parks.

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FamilyGenusSpeciesSubspeciesCommon Name
AnatidaeAnseralbifronsGreater White-fronted Goose
ChencaerulescensSnow Goose
ChenrossiiRoss's Goose
BrantaberniclaBrant
BrantahutchinsiiCackling Goose
BrantacanadensisCanada Goose
CygnuscolumbianusTundra Swan
AixsponsaWood Duck
AnasstreperaGadwall
AnaspenelopeEurasian Wigeon
AnasamericanaAmerican Wigeon
AnasplatyrhynchosMallard
AnasdiscorsBlue-winged Teal
AnascyanopteraCinnamon Teal
AnasclypeataNorthern Shoveler
AnasacutaNorthern Pintail
AnascreccaGreen-winged Teal
AythyavalisineriaCanvasback
AythyaamericanaRedhead
AythyacollarisRing-necked Duck
AythyamarilaGreater Scaup
AythyaaffinisLesser Scaup
MelanittaperspicillataSurf Scoter
MelanittaamericanaBlack Scoter
BucephalaalbeolaBufflehead
BucephalaclangulaCommon Goldeneye
LophodytescucullatusHooded Merganser
MergusmerganserCommon Merganser
MergusserratorRed-breasted Merganser
OxyurajamaicensisRuddy Duck
OdontophoridaeOreortyxpictusMountain Quail
CallipeplacalifornicaCalifornia Quail
CallipeplagambeliiGambel's Quail
PhasianinaeAlectorischukarChukar
PhasianuscolchicusRing-necked Pheasant
MeleagrisgallopavoWild Turkey
GaviidaeGaviastellataRed-throated Loon
GaviapacificaPacific Loon
GaviaimmerCommon Loon
PodicipedidaePodilymbuspodicepsPied-billed Grebe
PodicepsnigricollisEared Grebe
AechmophorusoccidentalisWestern Grebe
AechmophorusclarkiiClark's Grebe
DiomedeidaeDiomedeaimmutabilisLaysan Albatross
FregatidaeFregatamagnificensMagnificent Frigatebird
SulidaeSulanebouxiiBlue-footed Booby
PhalacrocoracidaePhalacrocoraxauritasDouble-crested Cormorant
PelecanidaePelecanuserythrorhynchosAmerican White Pelican
PelecanusoccidentalisBrown Pelican
ArdeidaeBotauruslentiginosusAmerican Bittern
ArdeaherodiasGreat Blue Heron
ArdeaalbaGreat Egret
EgrettathulaSnowy Egret
BubulcucibisCattle Egret
ButoridesvirescensGreen Heron
NycticoraxnycticoraxBlack-crowned Night-Heron
ThreskiornithidaePlegadischihiWhite-faced Ibis
CathartidaeCathartesauraTurkey Vulture
GymnogypuscalifornianusCalifornia Condor
PandionidaePandionhaliaetusOsprey
AccipitridaeElanusleucurusWhite-tailed Kite
HaliaeetusleucocephalusBald Eagle
CircuscyaneusNorthern Harrier
AccipiterstriatusSharp-shinned Hawk
AccipitercooperiiCooper's Hawk
ParabuteounicinctusHarris's Hawk
ButeolineatusRed-shouldered Hawk
ButeoplatypterusBroad-winged Hawk
ButeoswainsoniSwainson's Hawk
ButeoalbonotatusZone-tailed Hawk
ButeojamaicensisRed-tailed Hawk
ButeoregalisFerruginous Hawk
ButeolagopusRough-legged Hawk
AquilachrysaetosGolden Eagle
RallidaeLaterallusjamaicensisBlack Rail
RalluslimicolaVirginia Rail
PorzanacarolinaSora
GallinulagaleataCommon Gallinule
FulicaamericanaAmerican Coot
BurhinidaeHimantopusmexicanusBlack-necked Stilt
RecurvirostraamericanaAmerican Avocet
CharadriidaePluvialissquatarolaBlack-bellied Plover
CharadriussemipalmatusSemipalmated Plover
CharadriusvociferusKilldeer
CharadriusmontanusMountain Plover
ScolopacidaeActitismacularisSpotted Sandpiper
TringasolitariaSolitary Sandpiper
TringamelanoleucaGreater Yellowlegs
TringasemipalmataWillet
TringaflavipesLesser Yellowlegs
NumeniusphaeopusWhimbrel
NumeniusamericanusLong-billed Curlew
LimosafedoaMarbled Godwit
ArenariainterpresRuddy Turnstone
CalidrisbairdiiBaird's Sandpaper
CalidrisminutillaLeast Sandpiper
CalidrismelanotosPectoral Sandpiper
CalidrismauriWestern Sandpiper
LimnodromusgriseusShort-billed Dowitcher
LimnodromusscolopaceusLong-billed Dowitcher
GallinagodelicataWilson's Snipe
PhalaropodinaePhalaropustricolorWilson's Phalarope
PhalaropuslobatusRed-necked Phalarope
PhalaropusfulicariusRed Phalarope
LaridaeChroicocephalusphiladelphiaBonaparte's Gull
LarusheermanniHeermann's Gull
LarusdelawarensisRing-billed Gull
LaruscalifornicusCalifornia Gull
LarusargentatusHerring Gull
SterninaeHydroprognecaspiaCaspian Tern
ChlidoniasnigerBlack Tern
SternaforsteriForster's Tern
ColumbidaeColumbaliviaRock Pigeon
PatagioenasfasciataBand-tailed Pigeon
StreptopeliadecaoctoEurasian Collared-Dove
StreptopeliachinensisSpotted Dove
ColumbinaincaInca Dove
ColumbinapasserinaCommon Ground-Dove
ZenaidaasiaticaWhite-winged Dove
ZenaidamacrouraMourning Dove
CuculidaeCoccyzusamericanusYellow-billed Cucoo
GeococcyxcalifornianusGreater Roadrunner
TytonidaeTytoalbaBarn Owl
StrigidaeMegascopskennicottiiWestern Screech-Owl
BubovirginianusGreat Horned Owl
AthenecuniculariaBurrowing Owl
StrixoccidentalisSpotted Owl
AsiootusLong-eared Owl
AsioflammeusShort-eared Owl
AegoliusacadicusNorthern Saw-whet Owl
CaprimulgidaeChordeilesacutipennisLesser Nighthawk
PhalaenoptilusnuttalliiCommon Poorwill
ApodidaeCypseloidesnigerBlack Swift
ChaeturavauxiVaux's Swift
AeronautessaxatalisWhite-throated Swift
TrochilidaeArchilochrusalexandriBlack-chinned Hummingbird
CalypteannaAnna's Hummingbird
CalyptecostaeCosta's Hummingbird
SelasphorusrufusRufous Hummingbird
SelasphorussasinAllen's Hummingbird
SelasphoruscalliopeCalliope Hummingbird
CynanthuslatirostrisBroad-billed Hummingbird
HylocharisxantusiiXantus's Hummingbird
AlcedinidaeMegacerylealcyonBelted Kingfisher
PicidaeMelanerpeslewisLewis's Woodpecker
MelanerpesformicivorusAcorn Woodpecker
MelanerpesuropygialisGila Woodpecker
SphyrapicusvariusYellow-bellied Sapsucker
SphyrapicusnuchalisRed-naped Sapsucker
SphyrapicusruberRed-breasted Sapsucker
PicoidesscalarisLadder-backed Woodpecker
PicoidesnuttalliiNuttall's Woodpecker
PicoidespubescensDowny Woodpecker
PicoidesvillosusHairy Woodpecker
PicoidesalbolarvatusWhite-headed Woodpecker
ColaptesauratusNorthern Flicker
FalconidaeFalcosparveriusAmerican Kestrel
FalcocolumbariusMerlin
FalcoperegrinusPeregrine Falcon
FalcomexicanusPrairie Falcon
PsittacidaeAmazonaviridigenalisRed-crowned Parrot
TyrannidaeContopuscooperiiOlive-sided Flycatcher
ContopussordidulusWestern Wood-Pewee
EmpidonaxtrailliiWillow Flycatcher
EmpidonaxtrailliiSouthwestern Willow Flycatcher
EmpidonaxhammondiiHammond's Flycatcher
EmpidonaxwrightiiGray Flycatcher
EmpidonaxoberholseriDusky Flycatcher
EmpidonaxdifficilisPacific-slope Flycatcher
SayornisnigricansBlack Phoebe
SayornisphoebeEastern Phoebe
SayornissayaSay's Phoebe
PyrocephalusrubinusVermilion Flycatcher
MyiarchuscinerascensAsh-throated Flycatcher
MyiarchustyrannulusBrown-crested Flycatcher
TyrannusvociferansCassin's Kingbird
TyrannusverticalisWestern Kingbird
TyrannustyrannusEastern Kingbird
TyrannusforficatusScissor-tailed Flycatcher
LaniidaeLaniusludovicianusLoggerhead Shrike
VireonidaeVireobelliiArizona Bell's Vireo
VireobelliiLeast Bell's Vireo
VireoviciniorbrewsteriGray Vireo
VireoplumbeusextimusPlumbeous Vireo
VireocassiniiCassin's Vireo
VireohuttoniHutton's Vireo
VireogilvusWarbling Vireo
CorvidaeGymnorhinuscyanocephalusPinyon Jay
CyanocittastelleriSteller's Jay
AphelocomacalifornicaWestern Scrub-Jay
NucifragacolumbianaClark's Nutcracker
CorvusbrachyrhynchosAmerican Crow
CorvuscoraxCommon Raven
AlaudidaeEremophilaalpestrisHorned Lark
HirundinidaePrognesubisPurple martin
TachycinetabicolorTree Swallow
TachycinetathalassinaViolet-green Swallow
StelgidopteryxserripennisNorthern Rough-winged Swallow
RipariaripariaBank Swallow
PetrochelidonpyrrhonotaarizonaeCliff Swallow
HirundorusticapusillusBarn Swallow
ParidaePoecilegambeliiMountain Chickadee
BaeolophusinornatusOak Titmouse
RemizidaeAuriparusflavicepsVerdin
AegithalidaePsaltriparusminimusBushtit
SittidaeSittacanadensisRed-breasted Nuthatch
SittacarolinensisWhite-breasted Nuthatch
CerthiidaeCerthiaamericanaBrown Creeper
TroglodytidaeSalpinctesobsoletusRock Wren
CatherpesmexicanusCanyon Wren
TroglodytesaedonHouse Wren
TroglodytespacificusPacific Wren
CistothoruspalustrisMarsh Wren
ThryomanesbewickiiBewick's Wren
CampylorhynchusbrunneicapillusCactus Wren
PolioptilidaePolioptilacaeruleaBlue-gray Gnatcatcher
PolioptilamelanuraBlack-tailed Gnatcatcher
CinclidaeCinclusmexicanusAmerican Dipper
RegulidaeRegulussatrapaGolden-crowned Kinglet
ReguluscalendulaRuby-crowned Kinglet
SylviidaeChamaeafasciataWrentit
TurdidaeSialiamexicanaWestern Bluebird
SialiacurrucoidesMountain Bluebird
MyadestestownsendiTownsend's Solitaire
CatharusustulatusSwainson's Thrush
CatharusguttatusHermit Thrush
TurdusrufopalliatusRufous-backed Robin
TurdusmigratoriusAmerican Robin
IxoreusnaeviusVaried Thrush
MimidaeDumetellacarolinensisGray Catbird
ToxostomarufumBrown Thrasher
ToxostomabendireiBendire's Thrasher
ToxostomaredivivumCalifornia Thrasher
ToxostomaleconteiLe Conte's Thrasher
ToxostomacrissaleCrissal Thrasher
OreoscoptesmontanusSage Thrasher
MimuspolyglottosNorthern Mockingbird
SturnidaeSturnusvulgarisEuropean Starling
MotacillidaeAnthusrubescensAmerican Pipit
BombycillidaeBombycillagarrulusBohemian Waxwing
BombycillacedrorumCedar Waxwing
PtiliogonatidaePhainopeplanitensPhainopepla
CalcariidaeCalcariuslapponicusLapland Longspur
ParulidaeSeiurusaurocapillaOvenbird
HelmitherosvermivorumWorm-eating Warbler
ParkesianoveboracensisNorthern Waterthrush
MniotilavariaBlack-and-white Warbler
OreothlypsisperegrinaTennessee Warbler
OreothlypsiscelataOrange-crowned Warbler
OreothlypsisluciaeLucy's Warbler
OreothlypsisruficapillaNashville Warbler
OreothlypsisvirginiaeVirginia's Warbler
GeothlypistolmieiMacGillivray's Warbler
GeothlypisformosaKentucky Warbler
GeothlypistrichasCommon Yellowthroat
SetophagacitrinaHooded Warbler
SetophagaruticillaAmerican Redstart
SetophagaamericanaNorthern Parula
SetophagamagnoliaMagnolia Warbler
SetophagafuscaBlackburnian Warbler
SetophagapetechiaYellow Warbler
SetophagapensylvanicaChestnut-sided Warbler
SetophagastriataBlackpoll Warbler
SetophagacaerulescensBlack-throated Blue Warbler
SetophagapalmarumPalm Warbler
SetophagacoronataYellow-rumped Warbler
SetophagadiscolorPrairie Warbler
SetophaganigrescensBlack-throated Gray Warbler
SetophagatownsendiTownsend's Warbler
SetophagaoccidentalisHermit Warbler
SetophagavirensBlack-throated Green Warbler
CardellinapusillaWilson's Warbler
MyioboruspictusPainted Redstart
IcteriavirensYellow-breasted Chat
EmberizidaePipilochlorurusGreen-tailed Towhee
PipilomaculatusSpotted Towhee
AimophilaruficepsRufous-crowned Sparrow
MelzonecrissalisCalifornia Towhee
SpizellapasserinaChipping Sparrow
SpizellapallidaClay-colored Sparrow
SpizellabreweriBrewer's Sparrow
SpizellaatrogularisBlack-chinned Sparrow
PooecetesgramineusVesper Sparrow
ChondestesgrammacusLark Sparrow
AmphispizabilineataBlack-throated Sparrow
ArtemisiospizanevadensisSagebrush Sparrow
ArtemisiospizabelliBell's Sparrow
ArtemisiospizabelliMohave Bell's Sparrow
CalamospizamelanocorysLark Bunting
PasserculussandwichensisSavannah Sparrow
AmmodramussavannarumGrasshopper Sparrow
AmmodramusleconteiiLe Conte's Sparrow
PasserellailiacaFox Sparrow
MelospizamelodiaSong Sparrow
MelospizalincolniiLincoln's Sparrow
MelospizageorgianaSwamp Sparrow
ZonotrichiaalbicollisWhite-throated Sparrow
ZonotrichiaquerulaHarris's Sparrow
ZonotrichialeucophyrsWhite-crowned Sparrow
ZonotrichiaatricapillaGolden-crowned Sparrow
JuncohymenalisDark-eyed Junco
CardinalidaePirangaflavaHepatic Tanager
PirangarubraSummer Tanager
PirangaludovicianaWestern Tanager
CardinaliscardinalisNorthern Cardinal
CardinalissinuatusbelliPyrrhuloxia
PheucticusludovicianuscanescensRose-breasted grosbeak
PheucticusmelanocephalusBlack-headed Grosbeak
PasserinacaeruleaBlue Grosbeak
PasserinaamoenaLazuli Bunting
PasserinacyaneaIndigo Bunting
PasserinacirisPainted Bunting
SpizaamericanaDickcissel
IcteridaeDolichonyxoryzivorusBobolink
AgelaiusphoeniceusRed-winged Blackbird
AgelaiustricolorTricolored Blackbird
SturnellaneglectaWestern Meadowlark
XanthocephalusxanthocephalusYellow-headed Blackbird
EuphaguscarolinusRusty Blackbird
EuphaguscyanocephalusBrewer's Blackbird
QuiscalusquisculaCommon Grackle
QuiscalusmexicanusGreat-tailed Grackle
MolothrusaeneusBronzed Cowbird
MolothrusaterBrown-headed Cowbird
IcteruscucullatusHooded Oriole
IcterusbullockiiBullock's Oriole
IcterusparisorumScott's Oriole
FringillidaeHaemorhousmexicanusHouse Finch
HaemorhouspurpureusPurple Finch
HaemorhouscassiniiCassin's Finch
LoxiacurvirostraRed Crossbill
SpinudpinusPine Siskin
SpinuspsaltriaLesser Goldfinch
SpinuslawrenceiLawrence's Goldfinch
SpinustristisAmerican Goldfinch
CoccothraustesvespertinusEvening Grosbeak
Passeridae
PasserdomesticusHouse Sparrow