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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| Family | Genus | Species | Subspecies | Common Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anatidae | Anser | albifrons | Greater White-fronted Goose | |
| Chen | caerulescens | Snow Goose | ||
| Chen | rossii | Ross's Goose | ||
| Branta | bernicla | Brant | ||
| Branta | hutchinsii | Cackling Goose | ||
| Branta | canadensis | Canada Goose | ||
| Cygnus | columbianus | Tundra Swan | ||
| Aix | sponsa | Wood Duck | ||
| Anas | strepera | Gadwall | ||
| Anas | penelope | Eurasian Wigeon | ||
| Anas | americana | American Wigeon | ||
| Anas | platyrhynchos | Mallard | ||
| Anas | discors | Blue-winged Teal | ||
| Anas | cyanoptera | Cinnamon Teal | ||
| Anas | clypeata | Northern Shoveler | ||
| Anas | acuta | Northern Pintail | ||
| Anas | crecca | Green-winged Teal | ||
| Aythya | valisineria | Canvasback | ||
| Aythya | americana | Redhead | ||
| Aythya | collaris | Ring-necked Duck | ||
| Aythya | marila | Greater Scaup | ||
| Aythya | affinis | Lesser Scaup | ||
| Melanitta | perspicillata | Surf Scoter | ||
| Melanitta | americana | Black Scoter | ||
| Bucephala | albeola | Bufflehead | ||
| Bucephala | clangula | Common Goldeneye | ||
| Lophodytes | cucullatus | Hooded Merganser | ||
| Mergus | merganser | Common Merganser | ||
| Mergus | serrator | Red-breasted Merganser | ||
| Oxyura | jamaicensis | Ruddy Duck | ||
| Odontophoridae | Oreortyx | pictus | Mountain Quail | |
| Callipepla | californica | California Quail | ||
| Callipepla | gambelii | Gambel's Quail | ||
| Phasianinae | Alectoris | chukar | Chukar | |
| Phasianus | colchicus | Ring-necked Pheasant | ||
| Meleagris | gallopavo | Wild Turkey | ||
| Gaviidae | Gavia | stellata | Red-throated Loon | |
| Gavia | pacifica | Pacific Loon | ||
| Gavia | immer | Common Loon | ||
| Podicipedidae | Podilymbus | podiceps | Pied-billed Grebe | |
| Podiceps | nigricollis | Eared Grebe | ||
| Aechmophorus | occidentalis | Western Grebe | ||
| Aechmophorus | clarkii | Clark's Grebe | ||
| Diomedeidae | Diomedea | immutabilis | Laysan Albatross | |
| Fregatidae | Fregata | magnificens | Magnificent Frigatebird | |
| Sulidae | Sula | nebouxii | Blue-footed Booby | |
| Phalacrocoracidae | Phalacrocorax | auritas | Double-crested Cormorant | |
| Pelecanidae | Pelecanus | erythrorhynchos | American White Pelican | |
| Pelecanus | occidentalis | Brown Pelican | ||
| Ardeidae | Botaurus | lentiginosus | American Bittern | |
| Ardea | herodias | Great Blue Heron | ||
| Ardea | alba | Great Egret | ||
| Egretta | thula | Snowy Egret | ||
| Bubulcuc | ibis | Cattle Egret | ||
| Butorides | virescens | Green Heron | ||
| Nycticorax | nycticorax | Black-crowned Night-Heron | ||
| Threskiornithidae | Plegadis | chihi | White-faced Ibis | |
| Cathartidae | Cathartes | aura | Turkey Vulture | |
| Gymnogypus | californianus | California Condor | ||
| Pandionidae | Pandion | haliaetus | Osprey | |
| Accipitridae | Elanus | leucurus | White-tailed Kite | |
| Haliaeetus | leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | ||
| Circus | cyaneus | Northern Harrier | ||
| Accipiter | striatus | Sharp-shinned Hawk | ||
| Accipiter | cooperii | Cooper's Hawk | ||
| Parabuteo | unicinctus | Harris's Hawk | ||
| Buteo | lineatus | Red-shouldered Hawk | ||
| Buteo | platypterus | Broad-winged Hawk | ||
| Buteo | swainsoni | Swainson's Hawk | ||
| Buteo | albonotatus | Zone-tailed Hawk | ||
| Buteo | jamaicensis | Red-tailed Hawk | ||
| Buteo | regalis | Ferruginous Hawk | ||
| Buteo | lagopus | Rough-legged Hawk | ||
| Aquila | chrysaetos | Golden Eagle | ||
| Rallidae | Laterallus | jamaicensis | Black Rail | |
| Rallus | limicola | Virginia Rail | ||
| Porzana | carolina | Sora | ||
| Gallinula | galeata | Common Gallinule | ||
| Fulica | americana | American Coot | ||
| Burhinidae | Himantopus | mexicanus | Black-necked Stilt | |
| Recurvirostra | americana | American Avocet | ||
| Charadriidae | Pluvialis | squatarola | Black-bellied Plover | |
| Charadrius | semipalmatus | Semipalmated Plover | ||
| Charadrius | vociferus | Killdeer | ||
| Charadrius | montanus | Mountain Plover | ||
| Scolopacidae | Actitis | macularis | Spotted Sandpiper | |
| Tringa | solitaria | Solitary Sandpiper | ||
| Tringa | melanoleuca | Greater Yellowlegs | ||
| Tringa | semipalmata | Willet | ||
| Tringa | flavipes | Lesser Yellowlegs | ||
| Numenius | phaeopus | Whimbrel | ||
| Numenius | americanus | Long-billed Curlew | ||
| Limosa | fedoa | Marbled Godwit | ||
| Arenaria | interpres | Ruddy Turnstone | ||
| Calidris | bairdii | Baird's Sandpaper | ||
| Calidris | minutilla | Least Sandpiper | ||
| Calidris | melanotos | Pectoral Sandpiper | ||
| Calidris | mauri | Western Sandpiper | ||
| Limnodromus | griseus | Short-billed Dowitcher | ||
| Limnodromus | scolopaceus | Long-billed Dowitcher | ||
| Gallinago | delicata | Wilson's Snipe | ||
| Phalaropodinae | Phalaropus | tricolor | Wilson's Phalarope | |
| Phalaropus | lobatus | Red-necked Phalarope | ||
| Phalaropus | fulicarius | Red Phalarope | ||
| Laridae | Chroicocephalus | philadelphia | Bonaparte's Gull | |
| Larus | heermanni | Heermann's Gull | ||
| Larus | delawarensis | Ring-billed Gull | ||
| Larus | californicus | California Gull | ||
| Larus | argentatus | Herring Gull | ||
| Sterninae | Hydroprogne | caspia | Caspian Tern | |
| Chlidonias | niger | Black Tern | ||
| Sterna | forsteri | Forster's Tern | ||
| Columbidae | Columba | livia | Rock Pigeon | |
| Patagioenas | fasciata | Band-tailed Pigeon | ||
| Streptopelia | decaocto | Eurasian Collared-Dove | ||
| Streptopelia | chinensis | Spotted Dove | ||
| Columbina | inca | Inca Dove | ||
| Columbina | passerina | Common Ground-Dove | ||
| Zenaida | asiatica | White-winged Dove | ||
| Zenaida | macroura | Mourning Dove | ||
| Cuculidae | Coccyzus | americanus | Yellow-billed Cucoo | |
| Geococcyx | californianus | Greater Roadrunner | ||
| Tytonidae | Tyto | alba | Barn Owl | |
| Strigidae | Megascops | kennicottii | Western Screech-Owl | |
| Bubo | virginianus | Great Horned Owl | ||
| Athene | cunicularia | Burrowing Owl | ||
| Strix | occidentalis | Spotted Owl | ||
| Asio | otus | Long-eared Owl | ||
| Asio | flammeus | Short-eared Owl | ||
| Aegolius | acadicus | Northern Saw-whet Owl | ||
| Caprimulgidae | Chordeiles | acutipennis | Lesser Nighthawk | |
| Phalaenoptilus | nuttallii | Common Poorwill | ||
| Apodidae | Cypseloides | niger | Black Swift | |
| Chaetura | vauxi | Vaux's Swift | ||
| Aeronautes | saxatalis | White-throated Swift | ||
| Trochilidae | Archilochrus | alexandri | Black-chinned Hummingbird | |
| Calypte | anna | Anna's Hummingbird | ||
| Calypte | costae | Costa's Hummingbird | ||
| Selasphorus | rufus | Rufous Hummingbird | ||
| Selasphorus | sasin | Allen's Hummingbird | ||
| Selasphorus | calliope | Calliope Hummingbird | ||
| Cynanthus | latirostris | Broad-billed Hummingbird | ||
| Hylocharis | xantusii | Xantus's Hummingbird | ||
| Alcedinidae | Megaceryle | alcyon | Belted Kingfisher | |
| Picidae | Melanerpes | lewis | Lewis's Woodpecker | |
| Melanerpes | formicivorus | Acorn Woodpecker | ||
| Melanerpes | uropygialis | Gila Woodpecker | ||
| Sphyrapicus | varius | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | ||
| Sphyrapicus | nuchalis | Red-naped Sapsucker | ||
| Sphyrapicus | ruber | Red-breasted Sapsucker | ||
| Picoides | scalaris | Ladder-backed Woodpecker | ||
| Picoides | nuttallii | Nuttall's Woodpecker | ||
| Picoides | pubescens | Downy Woodpecker | ||
| Picoides | villosus | Hairy Woodpecker | ||
| Picoides | albolarvatus | White-headed Woodpecker | ||
| Colaptes | auratus | Northern Flicker | ||
| Falconidae | Falco | sparverius | American Kestrel | |
| Falco | columbarius | Merlin | ||
| Falco | peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | ||
| Falco | mexicanus | Prairie Falcon | ||
| Psittacidae | Amazona | viridigenalis | Red-crowned Parrot | |
| Tyrannidae | Contopus | cooperii | Olive-sided Flycatcher | |
| Contopus | sordidulus | Western Wood-Pewee | ||
| Empidonax | traillii | Willow Flycatcher | ||
| Empidonax | traillii | Southwestern Willow Flycatcher | ||
| Empidonax | hammondii | Hammond's Flycatcher | ||
| Empidonax | wrightii | Gray Flycatcher | ||
| Empidonax | oberholseri | Dusky Flycatcher | ||
| Empidonax | difficilis | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | ||
| Sayornis | nigricans | Black Phoebe | ||
| Sayornis | phoebe | Eastern Phoebe | ||
| Sayornis | saya | Say's Phoebe | ||
| Pyrocephalus | rubinus | Vermilion Flycatcher | ||
| Myiarchus | cinerascens | Ash-throated Flycatcher | ||
| Myiarchus | tyrannulus | Brown-crested Flycatcher | ||
| Tyrannus | vociferans | Cassin's Kingbird | ||
| Tyrannus | verticalis | Western Kingbird | ||
| Tyrannus | tyrannus | Eastern Kingbird | ||
| Tyrannus | forficatus | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | ||
| Laniidae | Lanius | ludovicianus | Loggerhead Shrike | |
| Vireonidae | Vireo | bellii | Arizona Bell's Vireo | |
| Vireo | bellii | Least Bell's Vireo | ||
| Vireo | vicinior | brewsteri | Gray Vireo | |
| Vireo | plumbeus | extimus | Plumbeous Vireo | |
| Vireo | cassinii | Cassin's Vireo | ||
| Vireo | huttoni | Hutton's Vireo | ||
| Vireo | gilvus | Warbling Vireo | ||
| Corvidae | Gymnorhinus | cyanocephalus | Pinyon Jay | |
| Cyanocitta | stelleri | Steller's Jay | ||
| Aphelocoma | californica | Western Scrub-Jay | ||
| Nucifraga | columbiana | Clark's Nutcracker | ||
| Corvus | brachyrhynchos | American Crow | ||
| Corvus | corax | Common Raven | ||
| Alaudidae | Eremophila | alpestris | Horned Lark | |
| Hirundinidae | Progne | subis | Purple martin | |
| Tachycineta | bicolor | Tree Swallow | ||
| Tachycineta | thalassina | Violet-green Swallow | ||
| Stelgidopteryx | serripennis | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | ||
| Riparia | riparia | Bank Swallow | ||
| Petrochelidon | pyrrhonota | arizonae | Cliff Swallow | |
| Hirundo | rustica | pusillus | Barn Swallow | |
| Paridae | Poecile | gambelii | Mountain Chickadee | |
| Baeolophus | inornatus | Oak Titmouse | ||
| Remizidae | Auriparus | flaviceps | Verdin | |
| Aegithalidae | Psaltriparus | minimus | Bushtit | |
| Sittidae | Sitta | canadensis | Red-breasted Nuthatch | |
| Sitta | carolinensis | White-breasted Nuthatch | ||
| Certhiidae | Certhia | americana | Brown Creeper | |
| Troglodytidae | Salpinctes | obsoletus | Rock Wren | |
| Catherpes | mexicanus | Canyon Wren | ||
| Troglodytes | aedon | House Wren | ||
| Troglodytes | pacificus | Pacific Wren | ||
| Cistothorus | palustris | Marsh Wren | ||
| Thryomanes | bewickii | Bewick's Wren | ||
| Campylorhynchus | brunneicapillus | Cactus Wren | ||
| Polioptilidae | Polioptila | caerulea | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | |
| Polioptila | melanura | Black-tailed Gnatcatcher | ||
| Cinclidae | Cinclus | mexicanus | American Dipper | |
| Regulidae | Regulus | satrapa | Golden-crowned Kinglet | |
| Regulus | calendula | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | ||
| Sylviidae | Chamaea | fasciata | Wrentit | |
| Turdidae | Sialia | mexicana | Western Bluebird | |
| Sialia | currucoides | Mountain Bluebird | ||
| Myadestes | townsendi | Townsend's Solitaire | ||
| Catharus | ustulatus | Swainson's Thrush | ||
| Catharus | guttatus | Hermit Thrush | ||
| Turdus | rufopalliatus | Rufous-backed Robin | ||
| Turdus | migratorius | American Robin | ||
| Ixoreus | naevius | Varied Thrush | ||
| Mimidae | Dumetella | carolinensis | Gray Catbird | |
| Toxostoma | rufum | Brown Thrasher | ||
| Toxostoma | bendirei | Bendire's Thrasher | ||
| Toxostoma | redivivum | California Thrasher | ||
| Toxostoma | lecontei | Le Conte's Thrasher | ||
| Toxostoma | crissale | Crissal Thrasher | ||
| Oreoscoptes | montanus | Sage Thrasher | ||
| Mimus | polyglottos | Northern Mockingbird | ||
| Sturnidae | Sturnus | vulgaris | European Starling | |
| Motacillidae | Anthus | rubescens | American Pipit | |
| Bombycillidae | Bombycilla | garrulus | Bohemian Waxwing | |
| Bombycilla | cedrorum | Cedar Waxwing | ||
| Ptiliogonatidae | Phainopepla | nitens | Phainopepla | |
| Calcariidae | Calcarius | lapponicus | Lapland Longspur | |
| Parulidae | Seiurus | aurocapilla | Ovenbird | |
| Helmitheros | vermivorum | Worm-eating Warbler | ||
| Parkesia | noveboracensis | Northern Waterthrush | ||
| Mniotila | varia | Black-and-white Warbler | ||
| Oreothlypsis | peregrina | Tennessee Warbler | ||
| Oreothlypsis | celata | Orange-crowned Warbler | ||
| Oreothlypsis | luciae | Lucy's Warbler | ||
| Oreothlypsis | ruficapilla | Nashville Warbler | ||
| Oreothlypsis | virginiae | Virginia's Warbler | ||
| Geothlypis | tolmiei | MacGillivray's Warbler | ||
| Geothlypis | formosa | Kentucky Warbler | ||
| Geothlypis | trichas | Common Yellowthroat | ||
| Setophaga | citrina | Hooded Warbler | ||
| Setophaga | ruticilla | American Redstart | ||
| Setophaga | americana | Northern Parula | ||
| Setophaga | magnolia | Magnolia Warbler | ||
| Setophaga | fusca | Blackburnian Warbler | ||
| Setophaga | petechia | Yellow Warbler | ||
| Setophaga | pensylvanica | Chestnut-sided Warbler | ||
| Setophaga | striata | Blackpoll Warbler | ||
| Setophaga | caerulescens | Black-throated Blue Warbler | ||
| Setophaga | palmarum | Palm Warbler | ||
| Setophaga | coronata | Yellow-rumped Warbler | ||
| Setophaga | discolor | Prairie Warbler | ||
| Setophaga | nigrescens | Black-throated Gray Warbler | ||
| Setophaga | townsendi | Townsend's Warbler | ||
| Setophaga | occidentalis | Hermit Warbler | ||
| Setophaga | virens | Black-throated Green Warbler | ||
| Cardellina | pusilla | Wilson's Warbler | ||
| Myioborus | pictus | Painted Redstart | ||
| Icteria | virens | Yellow-breasted Chat | ||
| Emberizidae | Pipilo | chlorurus | Green-tailed Towhee | |
| Pipilo | maculatus | Spotted Towhee | ||
| Aimophila | ruficeps | Rufous-crowned Sparrow | ||
| Melzone | crissalis | California Towhee | ||
| Spizella | passerina | Chipping Sparrow | ||
| Spizella | pallida | Clay-colored Sparrow | ||
| Spizella | breweri | Brewer's Sparrow | ||
| Spizella | atrogularis | Black-chinned Sparrow | ||
| Pooecetes | gramineus | Vesper Sparrow | ||
| Chondestes | grammacus | Lark Sparrow | ||
| Amphispiza | bilineata | Black-throated Sparrow | ||
| Artemisiospiza | nevadensis | Sagebrush Sparrow | ||
| Artemisiospiza | belli | Bell's Sparrow | ||
| Artemisiospiza | belli | Mohave Bell's Sparrow | ||
| Calamospiza | melanocorys | Lark Bunting | ||
| Passerculus | sandwichensis | Savannah Sparrow | ||
| Ammodramus | savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow | ||
| Ammodramus | leconteii | Le Conte's Sparrow | ||
| Passerella | iliaca | Fox Sparrow | ||
| Melospiza | melodia | Song Sparrow | ||
| Melospiza | lincolnii | Lincoln's Sparrow | ||
| Melospiza | georgiana | Swamp Sparrow | ||
| Zonotrichia | albicollis | White-throated Sparrow | ||
| Zonotrichia | querula | Harris's Sparrow | ||
| Zonotrichia | leucophyrs | White-crowned Sparrow | ||
| Zonotrichia | atricapilla | Golden-crowned Sparrow | ||
| Junco | hymenalis | Dark-eyed Junco | ||
| Cardinalidae | Piranga | flava | Hepatic Tanager | |
| Piranga | rubra | Summer Tanager | ||
| Piranga | ludoviciana | Western Tanager | ||
| Cardinalis | cardinalis | Northern Cardinal | ||
| Cardinalis | sinuatus | belli | Pyrrhuloxia | |
| Pheucticus | ludovicianus | canescens | Rose-breasted grosbeak | |
| Pheucticus | melanocephalus | Black-headed Grosbeak | ||
| Passerina | caerulea | Blue Grosbeak | ||
| Passerina | amoena | Lazuli Bunting | ||
| Passerina | cyanea | Indigo Bunting | ||
| Passerina | ciris | Painted Bunting | ||
| Spiza | americana | Dickcissel | ||
| Icteridae | Dolichonyx | oryzivorus | Bobolink | |
| Agelaius | phoeniceus | Red-winged Blackbird | ||
| Agelaius | tricolor | Tricolored Blackbird | ||
| Sturnella | neglecta | Western Meadowlark | ||
| Xanthocephalus | xanthocephalus | Yellow-headed Blackbird | ||
| Euphagus | carolinus | Rusty Blackbird | ||
| Euphagus | cyanocephalus | Brewer's Blackbird | ||
| Quiscalus | quiscula | Common Grackle | ||
| Quiscalus | mexicanus | Great-tailed Grackle | ||
| Molothrus | aeneus | Bronzed Cowbird | ||
| Molothrus | ater | Brown-headed Cowbird | ||
| Icterus | cucullatus | Hooded Oriole | ||
| Icterus | bullockii | Bullock's Oriole | ||
| Icterus | parisorum | Scott's Oriole | ||
| Fringillidae | Haemorhous | mexicanus | House Finch | |
| Haemorhous | purpureus | Purple Finch | ||
| Haemorhous | cassinii | Cassin's Finch | ||
| Loxia | curvirostra | Red Crossbill | ||
| Spinud | pinus | Pine Siskin | ||
| Spinus | psaltria | Lesser Goldfinch | ||
| Spinus | lawrencei | Lawrence's Goldfinch | ||
| Spinus | tristis | American Goldfinch | ||
| Coccothraustes | vespertinus | Evening Grosbeak | ||
| Passeridae | Passer | domesticus | House Sparrow | |