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Birds of the Mendocino National Forest compiled by Chuck Vaughn, Jerry White, and David Woodward updated June 2007

(R) Resident; (SV) Summer Visitor; (WV) Winter Visitor; (T) Transient, (M) Migrant

Common Name Scientific Name Snow Goose Chen caerulescens (M) Mallard Anas platyrhynchos (R) Wood Duck Aix sponsa (R) Common Merganser Mergus merganser (R) Sooty Dendragapus fuliginosus (R) Wild Meleagris gallopavo (R and SV) Mountain Oreortyx pictus (R) Callipepla californica (R) Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura (R and SV) Osprey Pandion haliaetus (SV) Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus (WV) Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus (SV and WV) Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus (R and WV) Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii (R and WV) Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis (R) Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni (T) Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis (R) Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus (WV) Golden Eagle Aguila chrysaetos (R) American Kestrel Falco sparverius (R) Merlin Falco columbarius (WV) Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus (R) Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus (WV) Killdeer Charadrius vociferous (R) Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia (R and SV) Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata (R and WV) Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura (R and SV) Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus (R) Barn Tyto alba (R) Flammulated Owl Otus flammeolus (SV) Western Screech-Owl Otus kennicottii (R) Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus (R) Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma (R) Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis (R) Long-eared Owl Asio otus (SV) Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus (SV and R) Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis (T) Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii (SV) Black Swift Cypseloides niger (M) Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi (SV) Black-chinned Archilocus alexandri (SV) Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna (SV and R) Calliope Hummingbird Stellula calliope (M) Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus (M) Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin (SV and M) Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon (R) Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis (WV) Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus (R) Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius (R) of the Mendocino National Forest compiled by Chuck Vaughn, Jerry White, and David Woodward updated June 2007

(R) Resident; (SV) Summer Visitor; (WV) Winter Visitor; (T) Transient, (M) Migrant

Common Name Scientific Name Nuttall's Woodpecker Picoides nuttallii (R) Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens (R) Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus (R) White-headed Woodpecker Picoides albolarvatus (R) Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus (R) Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus (R) Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi (SV) Contopus sordidulus (SV) Willow Flycatcher Empidonax trailii (M) Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii (SV) Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri (SV) Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii (M) Pacific-slope Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis (SV) Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans (R) Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya (WV) Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens (SV) Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis (SV) Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus (WV) Cassin’s Vireo Vireo casinii (SV) Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni (R) Warbling Vireo Viro gilvus (SV) Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri (R) Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica (R) Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana(T) American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos (R) Common Raven Corvus corax (R) Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris (T) Purple Martin Progne subis (SV) Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor (SV) Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina (SV) Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis (SV) Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (SV) Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica (SV) Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli (R) Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens (R) Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus (R) Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus (R) Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis (R) White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis (R) Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea (T) Brown Creeper Certhia americana (R) Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus (SV) Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus (SV) Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii (R) House Wren Troglodytes aedon (SV) Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes (R) American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus (R and SV) Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa (R) Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula (WV) Birds of the Mendocino National Forest compiled by Chuck Vaughn, Jerry White, and David Woodward updated June 2007

(R) Resident; (SV) Summer Visitor; (WV) Winter Visitor; (T) Transient, (M) Migrant

Common Name Scientific Name Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea (SV) Western Sialia mexicana (R) Sialia currucoides (T) Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi (SV and WV) Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus (SV) Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus (SV and WV) American Robin Turdus migratorius (SV, WV and R) Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius (WV) Wrentit Chamaea fasciata (R) Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos (T) California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum (R) European Starling Sturnus vulgaris (R) American Pipit Anthus rubescens (WV) Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum (WV) Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata (SV and R) Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla (SV) Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia (SV) Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata (SV and WV) Black-throated Gray Warbler Dendroica nigrescens (SV) Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi (WV) Hermit Warbler Dendroica occidentalis (SV) MacGillivray's Warbler Oporornis tolmiei (SV) Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas (R) Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla (SV) Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens (SV) Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana (SV and M) Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus (SV) Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus (R and WV) California Towhee Pipilo crissalis (R) Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps (R) Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina (SV) Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis (SV) Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus (R) Sage Sparrow Amphispiza belli (SV) Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis (WV) Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca (WV) Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia (R) Lincoln's Sparrow Melopsiza lincolnii (SV) White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys (WV) Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla (WV) Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis (R and WV) Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus (SV) Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena (SV) Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus (R) Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta (R and SV) Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus (R) Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater (SV) Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii (SV) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis (T) Birds of the Mendocino National Forest compiled by Chuck Vaughn, Jerry White, and David Woodward updated June 2007

(R) Resident; (SV) Summer Visitor; (WV) Winter Visitor; (T) Transient, (M) Migrant

Common Name Scientific Name Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus (R and WV) Cassin's Finch Carpodacus cassinii (R and WV) House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus (R) Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra (R) Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus (R and SV) Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria (R) Lawrence’s Goldfinch Carduelis lawrencei (T) American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis (R) Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus (R and WV) House Sparrow Passer domesticus (R and SV) Canada Goose Branta canadensis (Lake Pillsbury) Ross’s Goose Chen rossii (Lake Pillsbury) American Wigeon Anas americana (Lake Pillsbury) Northern Pintail Anas acuta (Lake Pillsbury) Canvasback Aythya valisineria (Lake Pillsbury) Redhead Aythya americana (Lake Pillsbury) Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris (Lake Pillsbury) Greater Scaup Aythya marila (Lake Pillsbury) Bufflehead Bucephala albeola (Lake Pillsbury) Common Gavia immer (Lake Pillsbury) Pied-billed Podilymbus (Lake Pillsbury) Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis (Lake Pillsbury) Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis (Lake Pillsbury) Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias (Lake Pillsbury) Great Egret Ardea alba (Lake Pillsbury) Green Heron Butorides virescens (Lake Pillsbury) Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax (Lake Pillsbury) White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi (Lake Pillsbury) Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca (Lake Pillsbury) Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla (Lake Pillsbury) Dunlin Calidris alpine (Lake Pillsbury) Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus (Lake Pillsbury) Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago gallinago (Lake Pillsbury) Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor (Lake Pillsbury) American Coot Fulica americana (Lake Pillsbury) Bonaparte’s Gull Larus philadelphia (Lake Pillsbury) California Gull Larus californicus (Lake Pillsbury) Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia (Lake Pillsbury) Northern Parula Parula americana (Lake Pillsbury)