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Kendall Birds Kendall-Frost Reserve Breeding Common Name Scientific Name Regulatory Status Status Waterfowl - Family Anatidae Brant Branta bernicla W Special Concern Gadwall Ana strepera W American Wigeon Anas americana W Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Y Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera W Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata W Northern Pintail Anas acuta W Green-winged Teal Anas crecca W Redhead Aythya americana W Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis W Bufflehead Bucephala albeola W Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator W Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis W Loons - Family Gaviidae Common Loon Gavia immer W Special Concern Grebes - Family Podicipedidae Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps W Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus W Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis W Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis W Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii W Pelicans - Family Pelecanidae Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Y Endangered Frigatebirds - Family Fregatidae Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens X Cormorants - Family Phalacrocoracide Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Y Herons and Bitterns - Family Ardeidae Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Y Great Egret Ardea alba Y Snowy Egret Egretta thula Y Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Y Green Heron Butorides virescens Y Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Y Hawks, Kites and Eagles - Family Accipitridae Osprey Pandion haliaetus Y White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus W Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus W Special Concern Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii Y Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus Y Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Y Falcons - Family Falconidae American Kestrel Falco sparverius Y Peregrine Falcon Falco pereprinus Y Rails, Gallinules and Coots -Family Rallidae Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris Y* Endangered American Coot Fulica americana Y Plovers - Family Charadriidae Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola W Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva W Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus W Special Concern Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus W Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Y* Stilts and Avovets - Family Recurvirostridae Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus W American Avocet Recurvirostra americana W Sandpipers and Snipes - Family Scolopacidae Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca W Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes M Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria M Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Y Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius W Whimbrel Numenius pjaeopus W Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus W Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Y Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres M Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala M Red Knot Calidris canutus W Sanderling Calidris alba W Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri W Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla W Dunlin Calidris alpina W Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodrimus griseus M Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodrimus scolopaceus W Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata M Gulls and Terns - Family Laridae Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni Y Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis W California Gull Larus californicus W Herring Gull Larus argentatus W Western Gull Larus occidentalis Y Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens W Caspian Tern Sterna caspia S Royal Tern Sterna maxima W Special Concern Elegant Tern Sterna elegans S Special Concern Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Y* Least Tern Sterna antillarum S Endangered Black Tern Chlidonias niger M Black Skimmer Rynchops niger Y Special Concern Pigeons and Doves - Family Columbidae Rock Pigeon Columba livia Y Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Y Parrots - Family Psittacidae Red-crowned Parrot Amazona viridigenalis Y Typical Owls - Family Strigidae Barn Owl Tyto alba Y Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Y Hummingbirds - Family Trochilidae Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri M Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna Y* Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae M Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus M Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin M Kingfishers - Family Alcedinidae Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon W Woodpeckers - Family Picidae Nuttall's Woodpecker Picoides nuttallii Y Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus W Tryant Flycatchers - Family Tyrannidae Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus M Pacific-slope Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis M Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans Y Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya W Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens M Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans Y Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis M Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus X Crows and Jays - Family Corvidae Western Srub-Jay Aphelocoma californica Y American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Y Common Raven Corvus corax Y Larks - Family Alaudidae Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris W Special Concern Swallows - Family Hirundinidae Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis M Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon oyrrhonota M Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica M Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor M Bushtit and Long-tailed Tits - Family Aegithalidae Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus Y Wrens - Family Troglodytidae House Wren Troglodytes domesticus Y Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris W Special Concern Kinglets - Family Regulidae Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula W Thrushes - Family Turdidae Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana W Hermit Thrush Catharus gattatus W American Robin Turdus migratorius W Mockingbirds and Thrachers - Family Mimidae Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Y Starlings - Family Sturnidae European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Y Pipets and Wagtails - Family Motacillidae American Pipit Anthus rubescens W Waxwings - Family Bombycillidae Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum W Wood Warblers - Family Parulidae Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata W Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata W Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi M Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum X Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas W Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla M New World Sparrows and Buntings - Family Emberizidae Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus Y California Towhee Pipilo crissalis Y Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina M Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Y* ? Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Y* Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii W White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys W Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla W Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis W Cardinals, Grosbeaks and Buntings - Family Cardinalidae Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus M Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena M Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea M New World Blackbirds and Orioles - Family Incteridae Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Y Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta W Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus Y Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Y Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus S Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii M Finches - Family Fringillidae House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus Y* Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria Y American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis W Old World Sparrows - Family Passeridae House Sparrow Passer domesticus Y* .
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