San Felipe Valley Wildlife Area Bird Species

Bird Species List (Detected Species Only) at the San Felipe Valley Wildlife Area

Compiled by the San Diego Natural History Museum Biodiversity Research Center.

Status Key B Breeding M Migrating SSC California Species of Special Concern FPS California Fully Protected Species ST State Threatened Species FT Federal Threatened Species SE State Endangered Species FE Federal Endangered Species

Common Name Scientific Name Status Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Great Egret Ardea alba Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Canada Goose Branta canadensis M Brant Branta bernicla M Northern Harrier (SSC) Circus cyaneus Sharp-shinned Hawk (SSC) Accipiter striatus Cooper's Hawk (SSC) Accipiter cooperii B Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicenis

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Golden Eagle (SSC, FPS) Aquila chrysaetos American Kestrel Falco sparverius B Merlin (SSC) Falco columbarius Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus California Quail Callipepla californica B Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Sora Porzana carolina M Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura B Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus B Barn Owl Tyto alba pratincola Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Long-eared Owl Asio otus Common Poor-will Phalaenoptilus nuttallii Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis saxatalis Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon Nuttall's Woodpecker Picoides nuttallii B Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris B Northwestern Willow Flycatcher (SE) Empidonax traillii brewsteri M Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (FE, SE) Empidonax traillii extimus Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii M Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis B Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans

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Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis Loggerhead Shrike (SSC) Lanius ludovicianus B Least Bell's Vireo (SE, FE) Vireo bellii pusillus B Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus swainsoni M Western Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica B Common Raven Corvus corax Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens B Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides M Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus M American Robin Turdus migratorius M Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos B Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus M California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus B Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus B Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii B Verdin Auriparus flaviceps Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus M Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula M Wrentit Chamaea fasciata

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Horned Lark (SSC) Eremophila alpestris Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis plsaltria B House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus B Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia B White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys M Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla M Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina M Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri M Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus M Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus B Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata B Sage Sparrow Amphispiza belli Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus B California Towhee Pipilo crissalis B Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata B Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficappila M Yellow Warbler (SSC) Dendroica petechia B Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata M Black-throated Gray Warbler Dendroica nigrescens M Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi M Common Yellowthroat Ceothlypis trichas B Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla

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Western Tanager Piranga olivcea M Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus B Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea B Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena B Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus B Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Western Meadowlark Stumella neglecta B Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater B

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