Order Family Common Name Scientific Name ♫ [1]* [2]SoCal Only [3] Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus ♫ Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii Accipitridae (Hawks, Kites, Golden Eagle Eagles, and Allies) Accipitriformes Northern Harrier Red-Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis ♫ Pandionidae (Osprey) Osprey Pandion haliaetus Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck Canada Goose Branta canadensis Canvasback Green-Winged Teal Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Hooded Merganser Anseriformes Swans) Mallard Anas platyrhynchus ♫ Northern Shoveler Snow Goose Trumpeter Swan ♫ Wood Duck Aix sponsa Apodidae (Swifts) Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Apodiformes Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin Yes Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) Ruby-Throated Hummingbird ♫ Caprimulgidae (Nightjars and Chuck-Will's-Widow ♫ Caprimulgiformes Allies) Common Nighthawk California Condor Cathartiformes Cathartidae (New World Vultures) Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Alcidae (Auks, Murres, and Common Murre Uria aalge Puffins) Tufted Puffin American Golden-Plover Charadriidae (Lapwings and Killdeer Charadrius vociferus ♫ Plovers) Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus Yes Haematopodidae (Oystercatcher) American Oystercatcher Black Skimmer Rynchops niger

Laridae (Gulls, Terns, and Charadriiformes Skimmers) Order Family Common Name Scientific Name ♫ [1]* [2]SoCal Only [3] Black Tern Caspian Tern Laridae (Gulls, Terns, and Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni Yes Charadriiformes Skimmers) Herring Gull Larus argentatus Laughing Gull ♫ Least Tern Sternula antillarum Ring-Billed Gull Recurvirostridae (Stilts and American Avocet Recurvirostra americana Avocets) Black-Necked Stilt American Woodcock Scolopax minor Dunlin Calidris alpina Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Ruddy Turnstone Pharalopes, and Allies) Spotted Sandpiper Wilson's Snipe Ciconiiformes Ciconiidae (Deepwater Waders) Wood Stork Band-Tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata Yes Common Ground-Dove Columbiformes Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves) Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura ♫ Rock Pigeon Columba livia * Coraciiformes Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon ♫ Cuculidae (Cuckoos, Black-Billed Cuckoo ♫ Cuculiformes Roadrunners, and Anis) Greater Roadrunner American Kestrel Falconidae (Caracaras and Falconiformes Crested Caracara Falcons) Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Odontophoridae (Old World California Quail Callipepla californica ♫ Yes Quail) Northern Bobowhite ♫ Galliformes Ring-necked Pheasant * Phasianidae (New World Quail) Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus ♫ Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Order Family Common Name Scientific Name ♫ [1]* [2]SoCal Only [3] Common Loon Gavia immer ♫ Gaviiformes Gaviidae (Loons) Red-throated Loon Gruidae (Cranes) Whooping Crane Grus americana ♫ American Coot Gruiformes Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Clapper Rail Rallus longirostrus Coots) Purple Gallinule Sora ♫ Alaudidae (Larks) Horned Lark Bombycillidae (Waxwings) Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Calcariidae (Longspurs and Lapland Longspur Buntings) Snow Bunting Indigo Bunting Cardinalidae (Cardinals and Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis ♫ Allies) Painted Bunting Passerina ciris Scarlet Tanager Certhiidae (Creepers) Brown Creeper Certhia americana Cinclidae (Dippers) American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus American Crow ♫ Black-Billed Magpie Corvidae (Jays and Crows) Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata ♫ Common Raven Corvus corax Steller's Jay American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis Evening Grosbeak Fringillidae (Fringillids and Allies) House Finch Pine Siskin Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Hirundinidae (Swallows) Cliff Swallow Purple Martin

Passeriformes Order Family Common Name Scientific Name ♫ [1]* [2]SoCal Only [3] Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula ♫ Bobolink Brown-Headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Icteridae (Blackbirds) Common Grackle Red-Winged Blackbird ♫ Western Meadowlark ♫ Yellow-Headed Blackbird Laniidae (Shrikes) Loggerhead Shrike Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Gray Catbird Thrashes) Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos ♫ Black-Capped Chickadee ♫ Paridae (Chickadees and Titmice) Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli Yes Tufted Titmouse ♫ American Redstart Black-and-White Warbler Mniotilta varia Black-Throated Green Warbler Passeriformes Common Yellowthroat ♫ Kentucky Warbler Parulidae (Wood Warblers) Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia Ovenbird Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi Yes Yellow Warbler Yellow-Rumped Warbler Black-Chinned Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Dark-Eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Passerellidae (New World Harris's Sparrow Sparrows) Lark Sparrow Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus ♫ Passeriformes

Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)

Order Family Common Name Scientific Name ♫ [1]* [2]SoCal Only [3] White-Crowned Sparrow Passeridae (Old World Sparrows) House Sparrows Passer domesticus * Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Polioptilidae (Gnatcatchers) California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica ♫ Yes Ptiliogonatidae (Silky Flycatchers) Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens ♫ Yes Golden-Crowned Kinglet Regulidae (Kinglets) Ruby-Crowned Kinglet Remizidae (Penduline Tits) Verdin Auriparus flaviceps Yes Red-Breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis ♫ Sittidae (Nuthatches) White-Breasted Nuthatch Sturnidae (Old World Starlings) European Starling Sturnus vulgaris * Cactus Wren Troglodytidae (Wrens) Carolina Wren ♫ Marsh Wren American Robin Turdus migratorius ♫ Turdidae (Thrushes) Eastern Bluebird Wood Thrush ♫ Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans ♫ Yes Eastern Kingbird Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Great-Crested Flycatcher ♫ Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers) Olive-Sided Flycatcher Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher Vermillion Flycatcher Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis Yes Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii ♫ Yes Vireonidae (Vireos) Red-Eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Warbling Vireo American Bittern ♫ Black-Crowned Night-Heron Ardeidae (Bitterns, Herons, and Allies) Pelecaniformes Order Family Common Name Scientific Name ♫ [1]* [2]SoCal Only [3] Ardeidae (Bitterns, Herons, and Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Allies) Green Heron Pelecaniformes Snowy Egret Egretta thula Pelecanidae (Pelicans) American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja Spoonbills) Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus ♫ Piciformes Picidae (Woodpeckers and Allies) Pileated Woodpecker Red-Headed Woodpecker Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker Pied-Billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Podicipediformes Podicipedidae (Grebes) Red-Necked Grebe Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Yes Diomedeidae (Albatrosses) Laysan Albatross Procellariiformes Procellariidae (Shearwaters and Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Petrels) Barred Owl Strix varia ♫ Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Yes Strigidae (Typical Owls) Great Horned Owl Bubo virgianus ♫ Strigiformes Screech Owl Snowy Owl Tytonidae (Barn Owls) Barn Owl Tyto alba Anhingidae (Darters) Anhinga Anhinga anhinga Suliformes Fregatidae (Frigatebirds) Magnificent Frigatebird Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants) Double-Crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus [1] ♫ indicates vocalizations that may be tested.

[2] * indicates an introduced, widespread species

[3] Indicates that these birds are not part of the 2020 National Bird List and are additions for the 2020 SoCal Official State Bird List.

All birds from the 2020 National Bird List are still present.