Redwood National and State Park. Bird checklist (2015). Order Anseriformes (Swans, Geese, and Ducks) Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Rare Snow Goose Chen caerulescens Rare Black Brant Branta b. nigricans Rare Aleutian Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii leucopareia Uncommon Canada Goose Branta canadensis Common Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Rare Wood Duck Aix sponsa Uncommon Gadwall Anas strepera Rare Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope V. Rare American Wigeon Anas americana Uncommon Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Common Blue-winged Teal Anas discors V. Rare Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera Rare Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Rare Northern Pintail Anas acuta Rare Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Uncommon Canvasback Aythya valisineria V. Rare Redhead Aythya americana V. Rare Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Uncommon Greater Scaup Aythya marila Rare Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Rare Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus V. Rare Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Abundant White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca Uncommon Black Scoter Melanitta americana Rare Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis V. Rare Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Common Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula V. Rare Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Rare Common Merganser Mergus merganser Common Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Rare Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Rare Order Galliformes (Quail, Grouse, and Turkeys) Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus Rare California Quail Callipepla californica Common Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus V. Rare Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus Uncommon Sooty Grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus Uncommon Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Rare Order Gaviiformes (Loons) Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata Uncommon Arctic Loon Gavia arctica V. Rare Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica Uncommon Common Loon Gavia immer Uncommon Order Podicipediformes (Loons) Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Uncommon Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Rare Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Rare Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Rare Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Common Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii Rare Order Suliformes (Frigatebirds and Cormorants) Magnificent Frigatebird Frigata magnificens Accidental Brandt's Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus Common Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Abundant Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus Common Order Pelecaniformes (Pelicans, Herons, Bitterns, Egrets, and Ibises) American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Accidental Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Common American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Rare Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Common Great Egret Ardea alba Common Snowy Egret Egretta thula Rare Green Heron Butorides virescens Rare Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Rare White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi Accidental Order Accipitriformes (Hawks and Eagles) Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Abundant Osprey Pandion haliaetus Common White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus Rare Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Common Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus Uncommon Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Uncommon Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii Uncommon Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Accidental Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus Common Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Common Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus Rare Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos V. Rare Order Gruiformes (Rails and Coots) Virginia Rail Rallus limicola Rare Sora Porzana carolina V. Rare American Coot Fulica americana Abundant Order Charadriiformes (Shorebirds, Gulls, and Auks) Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani Uncommon Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola Rare Golden-Plover sp. Pluvialis fulva or dominica V. Rare Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus Rare Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Uncommon Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Common Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Uncommon Wandering Tattler Tringa incana Rare Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Uncommon Willet Tringa semipalmata Very Rare Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Rare Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Common Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Rare Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Common Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Very Rare Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala Uncommon Surfbird Calidris virgatua Uncommon Sanderling Calidris alba Common Dunlin Calidris alpina Uncommon Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii V. Rare Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Common Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos V. Rare Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Common Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus V. Rare Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus V. Rare Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Rare Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Rare Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius V. Rare Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus V. Rare Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus V. Rare Common Murre Uria aalge Abundant Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba Uncommon Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus Uncommon Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata V. Rare Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Rare Sabine's Gull Xema sabini V. Rare Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Rare Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan V. Rare Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni Common Mew Gull Larus canus Common Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Rare Western Gull Larus occidentalis Abundant California Gull Larus californicus Abundant Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri Rare Herring Gull Larus argentatus Rare Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Uncommon Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Rare Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Common Common Tern Sterna hirundo V. Rare Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Uncommon Order Columbiformes (Pigeons and Doves) Rock Pigeon Columba livia V. Rare Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata Common Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto Rare Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Rare Order Cuculiformes (Cuckoos) Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Accidental Order Strigiformes (Owls) Barn Owl Tyto alba Rare Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii Rare Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Uncommon Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Accidental Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma Uncommon Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia V. Rare Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis Rare Barred Owl Strix varia Common Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa Accidental Long-eared Owl Asio otus Accidental Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus V. Rare Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus Uncommon Order Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars) Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor V. Rare Order Apodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds) Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi Common Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna Common Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Rare Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin Common Order Coraciiformes (Kingfishers) Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Uncommon Order Piciformes (Woodpeckers) Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis Rare Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus Common Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber Uncommon Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens Common Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus Common Northern Flicker "Red-shafted" Colaptes auratus Common Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Uncommon Order Falconiformes (Falcons) American Kestrel Falco sparverius Common Merlin Falco columbarius Rare Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Accidental Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Uncommon Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus V. Rare Order Passeriformes (Perching Birds) Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi Rare Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus Rare Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii V. Rare Pacific-slope Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis Abundant Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans Common Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya V. Rare Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens Accidental Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus Accidental Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis Rare Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus V. Rare Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor V. Rare Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii Rare Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni Common Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus Uncommon Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis Uncommon Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri Abundant Western Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica Uncommon American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Common Common Raven Corvus corax Abundant Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris V. Rare Purple Martin Progne subis Uncommon Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Common Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina Common Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis Common Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Common Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Abundant Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus Uncommon Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens Abundant Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus Uncommon Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Uncommon White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis Rare Brown Creeper Certhia americana Common Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus Accidental House Wren Troglodytes adeon V. Rare Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus Abundant Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris Common Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii V. Rare Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea V. Rare American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus Uncommon Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa Abundant Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula Common Wrentit Chamaea fasciata Common Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana Uncommon Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides Accidental Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi V. Rare Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Common Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Uncommon American Robin Turdus migratorius Common Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Abundant Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Accidental Northern Mockingbird Mimus