CHECKLIST OF BIRDS OF PLACER COUNTY**

     
   

SWANS, GEESE, & DUCKS

1

 

Tundra Swan

2

 

Greater White-fronted Goose

3

 

Snow Goose

4

 

Ross's Goose

5

 

Cackling Goose

6

 

Canada Goose

7

 

Brant   *

8

 

Wood Duck

9

 

Gadwall

10

 

Eurasian Wigeon

11

 

American Wigeon

12

 

Mallard

13

 

Blue-winged Teal

14

 

Cinnamon Teal

15

 

Northern Shoveler

16

 

Northern Pintail

17

 

Green-winged Teal

18

 

Canvasback

19

 

Redhead

20

 

Ring-necked Duck

21

 

Greater Scaup *

22

 

Lesser Scaup

23

 

Harlequin Duck *

24

 

Long-tailed Duck *

25

 

Bufflehead

26

 

Surf Scoter *

27

 

White-winged Scoter *

28

 

Black Scoter *

29

 

Common Goldeneye

30

 

Barrow's Goldeneye

31

 

Hooded Merganser

32

 

Common Merganser

33

 

Red-breasted Merganser

34

 

Ruddy Duck


     
   

QUAIL, GROUSE, & TURKEY

35

 

Ring-necked Pheasant - I

36

 

Sooty Grouse

37

 

Wild Turkey  - I

38

 

Mountain Quail

39

 

California Quail

     
   

LOONS

40

 

Red-throated Loon *

41

 

Pacific Loon *

42

 

Common Loon

     
   

GREBES

43

 

Pied-billed Grebe

44

 

Horned Grebe

45

 

Red-necked Grebe *

46

 

Eared Grebe

47

 

Western Grebe

48

 

Clark's Grebe

     
   

PELICANS & CORMORANTS

49

 

American White Pelican

50

 

Double-crested Cormorant

     
   

BITTERNS & HERONS

51

 

American Bittern

52

 

Least Bittern *

53

 

Great Blue Heron

54

 

Great Egret

55

 

Snowy Egret

56

 

Cattle Egret *

57

 

Green Heron

58

 

Black-crowned Night-Heron

     
   

IBISES

59

 

White-faced Ibis

     
   

AMERICAN VULTURES

60

 

Turkey Vulture


     
   

KITES, HAWKS, EAGLES, HARRIERS

61

 

Osprey

62

 

White-tailed Kite

63

 

Bald Eagle

64

 

Northern Harrier

65

 

Sharp-shinned Hawk

66

 

Cooper's Hawk

67

 

Northern Goshawk

68

 

Red-shouldered Hawk

69

 

Swainson's Hawk

70

 

Red-tailed Hawk

71

 

Ferruginous Hawk

72

 

Rough-legged Hawk

73

 

Golden Eagle

     
   

FALCONS

74

 

American Kestrel

75

 

Merlin

76

 

Peregrine Falcon

77

 

Prairie Falcon

     
   

RAILS, GALLINULES, & COOTS

78

 

Black Rail *

79

 

Virginia Rail

80

 

Sora

81

 

Common Moorhen

82

 

American Coot

     
   

CRANES

83

 

Sandhill Crane

     
   

PLOVERS

84

 

Black-bellied Plover

85

 

Snowy Plover *

86

 

Semipalmated Plover

87

 

Killdeer

88

 

Mountain Plover *

     
   

STILTS & AVOCETS

89

 

Black-necked Stilt

90

 

American Avocet

     
   

SANDPIPERS & PHALAROPES

91

 

Greater Yellowlegs

92

 

Lesser Yellowlegs

93

 

Solitary Sandpiper *

94

 

Willet *

95

 

Spotted Sandpiper

96

 

Whimbrel

97

 

Long-billed Curlew

98

 

Marbled Godwit *

99

 

Ruddy Turnstone  *

100

 

Red Knot *

101

 

Sanderling *

102

 

Semipalmated Sandpiper *

103

 

Western Sandpiper

104

 

Least Sandpiper

105

 

Baird's Sandpiper *

106

 

Pectoral Sandpiper *

107

 

Dunlin

108

 

Ruff *

109

 

Short-billed Dowitcher *

110

 

Long-billed Dowitcher

111

 

Wilson's Snipe

112

 

Wilson's Phalarope

113

 

Red-necked Phalarope

114

 

Red Phalarope *


     
   

GULLS & TERNS

115

 

Franklin's Gull *

116

 

Bonaparte's Gull

117

 

Heerman's Gull *

118

 

Mew Gull *

119

 

Ring-billed Gull

120

 

California Gull

121

 

Herring Gull

122

 

Thayer's Gull *

123

 

Western Gull*

124

 

Glaucous-winged Gull

125

 

Glaucous Gull *

126

 

Lesser Black-backed Gull * CBRC

127

 

Sabine's Gull *

128

 

Caspian Tern

129

 

Common Tern *

130

 

Arctic Tern * 

131

 

Forster's Tern

132

 

Black Tern

     
   

JAEGERS

133

 

Parasitic Jaeger *

134

 

Long-tailed Jaeger*

     
   

PIGEONS & DOVES

135

 

Rock Dove  - I

136

 

Band-tailed Pigeon

137

 

Eurasian Collared-Dove - I

138

 

Mourning Dove

     
   

CUCKOOS & ROADRUNNERS

137

 

Yellow-billed Cuckoo *

138

 

Greater Roadrunner * e?

     
   

BARN OWLS

139

 

Barn Owl


     
   

TYPICAL OWLS

140

 

Flammulated Owl

141

 

Western Screech-Owl

142

 

Great Horned Owl

143

 

Northern Pygmy-Owl

144

 

Burrowing Owl

145

 

Spotted Owl

146

 

Long-eared Owl *

147

 

Short-eared Owl

148

 

Northern Saw-whet Owl

     
   

GOATSUCKERS

149

 

Lesser Nighthawk *

150

 

Common Nighthawk

151

 

Common Poorwill

     
   

SWIFTS

152

 

Black Swift

153

 

Vaux's Swift

154

 

White-throated Swift

     
   

HUMMINGBIRDS

155

 

Black-chinned Hummingbird

156

 

Anna's Hummingbird

157

 

Costa's Hummingbird *

158

 

Calliope Hummingbird

159

 

Broad-tailed Hummingbird *

160

 

Rufous Hummingbird

161

 

Allen's Hummingbird *

     
   

KINGFISHERS

162

 

Belted Kingfisher


     
   

WOODPECKERS

163

 

Lewis's Woodpecker

164

 

Acorn Woodpecker

165

 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  *

166

 

Red-naped Sapsucker *

167

 

Red-breasted Sapsucker

168

 

Williamson's Sapsucker

169

 

Nuttall's Woodpecker

170

 

Downy Woodpecker

171

 

Hairy Woodpecker

172

 

White-headed Woodpecker

173

 

Black-backed Woodpecker

174

 

Northern Flicker

175

 

Pileated Woodpecker

     
   

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS

176

 

Olive-sided Flycatcher

177

 

Western Wood-Pewee

178

 

Willow Flycatcher

179

 

Least Flycatcher *

180

 

Hammond's Flycatcher

181

 

Gray Flycatcher

182

 

Dusky Flycatcher

183

 

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

184

 

Black Phoebe

185

 

Eastern Phoebe *

186

 

Say's Phoebe

187

 

Vermilion Flycatcher *

188

 

Ash-throated Flycatcher

189

 

Western Kingbird

     
   

SHRIKES

190

 

Northern Shrike  *

191

 

Loggerhead Shrike

     
   

VIREOS

192

 

Cassin's Vireo

193

 

Plumbeous Vireo *

194

 

Hutton's Vireo

195

 

Warbling Vireo

196

 

Red-eyed Vireo *

     
   

JAYS, MAGPIES, & CROWS

197

 

Steller's Jay

198

 

Western Scrub-Jay

199

 

Pinyon Jay *

200

 

Clark's Nutcracker

201

 

Black-billed Magpie * e

202

 

Yellow-billed Magpie

203

 

American Crow

204

 

Common Raven

     
   

LARKS

205

 

Horned Lark

     
   

SWALLOWS

206

 

Purple Martin *

207

 

Tree Swallow

208

 

Violet-green Swallow

209

 

N. Rough-winged Swallow

210

 

Bank Swallow

211

 

Cliff Swallow

212

 

Barn Swallow

     
   

CHICKADEES & TITMICE

213

 

Mountain Chickadee

214

 

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

215

 

Oak Titmouse

     
   

BUSHTITS

216

 

Bushtit

     
   

NUTHATCHES

217

 

Red-breasted Nuthatch

218

 

White-breasted Nuthatch

219

 

Pygmy Nuthatch

     
   

CREEPERS

220

 

Brown Creeper


     
   

WRENS

221

 

Rock Wren

222

 

Canyon Wren

223

 

Bewick's Wren

224

 

House Wren

225

 

Winter Wren

226

 

Marsh Wren

     
   

DIPPERS

227

 

American Dipper

     
   

OLD WORLD WARBLERS,

   

OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS, & THRUSHES

228

 

Golden-crowned Kinglet

229

 

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

230

 

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

231

 

Western Bluebird

232

 

Mountain Bluebird

233

 

Townsend's Solitaire

234

 

Swainson's Thrush

235

 

Hermit Thrush

236

 

American Robin

237

 

Varied Thrush

     
   

BABBLERS

238

 

Wrentit

     
   

MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS

239

 

Gray Catbird *

240

 

Northern Mockingbird

241

 

Sage Thrasher *

242

 

Brown Thrasher *

243

 

California Thrasher

     
   

STARLINGS

244

 

European Starling - I

     
   

PIPITS

245

 

American Pipit


     
   

WAXWINGS

246

 

Bohemian Waxwing *

247

 

Cedar Waxwing

     
   

SILKY-FLYCATCHERS

248

 

Phainopepla

     
   

WOOD-WARBLERS, TANAGERS

249

 

Tennesse Warbler *

250

 

Orange-crowned Warbler

251

 

Nashville Warbler

252

 

Virginia's Warbler *

253

 

Northern Parula *

254

 

Yellow Warbler

255

 

Black-throated Blue Warbler *

256

 

Yellow-rumped Warbler

257

 

Black-throated Gray Warbler

258

 

Townsend's Warbler

259

 

Hermit Warbler

260

 

Palm Warbler *

261

 

Blackpoll Warbler *

262

 

Black-and-white Warbler *

263

 

American Redstart *

264

 

Ovenbird *

265

 

Northern Waterthrush *

266

 

Kentucky Warbler *

267

 

MacGillivray's Warbler

268

 

Common Yellowthroat

269

 

Wilson's Warbler

270

 

Yellow-breasted Chat

     
   

TANAGERS

271

 

Western Tanager

272

 

Summer Tanager *


     
   

SPARROWS

273

 

Green-tailed Towhee

274

 

Spotted Towhee

275

 

California Towhee

276

 

Rufous-crowned Sparrow

277

 

Chipping Sparrow

278

 

Brewer's Sparrow

279

 

Black-chinned Sparrow *

280

 

Vesper Sparrow

281

 

Lark Sparrow

282

 

Black-throated Sparrow *

283

 

Sage (Bell's) Sparrow

284

 

Lark Bunting *

285

 

Savannah Sparrow

286

 

Grasshopper Sparrow *

287

 

Fox Sparrow

288

 

Song Sparrow

289

 

Lincoln's Sparrow

290

 

Swamp Sparrow *

291

 

White-throated Sparrow

292

 

Harris' Sparrow *

293

 

White-crowned Sparrow

294

 

Golden-crowned Sparrow

295

 

Dark-eyed Junco

296

 

McCown's Longspur *

297

 

Lapland Longspur  *

298

 

Chestnut-collared Longspur *

     
   

GROSBEAKS and Allies

299

 

Rose-breasted Grosbeak *

300

 

Black-headed Grosbeak

301

 

Blue Grosbeak *

302

 

Lazuli Bunting

303

 

Indigo Bunting  *


     
   

BLACKBIRDS and Allies

304

 

Bobolink  *

305

 

Red-winged Blackbird

306

 

Tricolored Blackbird

307

 

Western Meadowlark

308

 

Yellow-headed Blackbird

309

 

Brewer's Blackbird

310

 

Great-tailed Grackle

311

 

Brown-headed Cowbird

312

 

Hooded Oriole

313

 

Bullock's Oriole

     
   

FINCHES

314

 

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

315

 

Pine Grosbeak

316

 

Purple Finch

317

 

Cassin's Finch

318

 

House Finch

319

 

Red Crossbill

320

 

Pine Siskin

321

 

Lesser Goldfinch

322

 

Lawrence's Goldfinch

323

 

American Goldfinch

324

 

Evening Grosbeak

     
   

OLD WORLD SPARROWS

325

 

House Sparrow - I

     
   

e = extirpated from Placer

   

I = introduced

   

* = Rare in Placer, requires documentation (photos, field notes/drawing, recordings)

     
   

CBRC-review species not yet accepted

   

Trumpeter Swan * CBRC

   

Yellow-billed Loon * CBRC

   

Slaty-backed Gull * CBRC

     
     
   

**List compiled by Ed Pandolfino (10/3/07) based partially on prior checklists compiled by Brian Williams and Bruce Webb