California Habitats, Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles (2024)

Land Mammals:

• antelope (blackbuck)
• antelope (pronghorn)
• badger
• bat (Allen's long-eared)
• bat (big brown)
• bat (big free-tailed)
• bat (California)
• bat (cave)
• bat (guano)
• bat (hoary)
• bat (hog-nosed)
• bat (Indiana)
• bat (leaf-nosed)
• bat (little brown)
• bat (long-legged)
• bat (pallid)
• bat (pocket free-tailed)
• bat (silver-haired)
• bat (southwestern yellow)
• bat (spotted)
• bat (Townsend's long-eared)
• bat (western mastiff)
• bat (western pipistrelle)
• bat (western red)
• bat (western small-footed)
• bat (Yuma)
• bear (black)
• beaver (American)
• beaver (mountain)
• bobcat
• burro (feral)
• chipmunk (alpine)
• chipmunk (chaparral)
• chipmunk (least)
• chipmunk (lodgepole)
• chipmunk (long-eared)
• chipmunk (Merriam's)
• chipmunk (Panamint)
• chipmunk (redwood)
• chipmunk (shadow)
• chipmunk (Siskiyou)
• chipmunk (Sonora)
• chipmunk (Uinta)
• chipmunk (yellow-pine)
• coyote
• deer (axis)
• deer (mule)
• deer (fallow)
• deer (sambar)
• deer (white-tailed)
• elk
• fisher
• fox (island)
• fox (kit)
• fox (gray)
• fox (red)
• ground squirrel (Belding's)
• ground squirrel (California)
• ground squirrel (golden-mantled)
• ground squirrel (Mojave)
• ground squirrel (Nelson's Antelope)
• ground squirrel (round-tailed)
• ground squirrel (Townsend's)
• ground squirrel (white-tailed)
• hare (snowshoe)
• hog (feral)
• horse (feral)
• kangaroo mouse (chisel-toothed)
• kangaroo mouse (dark)
• kangaroo mouse (pale)
• kangaroo rat (big-eared)
• kangaroo rat (California)
• kangaroo rat (desert)
• kangaroo rat (giant)
• kangaroo rat (Heerman's)
• kangaroo rat (Merriam's)
• kangaroo rat (narrow-faced)
• kangaroo rat (Ord's)
• kangaroo rat (Pacific)
• kangaroo rat (Panamint)
• kangaroo rat (San Joquin)
• kangaroo rat (Stephen's)
• jackrabbit (black-tailed)
• jackrabbit (white-tailed)
• lemming (southern bog)
• lynx (Canadian) - rare
• marmot (yellow-bellied)
• marten (American)
• mink
• mole (broad-footed)
• mole (coast)
• mole (shrew)
• mole (Townsend's)
• mountain lion
• mouse (brush)
• mouse (cactus)
• mouse (canyon)
• mouse (deer)
• mouse (meadow jumping)
• mouse (northern grasshopper)
• mouse (parasitic)
• mouse (Pacific jumping)
• mouse (pinyon)
• mouse (salt marsh harvest)
• mouse (southern grasshopper)
• mouse (western harvest)
• mouse (white-footed)
• mouse (western jumping)
• mouse (woodland jumping)
• muskrat
• nutria
• opossum (Virginia)
• otter (river)
• otter (sea)
• porcupine
• pika
• pocket gopher (Bott's)
• pocket gopher (Mazama)
• pocket gopher (northern)
• pocket gopher (Townsend's)
• pocket mouse (Bailey's)
• pocket mouse (California)
• pocket mouse (desert)
• pocket mouse (Great Basin)
• pocket mouse (little)
• pocket mouse (long-tailed)
• pocket mouse (San Diego)
• pocket mouse (San Joquin)
• pocket mouse (spiny)
• pocket mouse (white-eared)
• pocket mouse (yellow-eared)
• rabbit (Audobon's cottontail)
• rabbit (brush)
• rabbit (eastern cottontail)
• rabbit (European)
• rabbit (Nuttall's cottontail)
• rabbit (pigmy)
• raccoon
• rat (Arizona cotton)
• rat (black)
• rat (Norway)
• rat (hispid cotton)
• ringtail
• sheep (Barbary)
• sheep (bighorn)
• shrew (desert)
• shrew (fog)
• shrew (Inyo)
• shrew (marsh)
• shrew (montane)
• shrew (ornate)
• shrew (Pacific)
• shrew (Preble's)
• shrew (Trowbridge's)
• shrew (vagrant)
• shrew (water)
• skunk (spotted)
• skunk (striped)
• squirrel (Douglas's)
• squirrel (eastern gray)
• squirrel (fox)
• squirrel (northern flying)
• squirrel (rock)
• squirrel (western gray)
• tahr (Himalayan)
• vole (California meadow)
• vole (California red-backed)
• vole (California red tree)
• vole (creeping)
• vole (heather)
• vole (long-tailed)
• vole (Montane)
• vole (sagebrush)
• vole (Townsend's)
• vole (white-footed)
• vole (woodland)
• weasel (long-tailed)
• weasel (short-tailed)
• wolverine
• woodrat (bushy-tailed)
• woodrat (desert)
• woodrat (dusky-footed)
• woodrat (white-throated)

Sea Mammals:

• dolphin (blue and white)
• dolphin (bottle-nosed)
• dolphin (common)
• dolphin (Pacific spotted)
• dolphin (Risso's)
• dolphin (rough-toothed)
• dolphin (white-sides)
• seal (Guadalupe fur)
• seal (harbor)
• seal (northern elephant)
• seal (ribbon)
• seal (ringed)
• sea lion (California)
• sea lion (Stellar's)
• whale (Baird's beaked)
• whale (Blainville's beaked)
• whale (blue)
• whale (Bryde's)
• whale (Cuvier's beaked)
• whale (false killer)
• whale (fin)
• whale (ginko-toothed beaked)
• whale (gray)
• whale (Hector's beaked)
• whale (Hubb's beaked)
• whale (humpback)
• whale (killer)
• whale (minke)
• whale (northern right)
• whale (pilot)
• whale (pygmy sperm)
• whale (sei)
• whale (sperm)
• whale (Stejneger's beaked)

For more information about California Mammals (including Latin names) click on individual animal links or for another (off-site) resource: American Society of Mammalogists

Amphibians

• bullfrog (American)
• Ensatina (large-blotched)
• Ensatina (Monterey)
• Ensatina (Oregon)
• Ensatina (painted)
• Ensatina (Sierra Nevada)
• Ensatina (yellow-blotched)
• Ensatina (yellow-eyed)
• frog (African clawed)
• frog (California red-legged)
• frog (coastal tailed)
• frog (Columbia spotted)
• frog (foothill yellow-legged)
• frog (lowland leopard)
• frog (northern leopard)
• frog (northern red-legged)
• frog (Oregon spotted)
• frog (Rio Grande leopard)
• frog (Sierra Nevada yellow-legged)
• frog (southern leopard)
• frog (southern mountain yellow-legged)
• newt (California)
• newt (red-bellied)
• newt (rough-skinned)
• newt (Sierra)
• salamander (arboreal)
• salamander (barred tiger)
• salamander (black-bellied slender)
• salamander (Breckenridge Mountain slender)
• salamander (California giant)
• salamander (California slender)
• salamander (California tiger)
• salamander (Channel Islands slender)
• salamander (clouded)
• salamander (coastal giant)
• salamander (desert slender)
• salamander (Del Norte)
• salamander (Dunn's)
• salamander (Fairview slender)
• salamander (Gabilan Mountains slender)
• salamander (garden slender)
• salamander (gregarious slender)
• salamander (Hell Hollow slender)
• salamander (Inyo Mountains slender)
• salamander (Kern Canyon slender)
• salamander (Kern Platteau slender)
• salamander (King's River slender)
• salamander (lesser slender)
• salamander (limestone)
• salamander (Mount Lyell)
• salamander (northwestern)
• salamander (northwestern long-toed)
• salamander (relictual slender)
• salamander (San Gabriel slender)
• salamander (San Simeon slender)
• salamander (Santa Cruz black)
• salamander (Santa Cruz long-toed)
• salamander (Santa Lucia Mountains slender)
• salamander (Scott Bar)
• salamander (Sequoia slender)
• salamander (Shanta)
• salamander (Siskiyou Mountains)
• salamander (southern long-toed)
• salamander (southern torrent)
• salamander (speckled black)
• salamander (Tehachapi slender)
• salamander (wandering)
• spadefoot (Couch's)
• spadefoot (Great Basin)
• spadefoot (western)
• treefrog (Baja California)
• treefrog (California)
• treefrog (northern Pacific)
• treefrog (Sierran)
• toad (arroyo)
• toad (Arizona)
• toad (black)
• toad (boreal)
• toad (California)
• toad (Great Plains)
• toad (red-spotted)
• toad (Rocky Mountain)
• toad (Sonoran desert)
• toad (Woodhouse's)
• toad (Yosemite)

Reptiles

• chameleon (Jackson's)
• chameleon (yellow-crested Jackson's)
• chuckwalla (common)
• gecko (desert banded)
• gecko (Mediterranean house)
• gecko (Moorish)
• gecko (Peninsular banded)
• gecko (Peninsular leaf-toed)
• gecko (San Diego banded)
• gecko (Switak's banded)
• gecko (western banded)
• Gila monster
• Gila monster (banded)
• iguana (desert)
• iguana (northern desert)
• lizard (Baja California brush)
• lizard (Baja California collared)
• lizard (Baja California night )
• lizard (Blainville's horned)
• lizard (banded rock)
• lizard (blunt-nosed leopard)
• lizard (California alligator)
• lizard (California legless)
• lizard (Coachella Valley fringed-toed)
• lizard (Coast Range fence)
• lizard (Colorado fringed-toed)
• lizard (Colorado River tree)
• lizard (common sagebrush)
• lizard (Cope's leopard)
• lizard (desert night)
• lizard (desert spiny)
• lizard (flat-tail horned)
• lizard (granite night)
• lizard (granite spiny)
• lizard (Great Basin collared)
• lizard (Great Basin fence)
• lizard (island fence)
• lizard (island night)
• lizard (Italian wall)
• lizard (long-nosed leopard)
• lizard (long-tailed brush)
• lizard (Mearn's rock)
• lizard (Mojave fringed-toed)
• lizard (Nevada side-blotched)
• lizard (northern alligator)
• lizard (northern desert horned)
• lizard (northern sagebrush)
• lizard (northwestern alligator)
• lizard (northwestern fence)
• lizard (Oregon alligator)
• lizard (ornate tree)
• lizard (Panamint alligator)
• lizard (pygmy horned)
• lizard (San Clemente night)
• lizard (San Diego alligator)
• lizard (sandstone night)
• lizard (San Francisco alligator)
• lizard (San Joaquin fence)
• lizard (San Nicolas night)
• lizard (Shasta alligator)
• lizard (Sierra alligator)
• lizard (Sierra fence)
• lizard (Sierra night)
• lizard (southern alligator)
• lizard (southern desert horned)
• lizard (southern sagebrush)
• lizard (southern Italian wall)
• lizard (western fence)
• lizard (western side-blotched)
• lizard (western zebra-tailed)
• lizard (yellow-backed spiny)
• rattlesnake (Baja California)
• rattlesnake (Great Basin)
• rattlesnake (Mojave)
• rattlesnake (northern Mojave)
• rattlesnake (northern Pacific)
• rattlesnake (Panamint)
• rattlesnake (red diamond)
• rattlesnake (southern Pacific)
• rattlesnake (southwestern speckled)
• rattlesnake (speckled)
• rattlesnake (western diamond-backed)
• sea turtle (green)
• sea turtle (leatherback)
• sea turtle (loggerhead)
• sea turtle (olive Ridley)
• sea turtle (Pacific hawkbill)
• skink (Coronado)
• skink (Gilbert's)
• skink (greater brown)
• skink (northern brown)
• skink (Skilton's)
• skink (variegated)
• skink (western)
• skink (western red-tailed)
• snake (Alameda striped racer)
• snake (aquatic garter)
• snake (Baja California coachwhip)
• snake (Baja California lyresnake)
• snake (Brahminy blindsnake)
• snake (California glossy)
• snake (California kingsnake)
• snake (California mountain kingsnake)
• snake (California nightsnake)
• snake (California red-sided garter)
• snake (California striped racer)
• snake (checkered garter)
• snake (Coast Mountain kingsnake)
• snake (coast patch-nosed)
• snake (Colorado desert shovel-nosed)
• snake (Colorado desertsidewinder)
• snake (common garter)
• snake (coral-bellied ring-necked)
• snake (desert glossy)
• snake (desert nightsnake)
• snake (desert patch-nosed)
• snake (desert striped whipsnake)
• snake (desert threadsnake)
• snake (Diablo Range garter)
• snake (Great Basin gopher)
• snake (forest sharp-tailed)
• snake (long-nosed)
• snake (Marcy's checkered garter)
• snake (Mojave desert sidewinder)
• snake (Mojave glossy)
• snake (Mojave patch-nosed)
• snake (Mojave shovel-nosed)
• snake (Monterey ring-necked)
• snake (mountain garter)
• snake (Nevada shovel-nosed)
• snake (North American racer)
• snake (northern rubber boa)
• snake (northern watersnake)
• snake (northwestern garter)
• snake (northwestern ring-necked)
• snake (Oregon garter)
• snake (Pacific gopher)
• snake (Pacific ring-necked)
• snake (red coachwhip)
• snake (regal ring-necked)
• snake (rosy boa)
• snake (San Bernardino Mountain kingsnake)
• snake (San Bernardino ring-necked)
• snake (San Diego gopher)
• snake (San Diego Mountain kingsnake)
• snake (San Diego nightsnake)
• snake (San Diego ring-necked)
• snake (San Francisco garter)
• snake (San Joaquin coachwhip)
• snake (Santa Cruz garter)
• snake (Santa Cruz gopher)
• snake (Sierra garter)
• snake (Sierra Mountain kingsnake)
• snake (Smith's Black-headed)
• snake (Sonoran gopher)
• snake (Sonoran lyresnake)
• snake (southern rubber boa)
• snake (southern water)
• snake (southwestern threadsnake)
• snake (spotted leaf-nosed)
• snake (St. Helena Mountain kingsnake)
• snake (two-striped garter)
• snake (valley garter)
• snake (variable groundsnake)
• snake (western Black-headed)
• snake (western groundsnake)
• snake (western lyresnake)
• snake (western patch-nosed)
• snake (western shovel-nosed)
• snake (western terrestrial garter)
• snake (western threadsnake)
• snake (yellow-bellied sea)
• tortoise (desert)
• turtle (Pacific pond)
• turtle (painted)
• turtle (red-eared slider)
• turtle (snapping)
• turtle (Sonoran mud)
• turtle (spiny softshell)
• whiptail (Belding's orange-throated)
• whiptail (California)
• whiptail (coastal)
• whiptail (Great Basin)
• whiptail (orange-throated)
• whiptail (tiger)

For more information about California Amphibians and Reptiles (including Latin names) click on individual animal links or for another (off-site) resource: LINK

To look up individual birds go to the Exploring Nature Birds Database.

• albatross (black-footed)
• albatross (Laysan)
• albatross (light-mantled)
• albatross (short-tailed)
• albatross (shy)
• albatross (wandering)
• anhinga
• ani (groove-billed)
• auklet (Cassin's)
• auklet (crested)
• auklet (least)
• auklet (parakeet)
• auklet (rhinoceros)
• avocet (American)
• bittern (American)
• bittern (least)
• blackbird (Brewer's)
• blackbird (red-winged)
• blackbird (rusty)
• blackbird (yellow-headed)
• bluebird (mountain)
• blackbird (tricolored)
• bluebird (western)
• bluetail (red-flanked)
• bluethroat
• bobolink
• booby (blue-footed)
• booby (brown)
• booby (masked)
• booby (red-footed)
• brambling
• bunting (indigo)
• bunting (lark)
• bunting (lazuli)
• bunting (little)
• bunting (painted)
• bunting (rustic)
• bunting (snow)
• bunting (varied)
• bushtit
• caracara (crested)
• cardinal (northern)
• catbird (gray)
• chickadee (black-capped)
• chickadee (chestnut-backed)
• chickadee (mountain)
• chuck-will's-widow
• coot (American)
• condor (California)
• cormorant (Brandt's)
• cormorant (double-crested)
• cormorant (neotropic)
• cormorant (pelagic)
• cowbird (bronzed)
• cowbird (brown-headed)
• crane (sandhill)
• creeper (brown)
• crossbill (red)
• crossbill (white-winged)
• crow (American)
• cuckoo (black-billed)
• cuckoo (yellow-billed)
• curlew (bristle-thighed)
• curlew (little)
• curlew (long-billed)
• dickcissel
• dipper (American)
• dotterel (Eurasian)
• dove (common ground-)
• dove (Eurasian collared)
• dove (Inca)
• dove (mourning)
• dove (Oriental turtle-)
• dove (ruddy ground-)
• dove (spotted)
• dove (white-winged)
• dowitcher (long-billed)
• dowitcher (short-billed)
• duck (American black)
• duck (American wigeon)
• duck (Baikal teal)
• duck (black-belled whistling)
• duck (black scoter)
• duck (barrow's goldeneye)
• duck (blue-winged teal)
• duck (bufflehead)
• duck (canvasback)
• duck (cinnamon teal)
• duck (common goldeneye)
• duck (common eider)
• duck (common pochard)
• duck (king eider)
• duck (Eurasian wigeon)
• duck (falcated)
• duck (fulvous whistling)
• duck (gadwall)
• duck (garganey)
• duck (green-winged teal)
• duck (greater scaup)
• duck (harlequin)
• duck (lesser scaup)
• duck (northern pintail)
• duck (northern shoveler)
• duck (redhead)
• duck (ring-necked)
• duck (ruddy)
• duck (smew)
• duck (Stellar's) eider)
• duck (surf scoter)
• duck (tufted)
• duck (white-winged scoter)
• dunlin
• eagle (bald)
• eagle (golden)
• egret (cattle)
• egret (great)
• egret (snowy)
• falcon (peregrine)
• falcon (prairie)
• finch (black rosy-finch)
• finch (Cassin's)
• finch (common rosefinch)
• finch (house)
• finch (gray-crowned rosy-finch)
• finch (purple)
• flicker (gilded)
• flicker (northern)
• flycatcher (alder)
• flycatcher (ash-throated)
• flycatcher (brown-crested)
• flycatcher (Cordilleran)
• flycatcher (dusky)
• flycatcher (dusky-capped)
• flycatcher (fork-tailed)
• flycatcher (gray)
• flycatcher (great-crested)
• flycatcher (Hammond's)
• flycatcher (least)
• flycatcher (Nutting's)
• flycatcher (olive-sided)
• flycatcher (Pacific)
• flycatcher (scissor-tailed)
• flycatcher (sulfur-bellied)
• flycatcher (taiga)
• flycatcher (vermillion)
• flycatcher (willow)
• flycatcher (yellow-bellied)
• frigatebird (great)
• frigatebird (lesser)
• frigatebird (magnificent)
• fulmar (northern)
• gallinule (common)
• gallinule (purple)
• gnatcatcher (black-tailed)
• gnatcatcher (blue-gray)
• gnatcatcher (California)
• godwit (bar-tailed)
• godwit (Hudsonian)
• godwit (marbled)
• goldfinch (American)
• goldfinch (Lawrence's)
• goldfinch (lesser)
• goose (Brant)
• goose (Cackling)
• goose (Canada)
• goose (Emperor)
• goose (great white-fronted)
• goose (Ross's)
• goshawk (northern)
• grackle (common)
• grackle (great-tailed)
• grèbe (Clarke's)
• grèbe (eared)
• grèbe (horned)
• grèbe (least)
• grèbe (pied-billed)
• grèbe (red-necked)
• grèbe (western)
• greenshank (common)
• grosbeak (black-headed)
• grosbeak (blue)
• grosbeak (rose-breasted)
• grouse (greater sage-)
• grouse (ruffed)
• grouse (sharp-tailed)
• grouse (sooty)
• guillemot (pigeon)
• gull (Belcher's)
• gull (Bonaparte’s)
• gull (black-headed)
• gull (Califonia)
• gull (Franklin's)
• gull (glaucous)
• gull (glaucous-winged)
• gull (Heermann's)
• gull (herring)
• gull (Iceland)
• gull (ivory)
• gull (laughing)
• gull (lesser black-backed)
• gull (little)
• gull (mew)
• gull (ring-billed)
• gull (Ross's)
• gull (Sabine's)
• gull (slaty-backed)
• gull (swallow-tailed)
• gull (Thayer's)
• gull (western)
• gull (yellow-footed)
• gyrfalcon
• harrier (northern)
• hawk (broad-winged)
• hawk (common black)
• hawk (Cooper's)
• hawk (ferruginous)
• hawk (Harris's)
• hawk (red-shouldered)
• hawk (red-tailed)
• hawk (rough-legged)
• hawk (sharp-shinned)
• hawk (Swainson's)
• hawk (zone-tailed)
• heron (great blue)
• heron (green)
• heron (little blue)
• heron (tri-colored)
• heron (black-crowned night)
• heron (yellow-crowned night)
• hummingbird (Allen's)
• hummingbird (Anna's)
• hummingbird (black-chinned)
• hummingbird (blue-throated)
• hummingbird (broad-billed)
• hummingbird (broad-tailed)
• hummingbird (calliope)
• hummingbird (Costa's)
• hummingbird (green violetear)
• hummingbird (ruby-throated)
• hummingbird (rufous)
• hummingbird (violet-crowned)
• hummingbird (Xantus's)
• ibis (glossy)
• ibis (white)
• ibis (white-faced)
• jaeger (long-tailed)
• jaeger (parasitic)
• jaeger (pomarine)
• jay (blue)
• jay (Clark's nutcracker)
• jay (island scrub)
• jay (pinyon)
• jay (Stellar's)
• jay (western scrub)
• junco (dark-eyed)
• kestrel (American)
• kestrel (Eurasian)
• killdeer
• kingbird (Cassin's)
• kingbird (Couch's)
• kingbird (eastern)
• kingbird (thick-billed)
• kingbird (tropical)
• kingbird (western)
• kingfisher (belted)
• kinglet (golden-crowned)
• kinglet (ruby-crowned)
• kite (Mississippi)
• kite (swallow-tailed)
• kite (white-tailed)
• Kittiwake (black-legged)
• Kittiwake (red-legged)
• lark (horned)
• lark (shy)
• longspur (chestnut-collared)
• longspur (Lapland)
• longspur (McCown's)
• longspur (Smith's)
• loon (Arctic)
• loon (common)
• loon (Pacific)
• loon (red-throated)
• loon (yellow-billed)
• magpie (black-billed)
• magpie (yellow-billed)
• merlin
• merganser (common)
• merganser (hooded)
• merganser (red-breasted)
• mockingbird (northern)
• murre (common)
• murre (thick-billed)
• murrelet (Craveri's)
• murrelet (Kittlitz's)
• murrelet (long-billed)
• murrelet (long-billed)
• murrelet (marbled)
• murrelet ((Xantus's)
• nighthawk (common)
• nighthawk (lesser)
• nightjar (buff-collared)
• nuthatch (pygmy)
• nuthatch (red-breasted)
• nuthatch (white-breasted)
• oriole (Baltimore)
• oriole (Bullock's)
• oriole (hooded)
• oriole (orchard)
• oriole (Scott's)
• oriole (streak-backed)
• osprey
• ovenbird
• owl (barn)
• owl (barred)
• owl (elf)
• owl (flammulated)
• owl (great gray)
• owl (great horned)
• owl (long-eared)
• owl (northern pygmy)
• owl (northern saw-whet)
• owl (short-eared)
• owl (snowy)
• owl (spotted)
• owl (western screech)
• oystercatcher (American)
• oystercatcher (black)
• parrot (red-crowned)
• partridge (chuckar)
• petrel (Bulwer's)
• petrel (Cook's)
• petrel (great-winged)
• petrel (Hawaiian)
• petrel (mottled)
• petrel (Murphy's)
• petrel (Parkinson's)
• petrel (Stejneger's)
• petrel (white-chinned)
• parula (northern)
• pelican (American white)
• pelican (brown)
• pewee (eastern wood)
• pewee (greater)
• pewee (western wood)
• phainopepla
• phalarope (red)
• phalarope (red-necked)
• phalarope (Wilson's)
• pheasant (ring-necked)
• phoebe (black)
• phoebe (eastern)
• phoebe (Say's)
• pigeon (band-tailed)
• pigeon (rock)
• pine siskin
• pipit (American)
• pipit (olive-backed)
• pipit (red-throated)
• pipit (Sprague's)
• plover (American golden)
• plover (black-bellied)
• plover (greater sand)
• plover (lesser-sand)
• plover (mountain)
• plover (Pacific golden)
• plover (piping)
• plover (semipalmated)
• plover (snowy)
• plover (Wilson's)
• poorwill (common)
• puffin (horned)
• puffin (tufted)
• purple martin (swallow)
• quail (California)
• quail (Gambel's)
• quail (mountain)
• rail (clapper)
• rail (king)
• rail (Virginia)
• rail (yellow)
• raven (common)
• red knot
• redpoll (common)
• redshank (spotted)
• redstart (American)
• redstart (painted)
• roadrunner (greater)
• robin (American)
• robin (rufous-backed)
• turnstone (black)
• turnstone (ruddy)
• ruff
• sanderling
• sandpiper (Baird's)
• sandpiper (buff-breasted)
• sandpiper (curlew)
• sandpiper (least)
• sandpiper (pectoral)
• sandpiper (rock)
• sandpiper (semipalmated)
• sandpiper (sharp-tailed)
• sandpiper (solitary)
• sandpiper (spotted)
• sandpiper (stilt)
• sandpiper (terek)
• sandpiper (upland)
• sandpiper (western)
• sandpiper (white-rumped)
• sandpiper (wood)
• sapsucker (red-breasted)
• sapsucker (red-naped)
• sapsucker (Williamson's)
• sapsucker (yellow-bellied)
• shearwater (black-vented)
• shearwater (Buller's)
• shearwater (Cory's)
• shearwater (flesh-footed)
• shearwater (great)
• shearwater (Manx)
• shearwater (pink-footed)
• shearwater (short-tailed)
• shearwater (sooty)
• shearwater (streaked)
• shearwater (Townsend's)
• shearwater (wedge-tailed)
• shrike (loggerhead)
• shrike (northern)
• shoveler (northern)
• skimmer (black)
• skua (south polar)
• sora
• snipe (jack)
• snipe (Wilson's)
• sparrow (American tree)
• sparrow (Baird's)
• sparrow (black-chinned)
• sparrow (black-throated)
• sparrow (Brewer's)
• sparrow (Cassin's)
• sparrow (chipping)
• sparrow (clay-colored)
• sparrow (field)
• sparrow (fox)
• sparrow (golden-crowned)
• sparrow (grasshopper)
• sparrow (Harris's)
• sparrow (lark)
• sparrow (LeConte's)
• sparrow (Lincoln's)
• sparrow (Nelson's)
• sparrow (rufous-crowned)
• sparrow (sage)
• sparrow (Savannah)
• sparrow (song)
• sparrow (swamp)
• sparrow (vesper)
• sparrow (white-crowned)
• sparrow (white-throated)
• spoonbill (roseate)
• stilt (black-necked)
• stint (little)
• stint (long-toed)
• stonechat
• stork (wood)
• storm-petrel (ashy)
• storm-petrel (black)
• storm-petrel (fork-tailed)
• storm-petrel (Leach's)
• storm-petrel (least)
• storm-petrel (ringed)
• storm-petrel (Tristram's)
• storm-petrel (wedge-rumped)
• storm-petrel (Wilson's)
• surfbird
• swallow (bank)
• swallow (barn)
• swallow (cave)
• swallow (cliff)
• swallow (northern rough-winged)
• swallow (purple martin)
• swallow (tree)
• swallow (violet-green)
• swan (trumpeter)
• swan (tundra)
• swan (whooper)
• swift (black)
• swift (chimney)
• swift (Vaux's)
• swift (white-collared)
• swift (white-throated)
• tanager (hepatic)
• tanager (scarlet)
• tanager (summer)
• tanager (western)
• tattler (gray-tailed)
• tattler (wandering)
• tern (arctic)
• tern (black)
• tern (bridled)
• tern (Caspian)
• tern (common)
• tern (elegant)
• tern (forester's)
• tern (gull-billed)
• tern (least)
• tern (royal)
• tern (sandwich)
• tern (sooty)
• tern (white-winged)
• thrasher (Bendire's)
• thrasher (brown)
• thrasher (California)
• thrasher (Crisssal)
• thrasher (curve-billed)
• thrasher (LeConte's)
• thrasher (sage)
• thrush (eyebrowed)
• thrush (gray-cheeked)
• thrush (hermit)
• thrush (Swainson's)
• thrush (varied)
• thrush (wood)
• titmouse (juniper)
• titmouse (oak)
• towhee (Albert's)
• towhee (California)
• towhee (green-tailed)
• towhee (spotted)
• tropicbird (red-billed)
• tropicbird (red-tailed)
• tropicbird (white-tailed)
• turkey (wild)
• veery (thrush)
• verdin
• vireo (Bell's)
• vireo (blue-headed)
• vireo (Cassion's)
• vireo (gray)
• vireo (Hutton's)
• vireo (Philadelphia)
• vireo (plumbeous)
• vireo (red-eyed)
• vireo (warbling)
• vireo (white-eyed)
• vireo (yellow-green)
• vireo (yellow-throated)
• vulture (black)
• vulture (turkey)
• wagtail (eastern yellow)
• wagtail (gray)
• wagtail (white)
• warbler (bay-breasted)
• warbler (black and white)
• warbler (blackburnian)
• warbler (blackpoll)
• warbler (black-throated blue)
• warbler (black-throated gray)
• warbler (black-throated green)
• warbler (blue-winged)
• warbler (Canada)
• warbler (Cape May)
• warbler (Cerulean)
• warbler (chestnut-sided)
• warbler (Connecticut)
• warbler (golden-cheeked)
• warbler (golden-winged)
• warbler (Grace's)
• warbler (hermit)
• warbler (hooded)
• warbler (Kentucky)
• warbler (Lucy's)
• warbler (MacGillivray's)
• warbler (magnolia)
• warbler (mourning)
• warbler (Nashville)
• warbler (orange-crowned)
• warbler (palm)
• warbler (pine)
• warbler (prairie)
• warbler (prothonotary)
• warbler (red-faced)
• warbler (Tennessee)
• warbler (Townsend's)
• warbler (Virginia's)
• warbler (Wilson's)
• warbler (worm-eating)
• warbler (yellow)
• warbler (yellow-rumped)
• warbler (yellow-throated)
• waterthrush (Louisiana)
• waterthrush (northern)
• waxwing (Bohemian)
• waxwing (cedar)
• wheatear (northern)
• whimbrel
• whip-poor-will (eastern)
• whip-poor-will (Mexican)
• willet
• woodpecker (acorn)
• woodpecker (black-backed)
• woodpecker (downy)
• woodpecker (gila)
• woodpecker (gilded)
• woodpecker (hairy)
• woodpecker (ladder-backed)
• woodpecker (Lewis's)
• woodpecker (Nuttall's)
• woodpecker (pileated)
• woodpecker (red-headed)
• woodpecker (white-headed)
• wren (Bewick's)
• wren (cactus)
• wren (canyon)
• wren (Carolina)
• wren (house)
• wren (marsh)
• wren (Pacific)
• wren (rock)
• wren (sedge)
• wren (winter)
• wrentit
• yellowlegs (greater)
• yellowlegs (lesser)
• yellowthroat (common)

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