CHECKLIST Kern Co. Checklist - 417 species GREBES Pied-billed Grebe Red-necked Grebe Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Western Grebe Clark's Grebe FRIGATEBIRDS Magnificent Frigatebird CORMORANTS Double-crested Cormorant PELICANS American White Pelican Brown Pelican DUCKS, SWANS, GEESE Fulvous Whistling-Duck Ruddy Duck Tundra Swan Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Ross's Goose Canada Goose Brant Wood Duck Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon Gadwall Green-winged Teal Mallard Northern Pintail Garganey Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Tufted Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Oldsquaw Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Common Merganser HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret Great Blue Heron Great Egret Cattle Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Least Bittern American Bittern IBIS AND SPOONBILLS White-faced Ibis Roseate Spoonbill STORKS Wood Stork NEW WORLD VULTURES Turkey Vulture California Condor OSPREY Osprey HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES White-tailed Kite Mississippi Kite Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Swainson's Hawk Zone-tailed Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Ferruginous Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Golden Eagle FALCONS AND CARACARAS American Kestrel Merlin Prairie Falcon Peregrine Falcon PHEASANTS, GROUSE, QUAIL AND TURKEYS Chukar Ring-necked Pheasant Blue Grouse Wild Turkey WOOD-PARTRIDGES Mountain Quail California Quail Gambel's Quail RAILS AND COOTS Virginia Rail Sora Common Moorhen American Coot CRANES Sandhill Crane SANDPIPERS Common Snipe Marbled Godwit Whimbrel Long-billed Curlew Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Wandering Tattler Willet Ruddy Turnstone Black Turnstone Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Red Knot Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Ruff Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Red Phalarope AVOCETS AND STILTS Black-necked Stilt American Avocet PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS Pacific Golden-Plover American Golden-Plover Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Snowy Plover Mountain Plover GULLS AND TERNS Heermann's Gull Mew Gull Ring-billed Gull California Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Western Gull Thayer's Gull Herring Gull Bonaparte's Gull Laughing Gull Franklin's Gull Little Gull Sabine's Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Black Tern Caspian Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern Forster's Tern Least Tern JAEGERS AND SKUAS Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger SKIMMERS Black Skimmer LOONS Red-throated Loon Pacific Loon Common Loon PIGEONS AND DOVES Rock Dove Band-tailed Pigeon Spotted Dove Mourning Dove White-winged Dove Inca Dove Common Ground-Dove Ruddy Ground-Dove NEW WORLD CUCKOOS Yellow-billed Cuckoo ANIS Groove-billed Ani GROUND-CUCKOOS AND ALLIES Greater Roadrunner BARN-OWLS Barn Owl OWLS Flammulated Owl Western Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Spotted Owl Northern Pygmy-Owl Burrowing Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl NIGHTJARS Lesser Nighthawk Common Nighthawk Common Poorwill SWIFTS Black Swift Chimney Swift Vaux's Swift White-throated Swift HUMMINGBIRDS Broad-billed Hummingbird Black-chinned Hummingbird Anna's Hummingbird Costa's Hummingbird Calliope Hummingbird Broad-tailed Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Allen's Hummingbird KINGFISHERS Belted Kingfisher WOODPECKERS Lewis's Woodpecker Acorn Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-naped Sapsucker Red-breasted Sapsucker Williamson's Sapsucker Nuttall's Woodpecker Ladder-backed Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker White-headed Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker TYRANT FLYCATCHERS Olive-sided Flycatcher Western Wood-Pewee Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Hammond's Flycatcher Gray Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher Pacific-slope Flycatcher Cordilleran Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Say's Phoebe Black Phoebe Vermilion Flycatcher Ash-throated Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Brown-crested Flycatcher Tropical Kingbird Cassin's Kingbird Western Kingbird Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird CROWS AND JAYS Pinyon Jay Steller's Jay Western Scrub-Jay Black-billed Magpie Yellow-billed Magpie Clark's Nutcracker American Crow Common Raven VIREOS AND ALLIES Bell's Vireo Hutton's Vireo White-eyed Vireo Gray Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Plumbeous Vireo Cassin's Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Yellow-green Vireo Warbling Vireo SHRIKES Loggerhead Shrike Northern Shrike WAXWINGS AND SILKY-FLYCATCHERS Phainopepla Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing DIPPERS American Dipper THRUSHES Varied Thrush Western Bluebird Mountain Bluebird Townsend's Solitaire Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Sage Thrasher Brown Thrasher Bendire's Thrasher Le Conte's Thrasher California Thrasher STARLINGS European Starling NUTHATCHES Pygmy Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch CREEPERS Brown Creeper WRENS Cactus Wren Rock Wren Canyon Wren Marsh Wren Bewick's Wren Winter Wren House Wren GNATCATCHERS Verdin Blue-gray Gnatcatcher LONG-TAILED TITS Bushtit SWALLOWS Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Purple Martin Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow KINGLETS Ruby-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned Kinglet OLD WORLD WARBLERS Dusky Warbler Wrentit CHICKADEES, TITS Mountain Chickadee Oak Titmouse Juniper Titmouse LARKS Horned Lark OLD WORLD SPARROWS House Sparrow WAGTAILS AND PIPITS Red-throated Pipit American Pipit Sprague's Pipit SISKINS, CROSSBILLS AND ALLIES Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Lesser Goldfinch Lawrence's Goldfinch Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Purple Finch Cassin's Finch House Finch Red Crossbill Evening Grosbeak NEW WORLD WARBLERS Blue-winged Warbler Golden-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Virginia's Warbler Lucy's Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Gray Warbler Townsend's Warbler Hermit Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Cerulean Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler Mourning Warbler MacGillivray's Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Painted Redstart Yellow-breasted Chat BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, TANAGERS, ALLIES Rustic Bunting McCown's Longspur Lapland Longspur Smith's Longspur Chestnut-collared Longspur Snow Bunting Lark Bunting Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Harris's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Savannah Sparrow Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Le Conte's Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow Field Sparrow Black-chinned Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lark Sparrow Black-throated Sparrow Sage Sparrow Rufous-crowned Sparrow Green-tailed Towhee Spotted Towhee California Towhee Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager Western Tanager Dickcissel Rose-breasted Grosbeak Black-headed Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting Indigo Bunting Painted Bunting BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, ORIOLES Hooded Oriole Baltimore Oriole Bullock's Oriole Orchard Oriole Scott's Oriole Yellow-headed Blackbird Red-winged Blackbird Tricolored Blackbird Western Meadowlark Great-tailed Grackle Common Grackle Rusty Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Bronzed Cowbird Brown-headed Cowbird Bobolink