CHECKLIST Mendocino Co. Checklist - 383 species GREBES Pied-billed Grebe Red-necked Grebe Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Western Grebe Clark's Grebe ALBATROSSES Black-footed Albatross Laysan Albatross Shy Albatross SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS Northern Fulmar Cook's Petrel Murphy's Petrel Buller's Shearwater Flesh-footed Shearwater Pink-footed Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Short-tailed Shearwater Black-vented Shearwater STORM-PETRELS Wilson's Storm-Petrel Leach's Storm-Petrel Black Storm-Petrel Ashy Storm-Petrel Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel TROPICBIRDS Red-billed Tropicbird FRIGATEBIRDS Magnificent Frigatebird GANNETS AND BOOBIES Masked Booby CORMORANTS Brandt's Cormorant Double-crested Cormorant Pelagic Cormorant PELICANS American White Pelican Brown Pelican DUCKS, SWANS, GEESE Fulvous Whistling-Duck Ruddy Duck Trumpeter Swan Tundra Swan Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Ross's Goose Emperor Goose Canada Goose Brant Wood Duck Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon Gadwall Green-winged Teal Mallard Northern Pintail Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Tufted Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Harlequin Duck Oldsquaw Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Common Merganser HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS Snowy Egret Great Blue Heron Great Egret Cattle Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron American Bittern IBIS AND SPOONBILLS White-faced Ibis NEW WORLD VULTURES Turkey Vulture OSPREY Osprey HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES White-tailed Kite Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Swainson's 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 RAILS AND COOTS Yellow Rail Virginia Rail Sora Common Moorhen American Coot CRANES Sandhill Crane SANDPIPERS Common Snipe Bar-tailed Godwit 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 Surfbird Red Knot Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Rock Sandpiper Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Ruff Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Red Phalarope OYSTERCATCHERS Black Oystercatcher 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 Glaucous Gull Thayer's Gull Herring Gull Black-headed Gull Bonaparte's Gull Laughing Gull Franklin's Gull Sabine's Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Black Tern Caspian Tern Elegant Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern Forster's Tern JAEGERS AND SKUAS South Polar Skua Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger AUKS, ALCIDS Common Murre Pigeon Guillemot Marbled Murrelet Long-billed Murrelet Xantus's Murrelet Ancient Murrelet Cassin's Auklet Parakeet Auklet Rhinoceros Auklet Horned Puffin Tufted Puffin LOONS Red-throated Loon Pacific Loon Common Loon Yellow-billed Loon PIGEONS AND DOVES Rock Dove Band-tailed Pigeon Mourning Dove White-winged Dove NEW WORLD CUCKOOS Yellow-billed Cuckoo GROUND-CUCKOOS AND ALLIES Greater Roadrunner BARN-OWLS Barn Owl OWLS Flammulated Owl Western Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Spotted Owl Barred Owl Northern Pygmy-Owl Burrowing Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl NIGHTJARS Common Nighthawk Common Poorwill SWIFTS Black Swift Chimney Swift Vaux's Swift White-throated Swift HUMMINGBIRDS Black-chinned Hummingbird Anna's Hummingbird Costa's Hummingbird Calliope 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 Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker White-headed Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker TYRANT FLYCATCHERS Olive-sided Flycatcher Western Wood-Pewee Willow Flycatcher Hammond's Flycatcher Gray Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher Pacific-slope Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Say's Phoebe Black Phoebe Ash-throated Flycatcher Tropical Kingbird Western Kingbird Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird CROWS AND JAYS Steller's Jay Western Scrub-Jay Gray Jay Yellow-billed Magpie Clark's Nutcracker American Crow Common Raven VIREOS AND ALLIES Hutton's Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Cassin's Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo SHRIKES Loggerhead Shrike Northern Shrike WAXWINGS AND SILKY-FLYCATCHERS Phainopepla Cedar Waxwing DIPPERS American Dipper THRUSHES Varied Thrush Western Bluebird Mountain Bluebird Townsend's Solitaire Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush American Robin MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS Northern Mockingbird Sage Thrasher California Thrasher STARLINGS European Starling NUTHATCHES Pygmy Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch CREEPERS Brown Creeper WRENS Rock Wren Canyon Wren Marsh Wren Bewick's Wren Winter Wren House Wren GNATCATCHERS 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 Wrentit CHICKADEES, TITS Mountain Chickadee Chestnut-backed Chickadee Oak Titmouse LARKS Horned Lark OLD WORLD SPARROWS House Sparrow WAGTAILS AND PIPITS Black-backed Wagtail Red-throated Pipit American 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 Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Gray Warbler Townsend's Warbler Hermit Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush MacGillivray's Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, TANAGERS, ALLIES Lapland 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 Grasshopper Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow Black-chinned Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lark Sparrow Sage Sparrow Rufous-crowned Sparrow Green-tailed Towhee Spotted Towhee California Towhee Summer Tanager Western Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Black-headed Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting Indigo Bunting BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, ORIOLES Hooded Oriole Bullock's Oriole Orchard Oriole Yellow-headed Blackbird Red-winged Blackbird Tricolored Blackbird Western Meadowlark Great-tailed Grackle Rusty Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Bobolink Percent not seen - 84.33%