CHECKLIST OF BIRDS OF VENTURA COUNTY , CALIFORNIA
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LOONS
[ ] Red-throated Loon
[ ] Pacific Loon
[ ] Common Loon
GREBES
[ ] Pied-billed Grebe
[ ] Horned Grebe
[ ] Red-necked Grebe
[ ] Eared Grebe
[ ] Western Grebe
[ ] Clark s Grebe
ALBATROSSES
[ ] Short-tailed Albatross
[ ] Black-footed Albatross
[ ] Laysan Albatross [SNI]
SHEARWATERS and PETRELS
[ ] Northern Fulmar
[ ] Mottled Petrel
[ ] Murphy’s Petrel
[ ] Pink-footed Shearwater
[ ] Flesh-footed Shearwater
[ ] Buller’s Shearwater
[ ] Sooty Shearwater
[ ] Short-tailed Shearwater
[ ] Black-vented Shearwater
STORM-PETRELS
[ ] Forked-tailed Storm-Petrel
[ ] Leach’s Storm-Petrel
[ ] Ashy Storm-Petrel
[ ] Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
[ ] Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
[ ] Black Storm-Petrel
[ ] Least Storm-Petrel
TROPICBIRDS
[ ] Red-billed Tropicbird
BOOBIES and GANNETS
[ ] Masked Booby
PELICANS
[ ] American White Pelican
[ ] Brown Pelican
CORMORANTS
[ ] Double-crested Cormorant
[ ] Brandt s Cormorant
[ ] Pelagic Cormorant
FRIGATEBIRDS
[ ] Magnificent Frigatebird
BITTERNS and HERONS
[ ] American Bittern
[ ] Least Bittern
[ ] Great Blue Heron
[ ] Great Egret
[ ] Snowy Egret
[ ] Little Blue Heron
[ ] Tricolored Heron
[ ] Reddish Egret
[ ] Cattle Egret
[ ] Green Heron
[ ] Black-crowned Night-Heron
[ ] Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
IBISES and SPOONBILLS
[ ] White-faced Ibis
STORKS
[ ] Wood Stork
SWANS, GEESE, and DUCKS
[ ] Fulvous Whistling-Duck
[ ] Tundra Swan
[ ] Greater White-fronted Goose
[ ] Snow Goose
[ ] Ross’s Goose
[ ] Emperor Goose
[ ] Brant
[ ] Canada Goose
[ ] Wood Duck
[ ] Green-winged Teal
[ ] Mallard
[ ] Northern Pintail
[ ] Blue-winged Teal
[ ] Cinnamon Teal
[ ] Northern Shoveler
[ ] Gadwall
[ ] Eurasian Wigeon
[ ] American Wigeon
[ ] Canvasback
[ ] Redhead
[ ] Ring-necked Duck
[ ] Tufted Duck
[ ] Greater Scaup
[ ] Lesser Scaup
[ ] King Eider
[ ] Harlequin Duck
[ ] Oldsquaw
[ ] Black Scoter
[ ] Surf Scoter
[ ] White-winged Scoter
[ ] Common Goldeneye
[ ] Barrow’s Goldeneye
[ ] Buffelhead
[ ] Hooded Merganser
[ ] Common Merganser
[ ] Red-breasted Merganser
[ ] Ruddy Duck
AMERICAN VULTURES
[ ] Turkey Vulture
[ ] California Condor
KITES, HAWKS, EAGLES, and ALLIES
[ ] Osprey
[ ] White-tailed Kite
[ ] Bald Eagle
[ ] Northern Harrier
[ ] Sharp-shinned Hawk
[ ] Cooper’s Hawk
[ ] Northern Goshawk
[ ] Red-shoulderd Hawk
[ ] Broad-winged Hawk
[ ] Swainson’s Hawk
[ ] Zone-tailed Hawk
[ ] Red-tailed Hawk
[ ] Ferruginous Hawk
[ ] Rough-legged Hawk
[ ] Golden Eagle
CARACARAS and FALCONS
[ ] American Kestrel
[ ] Merlin
[ ] Peregrine Falcon
[ ] Prairie Falcon
PARTIDGES, GROUSE, TURKEYS, and QUAIL
[ ] Blue Grouse
[ ] California Quail
[ ] Mountain Quail
RAILS, GALLINULES, and COOTS
[ ] Black Rail
[ ] Clapper Rail
[ ] Virginia Rail
[ ] Sora
[ ] Common Moorhen
[ ] American Coot
CRANES
[ ] Sandhill Crane
PLOVERS and LAPWINGS
[ ] Black-bellied Plover
[ ] American Golden-Plover
[ ] Pacific Golden-Plover
[ ] Mongolian Plover
[ ] Snowy Plover
[ ] Wilson’s Plover
[ ] Semipalmated Plover
[ ] Killdeer
[ ] Mountain Plover
OYSTERCATCHERS
[ ] American Oystercatcher [Anacapa] [SNI]
[ ] Black Oystercatcher
STILTS and AVOCETS
[ ] Black-necked Stilt
[ ] American Avocet
SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES, and ALLIES
[ ] Greater Yellowlegs
[ ] Lesser Yellowlegs
[ ] Solitary Sandpiper
[ ] Willet
[ ] Wandering Tattler
[ ] Spotted Sandpiper
[ ] Upland Sandpiper
[ ] Whimbrel
[ ] Long-billed Curlew
[ ] Bar-tailed Godwit
[ ] Marbled Godwit
[ ] Hudsonian Godwit [SNI]
[ ] Ruddy Turnstone
[ ] Black Turnstone
[ ] Surfbird
[ ] Red Knot
[ ] Sanderling
[ ] Semipalmated Sandpiper
[ ] Western Sandpiper
[ ] Red-necked Stint
[ ] Least Sandpiper
[ ] White-rumped Sandpiper
[ ] Baird’s Sandpiper
[ ] Pectoral Sandpiper
[ ] Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
[ ] Dunlin
[ ] Curlew Sandpiper
[ ] Stilt Sandpiper
[ ] Buff-breasted Sandpiper
[ ] Ruff
[ ] Short-billed Dowitcher
[ ] Long-billed Dowitcher
[ ] Common Snipe
[ ] Wilson s Phalarope
[ ] Red-necked Phalarope
[ ] Red Phalarope
SKUAS, GULLS, TERNS, and SKIMMERS
[ ] Pomarine Jaeger
[ ] Parasitic Jaeger
[ ] Long-tailed Jaeger
[ ] South Polar Skua
[ ] Laughing Gull
[ ] Franklin’s Gull
[ ] Little Gull
[ ] Black-headed Gull
[ ] Bonaparte’s Gull
[ ] Heermann’s Gull
[ ] Mew Gull
[ ] Ring-billed Gull
[ ] California Gull
[ ] Herring Gull
[ ] Thayer’s Gull
[ ] Western Gull
[ ] Glaucous-winged Gull
[ ] Glaucous Gull
[ ] Black-legged Kittiwake
[ ] Sabine’s Gull
[ ] Caspian Tern
[ ] Royal Tern
[ ] Elegant Tern
[ ] Common Tern
[ ] Arctic Tern
[ ] Forster’s Tern
[ ] Least Tern
[ ] Sooty Tern
[ ] Black Tern
[ ] Black Skimmer
AUKS, MURRES, and PUFFINS
[ ] Common Murre
[ ] Pigeon Guillemot
[ ] Marbled Murrelet
[ ] Xantus’s Murrelet
[ ] Craveri’s Murrelet
[ ] Ancient Murrelet
[ ] Cassin’s Auklet
[ ] Rhinoceros Auklet
[ ] Tufted Puffin
[ ] Horned Puffin
PIGEONS and DOVES
[ ] Rock Dove
[ ] Band-tailed Pigeon
[ ] Spotted Dove
[ ] White-winged Dove
[ ] Mourning Dove
[ ] Common Ground-Dove
CUCKOOS, ROADRUNNERS, and ANIS
[ ] Black-billed Cuckoo
[ ] Yellow-billed Cuckoo
[ ] Greater Roadrunner
BARN OWLS
[ ] Barn Owl
TYPICAL OWLS
[ ] Flammulated Owl
[ ] Western Screech-Owl
[ ] Great Horned Owl
[ ] Northern Pygmy-Owl
[ ] Burrowing Owl
[ ] Spotted Owl
[ ] Long-eared Owl
[ ] Short-eared Owl
[ ] Northern Saw-whet Owl
GOATSUCKERS
[ ] Lesser Nighthawk
[ ] Common Nighthawk
[ ] Common Poorwill
[ ] Buff-collared Nightjar
[ ] Whip-poor-will
SWIFTS
[ ] Black Swift
[ ] Chimney Swift
[ ] Vaux s Swift
[ ] White-throated Swift
HUMMNGBIRDS
[ ] Broad-billed Hummingbird
[ ] Xantus’s Hummingbird
[ ] Violet-crowned Hummingbird
[ ] Black-chinned Hummingbird
[ ] Anna’s Hummingbird
[ ] Costa’s Hummingbird
[ ] Calliope Hummingbird
[ ] Rufous Hummingbird
[ ] Allen’s Hummingbird
KINGFISHERS
[ ] Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS and ALLIES
[ ] 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
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
[ ] Olive-sided Flycatcher
[ ] Western Wood-Pewee
[ ] Willow Flycatcher
[ ] Least Flycatcher
[ ] Hammond’s Flycatcher
[ ] Dusky Flycatcher
[ ] Gray Flycatcher
[ ] Pacific-slope Flycatcher
[ ] Black Phoebe
[ ] Eastern Phoebe
[ ] Say s Phoebe
[ ] Vermilion Flycatcher
[ ] Ash-throated Flycatcher
[ ] Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
[ ] Tropical Kingbird
[ ] Cassin’s Kingbird
[ ] Western Kingbird
[ ] Eastern Kingbird
[ ] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
LARKS
[ ] Horned Lark
SWALLOWS
[ ] Purple Martin
[ ] Tree Swallow
[ ] Violet-green Swallow
[ ] Northern Rough-winged Swallow
[ ] Bank Swallow
[ ] Cliff Swallow
[ ] Barn Swallow
JAYS, MAGPIES, and CROWS
[ ] Steller’s Jay
[ ] Western Scrub Jay
[ ] Pinyon Jay
[ ] Clark’s Nutcracker
[ ] Yellow-billed Magpie
[ ] American Crow
[ ] Common Raven
TITMICE
[ ] Mountain Chickadee
[ ] Chestnut-backed Chickadee
[ ] Oak Titmouse
BUSHTITS
[ ] Bushtit
NUTHATCHES
[ ] Red-breasted Nuthatch
[ ] White-breasted Nuthatch
[ ] Pygmy Nuthatch
CREEPERS
[ ] Brown Creeper
WRENS
[ ] Cactus Wren
[ ] Rock Wren
[ ] Canyon Wren
[ ] Bewick’s Wren
[ ] House Wren
[ ] Winter Wren
[ ] Marsh Wren
DIPPERS
[ ] American Dipper
OLD WORLD WARBLERS
[ ] Golden-crowned Kinglet
[ ] Ruby-crowned Kinglet
[ ] Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
[ ] California Gnatcatcher
THRUSHES
[ ] Western Bluebird
[ ] Mountain Bluebird
[ ] Townsend’s Solitaire
[ ] Veery
[ ] Swainson s Thrush
[ ] Hermit Thrush
[ ] American Robin
[ ] Varied Thrush
[ ] Wrentit
MOCKINGBIRDS, THRASHERS, and ALLIES
[ ] Gray Catbird
[ ] Northern Mockingbird
[ ] Sage Thrasher
[ ] Brown Thrasher
[ ] Bendire’s Thrasher
[ ] California Thrasher
WAGTAILS and PIPITS
[ ] White Wagtail
[ ] Black-backed Wagtail
[ ] Red-throated Pipit
[ ] American Pipit
[ ] Sprague’s Pipit
WAXWINGS
[ ] Bohemian Waxwing
[ ] Cedar Waxwing
SILKY-FLYCATCHERS
[ ] Phainopepla
SHRIKES
[ ] Northern Shrike
[ ] Loggerhead Shrike
STARLINGS and ALLIES
[ ] European Starling
VIREOS
[ ] Bell’s Vireo
[ ] Blue-headed Viero
[ ] Cassin’s Viero
[ ] Plumbous Viero
[ ] Yellow-throated Viero
[ ] Hutton’s Vireo
[ ] Warbling Vireo
[ ] Philadelphia Vireo
[ ] Red-eyed Vireo
[ ] Yellow-green Vireo
WOOD-WARBLERS
[ ] Golden-winged Warbler [SNI]
[ ] 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
[ ] Grace’s Warbler
[ ] Prairie Warbler
[ ] Palm Warbler
[ ] Bay-breasted Warbler
[ ] Blackpoll Warbler
[ ] Black-and-White Warbler
[ ] American Redstart
[ ] Prothonotary Warbler
[ ] Worm-eating Warbler [SNI]
[ ] Ovenbird
[ ] Northern Waterthrush
[ ] Connecticut Warbler
[ ] Mourning Warbler
[ ] MacGillivary’s Warbler
[ ] Common Yellowthroat
[ ] Hooded Warbler
[ ] Wilson’s Warbler
[ ] Canada Warbler
[ ] Painted Redstart
[ ] Yellow-breasted Chat
TANAGERS, GROSBEAKS, and CARDINALS
[ ] Summer Tanager
[ ] Scarlet Tanager
[ ] Western Tanager
[ ] Rose-breasted Grosbeak
[ ] Black-headed Grosbeak
[ ] Blue Grosbeak
[ ] Lazuli Bunting
[ ] Indigo Bunting
[ ] Dickcissel
SPARROWS, TOWHEES, JUNCOS, and ALLIES
[ ] Green-tailed Towhee
[ ] Spotted Towhee
[ ] California Towhee
[ ] Rufous-crowned Sparrow
[ ] American Tree Sparrow
[ ] Chipping Sparrow
[ ] Clay-colored Sparrow
[ ] Brewer’s Sparrow
[ ] Black-chinned Sparrow
[ ] Vesper Sparrow
[ ] Lark Sparrow
[ ] Black-throated Sparrow
[ ] Sage Sparrow
[ ] Lark Bunting
[ ] Savannah Sparrow
[ ] Grasshopper Sparrow
[ ] Le Conte’s Sparrow
[ ] Nelson s Sharp-tailed Sparrow
[ ] Fox Sparrow
[ ] Song Sparrow
[ ] Lincoln’s Sparrow
[ ] Swamp Sparrow
[ ] White-throated Sparrow
[ ] Golden-crowned Sparrow
[ ] White-crowned Sparrow
[ ] Harris s Sparrow
[ ] Dark-eyed Junco
[ ] McCown’s Longspur
[ ] Lapland Longspur
[ ] Chestnut-collared Longspur
BLACKBIRDS and ORIOLES
[ ] Bobolink
[ ] Red-winged Blackbird
[ ] Tricolored Blackbird
[ ] Western Meadowlark
[ ] Yellow-headed Blackbird
[ ] Rusty Blackbird
[ ] Brewer’s Blackbird
[ ] Great-tailed Grackle
[ ] Brown-headed Cowbird
[ ] Orchard Oriole
[ ] Hooded Oriole
[ ] Baltimore Oriole
[ ] Bullock’s Oriole
[ ] Scott’s Oriole
FINCHES and ALLIES
[ ] Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
[ ] Purple Finch
[ ] Cassin’s Finch
[ ] House Finch
[ ] Red Crossbill
[ ] Pine Siskin
[ ] Lesser Goldfinch
[ ] Lawrence’s Goldfinch
[ ] American Goldfinch
[ ] Evening Grosbeak
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
[ ] House Sparrow
ABA checklist species accepted 448.
Species in bold indicate fewer than10 records.
[Anacapa Is.] = Sightings on Anacapa Island or adjacent waters that are considered part of Ventura County.
[SNI] = Sightings on San Nicolas Island or adjacent waters that are considered part of Ventura County.
Compiled by Don DesJardin 12/9/95
Revised 2/4/96
Revised 8/26/96
Revised 7/18/98
Revised 9/1/98