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ALPHABETICAL LIST

This is an alphabetical list of the 256 species in the Sacramento Area Birdlist. 
The species are not grouped by family or genus. For that list, click on "Gallery" on the menu bar above.
We use the full common name e.g American Robin, not just Robin.
Column 1 is A-F, column 2 is G-P, column 3 is R-Z.
Click on any name to see photos of that species and click on any photo to enlarge it.

Acorn Woodpecker Gadwall Red-breasted Merganser ***W
Allen's Hummingbird ***M, rare S Glaucous Gull *** W Red-breasted Nuthatch W
American Avocet S, rare W Glaucous-winged Gull  W Red-breasted Sapsucker  W
American Bittern Golden Eagle  W, rare S Redhead W, rare S
American Coot Golden-crowned Kinglet  W Red-naped Sapsucker *** W
American Crow Golden-crowned Sparrow  W Red-necked Phalarope  M
American Dipper W Grasshopper Sparrow S, rare W Red-shouldered Hawk
American Goldfinch Gray Flycatcher *** M (spring only) Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel Great Blue Heron Red-winged Blackbird
American Pipit  W Great Egret Ring-billed Gull  W
American Robin Great Horned Owl Ring-necked Duck W
American White Pelican Greater Roadrunner Ring-necked Pheasant
American Wigeon W Greater Scaup W Rock Pigeon
Anna's Hummingbird Greater White-fronted Goose  W Rock Wren
Ash-throated Flycatcher  S Greater Yellowlegs  W, M Ross' Goose  W
Baird's Sandpiper  M, fall Great-tailed Grackle Rough-legged Hawk W
Bald Eagle W, rare S Green Heron Ruby-crowned Kinglet  W
Band-tailed Pigeon  W Green-tailed Towhee *** M Ruddy Duck
Bank Swallow  S Green-winged Teal  W Ruff *** M, W
Barn Owl Hairy Woodpecker *** W Rufous Hummingbird  M
Barn Swallow  S Hammond's Flycatcher M Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Barrow's Goldeneye W Hermit Thrush  W Sage Sparrow
Belted Kingfisher Hermit Warbler M Sanderling *** M
Bewick's Wren Herring Gull  W Sandhill Crane W
Black Phoebe Hooded Merganser W Savannah Sparrow  W
Black Rail* Hooded Oriole S, rare W Say's Phoebe  W
Black Tern  M, S Horned Grebe W Semipalmated Plover  M
Black-bellied Plover W, M Horned Lark Semipalmated Sandpiper M, fall
Black-chinned Hummingbird  S House Finch Sharp-shinned Hawk W
Black-chinned Sparrow *** S House Sparrow Short-billed Dowitcher M
Black-crowned Night Heron House Wren Short-eared Owl  W
Black-headed Grosbeak  M, S Hutton's Vireo Snow Goose  W
Black-necked Stilt Killdeer Snowy Egret
Black-throated Gray Warbler  M Lark Sparrow Snowy Plover  *** M
Blue Grosbeak S Lawrence's Goldfinch S, rare W Solitary Sandpiper *** M
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher S, rare W Lazuli Bunting  M, S Song Sparrow
Blue-winged Teal W, M, rare S Least Bittern *** Sora
Bonaparte's Gull  W Least Sandpiper  W, M Spotted Sandpiper
Brewer's Blackbird Lesser Goldfinch Spotted Towhee
Brewer's Sparrow *** M Lesser Nighthawk  S Steller's Jay *** W
Brown Creeper W Lesser Scaup W Swainson's Hawk S
Brown-headed Cowbird Lesser Yellowlegs W, M Swainson's Thrush  M
Bufflehead  W Lewis's Woodpecker  W Thayer's Gull  W
Bullock's Oriole  S Lincoln's Sparrow  W Townsend's Warbler  M
Burrowing Owl Loggerhead Shrike Tree Swallow  S, rare W
Bushtit Long-billed Curlew  W, M Tricolored Blackbird
Cackling Goose  W Long-billed Dowitcher  W, M Tundra Swan  W
California Gull  W Long-eared Owl *** W Turkey Vulture
California Quail MacGillivray's Warbler  M Varied Thrush  W
California Thrasher Mallard Vaux's Swift  M
California Towhee Marbled Godwit  M Vesper Sparrow W
Calliope Hummingbird *** M Marsh Wren Violet-green Swallow S
Canada Goose Merlin W Virginia Rail
Canvasback  W Mew Gull  W Warbling Vireo  M
Canyon Wren Mountain Bluebird W Western Bluebird
Caspian Tern  S, M Mountain Plover  W Western Grebe
Cassin's Vireo  M Mountain Quail Western Gull *** W
Cattle Egret Mourning Dove Western Kingbird  S
Cedar Waxwing  W, M Nashville Warbler  M Western Meadowlark
Chestnut-backed Chickadee***W No. Rough-winged Swallow S, N Western Sandpiper  M
Chipping Sparrow M, rare W Northern Flicker  W, rare S Western Screech-Owl
Cinnamon Teal Northern Harrier Western Scrub-Jay
Clark's Grebe Northern Mockingbird Western Tanager  M
Cliff Swallow  S Northern Pintail  W Western Wood-Pewee S
Common Goldeneye  W Northern Pygmy-Owl Whimbrel  M
Common Loon W, M Northern Shoveler  W White-breasted Nuthatch
Common Merganser Northern Shrike *** W White-crowned Sparrow  W
Common Moorhen Nuttall's Woodpecker White-faced Ibis
Common Nighthawk *** S, M Oak Titmouse White-tailed Kite
Common Poorwill  S, M Olive-sided Flycatcher M White-throated Sparrow W
Common Raven Orange-crowned Warbler  M, W White-throated Swift
Common Yellowthroat Osprey W, rare S Wild Turkey
Cooper's Hawk Pacific Golden Plover  *** W, M Willet  M
Costa's Hummingbird *** W, M Pacific-slope Flycatcher M rare S Willow Flycatcher M
Dark-eyed Junco  W Pectoral Sandpiper  M, fall Wilson's Phalarope M, rare S
Double-crested Cormorant Peregrine Falcon Wilson's Snipe  W, rare S
Downy Woodpecker Phainopepla Wilson's Warbler  M
Dunlin  W Pied-billed Grebe Winter Wren W
Dusky Flycatcher M Pileated Woodpecker *** Wood Duck
Eared Grebe W Pine Siskin W Wrentit
Eurasian Collared-Dove Prairie Falcon W Yellow Warbler  M
Eurasian Wigeon W Purple Finch W Yellow-billed Cuckoo ***M, poss S
European Starling Purple Martin  S, N (City of Sacto) Yellow-billed Magpie
Evening Grosbeak *** W Yellow-breasted Chat M, S
Ferruginous Hawk W Yellow-headed Blackbird
Forster's Tern Yellow-rumped Warbler  W, M
Fox Sparrow  W


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