Gallery of Sacramento Area Birds
On this page you’ll find photos of all of the birds found on the Sacramento Area Birds Checklist. This checklist provides information on the seasonal occurrence of these 269 species which might reasonably be found in appropriate habitat in the checklist area.
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Anatidae - Geese, Swans, and Ducks
Snow Goose
Ross’s Goose
Greater White-Fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
surf scoter
Bufflehead
Common GOldeneye
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
ruddy Duck
Odontophoridae - Quail
Mountain Quail
California Quail
Phasianidae - Turkey and Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Ring-necked Pheasant
Columbidae - Pigeons and Doves, Roadrunner, and Cuckoo
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Cuculidae - Roadrunner and Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Caprimulgidae - Nighthawk and Poorwill
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Apodidae - Swifts
Vaux’s Swift
White-throated Swift
Trochilidae - Hummingbirds
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Costa’s Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen’s Hummingbird
Rallidae - Rails, Gallinule, and Coot
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Black Rail
Gruidae - Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Recurvirostridae - Stilt and Avocet
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Charadriidae - Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-plover
Killdeer
Semi-Palmated Plover
Mountain Plover
Snowy Plover
Scolopacidae - Sandpipers and Allies
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
Wilson’s Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruff
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird’s Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Laridae - Gulls and Terns
Bonaparte’s Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
western Gull
American Herring Gull
Glaucous Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-Winged Gull
Iceland Gull
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster’s Tern
Podicipedidae - Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
western Grebe
Clark’s Grebe
Gaviidae - Loons
Pacific Loon
common Loon
Phalacrocoracidae - Cormorant
Double-Crested Cormorant
Threskiornithidae - Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Ardeidae - Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Black-crowned Night-heron
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Pelecanidae - Pelican
American White Pelican
Cathartidae - Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Pandionidae - Osprey
Osprey
Accipitridae - Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
White-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
cooper’s Hawk
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Tytonidae - Barn Owl
American Barn Owl
Strigidae - Owl
Western Screech Owl
Great Horned Owl
Northern Pygmy Owl
Burrowing Owl
Short-eared Owl
Long-eared Owl
Alcedinidae - Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Picidae - Woodpeckers
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Falconidae - Falcons
American kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Tyrannidae - Tyrant Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Vireonidae - Vireos
Hutton’s Vireo
Cassin’s Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Laniidae - Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Corvidae - Jays, Magpie, Crow, and Raven
Steller’s Jay
California Scrub-Jay
Yellow-billed Magpie
american Crow
Common raven
Paridae - Chickadee and Titmouse
Chestnut-Backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Alaudidae - Lark
Horned Lark
Hirundinidae - Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Aegithalidae - Long-tailed Tits
Bushtit
Paradoxornithidae - Parrotbills
Wrentit
Regulidae - Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Sittidae - Nuthatches
White-Breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Certhiidae - Treecreeper
Brown Creeper
Polioptilidae - Gnatcatcher
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Troglodytidae - Wrens
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Northern House Wren
Pacific Wren
Marsh Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Cinclidae - Dipper
American Dipper
Sturnidae - Starling
European Starling
Mimidae - Thrasher and Mockingbird
California Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Turdidae - Thrushes and Allies
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Varied Thrush
sWAINSON’S tHRUSH
hERMIT THRUSH
American Robin
Bombycillidae - Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Ptiliogonatidae - Silky Flycatcher
Phainopepla
Passeridae - Old World Sparrow
House Sparrow
Motacillidae - Pipit
American Pipit
Fringillidae - Finches and Allies
Evening GrosBeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence’s Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Passerellidae - New World Sparrows
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
brewer’s Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Bell’s Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
song Sparrow
lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
California Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Icteriidae - Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteridae - Troupials (Blackbirds) and Allies
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Hooded Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Parulidae - New World Warblers
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Cardinalidae - Tanagers, Grosbeak, and Bunting
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting