Bird Songs of California

Bird Songs of California

Geoffrey A Keller

Songs and calls of more than 220 species, including many newly published. Included are the vocalizations of two Clapper Rail subspecies (Rallus longirostris yumanensis and R. l. levipes), two Willow Flycatcher subspecies (Empidonax trailii extimus and E. t. brewsteri), two Sage Sparrow subspecies (Amphispiza belli canescens and A. b. nevadensis) and three Savannah Sparrow subspecies (Passerculus sandwichensis beldingi, P. s. alaudinus, and P. s. nevadensis) -- all of which are candidates for potential future splits. Indexed and announced.

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Common NameScientific Name
Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
OspreyPandion haliaetus
White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
Northern GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus
Mountain QuailOreortyx pictus
California QuailLophortyx californicus
Gambel's QuailLophortyx gambelii
Blue GrouseDendragapus obscurus
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Greater Sage-GrouseCentrocercus urophasianus
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Clapper RailRallus longirostris
Virginia RailRallus limicola
Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
SoraPorzana carolina
Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Snowy PloverCharadrius alexandrinus nivosus
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularia
Common NameScientific Name
WilletCatoptrophorus semipalmatus
Wilson's PhalaropeSteganopus tricolor
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
Pigeon GuillemotCepphus columba
Marbled MurreletBrachyramphus marmoratus
Band-tailed PigeonColumba fasciata
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina
Inca DoveScardafella inca
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Barn OwlTyto alba
Flammulated OwlOtus flammeolus
Western Screech-OwlOtus kennicottii
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Spotted OwlStrix occidentalis
Northern Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium californicum
Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
Common PoorwillPhalaenoptilus nuttallii
Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi
White-throated SwiftAeronautes saxatalis
Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Costa's HummingbirdCalypte costae
Calliope HummingbirdStellula calliope
Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Allen's HummingbirdSelasphorus sasin
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewis
Common NameScientific Name
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialis
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruber
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideus
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerPicoides scalaris
Nuttall's WoodpeckerPicoides nuttallii
Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatus
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoides
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondii
American Dusky FlycatcherEmpidonax oberholseri
Grey FlycatcherEmpidonax wrightii
Pacific-slope FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
Purple MartinProgne subis
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
Common NameScientific Name
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
PhainopeplaPhainopepla nitens
American DipperCinclus mexicanus
Cactus WrenCampylorhynchus brunneicapillus
American Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus
Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
Winter WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus
Bendire's ThrasherToxostoma bendirei
Le Conte's ThrasherToxostoma lecontei
California ThrasherToxostoma redivivum
Crissal ThrasherToxostoma crissale
Western BluebirdSialia mexicana
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides
Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi
Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
WrentitChamaea fasciata
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
California GnatcatcherPolioptila californica
Black-tailed GnatcatcherPolioptila melanura
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
BushtitPsaltriparus minimus
VerdinAuriparus flaviceps
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapilla
Mountain ChickadeePoecile gambeli
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
Oak TitmouseBaeolophus inornatus
Common NameScientific Name
Juniper TitmouseBaeolophus ridgwayi
Pygmy NuthatchSitta pygmaea
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Pinyon JayGymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri
Island Scrub-JayAphelocoma insularis
Western Scrub-JayAphelocoma californica
Grey JayPerisoreus canadensis
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
Yellow-billed MagpiePica nuttalli
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Common RavenCorvus corax
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
Black-chinned SparrowSpizella atrogularis
Brewer's SparrowSpizella breweri
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
Black-throated SparrowAmphispiza bilineata
Bell's Sage SparrowAmphispiza belli
Sage SparrowAmphispiza nevadensis
Rufous-crowned SparrowAimophila ruficeps
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
California TowheePipilo crissalis
Abert's TowheePipilo aberti
Green-tailed TowheeChlorura chlorura
Common NameScientific Name
Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
Nashville WarblerVermivora ruficapilla
Lucy's WarblerVermivora luciae
Yellow WarblerDendroica aestiva
Black-throated Grey WarblerDendroica nigrescens
Townsend's WarblerDendroica townsendi
Hermit WarblerDendroica occidentalis
Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
MacGillivray's WarblerOporornis tolmiei
Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
Hutton's VireoVireo huttoni
Grey VireoVireo vicinior
Bell's VireoVireo bellii
Plumbeous VireoVireo plumbeus
Cassin's VireoVireo cassinii
Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
Lesser GoldfinchCarduelis psaltria
Lawrence's GoldfinchCarduelis lawrencei
Grey-crowned Rosy-FinchLeucosticte tephrocotis
Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
Cassin's FinchCarpodacus cassinii
House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
Common CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertina
Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
Common NameScientific Name
Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
Scott's OrioleIcterus parisorum
Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Tricolored BlackbirdAgelaius tricolor
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater

Disclaimer The species list above is in systematic order, the taxonomy and nomenclature of which generally follows the Wells World Birds list on Birder's Diary v3.0 (courtesy of Thayer Software: www.thayerbirding.com), with adaptations by WildSounds.
The Wells World Birds list is based on a classification created by Mic Wells.
Please note that the above list may not be in the same order or be a full and accurate representation of the species on the title concerned. We take due care to ensure the accuracy of the list, but should you find any errors, please notify us.

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