Bird Songs of Pacific States (CD)
Thomas G Sander
Features 132 species found in the Pacific States (California, Oregon & Washington). They include more than 100 songbird species as well as seabirds, hawks, owls, grouse, hummingbirds and woodpeckers. The bird species are grouped according to the preferred nesting habitats.
This sound guide is valuable even if you don't live in the Pacific states. You can hear most of these birds throughout the entire western United States.
Common Name | Scientific Name |
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Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis |
Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus |
Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis |
Mountain Quail | Oreortyx pictus |
California Quail | Lophortyx californicus |
Greater Sage-Grouse | Centrocercus urophasianus |
Sandhill Crane | Grus canadensis |
Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola |
Yellow Rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis |
Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis |
Sora | Porzana carolina |
Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata |
Marbled Murrelet | Brachyramphus marmoratus |
Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
Western Screech-Owl | Otus kennicottii |
Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus |
Barred Owl | Strix varia |
Spotted Owl | Strix occidentalis |
Northern Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium californicum |
Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia |
Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus |
Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor |
Common Poorwill | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii |
Anna's Hummingbird | Calypte anna |
Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus |
Allen's Hummingbird | Selasphorus sasin |
Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus |
Red-breasted Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus ruber |
Williamson's Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus thyroideus |
Nuttall's Woodpecker | Picoides nuttallii |
Hairy Woodpecker | Picoides villosus |
Black-backed Woodpecker | Picoides arcticus |
Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus |
Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi |
Western Wood-Pewee | Contopus sordidulus |
Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
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Hammond's Flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii |
American Dusky Flycatcher | Empidonax oberholseri |
Grey Flycatcher | Empidonax wrightii |
Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Empidonax difficilis |
Black Phoebe | Sayornis nigricans |
Say's Phoebe | Sayornis saya |
Ash-throated Flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens |
Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis |
Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris |
American Dipper | Cinclus mexicanus |
American Rock Wren | Salpinctes obsoletus |
Canyon Wren | Catherpes mexicanus |
Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris |
Bewick's Wren | Thryomanes bewickii |
Winter Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes |
House Wren | Troglodytes aedon |
Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos |
Sage Thrasher | Oreoscoptes montanus |
California Thrasher | Toxostoma redivivum |
Western Bluebird | Sialia mexicana |
Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius |
Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus |
Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus |
American Robin | Turdus migratorius |
Wrentit | Chamaea fasciata |
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula |
Bushtit | Psaltriparus minimus |
Mountain Chickadee | Poecile gambeli |
Chestnut-backed Chickadee | Poecile rufescens |
Oak Titmouse | Baeolophus inornatus |
Pygmy Nuthatch | Sitta pygmaea |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis |
White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis |
Brown Creeper | Certhia americana |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
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Steller's Jay | Cyanocitta stelleri |
Western Scrub-Jay | Aphelocoma californica |
Yellow-billed Magpie | Pica nuttalli |
Clark's Nutcracker | Nucifraga columbiana |
Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca |
Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia |
Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii |
White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys |
Golden-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla |
Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis |
Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis |
Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum |
Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina |
Black-chinned Sparrow | Spizella atrogularis |
Brewer's Sparrow | Spizella breweri |
Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus |
Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus |
Black-throated Sparrow | Amphispiza bilineata |
Sage Sparrow | Amphispiza nevadensis |
Rufous-crowned Sparrow | Aimophila ruficeps |
Spotted Towhee | Pipilo maculatus |
California Towhee | Pipilo crissalis |
Green-tailed Towhee | Chlorura chlorura |
Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus |
Lazuli Bunting | Passerina amoena |
Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana |
Orange-crowned Warbler | Vermivora celata |
Nashville Warbler | Vermivora ruficapilla |
Yellow Warbler | Dendroica aestiva |
Black-throated Grey Warbler | Dendroica nigrescens |
Townsend's Warbler | Dendroica townsendi |
Hermit Warbler | Dendroica occidentalis |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | Dendroica coronata |
Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas |
MacGillivray's Warbler | Oporornis tolmiei |
Wilson's Warbler | Wilsonia pusilla |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
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Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens |
Hutton's Vireo | Vireo huttoni |
Cassin's Vireo | Vireo cassinii |
Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus |
Pine Siskin | Carduelis pinus |
American Goldfinch | Carduelis tristis |
Lesser Goldfinch | Carduelis psaltria |
Lawrence's Goldfinch | Carduelis lawrencei |
Purple Finch | Carpodacus purpureus |
Cassin's Finch | Carpodacus cassinii |
House Finch | Carpodacus mexicanus |
Common Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra |
Evening Grosbeak | Hesperiphona vespertina |
Bullock's Oriole | Icterus bullockii |
Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus |
Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus |
Tricolored Blackbird | Agelaius tricolor |
Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta |
Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater |
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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