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The Big Sit! 2005: State Species Sighting Statistics

State/Province:	California
Country:	United States

1. Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
2. Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
3. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
4. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
5. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
6. Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
7. Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
8. Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica
9. California Towhee Pipilo crissalis
10. Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
11. House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
12. Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria
13. Common Loon Gavia imme
14. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
15. Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
16. Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
17. Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
18. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
19. Great Egret Ardea alba
20. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
21. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
22. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
23. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
24. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
25. American Wigeon Anas americana
26. Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
27. Greater Scaup Aythya marila
28. Common Merganser Mergus merganser
29. Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
30. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
31. Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
32. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
33. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
34. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
35. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
36. Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
37. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
38. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
39. American Coot Fulica americana
40. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
41. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
42. California Gull Larus californicus
43. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
44. Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata
45. Western Screech-Owl Otus kennicottii
46. Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma
47. Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
48. Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
49. Nuttall's Woodpecker Picoides nuttallii
50. Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
51. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
52. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
53. Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
54. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
55. Common Raven Corvus corax
56. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
57. Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
58. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
59. Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
60. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
61. Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
62. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
63. Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
64. American Robin Turdus migratorius
65. Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
66. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
67. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
68. Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
69. Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
70. Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
71. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
72. White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
73. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
74. Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
75. American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
76. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
77. Brandt's Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus
78. Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus
79. Snowy Egret Egretta thula
80. Brant Branta bernicla
81. Gadwall Anas strepera
82. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
83. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
84. Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
85. Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
86. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
87. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
88. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
89. Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
90. Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
91. White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
92. Merlin Falco columbarius
93. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
94. Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
95. California Quail Callipepla californica
96. Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
97. Sora Porzana carolina
98. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
99. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
100. American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
101. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
102. Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
103. Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
104. Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
105. Red Knot Calidris canutus
106. Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
107. Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
108. Dunlin Calidris alpina
109. Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
110. Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
111. Wilson's (common) Snipe Gallinago delicata
112. Western Gull Larus occidentalis
113. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
114. Royal Tern Sterna maxima
115. Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
116. Elegant Tern Sterna elegans
117. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
118. Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
119. Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
120. White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
121. Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
122. Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
123. Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
124. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
125. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
126. Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
127. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
128. California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
129. American Pipit Anthus rubescens
130. Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata
131. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
132. Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
133. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
134. Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
135. Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
136. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
137. American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
138. Barn Owl Tyto alba
139. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
140. Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
141. Yellow-headed Parrot Amazona oratrix
142. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
143. Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
144. Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus