2010 Results: California

Other years: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

See list of localities in California with reports.

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Number of Checklists (by location)

: 1
: 2-5
: 6-25
: > 25

Species [taxonomic] [alphabetic]	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Greater White-fronted Goose	7,896	60
Snow Goose	28,337	55
Ross's Goose	1,355	15
Brant	885	18
Cackling Goose	443	26
Canada Goose	13,563	706
Mute Swan	74	23
Tundra Swan	1,676	31
Egyptian Goose	11	6
Wood Duck	916	127
Mandarin Duck	11	4
Gadwall	1,796	133
Eurasian Wigeon	22	18
American Wigeon	8,313	197
Mallard	12,461	860
Blue-winged Teal	232	25
Cinnamon Teal	680	77
Northern Shoveler	21,913	138
Northern Pintail	27,285	85
Green-winged Teal	1,586	73
Canvasback	1,073	52
Redhead	192	18
Ring-necked Duck	1,425	104
Tufted Duck	1	1
Greater Scaup	1,475	39
Lesser Scaup	3,430	97
Harlequin Duck	1	1
Surf Scoter	1,613	55
White-winged Scoter	129	3
Black Scoter	22	3
Bufflehead	5,693	293
Common Goldeneye	1,750	147
Barrow's Goldeneye	40	16
Hooded Merganser	263	60
Common Merganser	1,414	157
Red-breasted Merganser	61	22
Ruddy Duck	5,155	184
Mountain Quail	89	17
California Quail	5,812	472
Gambel's Quail	385	40
Ring-necked Pheasant	128	34
Indian Peafowl	45	8
Wild Turkey	2,066	171
Red-throated Loon	46	16
Pacific Loon	24	11
Common Loon	60	24
Pied-billed Grebe	760	257
Horned Grebe	79	25
Eared Grebe	1,110	62
Western Grebe	1,746	115
Clark's Grebe	277	42
Laysan Albatross	1	1
Northern Fulmar	73	1
Pink-footed Shearwater	2	2
Sooty Shearwater	75	2
Black-vented Shearwater	28	3
Red-billed Tropicbird	1	1
American White Pelican	534	68
Brown Pelican	2,660	114
Brandt's Cormorant	2,815	31
Double-crested Cormorant	5,668	397
Pelagic Cormorant	275	26
American Bittern	19	11
Least Bittern	3	3
Great Blue Heron	740	312
Great Egret	1,407	469
Snowy Egret	1,179	312
Little Blue Heron	11	4
Reddish Egret	3	3
Cattle Egret	1,389	26
Green Heron	71	50
Black-crowned Night-Heron	534	96
White-faced Ibis	1,778	29
Turkey Vulture	3,997	944
California Condor	27	9
Osprey	109	86
White-tailed Kite	270	161
Bald Eagle	208	85
Northern Harrier	310	144
Sharp-shinned Hawk	192	165
Cooper's Hawk	438	371
Northern Goshawk	2	1
Red-shouldered Hawk	1,028	624
Swainson's Hawk	10	9
Zone-tailed Hawk	1	1
Red-tailed Hawk	2,441	1,040
Ferruginous Hawk	29	25
Rough-legged Hawk	6	6
Golden Eagle	56	43
American Kestrel	638	313
Merlin	57	54
Peregrine Falcon	54	47
Prairie Falcon	14	14
Clapper Rail	10	6
Virginia Rail	26	13
Sora	23	15
Common Moorhen	184	54
American Coot	32,123	503
Sandhill Crane	7,269	45
Black-bellied Plover	1,860	27
Pacific Golden-Plover	2	1
Snowy Plover	307	13
Semipalmated Plover	138	2
Killdeer	1,543	284
Black Oystercatcher	180	22
Black-necked Stilt	1,213	81
American Avocet	3,597	73
Spotted Sandpiper	110	53
Wandering Tattler	4	3
Greater Yellowlegs	253	69
Willet	3,119	81
Lesser Yellowlegs	13	8
Whimbrel	102	27
Long-billed Curlew	893	45
Marbled Godwit	3,161	58
Ruddy Turnstone	36	7
Black Turnstone	397	26
Surfbird	108	13
Red Knot	65	3
Sanderling	996	31
Western Sandpiper	2,940	34
Least Sandpiper	2,006	35
Dunlin	2,417	23
Short-billed Dowitcher	369	12
Long-billed Dowitcher	1,229	30
Wilson's Snipe	152	15
Black-legged Kittiwake	3	2
Bonaparte's Gull	117	12
Heermann's Gull	1,591	34
Mew Gull	433	24
Ring-billed Gull	9,066	252
Western Gull	6,594	217
California Gull	12,801	410
Herring Gull	1,029	57
Thayer's Gull	5	4
Glaucous-winged Gull	185	36
Caspian Tern	35	9
Forster's Tern	279	34
Royal Tern	94	15
Black Skimmer	481	10
Pomarine Jaeger	3	1
Parasitic Jaeger	10	2
Common Murre	74	2
Pigeon Guillemot	1	1
Marbled Murrelet	3	1
Xantus's Murrelet	10	2
Cassin's Auklet	81	2
Rhinoceros Auklet	12	1
Rock Pigeon	14,336	677
Band-tailed Pigeon	3,588	281
Eurasian Collared-Dove	1,178	254
Spotted Dove	20	4
White-winged Dove	11	6
Mourning Dove	13,808	2,498
Inca Dove	1	1
Common Ground-Dove	74	22
Rose-ringed Parakeet	28	6
Mitred Parakeet	163	8
Red-masked Parakeet	48	8
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet	301	23
Red-crowned Parrot	371	36
Red-lored Parrot	3	1
Yellow-headed Parrot	5	2
Greater Roadrunner	63	47
Barn Owl	83	62
Western Screech-Owl	38	30
Great Horned Owl	204	131
Northern Pygmy-Owl	9	9
Burrowing Owl	38	23
Spotted Owl	3	2
Long-eared Owl	8	5
Short-eared Owl	4	3
Northern Saw-whet Owl	5	5
Common Poorwill	8	3
Vaux's Swift	23	2
White-throated Swift	817	51
Anna's Hummingbird	6,589	2,296
Costa's Hummingbird	239	92
Rufous Hummingbird	197	104
Allen's Hummingbird	728	289
Belted Kingfisher	184	145
Lewis's Woodpecker	218	39
Acorn Woodpecker	2,867	725
Gila Woodpecker	4	1
Williamson's Sapsucker	5	5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	4	4
Red-naped Sapsucker	13	7
Red-breasted Sapsucker	135	124
Ladder-backed Woodpecker	33	20
Nuttall's Woodpecker	1,073	687
Downy Woodpecker	363	262
Hairy Woodpecker	125	81
White-headed Woodpecker	18	13
Black-backed Woodpecker	1	1
Northern Flicker	1,779	917
Gilded Flicker	1	1
Pileated Woodpecker	43	36
Hammond's Flycatcher	1	1
Gray Flycatcher	2	2
Pacific-slope Flycatcher	3	3
Black Phoebe	2,792	1,339
Say's Phoebe	338	215
Vermilion Flycatcher	11	5
Ash-throated Flycatcher	1	1
Cassin's Kingbird	341	118
Loggerhead Shrike	83	45
Plumbeous Vireo	4	4
Cassin's Vireo	1	1
Hutton's Vireo	229	101
Gray Jay	15	4
Steller's Jay	1,757	512
Island Scrub-Jay	9	3
Western Scrub-Jay	6,656	2,417
Black-billed Magpie	85	20
Yellow-billed Magpie	1,846	323
Clark's Nutcracker	14	6
American Crow	29,828	1,952
Common Raven	3,712	791
Horned Lark	298	20
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	20	8
Tree Swallow	1,278	151
Violet-green Swallow	64	13
Barn Swallow	17	8
Cliff Swallow	24	10
Black-capped Chickadee	50	15
Mountain Chickadee	465	115
Chestnut-backed Chickadee	2,047	619
Oak Titmouse	2,769	1,160
Verdin	53	31
Bushtit	6,901	798
Red-breasted Nuthatch	161	86
White-breasted Nuthatch	1,203	610
Pygmy Nuthatch	310	85
Brown Creeper	95	60
Cactus Wren	158	68
Rock Wren	79	37
Canyon Wren	44	26
Bewick's Wren	957	499
House Wren	391	159
Winter Wren	38	22
Marsh Wren	415	73
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	66	21
California Gnatcatcher	22	10
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher	3	2
American Dipper	6	6
Red-whiskered Bulbul	29	9
Golden-crowned Kinglet	211	43
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	1,217	550
Western Bluebird	2,845	587
Mountain Bluebird	85	15
Townsend's Solitaire	5	4
Hermit Thrush	341	251
American Robin	15,498	1,389
Varied Thrush	67	31
Wrentit	475	160
Northern Mockingbird	2,499	1,335
Sage Thrasher	5	3
California Thrasher	344	202
Le Conte's Thrasher	5	3
European Starling	16,859	860
American Pipit	600	53
Cedar Waxwing	10,467	432
Phainopepla	245	88
Orange-crowned Warbler	226	142
Nashville Warbler	1	1
Yellow Warbler	16	9
Yellow-rumped Warbler	7,724	1,129
Black-throated Gray Warbler	11	8
Townsend's Warbler	207	126
Grace's Warbler	1	1
Palm Warbler	1	1
Common Yellowthroat	385	95
Wilson's Warbler	13	11
Spotted Towhee	2,301	931
California Towhee	3,625	1,450
Abert's Towhee	2	1
Rufous-crowned Sparrow	154	52
Chipping Sparrow	373	78
Clay-colored Sparrow	1	1
Brewer's Sparrow	8	2
Vesper Sparrow	73	14
Lark Sparrow	871	110
Black-throated Sparrow	185	43
Sage Sparrow	99	9
Savannah Sparrow	1,059	110
Grasshopper Sparrow	3	2
Fox Sparrow	366	171
Song Sparrow	2,791	602
Lincoln's Sparrow	147	73
White-throated Sparrow	72	59
Harris's Sparrow	1	1
White-crowned Sparrow	15,797	1,937
Golden-crowned Sparrow	4,460	821
Dark-eyed Junco	12,363	1,832
Western Tanager	3	3
Black-headed Grosbeak	3	3
Red-winged Blackbird	15,110	613
Tricolored Blackbird	2,070	20
Western Meadowlark	3,726	255
Yellow-headed Blackbird	16	3
Brewer's Blackbird	18,241	615
Great-tailed Grackle	1,412	84
Brown-headed Cowbird	670	70
Bullock's Oriole	7	4
Scott's Oriole	8	8
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch	9	2
Pine Grosbeak	6	3
Purple Finch	1,299	279
Cassin's Finch	149	27
House Finch	27,124	2,701
Red Crossbill	31	5
Pine Siskin	751	98
Lesser Goldfinch	19,983	1,734
Lawrence's Goldfinch	186	30
American Goldfinch	10,694	958
Evening Grosbeak	14	4
House Sparrow	14,038	1,478
Orange Bishop	31	3
Nutmeg Mannikin	238	29
Total	631,195

A total of 319 species were reported.

See list of localities in California with reports.

This report was updated 16-Jul-2010 06:35 ET. Bird checklists submitted to GBBC are included on these results within about 2 hours of submission.