2006 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
American Coot	19,999	292
American Crow	17,420	1,007
House Finch	13,163	1,397
Ring-billed Gull	11,262	131
White-crowned Sparrow	10,877	1,129
Brewer's Blackbird	9,405	311
European Starling	9,287	482
Northern Shoveler	9,120	100
Dark-eyed Junco	8,969	972
Mourning Dove	8,957	1,395
Lesser Goldfinch	8,639	805
Red-winged Blackbird	8,000	281
American Goldfinch	7,837	646
Rock Pigeon	7,045	365
Snow Goose	6,813	20
Cattle Egret	6,501	20
House Sparrow	5,839	740
Mallard	5,771	409
American Avocet	5,700	66
California Gull	5,635	202
American Robin	5,156	591
Golden-crowned Sparrow	4,936	622
California Quail	4,794	296
Western Sandpiper	4,640	31
American Wigeon	4,531	114
Ruddy Duck	4,527	124
Cedar Waxwing	4,411	212
Canada Goose	4,344	250
Western Gull	4,310	112
American White Pelican	4,099	36
Yellow-rumped Warbler	3,714	549
Western Scrub-Jay	3,465	1,326
Greater Scaup	3,019	22
Common Murre	3,003	2
Sandhill Crane	2,697	17
Bufflehead	2,683	143
Bushtit	2,655	333
Double-crested Cormorant	2,630	173
Least Sandpiper	2,516	35
Western Meadowlark	2,460	164
Anna's Hummingbird	2,449	1,109
Green-winged Teal	2,381	68
California Towhee	2,357	908
Northern Pintail	2,202	44
Band-tailed Pigeon	2,081	186
Common Raven	2,018	398
Turkey Vulture	1,916	465
Brant	1,811	15
Willet	1,647	76
Black-necked Stilt	1,561	63
Lesser Scaup	1,525	67
Tree Swallow	1,455	72
Black Phoebe	1,333	699
Marbled Godwit	1,330	51
Chestnut-backed Chickadee	1,310	405
Steller's Jay	1,267	347
Spotted Towhee	1,218	522
Long-billed Dowitcher	1,157	25
Greater White-fronted Goose	1,138	20
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	1,093	413
Yellow-billed Magpie	1,089	138
Northern Mockingbird	1,087	616
Western Bluebird	1,062	233
Red-tailed Hawk	1,054	549
Pine Siskin	1,047	110
Oak Titmouse	1,026	518
Acorn Woodpecker	996	311
Wild Turkey	989	84
Song Sparrow	949	273
White-faced Ibis	931	14
Common Merganser	872	60
Great Egret	860	247
Black-bellied Plover	828	32
Northern Flicker	828	436
Tundra Swan	806	7
Purple Finch	776	158
Killdeer	775	148
Herring Gull	733	30
Snowy Egret	705	177
Savannah Sparrow	637	59
Gadwall	632	65
Mew Gull	619	21
Brandt's Cormorant	612	25
Ring-necked Duck	598	61
Cinnamon Teal	586	79
Western Grebe	576	44
Pied-billed Grebe	530	156
Short-billed Dowitcher	518	15
Wood Duck	501	59
American Pipit	497	39
Long-billed Curlew	459	49
Fox Sparrow	451	186
Lark Sparrow	430	65
White-breasted Nuthatch	424	234
Bonaparte's Gull	420	7
Surf Scoter	418	24
Red-crowned Parrot	412	24
Great-tailed Grackle	411	34
Great Blue Heron	403	191
Red-shouldered Hawk	386	260
Nuttall's Woodpecker	383	281
Common Goldeneye	380	40
Allen's Hummingbird	370	180
American Kestrel	369	214
Sanderling	355	23
Hermit Thrush	348	225
Gambel's Quail	347	24
Bewick's Wren	333	208
Black-crowned Night-Heron	326	56
Dunlin	326	14
Brewer's Sparrow	307	10
Eared Grebe	286	57
Violet-green Swallow	273	24
Cooper's Hawk	266	222
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	265	27
Ross's Goose	262	5
Mountain Chickadee	260	80
Tricolored Blackbird	256	13
White-throated Swift	240	14
House Wren	236	90
Pelagic Cormorant	234	17
Chipping Sparrow	233	40
Yellow-headed Blackbird	225	2
Canvasback	222	32
Common Yellowthroat	221	74
White-tailed Kite	219	137
Wrentit	216	65
Say's Phoebe	207	122
Varied Thrush	196	45
Greater Yellowlegs	194	48
Brown-headed Cowbird	185	38
Lawrence's Goldfinch	183	19
Orange-crowned Warbler	173	110
Townsend's Warbler	173	84
Downy Woodpecker	163	132
Eurasian Collared-Dove	162	36
Brown Pelican	160	17
California Thrasher	152	94
Red-breasted Nuthatch	152	86
Lincoln's Sparrow	151	71
Black-throated Sparrow	150	21
Northern Harrier	149	74
Hutton's Vireo	145	68
Black Skimmer	139	3
Rufous-crowned Sparrow	135	25
Pygmy Nuthatch	132	40
Blue-winged Teal	130	21
Royal Tern	130	5
Marsh Wren	127	38
Semipalmated Plover	121	8
Belted Kingfisher	120	107
Sharp-shinned Hawk	111	99
White-throated Sparrow	111	63
Golden-crowned Kinglet	100	26
Common Ground-Dove	99	17
Great Horned Owl	95	56
Ring-necked Pheasant	94	27
Cassin's Kingbird	92	39
Barn Owl	88	52
Rufous Hummingbird	88	58
Mountain Quail	87	10
Cackling Goose	86	4
Common Moorhen	86	42
Black Turnstone	85	12
Hooded Merganser	82	25
Mountain Plover	82	2
Surfbird	81	6
Verdin	77	25
Costa's Hummingbird	76	52
Loggerhead Shrike	75	40
Glaucous-winged Gull	73	20
Horned Grebe	70	22
Osprey	69	51
Bald Eagle	68	33
Brown Creeper	62	37
Hairy Woodpecker	59	39
Whimbrel	57	16
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet	55	14
Cactus Wren	54	25
Common Loon	53	14
Red-breasted Merganser	52	17
Green Heron	51	34
Lewis's Woodpecker	51	16
Red-breasted Sapsucker	50	47
Winter Wren	50	20
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	49	26
Rock Wren	49	20
Snowy Plover	49	5
Horned Lark	46	7
Black Oystercatcher	43	13
Nutmeg Mannikin	43	6
Phainopepla	42	21
Forster's Tern	41	12
Greater Roadrunner	41	31
Golden Eagle	39	25
Redhead	39	10
Wilson's Snipe	38	13
Barn Swallow	37	8
Clark's Grebe	34	15
Mitred Parakeet	34	3
Black-billed Magpie	31	6
Caspian Tern	31	5
Heermann's Gull	31	8
Long-eared Owl	31	4
Merlin	31	29
Barrow's Goldeneye	30	7
Sage Sparrow	30	11
Abert's Towhee	29	10
Ferruginous Hawk	29	7
Evening Grosbeak	28	7
American Bittern	26	9
Mountain Bluebird	26	10
Pileated Woodpecker	26	21
Lilac-crowned Parrot	25	1
Spotted Dove	25	5
Peregrine Falcon	24	20
Spotted Sandpiper	22	20
Burrowing Owl	20	7
Prairie Falcon	19	14
White-winged Dove	19	7
Tropical Kingbird	18	8
Black-capped Chickadee	17	5
Black-legged Kittiwake	17	1
Cliff Swallow	17	10
Canyon Wren	15	7
Red-throated Loon	15	5
Yellow-headed Parrot	15	1
Clapper Rail	14	4
Western Screech-Owl	14	11
Yellow Warbler	14	8
Red Crossbill	13	2
Sora	13	13
Swainson's Hawk	13	6
California Gnatcatcher	12	6
Gray Jay	12	5
Inca Dove	12	3
Pinyon Jay	12	3
Red Knot	12	1
Red-masked Parakeet	12	1
Townsend's Solitaire	12	7
White-winged Scoter	12	3
Wilson's Warbler	12	10
Lesser Yellowlegs	11	7
Northern Pygmy-Owl	11	9
Virginia Rail	11	6
Eurasian Wigeon	10	8
Western Tanager	10	4
Black-throated Gray Warbler	9	8
Ruddy Turnstone	9	3
Black Scoter	7	2
Vermilion Flycatcher	7	7
Ash-throated Flycatcher	6	5
Hooded Oriole	6	4
Pacific-slope Flycatcher	6	5
Sage Thrasher	6	2
Swamp Sparrow	6	4
White-headed Woodpecker	6	2
American Dipper	5	5
Clark's Nutcracker	5	3
Harlequin Duck	5	2
Peach-faced Lovebird	5	1
Red-necked Grebe	5	3
Rough-legged Hawk	5	4
Black-and-white Warbler	4	3
Black-hooded Parakeet	4	1
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher	4	2
Gray Flycatcher	4	4
Hermit Warbler	4	2
Le Conte's Thrasher	4	2
Long-tailed Duck	4	2
Nashville Warbler	4	4
Red-whiskered Bulbul	4	1
Island Scrub-Jay	3	1
Marbled Murrelet	3	2
Northern Saw-whet Owl	3	3
Palm Warbler	3	3
Thayer's Gull	3	3
Vaux's Swift	3	1
Green-tailed Towhee	2	2
Ladder-backed Woodpecker	2	1
Lesser Nighthawk	2	1
Northern Cardinal	2	1
Painted Redstart	2	2
Rock Sandpiper	2	2
Stilt Sandpiper	2	2
Wandering Tattler	2	2
American Redstart	1	1
Baltimore Oriole	1	1
Cassin's Auklet	1	1
Cassin's Finch	1	1
Dusky-capped Flycatcher	1	1
Eastern Phoebe	1	1
Fulvous Whistling-Duck	1	1
Glaucous Gull	1	1
Grace's Warbler	1	1
Horned Puffin	1	1
Indigo Bunting	1	1
Northern Parula	1	1
Northern Shrike	1	1
Ovenbird	1	1
Pacific Loon	1	1
Plumbeous Vireo	1	1
Swainson's Thrush	1	1
Thick-billed Kingbird	1	1
Tufted Duck	1	1
Vesper Sparrow	1	1
Williamson's Sapsucker	1	1
Yellow-footed Gull	1	1
Total	337,770

A total of 308 species were reported.

See list of localities in California with reports.

This report was updated 16-Jul-2010 06:35 ET.