Sacramento County California

order Anseriformes: ducks, geese & swans

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)

Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)

Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)

Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)

order Galliformes: quails, pheasants, grouse & turkeys

California Quail (Callipepla californica)

Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

order Podicipediformes: grebes

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)

order Columbiformes: pigeons & doves

Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

order Pelecaniformes: pelicans & herons

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

order Accipitriformes: hawks, eagles & kites

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

order Charadriiformes: shorebirds

American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

California Gull (Larus californicus)

Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

order Gaviiformes: loons

Common Loon (Gavia immer)

order Apodiformes: swifts & hummingbirds

Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)

Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

order Gruiformes: cranes & rails

American Coot (Fulica americana)

order Strigiformes: owls

Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)

Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

order Coraciiformes

Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

order Piciformes: woodpeckers

Lewis's Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis)

Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)​​​​​​​

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)

Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis)

Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)

Red-naped x Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis x ruber)

Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

Nuttall's Woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

order Falconiformes
family Falconidae: falcons

Merlin (Falco columbarius)

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

order Passeriformes: perching birds
family Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers

Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)

Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)

Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)

Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)

family Corvidae: crows, jays & magpies

California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)

Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli)

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

family Paridae: chickadees & titmice

Oak Titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus)

family Hirundinidae: swallows

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

family Aegithalidae

Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)

family Regulidae: kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)

family Bombycillidae: waxwings

Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)

family Ptiliogonatidae: silky flycatchers

Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens)

family Sittidae: nuthatches

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

family Troglodytidae: wrens

Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)​​​​​​​

Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)

Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)

family Mimidae: mockingbirds & thrashers

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

family Sturnidae: starlings & mynas

European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

family Turdidae: thrushes

Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)

Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

family Fringillidae: finches

House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)

Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureous)

Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)

Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)

Lawrence's Goldfinch (Spinus lawrencei)

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

family Passerellidae: sparrows & towhees

Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)

Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)

Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)

White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)

California Towhee (Melozone crissalis)

Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps)

Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)

family Icteridae: blackbirds, meadowlarks & orioles

Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)

Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoenicus)

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)

Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)

Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)

family Parulidae: wood warblers

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)

Black-throated Gray Warbler (Setophaga nigrescens)

Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata)

Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)

Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)

order Carnivora: carnivores

Coyote (Canis latrans)

North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis)

order Lagomorpha: rabbits, hares & pikas

Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii)

Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)

order Artiodactyla: large grazing mammals

Black-tailed Deer #14, Sacramento County California  11 March 2021

order Rodentia: rodents

Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)

Western Gray Squirrel (Sciurus griseus)

California Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi)

all photographs Copyright © Douglas Herr
last updated 15 September 2024
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