California Birds 
during FONT West Coast USA 
Birding & Nature Tours 

in central California

1991 thru 2007

(during the month of September)

1. Red-throated Loon ______  
   Gavia stellata  (monotypic)
   
   
2. Pacific Loon ______ 
   Gavia pacifica  (monotypic)
   
   
3. Great Northern Loon ______ (has been called Common Loon)
   Gavia immer  (monotypic)
   
   
4. Pied-billed Grebe ______ 
   Podilymbus p. podiceps
   
   
5. Horned Grebe ______  
   Podiceps auritus cornutus
   
   
6. Red-necked Grebe ______ 
   Podiceps grisegena holboellii
   
   
7. Black-necked Grebe ______  (has been called Eared Grebe)  
   Podiceps nigricollis californicus
   
   
8. Western Grebe ______ (was considered conspecific with Clark's Grebe)
   Aechmophorus occidentalis
   
   
9. Clark's Grebe ______  (was considered conspecific with Western Grebe)
   Aechmophorus clarkii
   
   
10. Black-footed Albatross  (t3)  ______ (mp) 
    Phoebastria nigripes  (monotypic)
    
    
11. Northern Fulmar ______ (mp)
    Fulmarus glacialis rodgersii
    
    
12. HAWAIIAN PETREL  (t3) (NAr) ______ (mp) (during tour in 2005) (formerly conspecific with what's now Galapagos Petrel; was called, at that time, Dark-rumped Petrel) 
    Pterodroma sandwichensis  (monotypic)
    
    
13. Sooty Shearwater ______ (mp) 
    Puffinus griseus  (monotypic)
    
    
14. Short-tailed Shearwater ______ (mp) 
    Puffinus tenuirostris  (monotypic)
    
    
15. Pink-footed Shearwater  (t3) ______ (mp) 
    Puffinus creatopus  (monotypic)
    
    
16. Flesh-footed Shearwater ______ (mp) 
    Puffinus carneipes  (monotypic)
    
    
17. Buller's (or New Zealand) Shearwater  (t3) ______ (mp) 
    Puffinus bulleri  (monotypic)
    
    
18. Black-vented Shearwater  (t3) ______ (mp) 
    Puffinus opisthomelas  (monotypic)
    
    
19. Least Storm-Petrel ______ (mp) 
    Oceanodroma (formerly Halocyptena) microsoma  (monotypic)
    
    
20. Ashy Storm-Petrel  (nt) (CA:qe) ______ (mp)
    Oceanodroma homochroa  (monotypic)
    
    
21. Black Storm-Petrel ______ (mp)
    Oceanodroma melania  (monotypic)
    
    
22. Wilson's Storm-Petrel  (wNAr) ______ (mp) 
    Oceanites o. oceanicus
    
    
23. RED-TAILED TROPICBIRD  (NAp) ______ (mp)  (once, during tour in 1995)
    Phaethon rubricauda melanorhynchos
    
    
24. American White Pelican ______  (in PGna)
    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos  (monotypic)
    
    
25. Brown Pelican ______ 
    Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
    
    
26. Double-crested Cormorant ______ 
    Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus
    
    
27. Brandt's Cormorant ______ 
    Phalacrocorax penicillatus  (monotypic)
    
    
28. Pelagic Cormorant ______ 
    Phalacrocorax pelagicus resplendens
    
    
29. American Bittern ______  (during FONT California tours twice, in 1991 & 2005)
    Botaurus lentiginosus
    
    
    
    
    American Bittern
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
30. Great Blue Heron ______ 
    Ardea herodias fannini
    
    
31. Great Egret ______ 
    Ardea (formerly Casmerodius) alba egretta
    
    
32. Snowy Egret ______ 
    Egretta thula brewsteri
    
    
33. Green Heron ______ 
    Butorides virescens anthonyi
    
    
34. Black-crowned Night-Heron ______ 
    Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli
    
    
35. White-faced Ibis ______   
    Plegadis chichi  (monotypic)
    
    
36. Brant ______ 
    Branta bernicla nigricans
    
    
37. Canada Goose ______ 
    Branta canadensis
    
    
38. Greater White-fronted Goose ______ 
    Anser albifrons elgasi
    
    
39. Mallard ______ 
    Anas p. platyrhynchos
    
    
40. Northern Pintail ______ 
    Anas acuta  (monotypic)
    
    
41. Blue-winged Teal ______ 
    Anas discors  (monotypic)
    
    
42. Cinnamon Teal ______ 
    Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium
    
    
43. Green-winged Teal ______ (was conspecific with the Eurasian Teal, Anas crecca)
    Anas carolinensis
    
    
44. Northern Shoveler ______ 
    Anas clypeata  (monotypic)
    
    
45. Gadwall ______ 
    Anas s. strepera
    
    
46. American Wigeon ______ 
    Anas americana  (monotypic)
    
    
47. Redhead ______   
    Aythya americana  (monotypic)
    
    
48. Lesser Scaup ______ 
    Aythya affinis  (monotypic)
    
    
49. Harlequin Duck ______ 
    Histrionicus histrionicus  (now said to be conspecific) (the single member of its genus)
    
    
50. Surf Scoter ______ 
    Melanitta perspicillata  (monotypic)
    
    
51. Bufflehead ______ 
    Bucephala albeola  (monotypic)
    
    
52. Common Merganser ______ 
    Mergus merganser americanus
    
    
53. Red-breasted Merganser ______ 
    Mergus serrator  (monotypic)
    
    
54. Ruddy Duck ______ 
    Oxyura j. rubida
    
    
55. Turkey Vulture ______ 
    Cathartes a. aura
    
    
56. Osprey ______ 
    Pandion haliaetus carolinensis  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
57. White-tailed Kite ______ 
    Elanus leucurus majusculus
    
    
58. Bald Eagle ______  (in PGna)
    Haliaeetus leucocephalus
    
    
59. Northern Harrier ______ (conspcific with Hen Harrier of Eurasia)
    Circus cyaneus hudsonius
    
    
60. Sharp-shinned Hawk ______ 
    Accipiter striatus velox
    
    
61. Cooper's Hawk ______ 
    Accipiter cooperi  (monotypic)
    
    
62. Red-shouldered Hawk ______ 
    Buteo lineatus elegans
    
    
63. Red-tailed Hawk ______ 
    Buteo jamaicensis calurus  (This subspecies of the western US has pale, rufous, and dark morphs.)
    
    
64. Swainson's Hawk ______ (occurs in 2 morphs: light & dark)
    Buteo swainsoni  (monotypic)
    
    
65. Golden Eagle ______ 
    Aquila chrysaetos canadensis
    
    
66. American Kestrel ______ 
    Falco s. sparverius
    
    
67. Merlin ______ 
    Falco c. columbarius
    
    
68. Peregrine Falcon ______ 
    Falco peregrinus
    
    
69. Prairie Falcon ______ 
    Falco mexicanus
    
    
70. Common (or "Ring-necked") Pheasant (i) ______ 
    Phasianus colchicus
    
    
71. Wild Turkey ______ 
    Meleagris gallopavo
    
    
72. Mountain Quail ______ 
    Oreotyx p. pictus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
73. California Quail ______ 
    Callipepla californica brunnescens
    
    
74. Clapper Rail ______ (during FONT California tours once, in 1994)
    Rallus longirostris obsoletus
    
    
75. Virginia Rail ______ (during FONT California tours once, in 1991)
    Rallus l. limicola
    
    
76. Sora ______  (sometimes called Sora Rail, but actually in a genus of crakes)
    Porzana carolina  (monotypic)
    
    
77. Common Moorhen (or Gallinule) ______ 
    Gallinula chloropus cachinnans
    
    
78. American Coot ______ 
    Fulica a. americana
    
    
79. Sandhill Crane ______ (during FONT California tours once, in 2005)
    Grus canadensis tabida
    
    
80. Black-bellied Plover ______ 
    Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae
    
    
81. Snowy Plover ______ (was conspecific with the Kentish Plover of the Old World)
    Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus
    
    
82. Semipalmated Plover ______ 
    Charadrius semipalmatus  (monotypic)
    
    
83. LESSER SAND PLOVER  (NAr) ______ (during FONT California tours once, 1992)  (has been called Mongolian Plover)
    Charadrius mongolus stegmanni
    
    
    
    
    A photograph of the Lesser Sand Plover seen during 
    the FONT tour in California in 1992.  
     
    
84. Killdeer ______ 
    Charadrius v. vociferus
    
    
85. Black Oystercatcher ______ 
    Haematopus bachmani
    
    
86. Black-necked Stilt ______ 
    Himantopus  mexicanus  (has been considered by some conspecific with the Black-winged Stilt of the Old World) 
    
    
87. American Avocet ______ 
    Recurvirostra americana  (monotypic)
    
    
88. Greater Yellowlegs ______ 
    Tringa melanoleuca  (monotypic)
    
    
89. Lesser Yellowlegs ______ 
    Tringa flavipes  (monotypic)
    
    
90. "Western" Willet ______ 
    Tringa (formerly Catoptrophorus) semipalmata inornata
    
    
91. Wandering Tattler ______ 
    Heteroscelus incanus  (monotypic)
    
    
92. Spotted Sandpiper ______ 
    Actitis macularius  (monotypic)
    
    
93. "American" Whimbrel ______ 
    Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
    
    
94. LITTLE CURLEW  (NAr) ______ (during FONT California tours once, in 1994)
    Numenius minutus
    
    
95. Long-billed Curlew  (nt) ______ 
    Numenius americanus parvus
    
    
96. Marbled Godwit ______ 
    Limosa fedoa
    
    
97. BAR-TAILED GODWIT ______ 
    Limosa lapponica baueri
    
    
98. Ruddy Turnstone ______ 
    Arenaria interpres morinella
    
    
99. Black Turnstone ______ 
    Arenaria melanocephala
    
    
100. Surfbird ______ 
     Aphriza virgata  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
101. Red Knot ______ 
     Calidris canutus rufa
     
     
102. Sanderling ______ 
     Calidris alba rubida
     
     
103. Pectoral Sandpiper ______ 
     Calidris melanotos  (monotypic)
     
     
104. Baird's Sandpiper ______ 
     Calidris bairdii  (monotypic)
     
     
105. Western Sandpiper ______ 
     Calidris mauri
     
     
106. Semipalmated Sandpiper  (wNAr) ______ (during FONT California tours once, in 1993)
     Calidris pusilla
     
     
107. Least Sandpiper ______ 
     Calidris minutilla
     
     
108. LONG-TOED STINT  (NAr) ______ (once FONT California tours once, in 1992)
     Calidris subminuta
     
     
109. Dunlin ______ 
     Calidris alpina
     
     
110. Short-billed Dowitcher ______ 
     Limnodromus griseus
     
     
111. Long-billed Dowitcher ______ 
     Limnodromus scolopaceus 
     
     
112. Wilson's Phalarope ______   
     Phalaropus tricolor
     
     
113. Red Phalarope ______ (mp) 
     Phalaropus fulicaria
     
     
114. Red-necked Phalarope ______ (mp) 
     Phalaropus lobatus
     
     
     
     
     A Red-necked Phalarope photographed during a FONT tour in California
     
     
115. Pomarine Skua ______ (mp)  (has been called Pomarine Jaeger) 
     Stercorarius pomarinus  (monotypic)
     
     
116. Parasitic Jaeger ______ (mp)  (has also been called Arctic Skua - in Eurasia)
     Stercorarius parasiticus  (monotypic)
     
     
117. Long-tailed Jaeger ______ (mp)  (has also been called Long-tailed Skua - in Eurasia)
     Stercorarius longicaudus
     
     
118. South Polar Skua ______ (mp) 
     Catharacta (or Stercorarius) maccormicki
     
     
119. Bonaparte's Gull ______ 
     Larus philadelphia
     
     
120. Heermann's Gull  (nt) ______  
     Larus heermanni
     
     
     
     
     Heermann's Gull
     (photo by Armas Hill)
     
     
121. Ring-billed Gull ______ 
     Larus delawarensis
     
     
122. California Gull ______ 
     Larus c. californicus
     
     
     
     
     California Gull
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
123. "American" Herring Gull ______ 
     Larus argentatus smithsonianus
     
     
124. Western Gull ______ 
     Larus o. occidentalis
     
     
125. Glaucous-winged Gull ______ 
     Larus glaucescens
     
     
126. Sabine's Gull ______  (mp)
     Xema sabini
     
     
127. Caspian Tern ______ 
     Sterna c. caspia
     
     
128. Arctic Tern ______ (mp) 
     Sterna paradisaea
     
     
129. Forster's Tern ______ 
     Sterna forsteri
     
     
130. Common Tern ______ 
     Sterna h. hirundo
     
     
131. Royal Tern ______ (during FONT California tours once, in 1992)
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) m. maxima
     
     
132. Elegant Tern  (nt)  ______ 
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) elegans
     
     
133. Black Tern ______ 
     Chlidonias niger surinamensis
     
     
134. WHITE-WINGED TERN  (NAr) ______  (during FONT California tours once, in 1999)
     Chlidonias leucopterus
     
     
     
     
     
     
     The White-winged Tern is a Eurasian bird.
     These two photos of the species were taken in North America.
     (photos by Alan Brady)
      
     
135. Common Murre ______ (mp) 
     Uria aalge californica
     
     
136. Pigeon Guillemot ______ (mp) 
     Cepphus c. columba
     
     
137. Marbled Murrelet (nt) ______ (mp) 
     Brachyramphus marmoratus
     
     
138. Xantu's Murrelet  (nt) ______ (mp) 
     Synthliboramphus hypoleucus scrippsi (northern race: Washington & California)
     Synthliboramphus h. hypoleucus (southern race: California)
     
     
139. Craveri's Murrelet  (nt) ______ (mp) 
     Synthliboramphus craveri
     
     
140. Cassin's Auklet ______ (mp) 
     Ptychoramphus aleuticus
     
     
141. Rhinoceros Auklet ______ (mp) 
     Cerohinca monocerata
     
     
142. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (NAi) ______ 
     Columba livia
     
     
143. Band-tailed Pigeon _______ 
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) flavirostris
     
     
144. White-winged Dove ______  (once, during tour in 1995)
     Zenaida asiatica
     
     
145. Mourning Dove ______ 
     Zenaida macroura
     
     
146. White-winged Parakeet  (NAi) ______ C 1  (during FONT California tours once, in 1993)  
     (was formerly called Canary-winged Parakeet ,native to South America)  
     Canary-winged Parakeet has been "split" into Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Brotogeris chiriri  
     and White-winged Parakeet.)
     Brotogeris versicolurus
     
      
147. Red-masked Parakeet/Conure  (nt) (NAi) ______ C 1 (during FONT California tours once, in 2005) (The native range is in South America, mostly Ecuador, also Peru. Occurs in San Francisco, especially near Telegraph Hill.)
     Aratinga erythrogenys
     
     
148. Greater Roadrunner ______ 
     Geococcyx californianus
     
     
149. Barn Owl ______ 
     Tyto alba pratincola
     
     
150. Western Screech-Owl ______ 
     Otus kennicottii
     
     
151. Great Horned Owl ______ 
     Bubo virginianus saturatus
     
     
152. Northern Pygmy-Owl ______ 
     Glaucidium c. californicum  (previously Glaucidium gnoma, which is now said to be Mountain Pygmy-Owl of Mexico & Central America, reaching north into southern Arizona & New Mexico) 
     
     
153. Burrowing Owl ______ 
     Athene cunicularia hypugaea
     
     
154. Common Nighthawk ______ 
     Chordeiles minor hesperis
     
     
155. American Black Swift ______  (during FONT California tours once, in 1997)
     Cypseloides niger borealis
     
     
156. Vaux's Swift ______ 
     Chaetura v. vauxi
     
     
157. White-throated Swift ______ 
     Aeronautes saxatalis
     
     
158. Anna's Hummingbird ______ 
     Calypte anna
     
     
159. Belted Kingfisher ______ 
     Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) alcyon
     
     
160. Nuttall's Woodpecker ______ 
     Picoides nuttallii
     
     
161. Acorn Woodpecker ______ 
     Melanerpes formicivorus
     
     
162. White-headed Woodpecker ______  (during FONT California tours twice, in 1997 & 2004)
     Picoides a. albolarvatus
     
     
163. Downy Woodpecker ______ 
     Picoides pubescens turati 
     
     
164. Hairy Woodpecker ______ 
     Picoides villosus hyloscopus (western California)
     Picoides villosus orius (in mountains of Washington & California)
     
     
165. "Red-shafted" Northern Flicker ______ 
     Colaptes auratus
     
     
166. Pileated Woodpecker ______ 
     Dryocopus pileatus
     
     
167. Olive-sided Flycatcher ______ (an alternate name could be "Boreal Pewee")
     Contopus cooperi  (was for a while Contopus borealis)
     
     
168. Western Wood-Pewee ______ 
     Contopus sordidulus
     
     
169. Pacific-slope Flycatcher ______ 
     Empidonax difficilis 
     
     
170. Willow Flycatcher ______ 
     Empidonax trailii
     
     
171. LEAST FLYCATCHER  (wNAr) ______  (during FONT California tours once, in 1991)
     Empidonax minimus
     
     
172. Black Phoebe ______ 
     Sayornis nigricans
     
     
173. Say's Phoebe ______ 
     Sayornis saya
     
     
174. Ash-throated Flycatcher ______   
     Myiarchus cinerascens
     
     
175. Western Kingbird ______ 
     Tyrannus verticalis
     
     
176. EASTERN KINGBIRD  (wNAr) ______ C 2  (during FONT California tours twice, in 1991 & 2005)
     Tyrannus tyrannus
     
     
177. Loggerhead Shrike ______ 
     Lanius ludovicianus
     
     
178. Cassin's Vireo ______ (formerly called Solitary Vireo when conspecific with what's now Plumbeous and Blue-headed Vireos)
     Vireo cassinii
     
     
179. Hutton's Vireo ______ 
     Vireo huttoni
     
     
180. Warbling Vireo ______ 
     Vireo gilvus
     
     
181. Steller's Jay ______ 
     Cyanocitta stelleri carbonacea 
     
     
182. Western Scrub Jay ______ 
     Aphelocoma c. californica
     
     
183. Pinyon Jay ______ (during FONT California tours once, in 2004)
     Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
     
     
184. Clark's Nutcracker ______ 
     Nucifraga columbiana
     
     
185. Black-billed Magpie ______  (was conspecific with the Eurasian Magpie, Pica pica) 
     Pica hudsonia 
     
     
186. Yellow-billed Magpie  (CAe) (USe) ______ 
     Pica nuttalli
     
     
     
     
     Yellow-billed Magpie
     
     
187. American Crow ______ 
     Corvus brachyrhnchos hesperis
     
     
188. Northern Raven ______ 
     Corvus corax principalis
     
     
189. Horned Lark ______  
     Eremophila alpestris
     
     
190. Tree Swallow ______ 
     Tachycineta bicolor
     
     
191. Violet-green Swallow ______ 
     Tachycineta t. thalassina
     
     
192. Barn Swallow ______ 
     Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
     
     
193. Northern Rough-winged Swallow ______ 
     Stelgidopteryx s. serripennis
     
     
194. Wrentit ______ 
     Charmaea fasciata
     
     
195. Chestnut-backed Chickadee ______ 
     Poecile r. rufescens  (two other subspecies along California coast: P.r. neglectus & P.r. barlowi) 
     
     
196. Mountain Chickadee ______ 
     Poecile gambeli baileyae
     
     
197. Oak Titmouse ______ (was at one time part of Plain Titmouse when it was conspecific with what's now the Juniper Titmouse) 
     Baeolophus i. inornatus
     
     
198. American Bushtit ______ 
     Psaltriparus minimus (a complex species with 11 subspecies in 3 "groups")
     In California, these 2 subspecies, in the "Minimus Group", the "Plain Bushtit":
     P. m. minimus  (along coastal California)
     P. m. californicus (in California east of the Coastal Range)
     Birds in the "Plumbeous Group", the "Lead-colored Bushtit", P. m. plumbeous, also occur in California east of the Sierra Nevada. 
     
     
199. Red-breasted Nuthatch ______ 
     Sitta canadensis
     
     
200. White-breasted Nuthatch ______ 
     Sitta carolinensis aculeata 
     
     
201. Pygmy Nuthatch ______ 
     Sitta pygmaea melanotus (in California)
     Sitta p. pygmaea  (in California)
     
     
202. Brown Creeper ______ (an alternate name could be "American Treecreeper")
     Certhia americana occidentalis
     
     
203. Rock Wren ______ 
     Salpinctes o. obsoletus
     
     
204. Bewick's Wren ______ 
     Thryomanes bewickii spilurus  (in central California)
     
     
205. House Wren ______ 
     Troglodytes aedon
     
     
206. Winter Wren ______  (an alternate name could be "Northern Wren")
     Troglodytes troglodytes obscurior 
     
     
207. Marsh Wren ______ 
     Cistothorus palustris aestuarinus (in coastal & central California) 
     
     
208. Ruby-crowned Kinglet ______ 
     Regulus calendula
     
     
209. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ______ 
     Polioptila caerulea
     
     
210. Western Bluebird ______ 
     Sialia mexicana
     
     
211. Mountain Bluebird ______ 
     Sialia currucoides
     
     
212. Swainson's Thrush ______ 
     Catharus ustulatus
     
     
213. American Robin ______ 
     Turdus migratorius 
     
     
214. California Thrasher (CAqe) ______ 
     Toxostoma redivivum
     
     
215. Northern Mockingbird ______ 
     Mimus polyglottos
     
     
216. Common Starling (NAi) ______ 
     Sturnus vulgaris
     
     
217. Phainopepla ______ 
     Phainopepla nitens
     
     
218. BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER  (wNAr) ______  (during FONT California tours once, in 1998)
     Mniotilta varia  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
219. Orange-crowned Warbler ______ 
     Vermivora celata
     
     
220. American Yellow Warbler ______ 
     Dendroica petechia 
     
     
221. "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______ 
     Dendroica coronata auduboni
     
     
222. NORTHERN PARULA  (wNAr) ______ 
     Parula americana
     
     
223. Black-throated Gray Warbler ______ 
     Dendroica nigrescens
     
     
224. BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER  (wNAr) ______  (during FONT California tours once, in 1991)
     Dendroica caerulescens
     
     
225. Townsend's Warbler ______ 
     Dendroica townsendi
     
     
226. Hermit Warbler ______ 
     Dendroica occidentalis
     
     
227. BLACKPOLL WARBLER  ______  (during FONT California tours once, in 1991)
     Dendroica striata
     
     
228. MacGillivray's Warbler ______ 
     Oporornis tolmiei
     
     
229. Common Yellowthroat ______ 
     Geothlypis trichas
     
     
230. Wilson's Warbler ______ 
     Wilsonia pusilla
     
     
231. AMERICAN REDSTART  (wNAr) ______  (during FONT California tours once, in 1991)
     Setophaga ruticilla
     
     
232. Western Tanager ______ 
     Piranga ludoviciana
     
     
233. Black-headed Grosbeak ______ 
     Pheucticus melanocephalus
     
     
234. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK  (wNAr)  ______  (during FONT California tours twice, in 1998 & 2005)
     Pheucticus ludovicianus
     
     
235. Spotted Towhee ______  (formerly called Rufous-sided Towhee when previously conspecific with the now Eastern Towhee of North America and the Olive-sided and Socorro Towhees of Mexico) (now said be some to be conspecific with Collared Towhee of Mexico)
     Pipilo maculatus
     
     
236. California Towhee ______  (formerly called Brown Towhee when previously conspecific with the now Canyon Towhee, Pipilo fuscus)
     Pipilo crissalis
     
     
237. Rufous-crowned Sparrow ______ 
     Aimophila r. ruficeps
     
     
238. Chipping Sparrow ______ 
     Spizella passerina boreophila
     
     
239. Brewer's Sparrow ______ 
     Spizella b. breweri  (this subspecies valid as long as "Timberline Sparrow" of Canada is considered conspecific)
     
     
240. Vesper Sparrow ______ (an uncommon migrant in CA)
     Pooecetes gramineus affinis
     
     
241. Lark Sparrow ______ 
     Chondestes grammacus
     
     
242. Sage Sparrow ______ 
     Amphispiza n. nevadensis  (if considered distinct from "Bell's Sparrow" of coastal California, Amphispiza belli - the two have traditionally been merged as the Sage Sparrow, Amphispiza belli)
     
     
243. Savannah Sparrow ______ 
     Passerculus sandwichensis  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
244. Song Sparrow ______ 
     Melospiza melodia   (there are 11 subspecies in California)
     
     
245. White-crowned Sparrow ______ 
     Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttalli  
     
     
     
     
     White-crowned Sparrow
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
246. "Oregon" Dark-eyed Junco ______ 
     Junco hyemalis shufeldti  (coastal California)
     Junco hyemalis pinosus (in hills in cent California) 
     
     
247. Red-winged Blackbird ______ 
     Agelaius phoeniceus
     
     
248. Tricolored Blackbird ______ 
     Agelaius tricolor
     
     
249. Yellow-headed Blackbird ______ (once, during tour in 1998)
     Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
250. Western Meadowlark ______ 
     Sturnella neglecta
     
     
251. Brewer's Blackbird ______ 
     Euphagus cyanocephalus
     
     
252. Brown-headed Cowbird ______ 
     Molothrus ater
     
     
253. Hooded Oriole ______  (during FONT California tours once, in 1991)
     Icterus cucullatus
     
     
254. Bullock's Oriole ______ (for a while was merged with Baltimore Oriole, and called Northern Oriole)
     Icterus bullockii
     
     
255. Purple Finch ______ 
     Carpodacus purpureus
     
     
     
     
     Purple Finch
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
      
     
256. Cassin's Finch ______ 
     Carpodacus cassinii
     
     
257. House Finch ______ 
     Carpodacus mexicanus
     
     
258. Red Crossbill ______ 
     Loxia curvirostra
     
     
259. Pine Siskin ______ 
     Carduelis pinus
     
     
260. Lesser Goldfinch ______ 
     Carduelis psaltria
     
     
261. Lawrence's Goldfinch ______ (during FONT California tours twice)
     Carduelis lawrencei
     
     
262. American Goldfinch ______ 
     Carduelis tristis
     
     
263. House Sparrow (NAi) ______ 
     Passer domesticus