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California
Birds
during Focus
On Nature
West Coast USA Tours
in central California
1991 thru 2009
(during
the month of September)
A central California bird list compiled by Armas Hill
with photos
PHOTO AT RIGHT: The
YELLOW-BILLED
MAGPIE
is a bird endemic to California.
263 species of birds have cumulatively been seen
during 12 FONT West Coast birding & nature tours in California.
Pelagic species during sea-trips from
Monterey, California
are indicated with an (mp).
Codes:
(USe): endemic to the United States
(USqe): quasi (or nearly) endemic to the USA
(USneb): near-endemic breeder in the USA
(NAi): species introduced into North America
(CAe): endemic to California
(CAqe): quasi (or nearly) endemic to California
(NAr): rare in North America
(wNAr): rare in western North America
(t): a globally
threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International
(t1): critical (t2):
endangered (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened
species globally
Bird whose names are capitalized in the list are uncommon or rare in
California.
Links:
Upcoming
Birding & Nature Tours in North America, including California
A Complete
List (with some photos) of North American Birds, north of Mexico, in 3 parts:
List
#1: Grouse to Shorebirds
List #2: Jaegers to Flycatchers
List #3: Shrikes to Buntings
Mammals
& some Other Wildlife during FONT tours in California
Directory
of Photos in this Website, in this list & others

Bird-List:
- Mountain Quail ______
Oreotyx p. pictus
(the single member of its genus)
California Quail ______
Callipepla californica brunnescens
Common
(or "Ring-necked")
Pheasant (i)
______
Phasianus colchicus
Wild Turkey ______
Meleagris gallopavo
Brant ______
Branta bernicla nigricans
Canada Goose ______
Branta canadensis
Greater
White-fronted Goose ______
Anser albifrons elgasi
Mallard ______
Anas p. platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail ______
Anas acuta (monotypic)
Blue-winged Teal ______
Anas discors (monotypic)
Cinnamon Teal ______
Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium
Green-winged Teal ______
(was
conspecific with the
Eurasian
Teal, Anas crecca)
Anas carolinensis
Northern Shoveler ______
Anas clypeata (monotypic)
Gadwall ______
Anas s. strepera
American Wigeon ______
Anas americana (monotypic)
Redhead ______
Aythya americana (monotypic)
Lesser Scaup ______
Aythya affinis (monotypic)
Harlequin Duck ______
Histrionicus histrionicus (now said to be conspecific)
(the single member of its genus)
Surf Scoter ______
Melanitta perspicillata (monotypic)
Bufflehead ______
Bucephala albeola (monotypic)
Common Merganser ______
Mergus merganser americanus
Red-breasted
Merganser ______
Mergus serrator (monotypic)
Ruddy Duck ______
Oxyura j. rubida
Red-throated Loon ______
Gavia stellata (monotypic)
Pacific Loon ______
Gavia pacifica

Pacific
Loon
Great Northern Loon ______
(has been called
Common Loon)
Gavia immer (monotypic)
Black-footed
Albatross
(t3) ______ (mp)
Phoebastria nigripes (monotypic)
Northern Fulmar ______ (mp)
Fulmarus glacialis rodgersii

Northern Fulmar
(photos by Alan Brady)
HAWAIIAN PETREL
(t3) (NAr) ______ (mp)
(during FONT tour in 2005) (formerly conspecific with what's now
the
Galapagos
Petrel;
was called
Dark-rumped Petrel)
Pterodroma sandwichensis (monotypic)
Sooty Shearwater ______ (mp)
Puffinus griseus (monotypic)

A
Sooty Shearwater photographed during a FONT tour.
Short-tailed
Shearwater ______ (mp)
Puffinus tenuirostris (monotypic)

A
Short-tailed Shearwater photographed during a FONT tour.
Pink-footed
Shearwater (t3) ______ (mp)
Puffinus creatopus
(monotypic)

A
Pink-footed Shearwater photographed during a FONT tour.
Flesh-footed
Shearwater ______ (mp)
Puffinus carneipes (monotypic)
Buller's (or
New Zealand)
Shearwater
(t3) ______ (mp)
Puffinus bulleri (monotypic)
Black-vented
Shearwater
(t3) ______ (mp)
Puffinus opisthomelas (monotypic)
Least Storm
Petrel ______ (mp)
Oceanodroma
(formerly
Halocyptena) microsoma (monotypic)
Ashy Storm
Petrel
(nt) (CA:qe) ______ (mp)
Oceanodroma homochroa (monotypic)
Black Storm
Petrel ______ (mp)
Oceanodroma melania (monotypic)
Wilson's Storm
Petrel
(wNAr) ______ (mp)
Oceanites o. oceanicus
Pied-billed Grebe ______
Podilymbus p. podiceps
Horned Grebe ______
Podiceps auritus cornutus
Red-necked Grebe ______
Podiceps grisegena holboellii
Black-necked Grebe
______ (has
been called
Eared Grebe)
Podiceps nigricollis californicus
Western Grebe ______ (was considered conspecific with
Clark's Grebe)
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Clark's Grebe ______
(was considered conspecific with
Western Grebe)
Aechmophorus clarkii
White-faced Ibis ______
Plegadis chichi (monotypic)
American Bittern ______ (during
FONT California tours twice,
in 1991 & 2005)
Botaurus lentiginosus

American
Bittern
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Great Blue Heron ______
Ardea herodias fannini
Great Egret ______
Casmerodius
(has
been Ardea)
alba egretta
Snowy Egret ______
Egretta thula brewsteri
Green Heron ______
Butorides virescens anthonyi
Black-crowned
Night-Heron ______
Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli
RED-TAILED
TROPICBIRD
(NAp) ______ (mp) (once,
during tour in
1995)
Phaethon rubricauda melanorhynchos
American White
Pelican ______
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (monotypic)
Brown Pelican ______
Pelecanus occidentalis californicus

Brown Pelican
(photo by Abram Fleishman)
Double-crested
Cormorant ______
Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus
Brandt's Cormorant ______
Phalacrocorax penicillatus (monotypic)
Pelagic Cormorant ______
Phalacrocorax pelagicus resplendens
Turkey Vulture ______
Cathartes a. aura
Osprey ______
Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (the single member of its genus)
White-tailed Kite ______
Elanus leucurus majusculus
Bald Eagle ______
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Northern Harrier ______ (conspcific
with the Hen Harrier of Eurasia)
Circus
cyaneus hudsonius
Sharp-shinned Hawk ______
Accipiter striatus velox
Cooper's Hawk ______
Accipiter cooperi
(monotypic)
Red-shouldered Hawk ______
Buteo lineatus elegans

A
juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Red-tailed Hawk ______
Buteo jamaicensis calurus
(This subspecies of the western
US has pale, rufous, and dark morphs.)
Swainson's Hawk ______ (occurs in 2 morphs: light &
dark)
Buteo swainsoni (monotypic)
Golden Eagle ______
Aquila chrysaetos canadensis
American Kestrel ______
Falco s. sparverius
Merlin ______
Falco c. columbarius
Peregrine Falcon ______
Falco peregrinus
Prairie Falcon ______
Falco mexicanus
Clapper Rail ______
(during
FONT California tours once,
in 1994)
Rallus longirostris obsoletus
Virginia Rail ______ (during
FONT California tours once,
in 1991)
Rallus l. limicola

Virginia Rail
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Sora ______ (sometimes
called Sora Rail, but actually in a genus of crakes)
Porzana carolina (monotypic)
Common
Moorhen (or Gallinule) ______
Gallinula chloropus cachinnans
American Coot ______
Fulica a. americana
Sandhill Crane ______ (during
FONT California tours once,
in 2005)
Grus canadensis tabida
Black-bellied Plover ______
Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae
Snowy Plover ______ (was
conspecific with
the Kentish Plover
of the Old World)
Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus
Semipalmated Plover ______
Charadrius semipalmatus (monotypic)
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.
Killdeer ______
Charadrius v. vociferus
Black Oystercatcher ______
Haematopus bachmani

A
Black Oystercatcher photographed during a FONT West Coast Tour
(photo by Marie Gardner)
Black-necked Stilt ______
Himantopus mexicanus
(has been considered by
some conspecific with the
Black-winged Stilt of the Old World)
American Avocet ______
Recurvirostra americana (monotypic)
Greater Yellowlegs ______
Tringa melanoleuca (monotypic)
Lesser Yellowlegs ______
Tringa flavipes (monotypic)
"Western" Willet ______
Tringa
(formerly Catoptrophorus) semipalmata inornata
Wandering Tattler ______
Heteroscelus incanus (monotypic)
Spotted Sandpiper ______
Actitis macularius (monotypic)
"American" Whimbrel ______
Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
LITTLE CURLEW (NAr) ______ (during
FONT California tours once,
in 1994)
Numenius minutus
Long-billed Curlew
(nt) ______
Numenius americanus parvus
Marbled Godwit ______
Limosa fedoa

The Marbled Godwit
is a common bird
along the California coast in September
(photo by Abram
Fleishman)
BAR-TAILED GODWIT ______
Limosa lapponica baueri
Ruddy Turnstone ______
Arenaria interpres morinella
Black Turnstone ______
Arenaria melanocephala
Surfbird ______
Aphriza virgata (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
Red Knot ______
Calidris canutus rufa
Sanderling ______
Calidris alba rubida
Pectoral Sandpiper ______
Calidris melanotos (monotypic)
Baird's Sandpiper ______
Calidris bairdii (monotypic)
Western Sandpiper ______
Calidris mauri
Semipalmated
Sandpiper (wNAr) ______ (during
FONT California tours once,
in
1993)
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper ______
Calidris minutilla
LONG-TOED STINT
(NAr) ______ (once
FONT California tours once,
in 1992)
Calidris subminuta
Dunlin ______
Calidris alpina
Short-billed
Dowitcher ______
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed
Dowitcher ______
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Wilson's Phalarope ______
Phalaropus tricolor
Red Phalarope ______ (mp)
Phalaropus fulicaria

Red
Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope ______ (mp)
Phalaropus lobatus

A
Red-necked Phalarope photographed during a FONT tour in California
Pomarine Skua ______ (mp)
(has been called Pomarine
Jaeger)
Stercorarius pomarinus (monotypic)

A
Pomarine Skua, or Jaeger
(photo by Alan Brady)
Parasitic Jaeger ______ (mp)
(has also been called
Arctic Skua - in
Eurasia)
Stercorarius parasiticus (monotypic)
Long-tailed Jaeger ______ (mp) (has
also been called Long-tailed
Skua - in Eurasia)
Stercorarius longicaudus

An
immature Long-tailed
Jaeger
(photo by Alan Brady)
South Polar Skua ______
(mp)
Catharacta
(or Stercorarius) maccormicki

South
Polar Skua
(photo by Alan Brady)
Bonaparte's Gull ______
Larus philadelphia
Heermann's Gull
(nt) ______
Larus heermanni

Heermann's Gull
(photo by Armas Hill)
Ring-billed Gull ______
Larus delawarensis
California Gull ______
Larus c. californicus

California Gull
(photo by Howard Eskin)
"American" Herring Gull ______
Larus argentatus smithsonianus
Western Gull ______
Larus o. occidentalis
Glaucous-winged Gull ______
Larus glaucescens
Sabine's Gull ______ (mp)
Xema sabini
Caspian Tern ______
Sterna c. caspia
Arctic Tern ______ (mp)
Sterna paradisaea
Forster's Tern ______
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern ______
Sterna h. hirundo
Royal Tern ______ (during
FONT California tours once,
in 1992)
Thalasseus
(formerly
Sterna)
m. maxima
Elegant Tern
(nt) ______
Thalasseus
(formerly
Sterna)
elegans
Black Tern ______
Chlidonias niger surinamensis
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)
Common Murre ______ (mp)
Uria aalge californica

Common
Murre
(photo by Kim Steininger)
Pigeon Guillemot ______ (mp)
Cepphus c. columba
Marbled Murrelet (nt) ______ (mp)
Brachyramphus marmoratus
Xantu's Murrelet
(nt) ______ (mp)
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus scrippsi
(northern race: Washington
& California)
Synthliboramphus h. hypoleucus
(southern race:
California)
Craveri's Murrelet
(nt) ______ (mp)
Synthliboramphus craveri
Cassin's Auklet ______
(mp)
Ptychoramphus aleuticus
Rhinoceros Auklet ______ (mp)
Cerohinca monocerata
Common (or
Feral) Pigeon (NAi) ______
Columba livia
Band-tailed Pigeon _______
Patagioenas
(formerly
Columba)
flavirostris
White-winged Dove ______
(once, during tour in 1995)
Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove ______
Zenaida macroura
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
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
Greater Roadrunner ______
Geococcyx californianus
Barn Owl ______
Tyto alba pratincola
Western Screech-Owl ______
Otus kennicottii
Great Horned Owl ______
Bubo virginianus saturatus
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)
Burrowing Owl ______
Athene cunicularia hypugaea
Common Nighthawk ______
Chordeiles minor hesperis
American Black Swift ______
(during
FONT California tours once,
in 1997)
Cypseloides niger borealis
Vaux's Swift ______
Chaetura v. vauxi
White-throated Swift ______
Aeronautes saxatalis
Anna's Hummingbird ______
Calypte anna

Anna's
Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher ______
Megaceryle (formerly
Ceryle)
alcyon
Nuttall's Woodpecker ______
Picoides nuttallii
Acorn Woodpecker ______
Melanerpes formicivorus

Acorn Woodpecker
(photo by Armas Hill)
White-headed
Woodpecker ______ (during
FONT California tours twice,
in
1997 & 2004)
Picoides a. albolarvatus
Downy Woodpecker ______
Picoides pubescens turati
Hairy Woodpecker ______
Picoides villosus hyloscopus (western
California)
Picoides villosus orius (in
mountains of Washington & California)
"Red-shafted" Northern
Flicker ______
Colaptes auratus
Pileated Woodpecker ______
Dryocopus pileatus
Olive-sided
Flycatcher ______ (an
alternate name could
be "Boreal
Pewee")
Contopus cooperi (was for a while
Contopus borealis)
Western Wood-Pewee ______
Contopus sordidulus
Pacific-slope
Flycatcher ______
Empidonax difficilis
Willow Flycatcher ______
Empidonax trailii
LEAST FLYCATCHER (wNAr) ______ (during
FONT California tours once,
in 1991)
Empidonax minimus
Black Phoebe ______
Sayornis nigricans
Say's Phoebe ______
Sayornis saya
Ash-throated Flycatcher ______
Myiarchus cinerascens
Western Kingbird ______
Tyrannus verticalis
EASTERN KINGBIRD (wNAr) ______ C 2
(during FONT
California tours twice,
in 1991 & 2005)
Tyrannus tyrannus
Loggerhead Shrike ______
Lanius ludovicianus
Cassin's
Vireo ______ (formerly called Solitary Vireo when conspecific with what's now
Plumbeous and Blue-headed Vireos)
Vireo cassinii
Hutton's Vireo ______
Vireo huttoni
Warbling Vireo ______
Vireo gilvus
Steller's Jay ______
Cyanocitta stelleri carbonacea
Western Scrub
Jay ______
Aphelocoma c. californica
Pinyon Jay ______ (during
FONT California tours once,
in 2004)
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Clark's Nutcracker ______
Nucifraga columbiana
Black-billed Magpie ______
(was conspecific
with the Eurasian Magpie, Pica
pica)
Pica hudsonia
Yellow-billed Magpie
(CAe) (USe) ______
Pica nuttalli

Yellow-billed
Magpie
American Crow ______
Corvus brachyrhnchos hesperis
Northern
Raven ______
Corvus corax principalis
Horned Lark ______
Eremophila alpestris
Tree Swallow ______
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow ______
Tachycineta t. thalassina
Barn Swallow ______
Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
Northern
Rough-winged Swallow ______
Stelgidopteryx s. serripennis
Wrentit ______
Charmaea fasciata
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee ______
Poecile r. rufescens (two other subspecies along California
coast: P.r. neglectus & P.r. barlowi)
Mountain Chickadee ______
Poecile gambeli baileyae
Oak Titmouse ______ (was
at one time part of Plain Titmouse when it was conspecific with
what's now the Juniper Titmouse)
Baeolophus i. inornatus
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.
Red-breasted
Nuthatch ______
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted
Nuthatch ______
Sitta carolinensis aculeata
Pygmy Nuthatch ______
Sitta pygmaea melanotus (in California)
Sitta p.
pygmaea (in
California)
Brown Creeper ______
(an alternate name could be
"American
Treecreeper")
Certhia americana occidentalis
Rock Wren ______
Salpinctes o. obsoletus
Bewick's Wren ______
Thryomanes bewickii spilurus
(in central California)
House
Wren ______
Troglodytes aedon
Winter Wren ______
(an alternate name could be "Northern Wren")
Troglodytes troglodytes obscurior
Marsh Wren ______
Cistothorus palustris aestuarinus
(in coastal & central California)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet ______
Regulus calendula
Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher ______
Polioptila caerulea
Western Bluebird ______
Sialia mexicana
Mountain Bluebird ______
Sialia currucoides
Swainson's Thrush ______
Catharus ustulatus
American Robin ______
Turdus migratorius
California Thrasher (CAqe) ______
Toxostoma redivivum
Northern Mockingbird ______
Mimus polyglottos
Common Starling (NAi) ______
Sturnus vulgaris
Phainopepla ______
Phainopepla nitens
BLACK-AND-WHITE
WARBLER (wNAr) ______ (during
FONT California tours once, in 1998)
Mniotilta varia (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
Orange-crowned
Warbler ______
Vermivora celata
American Yellow Warbler ______
Dendroica petechia
"Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______
Dendroica coronata auduboni
NORTHERN PARULA (wNAr) ______
Parula americana
Black-throated Gray
Warbler ______
Dendroica nigrescens
BLACK-THROATED BLUE
WARBLER (wNAr)
______ (during
FONT California tours once,
in 1991)
Dendroica caerulescens
Townsend's Warbler ______
Dendroica townsendi
Hermit Warbler ______
Dendroica occidentalis
BLACKPOLL WARBLER ______
(during
FONT California tours once,
in 1991)
Dendroica striata
MacGillivray's
Warbler ______
Oporornis tolmiei
Common Yellowthroat ______
Geothlypis trichas
Wilson's Warbler ______
Wilsonia pusilla
AMERICAN REDSTART (wNAr) ______ (during
FONT California tours once,
in 1991)
Setophaga ruticilla
Western Tanager ______
Piranga ludoviciana
Black-headed
Grosbeak ______
Pheucticus melanocephalus
ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK (wNAr) ______
(during
FONT California tours twice,
in 1998 & 2005)
Pheucticus ludovicianus
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
California Towhee ______ (formerly called Brown
Towhee when previously conspecific with the now Canyon
Towhee,
Pipilo fuscus)
Pipilo crissalis
Rufous-crowned
Sparrow ______
Aimophila r. ruficeps
Chipping Sparrow ______
Spizella passerina boreophila
Brewer's Sparrow ______
Spizella b. breweri
(this subspecies valid as long as
"Timberline Sparrow" of Canada is considered conspecific)
Vesper Sparrow ______ (an uncommon migrant in
CA)
Pooecetes gramineus affinis
Lark Sparrow ______
Chondestes grammacus
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)
Savannah Sparrow ______
Passerculus sandwichensis (the single member of its genus)
Song Sparrow ______
Melospiza melodia (there are 11 subspecies in California)
White-crowned
Sparrow ______
Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttalli

White-crowned
Sparrow
(photo by
Howard Eskin)
"Oregon" Dark-eyed Junco ______
Junco hyemalis shufeldti
(coastal California)
Junco hyemalis pinosus
(in hills in cent California)
Red-winged Blackbird ______
Agelaius phoeniceus
Tricolored Blackbird ______
Agelaius tricolor
Yellow-headed
Blackbird ______
(once, during tour in 1998)
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (monotypic, and the single member of
its genus)
Western Meadowlark ______
Sturnella neglecta
Brewer's Blackbird ______
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird ______
Molothrus ater
Hooded Oriole ______
(during FONT
California tours once,
in 1991)
Icterus cucullatus
Bullock's Oriole ______ (for a while was merged
with Baltimore Oriole, and called Northern Oriole)
Icterus bullockii
Purple Finch ______
Carpodacus purpureus

A
male Purple
Finch
(photo by Howard Eskin)
Cassin's Finch ______
Carpodacus cassinii
House Finch ______
Carpodacus mexicanus

House Finch
(photo by Doris
Potter)
Red Crossbill ______
Loxia curvirostra
Pine Siskin ______
Carduelis pinus
Lesser Goldfinch ______
Carduelis psaltria
Lawrence's Goldfinch ______
(during
FONT California tours twice)
Carduelis lawrencei
American Goldfinch ______
Carduelis tristis
House Sparrow (NAi) ______
Passer domesticus

Mammals
(land & marine)
found during our
West
Coast USA Tours
in central
California
1991 thru 200
9
(during the month of September)
List compiled by Armas Hill
Seen offshore during
Monterey CA pelagic trips: (mp)
- Virginia Opossum ______
Didelphis virginiana
- California Myotis ______
Myotis californicus
- Big Brown Bat ______
Eptesicus fuscus
- Northern River Otter ______
Lontra canadensis
- Sea Otter ______ (seen during all tours)
(IN PHOTO AT TOP OF LIST)
Enhydra lutris
- Coyote ______
Canis latrans
- Gray Fox ______
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
- Bobcat ______
Lynx rufus
- California Sea Lion ______
(the
Galapagos Sea Lion
is a race of this species, there is
another rare subspecies in Japan)
Zalophus californiannus
- Northern Fur Seal ______ (mp)
Callorbinnus ursinus
- Harbor Seal ______
Phoca vitulina
- Northern Elephant Seal ______
Mirounga angustirostris
- California Ground Squirrel ______
Spermophilus beecheyi
- Merriam's Chipmunk ______
Tamias merriami
- Panamint Chipmunk ______
Tamias panamintinus
- Western Gray Squirrel ______
Sciurus griseus
- Desert Cottontail ______
Sylvilagus audubonii
- Brush Rabbit ______
Sylvilagus bachmani
- Black-tailed Jackrabbit ______
Lepus californicus
- Tule Elk ______
Cervus elaphus nannodes (a subspecies of the Elk
native to California)
- Mule Deer ______
Odocoileus hemionus
- (Common) Fallow Deer (i) ______
(feral
population in California; native to the Mediterranean region of the Old
World)
Dama dama
- (Short-beaked) Common Dolphin ______ (mp)
Delphinus delphis
- Northern Right Whale Dolphin ______ (mp)
Lissodelphis borealis
- Pacific White-sided Dolphin ______ (mp)
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
- Risso's Dolphin ______ (mp)
(also
called
Gray Grampus)
Grampus griseus
- Orca ______ (mp)
(also called
Killer Whale)
Orcinus orca
- Short-finned Pilot Whale ______ (mp)
Globicephala macrorhynchus
- Baird's Beaked Whale ______
(mp)
(8
seen nicely during 2005 tour)
Berardius bairdii
- Gray Whale ______ (mp)
Eschrichtius robustus
- Humpback Whale ______ (mp)
Megaptera novaeanliae
- Blue Whale ______ (mp)
Balaenoptera musculus
Reference for this mammal list is the new book:
"Mammals of North America" by Roland W. Kays & Don E. Wilson,
published by Princeton Univ Press, 2002.

Other
Wildlife:
Leatherback Sea Turtle
______ (mp)
Dermochelys coriacea
Blue Shark ______ (mp)
Prionace glauca
Thresher Shark ______ (mp)
Alopias
vulpinus
Ocean Sunfish ______ (mp)
Mola mola
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