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The Familiar Birds of the West Coast


Slide Set

This set depicts 80 species from a variety of habitats west of the Mississippi River.

Common Name Scientific Name
Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Green Heron Butorides virescens
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
California Quail Callipepla californica
American Coot Fulica americana
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
California Gull Larus californicus
Western Gull Larus occidentalis
Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
Western Screech-Owl Otus kennicottii
Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma
Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica
Black-billed Magpie Pica pica
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven Corvus corax
Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
Mountain Chickadee Parus gambeli
Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
American Robin Turdus migratorius
Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi
MacGillivray's Warbler Oporornis tolmiei
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
California Towhee Pipilo crissalis
Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus
American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni