101 Birds Part 2

Family: Pelicanidae

Common Name: Brown Pelican

Family: Ardeidae

Common Name: Great Blue Heron

Family: Ardeidae

Common Name: Snowy Egret

Family: Ardeidae

Common Name: Black-crowned Night-heron

Family: Threskiornithidae

Common Name: White-faced Ibis

Family: Cathartidae

Common Name: Turkey Vulture

Family: Cathartidae

Common Name: California Condor

Family: Pandionidae

Common Name: Osprey

Male (smaller, lighter/absent breast band, narrower wings)

Family: Pandionidae

Common Name: Osprey

Female (bigger, darker breast band, broader wings)

Family: Accipiteridae

Common Name: Bald Eagle

Females usually larger & heavier

Family: Accipiteridae

Common Name: Cooper’s Hawk

Females usually larger & heavier

Family: Accipiteridae

Common Name: Red-shouldered Hawk

Females usually slightly larger

Family: Tytonidae

Common Name: American Barn Owl

Female (darker, warmer, slightly larger, & more heavily spotted plumage on chest & underparts)

Family: Tytonidae

Common Name: American Barn Owl

Male (paler, less spots, slightly smaller & white chest)

Family: Strigidae

Common Name: Great-horned Owl

Females usually larger

Family: Strigidae

Common Name: Western Screech-owl

Family: Alcedinidae

Common Name: Belted Kingfisher

Male (NO rusty chest band)

Family: Alcedinidae

Common Name: Belted Kingfisher

Female (rusty band)

Family: Picidae

Common Name: Northern Flicker

Female (NO mustache)

Family: Picidae

Common Name: Northern Flicker

Male (MUSTACHE)

Family: Picidae

Common Name: Acorn Woodpecker

Male (big white forehead & red crown over entire head)

Family: Picidae

Common Name: Acorn Woodpecker

Female (smaller white forehead & red crown doesn’t cover entire head)

Family: Picidae

Common Name: Nuttall’s Woodpecker

Female (no red crown)

Family: Picidae

Common Name: Nuttall’s Woodpecker

Male (red crown)

Family: Falconidae

Common Name: American Kestrel

Male (brown back with black spots, blue-gray upperwings, black band on tail, slightly smaller)

Family: Falconidae

Common Name: American Kestrel

Female (brown back with black barring, brown wings with black barring, black barring throughout tail, slightly larger)

Family: Falconidae

Common Name: Peregrine Falcon

Females usually larger

Family: Psittacidae

Common Name: Red-crowned Parrot

Family: Tyrannidae

Common Name: Black Phoebe

Family: Tyrannidae

Common Name: Cassin’s Kingbird

Family: Tyrannidae

Common Name: Vermilion Flycatcher

Male (red)

Family: Tyrannidae

Common Name: Vermilion Flycatcher

Female (peachy gray)

Family: Tyrannidae

Common Name: Western Flycatcher

Family: Vireonidae

Common Name: Vireo

Family: Laniidae

Common Name: Loggerhead Shrike

Family: Corvidae

Common Name: Common Raven

Family: Corvidae

Common Name: Island Scrub-Jay

Family: Corvidae

Common Name: California Scrub-Jay

Family: Corvidae

Common Name: American Crow

Family: Corvidae

Common Name: Yellow-billed Magpie

Family: Paridae

Common Name: Mountain Chickadee

Family: Paridae

Common Name: Oak Titmouse

Family: Remizidae

Common Name: Verdin

Family: Alaudidae

Common Name: Horned Lark

Female (brighter yellow, darker black horns)

Family: Alaudidae

Common Name: Horned Lark

Male (paler color, less bold horns)

Family: Hirundinidae

Common Name: Barn Swallow

Males usually have longer & deeply forked tail feathers, are more vibrant, & are slightly larger (only slightly sexually dimorphic)

Family: Hirundinidae

Common Name: Violet-green Swallow

Family: Aegithalidae

Common Name: Bushtit

Family: Paradoxornithidae

Common Name: Wrenit

Family: Regulidae

Common Name: Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Family: Sittidae

Common Name: Pygmy Nuthatch

Family: Sittidae

Common Name: White-breasted Nuthatch

Family: Certhiidae

Common Name: Brown Creeper

Family: Polioptilidae

Common Name: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Family: Troglodytidae

Common Name: Bewick’s Wren

Family: Cinclidae

Common Name: American Dipper

Family: Turdidae

Common Name: Western Bluebird

Family: Turdidae

Common Name: American Robin

Family: Mimidae

Common Name: Northern Mockingbird

Family: Sturnidae

Common Name: European Starling

Family: Bombycilidae

Common Name: Cedar Waxwing

Family: Ptiliogonatidae

Common Name: Phainopepla

Family: Estrildidae

Common Name: Scaly-breasted Munia

Family: Passeridae

Common Name: House Sparrow

Male (brighter colors)

Family: Passeridae

Common Name: House Sparrow

Female (duller)

Family: Motacillidae

Common Name: American Pipit

Family: Fringillidae

Common Name: House Finch

Male (redder)

Family: Fringillidae

Common Name: House Finch

Female (browner)

Family: Fringilidae

Common Name: Lesser Goldfinch

Male (black cap & brighter yellow)

Family: Fringilidae

Common Name: Lesser Goldfinch

Female (no cap & duller color)

Family: Passerellidae

Common Name: Song Sparrow

Family: Passerellidae

Common Name: Spotted Towhee

Male

Family: Passerellidae

Common Name: Spotted Towhee

Female

Family: Icteridae

Common Name: Red-winged Blackbird

Male

Family: Icteridae

Common Name: Red-winged Blackbird

Female (browner)

Family: Icteridae

Common Name: Hooded Oriole

Male (hood)

Family: Icteridae

Common Name: Hooded Oriole

Female (no hood)

Family: Parulidae

Common Name: Yellow-rumped Warbler

Female

Family: Parulidae

Common Name: Yellow-rumped Warbler

Male

Family: Parulidae

Common Name: Common Yellowthroat

Male (black eye mask)

Family: Parulidae

Common Name: Common Yellowthroat

Female

Family: Cardinalidae

Common Name: Western Tanager

Male (redder)

Family: Cardinalidae

Common Name: Western Tanager

Female