Estero
de Punta Banda: birds
| English name | Scientific name | Key | Source |
| Spotted sandpiper | Actitis macularia | Sc | 1,4 |
| Clarkīs grebe | Aechmophorus clarkii | Po | 2,4 |
| Western grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis | Po | 1,4 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | Em | 4 |
| Rufous-crowned sparrow | Aimophila ruficeps | Em | 4 |
| Sage sparrow | Amphispiza belli | Em | 4 |
| Northern pintail | Anas acuta + | An | 1,4 |
| American wigeon | Anas americana + | An | 1,4 |
| Northern shoveler | Anas clypeata | An | 1 |
| Cinnamon teal | Anas cyanoptera | An | 1 |
| Blue-winged teal | Anas discors + | An | 1 |
| Eurasian wigeon | Anas penelope | An | 2 |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | An | 1,4 |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera | An | 1 |
| Greater white-fronted goose | Anser albifrons elgansi+ | An | 1,4 |
| Snow goose | Anser caerulescens | An | 1 |
| Water pipit | Anthus rubescens | Mo | 4 |
| Scrub jay | Aphelocoma coerulescens | Cr | 4 |
| Surfbird | Aphriza virgata | Sc | 1,4 |
| Great-blue heron | Ardea herodias | Ar | 1,4 |
| Ruddy turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Sc | 1,4 |
| Black turnstone | Arenaria melanocephala | Sc | 1,4 |
| Short-eared owl | Asio flammeus + | St | 1 |
| Lesser scaup | Aythya affinis + | An | 1,4 |
| Redhead | Aythya americana | An | 1,4 |
| Ring-necked duck | Aythya collaris | An | 1 |
| Greater scaup | Aythya marila | An | 1 |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | An | 1 |
| Brant | Branta bernicla | An | 1,4 |
| Canada goose | Branta canadensis leucopareia + | An | 1 |
| Cattle egret | Bubulcus ibis + | Ar | 1,4 |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | An | 1,4 |
| Red-tailed hawk | Buteo jamaicensis + | Ac | 3,4 |
| Red-shouldered hawk | Buteo lineatus | Ac | 2 |
| Ferruginous hawk | Buteo regalis | Ac | 1,4 |
| Green heron | Butorides virescens | Ar | 1,4 |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Sc | 1,,4 |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Sc | 1,4 |
| Red knot | Calidris canutus | Sc | 1,4 |
| Western sandpiper | Calidris mauri | Sc | 1,4 |
| Pectoral sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Sc | 1,4 |
| Least sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Sc | 1,4 |
| California quail | Callipepla californica | Ph | 3,4 |
| Anna's hummingbird | Calypte anna | Tr | 4 |
| Costaīs hummingbird | Calypte costae + | Tr | 4 |
| Cactus wren | Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus | Tg | 3 |
| Pine siskin | Carduelis pinus | Fr | 4 |
| Lesser goldfinch | Carduelis psaltria | Fr | 4 |
| House finch | Carpodacus mexicanus | Fr | 3,4 |
| Great egret | Casmerodius albus + | Ar | 1,4 |
| Turkey vulture | Cathartes aura | Ca | 1,4 |
| Hermit trush | Catharus guttatus | Ms | 4 |
| Willet | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus | Sc | 1,4 |
| Belted kingfisher | Ceryle alcyon | Al | 1,4 |
| Wrentit | Chamaea fasciata | Ms | 4 |
| Snowy plover | Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus # | Ch | 1,4 |
| Mountain plover | Charadrius montanus + | Ch | 1 |
| Semipalmated plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Ch | 1,4 |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Ch | 1,4 |
| Wilson's plover | Charadrius wilsonia | Ch | 1,4 |
| Black tern | Chlidonias niger + | La | 1 |
| Northern harrier | Circus cyaneus + | Ac | 1,4 |
| Northern flicker | Colaptes auratus | Pi | 2 |
| Rock dove | Columba livia | Co | 3,4 |
| Common ground-dove | Columbina passerina | Co | 4 |
| Common raven | Corvus corax | Cr | 1,4 |
| Yellow-rumped warbler | Dendroica coronata | Em | 4 |
| Little-blue heron | Egretta caerulea | Ar | 1 |
| Snowy egret | Egretta thula | Ar | 1,4 |
| Tricolored heron | Egretta tricolor | Ar | 1 |
| White -tailed kite | Elanus leucurus | Ac | 1 |
| Horned lark | Eremophila alpestris actia # | Au | 1 |
| Brewer's blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus | Em | 3 |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius+ | Fa | 1 |
| Peregrine falcon | Falco peregrinus + | Fa | 1 |
| American kestrel | Falco sparverius+ | Fa | 1 |
| Northern fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Pr | 1,4 |
| Common loon | Gavia immer + | Ga | 1,4 |
| Red-throated loon | Gavia stellata | Ga | 1 |
| Greater roadrunner | Geococcyx californianus | Cu | 4 |
| Black oystercatcher | Haemotopus bachmani | Ha | 1,4 |
| Wandering tattler | Heteroscelus incanus | Sc | 1,4 |
| Black-necked stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | Re | 1,4 |
| Cliff swallow | Hirundo pyrrhonota + | Hi | 3,4 |
| Barn swallow | Hirundo rustica | Hi | 3 |
| Dark-eyed junco | Junco hyemalis | Em | 4 |
| Loggerhead shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | Ln | 4 |
| Herring gull | Larus argentatus | La | 1 |
| California gull | Larus californicus + | La | 1,4 |
| Mew gull | Larus canus | La | 1 |
| Ring-billed gull | Larus delawarensis | La | 1,4 |
| Glaucous-winged gull | Larus glaucescens | La | 1 |
| Heermann's gull | Larus heermani + | La | 1,4 |
| Glaucous gull | Larus hyperboreus | La | 1 |
| Western gull | Larus occidentalis | La | 1,4 |
| Bonaparte's gull | Larus philadelphia | La | 1 |
| Thayer's gull | Larus thayeri | La | 1 |
| Short-billed dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Sc | 1,4 |
| Long-billed dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Sc | 1,4 |
| Marbled godwit | Limosa fedoa | Sc | 1,4 |
| White-winged scoter | Melanitta fusca | An | 1,4 |
| Black scoter | Melanitta nigra | An | 1,4 |
| Surf scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | An | 1,4 |
| Song sparrow | Melospiza melodia | Em | 4 |
| Red-breasted merganser | Mergus serrator | An | 1,4 |
| Northern mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | Mi | 3 |
| Ash-throated flycatcher | Myarchus cinerascens | Ta | 4 |
| Long-billed curlew | Numenius americanus + | Sc | 1,4 |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Sc | 1,4 |
| Ruddy duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | An | 1 |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus + | Ac | 1,4 |
| House sparrow | Passer domesticus * | Ps | 4 |
| Savannah sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis beldingi # | Em | 1,4 |
| California brown pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis californicus + | Pe | 1,4 |
| American white pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos + | Pe | 1 |
| Double-crested cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus + | Pa | 1,4 |
| Brandt's cormorant | Phalacrocorax penicillatus | Pa | 1,4 |
| Red phalarope | Phalaropus fulicaria | Sc | 1 |
| Red-necked phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Sc | 1 |
| Wilson's phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Sc | 1 |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | Sc | 4,5 |
| Rufous-sided Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | Em | 4 |
| Canyon Towhee | Pipilo fuscus | Em | 4 |
| White -faced ibis | Plegadis chihi + | Th | 2 |
| Black-bellied plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Ch | 1,4 |
| Horned grebe | Podiceps auritus | Po | 6 |
| Eared grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | Po | 1,4 |
| Pied-billed grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | Po | 1 |
| California gnatcatcher | Polioptila californica atwoodii # | Ms | 4 |
| Vesper sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus | Em | 4 |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | Hi | 3 |
| Great-tailed grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | Em | 6 |
| Virginia rail | Rallus limicola | Ra | 1 |
| Clapper rail | Rallus longirostris levipes # | Ra | 1 |
| American avocet | Recurvirostra americana | Re | 1, 4 |
| Ruby-crowned kinglet | Regulus calendula | Ms | 4 |
| Black skimmer | Rynchops niger + | La | 1,4 |
| Rock wren | Salpinctes obsoletus | Tg | 4 |
| Black Phoebe | Sayornis nigricans | Ta | 3,4 |
| Say's phoebe | Sayornis saya | Ta | 3,4 |
| Rufous hummingbird | Selasphorus rufous | Tr | 2 |
| Allenīs hummingbird | Selasphorus sasin | Tr | 2 |
| Mountain blue bird | Sialia currucoides | Ms | 2 |
| Burrowing owl | Speotyto cunicularia # | St | 1,4 |
| Least tern | Sterna antillarum browni # | La | 1 |
| Caspian tern | Sterna caspia | La | 1 |
| Elegant tern | Sterna elegans + | La | 1,4 |
| Foster's tern | Sterna forsteri | La | 1 |
| Royal tern | Sterna maxima | La | 1 |
| Western meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | Em | 4 |
| European starling | Sturnus vulgaris * | Sn | 3 |
| Violet-green swallow | Tachycineta thalassina | Hi | 4 |
| Bewick's wren | Thryomanes bewickii | Tg | 4 |
| Lesser yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Sc | 1,4 |
| Greater yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Sc | 1,4 |
| Solitary sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Sc | 3 |
| (Northern) House wren | Troglodytes aedon | Tg | 4 |
| Scissor-tailed flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus | Ta | 4 |
| Western kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis | Ta | 4 |
| Cassinīs kingbird | Tyrannus vociferans | Ta | 4 |
| Common Barn-owl | Tyto alba + | Ty | 4 |
| Orange-crowned warbler | Vermivora celata | Em | 4 |
| Mourning dove | Zenaida macroura | Co | 3,4 |
| Golden-crowned sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla | Em | 4 |
| White-crowned sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | Em | 4 |
Families list ALCEDINIDAE Al ANATIDAE An ARDEIDAE Ar ALAUDIDAE Au CATHARTIDAE Ca CHARADRIIDAE Ch COLUMBIDAE Co CORVIDAE Cr CUCULIDAE Cu EMBERIZIDAE Em FALCONIDAE Fa FRINGILLIDAE Fr GAVIIDAE Ga HAEMATOPODIDAE Ha HIRUNDINIDAE Hi LARIDAE La LANIIDAE Ln MIMIDAE Mi MOTACILLIDAE Mo MUSCICAPIDAE Ms PHALACROCORACIDAE Pa PELECANIDAE Pe PHASIANIDAE Ph PICIDAE Pi PODICIPEDIDAE Po PROCELLARIIDAE Pr PASSERIDAE Ps RALLIDAE Ra RECURVIROSTRIDAE Re SCOLOPACIDAE Sc STURNIDAE Sn STRIGIDAE St TYRANNIDAE Ta TROGLODYTIDAE Tg THRESKIORNITHIDAE Th TROCHILIDAE Tr TYTONIDAE Ty * Non-native species
+ Special status species
# Breeding special species
Last Updated on
06/17/99
By Pro Esteros
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