Laguna Figueroa: birds

English name Scientific name Key Source
Northern pintail Anas acuta + An 1
American wigeon Anas americana + An 1
Northern shoveler Anas clypeata An 1, 2
Cinnamon teal Anas cyanoptera An 1, 2
Greater white-fronted goose Anser albifrons elgansi+ An 1, 2
Snow goose Anser caerulescens An 2
Water pipit Anthus rubescens Mo 1
Great-blue heron Ardea herodias Ar 1
Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres Sc 1
Canada goose Branta canadensis An 1
Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis * + Ar 1
Red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis + Ac 1
Zone-tailed hawk Buteo albonotatus Ac 1
Sanderling Calidris alba Sc 7
Dunlin Calidris alpina Sc 1
Western sandpiper Calidris mauri Sc 1
Least sandpiper Calidris minutilla Sc 1
House finch Carpodacus mexicanus Fr 1
Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Sc 1
Snowy plover Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus # Ch 1, 3
Mountain plover Charadrius montanus + Ch 5
Semipalmated plover Charadrius semipalmatus Ch 1
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Ch 1, 3
Snow goose Chen caerulescens An 1, 2
Northern harrier Circus cyaneus + Ac 1
Common raven Corvus corax Co 1
White -tailed kite Elanus leucurus Ac 1
Horned lark Eremophila alpestris Au 1
Merlin Falco columbarius+ Fa 1
American kestrel Falco sparverius+ Fa 1
American coot Fulica americana Ra 1
Black-necked stilt Himantopus mexicanus Re 3
Western gull Larus occidentalis La 1, 3
Dowitcher Limnodromus spp. Sc 1
Marbled godwit Limosa fedoa Sc 1
Long-billed curlew Numenius americanus + Sc 1
Ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis An 2
Savannah sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis beldingi # Em 1, 3
California brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis californicus + Pe 1
Double-crested cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus + Pa 1
Red-necked phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Sc 1
White-faced ibis Plegadix chihi Th 2
Black-bellied plover Pluvialis squatarola Ch 1
Eared grebe Podiceps nigricollis Po 1
American avocet Recurvirostra americana Re 3
Say's phoebe Sayornis saya Ta 1
Burrowing owl Speotyto cunicularia # St 1
Least tern Sterna antillarum browni # La 3
Caspian tern Sterna caspia La 4
Foster's tern Sterna forsteri La 3
Western meadowlark Sturnella neglecta Em 1
Violet-green swallow Tachycineta thalassina Hi 1
Lesser yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Sc 2
Greater yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Sc 2
Western kingbird Tyrannus verticalis Ta 1
Cassinīs kingbird Tyrannus vociferans Ta 1
Families list  
ACCIPITRIDAE Ac
ALAUDIDAE Au
ANATIDAE An
ARDEIDAE Ar
CHARADRIIDAE Ch
CORVIDAE Co
EMBERIZIDAE Em
FALCONIDAE Fa
FRINGILLIDAE Fr
HIRUNDINIDAE Hi
LARIDAE La
MOTACILLIDAE Mo
PELECANIDAE Pe
PHALACROCORACIDAE Pa
PODICIPEDIDAE Po
RALLIDAE Ra
RECURVIROSTRIDAE Re
SCOLOPACIDAE Sc
STRIGIDAE St
STURNIDAE Sn
THRESKIORNITHIDAE Th
TYRANNIDAE Ta

* Non-native species
+ Special status species
# Breeding special species


Last Updated on 21/07/99
By Por Esteros


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