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DESERT STUDIES CENTER
ZZYZX, CALIFORNIA
EAST MOJAVE DESERT
AUGUST, 2007

M = Migrant (Spring and/or Fall)
S = Summer Resident (Breeds)
W = Winter Resident
Y = Year-round Resident (Breeds)
* = Accidental (Documentation Required)

Ducks, Geese & Swans (Anatidae)
 
Greater White-fronted Goose
M
Snow Goose
M
Ross’s Goose
M*
Canada Goose
MW
Tundra Swan
M
Wood Duck
M
Mallard
MW
Gadwall
MW
Green-winged Teal
MW
American Wigeon
MW
Northern Pintail
MW
Northern Shoveler
MW
Blue-winged Teal
M
Cinnamon Teal
MW
Canvasback
MW
Redhead
MW
Ring-necked Duck
MW
Lesser Scaup
MW

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Common Goldeneye
M*
Bufflehead
MW
Red-breasted Merganser
M*
Hooded Merganser
M*
Ruddy Duck
MW
Partridges & Old World Quail (Phasianidae)
 
Chukar
Y
New World Quail (Odontophoridae)
 
Gambel’s Quail
Y
Loons (Gaviidae)
 
Common Loon
M*
Grebes (Podicipedidae)
 
Pied-billed Grebe
Y
Eared Grebe
M
Western Grebe
M
Pelicans (Pelecanidae)
 
American White Pelican
M
Brown Pelican
M*

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Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
 
Double-crested Cormorant
M
Herons, Bitterns & Egrets (Ardeidae)
 
American Bittern
M
Least Bittern
M*
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
M*
Black-crowned Night-Heron
M
Green Heron
M
Cattle Egret
M
Snowy Egret
M
Great Egret
M
Great Blue Heron
M
Ibises (Threskiornithidae)
 
White-faced Ibis
M
New World Vultures (Cathartidae)
 
Turkey Vulture
M

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Hawks, Kites, & Eagles (Accipitridae)
 
Osprey
M
Northern Harrier
M
Golden Eagle
Y
Sharp-shinned Hawk
MW
Cooper’s Hawk
MW
Red-shouldered Hawk
M
Red-tailed Hawk
Y
Swainson’s Hawk
M
Rough-legged Hawk
M
Ferruginous Hawk
X
Falcons (Falconidae)
 
American Kestrel
Y
Merlin
MW
Prairie Falcon
Y
Peregrine Falcon
M
Rails, Gallinules & Coots (Rallidae)
 
Virginia Rail
M
Sora
M
Purple Gallinule
M*
Common Moorhen
M
American Coot
Y

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Plovers (Charadriidae)
 
Semipalmated Plover
M
Killdeer
Y
Stilts & Avocets (Recurvirostridae)
 
American Avocet
M
Black-necked Stilt
M
Sandpipers & Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
 
Willet
M
Lesser Yellowlegs
M
Greater Yellowlegs
M
Solitary Sandpiper
M
Spotted Sandpiper
M
Western Sandpiper
M
Least Sandpiper
M
Baird’s Sandpiper
M
Long-billed Dowitcher
M
Wilson’s Snipe
M
Wilson’s Phalarope
M
Red-necked Phalarope
M

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Gulls, Terns & Skimmers (Laridae)
 
Heermann’s Gull
M*
Bonaparte’s Gull
M
Ring-billed Gull
M
California Gull
M
Least Tern
M*
Forster’s Tern
M
Black Tern
M
Pigeons & Doves (Columbidae)
 
Rock Pigeon
Y
Mourning Dove
Y
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Y
White-winged Dove
S
Common Ground-Dove
 
Ruddy Ground-Dove
M*
Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis (Cuculidae)
 
Greater Roadrunner
Y
Groove-billed Ani
M*
Barn Owls (Tytonidae)
 
Barn Owl
Y
Typical Owls (Strigidae)
 
Long-eared Owl
Y
Great-horned Owl
Y

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Goatsuckers (Caprimulgidae)
 
Lesser Nighthawk
S
Common Poorwill
S
Swifts (Apodidae)
 
Vaux’s Swift
M
White-throated Swift
Y
Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
 
Black-chinned Hummingbird
S
Costa’s Hummingbird
S
Anna’s Hummingbird
S
Calliope Hummingbird
M
Rufous Hummingbird
M
Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
 
Belted Kingfisher
Y

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Woodpeckers (Picidae)
 
Acorn Woodpecker
M*
Lewis’s Woodpecker
M
Willow Flycatcher
M
Northern Flicker “Yellow-shafted”
M*
Northern Flicker “Red-shafted”
MW
Red-breasted Sapsucker
MW
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
M*
Red-naped Sapsucker
MW
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Y
Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
 
Olive-sided Flycatcher
M
Western Wood-Pewee
M
Willow Flycatcher
M
Hammond’s Flycatcher
M
Gray Flycatcher
M
Dusky Flycatcher
M
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
M
Black Phoebe
Y
Say’s Phoebe
Y

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Vermillion Flycatcher
S
Ash-throated Flycatcher
M
Cassin’s Kingbird
M
Western Kingbird
M
Eastern Kingbird
M
Shrikes (Laniidae)
 
Loggerhead Shrike
 
Vireos (Vireonidae)
 
Bell’s Vireo
M
Plumbeous Vireo
M
Cassin’s Vireo
M
Red-eyed Vireo
M*
Warbling Vireo
M
Crows and Jays (Corvidae)
 
Western Scrub-Jay
M
American Crow
M*
Common Raven
Y

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Larks (Alaudidae)
 
Horned Lark
Y
Swallows (Hirundinidae)
 
Tree Swallow
M
Violet-green Swallow
M
Bank Swallow
M
Cliff Swallow
M
N. Rough-winged Swallow
M
Barn Swallow
M
Verdins (Remizidae)
 
Verdin
Y
Creepers (Certhiidae)
 
Brown Creeper
M
Nuthatches (Sittidae)
 
Red-breasted Nuthatch
M
Wrens (Troglodytidae)
 
House Wren
M
Bewick’s Wren
M
Cactus Wren
Y
Rock Wren
Y
Canyon Wren
Y
Marsh Wren
Y
Winter Wren
Y

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Kinglets (Regulidae)
 
Golden-crowned Kinglet
M
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
MW
Gnatcatchers (Sylviidae)
 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
M
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Y
Thrushes (Turdidae)
 
Western Bluebird
M
Mountain Bluebird
M
Townsend’s Solitaire
M
Swainson’s Thrush
M
Hermit Thrush
MW
Varied Thrush
MW*
American Robin
MW
Mockingbirds & Thrashers (Mimidae)
 
Northern Mockingbird
Y
Sage Thrasher
M
Starlings (Sturnidae)
 
European Starling
Y
Wagtails & Pipits (Motacillidae)
 
American Pipit
M
Waxwings (Bombycillidae)
 
Cedar Waxwing
MW
Silky-flycatchers (Ptilogonatidae)
 
Phainopepla
Y

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Wood-Warblers (Parulidae)
 
Prothonotary Warbler
M*
Tennessee Warbler
M*
Orange-crowned Warbler
M
Nashville Warbler
M
Virginia’s Warbler
M*
Lucy’s Warbler
S
Yellow-rumped Warbler
MW
Black-and-white Warbler
M*
Black-throated Gray Warbler
M
Townsend’s Warbler
M
Hermit Warbler
M
Blackpoll Warlber
M
Yellow Warbler
M
MacGillivray’s Warbler
M
Canada Warbler
M*
Wilson’s Warbler
M
Hooded Warbler
M*
Ovenbird
M*
Northern Waterthrush
M
Common Yellowthroat
Y
Yellow-breasted Chat
M
American Redstart
M*
Painted Redstart
M*
Tanagers (Thraupidae)
 
Hepatic Tanager
M*
Summer Tanager
M
Scarlet Tanager
M*
Western Tanager
M

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Sparrows & Towhees (Emberizidae)
 
Green-tailed Towhee
M
Eastern Towhee
M*
Spotted Towhee
M
American Tree Sparrow
M*
Chipping Sparrow
MW
Brewer’s Sparrow
M
Lark Sparrow
M
Black-throated Sparrow
Y
Sage Sparrow
MW
Fox Sparrow
MW
Savannah Sparrow
MW
Lincoln’s Sparrow
MW
Song Sparrow
MW
Vesper Sparrow
MW
Swamp Sparrow
M*
Harris’s Sparrow
MW*
White-throated Sparrow
M*
White-crowned Sparrow
MW
Golden-crowned Sparrow
MW
Dark-eyed Junco
MW

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Cardinals, Grosbeaks & Buntings (Cardinalidae)
 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
M*
Black-headed Grosbeak
M
Blue Grosbeak
M
Indigo Bunting
M*
Lazuli Bunting
M
Blackbirds & Orioles (Icteridae)
 
Western Meadowlark
M
Yellow-headed Blackbird
M
Tricolored Blackbird
M
Red-winged Blackbird
Y
Great-tailed Grackle
Y
Brewer’s Blackbird
Y
Brown-headed Cowbird
Y
Hooded Oriole
M
Bullock’s Oriole
M
Streak-backed Oriole
M*
Scott’s Oriole
M
Finches (Fringillidae)
 
Purple Finch
M*
House Finch
Y
Pine Siskin
MW
American Goldfinch
MW
Lesser Goldfinch
Y
Lawrence’s Goldfinch
M
Evening Grosbeak
M
Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
 
House Sparrow
M

Taxonomy and Nomenclature follows the 7th edition of the
American Ornithologists’ Union Checklist
of North American Birds (1997) and the 47th Supplement (2006).
CALIFORNIA DESERT STUDIES CENTER
CONTRIBUTION NUMBER SERIES #64

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