Henry Cook: ABA Area Life List ABA, All records Record(s) 1 to 284 of 284 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Ross's Goose Anser rossii 2 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 3 Brant Branta bernicla 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii 5 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 6 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 7 Wood Duck Aix sponsa 8 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 9 Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera 10 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 12 American Wigeon Mareca americana 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 14 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 15 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca 16 Canvasback Aythya valisineria 17 Redhead Aythya americana 18 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 19 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 20 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 21 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 22 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 23 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi 24 Black Scoter Melanitta americana 25 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 26 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 27 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 28 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 29 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 30 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 31 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 32 Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus 33 California Quail Callipepla californica 34 Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii 35 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 36 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 37 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 38 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 39 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 40 Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis 41 Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii 42 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 43 Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata 44 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto 45 Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina 46 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica 47 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 48 Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus 49 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis 50 Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi 51 White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis 52 Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri 53 Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna 54 Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae 55 Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope 56 Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus 57 Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin 58 Virginia Rail Rallus limicola 59 Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata 60 American Coot Fulica americana 61 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis 62 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus 63 American Avocet Recurvirostra americana 64 Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani 65 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola 66 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 67 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 68 Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus 69 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 70 Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus 71 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa 72 Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala 73 Red Knot Calidris canutus 74 Surfbird Calidris virgata 75 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus 76 Sanderling Calidris alba 77 Dunlin Calidris alpina 78 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 79 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 80 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri 81 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus 82 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 83 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata 84 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 85 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 86 Willet Tringa semipalmata 87 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 88 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 89 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 90 Common Murre Uria aalge 91 Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba 92 Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus 93 Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus 94 Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata 95 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata 96 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia 97 Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni 98 Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus 99 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 100 Western Gull Larus occidentalis 101 Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens Yes 102 California Gull Larus californicus 103 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 104 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens 105 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 106 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 107 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 108 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 109 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri 110 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans 111 Black Skimmer Rynchops niger 112 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata 113 Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica 114 Common Loon Gavia immer 115 Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes 116 Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus 117 Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus 118 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum 119 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 120 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis 121 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 122 Great Egret Ardea alba 123 Snowy Egret Egretta thula 124 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 125 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 126 Green Heron Butorides virescens 127 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 128 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi 129 California Condor Gymnogyps californianus 16/04/2019 Big Sur coast, CA 5 flew over 130 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 131 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 132 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus 133 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 134 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius 135 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 136 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 137 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus 138 Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus 139 Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni 140 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 141 Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis 142 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 143 Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia 144 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 145 Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis 146 Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus 147 Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis 148 Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis 149 Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens 150 Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii 151 Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris 152 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 153 White-headed Woodpecker Dryobates albolarvatus 154 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 155 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 156 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 157 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 158 Red-crowned Parrot Amazona viridigenalis 159 Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens 160 Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans 161 Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis 162 Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi 163 Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii 164 Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii 165 Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis 166 Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans 167 Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya 168 Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus 169 Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii 170 Gray Vireo Vireo vicinior 171 Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni 172 Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii 173 Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus 174 Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus 175 Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri 176 Island Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma insularis 177 California Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica 178 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia 179 Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttalli 180 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Also Northwestern Crow (caurinus) 181 Common Raven Corvus corax 182 Verdin Auriparus flaviceps 183 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 184 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli 185 Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens 186 Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus 187 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 188 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia 189 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor 190 Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina 191 Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis 192 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 193 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota 194 Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus 195 Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus 196 Wrentit Chamaea fasciata 197 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula 198 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa 199 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 200 Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens 201 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 202 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 203 Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea 204 Brown Creeper Certhia americana 205 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 206 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura 207 California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica 208 Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus 209 Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus 210 Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii 211 House Wren Troglodytes aedon 212 Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus 213 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 214 California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum 215 LeConte's Thrasher Toxostoma lecontei 216 Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus 217 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 218 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 219 American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus 220 Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana 221 Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides 222 Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi 223 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus 224 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus 225 American Robin Turdus migratorius 226 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius 227 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 228 American Pipit Anthus rubescens 229 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus 230 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus 231 Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus 232 Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii 233 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 234 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus 235 Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria 236 Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei 237 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 238 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum 239 Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata 240 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus 241 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 242 Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis 243 Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri 244 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca 245 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis 246 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 247 Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla 248 Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula 249 Bell's Sparrow Artemisiospiza belli 250 Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis 251 Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus 252 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 253 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 254 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 255 Abert's Towhee Melozone aberti 256 California Towhee Melozone crissalis 257 Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps 258 Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus 259 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus 260 Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens 261 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus 262 Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta 263 Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus 264 Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii 265 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 266 Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor 267 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 268 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus 269 Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus 270 Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata 271 Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae 272 Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla 273 MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei 274 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 275 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia 276 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata 277 Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens 278 Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi 279 Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis 280 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla 281 Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana 282 Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus 283 Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea 284 Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena