LAKE PALMDALE BIRD LIST © 2011 Callyn Yorke
237 SPECIES
(* Denotes questionable record; adequate documentation not provided.)
- Canada Goose
- Tundra Swan
- Gray-lag Goose (introduced; domestic)
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Brant
- Wood Duck
- Gadwall
- American Wigeon
- Mallard
- Blue-winged Teal
- Cinnamon Teal
- Northern Shoveler
- Northern Pintail
- Green-winged Teal
- Canvasback
- Redhead
- Ring-necked Duck
- Lesser Scaup
- Greater Scaup
- Surf Scoter
- Bufflehead
- Common Goldeneye
- Common Merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Hooded Merganser
- Ruddy Duck
- California Quail
- Red-throated Loon *
- Pacific Loon
- Common Loon
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Horned Grebe
- Eared Grebe
- Western Grebe
- Clark’s Grebe
- Double-crested Cormorant
- American White Pelican
- American Bittern
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Snowy Egret
- Cattle Egret
- Green Heron
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- White-faced Ibis
- Turkey Vulture
- Osprey
- White-tailed Kite
- Bald Eagle *
- Northern Harrier
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Swainson’s Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Golden Eagle
- American Kestrel
- Merlin
- Peregrine Falcon
- Prairie Falcon
- Virginia Rail
- Sora
- Common Moorhen
- American Coot
- Black-bellied Plover
- Semipalmated Plover
- Killdeer
- Black-necked Stilt
- American Avocet
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Willet
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Whimbrel
- Sanderling
- Western Sandpiper
- Least Sandpiper
- Baird’s Sandpiper
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Dunlin
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Wilson’s Snipe
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Wilson’s Phalarope
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Franklin’s Gull
- Bonaparte’s Gull
- Heermann’s Gull *
- Mew Gull *
- Ring-billed Gull
- California Gull
- Herring Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull *
- Glaucous-winged Gull
- Sabine’s Gull
- Caspian Tern
- Common Tern
- Forster's Tern
- Black Tern
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Rock Pigeon
- Mourning Dove
- Greater Roadrunner
- Barn Owl
- Great Horned Owl
- Black Swift
- Vaux’s Swift
- White-throated Swift
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Anna’s Hummingbird
- Costa’s Hummingbird
- Rufous Hummingbird
- Belted Kingfisher
- Acorn Woodpecker
- Red-breasted Sapsucker
- Nuttall’s Woodpecker
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker (RS; YS)
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Western Wood Pewee
- Willow Flycatcher
- Hammond’s Flycatcher
- Gray Flycatcher
- Dusky Flycatcher *
- Pacific Slope Flycatcher
- Black Phoebe
- Say’s Phoebe
- Vermilion Flycatcher
- Ash-throated Flycatcher
- Cassin’s Kingbird *
- Western Kingbird
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Plumbeous Vireo
- Cassin’s Vireo
- Warbling Vireo
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Western Scrub-jay
- American Crow *
- Common Raven
- Horned Lark
- Purple Martin
- Tree Swallow
- Violet-green Swallow
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- Bank Swallow
- Cliff Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Mountain Chickadee
- Oak Titmouse
- Verdin
- Bushtit
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Cactus Wren
- Rock Wren
- Bewick’s Wren
- House Wren
- Marsh Wren
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Swainson’s Thrush
- Hermit Thrush
- American Robin
- Wrentit *
- Northern Mockingbird
- California Thrasher
- LeConte’s Thrasher
- European Starling
- American Pipit
- Cedar Waxwing
- Phainopepla
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Nashville Warbler
- Northern Parula
- Virginia’s Warbler *
- Lucy’s Warbler
- Yellow Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (A; M)
- Black-throated Gray Warbler
- Townsend’s Warbler
- Hermit Warbler
- Prairie Warbler
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Blue-winged Warbler
- Black-throated Green Warbler *
- Black & White Warbler
- American Redstart
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Worm-eating Warbler
- Northern Waterthrush
- MacGillivray’s Warbler
- Common Yellowthroat
- Wilson’s Warbler
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Spotted Towhee
- California Towhee
- Chipping Sparrow
- Brewer’s Sparrow
- Vesper Sparrow *
- Lark Sparrow
- Sage Sparrow
- Savannah Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- Lincoln’s Sparrow
- Swamp Sparrow *
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Summer Tanager
- Western Tanager
- Black-headed Grosbeak
- Blue Grosbeak *
- Lazuli Bunting
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Tricolored Blackbird
- Western Meadowlark
- Yellow-headed Blackbird
- Brewer’s Blackbird
- Great-tailed Grackle
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Bullock’s Oriole
- Hooded Oriole
- Scott’s Oriole *
- Purple Finch
- House Finch
- Pine Siskin
- Lesser Goldfinch
- Lawrence’s Goldfinch
- American Goldfinch
- Evening Grosbeak *
- House Sparrow