The following table represents birds which have been spotted during the months indicated on the right. As with any such list, it will never be complete and relies on people such as yourself in striving for that goal. When visiting China Ranch, please let us know of any unusual sightings.
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| ACCIPITRIDAE | |||||
| Accipiter striatus | Sharp-Shinned Hawk |  |
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| Accipiter cooperii | Cooper's Hawk | |
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| Buteo jamaicensis | Red-Tailed Hawk | |
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| Circus cyaneus | Marsh Hawk | |
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| ALAUDIDAE | |||||
| Eremophila alpestris | Horned Lark | |
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| ALCEDINIDAE | |||||
| Megaceryle alcyon | Belted Kingfisher | |
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| ANATIDAE | |||||
| Anas strepera | Gadwall | |
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| Anas carlinensis | Green-Winged Teal | |
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| Anas cyanoptera | Cinnamon Teal | |
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| Spatula clypeata | Shoveler | |
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| Bucephala clangula | Common Goldeneye | |
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| Bucephala albeola | Bufflehead | |
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| Oxyura jamaicensis | Ruddy Duck | |
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| Aythya americana | Redhead | |
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| Aythya valisineria | Canvasback | |
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| APODIDAE | |||||
| Aeronautes saxatalis | White-Throated Swift | |
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| Chaetura vauxi | Vaux's Swift | |
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| ARDEIDAE | |||||
| Ardea herodias | Great Blue Heron | |
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| Butorides virescens | Green Heron | |
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| CAPRIMULGIDAE | |||||
| Phalaenoptilus nuttallii | Poor-Will | |
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| Chordeiles acutipennis | Lesser Nighthawk | |
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| CATHARTIDAE | |||||
| Cathartes aura | Turkey Vulture | |
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| CHARADRIIDAE | |||||
| Charadrius vociferus | Killdeer | |
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| COLUMBIDAE | |||||
| Zenaidura macroura | Mourning Dove | |
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| CORVIDAE | |||||
| Corvus corax | Common Raven | |
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| Corvus brachyrhynchos | Common Crow | |
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| CUCULIDAE | |||||
| Geococcyx californianus | Roadrunner | |
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| FALCONIDAE | |||||
| Falco mexicanus | Prairie Falcon | |
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| Falco sparverius | Sparrow Hawk | |
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| FRINGILLIDAE | |||||
| Carpodacus mexicanus | House Finch | |
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| Spinus psaltria | Lesser Goldfinch | |
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| Passerculus sandwichensis | Savannah Sparrow | |
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| Pooecetes gramineus | Vesper Sparrow | |
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| Amphispiza bilineata | Black-Throated Sparrow | |
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| Junco caniceps | Gray-Headed Junco | |
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| Spizella passerina | Chipping Sparrow | |
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| Zonotrichia leucophrys | White-Crowned Sparrow | |
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| Melospiza lincolnii | Lincoln's Sparrow | |
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| Melospiza melodia | Song Sparrow | |
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| Pheucticus melanocephalus | Black-Headed Grosbeak | |
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| Passerina amoena | Lazuli Bunting | |
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| Spizella breweri | Brewer's Sparrow | |
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| HIRUNDINIDAE | |||||
| Tachycineta thalassina | Violet-Green Swallow | |
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| Iridoprocne bicolor | Tree Swallow | |
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| Stelgidopteryx ruficollis | Rough-Winged Swallow | |
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| Hirundo rustica | Barn Swallow | |
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| ICTERIDAE | |||||
| Sturnella neglecta | Western Meadowlark | |
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| Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | Yellow-Headed Blackbird | |
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| Agelaius phoeniceus | Red-Winged Blackbird | |
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| Icterus cucullatus | Hooded Oriole | |
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| Icterus bullocki | Bullock's Oriole | |
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| Euphagus cyanocephalus | Brewer's Blackbird | |
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| LANIIDAE | |||||
| Lanius Ludovicianus | Loggerhead Shrike | |
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| MIMIDAE | |||||
| Toxostoma dorsale | Crissal Thrasher | |
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| Mimus polyglottos | Mocking Bird | |
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| MOTACILLIDAE | |||||
| Anthus spinoletta | Water Pipit | |
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| PARIDAE | |||||
| Parus inornatus | Plain Titmouse | |
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| Auriparus flaviceps | Verdin | |
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| PARULIDAE | |||||
| Vermivora luciae | Lucy's Warbler | |
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| Dendroica auduboni | Audubon's Warbler | |
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| Dendroica nigrescens | Black-Throated Gray Warbler | |
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| Vermifora celata | Orange-Crowned Warbler | |
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| Vermifora ruficapilla | Nashville Warbler Warbler | |
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| Geothlypis trichas | Yellowthroat | |
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| Wilsonia pusilla | Wilson's Warbler | |
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| Vermifora virginiae | Virginia's Warbler | |
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| Dendroica coronata | Myrtle's Warbler | |
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| PHASIANIDAE | |||||
| Lophortyx gambelii | Gambel's Quail | |
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| Phasianus colchicus | Ring Necked Pheasant | |
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| PICIDAE | |||||
| Colaptes cafer | Red-Shafted Flicker | |
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| PLOCEIDAE | |||||
| Passer domesticus | House Sparrow | |
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| PODICIPEDIDAE | |||||
| Podilymbus podiceps | Pied-Billed Grebe | |
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| PTEROSAURIA | |||||
| Pterodactylus | Pterodactyl | (August - likely due to heat stroke) | |||
| PTILOGONATIDAE | |||||
| Phainopepla nitens | Phainopepla | |
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| RALLIDAE | |||||
| Rallus limicola | Virginia Rail | |
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| Fulica americana | American Coot | |
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| RECURVIROSTRIDAE | |||||
| Recurvirostra americana | American Avocet | |
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| SCOLOPACIDAE | |||||
| Capella gallinago | Common Snipe | |
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| Totanus melanoleucus | Greater Yellowlegs | |
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| STRIGIDAE | |||||
| Bubo virginianus | Great Horned Owl | |
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| STURNIDAE | |||||
| Sturnus vulgaris | Starling | |
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| SYLVIIDAE | |||||
| Polioptila melanura | Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher | |
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| Regulus calendula | Ruby-Crowned Kinglet | |
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| Polioptila caerulea | Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher | |
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| TROCHILIDAE | |||||
| Calypte costae | Costa's Hummingbird | |
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| TROGLODYTIDAE | |||||
| Troglodytes aedon | House Wren | |
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| Thryomanes bewickii | Bewick's Wren | |
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| Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus | Cactus Wren | |
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| Telmatodytes palustris | Long-Billed Marsh Wren | |
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| Catherpis mexicanus | Canyon Wren | |
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| TURDIDAE | |||||
| Turdus migratorius | Robin | |
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| Sialia currucoides | Mountain Bluebird | |
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| Sialia mexicana | Western Bluebird | |
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| Hylocichla guttata | Hermit Thrush | |
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| Hylocichla ustulata | Swainson's Thrush | |
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| TYRANNIDAE | |||||
| Tyrannus verticalis | Western Kingbird | |
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| Sayornis nigricans | Black Phoebe | |
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| Sayornis saya | Say's Phoebe | |
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| Empidonax traillii | Traill's Flycatcher | |
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| Contopus sordidulus | Western Wood Pewee | |
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| Pyrocephalus rubinus | Virmilion Flycatcher | |
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| Empidonax difficilis | Western Flycatcher | |
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| VIREONIDAE | |||||
| Vireo solitarius | Solitary Vireo | |
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| Vireo gilvus | Warbling Vireo | |
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| Vireo vicinior | Gray Vireo | |
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Number of Families: 37
Number of Species: 104