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COMMON NAME GENUS SPECIES INTRODUCTION VERIFIED
Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus NATIVE yes
Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin MIGRATORY yes
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana NATIVE  
American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus NATIVE  
American Coot Fulica americana NATIVE yes
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos NATIVE yes
American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis NATIVE  
American Kestrel Falco sparverius NATIVE  
American Pipit Anthus rubescens MIGRATORY  
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla NATIVE  
American Robin Turdus migratorius NATIVE yes
American White Pelican Pelicanus erythrorhyrehos NATIVE  
American Wigeon Anas americana MIGRATORY yes
Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus MIGRATORY  
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga NATIVE  
Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna NATIVE yes
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea NATIVE  
Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens MIGRATORY  
Ashy Storm-Pestrel Oceanodroma homochroa  
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
 NATIVE  
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus MIGRATORY  
Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata NATIVE  
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia NATIVE  
Barn Owl Tyto alba NATIVE  
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica MIGRATORY  
Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica MIGRATORY  
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica NATIVE  
Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon NATIVE  
Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii NATIVE  
Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachamani

NATIVE

  
Black Pheobe Sayornis nigricans NATIVE yes
Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis MIGRATORY  
Black Scoter Melanitta nigra MIGRATORY  
Black Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma melania  
Black Swift Cypseloides niger NATIVE  
Black Tern Chlidonias niger NATIVE  
Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala MIGRATORY  
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia NATIVE  
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola MIGRATORY  
Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca NATIVE  
Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri NATIVE  
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax NATIVE yes
Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanoephalus MIGRATORY  
Black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla NATIVE  
Black-necked Stilt Haemantopus mexicanus NATIVE  
Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata NATIVE  
Black-shouldered kite Elanus caeruleus NATIVE  
Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens NATIVE  
Black-throated Gray Warbler Dendroica nigrescens MIGRATORY  
Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens NATIVE  
Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas  
Blue-breasted warbler Dendroica castanea NATIVE  
Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii  
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea MIGRATORY  
Blue-winged teal Anas discors MIGRATORY  
Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia MIGRATORY yes
Brandt's Cormorant Palacrocorax pericillatus MIGRATORY  
Brant Branta bericla NATIVE  
Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus NATIVE  
Brown creeper Certhia americana NATIVE  
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis NATIVE yes
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum NATIVE  
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater NATIVE yes
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola  
Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri  
Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia  
Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus yes
California Gull Larus californicus yes

California Quail

 Callipepla

californica

 NATIVE yes
California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum NATIVE  
California Towhee Pipilo crissalis NATIVE yes
Canada Goose Branta canadensis MIGRATORY yes
Canvasback Aythya valisineria MIGRATORY  
Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus NATIVE  
Cape May Warbler
 Dendroica tigrina NATIVE  
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia NATIVE yes
Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus MIGRATORY  
Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans NATIVE  
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis NATIVE  
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum MIGRATORY  
Chestnut-backed Chickadee Parus rufescens NATIVE yes
Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica NATIVE  
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica NATIVE  
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina MIGRATORY  

Cinnamon Teal

Anas cyanoptera MIGRATORY  
Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris NATIVE  
Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii NATIVE  
Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana NATIVE  
Cliff Swallow Hirundo pyrrhonota MIGRATORY  
Common Goldeneye Bucephala Blangula MIGRATORY  
Common Loon Gavia immer NATIVE  
Common Merganser Mergus merganser MIGRATORY  
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus MIGRATORY  
Common Murre Uria aalge MIGRATORY yes
Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii MIGRATORY  
Common Raven Corvus corax NATIVE yes
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago MIGRATORY  
Common Tern Sterna hirundo MIGRATORY  
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas NATIVE yes
Cooper's Hawk
 Accipiter cooperii NATIVE  
Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae NATIVE  
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis NATIVE yes
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus MIGRATORY yes
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens NATIVE  
Dunlin Calidris alpina MIGRATORY  
Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholsen NATIVE  
Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer NATIVE  
Eared grebe Podiceps nigriocollis NATIVE  
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus NATIVE  
Elegant Tern Sterna elegans MIGRATORY  
Eurasian wigeon Anas penelope MIGRATORY  
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris NATIVE  
Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis NATIVE  
Fork-tailed Storm-Pestrel Oceanodroma furcata  
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri NATIVE  

Fox Sparrow
 Passerella iliaca MIGRATORY  
Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan NATIVE  
Gadwall Anas strepera NATIVE  
Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis NATIVE  
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus NATIVE  
Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens MIGRATORY  
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos NATIVE  
Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa NATIVE  
Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla MIGRATORY yes
Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera NATIVE  
Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum MIGRATORY  
Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii NATIVE  
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias NATIVE yes
Great Egret Casmerodius albus NATIVE yes
Great Horned Owl
 Bubo virginianus NATIVE  
Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus NATIVE  
Greater Scaup Aythay marila NATIVE  
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca MIGRATORY  
Greater white-fronted Goose Anser albifrons NATIV  
Green-backed Heron Butorides striatus NATIVE  
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca MIGRATORY  
Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus NATIVE  
Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii NATIVE  
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus NATIVE  
Heermanns Gull Larus heermanni NATIVE  
Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus MIGRATORY  
Hermit Warbler Dendroice occidentalis NATIVE  
Herring Gull Larus argentatus MIGRATORY  
Hooded Merganser Iophodytes cucullatus MIGRATORY  
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus NATIVE  
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris NATIVE  
Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata NATIVE  
House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus NATIVE yes
House Sparrow
 Passer domesticus NATIVE yes
House Wren Troglodytes aedon NATIVE  
Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni NATIVE  
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus NATIVE  
Lark Sparrow Chondestes

grammacus

NATIVE  
Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena MIGRATORY  
Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis NATIVE  
Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus NATIVE  
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla MIGRATORY  
Least Tern Sterna antillarum MIGRATORY  
Lesser Golden Plover Plurialis dominica NATIVE  
Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria NATIVE  
Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis NATIVE  
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis NATIVE  
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes MIGRATORY  
Lewis' Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis MIGRATORY  
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii MIGRATORY  
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus NATIVE  
Long-Billed Curlew Numenius americanus MIGRATORY  
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus MIGRATORY  
Long-eared Owl Asio otus NATIVE  
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus NATIVE  
Lucy's Warbler Vermivora luciae NATIVE  
Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia

NATIVE

 
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos MIGRATORY yes
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus  
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa MIGRATORY  
Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus NATIVE  
Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris NATIVE yes
Merlin Falco columbarius MIGRATORY yes
Mew Gull Larus canus MIGRATORY  
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura NATIVE yes
Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla

NATIVE

  
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus NATIVE yes
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis  
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis NATIVE  
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus NATIVE yes
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos NATIVE yes
Northern Parula Parula americana NATIVE  
Northern Pintail Anas acuta MIGRATORY  
Northern Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma NATIVE  
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis MIGRATORY  
Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus NATIVE  
Northern shoveler Anas clypeata MIGRATORY  
Northern Shrike
 Lanius excubitor NATIVE  
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe NATIVE  
Nuttall's Woodpecker Picoides nuttallii NATIVE  
Oldsquaw Clangula hyemalis

MIGRATORY

 
Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus borealis MIGRATORY  
Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata NATIVE  
Osprey Pandion haliaetus MIGRATORY  
Pacific Loon Gavia arctica NATIVE  
Pacific-slope Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis MIGRATORY  
Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum NATIVE  
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus NATIVE  
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melantos NATIVE  
Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus NATIVE  
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus NATIVE  
Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus NATIVE  
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps NATIVE yes
Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba NATIVE  
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus NATIVE  
Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus  
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus NATIVE  
Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus NATIVE  
Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor NATIVE  
Purple Martin
 Progne subis MIGRATORY  
Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea NATIVE yes
Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra

MIGRATORY

 
Red Knot Calidris canutus MIGRATORY  
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicaria NATIVE  
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator MIGRATORY  
Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis NATIVE  
Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber MIGRATORY  
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus NATIVE  
Red-footed Booby Sula sula  
Redhead Aythya americana MIGRATORY  
Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis NATIVE  
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegera NATIVE  
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus NATIVE  
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo cireatus NATIVE yes
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis NATIVE yes
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata NATIVE  
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus NATIVE yes
Rhinoceros Auklet

Cerorhinca

monocerata

MIGRATORY

  
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis NATIVE yes
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris MIGRATORY  
Rock Dove
 Columba livia NATIVE yes
Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilochemis NATIVE  
Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus NATIVE  
Ross' Goose Chen rossii NATIVE  
Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus MIGRATORY  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula NATIVE  
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis NATIVE  
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres MIGRATORY  
Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus NATIVE  
Rufous-sided Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus NATIVE  
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini

NATIVE

 
Sage Sparrow Aphispiza belli NATIVE  
Sanderling Calidris alba MIGRATORY  
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis NATIVE  
Say's Pheobe Sayornis saya MIGRATORY  
Scrub Jay Aphelocoma coerulescens NATIVE yes
Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis NATIVE  
Semipalmated Plover Charaddrius semipalmatus MIGRATORY  
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla NATIVE  
Sharp-shinned hawk Accipiter striatus NATIVE  
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus MIGRATORY  
Short-eared Owl
 Asio flammeus MIGRATORY  
Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris  
Snow Goose Chen calrulescens NATIVE  
Snowy Egret Egretta thula NATIVE  
Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca NATIVE  
Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus MIGRATORY yes
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria

NATIVE

  
Solitary Vireo Vireo solitarius NATIVE  
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia NATIVE yes
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus  
Sora Porzona carolina NATIVE  
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia MIGRATORY  
Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri NATIVE yes
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata NATIVE  
Surfbird Aphriza virgata MIGRATORY  
Surfbird Aphriza virgata MIGRATORY  
Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni NATIVE  
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus MIGRATORY  
Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina

NATIVE

 
Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri NATIVE  
Thick-billed kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris NATIVE  
Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi NATIVE  
Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi MIGRATORY yes
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor NATIVE  
Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor MIGRATORY yes
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus NATIVE  
Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata NATIVE  
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus NATIVE  
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura NATIVE yes
Varied Thrush Ixoreus naerius NATIVE yes
Vaux's Swift Chaetura vaux MIGRATORY  
Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina NATIVE  
Virginia Rail Rallus limicola NATIVE  
Virginia's Warbler Vermivora virginae NATIVE  
Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus MIGRATORY  
Warbling Vireo Vireo mexicana MIGRATORY  
Western Bluebird Sialia Numenius NATIVE  
Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis NATIVE  
Western Gull Laruso occidentalis NATIVE  
Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalus NATIVE  
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta NATIVE  
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri MIGRATORY  
Western Screech Owl Otus kennicottii NATIVE  
Western Wood-Pewee Contopos sordidulus MIGRATORY  
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus MIGRATORY  
White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis NATIVE  
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys NATIVE yes
White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi NATIVE  
White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis NATIVE  
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica NATIVE  
White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca MIGRATORY  
Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus MIGRATORY  
Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus NATIVE  
Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii NATIVE  
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus phalarope NATIVE  
Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla MIGRATORY  
Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes NATIVE  
Wood Duck Aix sponsasponsa NATIVE  
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina NATIVE  
Wrentit Chamaea fasciata NATIVE  
Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia MIGRATORY  
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius NATIVE  
Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii NATIVE  
Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttalli NATIVE  
Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata NATIVE  
Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons NATIVE  
Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica NATIVE  

WHAT WE MEAN BY VERIFIED - Flora and fauna that have been "verified" are ones that have been seen or noted by one of the scientists, educators, or naturalists here at the Academy.
WHO DID THE RESEARCH? - This project was researched, compiled and the results made into this web site by Academy High School Interns Erica Bestpitch and Evan Saint-Pierre under the supervision of the librarians in the Biodiversity Resource Center using Academy Library resources. Additional help and information was contributed by Fernando Pico and the Academy High School Interns involved in the CAS SF Bay: 2K project.

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