Bird Checklist

Birds at Big Morongo Canyon Preserve and adjacent Covington Park

Status is listed below for each of the 263 species recorded in Morongo Valley, California.

Ducks, Geese, Swans

Canada Goose..

Xt

Cinnamon Teal..

Xt

New World Quail

Gambel’s Quail..

Cy*

Mountain Quail..

Ry*

California Quail..

Ry

Pelicans

American White Pelican..

Rt

Cormorants

Double-crested Cormorant..

Xt

Herons, Bitterns, Allies

American Bittern..

Xt

Black-crowned Night-Heron..

Xt

Green Heron..

Rt

Cattle Egret..

Xt

Snowy Egret..

Xt

Great Egret..

Xt

Great Blue Heron..

Rt

New World Vultures

Turkey Vulture..

Ct

Hawks, Kites, Eagles, Allies

Osprey..

Xt

White-tailed Kite..

Rt

Northern Harrier..

Ut

Golden Eagle..

Ry*

Bald Eagle..

Xt

Sharp-shinned Hawk..

Uw

Cooper’s Hawk..

Fy*

Zone-tailed Hawk..

Xt

Broad-winged Hawk..

Xt

Red-shouldered Hawk..

Uy

Red-tailed Hawk

Fy*

Swainson’s Hawk..

Rt

Ferruginous Hawk..

Xw

Common Black-Hawk..

Xt

Falcons

American Kestrel..

Fy*

Merlin..

Xw

Prairie Falcon..

Ry*

Peregrine Falcon…

Xt

Rails, Gallinules, Coots

Black Rail..

Xt

Virginia Rail..

Fy*

Sora…….

Rw

Plovers

Killdeer..

Rt

Gulls, Terns, Skimmers

Ring-billed Gull..

Rt

California Gull..

Xt

Caspian Tern..

Xt

Pigeons, Doves

Band-tailed Pigeon..

Xs

Mourning Dove..

Fy*

White-winged Dove..

Rs, Xw

Common Ground-Dove…

Rt

Cuckoos, Roadrunners

Yellow-billed Cuckoo..

Xt

Greater Roadrunner..

Ry*

Barn Owls

Barn Owl..

Fy*

Typical Owls

Long-eared Owl..

Us*

Great Horned Owl

Uy*

Western Screech-Owl..

Ry

Northern Saw-whet Owl..

Xw

Goatsuckers

Lesser Nighthawk..

Us*

Common Poorwill..

Us*

Swifts

Vaux’s Swift..

Rt

White-throated Swift..

Uy

Black Swift..

Xt

Hummingbirds

Broad-billed Hummingbird..

Xt

Black-chinned Hummingbird…

Fs*

Costa’s Hummingbird..

Fy*

Anna’s Hummingbird

Cy*

Calliope Hummingbird…

Rt

Rufous Hummingbird..

Ft

Allen’s Hummingbird..

Xt

Broad-tailed Hummingbird..

Xt

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher..

Rt

Woodpeckers, Allies

Acorn Woodpecker…

Xt

Lewis’s Woodpecker..

Xw

Northern Flicker

Yellow-shafted Flicker…

Xt

Red-shafted Flicker..

Fw,Rs*

Gilded Flicker..

Rt

Williamson’s Sapsucker..

Xt

Red-breasted Sapsucker..

Uw

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker..

Xw

Red-naped Sapsucker..

Uw

Ladder-backed Woodpecker..

Fy*

Nuttall’s Woodpecker

Fy*

Hairy Woodpecker..

Xw

Tyrant Flycatchers

Olive-sided Flycatcher..

Ut

Western Wood-Pewee..

Ct

Willow Flycatcher..

Ft, Rs*

Least Flycatcher..

Xt

Hammond’s Flycatcher..

Ut, Xw

Gray Flycatcher..

Ut, Xw

Dusky Flycatcher…

Ut

Pacific-slope Flycatcher..

Ct, Xw

Eastern Phoebe..

Xt

Black Phoebe

Fy*

Say’s Phoebe..

Uy*

Vermilion Flycatcher

Us*, Rw

Brown-crested Flycatcher..

Fs*

Ash-throated Flycatcher..

Fs*

Western Kingbird..

Fs*

Cassin’s Kingbird…

Fs*

Eastern Kingbird…

Xt

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher..

Xt

Shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike..

Uy*

Vireos

Yellow-throated Vireo..

Xt

Bell’s Vireo

Rs*

Hutton’s Vireo..

Xt

Blue-headed Vireo…

Xt

Plumbeous Vireo…

Ut

Cassin’s Vireo..

Ft

Red-eyed Vireo..

Xt

Philadelphia Vireo..

Xt

Warbling Vireo..

Ct

Crows, Jays

Steller’s Jay..

Xw

Clark’s Nutcracker..

Xw

Western Scrub-Jay..

Fy*

Pinyon Jay..

Xt

American Crow..

Ry

Common Raven..

Fy*

Larks

Horned Lark..

Rt

Swallows

Tree Swallow..

Ut

Violet-green Swallow..

Ut

Bank Swallow..

Xt

Cliff Swallow..

Ut

Northern Rough-winged Swallow..

Ut

Barn Swallow..

Ut

Babblers

Wrentit..

Xw

Chickadees, Titmice

Oak Titmouse

Uy*

Mountain Chickadee..

Uw,Rs*

Verdins

Verdin

Cy*

Bushtits

Bushtit

Cy*

Creepers

Brown Creeper..

Rw

Nuthatches

White-breasted Nuthatch..

Uw

Red-breasted Nuthatch..

Rt

Pygmy Nuthatch..

Xt

Wrens

House Wren..

Fy*

Pacific Wren..

Xw

Winter Wren..

Xw

Bewick’s Wren

Cy*

Cactus Wren..

Fy*

Rock Wren..

Uy*

Canyon Wren..

Ry*

Marsh Wren..

Uy*

Kinglets

Golden-crowned Kinglet..

Rw

Ruby-crowned Kinglet…

Cw

Gnatcatchers

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher…

Ry*

Black-tailed Gnatcatcher..

Uy*

Thrushes

Western Bluebird

Cw, Rs*

Mountain Bluebird..

Rw

Townsend’s Solitaire..

Rw

Swainson’s Thrush

Ut,Rs*

Hermit Thrush..

Fw

Varied Thrush..

Xt

American Robin..

Fw

Mockingbirds, Thrashers

Northern Mockingbird..

Cy*

Brown Thrasher…

Xw

Sage Thrasher..

Rt

Bendire’s Thrasher..

Xt

California Thrasher

Cy*

Crissal Thrasher…

Xw

Le Conte’s Thrasher..

Xt

Pipits

American Pipit..

Ut

Waxwings

Cedar Waxwing..

Fw

Silky-flycatchers

Phainopepla

Fy*

Wood-Warblers

Prothonotary Warbler…

Xt

Blue-winged Warbler..

Xt

Golden-winged Warbler..

Xt

Tennessee Warbler..

Xt

Orange-crowned Warbler..

Ct,Uw

Nashville Warbler..

Ut

Virginia’s Warbler..

Xt

Lucy’s Warbler..

Rs*

Northern Parula..

Xt

Chestnut-sided Warbler..

Xt

Cape May Warbler…

Xt

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Audubon’s Warbler

Cw

Myrtle Warbler..

Rt

Black-and-White Warbler..

Rt,Xw

Black-throated Blue Warbler..

Xt,Xw

Blackburnian Warbler..

Xt

Black-throated Gray Warbler..

Ft,Xw

Townsend’s Warbler..

Ut

Hermit Warbler..

Ut

Black-throated Green Warbler..

Xt

Yellow-throated Warbler..

Xt

Bay-breasted Warbler..

Xt

Blackpoll Warbler…

Xt

Palm Warbler..

Xt

Yellow Warbler

Cs*

Macgillivray’s Warbler

Ut

Kentucky Warbler..

Xt

German Warbler…

Xt

Wilson’s Warbler

Ct, Xs

Hooded Warbler…

Xt

Worm-eating Warbler..

Xt

Ovenbird..

Xt

Northern Waterthrush..

Rt

Common Yellowthroat

Fy*

Yellow-breasted Chat

Fs*

American Redstart..

Rt

Painted Redstart..

Xt

Red-faced Warbler..

Xt

Tanagers

Summer Tanager.

Fs*

Hepatic Tanager…

Xt

Scarlet Tanager..

Xt

Western Tanager

Ft

Emberizids

Green-tailed Towhee..

Rt, Xw

California Towhee

Fy*

Spotted Towhee.

Fy*

Rufous-crowned Sparrow..

Ry

Chipping Sparrow..

Ut,Rw

Clay-colored Sparrow..

Xt

Brewer’s Sparrow..

Uw

Lark Sparrow..

Uy*

Black-chinned Sparrow..

Rs*

Black-throated Sparrow..

Cy*

Sage Sparrow..

Rw

Grasshopper Sparrow..

Xt

Fox Sparrow..

Uw

Lark Bunting..

Xt

Savannah Sparrow..

Fw

Lincoln’s Sparrow..

Fw

Song Sparrow

Cy*

Vesper Sparrow..

Ut, Rw

Swamp Sparrow..

Xw

Harris’s Sparrow..

Xw

White-throated Sparrow..

Rt

White-crowned Sparrow..

Cw

Golden-crowned Sparrow..

Uw

Dark Eyed Junco

Oregon Junco..

Fw

Gray-headed Junco..

Rw

Slate-colored Junco..

Rw

Pink-sided Junco..

Rw

Grosbeaks, Buntings

Rose-breasted Grosbeak..

Xt

Black-headed Grosbeak

Ft

Blue Grosbeak

Us*

Indigo Bunting..

Rs*

Lazuli Bunting..

Us*

Dickcissel..

Xt

Blackbirds, Orioles

Bobolink..

Xt

Western Meadowlark..

Uy

Yellow-headed Blackbird..

Rt

Red-winged Blackbird..

Uy

Common Grackle..

Xt

Great-tailed Grackle..

Ry

Rusty Blackbird..

Xt

Brewer’s Blackbird..

Fy*

Brown-headed Cowbird..

Fs*,Rw

Bronzed Cowbird..

Xt

Orchard Oriole..

Xt

Hooded Oriole

Fs*

Baltimore Oriole..

Xt

Bullock’s Oriole

Fs*

Scott’s Oriole..

Us*,Rw

Finches

Purple Finch..

Ut

Cassin’s Finch..

Rw

House Finch

Cy*

Red Crossbill..

Xw

Pine Siskin..

Fw

American Goldfinch..

Rw

Lesser Goldfinch.

Cy*

Lawrence’s Goldfinch..

Fs*

Evening Grosbeak..

Xt

Non-Native Species

Rock Pigeon..

Cy*

Spotted Dove..

Ry

Eurasian Collared-dove

Ry

European Starling..

Cy*

House Sparrow

Cy*