Neotropical Migrating Birds
FOUND WITHIN THE CALIENTE RESOURCE AREA
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Allen's hummingbird | Selasphorus sasin | | 1 | | 3 COW,MCH | 4 CSC,MCH, VRI | American avocet | Recurvirostra americana | | 4 | | 3 FEW,LAC, SEW | 4 FEW,LA | American bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | | 2 | | 5 FEW,MRI,VRI | 5 FEW | American pipit | Anthus spinoletta | | 4 | | 3 AGS | 0 ADS | American redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | | 2 | | 4 COW,VRI | 0 None | American white pelican | Pelecanus erythroryhncos | | 3 | | 3 EST,LAC | 0 None | ash-throated flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens | | 2 | | 3 BOP,BOW, MCH, MRI,PJN, VRI | 3 BOP,BOW, MCH,MRI,PJN, VOW,VRI | Baird's sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | | 1 | | 4 LAC | 0 None | bank swallow | Riparia riparia | | 1 | | 5 Most | 5 | barn swallow | Hirundo rustica | | 1 | | 3 Most | 4 Open | Bell's vireo | Vireo bellii | | 1 | | 5 VRI | 5 VRI | belted kingfisher | Ceryle alcyon | | 4 | | 4 LAC,MAR, RIV | 4 EST,LAC,MAR, RIV | Bendire's thrasher | Toxostoma bendirei | | 2 | | 4 DSC | 5 DSC,DSW | black swift | Cypseloides niger | | 1 | | 5 Most | 5 Montane - Forest/Open | black tern | Chlidonias niger | | 1 | | 5 EST,FEW, LAC | 5 FEW,LAC | black-bellied plover | Pluvialis squatarola | | 3 | | 4 FEW,LAC, SEW | 0 None | black-chinned hummingbird | Archilochus alexandri | | 1 | | 3 MCH,VRI | 4 Lower Elev. Trees/Shrubs | black-chinned sparrow | Spizella atrogularis | | 2 | | 4 CRC,DSC, MCH,SGB | 4 CRC,DSC, MCH,SGB | black-crowned night-heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | | 3 | | 4 FEW,MRI,VRI | 5 EST,FEW, LAC, SEW | black-headed grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus | | 1 | | 3 BOP,BOW, COW,MCH, MHW,MRI,VRI, CON/EDG | 3 BOP,BOW, COW,MCH, MHW,MRI,VRI, CON/EDG | black-necked stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | | 2 | | 3 FEW,LAC, SEW | 4 FEW,LAC | black-throated gray warbler | Dendroica nigrescens | | 2 | | 3 Most Trees | 3 JUN,MCH, MHW, Plus Many Conifers | black-throated sparrow | Amphispiza bilineata | | 3 | | 4 DSC,JST | 4 DSC,JST | blue grosbeak | Guiraca caerula | | 1 | | 3 VRI | 4 VRI | blue-gray gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | | 2 | | 4 Most Low Elev. Trees/ Shrubs | 4 BOW, DRI, MCH, MHW, VRI | Bonaparte's gull | Larus philadelphia | | 4 | | 4 EST,FEW, LAC, MAR, SEW | 0 None | Brewer's blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus | | 5 | | 3 ASC,DSC, Openings in Tree Dominated | 3 ASC,DSC, Openings in Tree Dominated | Brewer's sparrow | Spizella breweri | | 2 | | 3 AGS,ASC, SGB | 4 SGB | brown-crested flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | | 1 | | 5 VRI | 5 VRI | brown-headed cowbird | Molothrus ater | | 4 | | 3 MCH,MHW, MRI ,VRI, Openings High Trees | 3 MCH,MHW, MRI,VRI, Openings High Trees | burrowing owl | Athene cunicularia | | 3 | | 3 AGS,ASC | 3 AGS,ASC | calliope hummingbird | Stellula calliope | | 1 | | 4 DRI,VRI | 4 Most | Caspian tern | Sterna caspia | | 2 | | 3 EST,LAC, MAR | 0 None | Cassin's finch | Carpodacus cassinii | | 4 | | 3 Most Trees | 4 Wide | Cassin's kingbird | Tyrannus vociferans | | 1 | | 4 AGS,BOW | 5 BOW,VOW, VRI | cattle egret | Bubulcus ibis | | 3 | | 4 CRP,FEW, MRI,VRI | 5 CRP,FEW, LAC, PAS, SEW | cedar waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | | 4 | | 3 Most Trees/ Shrubes | 0 MRI, Early Seral | chipping sparrow | Spizella passerina | | 3 | | 3 Openings in Tree Dominate Habitat | 4 Openings in Tree Dominate Habitat | Clark's grebe | Aechmophorus clarkii | | 4 | | 3 EST,LAC, MAR | 5 FEW | clay-colored sparrow | Spizella pallida | | 2 | | 4 BOW,MRI, VRI | 0 None | cliff swallow | Hirundo pyrrhonota | | 1 | | 3 Most | 3 Open | common nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | | 1 | | 4 Most | 4 Open | common poorwill | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii | | 2 | | 3 Rocks | 3 Dry Areas w/Rocks | common snipe | Gallinago gallinago | | 3 | | 3 FEW,LAC, PAS,SEW,WTM | 0 FEW,LAC, PAS,WTM | common tern | Sterna hirundo | | 5 | | 3 LAC | 0 None | common yellowthroat | Geothylpis trichas | | 3 | | 4 FEW,VRI, WTM | 4 FEW,VRI, WTM | Costa's hummingbird | Calypte costae | | 2 | | 4 DRI,DSC,VRI | 4 CRC,CSC, DSC, DSW,MCH | double-crested cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus | | 3 | | 3 EST,LAC, MAR | 5 EST,FEW,LAC | dunlin | Calidris alpina | | 3 | | 4 FEW,LAC, MAR,SEW | 0 None | dusky flycatcher | Empidonax oberholseri | | 2 | | 4 MRI,VRI, Most Trees | 4 MCP, Mid/high Brushland, Early Seral | eared grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | | 3 | | 3 EST,LAC,MAR | 5 FEW | flammulated owl | Otus flammeolus | | 1 | | 4 BOP | 4 ASP,JPN,PPN | Forster's tern | Sterna forsteri | | 2 | | 3 EST,FEW,LAC, MAR, SEW | 4 FEW,LAC | grasshopper sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | | 3 | | 4 AGS,BOW | 5 AGS,BOW | gray flycatcher | Empidonax wrightii | | 2 | | 4 DRI,JUN,PJN | 0 PJN EAST OF SIERRAS | gray vireo | Vireo vicinior | | 2 | | 5 JUN,MCH,PJN | 5 JUN,MCH,PJN | great egret | Casmerodius albus | | 3 | | 4 FEW,MRI,VRI | 5 CRP,FEW, LAC,PAS,SEW | greater yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | | 3 | | 4 FEW,LAC, SEW | 0 None | green-backed heron | Butorides striatus | | 2 | | 4 FEW,MRI,VRI | 5 FEW | green-tailed towhee | Piplo chlorurus | | 2 | | 4 MCH,MCP, SGB, Early Seral of Conifer | 4 MCH,MCP, SGB, Early Seral of Conifer | Hammond's flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii | | 1 | | 4 Most Trees | 5 RFR,SMC, WFR | hermit thrush | Catharus guttatus | | 3 | | 3 MRI,URI, Most Conifers | 4 MHW,MRI, RFR, WFR | hermit warbler | Dendroica occidentalis | | 3 | | 4 Most Trees | 4 Conifers | herring gull | Larus argentatus | | 4 | | 4 EST,FEW,LAC, MAR,SEW | 0 None | hooded oriole | Icterus cucullatus | | 2 | | 4 VRI | 5 VRI | horned lark | Eremophila alpestris | | 5 | | 2 AGS | 2 AGS | house wren | Troglodytes aedon | | 3 | | 3 Most Trees | 3 BOW,COW, DRI,MHW,MRI, VOW,VRI | indigo bunting | Passerina cyanea | | 1 | | 4 MRI,VRI | 4 MRI,VRI | lark sparrow | Chondestes grammacus | | | | 3 AGS,ASC, BOW,MCH | 3 AGS,ASC, BOW, MCH | lazuli bunting | Passerina amoena | | 1 | | 3 BOW,COW, MCH,MHW,MRI,V RI, Conif. Edges | 3 BOW,COW, MCH,MHW,MRI, VRI, Conif. Edges | least bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | | 2 | | 5 FEW,MRI,VRI | 5 FEW | least sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | | 4 | | 3 FEW,LAC, SEW | 0 None | least tern | Sterna antillarum | | 1 | | 3 EST,LAC,MAR | 5 EST,LAC,MAR | lesser golden plover | Pluvialis dominica | | 5 | | 5 CRP,FEW, LAC,SEW | 0 None | lesser goldfinch | Carduelis psaltria | | 4 | | 3 BOW,COW, MCH,MHW,MRI,V OW,VRI, CON/EDG | 3 BOW,COW, MCH,MHW,MRI, VOW,VRI, CON/EDG | lesser nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | | 1 | | 3 AGS,ASC,CRP | 3 Open, Desert, Gravel | lesser yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | | 2 | | 4 FEW,LAC, SEW | 0 None | Lincoln's sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | | 3 | | 3 MCH,FEW, VRI,WTM | 0 None | loggerhead shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | | 4 | | 3 AGS, ASC, BOP,BOW,MCH | 3 AGS, ASC, BOW,JST,JUN, PJN | long-billed curlew | Numenius americanus | | 4 | | 3 AGS,ASC,CRP | 0 None | long-billed dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | | 3 | | 3 FEW,LAC, PAS,SEW,WTM | 0 None | MacGillivray's warbler | Oporonis tolmiei | | 1 | | 3 COW,MCH, MHW, MRI, VRI, Early Seral Conifer | 4 COW,MCH, MHW,MRI, Early Seral Conifer | marbled godwit | Limosa fedoa | | 4 | | 4 FEW,LAC, SEW | 0 None | marsh wren | Cistothorus palustris | | 4 | | 4 FEW,WTM | 4 FEW | mountain bluebird | Sialia currucoides | | 4 | | 3 AGS,ASC | 0 SCN | mountain plover | Charadrius montanus | | 5 | | 2 AGS,ASC,CRP | 0 None | Nashville warbler | Vermivora ruficapilla | | 2 | | 4 JPN,MCH, MHW,MRI,PPN,V RI | 4 JPN,MCH, MHW,PPN | northern oriole | Icterus galbula | | 2 | | 3 BOW,COW, MHW,MRI,VOW,V RI | 3 BOW,COW, MHW,MRI,VOW, VRI | northern rough-winged swallow | Stelgidopterx serripennis | | 2 | | 3 Most | 4 Open | olive-sided flycatcher | Contopus borealis | | 1 | | 3 MRI,VRI, Most Trees | 4 Many Conifers | orange-crowned warbler | Vermivora celata | | 3 | | 3 COW,MCH, MHW | 4 COW,MCH, MHW | pacific-slope flycatcher | Empidonax difficilis | | 1 | | 3 Most Trees | 4 COW,MCH, MHW,RFR,VRI,W FR | pectoral sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | | 1 | | 4 LAC | 0 None | phainopepla | Phainopepla nitens | | 2 | | 3 BOP,BOW | 3 BOW,JST, MCH | pied-billed grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | | 5 | | 3 EST,LAC,MAR | 5 FEW,LAC | pine siskin | Carduelis pinus | | 4 | | 3 Most Trees | 4 Higher Conifers | purple martin | Progne subis | | 1 | | 5 Most | 5 Large Trees | red knot | Calidris canutus | | 2 | | 4 FEW,LAC, MAR, SEW | 0 None | red-naped sapsucker | Sphyrapicus nuchalis | | 2 | | 4 Trees | 0 ASP,MRI | red-necked phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | | 1 | | 3 FEW,LAC,MAR | 0 None | red-winged blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | | 5 | | 3 AGS,ASC, FEW,MRI,VRI, WTM | 4 CRP,FEW, MRI,PAS,VRI, WTM | ring-billed gull | Larus delawarensis | | 4 | | 3 EST,FEW,LAC, MAR,SEW | 0 None | royal tern | Sterna maxima | | 1 | | 5 EST,MAR | 0 None | ruby-crowned kinglet | Regulus calendula | | 4 | | 3 Most Trees | 4 LPN,RFR,WFR | ruddy turnstone | Arenaria interpres | | 3 | | 3 FEW,LAC, MAR,SEW | 0 None | rufous hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | | 1 | | 3 AGS,ASC, COW,DRI,MCH, VRI | 0 None | sage sparrow | Amphispiza belli | | 4 | | 4 ASC,SGB,MCH | 3 ASC,SGB, MCH | sage thrasher | Oreoscoptes montanus | | 3 | | 4 DSC,SGB | 5 DSC,SGB | sanderling | Calidris alba | | 4 | | 3 FEW,LAC,MAR, SEW | 0 None | sandhill crane | Grus canadensis | | 3 | | 3 AGS,CRP,FEW, LAC | 0 None | savannah sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | | 4 | | 3 AGS,ASC,WTM | 5 CRP,PGS, PAS,WTM | Say's phoebe | Sayornis saya | | 3 | | 3 AGS,ASC,BOP, BOW,MCH | 3 Open, Arid |
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Scott's oriole Icterus parisorum 2 4 JST,JUN,PJN 4 JST,JUN,PJN semipalmated plover Charadrius semipalmatus 3 4 FEW,LAC,SEW 0 NONE semipalmated Calidris pusilla 2 4 FEW,LAC,SEW 0 NONE
sandpiper short-billed Limnodromus griseus 3 3 FEW,LAC,PAS, 0 NONE SEW,WTM
dowitcher short-eared owl Asio flammeus 4 4 AGS,ASC,CRP 5 AGS,ASC,FEW, WTM snowy egret Egretta thula 3 4 FEW,MRI,VRI 5 FEW,LAC,SEW snowy plover Charadrius alexandrinus 3 4 FEW,LAC,SEW 4 FEW,LAC solitary sandpiper Tringa solitaria 1 4 FEW,LAC,SEW 0 NONE solitary vireo Vireo solitarius 2 4 JPN,JUN,MCH, 4 JPN,JUN,MCH,MHW,MRI,PJN, MHW,MRI,PJN,SMC,VRI,WFR SMC,VRI,WFR spotted sandpiper Actitis macularia 3 3 LAC,RIV 4 LAC,RIV stilt sandpiper Calidris himantopus 2 4 FEW,LAC,PAS, 0 NONE SEW,WTM summer tanager Piranga rubra 1 4 VRI 4 VRI Swainson's thrush Catharus ustulatus 1 3 MRI,VRI 4 MHW,MRI,RFR,WFR Thayer's gull Larus thayeri 5 5 EST,FEW,LAC, 0 NONE MAR,SEW Townsend's solitaire Myadestes townsendi 5 3 MOST 4 JPN,LPN,RFR, CONIFERS SCN,SMC,WFR Townsend's warbler Dendroica townsendi 3 3 MOST TREES 4 CONIFERS tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor 3 3 MOST 4 MANY TREE DOM Vaux's swift Chaetura vauxi 1 4 MOST 4 FORESTS,FORESTS/OPEN vermilion flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus 2 5 LAC,VRI 5 DRI,VRI vesper sparrow Pooecetes gramineus 3 4 AGS,BOW,VRI 0 NONE violet-green swallow Tachycineta thalassina 2 3 MOST 4 MANY TREES DOMINANT warbling vireo Vireo gilvus 1 3 MRI,VRI 3 MRI,VRI western bluebird Sialia mexicana 4 3 AGS,BOP,BOW, 3 OPEN TREES MRI,VRI western grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis 4 3 EST,LAC,MAR 5 FEW western kingbird Tyrannus verticalis 1 3 AGS,ASC,BOW, 3 BOW,DRI,VOW,MCH VRI western sandpiper Calidris mauri 4 3 FEW,LAC,SEW 0 NONE western tanager Piranga ludoviciana 2 3 BOP,COW,PJN, 3 BOP,COW,PJN, MHW,VRI,OPEN MHW,OPEN CONIFER CONIFER western wood-pewee Contopus sordidulus 1 3 BOW,MCH,VRI 3 MANY TREES & CONIFERS whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 3 4 FEW,LAC,SEW 0 NONE white-crowned Zonotrichia leucophrys 4 3 BOP,BOW,COW, 0 NONE MCH,MRI,VRI
sparrow white-faced ibis Plegadis chihi 2 4 FEW,MRI,VRI 5 FEW,LAC white-throated swift Aeronautes saxatalis 2 3 MOST 4 FOREST/OPEN willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus 4 4 FEW,LAC,SEW 0 NONE Williamson's Sphyrapicus thyroideus 4 4 TREES 5 MOST MID TO HIGH CANOPY
sapsucker willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii 1 4 MOST TREES 4 MRI,VRI BELOW CONIFERS Wilson's phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 1 3 FEW,LAC 5 FEW,LAC Wilson's warbler Wilsonia pusilla 1 3 COW,MRI,WTM, 4 COW,MRI,WTM VRI yellow warbler Dendroica petechia 2 4 MRI,VRI 4 MRI,VRI yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus 1 5 VRI 5 VRI yellow-breasted chat Icteria virens 1 4 VRI 4 VRI yellow-headed Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus 2 3 FEW 4 FEW
blackbird yellow-rumped Dendroica coronata 3 3 MOST TREES 4 CONIFERS
warbler 1Tropical Dependence Code (percent of winter range south of the United States):1, 100%; 2, 75-99%; 3, 50-74%; 4, 25-49%; 5, 5-24%. 2Use of Public Land Code (frequency of occurrence on public land): 1, only on public land; 2, mostly; 3, commonly; 4, uncommonly; 5, rarely. Habitat codes are defined in the following section. HABITAT CODES USED IN THE TEXT FOR NEOTROPICAL MIGRATING BIRDS
Wildlife Habitat Relationships Codes1 | California Native Plant Society Codes2 |
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ADS | Alpine dwarf-shrub | ALPBR | AGS | Annual grassland | VFGRS | ASC | Alkali desert scrub | CHSCR | ASP | Aspen | BUFRS | BOP | Blue oak-digger pine | | BOW | Blue oak woodland | |
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COW Coastal oak woodland BUFRS CPC Closed-cone pine-cypress CCFRS CRC Chamise-redshank chaparral CRP Cropland CSC Coastal scrub CBSCR DFR Douglas-fir NCFRS DRI Desert riparian DSC Desert scrub MDSCR DSS Desert succulent shrub DSW Desert wash EST Estuarine EUC Eucalyptus FEW Fresh emergent wetland MSHSW JPN Jeffrey pine JST Joshua tree JTWLD JUN Juniper PJWLD LAC Lacustrine VNPLS LPN Lodgepole pine UCFRS MAR Marine MCH Mixed chaparral CHPRL MCP Montane chaparral MHC Montane hardwood-conifer BUFRS MHW Montane hardwood BUFRS MRI Montane riparian PAS Pasture PGS Perennial grassland PJN Pinyon juniper PJWLD PPN Ponderosa Pine RDW Redwood NCFRS RFR Red fir RIV Riverine SCN Subalpine conifer SCFRS SEW Saline emergent wetland SGB Sagebrush GBSCR SMC Sierran mixed conifer URB Urban VOW Valley oak woodland VRI Valley Foothill Riparian RPFRS,RPWLD WFR White fir UCFRS WTM Wet meadow BGFNS,MEDWS,VNPLS 1 Mayer and Laudenslayer Jr. (eds), 1988 2 Holland, 1986 |
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