Checklist of Birds of Ballona Valley, Los Angeles Co

Fulvous Whistling-Duck Ext.

Greater White-fronted Goose W/T:R

Snow Goose W/T:Cs

Ross’s Goose W:R

Cackling Goose V (1981, 2004)

Canada Goose T:O

Brant Ts:O; W/S:Cs

Tundra Swan V (1994, 2004)

Wood Duck P:R

Gadwall W/T:FC

American Wigeon W/Tf:C

*Mallard P:C

Blue-winged Teal T:U

Cinnamon Teal P:FC

Northern Shoveler W/Tf:FC

Northern Pintail W:U; T:O

Green-winged Teal W/Tf:C

Canvasback Ext.

Redhead W/Tf:U

Ring-necked Duck W:O

Greater Scaup W:U

Lesser Scaup W:C

Harlequin Duck V (3 records)

Surf Scoter W:C

White-winged Scoter W:R

Black Scoter W:R

Long-tailed Duck W/Ts:O

Bufflehead W:C

Common Goldeneye W:O

Hooded Merganser W/Tf:O

Common Merganser Ext.

Red-breasted Merganser W/Ts:FC

*Ruddy Duck P:C

QUAIL

California Quail Ext.

LOONS AND GREBES

Red-throated Loon Ts:U

Pacific Loon W/Ts:U

Common Loon W/Ts:FC

*Pied-billed Grebe P:C

Horned Grebe W:U

Red-necked Grebe W:R

Eared Grebe W/T:FC

Western Grebe W:C

Clark's Grebe W:O

TUBENOSES

Northern Fulmar P:R

Sooty Shearwater S:U

Black-vented Shearwater W:U

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel V (1915, 1993)

Leach's Storm-Petrel V (1981)

Ashy Storm-Petrel V (1934, 1969)

BOOBIES, PELICANS AND CORMORANTS

Brown Booby V (2000)

American White Pelican W/T:R

Brown Pelican P:C

Brandt's Cormorant W:FC

Double-crested Cormorant P:C

Pelagic Cormorant W/T:FC

Magnificent Frigatebird S:Cs

HERONS

American Bittern Ext.

Least Bittern P:U

*Great Blue Heron P:C

Great Egret P:FC

Snowy Egret P:FC

Little Blue Heron V (3 records)

Tricolored Heron V (1972, 1981)

Reddish Egret V (1990)

Cattle Egret W/T:R

*Green Heron P:FC

*Black-crowned Night-Heron P:FC

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron V (1951)

White-faced Ibis Tf:U; Ts:R

Roseate Spoonbill V (1973)

STORK AND VULTURE

Wood Stork V (1925)

Turkey Vulture T:U

RAPTORS

Osprey Tf:U

White-tailed Kite S/W:FC

Bald Eagle Ext.

Northern Harrier Tf:O

Sharp-shinned Hawk W:U

*Cooper's Hawk P:U

Red-should. Hawk W/T:O

Swainson's Hawk V (1998)

*Red-tailed Hawk P:C

Ferruginous Hawk W:Cs

Rough-l. Hawk V (1978, 1982)

*American Kestrel P:FC

Merlin W/T:U

Peregrine Falcon W/T:U

Prairie Falcon V (3 records)

RAILS AND CRANE

Black Rail Ext.

Clapper Rail Ext.

Virginia Rail T:U; W:R

Sora W/T:FC

Common Moorhen W/T:U

*American Coot P:C

Sandhill Crane Ext.

SHOREBIRDS

Black-bellied Plover W/T:C

Pacific Golden-Plover Ext.

Snowy Plover W/T:O

Semipalmated Plover T:FC

*Killdeer P:C

Mountain Plover Ext.

*Black Oystercatcher P:U

*Black-necked Stilt P:C

American Avocet T:O

Greater Yellowlegs W/T:FC

Lesser Yellowlegs W/T:R

Solitary Sandpiper T:O

Willet W/T:C

Wandering Tattler W/T:U

Spotted Sandpiper W/T:U

Whimbrel W/T:C

Long-billed Curlew T:O

Bar-tailed Godwit V (1976)

Marbled Godwit W/T:C

Ruddy Turnstone W/T:C

Black Turnstone W/T:C

Surfbird W/Ts:U

Red Knot W/T:O

Sanderling W/T:C

Semipalmated Sandpiper Tf:R

Western Sandpiper W/T:FC

Least Sandpiper W/T:C

Baird's Sandpiper Tf:R

Pectoral Sandpiper Tf:R

Rock Sandpiper V (old records)

Dunlin W/Ts:U

Stilt Sandpiper V (1959, 1976)

Ruff V (1975, 1993)

Short-billed Dowitcher T:FC

Long-billed Dowitcher W/T:C

Wilson's Snipe W/T:U

Wilson's Phalarope Tf:U; Ts:R

Red-n. Phalarope T:U

Red Phalarope W:R

JAEGERS, GULLS, TERNS

Pomarine Jaeger P:R

Parasitic Jaeger P:O

Laughing Gull V (1973, 2003)

Franklin's Gull Tf:R; Ts:Cs

Little Gull V (1991)

Bonaparte's Gull Ts/W:C; Tf/S:R

Heermann's Gull S/Tf/W:C

Mew Gull W:U

Ring-billed Gull W/T:C

California Gull W/T:C

Herring Gull W:U

Thayer's Gull W:U

Western Gull P:C

Glaucous-winged Gull W:FC

Glaucous Gull W:Cs

Sabine's Gull T:Cs

Black-legged Kittiwake W/T:O

Caspian Tern P:FC

Royal Tern W/T:U

Elegant Tern T/S:C

Common Tern Tf:R

Arctic Tern V (1981)

Forster's Tern P:U

*Least Tern S:FC

Black Tern Tf:Cs

Black Skimmer W/Ts:U

ALCIDS

Common Murre W/Tf:Cs

Pigeon Guillemot Tf:Cs

Marbled Murrelet W:R

Xantus’ Murrelet V (1951)

Craveri's Murrelet V (1978)

Ancient Murrelet V (3 records)

Cassin's Auklet W:R

Rhinoceros Auklet W:R

Tufted Puffin V (1952)

DOVES

*Rock Pigeon P:C

Spotted Dove P:R

White-winged Dove Tf:R

*Mourning Dove P:C

Eurasian Coll.-Dove V? (2005)

PARROTS

Rose-ringed Parakeet P:R

Yellow-chevroned Parakeet P:R

CUCKOOS, OWLS, NIGHTJARS

Yellow-b. Cuckoo V (1999)

Greater Roadrunner Ext.

Barn Owl P:O

*Great Horned Owl P:U

Burrowing Owl W/T:R

Long-eared Owl V (1929, 1934)

Short-eared Owl Ext.

Lesser Nighthawk T:Cs

Common Poorwill T:Cs

SWIFTS AND HUMMINGBIRDS

Black Swift T:R

*White-throated Swift P:U

Vaux's Swift T:U

Broad-billed Hummingbird V (1977-78; 1996)

Black-chinned Hummingbird T:R

*Anna's Hummingbird P:C

Costa's Hummingbird W:R

Rufous Hummingbird T:R

*Allen's Hummingbird P:FC

KINGFISHER

Belted Kingfisher W/T:U

WOODPECKERS

Acorn Woodpecker V (2003)

Red-br. Sapsucker W/T:R

Red-naped Sapsucker W/T:Cs

Nuttall's Woodpecker W/Tf:O

Downy Woodpecker P:O

Northern "Red-shafted" Flicker W/T:FC

Northern "Yellow-shafted " Flicker W/T:R

FLYCATCHERS

Olive-sided Flycatcher T:O

Western Wood-Pewee T:O

Willow Flycatcher T:U

Least Flycatcher T:Cs

Hammond's Flycatcher T:O

Gray Flycatcher T:O; W:Cs

Dusky Flycatcher T:R

Pacific-slope Flycatcher T:FC

*Black Phoebe P:C

Say's Phoebe W/Tf:FC

Vermilion Flycatcher V (2005)

Ash-throated Flycatcher T:FC

Tropical Kingbird V (2003)

*Cassin's Kingbird P:U

*Western Kingbird T:C; S:U

Eastern Kingbird V (1975, 2003)

Scissor-t. Flycatcher V (1949)

SHRIKE AND VIREOS

Loggerhead Shrike Tf/W:U

Bell's Vireo T:Cs

Cassin's Vireo T:O

Hutton’s Vireo Ext.

Warbling Vireo T:FC

CORVIDS

*Western Scrub-Jay P:FC

*American Crow P:C

Common Raven P:FC

LARK AND SWALLOWS

Horned Lark Ext.

Purple Martin T:Cs

*Tree Swallow P:FC

Violet-green Swallow Ts:R

*Northern Rough-winged Swallow T:C; S:FC

Bank Swallow T:O

*Cliff Swallow Ts/S:C; Tf:O

*Barn Swallow T/S:C; W:U

TITS AND WRENS

*Bushtit P:C

Red-breasted Nuthatch Tf:W:R

White-breasted Nuthatch V (2002)

Rock Wren Tf/W:Cs

Bewick's Wren Tf/W:O

House Wren Tf:C; W:FC

Marsh Wren Tf/W:FC

KINGLETS, GNATCATCHERS, THRUSHES

Golden-crowned Kinglet V (2000)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet W:FC

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Tf/W:C

California Gnatcatcher V (1888)

Mountain Bluebird V (1985)

Swainson's Thrush T:O

Hermit Thrush W:U

American Robin P:O

THRASHERS

*Northern Mockingbird P:FC

Sage Thrasher V (2004)

Brown Thrasher V (1968)

California Thrasher Ext.

STARLINGS, MISC.

*European Starling P:C

Red-throated Pipit V (2003)

American Pipit W:FC

Cedar Waxwing W/T:U

Phainopepla T:Cs

WOOD-WARBLERS

Tennessee Warbler V (2000)

Orange-cr. Warbler T:C; W:U

Nashville Warbler T:U

Virginia's Warbler Tf:R

Lucy's Warbler V (2003)

Yellow Warbler T:C

Chestnut-sided Warbler Tf:Cs

Magnolia Warbler V (1981)

Yellow-rumped “Audubon’s” Warbler W:C

Yellow-rumped “Myrtle” Warbler W:U

Black-throated Gray Warbler W/T:U

Townsend's Warbler W/T:U

Hermit Warbler Ts:O

Blackburnian Warbler V (1981)

Prairie Warbler V (1972, 1974)

Palm Warbler Tf:O; W/Ts:R

Blackpoll Warbler Tf:R

Black-and-white Warbler W/T:Cs

American Redstart T:Cs

Ovenbird V (2002)

Northern Waterthrush T:R

MacGillivray's Warbler T:O

*Common Yellowthroat P:C

Wilson's Warbler T:FC; W:R

Yellow-breasted Chat T:R

TANAGERS

Summer Tanager V (1987)

Scarlet Tanager V (2003)

Western Tanager T:FC; W:Cs

SPARROWS, ETC.

Green-tailed Towhee T:R

Spotted Towhee W/T:O; S:R

*California Towhee P:FC

American Tree Sparrow V (2003)

Chipping Sparrow T:U

Clay-colored Sparrow Tf:R

Brewer’s Sparrow Tf:R

Vesper Sparrow Tf:O

Lark Sparrow T:O

Savannah Sparrow W/T:C

*“Belding's” Savannah Sparrow P:FC

“Large-billed” Savannah Sparrow W:R

Grasshopper Sparrow V (2004)

Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow V (1944)

Fox Sparrow W:U

*Song Sparrow P:C

Lincoln's Sparrow W/T:C

Swamp Sparrow W/T:O

White-throated Sparrow W/Tf:Cs

White-crowned Sparrow W:C

Golden-crowned Sparrow W:FC

Dark-eyed “Oregon” Junco W:U

Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco V (2001)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak W/T:R

Black-headed Grosbeak T:FC

*Blue Grosbeak T:U

Lazuli Bunting T:U

Indigo Bunting T/S:Cs

BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES

Bobolink T:R

*Red-winged Blackbird P:C

Tricolored Blackbird T:Cs

*Western Meadowlark P:FC

Yellow-headed Blackbird Ts:FC; Tf:R

*Brewer's Blackbird P:U

*Great-tailed Grackle P:C

*Brown-headed Cowbird S/T:U

*Hooded Oriole Ts/S:FC

*Bullock's Oriole S/Ts:U; W/Tf:R

Scott’s Oriole V (1975)

FINCHES

*House Finch P:C

Pine Siskin W/T:R

*Lesser Goldfinch P:FC

Lawrence's Goldfinch T:Cs

American Goldfinch W/T:U

WEAVERS

*House Sparrow P:C

*Orange Bishop P:U