A Checklist of Bird Species for the Eagle Lake Basin, Lassen County, California by R. J. Bogiatto, 2008* Family: Anatidae Tundra Swan Greater White-Fronted Goose Snow Goose Canada Goose Western Race Mallard Gadwall Green-Winged Teal American Wigeon Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler Blue-Winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-Necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Barrow s Goldeneye Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Common Merganser Red-Breasted Merganser Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Family: Phasianidae Sooty Grouse Greater Sage-Grouse Family: Odontophoridae California Quail Mountain Quail Family: Gaviidae Common Loon Pacific Loon Family: Podicipedidae Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Pied-Billed Grebe Red-Necked Grebe Western Grebe Clark s Grebe Family: Pelecanidae American White Pelican Family: Phalacrocoracidae Double-Crested Cormorant Family: Ardeidae American Bittern Black-Crowned Night-Heron Snowy Egret Great Egret Great Blue Heron Family: Threskiornithidae White-Faced Ibis Family: Cathartidae Turkey Vulture Family: Accipitridae Osprey White-Tailed Kite Northern Harrier Golden Eagle Bald Eagle Sharp-Shinned Hawk Cooper s Hawk Northern Goshawk Red-Tailed Hawk Swainson s Hawk Rough-Legged Hawk Ferruginous Hawk
Family: Falconidae American Kestrel Merlin Prairie Falcon Peregrine Falcon Family: Rallidae Virginia Rail Sora American Coot Family: Gruidae Sandhill Crane Family: Charadriidae Snowy Plover Semi-Palmated Plover Killdeer Family: Recurvirostridae American Avocet Black-Necked Stilt Family: Scolopacidae Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Marbled Godwit Willet Long-Billed Curlew Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Wilson s Snipe Long-Billed Dowitcher Wilson s Phalarope Family: Laridae Ring-Billed Gull Herring Gull California Gull Bonaparte s Gull Black Tern Forster s Tern Caspian Tern Family: Columbidae Mourning dove Band-tailed Pigeon Rock Pigeon Family: Tytonidae Barn Owl Family: Strigidae Short-Eared Owl Long-Eared Owl Great Horned Owl Northern Saw-Whet Owl Northern Pygmy-Owl Flammulated Owl Family: Caprimulgidae Common Nighthawk Common Poorwill Family: Apodidae Vaux s Swift Family: Trochilidae Black-Chinned Hummingbird Calliope Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Family: Alcedinidae Belted Kingfisher Family: Picidae Northern Flicker Red-Naped Sapsucker Red-Breasted Sapsucker Williamson s Sapsucker White-Headed Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Black-Backed Woodpecker
Order: Passeriformes Perching Birds Family: Tyrannidae Western Wood-Pewee Olive-Sided Flycatcher Gray Flycatcher Cordilleran Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher Ash-Throated Flycatcher Western Kingbird Family: Laniidae Loggerhead Shrike Northern Shrike Family: Vireonidae Plumbeous Vireo Warbling Vireo Family: Corvidae Steller s Jay Western Scrub-Jay Pinon Jay Black-Billed Magpie Common Raven American Crow Clark s Nutcracker Family: Hirundinidae Tree Swallow Violet-Green Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Northern Rough-Winged Swallow Barn Swallow Family: Sittidae White-Breasted Nuthatch Red-Breasted Nuthatch Pygmy Nuthatch Family: Certhiidae Brown Creeper Family: Troglodytidae House Wren Winter Wren Bewick s Wren Rock Wren Canyon Wren Marsh Wren Family: Cinclidae American Dipper Family: Regulidae Ruby-Crowned Kinglet Golden-Crowned Kinglet Family: Sylviidae Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Family: Turdidae American Robin Varied Thrush Townsend s Solitaire Hermit Thrush Western Bluebird Mountain Bluebird Family: Sturnidae European Starling Family: Paridae Juniper Titmouse Mountain Chickadee Family: Aegithalidae Bushtit Family: Motacillidae American Pipit Family: Bombycillidae Cedar Waxwing Bohemian Waxwing
Family: Parulidae Orange-Crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow-Rumped Warbler Black-Throated Gray Warbler Yellow Warbler Townsend s Warbler Hermit Warbler Wilson s Warbler Family: Thraupidae Western Tanager Family: Emberizidae Green-Tailed Towhee Spotted Towhee Chipping Sparrow Lark Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Fox Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Sage Sparrow Song Sparrow White-Crowned Sparrow Golden-Crowned Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Brewer s Sparrow Black-Throated Sparrow Dark-Eyed Junco Purple Finch Evening Grosbeak American Goldfinch Lesser Goldfinch Pine Siskin Red Crossbill Family: Passeridae House Sparrow OTHER AVIAN SIGHTINGS * Avian species list was compiled based on records of Dr. Rhys Bowen, UC, Davis and R. J. Bogiatto, M.S., Department of Biology CSU, Chico. Taxonomy according to the A. O. U. Checklist, 7 th Edition, and its recent supplements. Family: Cardinalidae Black-Headed Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting Family: Icteridae Western Meadowlark Yellow-Headed Blackbird Red-Winged Blackbird Tricolored Blackbird Brewer s Blackbird Brown-Headed Cowbird Bullock s Oriole Family: Fringillidae Cassin s Finch House Finch