Pecho Willows and Cuesta Inlet Open Space Bird List (249 species)
(Birds recorded in and from the open space)

Non-native or introduced abc

R = rare - 2 or less records

E = possibly extirpated, no recent records in San Luis Obispo County.

Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Anatidae)

__ Greater White-fronted Goose

     Snow Goose

__ Brant  

__ Cackling Goose  

__ Canada Goose 

__ Tundra Swan, R  

__ Eurasian Wigeon 

__ American Wigeon

__ Mallard  

__ Blue-winged Teal 

__ Cinnamon Teal  

__ Northern Shoveler 

__ Northern Pintail  

__ Green-winged Teal  

__ Canvasback 

__ Redhead  

__ Greater Scaup 

__ Lesser Scaup 

__ Surf Scoter 

__ Bufflehead  

__ Common Goldeneye 

__ Red-breasted Merganser  

__ Ruddy Duck  

New World Quail (Odontophoridae)

  

__ California Quail  

 Loons (Gaviidae)

__ Red-throated Loon  

__ Pacific Loon  

__ Common Loon  

Grebes (Podicipedidae)

__ Pied-billed Grebe  

__ Horned Grebe  

__ Eared Grebe  

__ Western Grebe  

__ Clark’s Grebe  

Pelicans (Pelecanidae)

__ American White Pelican  

__ Brown Pelican  

Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)

__ Double-crested Cormorant   

Bitterns, Herons, and Allies (Ardeidae)

__ Great Blue Heron  

__ Great Egret  

__ Snowy Egret  

__ Cattle Egret,  R

__ Green Heron  

__ Black-crowned Night-Heron  

Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)

__ White-faced Ibis,  R

New World Vultures (Cathartidae)

__ Turkey Vulture  

Hawks, Kites, Eagles and Allies (Accipitridae)

__ Osprey  

__ White-tailed Kite  

__ Bald Eagle  

__ Northern Harrier  

__ Sharp-shinned Hawk  

__ Cooper’s Hawk  

__ Red-shouldered Hawk  

__ Red-tailed Hawk  

__ Golden Eagle,  R

Caracaras & Falcons (Falconidae)

__ American Kestrel  

__ Merlin  

__ Peregrine Falcon  

__ Prairie Falcon, R  

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (Rallidae)

__ Black Rail, E 

__ Virginia Rail  

__ Sora  

__ American Coot  

Plovers (Charadriidae)

__ Black-bellied Plover  

__ American Golden-Plover  

__ Semipalmated Plover 

__ Killdeer  

Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostidae)

__ American Avocet  

Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies (Scolopacidae)

__ Spotted Sandpiper  

__ Solitary Sandpiper, R 

    Wandering Tattler, R 

__ Greater Yellowlegs  

__ Willet 

__ Lesser Yellowlegs  

__ Whimbrel  

__ Long-billed Curlew  

__ Marbled Godwit 

__ Red Knot  

__ Sanderling  

__ Semipalmated Sandpiper, R  

__ Western Sandpiper  

__ Least Sandpiper  

__ Baird’s Sandpiper  

__ Dunlin  

__ Short-billed Dowitcher  

__ Long-billed Dowitcher  

__ Wilson’s Snipe, R  

__ Wilson’s Phalarope, R  

__ Red-necked Phalarope  

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (Laridae)

__ South Polar Skua
__ Bonaparte’s Gull  

__ Heermann’s Gull  

__ Mew Gull  

__ Ring-billed Gull  

__ Western Gull  

__ California Gull  

__ Herring Gull  

__ Thayer’s Gull  

__ Glaucous-winged Gull  

__ Caspian Tern  

__ Common Tern  

__ Arctic Tern  

__ Forster’s Tern  

__ Royal Tern  

__ Elegant Tern  

__ Black Skimmer  

Skuas and Jaegers (Stercorariidae)

__ Pomarine Jaeger, R 

__ Parasitic Jaeger  

Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

__ Rock Pigeon  

__ Band-tailed Pigeon  

__ Eurasian Collared-Dove  

__ White-winged Dove  

__ Mourning Dove  

Barn Owls (Tytonidae)

__ Barn Owl  

Typical Owls (Strigidae)

__ Great Horned Owl  

__ Short-eared Owl, R 

Swifts (Apodidae)

__ Black Swift, R  

__ Vaux’s Swift  

__ White-throated Swift  

Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

__ Black-chinned Hummingbird  

__ Anna’s Hummingbird  

__ Costa’s Hummingbird, R  

__ Rufous Hummingbird  

__ Allen’s Hummingbird  

Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

__ Belted Kingfisher  

Woodpeckers and Allies (Picidae)

__ Acorn Woodpecker, R  

__ Red-breasted Sapsucker  

__ Nuttall’s Woodpecker  

__ Downy Woodpecker  

__ Hairy Woodpecker  

__ Northern Flicker  

Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

__ Olive-sided Flycatcher  

__ Western Wood-Pewee  

__ Willow Flycatcher  

__ Pacific-slope Flycatcher  

__ Black Phoebe  

__ Eastern Phoebe, R  

__ Say’s Phoebe  

__ Dusky-capped Flycatcher, R  

__ Ash-throated Flycatcher  

__ Tropical Kingbird, R  

__ Cassin’s Kingbird  

__ Western Kingbird  

__ Eastern Kingbird, R  

Shrikes (Laniidae)

__ Loggerhead Shrike  

Vireos (Vireonidae)

__ Bell’s Vireo, R  

__ Plumbeous Vireo, R  

__ Cassin’s Vireo  

__ Blue-headed Vireo, R

__ Hutton’s Vireo  

__ Warbling Vireo  

__ Philadelphia Vireo, R  

Jays and Crows (Corvidae)

__ Western Scrub-Jay  

__ American Crow   

Swallows (Hirundinidae)

__ Tree Swallow  

__ Violet-green Swallow  

__ Northern Rough-winged Swallow  

__ Cliff Swallow  

__ Barn Swallow  

Chickadees and Titmice (Paridae)

__ Chestnut-backed Chickadee  

__ Oak Titmouse  

Bushtits (Aegithalidae)

__ Bushtit  

Nuthatches (Sittadae)

__ Red-breasted Nuthatch    

Wrens (Troglodytidae)

__ Bewick’s Wren  

__ House Wren  

__ Pacific Wren  

__ Marsh Wren  

Gnatcatchers (Polioptilidae)

__ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  

Kinglets (Regulidae)

__ Golden-crowned Kinglet  

__ Ruby-crowned Kinglet  

Thrushes (Turdidae)

__ Western Bluebird  

__ Swainson’s Thrush  

__ Hermit Thrush  

__ American Robin 
__ Varied Thrush 

Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)

__ Gray Catbird, R 

__ Northern Mockingbird  

__ California Thrasher  

Starlings (Sturnidae)

__ European Starling  

Wagtails and Pipits (Motacillidae)

__ American Pipit  

Waxwings (Bombycillidae)

__ Cedar Waxwing  

  

Wood-Warblers (Parulidae)

__ Tennessee Warbler  

__ Orange-crowned Warbler  

__ Nashville Warbler  

__ Virginia’s Warbler, R  

__ Lucy’s Warbler , R 

__ Northern Parula , R 

__ Yellow Warbler  

__ Chestnut-sided Warbler  

__ Magnolia Warbler, R  

__ Yellow-rumped Warbler 

     Black-throated Gray Warbler 

__ Townsend’s Warbler  

__ Hermit Warbler  

__ Yellow-throated Warbler, R  

__ Prairie Warbler, R  

__ Palm Warbler  

__ Bay-breasted Warbler, R  
__ Blackburnian Warbler, R

__ Blackpoll Warbler  

__ Black-and-white Warbler  

__ American Redstart  

__ Northern Waterthrush  

__ MacGillivray’s Warbler  

__ Common Yellowthroat  

__ Wilson’s Warbler  

__ Canada Warbler, R  

__ Yellow-breasted Chat  

Emberizids (Emberizidae)

__ Spotted Towhee  

__ California Towhee  

__ Chipping Sparrow  

__ Clay-colored Sparrow  

__ Brewer’s Sparrow  

__ Vesper Sparrow, R  

__ Lark Sparrow  

__ Savannah Sparrow  

__ Fox Sparrow  

__ Song Sparrow  

__ Lincoln’s Sparrow  

__ Swamp Sparrow  

__ White-throated Sparrow  

__ White-crowned Sparrow  

__ Golden-crowned Sparrow  

__ Dark-eyed Junco  

Tanagers, Cardinals, Saltators, and Allies (Cardinalidae)

__ Summer Tanager  

__ Western Tanager  

__ Rose-breasted Grosbeak  

__ Black-headed Grosbeak  

__ Blue Grosbeak  

__ Lazuli Bunting  

__ Indigo Bunting  

__ Painted Bunting, R  

__ Dickcissel, R  

Blackbirds (Icteridae)

__ Red-winged Blackbird  

__ Tricolored Blackbird  

__ Western Meadowlark  

__ Yellow-headed Blackbird, R  

__ Brewer’s Blackbird  

__ Great-tailed Grackle  

__ Brown-headed Cowbird  

__ Orchard Oriole, R  

__ Hooded Oriole  

__ Bullock’s Oriole 

    Baltimore Oriole, R 

Fringilline Finches and Allies (Fringillidae)

__ Purple Finch  

__ House Finch  

__ Pine Siskin  

__ Lesser Goldfinch  

__ Lawrence’s Goldfinch  

__ American Goldfinch 
__ Evening Grosbeak 

  

Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)

__ House Sparrow