Birds of the Presidio of San Francisco

Guide to the Birds of the Presidio of San Francisco contains birds, both common and uncommon, that can be found at the park.

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Nuttall's Woodpecker 1
Picoides nuttallii
Downy Woodpecker 2
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Picoides villosus
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Dryocopus pileatus
Acorn Woodpecker 5
Melanerpes formicivorus
Lewis's Woodpecker 6
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Flicker 7
Colaptes auratus
Red-breasted Sapsucker 6
Sphyrapicus ruber
Williamson's Sapsucker 8
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8
Sphyrapicus varius
Western Screech-Owl 9
Megascops kennicottii
Burrowing Owl 10
Athene cunicularia
Great Horned Owl 11
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 12
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 8
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 12
Aegolius acadicus
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 13
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared-Dove 14
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 15
Columba livia
Band-tailed Pigeon 6
Patagioenas fasciata
White-winged Dove 16
Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove 17
Zenaida macroura
Sora 1
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 18
Rallus limicola
Clapper Rail 19
Rallus longirostris
Common Moorhen 20
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 21
Fulica americana
Anna's Hummingbird 22
Calypte anna
Costa's Hummingbird 23
Calypte costae
Calliope Hummingbird 24
Selasphorus calliope
Rufous Hummingbird 12
Selasphorus rufus
Allen's Hummingbird 25
Selasphorus sasin
Black-chinned Hummingbird 8
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 8
Aeronautes saxatalis
Vaux's Swift 26
Chaetura vauxi
Black Swift 27
Cypseloides niger
California Quail 11
Callipepla californica
Sanderling 28
Calidris alba
Dunlin 29
Calidris alpina
Baird's Sandpiper 27
Calidris bairdii
Western Sandpiper 30
Calidris mauri
Pectoral Sandpiper 31
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 32
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 33
Calidris pusilla
Surfbird 34
Calidris virgata
Short-billed Dowitcher 35
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 1
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 36
Tringa flavipes
Wandering Tattler 37
Tringa incana
Greater Yellowlegs 38
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 8
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 38
Tringa solitaria
Long-billed Curlew 1
Numenius americanus
Whimbrel 39
Numenius phaeopus
Wilson's Snipe 40
Gallinago delicata
Ruddy Turnstone 41
Arenaria interpres
Black Turnstone 6
Arenaria melanocephala
Marbled Godwit 26
Limosa fedoa
Red Phalarope 42
Phalaropus fulicarius
Red-necked Phalarope 1
Phalaropus lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope 43
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 44
Actitis macularius
Bonaparte's Gull 38
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Least Tern 45
Sternula antillarum
Caspian Tern 38
Hydroprogne caspia
Elegant Tern 46
Thalasseus elegans
Herring Gull 26
Larus argentatus
California Gull 47
Larus californicus
Mew Gull 18
Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull 48
Larus delawarensis
Glaucous-winged Gull 49
Larus glaucescens
Heermann's Gull 27
Larus heermanni
Glaucous Gull 50
Larus hyperboreus
Western Gull 27
Larus occidentalis
Thayer's Gull 51
Larus thayeri
Forster's Tern 1
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 52
Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern 18
Sterna paradisaea
Black-legged Kittiwake 53
Rissa tridactyla
Sabine's Gull 8
Xema sabini
Snowy Plover 1
Charadrius nivosus
Semipalmated Plover 54
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 55
Charadrius vociferus
Pacific Golden-Plover 53
Pluvialis fulva
Black-bellied Plover 38
Pluvialis squatarola
Pigeon Guillemot 1
Cepphus columba
Common Murre 56
Uria aalge
Marbled Murrelet
Brachyramphus marmoratus
Ancient Murrelet 57
Synthliboramphus antiquus
Black Oystercatcher 1
Haematopus bachmani
Black-necked Stilt 6
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 58
Recurvirostra americana
Long-tailed Jaeger 59
Stercorarius longicaudus
Parasitic Jaeger 60
Stercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine Jaeger 61
Stercorarius pomarinus
Yellow-billed Loon 62
Gavia adamsii
Common Loon 8
Gavia immer
Pacific Loon 38
Gavia pacifica
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellata

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