Farallist! - The entire bird list for South East Farallon Island (as of May 2008) Farallon Blog - Los Farallones! - Learn about life, birds, and marine mammals on the Farallon Islands.  Project Start Date: 1971 Background: The Farallon Islands is a National Wildlife Refuge managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and inhabited year-round by scientists from PRBO. In cooperation with USFWS, PRBO established a permanent research station on the Farallon Islands in 1968. For three decades PRBO biologists have been protecting and studying Farallon wildlife. Objective: To investigate migration patterns (timing, strength, etc.) of landbirds and waterbirds using the Pacific Flyway. Focal Species: Migratory terrestrial bids and waterbirds Habitat Type: Marine - offshore island Partners: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Contact:  Jim Tietz

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Bird species seen on South East Farallon Island
Total bird species seen = 413 (as of May 2008)

Geese
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Emperor Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan

Ducks and Loons
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon

Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe

Albatrosses, Petrels, Shearwaters
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Short-tailed Albatross
Northern Fulmar
Murphy's Petrel
Mottled Petrel
Pink-footed Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Black-vented Shearwater
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel*
Ashy Storm-Petrel*
Black Storm-Petrel

Pelicaniformes
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Masked Booby
Brown Booby
Red-footed Booby
Brown Pelican
Brandt's Cormorant*
Double-crested Cormorant*
Pelagic Cormorant*
Magnificent Frigatebird
Great Frigatebird

Wading Birds
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White-faced Ibis

Vultures
Turkey Vulture

Raptors
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon*
Prairie Falcon

Rails, Coots, Moorhen, Cranes
Black Rail
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Sandhill Crane

Shorebirds
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Snowy Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Eurasian Dotterel
Black Oystercatcher*
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Little Stint
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Rock Sandpiper
Dunlin
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope

Gulls and Terns
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull*
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Western Gull*
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
Sabine's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Elegant Tern

Skua's and Jaegers
South Polar Skua
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger

Alcids
Common Murre*
Thick-billed Murre
Pigeon Guillemot*
Marbled Murrelet
Xantus's Murrelet
Craveri's Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
Cassin's Auklet*
Rhinoceros Auklet*
Tufted Puffin*
Horned Puffin

Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove

Cuckoo's
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo

Owls
Barn Owl
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl*
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl

Goatsuckers and Swifts
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Black Swift
Chimney Swift
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift

Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird

Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers
Lewis's Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Northern Flicker

Flycatchers and Kingbirds
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Shrikes and Vireos
Brown Shrike
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo

Corvids
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
Common Raven*

Larks
Horned Lark

Martins and Swallows
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow

Nuthatches and Creepers
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper

Wrens
Rock Wren*
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren

Old World Warbler, Thrushes, and Allies
Dusky Warbler
Arctic Warbler
Lanceolated Warbler
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Red-flanked Bluetail
Northern Wheatear
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush

Mimids
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Sage Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Bendire's Thrasher

Starlings
European Starling*

Wagtails and Pipits
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail
Olive-backed Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit

Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing

Silky Flycatchers
Phainopepla

Warblers
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat

Towhees and Sparrows
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Cassin's Sparrow
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Sage Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Baird's Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Harris' Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur

Tanagers, Cardinals, and Allies
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Little Bunting
Snow Bunting
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel

Icterids
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Scott's Oriole

Finches and Old World Sparrows
Common Redpoll
Common Rosefinch
Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
House Finch*
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence's Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow*

HYBRIDS

Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull
Herring x Glaucous Gull
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull
"Brewster's" Warbler
Townsend's x Hermit Warbler
Chipping x Clay-col. Sparrow
Chipping x Brewer's Sparrow
White-cr. x Golden-cr. Sparrow
Rose-br. x Black-hd. Grosbeak

HYPOTHETICAL (seen but not yet accepted by the CBRC)

Cook's Petrel
Dark-rumped Petrel
Tristram's Storm-Petrel
Wood Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Greater Pewee
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Thick-billed Kingbird
McCown's Longspur
Eastern Meadowlark

EXOTICS

Pink-backed Pelican
Black Swan
Ringed Turtle-Dove
Nanday Conure
Cutthroat Weaver

DISTINCTIVE SUBSPECIES

'japonicus' American Pipit
'Sordida' Orange-crowned Warbler
'Lutescens' Orange-crowned Warbler
'Orestra' Orange-crowned Warbler
'Celata' Orange-crowned Warbler
'Western' Palm Warbler
'Yellow' Palm Warbler
Sooty Fox Sparrow
Red Fox Sparrow
Thick-billed Fox Sparrow
Slate-colored Fox Sparrow
Slate-colored Junco
Oregon Junco
Gray-headed Junco
Pink-sided Junco
White-winged Junco