California Native Birds
You
can attract
California birds by providing water, food, nesting sites and foraging
habitats by way of utilizing California native plants. Find out what
specific plant or plants a bird uses.
Click on the bird's
name to learn
more about its habitat, the California native plants it uses, and to
see pictures!
This page is an ongoing process. We hope to have all these ugly grey boxes filled in as soon as possible! Also, if there is no
link on a bird it means we have not written the page yet.
Blackbirds (Icteridae)
Western
Meadowlark,
Sturnella neglecta
Red-winged Blackbird,
Agelaius phoeniceus
Tricolored Blackbird,
Agelaius tricolor
Brown-Headed Cowbird,
Molothrus ater
Bullock's Oriole,
Icterus bullockii
Cardinals (Family Cardinalidae)
Blue Grosbeak,
Guiraca caerulea
Bushtits (Family Aegithalidae)
Chickadees
and Titmice (Family Paridae)
Mountain Chickadee,
Poecile gambeli
Creepers (Family Certhiidae)
Brown Creeper,
Certhia americana
Finches (Family Fringillidae)
American Goldfinch,
Carduelis tristis
Red Crossbill,
Loxia leucoptera
Pine
Siskin,
Carduelis
pinus
Tyrant Flycatchers (Family Tyrannidae)
Dusky Flycatcher,
Empidonax oberholseri
Hummingbirds (Family Trochilidae)
Black-chinned Hummingbird,
Archilochus alexandri
Crows, Jays, and Magpies (Family Corvidae)
Common
Raven,
Corvus
corax
King
Fishers (Family Alcedinidae)
Belted
Kingfisher,
Ceryle
alcyon
Kinglets
(Family Regulidae)
Golden-crowned Kinglet,
Regulus satrapa
Larks
(Family Alaudidae)
Horned
Lark,
Eremophila alpestris
Mocking
birds and Thrashers (Family Mimidae)
Northern
Mockingbird,
Mimus
polyglottos
Nuthatches
(Family Sittidae)
Pigeons
and Doves (Family Columbidae)
Rock Dove,
Columba livia
Quail, New World (Family Odontophoridae)
Mountain
Quail,
Oreortyx
pictus
Shrikes
(Family Laniidae)
Silky-flycatchers
(Family Ptilogonatidae)
Sparrows
and Towhees (Family
Emberizidae)
Swallows
(Family Hirundinidae)
Tree
Swallow,
Tachycineta
cyaneoviridis
Purple
Martin,
Progne subis
Barn
Swallow,
Hirundo
rustica
Tanagers
(Family Thraupidae)
Thrushes
(Family Turdidae)
Vireos (Family Vireonidae)
Bell's
Vireo
Vireo bellii
Hutton's
Vireo,
Vireo huttoni,
Cassin's
Vireo,
Vireo cassinii
Warbling
Vireo,
Vireo gilvus
Waxwings (Family Bombycillidae)
Cedar
Waxwing
Bombycilla
cedrorum
Wood-Warblers (Family Parulidae)
Nashville
Warbler,
Vermivora
ruficapilla
Yellow-rumped
Warbler,
Dendroica coronata
Black-throated
Gray Warbler,
Dendroica nigrescens
Townsend's
Warbler,
Dendroica
townsendi
Hermit
Warbler,
Dendroica
occidentalis
MacGillivray's
Warbler,
Oporornis tolmiei
Common
Yellowthroat,
Geothlypis
trichas
Yellow-breasted
Chat,
Icteria virens
Woodpeckers and Sapsuckers
(Family Picidae)
Wrens
(Family Troglodytidae)
House
Wren,
Troglodytes
aedon
Winter
Wren,
Troglodytes
troglodytes
Canyon
Wren,
Catherpes
mexicanus
Marsh
Wren,
Cistothorus
palustris
Rock
Wren,
Salpinctes obsoletus