BIRDS OF UPPER NEWPORT BAY, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
CHARADRIIFORMES
Charadriidae
(Plovers)
Black-bellied Plover,
Pluvialis squatarola
Golden-Plover, Pacific,
Pluvialis fulva
Golden-Plover, American,
Pluvialis dominicus
Snowy Plover,
Charadrius alexandrinus
Semipalmated Plover,
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer,
Charadrius vociferus
Mountain Plover,
Charadrius montanus
Recurvirostridae
(Stilts and Avocets)
Black-necked Stilt,
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet,
Recurvirostra americana
Scolopacidae
(Sandpipers)
Greater Yellowlegs,
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs,
Tringa flavipes
Solitary Sandpiper,
Tringa solitaria
Willet,
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Spotted Sandpiper,
Actitis macularia
Whimbrel,
Numenius phaeopus
Long-billed Curlew,
Numenius americanus
Marbled Godwit,
Limosa fedoa
Ruddy Turnstone,
Arenaria interpres
Surfbird,
Aphriza virgata
Red Knot,
Calidris canutus
Sanderling,
Calidris alba
Semipalmated Sandpiper,
Calidris pusilla
Western Sandpiper,
Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper,
Calidris minutilla
Baird's Sandpiper,
Calidris bairdii
Pectoral Sandpiper,
Calidris melanotos
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper,
Calidris acuminata
Dunlin,
Calidris alpina
Curlew Sandpiper,
Calidris ferruginea
Stilt Sandpiper,
Calidris himantopus
Short-billed Dowitcher,
Limnodromus griseus (caurinus
expected)
Long-billed Dowitcher,
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Common Snipe,
Gallinago gallinago
Wilson's Phalarope,
Phalaropus tricolor
Red-necked Phalarope,
Phalaropus lobatus
Red Phalarope,
Phalaropus fulicaria
Laridae
(Jaegers, Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)
Parasitic Jaeger,
Stercorarius parasiticus
Laughing Gull,
Larus atricilla
Franklin's Gull,
Larus pipixcan
Bonaparte's Gull,
Larus philadelphia
Heermann's Gull,
Larus heermanni
Mew Gull,
Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull,
Larus delawarensis
California Gull,
Larus californicus
Herring Gull,
Larus argentatus
Thayer's Gull,
Larus thayeri
Western Gull,
Larus occidentalis
Glaucous-winged Gull,
Larus glaucescens
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull,
Larus hyperboreus
Black-legged Kittiwake,
Rissa tridactyla
Caspian Tern,
Sterna caspia
Royal Tern,
Sterna maxima
Elegant Tern,
Sterna elegans
Common Tern,
Sterna hirundo
Forster's Tern,
Sterna forsteri
Least Tern,
Sterna antillarum
(California Least Tern,
S. a. browni)
Black Tern,
Chlidonias niger
Black Skimmer,
Rynchops niger