Department of Fish and Game

Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area

Birds at the Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area

This list is a compilation of several studies, over several years. One should be aware that during these many studies observers have changed and not all birds may have been recorded correctly. In addition, the American Ornithological Union periodically changes the names of birds (eg. White-tailed Kite to Black-shouldered Kite) and although every effort has been made to report the correct names, times change. Please consult with a current guidebook for up-to-date nomenclature.

Acorn Woodpecker Fox Sparrow Red-breasted Sapsucker
American Advocet Gadwall Redhead
American Bittern Glaucous-winged Gull Red-shouldered Hawk
American Coot Golden Eagle Red-tailed Hawk
American Crow Golden-crowned Kinglet Red-winged Blackbird
American Golden Plover Golden-crowned Sparrow Ring-billed Gull
American Goldfinch Great Blue Heron Ring-necked Duck
American Kestrel Great Egret Ring-necked Pheasant
American Pipit Greater Scaup Rock Dove
American Robin Greater White-fronted Goose Rough-legged Hawk
American White Pelican Greater Yellowlegs Rough-winged Swallow
American Wigeon Great-horned Owl Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Anna's Hummingbird Green-winged Teal Ruddy Duck
Ash-throated Flycatcher Hairy Woodpecker Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Bald Eagle Hammond's Flycatcher Sanderling
Band-tailed Pigeon Heermann's Gull Savannah Sparrow
Barn Owl Hermit Thrush Say's Phoebe
Barn Swallow Herring Gull Semipalmated Plover
Belted Kingfisher Hooded Merganser Sharp-shinned Hawk
Bewick's Wren Horned Grebe Short-billed Dowitcher
Black Phoebe House Finch Snowy Egret
Black Tern House Sparrow Snowy Plover
Black-bellied Plover House Wren Solitary Vireo
Black-crowned Night Heron Hutton's Vireo Song Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak Killdeer Sora
Black-necked Stilt Lark Sparrow Spotted Sandpiper
Black-shouldered Kite Least Sandpiper Spotted Towhee
Black-throated Gray Warbler Lesser Goldfinch Stellar's Jay
Bonaparte's Gull Lesser Scaup Tree Swallow
Brewer's Blackbird Lincoln's Sparrow Tri-colored Blackbird
Brown Creeper Loggerhead Shrike Tundra Swan
Brown-headed Cowbird Long-billed Curlew Turkey Vulture
Bufflehead Long-billed Dowitcher Vesper Sparrow
Bullock's Oriole Mallard Violet-green Swallow
Burrowing Owl Marbled Godwit Virginia Rail
Bushtit Marsh Wren Warbling Vireo
California Gull Merlin Western Bluebird
California Quail Mourning Dove Western Grebe
California Towhee Northern Flicker Western Gull
Canada Goose Northern Harrier Western Kingbird
Canvasback Northern Mockingbird Western Meadowlark
Caspian Tern Northern Phalarope Western Sandpiper
Cedar Waxwing Northern Pintail Western Scrub Jay
Chestnut-backed Chickadee Northern Pygmy-Owl Western Tanager
Chipping Sparrow Northern Shoveler Western Wood Pewee
Cinnamon Teal Nuttall's Woodpecker Whimbrel
Cliff Swallow Oak Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch
Common Goldeneye Orange-crowned Warbler White-crowned Sparrow
Common Raven Osprey White-faced Ibis
Common Snipe Pacific Golden Plover Wild Turkey
Common Yellowthroat Pacific Slope Flycatcher Willet
Cooper's Hawk Pectoral Sandpiper Willow Flycatcher
Dark-eyed Junco Peregrine Falcon Wilson's Phalarope
Double-crested Cormorant Pied-billed Grebe Wilson's Warbler
Downy Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Winter Wren
Dunlin Plain Titmouse Wood Duck
Eared Grebe Prairie Falcon Wrentit
Elegant Tern Purple Finch Yellow Warbler
European Starling Red Knot Yellow-rumped Warbler
Forster's Tern