The Life List

The Birder's Life List is a very important document. It is essentially one's checklist of birds, a list of all the birds you have ever seen. No proof is required to put a bird on your life list, and some birders don't care to take photos at all. It is a great triumph for some to simply see a bird and place in on the list. A large and well rounded life list is a measure of the success you have achieved in this hobby. The Amateurnithologist's life list, below, declares his amateur status. Pictures and links to the related posts have been included where possible.


My Life List last updated 7/28/2020

American Sparrows (Passerellidae)
Black-throated Sparrow
California Towhee
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
House Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
White-crowned Sparrow
Yellow-eyed Junko

Anhinga (Anhingidae)
Anhinga 
 

Auks, Murres, and Puffins (Alcidae)
Atlantic Puffin
Common Murre
Black Guillemot
Razorbill
Rhinoceros Auklet

Avocets and Stilts (Recurvirostridae) 
American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt

Barn Owl (Tytonidae)
Barn Owl 

Bitterns, Herons and Egrets (Ardeidae)
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Cattle Egret
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Tricolored Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Blackbirds and Orioles (Icteridae)
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Hooded Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird

Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
Red-whiskered Bulbul

Bushtits (Aegithalidae)
Bushtit

Cardinals (Cardinalidae)
Northern Cardinal
Painted Bunting
Pyrrhuloxia
Summer Tanager

Chats (Icteriidae)
Yellow-breasted Chat

Chickadees, Tits, and Titmice (Paridae)
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee

Coots and Rails (Rallidae)
American Coot

Common Galinule
Purple Galinule
Purple Swamp Hen
Ridgeway's Rail
Sora

Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae) 
Brandt's Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant

Cranes (Gruidae)
Sandhill Crane 

Crows and Jays (Corvidae)
American Crow
Black-billed Magpie
Blue Jay
California Scrub Jay
Common Raven
Island Scrub-Jay
Mexican Jay
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
White-throated Magpie Jay
Yellow-billed Magpie

Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Greater Roadrunner
Groove-billed Ani
Smooth-billed Ani
Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae) 
American Wigeon
African Goose
Black Scoter
Brant
Bufflehead
Canada Goose
Canvasback
Cayuga Duck
Cinnamon Teal
Common Eider
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Greater Scaup
Greater White-fronted Goose
Green-winged Teal
Greylag Goose
Hooded Merganser
Horned Grebe
Lesser Scaup
Mallard
Muscovy Duck
Mute Swan
Nene
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Snow Goose
Surf Scoter
Trumpeter Swan
Tufted Duck
White-cheeked Pintail
Wood Duck

Estrilid Finches (Estrildidae)
Java Sparrow

Falcons (Falconidae)
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon

Finches (Fringillidae)
American Goldfinch
'Apapane
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae)
American Flamingo

Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Black Phoebe

Eastern Phoebe
Great Kiskadee
Say's Phoebe
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Sulfur-bellied Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Western Kingbird

Frigatebirds (Fregatidae)
Magnificent Frigatebird

Grebes (Podicipedidae)
Eared Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe

Guans, Cassowarys (Cracidae)
Crested Guan

Gulls, Terns, Skimmers (Laridae)
Atlantic Gull
Common Tern
Elegant Tern
Great Black-backed Gull
Heerman's Gull
Herring Gull (possibly)
Laughing Gull
Least Tern
Ring-billed Gull
Royal Tern
Western Gull
Yellow-Footed Gull (questionable)

Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Allen's Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird (?)
Rivoli's Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird

Ibises (Threskiornithidae)
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
White Ibis

Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Belted Kingfisher

Kinglets (Regulidae)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Kites, Eagles and Hawks (Accipitridae)
Bald Eagle
Cooper's Hawk
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red Shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Roadside Hawk
White-tailed Kite

Larks (Alaudidae)
Horned Lark

Limpkin (Aramidae)
Limpkin

Loons (Gaviidae)
Common Loon

Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)
Brown Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird

Nuthatches (Sittidae)
Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch

Osprey (Pandionidae)
Osprey

Ostriches (Struthionidae)
Common Ostrich

Owl (Strigidae)
Burrowing Owl
Great Horned Owl

Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae)
Black Oystercatcher

Pelicans (Pelecanidae) 
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican

Penduline Tit Family (Remizidae)
Verdin

Penguins (Spheniscidae)
African Penguin

Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Eurasian Collared Dove
Inca Dove
Mourning Dove
Rock Dove
Spotted Dove
White-crowned Pigeon

Plovers and Lapwings (Charadriidae)
Grey Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Snowy Plover

Quails (Odontophoridae)
California Quail
Gambel's Quail

Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)
Black Turnstone
Dunlin
Greater Yellowlegs
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Sanderling
Willet

Silky-flycatchers (Ptiliogonatidae)
Phainopepla

Skimmers (Rynchopidae)
Black Skimmer

Starlings (Sturnidae)
European Starling

Storks (Ciconiidae)
Wood Stork

Swallows (Hirundinidae)
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Violet-green Swallow

Sylvids (Sylviidae)
Wrentit

Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Bay-headed Tanager
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Red-crested Cardinal
Rufuous-crowned Tanager
Safron Finch
Western Tanager
Yellow-billed Cardinal

Thrushes (Turdidae)
American Robin
Clay-colored Thrush
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Red-legged Thrush
Varied Thrush
Western Bluebird

Toucans (Ramphastidae)
Keel-billed Toucan

Trogons and Quetzals (Trogonidae)
Black-headed Trogon

True Owls (Strigidae)
Great Horned Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

True Parrots (Psittacidae)
Blue and Yellow Macaw
Monk Parakeet
Nanday Parakeet
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Red-masked Parakeet
Scarlet Macaw

White-eyed Parakeet

Turkeys and Grouse (Phasianidae) 
Common Peafowl
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey

Vultures (Cathartidae)
Black Vulture
California Condor
Turkey Vulture

Waxwings (Bombycillidae)
Cedar Waxwing

White-eyes (Zosteropidae)
Japanese White-eye

Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Acorn Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker

Wood-Warblers (Parulidae)
American Redstart
Black-and-white Wabler
Common Yellowthroat
Hermit Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler

Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Bewick's Wren
Cactus Wren
Pacific Wren
Rock Wren

247(ish) total birds birded!

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