Checklist of Birds of the Kern River Parkway

Birds of the Kern River Parkway - Bakersfield, CA

Alison Sheehey © Nature Ali

L E G E N D

LOCATION

BV = Buena Vista Aquatic Recreation Area (Buena Vista)

CL = Cole's Levee to Stockdale Bridge (Cole's Levee)

KR = Stockdale Bridge to Manor Street (Kern River)

HP = Manor Street to Hart Park (Hart Park)

LM = Hart Part to Lake Ming (Lake Ming)

KC = Lake Ming to Kern Canyon (Kern Canyon)

SEASON & STATUS

R = Resident – entire year

W = Winter - December through February

Sp = Spring - February through May

S = Summer - June through July

F = Fall - August through November

M = Migrant – Spring and Fall

V = Visitant – non-resident visitor all seasons

a = abundant always found

c = common usually found

u = uncommon hard to find

r = rare – infrequent sightings

x = exceptional bird, less than 10 sightings

* = Nesting bird

# = Former breeder

SPECIAL CATEGORIES (SpC)

FE = Federal endangered species U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service

CE = CA endangered species California Dept. of Fish and Game

CT = CA threatened species California Dept. of Fish and Game

CSC = CA Dept of Fish & Game species of concern

AW = National Audubon Society Watchlist

KA = Kern Audubon Society, County Dwindling species

CFP = CA fully protected species DFG

I = Species introduced by man

LOCATION

SPECIES

SEASON

SpC

SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS
BV,LM	Tundra Swan	W-x	none
BV-LM	Greater White-fronted Goose	W/M-r	none
BV-LM	Snow Goose	W/M-r	none
BV-LM	Ross' Goose	W/M-x	AW
BV-LM	Canada Goose	W/M-u	none
HP	Wood Duck	R-u*	KA
BV-KC	Green-winged Teal	W-u	none
BV-KC	Mallard	R-a*	none
BV-LM	Northern Pintail	W/M-c	none
CL-LM	Blue-winged Teal	M-u	none
BV-LM	Cinnamon Teal	R-u*	none
BV-LM	Northern Shoveler	W/M-c	none
BV-LM	Gadwall	W/M-c	CSC
BV-KC	American Wigeon	W/M-u	none
BV-LM	Canvasback	W-u	CSC
BV-HP	Redhead	W/M-r	none
BV-LM	Ring-necked Duck	W/M-u	none
LM	Greater Scaup	W-x	none
BV-LM	Lesser Scaup	W-u	none
BV-LM	Surf Scoter	S-X	none
HP-KC	Common Goldeneye	W-u	none
BV-LM	Bufflehead	W-c	none
BV,HP-KC	Hooded Merganser	W-u	none
BV-KC	Common Merganser	W/M-u	none
BV,LM	Red-breasted Merganser	W-x	none
BV-LM	Ruddy Duck	R-a*	none
PHEASANTS & QUAIL
BV-HP	Ring-necked Pheasant	R-r*	I
BV-KC	California Quail	R-c*
LOONS & GREBES
BV,HP,LM	Common Loon	W-r	CSC
BV,LM	Pied-billed Grebe	R-c-*	none
BV,LM	Horned Grebe	W-x	none
BV,HP,LM	Eared Grebe	W/M- r	none
BV-LM	Western Grebe	R-u-*	none
BV-LM	Clark's Grebe	R-u-*

PELICANS & CORMORANTS

BV-LM	American White Pelican	W/M-u #	CSC
BV-LM	Double-crested Cormorant	R-c *	CSC

HERONS & BITTERNS

BV-HP	American Bittern	W/M-r
BV-LM	Great Blue Heron	R-c *	CSC
BV-HP	Great Egret	R-c
BV-LM	Snowy Egret	R-c
BV-HP	Cattle Egret	R-c
BV-KC	Green Heron	R-u*	KA
BV-LM	Black-crowned Night-Heron	R-c*

IBIS

BV-KR

White-faced Ibis

W-u M-r

CSC

BIRDS OF PREY

BV-KC	Turkey Vulture	R-c
BV-KC	Osprey	W/M-u	CSC
BV-KC	White-tailed Kite	R-u	CFP
HP-KC	Bald Eagle	W-r	CFP
BV-KC	Northern Harrier	R-c*	CSC
BV-KC	Sharp-shinned Hawk	W/M-c	CSC
BV-KC	Cooper's Hawk	W/M-u	CSC
BV-KC	Red-shouldered Hawk	R-c*
BV-HP	Swainson's Hawk	M-r #	CT
BV-KC	Red-tailed Hawk	R-a*
CL-KC	Ferruginous Hawk	W/M-u	CSC
CL-KC	Rough-legged Hawk	W/M-r
BV-KC	Golden Eagle	V-u	CSC
BV-KC	American Kestrel	R-c*
CL-KC	Merlin	W/M-r	CSC
BV	Peregrine Falcon	M-x	FE,CE
BV-KC	Prairie Falcon	R-r	CSC

RAILS, MOORHENS & COOTS

CL-HP	Virginia Rail	W/M-u	KA
CL-HP	Sora	W/M-c	KA
BV-LM	Common Moorhen	R-u
BV-KC	American Coot	R-a*

CRANES

Sandhill Crane

W-x

CT (Greater only)

PLOVERS

BV	Black-bellied Plover	W/M-u
CL	Semipalmated Plover	M-u
BV-KC	Killdeer	R-a*

STILTS & AVOCETS

BV-LM	Black-necked Stilt	R-u
BV-CL	American Avocet	R-u

SANDPIPERS

BV-HP	Greater Yellowlegs	W/M-u
BV	Lesser Yellowlegs	W/M-r
BV-KC	Spotted Sandpiper	W/M-c
BV-HP	Long-billed Curlew	W/M-u	CSC,AW
BV-KR	Western Sandpiper	W-r M-c
BV-HP	Least Sandpiper	W/M-c
BV-KR	Dunlin	W/M-u
KR	Ruff	W-x
CL-KR	Short-billed Dowitcher	M-x	AW
BV-KC	Long-billed Dowitcher	W/M-r
BV-HP	Common Snipe	W/M-c

GULLS & TERNS

BV	Bonaparte's Gull	W/M-u
BV	Mew Gull	W-x
BV LM	Ring-billed Gull	W/M-c
BV-HP	California Gull	W/M-u	CSC
BV-KR	Herring Gull	W-r
BV-LM	Caspian Tern	W-x S/M-u	CSC
BV-LM	Forster's Tern	S/M-u

DOVES & PIGEONS

KR-LM	Rock Pigeon	R-a*	I
HP-KC	Band-tailed Pigeon	W-x	AW
KR-HP	Spotted Dove	R-c*	I
BV-KC	Mourning Dove	R-c*

PARROTS

KR-LM

Rose-ringed Parakeet

R-c*

CUCKOOS

BV-KC

Greater Roadrunner

R-u*

OWLS

BV-KC	Barn Owl	R-c*
KR-KC	Western Screech-Owl	R-u
BV-KC	Great Horned Owl	R-c *
HP	Northern Pygmy-Owl	M-x
CL-HP	Burrowing Owl	R-u*	CSC
CL-HP	Long-eared Owl	W-x	CSC