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- European Starling
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Sturnidae
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- Dark, glossy plumage w. purplish/greenish iridescence
- Speckled in alt (winter)
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- Habitat: Generalist
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- American Pipit
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Motacillidae
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- Grey-brown upperparts
- Buffy underparts
- May be heavily streaked underneath
- Slender, short, straight bill
- Pale supercilium
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- Habitat: Marshes and grasslands
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- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Bombycillidae
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- Habitat: Woodlands and forests
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- Phainopepla (male)
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Pitiliogonatidae
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- Male: Glossy black w/ white wing patch on primaries
- Female: Dark grey, w/ pale grey edging on wing feather
- Ragged, crested head
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- Habitat: Riparian and oak woodlands
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- Phainopepla (female)
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Pitiliogonatidae
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- Male: Glossy black w/ white wing patch on primaries
- Female: Dark grey, w/ pale grey edging on wing feather
- Ragged, crested head
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- Habitat: Riparian and oak woodlands
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- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Parulidae
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- Upperparts plain dusky olive-grene
- Underparts greenish-yellow, faintly streaked
- No wing bars
- Concealed brownish-orange patch on crown
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- Habitat: Woodlands, chaparral
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- Nashville Warbler
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Parulidae
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- Upperparts olive green w/ grey head
- Bright yellow unders w/ white abdomen
- Yellow undertail coverts
- No wing bars
- Crown w/ rufous patch
- Sharply, pointed bill
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- Habitat: forests
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- Lucy's Warbler
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Parulidae
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- Upperparts uniformly grey
- White undertail coverts
- No wing bars
- Reddish crown and rump patch
- Pale eyeline
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- Habitat: Riparian woodlands
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- MacGillivray's Warbler
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Parulidae
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- Olive uppers
- Yellow underparts
- Gray hood
- No wing bars
- Bold white eye-arcs
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- Habitat: Dense riparian woodlands
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- Common Yellowthroat (male)
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Parulidae
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- Olive upperparts
- Yellow throat
- Whitish breast
- No wing bars
- Males: black mask like a cutthroat
- Female: no mask, dull yellow unders
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- Habitat: Marshes, riparian woodlands
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- Yellow Warbler
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Parulidae
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- Yellow everywhere
- Males: chestnut streaking on breast
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- Habitat: riparian woodlands
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- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Parulidae
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- Grey uppers
- White unders w/ black streaks
- Dark cheek
- Blonde beard = blonde rump
- 2 white wing bars
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- Habitat: coniferous forests
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- Black-throated Gray Warbler
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Parulidae
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- Upperparts gray w/ black streaks
- Underparts white w/ black streaks
- Dark crown, cheek patch, white stripes
- Small yellow spot on lores
- 2 white wing bars
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- Habitat: Coniferous forests
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- Townsend's Warbler
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Parulidae
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- Yellow breast & flank w/ black streaks
- Dark crown and cheek patch bordered by yellow stripes
- 2 white wing bars
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- Habitat: Coniferous forests
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- Hermit Warbler
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Parulidae
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- Yellow head
- Black beard
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- Habitat: Coniferous forests
- May hybridize with Townshend's
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- Wilson's Warbler
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Parulidae
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- Plain olive, yellow body
- Black cap
- No wing bars
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- Habitat: riparian woodlands
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- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Parulidae
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- Upperparts greyish
- Throat and breast yellow
- White spectacles
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- Habitat: Scrub, forests, woodlands
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- Green-tailed Towhee
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Emberizidae
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- Olive-green uppers
- Bright greenish-yellow wings and tail
- Grey head and breast
- Rufous crown
- White throat
- Long tail
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- Habitat: Scrub and woodland habitats
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- Spotted Towhee
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Emberizidae
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- Habitat: Scrub and woodland habitats
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- Rufous-crowned Sparrow
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Emberizidae
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- Gray overall
- Rufous crown, eye stripe, streaks and spots on back and upper wings
- Pale grey supercilium
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- Habitat: Grasslands
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- California Towhee
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Emberizidae
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- Grey-brown overall
- Cinnamon undertail coverts
- Long tail
- Stout bill
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- Habitat: chaparral, riparian woodlands
- *CA/Fed Threatened
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- Chipping Sparrow
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Emberizidae
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- Brown streaked wings and back
- Grey nape, rump, and unstreaked breast
- 2 pale wing bars
- Rufous crown
- Pale supercilium and dark eye line
- Long, notched tail
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- Habitat: Coniferous forests
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- Brewer's Sparrow
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Emberizidae
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- Brown streaky bird
- Face bordered by darker lines
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- Habitat: Chaparral, sagebrush steppe
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- Black-chinned Sparrow
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Emberizidae
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- Brown streaked wings and back
- Grey head and rump
- Black chin, lores, throat
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- Habitat: Chaparral
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- Vesper Sparrow
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Emberizidae
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- Whitish with a lot of brown streaking
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- Habitat: Grasslands
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- Lark Sparrow
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Emberizidae
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- Distinctive harlequin face patterning
- Bold brown spot on white breast
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- Habitat: Grasslands
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- Black-throated Sparrow
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Emberizidae
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- Black beard
- White supercilium and malar
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- Habitat: Desert scrub
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- Bell's Sparrow
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Emberizidae
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- Crappy specimen
- Dark breast spot
- White malar stripe bordered by dark lateral throat stripe
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- Habitat: Chaparral
- CA/Fed. Threatened
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- Savannah Sparrow
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Emberizidae
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- Brown and streaky
- Looks like it could camouflage in savannah grass
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- Habitat: Grasslands and marshes
- CA Endangered
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- Grasshopper Sparrow
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Emberizidae
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- Greyish-brown patterned back
- Median crown stripe
- Buffy face and unders
- Yellow supraloral spot
- Short tail, very pointed retrices
- Large bill
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- Habitat: Grasslands
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- Fox Sparrow
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Emberizidae
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- Brown to grey upperparts w/ slightly redder wings and tail
- White underparts w/ large triangular spots
- No wing bars
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- Habitat: Riparian woodland, chaparral
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- Song Sparrow
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Emberizidae
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- Brownish-grey streaked upperparts
- Coarse dark streaks converge into central spot
- Broad grey supercilium
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- Habitat: Marshes, scrub, brushy woodlands
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- Lincoln's Sparrow
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Emberizidae
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- Brownish-grey, finely streaked upperparts
- Buffy breast band w/ fine streaks
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- Habitat: Riparian woodlands
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- White-crowned Sparrow
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Emberizidae
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- Black and white crown stripes
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- Habitat: Grasslands, scrub, and brushy woodlands
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- Golden-crowned Sparrow
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Emberizidae
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- Gold forecrown bordered by black
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- Habitat: Riparian woodlands
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- Dark-eyed Junco
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Emberizidae
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- Executioner's hood
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- Habitat: Coniferous forests
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