Guide to selected species of:
Marin County
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 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis ADULT Has streaked, silvery gray upperparts and pale-streaked, brown underparts. Head and neck are whitish in...
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 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater ADULT MALE Has a dark brown hood and otherwise blackish plumage, with a green sheen in...
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 Mdf/CCSA Bufflehead Bucephala albeola ADULT MALE Has rather large, rounded head that looks black and white in poor light; good...
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 Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii ADULT MALE Has mainly orange face and underparts with black back, nape, crown, eyestripe, and narrow...
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 Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia ADULT Gray-brown overall, but upperparts are beautifully patterned with pale spots (smallest on head), while dark...
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 Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus ADULT Interior subspecies has mostly uniformly blue-gray upperparts, darkest on primaries and tail; subtly browner patch...
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 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii 22-27" (56-68 cm). Brownish body with black head, long black neck, conspicuous white cheek patch. Shorter...
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 Shengzhi Li /CCSA California Gull Larus californicus ADULT SUMMER Has gray back and upper wings with white trailing edge and black wingtips with...
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 California Quail Callipepla californica ADULT MALE Has mainly gray-brown upperparts, the nape finely marked with black and white, and a...
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 California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum ADULT Has mostly plain and unmarked, rich brown upperparts with subtly paler underparts flushed orange-buff on...
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 California Towhee Pipilo crissalis ADULT Brown overall, marginally darker above than below. Throat is yellow-buff and lightly streaked, its lower...
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 Canada Goose Branta canadensis ADULT Has black head and neck, and white cheek. Bill and legs are black. Typical birds...
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 Canvasback Aythya valisineria ADULT MALE Has a reddish chestnut head, black breast and vent, and otherwise very pale gray...
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 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia ADULT summer Has pale gray back and upper wing and mainly white underparts. In flight, however,...
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 Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus ADULT Has smoky blue-gray plumage overall, darkest on head, back, and upper wings, and palest below...
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