Bird List

Skyline West Neighborhood Bird List*
Compiled by Dan Roby and Nancy Allen – 8/17/19
All these species have been seen or heard in/over the Skyline West Neighborhood.
This list is not exhaustive and other bird species certainly occur in Skyline West.
If you see a new species to add to the list or find an error in this annotated list,
please let us know at: daniel.roby@oregonstate.edu.

1. Greater White-fronted Goose – flocks occasionally seen & heard overhead during migration

2. Cackling Goose – flocks occasionally seen and heard overhead during migration

3. Canada Goose – flocks occasionally seen and heard overhead during migration

4. Wood Duck – rare year-round visitor to neighborhood; may nest

5. Gadwall – rare winter visitor to neighborhood

6. Mallard – uncommon year-round visitor to neighborhood; may nest

7. Hooded Merganser – uncommon year-round visitor to neighborhood; nests nearby

8. Mountain Quail – rare year-round visitor to neighborhood; may nest

9. California Quail – fairly common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

10. Wild Turkey – common year-round resident in neighborhood; introduced gamebird; nests

11. Great Blue Heron – uncommon year-round visitor to neighborhood

12. Turkey Vulture – common summer resident seen overhead and in neighborhood; may nest

13. Osprey - uncommon year-round visitor seen overhead from neighborhood

14. Bald Eagle – uncommon year-round visitor seen overhead from neighborhood

15. Northern Harrier – uncommon year-round visitor seen overhead from neighborhood

16. Sharp-shinned Hawk – uncommon year-round resident; common in migration; may nest

17. Cooper’s Hawk - common year-round resident; nests in neighborhood

18. Red-shouldered Hawk – in last 5 years has become a common year-round resident; nests

19. Red-tailed Hawk – common year-round resident; frequently seen circling overhead; nests

20. Killdeer – uncommon year-round visitor to neighborhood

21. Wilson’s Snipe – rare winter visitor to neighborhood

22. Band-tailed Pigeon – common summer resident in neighborhood

23. Eurasian Collared-Dove – in last 5 years has become common year-round resident; introduced

24. American Mourning Dove - common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

25. Western Screech-Owl – uncommon year-round resident in neighborhood; may nest

26. Great Horned Owl – fairly common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

27. Northern Pygmy-Owl – uncommon year-round resident in neighborhood; may nest

28. Barred Owl – uncommon year-round resident; recent arrival from eastern U.S.

29. Northern Saw-whet Owl – rare visitor to neighborhood during migration

30. Vaux’s Swift – uncommon summer resident seen overhead from neighborhood; may nest

31. Anna’s Hummingbird – common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

32. Calliope Hummingbird – rare spring visitor to neighborhood during migration

33. Rufous Hummingbird – common summer resident in neighborhood; nests

34. Belted Kingfisher – uncommon year-round resident and visitor to neighborhood

35. Lewis’s Woodpecker – rare visitor to neighborhood during migration

36. Acorn Woodpecker – fairly common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

37. Red-breasted Sapsucker – uncommon year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

38. Downy Woodpecker – fairly common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

39. Hairy Woodpecker – uncommon year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

40. Northern Flicker - common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

41. Pileated Woodpecker – uncommon year-round resident in neighborhood; may nest 

42. American Kestrel – uncommon year-round visitor to neighborhood, seen overhead

43. Peregrine Falcon – rare visitor to neighborhood; seen overhead during migration

44. Olive-sided Flycatcher – uncommon summer resident in neighborhood

45. Western Wood-Pewee – fairly common summer resident in neighborhood; may nest

46. Willow Flycatcher – rare visitor to neighborhood during migration

47. Cassin’s Vireo – uncommon visitor to neighborhood during migration

48. Hutton’s Vireo – uncommon summer resident; fairly common during migration; may nest

49. Warbling Vireo – fairly common summer resident in neighborhood; nests

50. Steller’s Jay – common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

51. California Scrub-Jay – common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

52. American Crow - common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

53. Common Raven – fairly common year-round resident seen overhead from neighborhood 

54. Purple Martin – uncommon visitor during migration seen overhead from neighborhood

55. Tree Swallow – uncommon visitor during migration seen overhead from neighborhood

56. Violet-green Swallow – common summer resident & migrant seen overhead 

57. Cliff Swallow – uncommon visitor during migration seen overhead from neighborhood

58. Barn Swallow – fairly common summer resident & migrant seen overhead; nests

59. Black-capped Chickadee – common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

60. Chestnut-backed Chickadee – fairly common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

61. Bushtit – fairly common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

62. Red-breasted Nuthatch – common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

63. White-breasted Nuthatch – fairly common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

64. Brown Creeper – fairly common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests 

65. Northern House Wren – uncommon summer resident in neighborhood; may nest

66. Pacific Wren – uncommon year-round resident in neighborhood; may nest

67. Bewick’s Wren – fairly common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

68. Golden-crowned Kinglet – uncommon winter resident in neighborhood

69. Ruby-crowned Kinglet – fairly common winter resident and visitor during migration 

70. Wrentit – uncommon year-round visitor to neighborhood; may nest

71. Western Bluebird – fairly common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

72. Swainson’s Thrush – fairly common summer resident in neighborhood; nests

73. Hermit Thrush – uncommon migrant and winter resident in neighborhood

74. American Robin – common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

75. Varied Thrush – uncommon winter resident in neighborhood

76. European Starling - common year-round resident in neighborhood; introduced; nests

77. Cedar Waxwing – fairly common migrant and summer resident in neighborhood; nests 

78. Orange-crowned Warbler – fairly common migrant and summer resident; may nest

79. Common Yellowthroat - fairly common summer resident in neighborhood; nests

80. Yellow-rumped (Audubon’s) Warbler – fairly common migrant; uncommon winter resident

81. Black-throated Gray Warbler – fairly common migrant and summer resident; nests

82. Townsend’s Warbler – uncommon winter resident and fairly common migrant 

83. Hermit Warbler – uncommon migrant and summer resident in neighborhood; may nest

84. Wilson’s Warbler – common migrant & summer resident in neighborhood; nests

85. Yellow-breasted Chat – uncommon migrant and summer resident; may nest

86. Spotted Towhee – common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

87. Chipping Sparrow – fairly common summer resident in neighborhood; nests

88. Fox Sparrow - common winter resident in neighborhood

89. Song Sparrow – common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

90. Lincoln’s Sparrow – uncommon winter resident & migrant in neighborhood

91. White-throated Sparrow – uncommon winter resident in neighborhood

92. Harris’s Sparrow – rare winter visitor to neighborhood

93. White-crowned Sparrow – uncommon winter resident & fairly common migrant; may nest

94. Golden-crowned Sparrow – common winter resident in neighborhood

95. Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco – common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

96. Western Tanager – common migrant and uncommon summer resident; nests

97. Black-headed Grosbeak – common summer resident in neighborhood; nests

98. Lazuli Bunting – uncommon summer resident in neighborhood; may nest

99. Red-winged Blackbird - common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

100. Brewer’s Blackbird – uncommon year-round resident and visitor; may nest

101. Brown-headed Cowbird – fairly common resident in summer and visitor during migration

102. Bullock’s Oriole – uncommon visitor to neighborhood during migration; may nest

103. Purple Finch – fairly common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

104. House Finch – fairly common year-round resident in neighborhood; nests

105. Red Crossbill – rare visitor to neighborhood during migration and winter

106. Pine Siskin – fairly common year-round resident, especially in winter; eruptive

107. Lesser Goldfinch - common year-round resident, especially in summer; eruptive; nests

108. American Goldfinch - common year-round resident; eruptive; nests

109. Evening Grosbeak – fairly common migrant, especially during spring; uncommon otherwise

* This annotated list follows the order and nomenclature of the American Bird Conservancy’s “List of Birds of the United States,” available at www.abcbirds.org

SWNA Bird List pdf file.