Seabirds & Shorebirds-Table 1

Table 1.

Birds of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Key

b-Sandy Beach
l-Shallow Nearshore
p-Pelagic
r-Rocky Coast
s-Estuarine Sloughs, Estuarine Wetlands, River Mouths
n-nests within one of the above habitats; note that several species listed here as non-nesters DO nest in freshwater habitats of watersheds feeding into MBNMS.
* observed 3 times or less in MBNMS habitats listed above

Loons

	Common Loon	l s
	Pacific Loon	l s
	Red-throated Loon	l s
	Yellow-billed Loon	l s

Grebes

	Clark's Grebe	l s
	Eared Grebe	s
	Horned Grebe	s
n	Pied-billed Grebe	s
	Red-necked Grebe	s
	Western Grebe	l s

Albatrosses

	Black-footed Albatross	p
	Laysan Albatross	p
	Short-tailed Albatross	p

Shearwaters/Fulmars

	Black-vented Shearwater	p
	Buller's Shearwater	p
	Flesh-footed Shearwater	p
*	Greater Shearwater	p
	Manx Shearwater	p
	Northern Fulmar	p
	Pink-footed Shearwater	p
	Short-tailed Shearwater	p
	Sooty Shearwater	l p
	Streaked Shearwater	p
*	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	p

Storm-/Gadfly Petrels

	Ashy Storm-petrel	p
	Black Storm-petrel	p
	Fork-tailed Storm-petrel	p
	Leach's Storm-petrel	p
*	Wedge-rumped Storm-petrel	p
	Wilson's Storm-petrel	p
	Cook's Petrel	p
*	Mottled Petrel	p

Frigatebirds/Tropicbirds

	Magnificent Frigatebird	p
	Red-billed Tropicbird	p
*	Red-tailed Tropicbird	p

Pelicans

	American White Pelican	s
	Brown Pelican	l s r

Boobies

*	Blue-footed Booby	p
*	Brown Booby	p
*	Masked Booby	p
*	Red-footed Booby	p

Cormorants

n	Brandt's Cormorant	l r
n	Double-crested Cormorant	l s r
n	Pelagic Cormorant	l r

Herons/Egrets

n	Black-crowned Night Heron	r s
	Cattle Egret	s
n	Great Blue Heron	l s
n	Great Egret	l s
	Green Heron	b s
*	Reddish Egret	s
	Snowy Egret	s

Ibis/Spoonbill

	White-faced Ibis	s
*	Roseate Spoonbill	s

Waterfowl

	American Wigeon	l
	Barrow's Goldeneye	s
	Black Scoter	l
	Blue-winged Teal	s
	Brant	l s
	Bufflehead	s
	Canada Goose	s
	Canvasback	s
n	Cinnamon Teal	s
	Common Goldeneye	l s
	Common Merganser	s
	Emperor Goose	s
	Eurasian Wigeon	s
	Gadwall	s
	Greater Scaup	l s
	Greater White-fronted Goose	s
	Green-winged Teal	s
	Harlequin Duck	r
	Hooded Merganser	s
	King Eider	l s
	Lesser Scaup	l s
n	Mallard	s
n	Northern Pintail	s
n	Northern Shoveler	s
	Oldsquaw	l
	Red-breasted Merganser	l s
	Redhead	s
	Ring-necked Duck	s
	Ross' Goose	s
	Ruddy Duck	s
	Snow Goose	s
	Surf Scoter	ls
	Tundra Swan	s
	White-winged Scoter Wood Duck	ls
	Wood Duck	s

Rails/Coots

	Clapper Rail Sora Virginia Rail American Coot	s
	Sora	s
	Virginia Rail	s
n	American Coot	s

Oystercatcher

n

Black Oystercatcher

r

Avocet/Stilt

n	American Avocet	s
n	Black-necked Stilt	s

Plovers

	Black-bellied Plover	b s
n	Killdeer	s
	Pacific Golden Plover	s
	American Golden Plover	b s
	Semipalmated Plover	s
n	Snowy Plover	b
	Mongolian Plover	b s
*	Wilson's Plover	b s
*	Mountain Plover	s

Sandpipers and Kin

	Baird's Sandpiper	b s
*	Bar-tailed Godwit	s
	Black Turnstone	r s
	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	s
	Common Snipe	s
*	Curlew Sandpiper	s
	Dunlin	s
	Greater Yellowlegs	s
*	Hudsonian Godwit	s
	Least Sandpiper	s
	Lesser Yellowlegs	s
*	Little Curlew	b
*	Little Stint	s
	Long-billed Curlew	b s
	Long-billed Dowitcher	s
	Marbled Godwit	b s
	Pectoral Sandpiper	s
	Red Knot	s
	Red Phalarope	p s
	Red-necked Phalarope	p s
	Wilson's Phalarope	p s
	Rock Sandpiper	r
	Ruddy Turnstone	s
	Ruff	s
	Sanderling	b s
	Semipalmated Sandpiper	s
	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	s
	Short-billed Dowitcher	s
	Spotted Sandpiper	s
	Stilt Sandpiper	s
	Surfbird	b r
*	Terek Sandpiper	b r
	Wandering Tattler	r s
	Western Sandpiper	s
	Whimbrel	b s
*	White-rumped Sandpiper	s
	Willet	b r s

Skuas/Jaegers

	South Polar Skua	p
	Long-tailed Jaeger	p
	Parasitic Jaeger	p s
	Pomerine Jaeger	p

Gulls/Kittiwakes

	Bonaparte's Gull	b l s
	California Gull	b l s
	Franklin's Gull	b l s
	Glaucous Gull	b l s
	Glaucous-winged Gull	b l s
	Heermann's Gull	b l s
	Herring Gull	b l s
	Laughing Gull	b l
	Little Gull	b l
	Mew Gull	b l s
	Ring-billed Gull	b l s
	Sabine's Gull	l s
*	Swallow-tailed Gull	b l
	Thayer's Gull	b l s
n	Western Gull	b l s
	Black-legged Kittiwake	b l s

Terns/Skimmers

	Arctic Tern	b l p s
	Black Tern	b s
n	Caspian Tern	b l s
	Common Tern	b l s
	Elegant Tern	b l s
n	Forster's Tern	b l s
	Least Tern	b l s
	Royal Tern	l s
	Black Skimmer	b s

Alcids (Murres and Kin)

	Cassin's Auklet	p s
	Parakeet Auklet	p
n	Rhinoceros Auklet	p s
n	Common Murre	l p s
	Thick-billed Murre	p s
	Ancient Murrelet	p s
	Craveri's Murrelet	p s
n	Marbled Murrelet	p s
	Xantus' Murrelet	p
n	Pigeon Guillemot	l p s
	Horned Puffin	p
	Tufted Puffin	p

Land Birds Which Feed in Sandy Beach; Estuarine Sloughs, Estuarine Wetlands, River Mouths; and Rocky coast habitats

	American Crow
	American Kestrel
	Bald Eagle
	Belted Kingfisher
	Black Phoebe
n	Black Swift
	Brewer's Blackbird
	Burrowing Owl
	Common Raven
	European Starling
	Loggerhead Shrike
n	Marsh Wren
	Merlin
	Northern Harrier
	Osprey
n	Peregrine Falcon
	Rock Dove
	Salt Marsh Common Yellowthroat
n	Savannah Sparrow
	Savannah Sparrow
	Short-eared Owl
	Song Sparrow
n	Song Sparrow
	Turkey Vulture
	White-crowned Sparrow
n	White-crowned Sparrow
	Yellow-rumped Warbler