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Shrubby Slopes33 Bird Species
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Antillean NighthawkFairly small nighthawk. Long, dark wings with white bar halfway between wingtip, and bend in wing. Notched tail finely barred with dark tip. Brownish-black upperparts with light brown flecks. Darkest on back and crown. Warm brown face. White throat. Underparts buffy golden-brown with fine dark barrin more... Length: 21 cm Wingspan: 53 cm |
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Aztec ThrushThis boldly patterned thrush is a rare visitor from Mexico. Male: Blackish brown upperparts and upper breast form an extensive hood. Wings show a complex pattern of white and dark, including white tips on the tertials and a white spot at the base of the primaries. A dark band separates the white bell more... Length: 23 cm Wingspan: 36 cm |
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BananaquitA small, striking, warbler-like songbird with dark above and variable amounts of yellow below. Dark, thin, decurved bill with bright pink gape. Black to olive-gray upperparts with a long, bold white supercilium and white patch at base of primaries. Yellow rump. Underparts vary greatly. Many birds sho more... Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 20 cm |
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Black-capped VireoThis little vireo has suffered drastic declines in the past century, and is listed as endangered. The upperparts are olive green, with two dull whitish wing bars. The male's head is black, with bold white spectacles. The female shows a similar pattern, but the head is dark gray. The underparts, inclu more... Length: 10 cm Wingspan: 18 cm |
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Black-throated SparrowThis sparrow is instantly recognized by its bold markings. The face is gray, darkening to black near the bill, with a bold white supercilium and malar stripe. The black throat extends onto the breast forming a triangular black bib. The upperparts are plain brownish-gray. The tail is blackish with a w more... Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 22 cm |
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Broad-billed HummingbirdThe bill of this species is reddish with a black tip, fairly long, and slightly decurved. The crown usually appears flat. Male: Deep blue gorget blends into metallic green underparts. Undertail coverts are pale gray. Upperparts are bronzy-green. The tail is blue-black with gray tip, and is deeply not more... Length: 8 cm Wingspan: 13 cm |
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California TowheeThis species averages darker and stockier than the similar Canyon Towhee. Medium gray-brown overall, with a darker tail and a faint reddish cast to the crown. The face and throat are washed cinnamon, and are outlined by an indistinct necklace of blurry streaks. Belly is paler, and the undertail cover more... Length: 21 cm Wingspan: 29 cm |
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ChukarChicken-like, bulky, with short legs and tail. Adult has thick vertical black bars on flanks, sandy gray back and wings, orange undertail coverts, gray breast, creamy white belly, white throat with thick black border, red orbital ring around black eye, and short red bill. more... Length: 36 cm Wingspan: 51 cm |
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Costa's HummingbirdThis small short-tailed species is mostly limited to the Desert Southwest. The bill is thin and slightly decurved. Male: Upperparts green. Breast whitish with green sides. The white of the breast wraps around the sides of the neck. The gorget and crown are a rich purple color, with a white line over more... Length: 9 cm Wingspan: 11 cm |
Couch's KingbirdThis Southern Texas specialty is very similar to Tropical Kingbird. The two are best distinguished by voice. The head is gray, with dark lores and ear coverts creating an indistinct dark mask, and a whitish throat. The olive-yellow breast transitions to a bright yellow belly and undertail coverts. Th more... Length: 20 cm Wingspan: 38 cm |
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Crissal ThrasherAdult has relatively long, decurved bill, yellow eye, gray face with black-and-white malar streak, sandy-brown wings and body, long tail, and reddish undertail coverts. In flight, note small buffy tail corners. California Thrasher has dark eye and orange tones underneath. Le Conte's Thrasher is very more... Length: 29 cm Wingspan: 32 cm |
Cuban PeweeThis small, olive-gray Caribbean flycatcher is large-headed, long-tailed, comparatively short-winged, and has a longer, proportionally thinner bill than other similar flycatchers. It is dark dusky olive-green above. Head is uniformly dark with an incomplete white eye ring that flares behind the eye. more... Length: 15 cm Wingspan: cm |
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Fan-tailed WarblerLarge warbler with dark gray to black upperparts, orange-yellow underparts, and a long, white-tipped tail. Adult: Crown and face black, yelllow crown patch, back and wings dark charcoal-gray, bright orange-yellow to yellow underparts. Thick white crescent above the eye and white supraloral spot form more... Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 20 cm |
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Five-striped SparrowThis sparrow is recognized by its dark coloring, large bill, and distinct facial pattern. Plain dark brown above, dark gray below, with a black spot on the breast. The belly fades to whitish. The face is dark with a prominent white supercilium, broken white eye ring, white moustachial stripes, and a more... Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 23 cm |
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Green-tailed TowheeWhile the plumage of this species is distinctive, it, like other towhees, spends much of its time hidden in heavy cover. Upperparts are drab greenish gray to fairly bright olive green. The face and underparts are gray, fading to whitish on the belly. The head has a rufous crown, white spot above the more... Length: 18 cm Wingspan: 25 cm |
Indigo BuntingThis species is closely related to Lazuli Bunting. Alternate Male: Dark iridescent blue overall, darker on the head. The lores and wings are blackish. The bill is gray. First alternate males usually blotched blue and brown. Basic Male: Brown feather edges obscure most of the blue. Brownish belly fade more... Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 20 cm |
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Antillean Nighthawk
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Aztec Thrush
0 Photographs -
Bananaquit
2 Photographs -
Black-capped Vireo
1 Photograph -
Black-throated Sparrow
15 Photographs -
Broad-billed Hummingbird
16 Photographs -
California Towhee
10 Photographs -
Chukar
6 Photographs -
Costa's Hummingbird
5 Photographs -
Couch's Kingbird
8 Photographs -
Crissal Thrasher
2 Photographs -
Cuban Pewee
2 Photographs -
Fan-tailed Warbler
0 Photographs -
Five-striped Sparrow
8 Photographs -
Green-tailed Towhee
21 Photographs -
Indigo Bunting
12 Photographs
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Non-vegetated Areas0 species |
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Salt Water |
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Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii |
Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Shrubby Slopes |
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WrentitChamaea fasciata |
Coastal Dunes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Thickets |
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Human-altered Areas |
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Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii |
Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Shrubby Slopes |
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BananaquitCoereba flaveola |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Shrubby Slopes |
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California TowheeMelozone crissalis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Costa's HummingbirdCalypte costae |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands |
Couch's KingbirdTyrannus couchii |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Thickets |
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Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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VerdinAuriparus flaviceps |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Fresh Water |
Cuban PeweeContopus caribaeus |
Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Shrubby Slopes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Grassland and Scrubland |
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Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii |
Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Shrubby Slopes |
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Aztec ThrushRidgwayia pinicola |
Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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BananaquitCoereba flaveola |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Shrubby Slopes |
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Black-capped VireoVireo atricapilla |
Shrubby Slopes, Dry Western Woodlands, Thickets |
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Black-throated SparrowAmphispiza bilineata |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Broad-billed HummingbirdCynanthus latirostris |
Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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California TowheeMelozone crissalis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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ChukarAlectoris chukar |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes |
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Costa's HummingbirdCalypte costae |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands |
Couch's KingbirdTyrannus couchii |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Crissal ThrasherToxostoma crissale |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
Cuban PeweeContopus caribaeus |
Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Shrubby Slopes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Fan-tailed WarblerBasileuterus lachrymosus |
Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Five-striped SparrowAmphispiza quinquestriata |
Shrubby Slopes |
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Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Thickets |
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea |
Shrubby Slopes, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Lucifer HummingbirdCalothorax lucifer |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Lucy's WarblerOreothlypis luciae |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Middendorff's Grasshopper-WarblerLocustella ochotensis |
Shrubby Slopes, Thickets |
Montezuma QuailCyrtonyx montezumae |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Mountain QuailOreortyx pictus |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos |
Open Country and Grasslands, Shrubby Slopes |
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Plain-capped StarthroatHeliomaster constantii |
Shrubby Slopes, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
Rufous-capped WarblerBasileuterus rufifrons |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes |
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Rufous-crowned SparrowAimophila ruficeps |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal |
Scott's OrioleIcterus parisorum |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
Varied BuntingPasserina versicolor |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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VerdinAuriparus flaviceps |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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WrentitChamaea fasciata |
Coastal Dunes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Thickets |
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Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureola |
Open Country and Grasslands, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Forest and Woodlands |
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Aztec ThrushRidgwayia pinicola |
Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Black-capped VireoVireo atricapilla |
Shrubby Slopes, Dry Western Woodlands, Thickets |
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Black-throated SparrowAmphispiza bilineata |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Broad-billed HummingbirdCynanthus latirostris |
Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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California TowheeMelozone crissalis |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Costa's HummingbirdCalypte costae |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands |
Couch's KingbirdTyrannus couchii |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Crissal ThrasherToxostoma crissale |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
Cuban PeweeContopus caribaeus |
Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Shrubby Slopes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest |
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Fan-tailed WarblerBasileuterus lachrymosus |
Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Thickets |
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea |
Shrubby Slopes, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Lucifer HummingbirdCalothorax lucifer |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Lucy's WarblerOreothlypis luciae |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Middendorff's Grasshopper-WarblerLocustella ochotensis |
Shrubby Slopes, Thickets |
Montezuma QuailCyrtonyx montezumae |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Mountain QuailOreortyx pictus |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Plain-capped StarthroatHeliomaster constantii |
Shrubby Slopes, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
Scott's OrioleIcterus parisorum |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus |
Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
Varied BuntingPasserina versicolor |
Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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VerdinAuriparus flaviceps |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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WrentitChamaea fasciata |
Coastal Dunes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Thickets |
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Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureola |
Open Country and Grasslands, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |