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Shrubby Slopes

33 Bird Species

Antillean Nighthawk

Fairly 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

Aztec Thrush

This 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

Bananaquit

A 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

Black-capped Vireo

This 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

Black-throated Sparrow

This 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

Broad-billed Hummingbird

The 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

California Towhee

This 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

Chukar

Chicken-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

Costa's Hummingbird

This 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 Kingbird

This 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

Crissal Thrasher

Adult 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 Pewee

This 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

Fan-tailed Warbler

Large 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

Five-striped Sparrow

This 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

Green-tailed Towhee

While 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 Bunting

This 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

Non-vegetated Areas

0 species

Salt Water

2 species

Antillean Nighthawk

Chordeiles gundlachii

Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Shrubby Slopes

Wrentit

Chamaea fasciata

Coastal Dunes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Thickets

Human-altered Areas

10 species

Antillean Nighthawk

Chordeiles gundlachii

Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Shrubby Slopes

Bananaquit

Coereba flaveola

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Shrubby Slopes

California Towhee

Melozone crissalis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Costa's Hummingbird

Calypte costae

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands

Couch's Kingbird

Tyrannus couchii

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Green-tailed Towhee

Pipilo chlorurus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Thickets

Lazuli Bunting

Passerina amoena

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Spotted Towhee

Pipilo maculatus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus 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

Verdin

Auriparus flaviceps

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Fresh Water

2 species

Cuban Pewee

Contopus caribaeus

Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Shrubby Slopes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus 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

Grassland and Scrubland

33 species

Antillean Nighthawk

Chordeiles gundlachii

Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Shrubby Slopes

Aztec Thrush

Ridgwayia pinicola

Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Bananaquit

Coereba flaveola

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Shrubby Slopes

Black-capped Vireo

Vireo atricapilla

Shrubby Slopes, Dry Western Woodlands, Thickets

Black-throated Sparrow

Amphispiza bilineata

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Broad-billed Hummingbird

Cynanthus latirostris

Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

California Towhee

Melozone crissalis

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Chukar

Alectoris chukar

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes

Costa's Hummingbird

Calypte costae

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands

Couch's Kingbird

Tyrannus couchii

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Crissal Thrasher

Toxostoma crissale

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Cuban Pewee

Contopus caribaeus

Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves, Shrubby Slopes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest

Fan-tailed Warbler

Basileuterus lachrymosus

Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Five-striped Sparrow

Amphispiza quinquestriata

Shrubby Slopes

Green-tailed Towhee

Pipilo chlorurus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Thickets

Indigo Bunting

Passerina cyanea

Shrubby Slopes, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Lazuli Bunting

Passerina amoena

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Lucifer Hummingbird

Calothorax lucifer

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Lucy's Warbler

Oreothlypis luciae

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler

Locustella ochotensis

Shrubby Slopes, Thickets

Montezuma Quail

Cyrtonyx montezumae

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands

Mountain Quail

Oreortyx pictus

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Pine Bunting

Emberiza leucocephalos

Open Country and Grasslands, Shrubby Slopes

Plain-capped Starthroat

Heliomaster constantii

Shrubby Slopes, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Rufous-capped Warbler

Basileuterus rufifrons

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes

Rufous-crowned Sparrow

Aimophila ruficeps

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal

Scott's Oriole

Icterus parisorum

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Dry Western Woodlands

Spotted Towhee

Pipilo maculatus

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus 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 Bunting

Passerina versicolor

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets

Verdin

Auriparus flaviceps

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Wrentit

Chamaea fasciata

Coastal Dunes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Thickets

Yellow-breasted Bunting

Emberiza aureola

Open Country and Grasslands, Shrubby Slopes, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Forest and Woodlands

26 species