Merlin and meal
Photo by Orville Hector,
Ashland Daily Tidings

Birdlist for
Jackson County, Oregon


"You must have the bird in your heart
before you can find it in the bush."

- John Burroughs

A single-sheet bird list for Jackson County is available for printing out.

Waterfowl
Grtr. Wh.-front. Goose
Snow Goose
Ross’s Goose
Brant*
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter*
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Com. Merganser
Red-brstd. Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Gallinaceous
Ring-nk. Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
SootyGrouse
Wild Turkey
Mountain Quail
California Quail
Loons
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Pelicans
Am. White Pelican
Brown Pelican*
Cormorants
Dbl-crested Cormorant
Herons & Bitterns
American Bittern
Least Bittern*
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret*
Cattle Egret*
Green Heron
Blk-crown. Night-heron
Ibis
White-faced Ibis*
Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Raptors
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Rd.-shouldered Hawk
Swainson's Hawk*
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Rails
Virginia Rail
Sora
Com. Moorhen*
American Coot
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Shorebirds
Black-bell. Plover
Am. Golden Plover
Pacific Golden Plover
Snowy Plover*
Semipalm. Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper*
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet*
Lesser Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew*
Marbled Godwit*
Ruddy Turnstone*
Black Turnstone*
Red Knot*
Sanderling*
Semipalm. Sandpip.
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper*
Buff-brstd. Sandpip.*
Ruff*
Short-bill. Dowitcher
Long-bill. Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-nk. Phalarope
Red Phalarope*
Gulls & Terns
Franklin's Gull*
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull*
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull*
Western Gull
Glaucaus-wing. Gull*
Sabine's Gull*
Caspian Gull
Common Tern*
Arctic Tern*
Forster's Tern
Black Tern
Alcids
Ancient Murrelet*
Pigeons & Doves
Rock Pigeon
Band-Tailed Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo*
Owls
Barn Owl
Flammulated Owl
West. Screech-owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl*
No. Pygmy-owl
Burrowing Owl
Spotted Owl
Great Gray Owl
Long-eared Owl*
Short-eared Owl
No. Saw-whet Owl
NightJars
Com. Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Swifts
Black Swift
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift
Hummingbirds
Black-chinn. Humming.
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Humming.*
Rufous Hummingbird
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Lewis' Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapskr
Red-naped Sapsucker*
Red-breasted Sapskr
Nuttall's Woodpecker*
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
White-hd. Woodpckr
Am. 3-toed Woodpckr*
Bl.-backed Woodpckr
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatch.
West. Wood Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatch.
Gray Flycatcher *
Dusky Flycatcher
Pac.-slope Flycatch
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Ash-throat. Flycatch.
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird *
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Vireos
Cassin's Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Crows & Jays
Gray Jay
Steller's Jay
Blue Jay*
Western Scrub Jay
Pinyon Jay*
Clark's Nutcracker
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Larks
Horned Lark
Swallows
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
No. Rough-wg. Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chickadees, Titmice
Black-cap. Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Chest.-backed Chick.
Oak Titmouse
Bushtits
Bushtit
Nuthatches
Red-brsted. Nuthatch
Wh.-brsted. Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Creepers
Brown Creeper
Wrens
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Dippers
American Dipper
Kinglets
Golden-crwnd. Kinglet
Ruby-crwnd. Kinglet
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Thrushes
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery*
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Babblers
Wrentit
Mimids
Gray Catbird*
Northern Mockingbird
Sage Thrasher*
Brown Thrasher*
Calif. Thrasher*
Starlings
European Starling
Wagtails & Pipits
American Pipit
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Warblers
Orange-crwnd Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warb. *
Yellow-rumped Warb.
Blk-throat. Gray Warb.
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler*
Blk-&-white Warbler*
American Redstart*
Ovenbird*
No. Waterthrush*
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler*
Yellow-breasted Chat
Tanagers, Grosbeak
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Sparrows
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Am. Tree Sparrow*
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow *
Brewer's Sparrow
Black-chin. Sparrow*
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throat. Sparrow*
Sage Sparrow*
Lark Bunting*
Savanna Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow*
White-throat. Sparr.
Harris's Sparrow
White-Crown. Sparr.
Golden-Crown. Sparr.
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur*
Snow Bunting*
Rose-brstd Grosbeak*
Black-hd. Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting *
Dickcissel*
Blackbirds
Bobolink*
Red-Wing Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-hd. Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird*
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle*
Common Grackle*
Brown-head. Cowbird
Oriole
Hooded Oriole*
Bullock's Oriole
Finches
Gray-cr. Rosy Finch*
Pine Grosbeak*
Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Common Redpoll*
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence's Goldfinch*
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Old World Sparrow
House Sparrow

*   These bird species have been documented ten or fewer times in the county. They are not shown on the available single-page printout. Alternatively, you can (1) highlight this bird list, copy it (Ctrl+c) and paste it (Ctrl+v) into your word processor, and then print that out; or (2) print the whole webpage by going to File and clicking on Print.


This bird list is a work in progress. Report all errors, corrections, additions or deletions needed, or display problems to the website author/editor will be greatly appreciated.

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