Group | Common name | Scientific name | Features | Image | Dippers | American dipper | Cinclus mexicanus |
Thrushes, bluebirds and solitaires | American robin | Turdus migratorius | A resident species frequently seen in towns and lawns. |
Western bluebird | Sialia mexicana | Uncommonly observed but known to breed in the Klamath Basin |
Mountain bluebird | Sialia currucoides | Resident species |
Townsend's solitaire | Myadestes townsendi | Commonly observed; sighting likelihood good in appropriate habitat especially in the fall and winter. Known to breed in the Klamath Basin |
Swainson's thrush | Catharus ustulatus | Rarely observed, mostly in the spring through the fall; unlikely to be seen even in appropriate habitat but known to breed in the Klamath Basin |
Hermit thrush | Catharus guttatus | Uncommonly observed but known to breed in the Klamath Basin |
Varied thrush | Ixoreus naevius or Zoothera naevia | Rarely observed, mostly in the fall and winter; unlikely to be seen even in appropriate habitat but known to breed in the Klamath Basin |
Anna's hummingbird | Calypte anna |
Ash-throated flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens |
Barn swallow | Hirundo rustica |
Bewick's wren | Thryomanes bewickii |
Black-headed grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus |
Brewer's blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus |
Brewer's sparrow | Spizella breweri |
Brown-headed cowbird |
California quail |
California towhee |
Calliope hummingbird | Stellula calliope |
Canada goose | Branta canadensis |
Canyon wren | Catherpes mexicanus |
Cassin's finch | Carpodacus cassinii |
Chipping sparrow | Spizella passerina |
Clark's nutcracker | Nucifraga columbiana |
Common loon | Gavia immer | Uncommonly observed, mostly in the spring and then in the fall |
Common nighthawk | Chordeiles minor |
Common raven | Corvus corax |
Fox sparrow | Passerella iliaca |
Golden-crowned sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla |
Green-tailed towhee | Pipilo chlorurus |
Great blue heron | Ardea herodias |
Horned lark | Eremophila alpestris | Resident species |
House finch | Carpodacus mexicanus |
House wren | Troglodytes aedon | Resident species |
Juniper titmouse | Baeolophus ridgwayi |
Lazuli bunting | Passerina amoena | Migrant species |
Lewis's woodpecker | Melanerpes lewis |
Loggerhead shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | Resident species |
Mountain chickadee | Poecile gambeli |
Mourning dove | Zenaida macroura |
Northern flicker | Colaptes auratus |
Northern mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos |
Olive-sided flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | Migrant species |
Pacific loon | Gavia pacifica | Rarely observed, mostly in the spring and then in the fall; unlikely to be seen even in appropriate habitat |
Pygmy nuthatch | Sitta pygmaea |
Red-breasted nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | A permanent resident and an acrobatic species, hitching itself up and down tree trunks and branches.[2] |
Red crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | Migrant species |
Red-naped sapsucker | Sphyrapicus nuchalis | Migrant species |
Common pheasant | Phasianus colchicus |
Red-tailed hawk | Buteo jamaicensis |
Red-winged blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | Resident species |
Sage grouse | Centrocercus urophasianus |
Sage sparrow | Amphispiza belli |
Sage thrasher | Oreoscoptes montanus | Resident species |
Savannah sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis |
Song sparrow | Melospiza melodia |
Spotted towhee | Pipilo maculatus |
Common starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Non-native species, common in widespread areas of the Upper Klamath Basin. |
Turkey vulture | Cathartes aura |
Western meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | A resident and the official state bird of Oregon and other 5 US states. |
Western tanager | Piranga ludoviciana |
Western wood pewee | Contopus sordidulus |
White-breasted nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis |
White-crowned sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys |
White-faced ibis | Plegadis chihi |
White-headed woodpecker | Picoides albolarvatus | Resident species |
Yellow warbler | Dendroica petechia | A migrant species that lives in the basin during the spring and summer.[3] |
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1. ^1 Klamath Basin Birding Trail Presented by Klamath Basin Wingwatchers organization.
2. ^{{cite book |title=National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America |editor1-first=Jon L. |editor1-last=Dunn |editor2-first=Jonathan |editor2-last=Alderfer |isbn=0-7922-5314-0 |page=341 |publisher=National Geographic |location=Washington DC |year=2006 |edition=5}}
3. ^Birds of the Basins by the Bureau of Land Management, Lakeview District; the Fremont National Forest; and the Klamath Basin Ecosystem Restoration.
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