Habitats
Campus Species associated with Grassy Habitats
including birds that breed in grassland habitat,
or forage in grassy or cultivated areas

 Night-Herons

.....Black-crowned Night-Heron



 Herons / Egrets

..... Snowy Egret

Great Blue Heron

..... Great Egret



 Geese / Ducks

.....Canada Goose

Green-winged Teal

.....Mallard

American Wigeon

.....Gadwall

Northern Pintail



 Vultures / Birds of Prey

..... White-tailed Kite

American Kestrel

..... Northern Harrier

Prairie Falcon



 Pheasants

..... Ring-necked Pheasant



 New World Quail

..... California Quail



 Marsh Birds / Shorebirds

..... Common Moorhen

Long-billed Dowitcher

..... Least Sandpiper



 Gulls / Terns

..... California Gull

Herring Gull



 Pigeons / Doves

..... Mourning Dove



 Owls

..... Barn Owl



 Poorwill / Nighhawk

..... Common Nighthawk



  Larks

..... Horned Lark



  Swallows

..... Tree Swallow

No. Rough-winged Swallow

..... Violet-green Swallow

Barn Swallow

..... Cliff Swallow



  Thrushes

..... Western Bluebird

American Robin



  Pipits

..... American Pipit



  Towhees

..... California Towhee

Spotted Towhee



  Sparrows

..... Lark Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

..... Grasshopper Sparrow

Harris's Sparrow

..... Savannah Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

..... Lincoln's Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

..... Song Sparrow



  Blackbirds

..... Western Meadowlark

Brewer's Blackbird

..... Red-winged Blackbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

..... Tricolored Blackbird



  Finches

..... House Finch

American Goldfinch

..... Pine Siskin

Lesser Goldfinch



  Old World Sparrows

..... House Sparrow



Birds that collect grass for nest construction

  Grebes

..... Pied-billed Grebe



 Geese / Ducks

..... Canada Goose

Cinnamon Teal

..... Mallard

Ring-necked Duck

..... Gadwall

Greater Scaup

..... Green-winged Teal

Lesser Scaup

..... American Wigeon

Surf Scoter

..... Northern Pintail

Hooded Merganser

..... Northern Shoveler



 Vultures / Birds of Prey

..... Northern Harrier

Peregrine Falcon

..... Sharp-shinned Hawk



 New World Quail

..... California Quail



 Marsh Birds / Shorebirds

..... Killdeer

Lesser Yellowlegs

..... American Avocet

Spotted Sandpiper

..... Greater Yellowlegs

Least Sandpiper



 Gulls / Terns

..... Ring-billed Gull

Caspian Tern

..... Mew Gull

Forster's Tern



 Poorwill / Nighhawk

..... Common Poorwill



  Kingfishers

..... Belted Kingfisher



  Flycatchers

..... Olive-sided Flycatcher

Black Phoebe

..... Willow Flycatcher

Say's Phoebe

..... Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher



 Vireos

..... Hutton's Vireo

Warbling Vireo

..... Cassin's Vireo



  Jays / Crows / Ravens

..... Steller's Jay

Western Scrub-Jay

..... Western Scrub-Jay

American Crow



  Larks

..... Horned Lark



  Swallows

..... Tree Swallow

Cliff Swallow

..... Violet-green Swallow

No. Rough-winged Swallow



  Titmice / Chickadees

..... Oak Titmouse



  Bushtits

..... Bushtit



  Nuthatches

..... Red-breasted Nuthatch



  Wrens

..... House Wren

Bewick's Wren



  Thrushes

..... Western Bluebird

Varied Thrush

..... Swainson's Thrush

American Robin



  Mockingbirds / Thrashers

..... Northern Mockingbird

California Thrasher



  Starlings

..... European Starling



  Pipits

..... American Pipit



  Waxwings

..... Cedar Waxwing



  Wood-Warblers

..... Orange-crowned Warbler

Townsend's Warbler

..... Nashville Warbler

Yellow Warbler

..... Black-and-white Warbler

MacGillivray's Warbler

..... Black-throated Gray

Wilson's Warbler

..... ..... Warbler

Common Yellowthroat



  Tanager

..... Summer Tanager



  Towhees

..... California Towhee

Spotted Towhee



  Sparrows

..... Lark Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

..... Grasshopper Sparrow

Harris's Sparrow

..... Fox Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

..... Savannah Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

..... Lincoln's Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

..... Song Sparrow



  Juncos

..... Dark-eyed Junco



  Bunting

..... Lazuli Bunting



  Blackbirds

..... Western Meadowlark

Tricolored Blackbird

..... Red-winged Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird



  Orioles

..... Hooded Oriole

Bullock's Oriole



  Finches

..... Purple Finch

Lesser Goldfinch

..... House Finch

Lawrence's Goldfinch

..... Pine Siskin



  Old World Sparrows

..... House Sparrow



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