Common

De Anza College Birds

American Robin Turdus migratorius Year round 10-11 in. Identify: Bright reddish- orange breast Bewicks Wren Thryomanes bewickii Year round 5.1 in. Identify: Upright tail and white eyebrow Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans Year round 6.3 in. Identify: Black body with white belly Brewers Blackbird Euphagus cynocephalus Year round 8.3-9.8 in. Identify: Iridescent black; bright yellow eye Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Year round 7.5-8.7 in. Identify: Black body with brown head California Towhee Mourning Dove Melozone crissalis Zenaida macroura Year round Year round 8.3-9.8 in. 9.1-13.4 in Identify: Identify: Red-brown Small head, rump; a large body; metallic chirp coo-OO-oo Chestnut-backed Chickadee Northern Mockingbird Poecile rufescens Mimus polyglottos Year round Year round 3.9-4.7 in. 8.3-10.2 in. Identify: Identify: Brown back, Grey above; black head white patch with white on wings and .streaks tail. Dark-eyed Junco Oak Titmouse Junco hyemalis Baeolophus inornatus Year round Year round 5.5-6.3 in. 5.75 in. Identify: Identify: Brown body Small grey; with black Small tuft on hood head House Finch Western Bluebird Carpodacus mexicanus Sialia mexicana Year round Year round 5.1-5.5 in. 6.3-7.5 in. Identify: Identify: Red around Bright blue the face and above; rust- breast orange breast House Sparrow Violet-green Swallow Passer domesticus Tachycineta thalassina Year round Summer 5.9-6.7 in (breeding) Identify: 4.7 in. Rich Identify: brown Green and body, black violet above; face, grey ...long wings cap Rebecca Grieser and Daniel Nguyen Biology 6C Spring 2012