United States Ramsar wetland
Grasslands Wildlife Management Area
217 bird species recorded; the most in February and in April.
Dr vulpes · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
160 species in January.165 species in February.153 species in March.175 species in April.155 species in May.110 species in June.93 species in July.96 species in August.117 species in September.134 species in October.155 species in November.154 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
217 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 217Speciesrecorded more than once
- 132Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 94,674Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 17Raptors
- 5Owls
- 19Waders
- 12Gulls & seabirds
- 27Ducks & geese
- 15Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 98Songbirds
- 23Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 217 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Waders19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Gulls & seabirds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- California GullLarus californicus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
- Common GullLarus canus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
Ducks & geese27 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- RedheadAythya americana
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Green-winged tealAnas carolinensis
Herons, ibises & grebes15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
- Clark's GrebeAechmophorus clarkii
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Songbirds98 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Sturnella neglectaSturnella neglecta
- Black phoebeSayornis nigricans
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
- Tricoloured BlackbirdAgelaius tricolor
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Pipilo maculatusPipilo maculatus
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusNT
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Say's phoebeSayornis saya
- Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
- American BushtitPsaltriparus minimus
- California Scrub JayAphelocoma californica
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- California TowheeMelozone crissalis
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Yellow-billed MagpiePica nuttalliVU
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
- Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
- Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
- Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
- Oak TitmouseBaeolophus inornatus
- Western BluebirdSialia mexicana
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- PhainopeplaPhainopepla nitens
- Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- California ThrasherToxostoma redivivum
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- WrentitChamaea fasciata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Vireo huttoniVireo huttoni
- Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius
- Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
- Empidonax difficilisEmpidonax difficilis
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
- Black-throated Grey WarblerSetophaga nigrescens
- Vireo cassiniiVireo cassinii
- Rufous-crowned SparrowAimophila ruficeps
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondii
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Lawrence's GoldfinchSpinus lawrencei
- Empidonax wrightiiEmpidonax wrightii
Other birds23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American CootFulica americana
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- California QuailCallipepla californica
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttallii
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
- Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
- Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
- Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
- White-throated swiftAeronautes saxatalis
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- American Black SwiftCypseloides nigerVU
- Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi
- Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in February and in April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan14°/4°61 mm
- Feb16°/5°57 mm
- Mar19°/6°52 mm
- Apr22°/8°28 mm
- May28°/11°12 mm
- Jun35°/14°3 mm
- Jul39°/17°1 mm
- Aug37°/16°1 mm
- Sep34°/15°2 mm
- Oct27°/11°17 mm
- Nov19°/7°33 mm
- Dec14°/4°70 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Grasslands Wildlife Management Area.
Perpetual conservation easements on private lands by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Grasslands Wildlife Management Area is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in United States.
217 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 94,674 open records.
The most recorded are the Agelaius phoeniceus, the Sturnella neglecta and the Red-tailed Hawk.
51 species come for the summer, 78 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
5 are threatened worldwide, including Yellow-billed Magpie, Lesser yellowlegs and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in February and in April.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Livingstonnearest town · 18 km in a straight line
- Merced Regional Macready Field (MCE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 26 km in a straight lineCar hire at SJC airport (San Jose)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 3car parks within 3 km
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Grasslands Wildlife Management Area.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Riveryasthe river nearbySan Joaquin River564 km↗Calaveras River
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Grasslands Wildlife Management Area
United States
- 76Birdyas Score
- 217Species
- 132Migrants
- 5Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5597563) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 94,674 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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