United States Ramsar wetland
Laguna de Santa Rosa
256 bird species recorded; the most in January, in April and from September to October.
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This month here
178 species in January.170 species in February.172 species in March.189 species in April.172 species in May.150 species in June.142 species in July.171 species in August.189 species in September.176 species in October.173 species in November.175 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.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
256 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).
- 256Speciesrecorded more than once
- 139Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 314,410Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 18Raptors
- 8Owls
- 22Waders
- 14Gulls & seabirds
- 35Ducks & geese
- 17Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 111Songbirds
- 30Other 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 256 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
- Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
Owls8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottii
- Glaucidium gnomaGlaucidium gnoma
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Northern Saw-Whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Waders22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaVU
- WilletTringa semipalmata
Gulls & seabirds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- California GullLarus californicus
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus
- Larus occidentalisLarus occidentalis
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
Ducks & geese35 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- RedheadAythya americana
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
Herons, ibises & grebes17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Clark's GrebeAechmophorus clarkii
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Songbirds111 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- California TowheeMelozone crissalis
- Pipilo maculatusPipilo maculatus
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Oak TitmouseBaeolophus inornatus
- California Scrub JayAphelocoma californica
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Black phoebeSayornis nigricans
- Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
- American BushtitPsaltriparus minimus
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
- Western BluebirdSialia mexicana
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Empidonax difficilisEmpidonax difficilis
- Vireo huttoniVireo huttoni
- Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusNT
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- WrentitChamaea fasciata
- Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
- Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
- Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
- Say's phoebeSayornis saya
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Sturnella neglectaSturnella neglecta
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Vireo cassiniiVireo cassinii
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Black-throated Grey WarblerSetophaga nigrescens
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- California ThrasherToxostoma redivivum
- Pygmy NuthatchSitta pygmaea
- Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes luteiventris
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Troglodytes pacificusTroglodytes pacificus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis
- Lawrence's GoldfinchSpinus lawrencei
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaVU
- MacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmiei
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tricoloured BlackbirdAgelaius tricolor
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurus
- Rufous-crowned SparrowAimophila ruficeps
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
Other birds30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
- Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttallii
- Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- California QuailCallipepla californica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- American CootFulica americana
- Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruber
- Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Allen's HummingbirdSelasphorus sasin
- Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufusNT
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- White-throated swiftAeronautes saxatalis
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewis
- Sphyrapicus nuchalisSphyrapicus nuchalis
- Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
- Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope
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 January, in April and from September to October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan12°/6°164 mm
- Feb13°/6°160 mm
- Mar14°/7°131 mm
- Apr15°/8°64 mm
- May18°/9°30 mm
- Jun21°/11°9 mm
- Jul23°/12°1 mm
- Aug24°/13°1 mm
- Sep23°/13°5 mm
- Oct20°/11°49 mm
- Nov16°/8°101 mm
- Dec12°/6°216 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Laguna de Santa Rosa.
Wetland in Sonoma County, California, USA
Laguna de Santa Rosa is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in United States.
256 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 314,410 open records.
The most recorded are the Turkey Vulture, the California Towhee and the Pipilo maculatus.
55 species come for the summer, 80 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including Horned Grebe, Evening Grosbeak and Black-legged kittiwake.
The most species are recorded in January, in April and from September to October.
Get there and watch
- River Bend Resortcampsite · 9.6 km · 5 within 10 km
- Hilton Garden Inn Sonoma County Airportplace to stay · 7.0 km · 36 within 10 km
- Forestvillenearest town · 4.3 km in a straight line
- Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport (STS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 5 km in a straight lineCar hire at STS airport (Santa Rosa)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
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 5campsites within 10 kmRiver Bend Resort, Schoolhouse Canyon Campground, Bohemian Grove and 2 more
- 36places to stay within 10 kmHilton Garden Inn Sonoma County Airport, WorldMark Windsor, Vintners Resort and 33 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 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 Laguna de Santa Rosa.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas50 mountains within 25 kmGabes Rock · 16 kmTaylor Mountain428 m · 16 kmBennett Mountain582 m · 20 kmColeman Hill · 22 kmEagle Rock · 22 kmBuck Knoll · 22 kmFox Mountain · 22 kmBlack Rock · 24 km
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.
Laguna de Santa Rosa
United States
- 80Birdyas Score
- 256Species
- 139Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1800541) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 314,410 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 | Peakyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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