United States · California
Big Morongo Canyon Preserve & Covington Park
272 species and 339,798 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 176 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
California Scrub JayAphelocoma californica
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
California TowheeMelozone crissalis
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Western BluebirdSialia mexicana
PhainopeplaPhainopepla nitens
Oak TitmouseBaeolophus inornatus
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttallii
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- San Jacinto Wildlife Area53 km317 species
All 272 species recorded here
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Bell's Sparrow Artemisiospiza belli
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- LeConte's Thrasher Toxostoma lecontei
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Grey Vireo Vireo vicinior
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Redhead Aythya americana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Big Morongo Canyon Preserve & Covington Park?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 176 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Big Morongo Canyon Preserve & Covington Park?
272 species, from 339,798 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Big Morongo Canyon Preserve & Covington Park in November?
The most recorded in November: White-crowned Sparrow, California Scrub Jay, Northern Flicker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Bewick's Wren.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.