Bird AlbumUnited States · California
Golden Gate Park – Arboretum
216 species and 168,416 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October and December, with up to 130 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Pygmy NuthatchSitta pygmaea
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
California Scrub JayAphelocoma californicaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Golden Gate Park – Blue Heron Lake & Strawberry Hill1 km212 species
- Golden Gate Park – North Lake3 km222 species
- Fort Mason6 km251 species
- Rodeo Lagoon9 km315 species
- Heron's Head Park9 km208 species
- South Richmond Marshes (Stege, Hoffman) and Meeker Slough20 km232 species
All 216 species recorded here
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Golden Gate Park – Arboretum?
September–October and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 130 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Golden Gate Park – Arboretum?
216 species, from 168,416 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Golden Gate Park – Arboretum in November?
The most recorded in November: Anna's Hummingbird, Myrtle Warbler, Townsend's Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Black Phoebe.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.