United States · California
Irvine Regional Park
253 species and 242,167 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–May, with up to 152 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Oak TitmouseBaeolophus inornatus
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American CootFulica americana
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
California TowheeMelozone crissalis
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Wood DuckAix sponsaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- IRWD San Joaquin Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Irvine17 km343 species
- Mile Square Regional Park, Fountain Valley19 km273 species
- Huntington Central Park – East25 km314 species
- Laguna Niguel Regional Park28 km253 species
- Bolsa Chica – walkbridge/inner bay29 km260 species
- Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve29 km299 species
All 253 species recorded here
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Mitred Parakeet Psittacara mitratus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Irvine Regional Park?
November–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 152 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Irvine Regional Park?
253 species, from 242,167 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Irvine Regional Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Acorn Woodpecker, Myrtle Warbler, Northern Raven, Black Phoebe and White-crowned Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.