United States · California
Los Angeles River – Willow St.
266 species and 174,099 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–November, with up to 159 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
American CootFulica americana
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
GadwallMareca strepera
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
California GullLarus californicus
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritumSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park8 km311 species
- Madrona Marsh13 km287 species
- Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve18 km299 species
- Bolsa Chica – walkbridge/inner bay19 km260 species
- Huntington Central Park – East22 km314 species
- Mile Square Regional Park, Fountain Valley26 km273 species
All 266 species recorded here
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Mitred Parakeet Psittacara mitratus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- White-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Los Angeles River – Willow St.?
August–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 159 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Los Angeles River – Willow St.?
266 species, from 174,099 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Los Angeles River – Willow St. in November?
The most recorded in November: Cinnamon Teal, Black-necked Stilt, American Coot, Blue-winged Teal and Mallard.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.