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Sacramento NWR – Auto Route & Visitor Center
239 species and 209,195 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–May, with up to 163 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
American CootFulica americana
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
GadwallMareca strepera
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Great EgretArdea alba148 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 239 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Gray Lodge Wildlife Area30 km246 species
All 239 species recorded here
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Sora Porzana carolina
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttallii
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sacramento NWR – Auto Route & Visitor Center?
September–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 163 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sacramento NWR – Auto Route & Visitor Center?
239 species, from 209,195 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sacramento NWR – Auto Route & Visitor Center in November?
The most recorded in November: Greater White-fronted Goose, Snow Goose, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail 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.