United States · California
San Jacinto Wildlife Area
317 species and 372,367 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–May and September–December, with up to 206 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
American CootFulica americana
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys192 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 317 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Big Morongo Canyon Preserve & Covington Park53 km272 species
- Irvine Regional Park61 km253 species
- Laguna Niguel Regional Park67 km253 species
- Frank G. Bonelli RP/Puddingstone Reservoir and vicinity68 km312 species
- IRWD San Joaquin Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Irvine73 km343 species
- Mile Square Regional Park, Fountain Valley79 km273 species
All 317 species recorded here
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- California Gull Larus californicus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Bell's Sparrow Artemisiospiza belli
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Bendire's Thrasher Toxostoma bendirei
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at San Jacinto Wildlife Area?
February–May and September–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 206 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at San Jacinto Wildlife Area?
317 species, from 372,367 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at San Jacinto Wildlife Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-tailed Hawk, Say's Phoebe, American Coot, Black Phoebe and Northern Harrier.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.