Bird AlbumUnited States · California
Southeast Farallon Island
432 species and 608,104 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October, with up to 296 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
California GullLarus californicus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Brandt's CormorantUrile penicillatus
Common MurreUria aalgeSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pt. Reyes – Fish Docks33 km312 species
- Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory – Palomarin35 km278 species
- Rodeo Lagoon44 km315 species
- Golden Gate Park – North Lake45 km222 species
- Pt. Reyes – Abbotts Lagoon47 km293 species
- Golden Gate Park – Blue Heron Lake & Strawberry Hill47 km212 species
All 432 species recorded here
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Ashy Storm Petrel Hydrobates homochroa
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Nazca Booby Sula granti
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Scripps's Murrelet Synthliboramphus scrippsi
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Band-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates castro
- Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Baird's Sparrow Centronyx bairdii
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Least Storm Petrel Hydrobates microsoma
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Grey-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Hawaiian Petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates tethys
- Black Storm Petrel Hydrobates melania
- Tristram's Storm Petrel Hydrobates tristrami
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta
- Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Townsend's Storm Petrel Hydrobates socorroensis
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
- Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Murphy's Petrel Pterodroma ultima
- Bendire's Thrasher Toxostoma bendirei
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Bell's Sparrow Artemisiospiza belli
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Craveri's Murrelet Synthliboramphus craveri
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Southeast Farallon Island?
September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 296 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Southeast Farallon Island?
432 species, from 608,104 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Southeast Farallon Island in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Turnstone, Black Phoebe, California Gull, Peregrine Falcon and American Herring Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.