United States · California
Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area
268 species and 347,034 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and August–October, with up to 184 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
American CootFulica americana
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys150 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 268 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Woodland WTP15 km211 species
- Putah Creek Riparian Reserve15 km227 species
- American River Parkway – Sailor Bar35 km219 species
- Cosumnes River Preserve36 km252 species
All 268 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttallii
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area?
April and August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 184 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area?
268 species, from 347,034 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Northern Harrier, Northern Shoveler, Red-winged Blackbird and American Coot.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.