Birds of Willamette View Chart | Willamette View Resident Website

This chart contains birds that could be seen at Willamette View. Birds confirmed to have been seen here are so indicated. Other birds are included if they have been seen in the surrounding area along the Willamette River. Click on the bird’s common name to see photos of the bird, taken at Willamette View when possible. The columns indicating how common or uncommon a bird is and when (what season) it a bird is likely to be seen is subjective. An experienced birder on a walk along the Riverwalk path would probably say that Spotted Towhees are Common, if not Abundant. They can be seen and heard all year round. A more casual walker could take the same walk and not see any at all. They can remain hidden or dart about on the ground and not be easily spotted. Click this link to send us an email regarding a possible sighting (logged-in users ONLY). Please include your name, phone number, information about what your saw, where and when it was seen, and whether you have a photograph of the bird.

Ducks, Geese, Waterfowl
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
No	Snow Goose	R		R	R
Yes	Greater White-fronted Goose	R	R	R	O
Yes	Cackling Goose	C		C	C
Yes	Canada Goose	C	C	C	C
No	Tundra Swan	R		R	U
No	Trumpeter Swan				O
Yes	Wood Duck	U	C	U	R
No	Blue-winged Teal		O	O
Yes	Cinnamon Teal	U	U	U	R
No	Northern Shoveler	U	U	U	C
Yes	Gadwall	U	U	U	U
No	Eurasian Wigeon	R		R	R
No	American Wigeon	U	O	U	C	Baldpate
Yes	Mallard	C	C	C	C
Yes	Northern Pintail	C	R	C	C
No	Green-winged Teal	C	U	C	C
No	Canvasback	R		R	R
No	Redhead	O		O	O	American Pochard
No	Ring-necked Duck	C	O	C	C	Blackhead
No	Greater Scaup	R		R	R	Bluebill
No	Lesser Scaup	U		C	U	Bluebill
No	Bufflehead	U		C	C
No	Common Goldeneye	O		O	O
Yes	Hooded Merganser	R	R	U	U
Yes	Common Merganser	R	O	U	C
No	Ruddy Duck	R	O	U	U

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
No	Ring-necked Pheasant	U	U	U	U
No	California Quail	R	R	R	R

Grebes
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
Yes	Pied-billed Grebe	U	U	U	U
No	Horned Grebe			R	R
No	Eared Grebe			O
Yes	Western Grebe			R	R

Pigeons and Doves
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
Yes	Rock Pigeon	R	R	R	R
No	Band-tailed Pigeon	O	O		O
No	Eurasian Collared-Dove	O			O
Yes	Mourning Dove	C	C	C	U

Swifts
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
Yes	Vaux’s Swift	U	U	U

Hummingbirds
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
Yes	Anna’s Hummingbird	C	C	C	C
Yes	Rufous Hummingbird	U	R

Rails, Gallinules, Coots
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
No	Virginia Rail	U	U
No	Sora	R	R
No	American Coot	U	U	C	C	Mudhen

Cranes
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
No	Sandhill Crane	O		O

Plovers and Lapwings
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
No	Black-bellied Plover	R	O	R
No	Semipalmated Plover	R	R	R
Yes	Killdeer	C	C	C	C

Sandpipers and Allies
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
No	Short-billed Dowitcher	R	R
No	Long-billed Dowitcher	U	U	C	O
No	Wilson’s Snipe	U	R	U	U
No	Wilson’s Phalarope		R	R
No	Red-necked Phalarope	R	R
Yes	Spotted Sandpiper	U	U	R
No	Solitary Sandpiper	R		O
No	Lesser Yellowlegs	R	R	R
No	Greater Yellowlegs	U	R	U	R
No	Dunlin	U		U	R
No	Baird’s Sandpiper			O
No	Least Sandpiper	U	U	U
No	Pectoral Sandpiper		O	R
No	Western Sandpiper	U	U	U

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
No	Bonaparte’s Gull	O	O	O
Yes	Short-billed Gull	R		R	U	Mew Gull
Yes	Ring-billed Gull		O	R	R
No	Western Gull			R	R
Yes	California Gull	R	O	U	U
Yes	Glaucous-winged Gull	R		R	U
Yes	American Herring Gull	R		R	R
No	Thayer’s Gull				O	subspecies of Iceland gull
Yes	Caspian Tern	O		O

Cormorants and Shags
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
Yes	Double-crested Cormorant	R	R	C	C

New World Vultures
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
Yes	Turkey Vulture	C	C	C		Buzzard

Pelicans
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
Yes	American White Pelican			O

Ibises
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
No	White-faced Ibis	O

Herons , Egrets, and Bitterns
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
No	American Bittern	U	U	R	O
No	Black-crowned Night-Heron		O	O	O
No	Green Heron	R	U	U	O
Yes	Great Egret	U	R	C	C
Yes	Great Blue Heron	C	C	C	C

Osprey
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
Yes	Osprey	C	C	C		Fish Hawk

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
No	White-tailed Kite			O	O
Yes	Northern Harrier	U	R	C	U	Marsh Hawk
No	Sharp-shinned Hawk	R		U	R
Yes	Cooper’s Hawk	C	C	U	U
Yes	Bald Eagle	C	U	C	C
No	Red-shouldered Hawk	O	O	R	R
Yes	Red-tailed Hawk	C	C	C	C
No	Rough-legged Hawk				O

Barn-Owl
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
No	Barn Owl	R	R	R	R

Owls
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
No	Western Screech-Owl	R	R	R	R
No	Great Horned Owl	U	U	U	U
No	Barred Owl	R	R	R	R

Kingfishers
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
Yes	Belted Kingfisher	U	U	U	U

Woodpeckers
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
Yes	Red-breasted Sapsucker			O	O
Yes	Downy Woodpecker	C	C	C	C
Yes	Hairy Woodpecker	U	U	U	U
No	Pileated Woodpecker	R		R	R
Yes	Northern Flicker	C	C	C	C

Falcons and Caracaras
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
No	American Kestrel	U	U	U	U	Sparrow Hawk
No	Merlin	R		R	R	Pigeon Hawk
Yes	Peregrine Falcon	R	O	R	R	Duck Hawk

Tyrant Flycatchers
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
Yes	Olive-sided Flycatcher	O	O
Yes	Western Wood-Pewee	U	U	R
No	Willow Flycatcher	R	U
Yes	Western Flycatcher					Pacific-slope Flycatcher
No	Say’s Phoebe			O	O
No	Tropical Kingbird	O
Yes	Western Kingbird	O

Vireos
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall
No	Hutton's Vireo
No	Cassin’s Vireo	R		R
Yes	Warbling Vireo	U	U

Shrikes
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
No	Northern Shrike	O		O	O

Crows, Jays, and Magpies
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
Yes	Steller’s Jay	U	U	U	U
Yes	California Scrub-Jay	C	C	C	C
Yes	American Crow	C	C	C	C
Yes	Common Raven	R	R	R	R

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
Yes	Black-capped Chickadee	C	C	C	C
No	Chestnut-backed Chickadee	O		O	O

Swallows
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
Yes	Tree Swallow	C	C	R	R
Yes	Violet-green Swallow	C	C	R	R
Yes	Purple Martin	R	R
No	Northern Rough-winged Swallow	R	R
Yes	Barn Swallow	C	C	U	O
No	Cliff Swallow	R	R	R

Long-tailed Tits
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
Yes	Bushtit	C	C	C	C

Kinglets
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
Yes	Golden-crowned Kinglet	R		R	R
Yes	Ruby-crowned Kinglet	U		R	U

Nuthatches
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
Yes	White-breasted Nuthatch	U	U	U	U
Yes	Red-breasted Nuthatch	U	U	U	U

Treecreepers
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
Yes	Brown Creeper	U	U	U	U

Wrens
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
No	Northern House Wren	O	O
No	Pacific Wren			R	R
No	Marsh Wren
Yes	Bewick’s Wren	U	U	U	U

Starlings
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
Yes	European Starling	C	C	C	C

Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
No	Northern Mockingbird

Thrushes and Allies
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
Yes	Swainson’s Thrush	U	U	R
Yes	Hermit Thrush	R			R
No	Varied Thrush			R	R
Yes	American Robin	C	C	C	C

Waxwings
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
Yes	Cedar Waxwing	R	C	U

Old World Sparrows
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
Yes	House Sparrow	U	U	U	U

Wagtails and Pipits
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
No	American Pipit	R		R	R

Finches, and Allies
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
Yes	House Finch	A	A	A	A
No	Purple Finch	R	O	O	R
No	Evening Grosbeak	R
No	Red Crossbill	O
Yes	Lesser Goldfinch	C	C	U	U
Yes	American Goldfinch	C	C	C	U
Yes	Pine Siskin	U		R	R

Yellow-breasted Chat
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
No	Yellow-breasted Chat					Long-tailed Chat

New World Sparrows
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
No	Chipping Sparrow		O
Yes	Dark-eyed Junco	U	R	C	C
Yes	White-crowned Sparrow	R		R	R
Yes	Golden-crowned Sparrow	U		C	U
Yes	White-throated Sparrow	R		R	R
No	Savannah Sparrow	C	C	U
Yes	Song Sparrow	A	A	A	A
No	Lincoln’s Sparrow	R		R	U
No	Swamp Sparrow	R		O	O
No	Fox Sparrow	R		R	U
Yes	Spotted Towhee	A	A	A	A

Troupials and Allies
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
No	Western Meadowlark	R		O	R
No	Bullock’s Oriole	O	O
Yes	Red-winged Blackbird	C	C	U	U
Yes	Brown-headed Cowbird	C	C	R
No	Brewer’s Blackbird	R	R	R	R

New World Warblers
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Former Common Names
Yes	Orange-crowned Warbler	U
No	Nashville Warbler
No	MacGillivray’s Warbler	R
No	Common Yellowthroat	U	U	R
Yes	Yellow Warbler	R	R	R
Yes	Yellow-rumped Warbler	C		R	U	Myrtle Warbler
Yes	Black-throated Gray Warbler	R		O
Yes	Townsend’s Warbler	O
Yes	Wilson’s Warbler	R

Cardinals and Allies
Seen at WV	Common Name	Spring	Summer	Fall
Yes	Western Tanager	R	R
Yes	Black-headed Grosbeak	U	C	R
No	Lazuli Bunting	O