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Wildlife near San Francisco, California

Here’s what naturalists are spotting near San Francisco right now - pulled live from recent research-grade observations. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

309,727
recent observations
30
species listed
16
birds
6
plants
2
reptiles & amphibians

Naturalists have logged 309,727 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near San Francisco. The most frequently seen is the Black-crowned Night Heron, with 17,209 recorded sightings.

Birds account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (16 of the species listed here), followed by plants (6).

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Most-observed species near San Francisco

Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
17,209 observations
Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis
15,513 observations
California poppy
Eschscholzia californica
13,655 observations
Anna's Hummingbird
Calypte anna
13,115 observations
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
12,893 observations
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
12,792 observations
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
12,790 observations
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
12,510 observations
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
12,027 observations
Western Gull
Larus occidentalis
11,388 observations
orange bush monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
11,109 observations · iNaturalist
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
11,104 observations
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
10,184 observations
California Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps attenuatus
10,120 observations
coyote brush
Baccharis pilularis
9,810 observations · iNaturalist
Western Honey Bee
Apis mellifera
9,310 observations
Black Phoebe
Sayornis nigricans
8,984 observations
Pacific poison oak
Toxicodendron diversilobum
8,902 observations · iNaturalist
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
8,892 observations
Mule Deer
Odocoileus hemionus
8,841 observations
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
8,388 observations
California Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma californica
8,056 observations
Button's Banana Slug
Ariolimax buttoni
8,028 observations · iNaturalist
Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
8,009 observations
Double-crested Cormorant
Nannopterum auritum
7,953 observations
Bermuda buttercup
Oxalis pes-caprae
7,918 observations · iNaturalist
Ochre Sea Star
Pisaster ochraceus
7,653 observations · iNaturalist
western blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
7,553 observations · iNaturalist
Great Egret
Ardea alba
7,526 observations
Coyote
Canis latrans
7,495 observations

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