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Western Field Ornithologists’ 14 August 2009 The sequence of birds on this list has been updated to follow the 7th edition of the A.O.U Check-List of North American Birds, and supplements. The California Bird Records Committee solicits information on all occurrences in California of the 183 species on this Review List, as well as species unrecorded in California. In general, review species average four or fewer occurrences per year in California, and have been recorded fewer than 100 times. Documentation should be sent to Guy McCaskie, California Bird Records Committee, P.O. Box 275, Imperial Beach, CA 91933-0275 (or by e-mail to [email protected]). Documentation concerning the potential establishment of exotic species not currently on the state list is also sought. |
Legend For species not supported by specimens (100 species): P - At least one record supported by identifiable photograph (98 species) V - At least one record supported by identifiable videotape (20 species) T - At least one record supported by identifiable taped vocalization (6 species) S - Supported only by sight records (2 species) Anatidae - Ducks, Geese, and Swans Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis - P Emperor Goose Chen canagica Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator - P Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus - P Falcated Duck Anas falcata - P American Black Duck Anas rubripes Garganey Anas querquedula Baikal Teal Anas formosa Common Pochard Aythya ferina - P Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri - P King Eider Somateria spectabilis Common Eider Somateria mollissima - P Smew Mergellus albellus - PV Gaviidae - Loons Arctic Loon Gavia arctica Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii Podicipedidae - Grebes Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus Diomedeidae - Albatrosses Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta - P Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata - PV Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans - P Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus Procellariidae - Shearwaters and Petrels Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera - PV Dark-rumped Petrel Pterodroma phaeopygia/sandwichensis - PV Stejneger's Petrel Pterodroma longirostris - P Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii - P Parkinson's Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni - P Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea - P Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis - P Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus - P Townsend's Shearwater Puffinus auricularis Hydrobatidae - Storm-Petrels Ringed Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma hornbyi - P Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma tethys Tristram's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma tristrami - P Phaethontidae - Tropicbirds White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus - P Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda Sulidae - Boobies and Gannets Masked Booby Sula dactylatra - P Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii Red-footed Booby Sula sula Phalacrocoracidae - Cormorants Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus - P Anhingidae - Darters Anhinga Anhinga anhinga - P Fregatidae - Frigatebirds Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Great Frigatebird Fregata minor - P Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel - P Ardeidae - Herons, Bitterns, and Allies Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea Threskiornithidae - Ibises and Spoonbills White Ibis Eudocimus albus Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus - P Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja Cathartidae - New World Vultures Black Vulture Coragyps atratus - P Accipitridae - Hawks, Kites, Eagles, and Allies Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus - P Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus - P Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus Falconidae - Caracaras and Falcons Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway - PV Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus - P Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Rallidae - Rails, Gallinules, and Coots Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Charadriidae - Lapwings and Plovers American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus - P Greater Sand-Plover Charadrius leschenaultii - PV Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia Piping Plover Charadrius melodus - P Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus - PV Scolopacidae - Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus - PV Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes - P Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus - P Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia - PV Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola - P Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Little Curlew Numenius minutus - P Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis - PV Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica - P Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis - P Little Stint Calidris minuta Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta - P White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus American Woodcock Scolopax minor - P Laridae - Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatus - P Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea - P Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus - P Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Ross’s Gull Rhodostethia rosea - P Belcher’s Gull Larus belcheri - PV Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides - P Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus - PV Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus - P Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus - P White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus - PV Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis - P Alcidae - Auks, Murres, and Puffins Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula Least Auklet Aethia pusilla Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella Columbidae - Pigeons and Doves Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis - PV Cuculidae - Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris - P Strigidae - Typical Owls Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Caprimulgidae - Goatsuckers Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis Buff-collared Nightjar Caprimulgus ridgwayi Apodidae - Swifts White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris - S Trochilidae - Hummingbirds Green Violetear Colibri thalassinus - P Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris - P Xantus's Hummingbird Hylocharis xantusii - P Violet-crowned Hummingbird Amazilia violiceps - P Blue-throated Hummingbird Lampornis clemenciae - P Magnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens - P Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris Picidae - Woodpeckers and Allies Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus Tyrannidae - Tyrant Flycatchers Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens - PT Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi - PVT Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris - PV Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii - PT Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris - PVT Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana - P Laniidae - Shrikes Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus - P Vireonidae - Vireos White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus - PT Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis Corvidae - Crows and Jays Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata Alaudidae - Larks Sky Lark Alauda arvensis - P Hirundinidae - Swallows Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva - P Troglodytidae - Wrens Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis - PT Sylviidae - Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata - P Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis - P Muscicapidae - Old World Flycatchers Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla - P Turdidae - Thrushes Bluethroat Luscinia svecica - P Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus - P Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Stonechat Saxicola torquatus - P Veery Catharus fuscescens - P Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus - PV Rufous-backed Robin Turdus rufopalliatus - P Mimidae - Mockingbirds and Thrashers Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre Motacillidae - Wagtails and Pipits Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis - P Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea - P White Wagtail Motacilla alba - P Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni - P Parulidae - Wood-Warblers Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Golden-cheeked Warbler Dendroica chrysoparia Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica Grace's Warbler Dendroica graciae Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons Emberizidae - Emberizids Cassin's Sparrow Aimophila cassinii Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla - P Baird's Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus - PV Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla - P Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica - P Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Cardinalidae - Cardinals, Saltators, and Allies Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus - P Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor Icteridae - Blackbirds Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus Fringillidae - Fringilline and Cardueline Finches and Allies Brambling Fringilla montifringilla - PV Black Rosy-Finch Leucosticte atrata Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus - P White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera - S Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea |
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