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CALIFORNIA BIRD SPECIES PAINTED BY
A. & S. Menaboni The color photos and illustrations
contained herein emphasize the adult male bird in breeding season but may
also show females and immatures. Their
coloration may be duller or absent at different times of the year. Measurements are the average length from
bill to tip of tail. Please CLICK on Scientific
Name to view picture or on File Number for specific data: [ to search for Subject Matter,
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] ------------------------------------------------- WATERBIRDS
(primarily
Inshore Waters) WADING BIRDS (Coastal & Inshore
Waters) GAME &
GROUND BIRDS (terrestrial) PERCHING BIRDS (incl. Swifts,
Swallows & Nighthawks) ====================================== WATERBIRDS (primarily Inshore
Waters) Ducks, Teals & Wigeons
Mallard Duck, Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos <#265>
Northern Pintail or
Pintail Duck, Anas acuta tzitzihoa <#262> Wood Duck, Aix sponsa <#260> Canada Goose, Branta canadensis <#268> Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher, Ceryle (Megaceryle) alcyon <#748> WADING BIRDS (Coastal & Inshore Waters) Black-crowned Night
Heron, Nycticorax
(Nyctanassa) nycticorax hoactli <#259> Plovers
Semi-palmated Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus <#501> PREDATORY & SCAVENGER BIRDS
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus
leucocephalus <#757>
Golden Eagle, Aquila
chrysaetos canadensis <#267> American Kestrel or Sparrow Hawk, Falco sparverius <#759> Northern Harrier or Marsh Hawk, Circus cyaneus <#750> Eastern or Common Screech Owl, Otus asio <#263> Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus
<#756> GAME & GROUND BIRDS (Terrestrial) Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroora <#754> WOODPECKER GROUP
Pileated Woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus <#760> PERCHING BIRDS (incl. Swifts, Swallows & Nighthawks) Red-winged Blackbird,
Agelaius
phoeniceus <#751> Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis (Richmondena) cardinalis <#266> American Crow, Corvus
brachyrhynchos <#752> Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus <#753> Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus
tyrannus <#755> Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Regulus calendula <#264> ===================================== |
