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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.

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WATERBIRDS (primarily Inshore Waters)

WADING BIRDS (Coastal & Inshore Waters)

PREDATORY & SCAVENGER BIRDS

GAME & GROUND BIRDS (terrestrial)

WOODPECKER GROUP

PERCHING BIRDS (incl. Swifts, Swallows & Nighthawks)

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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>

Geese

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

Woodpeckers

Pileated Woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus <#760>

PERCHING BIRDS (incl. Swifts, Swallows & Nighthawks)

Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus <#751>

Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis (Richmondena) cardinalis <#266>

Crows & Ravens

American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos <#752>

Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus <#753 >

Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus <#755>

Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Regulus calendula <#264>

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