CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA California Bird Records Committee, Checklist Subcommittee

Abstract

The last checklist of the birds of California was published in this journal more than a decade ago (McCaskie et al. 1970). It listed 501 species. Shortly after its publication the California Bird Records Committee (hereafter CBRC) was formed to review records of noteworthy species from California, including those previously unrecorded in the state. The checklist presented here includes only those species which have passed the scrutiny of this committee.