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A Gray catbird stands in the grass. The gray catbird ( Dumetella carolinensis ), also spelled grey catbird, is a medium-sized North American and Central American perching bird of the mimid family. It is the only member of the " catbird " genus Dumetella. Like the black catbird ( Melanoptila glabrirostris ), it is among the basal lineages of the ...
This list of birds of California is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species seen naturally in the U.S. state of California as determined by the California Bird Records Committee (CBRC). [1] Additional accidental and hypothetical species have been added from different sources.
Psaltriparus minimus. ( Townsend, 1837) The American bushtit or simply bushtit ( Psaltriparus minimus) is a social songbird belonging to the genus Psaltriparus. It is one of the smallest passerines in North America and it is the only species in the family Aegithalidae that is found in United States; the other seven species are found in Eurasia.
The California gnatcatcher ( Polioptila californica) is a small 10.8 cm (4.3 in) long insectivorous bird which frequents dense coastal sage scrub growth. This species was recently split from the similar black-tailed gnatcatcher of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts.
The common nightingale, rufous nightingale or simply nightingale ( Luscinia megarhynchos ), is a small passerine bird which is best known for its powerful and beautiful song. It was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. [2] It belongs to a group of more terrestrial species, often called chats .
The California quail ( Callipepla californica ), also known as the California valley quail or Valley quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. These birds have a curving crest or plume, made of six feathers, that droops forward: black in males and brown in females; the flanks are brown with white streaks.
California towhee. The California towhee ( Melozone crissalis) is a bird of the family Passerellidae, native to the coastal regions of western Oregon and California in the United States [2] and Baja California and Baja California Sur in Mexico . The taxonomy of this species has been debated. At the higher level, some authors place the towhees ...
Description[edit] Adult female in Livermore, California. The western bluebird is a small stocky bird with a length of 15 to 18 cm (5.9 to 7.1 in). The adult male is bright blue on top and on the throat with an orange breast and sides, a brownish patch on back, and a gray belly and undertail coverts. The adult female has a duller blue body ...