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The California quail is the official state bird of California. 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.
Lawrence's goldfinch is known for its wandering habits. It breeds from about Shasta County, California to northern Baja California, largely in the Coast Ranges and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and in the Baja highlands, but also sometimes as far down as the coast; its highest breeding altitude is about 8,800 ft (2,700 m) on Mount Pinos.
Wetlands at the Llano Seco Unit of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex in October 2022. The water flows in the refuge have to be controlled artificially, and the vegetation has to be managed actively through irrigation and burning, to ensure that the wetlands remain productive, and provide adequate food and resting places for the birds.
Eastern goldfinch (American goldfinch) Spinus tristis tristis: 1935 [36] New Mexico: Greater roadrunner: Geococcyx californianus: 1949 [37] New York: Eastern bluebird: Sialia sialis: 1970 [38] North Carolina: Northern cardinal: Cardinalis cardinalis: 1943 [39] North Dakota: Western meadowlark: Sturnella neglecta: 1970 [40] Northern Mariana ...
The lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) is a small finch in the genus Spinus native to the Americas. As is the case for most species in the genus Spinus , lesser goldfinch males have a black forehead, which females lack.
The European goldfinch or simply the goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) is a small passerine bird in the finch family that is native to Europe, North Africa and western and central Asia. It has been introduced to other areas, including Australia, New Zealand, Uruguay and the United States.
Female - Sandia Peak - New Mexico. The gray-crowned rosy finch was first classified by English ornithologist William Swainson in 1832. [1] This bird has been thought to form a superspecies with three other rosy finches (also known as mountain finch): black rosy finch (L. atrata) and the brown-capped rosy finch (L. australis), all of which were classified as the same species as the Asian rosy ...
Shollenberger Park is a 165-acre (0.67 km 2) wetland park located in Petaluma, California. [1] Together with the 80-acre (320,000 m 2) Alman Marsh, and 260-acre (1.1 km 2) Ellis Creek which opened to the public in July 2009, a total of 505 acres (2.04 km 2) are accessible to the public.