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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.
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In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
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For species found in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the list are those of the AOS, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North and Middle American birds.
Brown pelicans, like those starving in California, are currently a protected species. However, they were listed as endangered from 1970 until 2009, according to the American Bird Conservancy .
Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them. Unless otherwise noted, the species are considered to occur regularly in Channel Islands National Park as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants.
These are the first detections of the Highly Pathogenic Eurasian H5N1 Avian influenza in the state of California. Avian flu detected in three wild birds in California. How dangerous is the virus?