This report covers 180 records of 69 species submitted by 174 observers and evaluated by the California Bird Records Committee (hereafter the Committee or CBRC). Of these, 145 records were accepted, for an acceptance rate of 81%. Records from 1979 to 1994 are included, but the great majority are from 1993. Top honors among the counties go to San Diego with 15 accepted records, followed closely by San Francisco (14, all from SE Farallon I.), Santa Barbara (14), Monterey (13), Inyo (13), Orange (12), Los Angeles (12), and Marin (11).
One species, the Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), is added to the California state list, and one species, the Greater Shearwater (P. gravis), is removed following reconsideration of a previously accepted record. The list of native species thus stands at 582 (following AOU 1995); an additional eight nonnative species with well-established populations are also included on the California list maintained by the Committee. Other highlights from 1993 include two Red-tailed Tropicbirds (Phaethon rubricauda) in winter, one Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), one Little Curlew (Numenius minutus), one Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris), three Sulphur-bellied Flycatchers (Myiodynastes luteiventris), one Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus), one Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica), far northern records of the Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) and Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer), a wintering Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus), and record numbers of Zone-tailed Hawks (Buteo albonotatus; 11), and Philadelphia Vireos (Vireo philadelphicus; 10).