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Vol. 56 No. 4 (2025)

THE 49TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE: 2023 RECORDS

Submitted
February 17, 2026
Published
November 4, 2025

Abstract

From its last report through 2023, the California Bird Records Committee reached decisions on 163 records involving 210 individuals of 56 species, endorsing 139 records of 185 individuals. Especially notable records detailed in this report include those of California’s second Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia), third Gray Hawk (Buteo plagiatus), fourth Cory’s Shearwater (Calonectris borealis), an astonishing 72 Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrels (Hydrobates tethys), and the state’s first Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) in 24 years.

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