THE 50TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA BIRD RECORDS COMMITTEE: 2024 RECORDS

Abstract

From its last report through 2024, the California Bird Records Committee reached decisions on 208 records involving 179 individuals of 70 species and one species pair, endorsing 178 records of 167 individuals. The first accepted records for California of the Stejneger’s Scoter (Melanitta stejnegeri), White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), Blue Rock-thrush (Monticola solitarius), Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos), Siberian Pipit (Anthus japonicus), and Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus) are outlined in this report. These additions bring the California list to 691 species. Other especially notable records detailed in this report include those of California’s second Xantus’s Hummingbird (Basilinna xantusii), second Jouanin’s Petrel (Bulweria fallax), second Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica), second Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi), second and third Band-rumped Storm-Petrels (Hydrobates castro), third American Woodcock (Scolopax minor), and third and fourth Swallow-tailed Kites (Elanoides forficatus).