Pacific Coast Avifauna 08

COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB PACIFIC COAST AVIFAUNA CONTRIBUTION FROM THE MUSEUM OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HOLLY WOOD, CALIFORNIA PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB... I

COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB

PACIFIC COAST AVIFAUNA

CONTRIBUTION FROM THE MUSEUM OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY

OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

HOLLY WOOD, CALIFORNIA

PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB

NOTE

I’ACII’IC C&ST Avrl;.~vn-~\ No 8 is the eighth in a series of publications issued by the Cooper Ornithological Club for the accommodation of papers whose length prohibits their appearance in Trrls Co;2noe

The publications of the Cooper Ornithological Club consist of two series -‘I’HE CONDOR, which is the bi-monthly official organ, ant1 the P,\cI~~Ic CO.\ST L~\.IF.\us.\ Eoth sets of publications are sent free to honorary members, and to active members in good standing

For information as to either of the above series, address one of the Club Business Managers, J Eugene Law, l~ollywootl, California, or 12’ Lee Chambers, Eagle Rock, California

I N’I’RODL-C’l’TOS

It is believed that students of western ornithology will find use for a list

of the birds of California arranged in accordance with the most m )tlern views on classification The following arrangement of our species Lvill l)e observed to depart widely from that presented in most of the current text- books The majority of the latter in America are based upon the classifica- tion adopted twenty-six years ago in the first edition of the American Orni- thologists Lnion Clzrck-List of North A ,::rrictro Birds

The system of grouping employetl in the following pages is almost itlentically that based chiefly upon Gatlow 1 and presented by Knowlton “

It is also very similar to that chosen by Ridgway in his latest systematic trea- tise on North American birds :! My allegiance to T<nowlton’s interpreta- tion of the modern views of avian classification results from my belief, inso- far as I have made inquiry an<1 am able to judge that lie expresses most faithfully the concensus of opinion of those systematists whose accomplish- ments bring greatest confidence Knowlton states his system to differ from Gadow’s in certain minor modifications necessitated by “the later researches

of Pycraft, Eeddard, I~‘;ircy-Thompsoii, Shufeltlt, Riclgway, I,ucas, and other well-known authorities.”

It is not for a moment to be inferred that 1 or anyone else believes that anywhere nearly a perfect system of classification has been reached Hut I

do maintain that it is anything but progressixre to ignore the present attain- ments in our knowledge of the affinities of animals, merely because such recognition may entail some inconvenience resultin, ~1’ from the introduction

of new names It should prove not only useful but stimulating to the earnest student of our birds to have at hand an indication of modern views, even though in a mere nominal list

The present list of species is extracted from a synonymic and distribu- tional treatment of the birtls of California which I now have on file in manu- script It consists of the names of all species believet by the writer to deserlfe inclusion upm satisfactory gyountls That is, no birtls of question- able standing, such as is ordinarily termed hypothetical, are given consider- ation \\71ierein differences are obserTet1 in specific or subspecific names adopted, and in forms included or excluded, as comparetl with the latest (1910) edition of the X 0 C Check-List 1 am wholly responsible MY (1) Gadow, k1 ans

1893 Viigel Il Syslcmatischer Theil, pp vii+304, in Scchster i!antl, Vicrte _~l)thcilung, I)r H G Bronn’s Klassen und Ortlnungen dcs Thi?r-Reich (Leip- zig, C F Wintcr’schc Vcrl;lgsh:~ntllung)

opinion in regard to the status of various subspecies is based upon my pres- ent understanding of the respective problems as illustrated by the extensive material at hand in the California Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

While the sequence in Orders and Families is practically that of Knowl- ton, the species within each Family are arranged in the main in the order given in Ridgway’s Birds of North and Middle America, as far as the groups have appeared in this as yet uncompleted work Otherwise the order of species and genera is nearly that of the A 0 U Check-List

As a summary it is of interest to observe that, according to the present enumeration, 530 species and subspecies of birds are attributed to the State

of California; discarding the third term of all trinomials, the number of “full species” is found to be 403; 253 Genera are represented, 51 Families, and eleven Orders

Species with bracketed numbers are not of regular occurrence within the borders of the state In other words, while the inclusion of the species

so designated rests upon one or more perfectly authentic instances, these are to be considered in the nature of casual, or “accidental”, occurrences There are 55 species out of the whole list, that belong in this category

JOSEPH GRINNELL

Berkeley, California,

July IO, rgzz

A SYSTEMATIC LIST OF THE BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA

Class AVES Birds Subclass NEORNZTHES Latter-day Birds

Order COLYMBIFORMES Loon-like Birds

Suborder COLYMEI Loons Family GAVIIDAE Loons

1 Gavia immer (Eriinnich) COMMON LOON

I 2 Gavia pacifica (Lawrence) PACIFIC LOON

3 Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan) RED-THROATED LOON

Suborder PODICIPEDES Grebes Family PODICIPEDIDAE Grebes

4 AEchmophorus occidentalis (Lawrence) WESTERN GREBE

5 Colymbus holboelli (Reinhardt) HOLBOELL GREBE

6 Colymbus auritus Linnaeus HORNED GREBE

7 Colymbus nigricollis californicus (Heermann) AMERICAN EARED

GREBE

8 Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus) PIED-BILLED GRERE

Order PROCELLARIIFORMES Petrel-like Birds

Family DIOMEDEIDAE Albatrosses

9 Diomedea nigripes Audubon BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS

10 Diomedea albatrus Pallas SHORT-TAILED ALBATROSS

Family PROCELLARIIDAE Fulmars, Shearwaters and Petrels

11 Fulmarus glacialis glupischa Stejneger PACIFIC FULMAR

12 Fulmarus rodgersi Cassin RODGERS FULMAR

[ 13.1 Daption capense (Linnaeus’) PINTADO PETREL

14 Puffinus creatopus Coues PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER

15 Puffinus opisthomelas Coues BLACK-VENTED SIIEARWATER

16 Puffinus griseus (Gmelin) DARK-BODIED SHEARWATER

17 Puffinus carneipes Gould FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER

18 Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck) SLENDER-BILLED SHEARWATER

19 Puffinus bulleri Salvin NE\?’ ZEALAND S~EARWATER

[ZO.] Priofinus cinereus (Gtnelin) BLACK-TAILED SHEARWATER

21 Oceanodroma furcata (Gmelin) FORKED-TAIIXD PETREI,

22 Oceanodroma kaedingi Anthony K:\EDING PETREL

23 Oceanodroma socorroensis Townsend SOCORRO PETREL

24 Oceanodroma homochroa (Coues) ASHY PETREL

2.5 Oceanodroma mel.ania (Bonaparte) BLACK PETREI,

[26.] Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl) WILSON PETREL

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Order CTCONTIFORMES Stork-like Cirds

Suborder STEGLIKOPODES Totipalmate Swimmers

Family PELECANIDAE Pelicans

27 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin \\‘IIIUX P~xrc.\s

38 Pelecanus californicus Ridgway C.\I II~o:~sI.\ l:I<o\\-.v Plil.Ic~~zs

Family PHALACROCORACIDAE Cormorants

29 Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus Ritl~way F.\K\I.I.oN CORMOR-

ANT

30 Phalacrocorax penicillatus ( I:rantlt) I:l<.\Nl).l’ ~OI~MORAX\T.r

31 Phalacrocorax pelagicus resplendens :\udul~on l:.\l~zr) CWMOI~.\TW

Family FREGATIDAE Frigate-birds

32 Fregata aquila (Linnaeus ) h[.4N-o’-~~.\R-l~rRI~

Subortler ~-Il<l)E~\E I lerons, I:itterns, etc

Family ARDEIDAE t lerons liitterns etc

33 Botaurus lentiginosus ( ~[ontag-It) L~MIXIC.\S fl1 I‘TIXS

34 Ixobrychus exilis ( Gmelin ) I,IC.\ST RIY~ICR~

35 Ardea herodias herodias Linnaeus GRIC.\~~ CI.UF I IIWJN

36 Ardea herodias treganzai Court P.\I.I.I~ e1.u~ I I ISON

37 Herodias egretta (Gmelin) .-\JIISKIC.\N E(;REI‘

38 Egretta candidissima candidissima (Gmelin ) Sso\\.\ E~;RE~I~

39 Butorides virescens anthonyi (Means ) \XTIIONY GRIXN HERON

40 Nycticorax nycticorax naevius [ f~otltlaert) Br.2zc~-c~~~~~~:n NIGIIT

~~-IRl<ON

Suborder ClCUSIl\E ‘Storks, Iliises., etc

Family CICONIIDAE Storks and \\‘onll Ibises

41 Miycteria americana Liiiiiaeus \Voou II:Is

Family IBIDIDAE Ibises

42 Plegadis guarauna (Linnaeus) WHITE-IT~\CED Gr,ossr- IDIS

Family PLATALEIDAE Spoon-bills

143.1 Ajaia ajaja (L,innaeus) ROSEATE SPOON-RIIJ,

Order ANSERIFORMES Goose-like Birds

Suborder ANSERES Ducks, Geese and Swans

Family ANATIDAE Ducks, Geese ‘and Swans

44 Mergus americanus Cassin XMBRIC.~N MERG:\NSER

45 Mergus serrator I,innaeus RED-I~RE_~S’~E~ MERGANSER

46 Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus) Hooue~ MERGANSER

47 Anas platyrhynchos L,innaeus MAT,URIX

(48.1 Anas rubripes Brewster Br,_v.x Dvcx

49 Chaulelasmus streperus (Linnaeus) G~IWALI

LIST OF CAL,II;ORSI;\ I:IRUS

[SO.] Mareca penelope (Linnaeus) EUROIJ~.\N Wruc~o,v

51 Mareca americana (Gtnelin) B.~r.nr.~m

[ 52.1 Nettion crecca (Linnaeus) EUROPEAN TEAL

53 Nettion carolinense (Gmelin) (;I<~-I<~-\vI~~;~I) TE~\I,

54 Querquedula discors (Linnaeus) I-%I,UE-WIKGI'D %\I_

55 Querquedula cyanoptera (Vieill&) C~sn-neon- %.\I

56 Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus) SI-~OV~~ILEK

57 Dafila acuta (Linnaeus) PIXTAII,

58 Aix sponsa (Linnaeus) ~~\:ooD Duct<

59 Marila americana (Eyton) REI)HE.UL

60 Marila valisineria (Wilson) C,\N~.~S-IL\CK

61 Marila marila (Linnaeus) GRE.YTER Sc.\r:r> Dr-crc

62 Marila affinis (Eyton) T,ess~e SC.ZI’P DUCI~

63 Marila collaris (I>onovan) RIX:G-TECI<EI) I)UCIC

64 Clangula clangula americana Bonaparte AMMEKIC-\N GOLDEN-EYE

65 Clangula islandica (Gmelin) B,YRROW GOI.~EN-~:JX

66 Charitonetta albeola (Linnaeus) 8 I:I~I:I.EH IC.ZIL

67 Harelda hyemalis (Linnaeus) 01-n-s<jr~xw

68 Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus) H;\HI.E~UIN DI:cI<

I(,(,.] Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus) Krxc; ‘EIDER

70 Oidemia americana Swainson ~~~ll~:RIC.~x SCOTI<R

71 Oidemia deglandi Bonaparte \'\:HITK-\VINCl~l> $kOTlX

72 Oidemia perspicillata (Linnaeus) Srw: SCOTER

73 Erismatura jamaicensis (Gmelin) RUX)Y DrVcr<

74 Chen hyperboreus hyperboreus (Pallas) Less~se Sso\\- GOOSE

75 Chen rossi (Cassin) Ross SNO\V Goose:

76 Anser albifrons gambeli TIartlaub \\~rII~I‘t~-l’IZo~~I~EI~ Goos13

77 Branta canadensis canadensis (Linnacus) C.\NXU.Y Goose;

78 Branta canadensis occidentalis ( Eairtl) WHITE-CI-~IXIXI) Goosrs

79 Branta canadensis hutchinsi (Richardson) I-TVTCIIIX GOOSE

80 Branta canadensis minima Ritlgway C.\cl;r.INc; Goos13

81 Branta nigricans (Lawrence) Er \ct< T>,l<.\xT

r82.1 Philacte canagica (Sevastianofi) Ehl I'RROR &WI;,

83 Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot) FI-I,\.OC~S ~~REli-l~~~CI~

‘84 Olor columbianus (Or(l) ~?IIIT~TI.TN(; S\\ \s

[85.] Olor buccinator (Richardson) Tr\t:iwt%‘rlSR SI\-.\N

Order FAI,CONTFORME:S Falcon-like G,il-(1s

Suborder CZT t 1 XR’l’;\E Lhlerican Vultures Family CATHARTIDAE ~\mcricau Vultures

86 Gymnogyps californianus (Shaw) C.~r.r~ortlv~.\ COP\TI)OK

87 Cathartes aura septentrionalis \\‘ietl ‘T’LXT~EY VULTURE

Suborder &4CCII’T’I’RES Falcons, Hawks, etc

Family FALCONIDAE Falcons, etc

88 Falco mexicanus Schlegel PRAIRIE FAIJXN

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89 Falco peregrinus anatum Bonaparte Duck HAWK

90 Falco columbarius columbarius Linnaeus N~RTIIEKN PIGEON

HAWK

[91.] Falco columbarius suckleyi Ridgway BI,A~~ PIGEON llaw~c

192.1 Falco columbarius richardsoni Ridgway RICHARDSON PIGEON

HAWK

93 Falco sparverius sparverius Linnaeus AMERICAN SPARROW HAWIC

Family BUTEONIDAE Kites, Hawks, Eagles, etc

94 Elanus leucurus (Vieillot) WHITE-TAILED KITE

95 Circus hudsonius (Linnaeus) MARSH HARK

96 Accipiter velox (Wilson) SHARP-SHINNED HAM’K

97 Accipiter cooperi (Bonaparte) COOPER HABIB

98 Astur atricapillus striatulus Ridgway WESTERN GOSHAWK

[99.] Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi (Audubon) HARRIS HAWK

100 Buteo borealis calurus Cassin WESTERN RED-TAILED HARK

101 Buteo lineatus elegans Cassin RED-BELLIED HAWIC

[ 102.1 Buteo abbreviatus Cabanis ZONE-TAILED HAWK

103 Buteo swainsoni Bonaparte SWAINSON HARK

104 Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis (Gmelin) AMERICAN ROUGH-

LEGGED HAWK

105 Archibuteo ferrugineus (Lichtenstein) FERRUGINOUS ROUGH-

LEGGED HAWK

106 Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus) GOLDEN EAGLE

107 HaliaeEtus leucocephalus leucocephalus (Linnaeus) SOUTEIERN

BALD EAGLE

108 Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (Gmelin) OSPREY

Order GALLIFORMES Fowl-like Birds

Suborder GALL1 Fowls, etc

Family PHASIANIDAE Quail, Grouse, etc

109 Oreortyx picta picta (Douglas) PAINTED QUAIL

110 Oreortyx picta plumifera (Gould) MOUNTAIN QUAIL

111 Lophortyx californica californica (Sllaw) CALIFORNIA QUAIL

112 Lophortyx californica vallicola (Ridgway) VALLEY QUAIL

113 Lophortyx californica catalinensis Grinnell CATALINA ISLAND

QUAIL

114 Lophortyx gambeli Gambel DESERT QUAIL

115 Dendragapus obscurus fuliginosus (Ridgway) SOOTY GROUSE

116 Dendragapus obscurus sierrae Chapman SIERRA GROUSE

117 Bonasa umbellus sabini (Douglas) OREGON RUFFED GROUSE

118 Pedioecetes phasianellus columbianus (Ord) COLUMBIAN SHARP-

TAILED GROUSE

119 Centrocercus urophasianus (Bonaparte) SAGE-IIEN

128 Grus canadensis (Linnaeus) LITTLE BROWN CRANE

129 Grus mexicana (Miiller) SANDHILL CRANE

137 Tringa canutus Linnaeus KNOT

138 Pisobia maculata (Vieillot) PECTOR.X SI\~XDPIPER

139 Pisobia bairdi (Coues) BAIRD SANDPIPER

140 Pisobia minutilla (Vieillot) LEAST SANIX’IPER

141 Pelidna alpina sakhalina (Vieillot) RED-GACKED SANDPIPER

142 Ereunetes mauri Cabanis WESTERN SANDPIPER

143 Calidris leucophaea (Pallas) SANDERLING

144 Limosa fedoa (Linnaeus) MARBLED GODWIT

145 Totanus melanoleucus (Gmelin) GREATER YELLOW-LEGS

146 Totanus flavipes (Gmelin) LESSER YELI.O~-LEGS

147 Helodromas solitarius cinnamomeus (Brewster) WESTERN SOI,I-

148

149

LIST OF CAIJFORNIX BIRDS

Family RALLIDAE Rails, Coots, etc

Rallus obsoletus Ridgway ~~~~~~~~~~~~ CL~\PPER 1in11~

Rallus levipes Bangs LIGHT-FOOTED RAIL

Rallus virginianus Linnaeus VIRGINIA RAIL

Porzana Carolina (Linnaeus) SORA RAIL

Coturnicops noveboracensis (Gmelin) YEI.LOW RAIL

Creciscus coturniculus (Ridgway) CALIFORNIA BLACK RI\IL

Gallinula galeata (Lichtenstein) FLORID.\ GI\LI,INULE

Fulica americana Gmelin COOT

Family GRUIDAE Cranes

Order CHARADRIIFORMES Plover-like Birds

Suborder LIMICOLAE Shore-birds Family CHARADRIIDA’E Snipe, Plover, etc

Phalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus) RED PHALAROPE

Lobipes lobatus (Linnaeus) NORTHERN PHALAROPE

Steganopus tricolor Vieillot WILSON PHALAROPE

Recurvirostra americana Gmelin AVOCET

Himantopus mexicanus (Miller) BL~\cK-NECKED STILT

Gallinago delicata (Ord) WILSON SNIPE

Macrorhamphus griseus scolopaceus (Say) LONG-BILLED Dow- ITCHER

TARY SANDPIPER

Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus (Brewster) WESTERN WILLET

Heteractitis incanus (Gmelin j WANDERING TATTLER

[ 150.1 Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein) UPLAND PLOVER

151 Actitis macularius (Linnaeus) SPOTTED SANDPIPER

152 Numenius americanus Bechstein LONG-BILLED CURLEW

153 Numenius hudsonicus Latham HUDSONI,IN CURLEW

154 Squatarola squatarola (Linnaeus) 1s1~.\c1~-11I:I.l.IIsI~ I’l.O\.lrR

155 Charadrius dominicus dominicus Altiller AMERIC.\N COLUlSS

PLOVER

1% Oxyechus vociferus vociferus ( I,innaeus ) KILJ.I)EER

157 AEgialitis semipalmata (Bonaparte) ~EMII’;\LM.1TEI) PLW’ER

158 AEgialitis nivosa Cassin SNOWY P’T.OVER

[ 159.1 Ochthodromus wilsonius wilsonius (Ord) \VILSON PI.o\‘ER

160 Podasocys montanus (Townsend) MOUNT.\IN PLOVER

161 Aphriza virgata (Gmelin) SURF-I<IR~

162 Arenaria interpres morinella (Linnaeus ) RWUY TGRlYSTONE

163 Arenaria melanocephala (Rigors) Rr_r\c~ TLTRN~,~o~;~

[ 164.1 Haematopus frazari Brewster I;R.\z.\R OYSTER-C.\TCHER

165 Haematopus bachmani Audubon B~,.\crc OYSTER-C.\,IYZHIR

Suborder LARI Gulls, Terns, etc

Family LARIDAE Gulls, Terns, etc

[ 166.1 Megalestris skua (Briinnicb) SIW.~

167 Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck) POM~RINJ~: J.\Ec;ER

168 Stercorarius parasiticus (1,innaeus) PI\R:\SITIC JNZGER

169 Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot I,oN(;-TNLED J;\EGER

170 Rissa tridactyla pollicaris Ridgway PACIFIC KIT’TIWAJ<E

[ 171.1 Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus Gr.xucous GULL

172 Larus glaucescens Naumano GJ_~\UCOUS-WIP*‘GED Gv~r

173 Larus occidentalis Audubon WESTERN GKJLL

174 Larus argentatus Pontoppidan HERRING; Gur.t

175 Larus californicus Lawrence CN.IFORNI.\ GULL

176 Larus delawarensis Ord RIN+BILI.ED GULI

177 Larus brachyrhynchus Richardson SHORT-DILLED GULL

178 Larus heermanni Cassin H ISERM_~N h’ Gvr.~

179 Larus Philadelphia (Ord) BONAPAKTE G~J,I

180 Xema sabini (Sabine) SAHINE GLJLJ,

181 Sterna caspia Pallas CUPI;\N TERN

182 Sterna maxima Boddaert ROY~\L TERN

183 Sterna elegans Garnbel ELEGANT TERN

184 Sterna forsteri xuttall FORSTER TERN

185 Sterna hirundo T,innaeus COXIMO~ TERN

186 Sterna paradisaea Briinnich ARCTIC T~Rx

187 Sterna antillarum (Lesson) LIUST TERS

188 Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (Gmelin) fi~t\cli TERN

Family ALCIDAE ,\uks, etc

189 Lunda cirrhata (Pallas ) TUFTED PLWIN

190 Cerorhinca monocerata (Pallas) RIIINOCEROS AUKLET

191 Ptychoramphus aleuticus (Pallas) CASSIN ,%UKLET

L192.1 Phaleris psittacula (Pallas) P~ROQUIQ AUKLET

193 Synthliboramphus antiquus (Gmelin) =~NCIENT MURRELET

194 Brachyramphus marmoratus (Gmelin) MARULED MURRELW