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The Class Aves is represented in California by the following native, vagrant, and introduced taxa: |
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| Order ANSERIFORMES (Screamers, Ducks, and relatives) | ||
| Family Anatidae (Swans, Geese, and Ducks) | ||
| Order APODIFORMES (Swifts and Hummingbirds) | ||
| Family Apodidae (Swifts) | ||
| Family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) | ||
| Order CAPRIMULGIFORMES (Goatsuckers and relatives) | ||
| Family Caprimulgidae (Goatsuckers) | ||
| Order CHARADRIIFORMES (Shorebirds, Gulls, and relatives) | ||
| Family Alcidae (Auks, Murres, and Puffins) | ||
| Family Charadriidae (Plovers and relatives) | ||
| Family Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers) | ||
| Family Laridae (Skuas, Gulls, Terns and Skimmers) | ||
| Family Recurvirostridae (Avocets and Stilts) | ||
| Family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and relatives) | ||
| Order CICONIIFORMES (Herons, Storks, Ibises, and relatives) | ||
| Family Ardeidae (Herons and Bitterns) | ||
| Family Cathartidae (New World Vultures) | ||
| Family Ciconiidae (Storks and Wood Ibises) | ||
| Family Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills) | ||
| Order COLUMBIFORMES (Pigeons and Doves) | ||
| Family Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves) | ||
| Order CORACIIFORMES (Kingfishers and relatives) | ||
| Family Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) | ||
| Order CUCULIFORMES (Cuckoos and relatives) | ||
| Family Cuculidae (Typical Cuckoos) | ||
| Order FALCONIFORMES (Vultures, Hawks, and Falcons) | ||
| Family Accipitridae (Hawks, Old World Vultures, and Harriers) | ||
| Family Falconidae (Caracaras and Falcons) | ||
| Order GALLIFORMES (Megapodes, Curassows, Pheasants, and relatives) | ||
| Family Odontophoridae (New World Quail) | ||
| Family Phasianidae (Quails, Pheasants, and relatives) | ||
| Order GAVIIFORMES (Loons) | ||
| Family Gaviidae (Loons) | ||
| Order GRUIFORMES (Cranes, Rails, and relatives) | ||
| Family Gruidae (Cranes) | ||
| Family Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) | ||
| Order PASSERIFORMES (Perching Birds) | ||
| Family Aegithalidae (Bushtit) | ||
| Family Alaudidae (Larks) | ||
| Family Bombycillidae (Waxwings) | ||
| Family Cardinalidae (Cardinals, Grosbeaks & Allies) | ||
| Family Certhiidae (Creepers) | ||
| Family Cinclidae (Dippers) | ||
| Family Corvidae (Jays, Magpies, and Crows) | ||
| Family Emberizidae (Emberizines) | ||
| Family Estrildidae (Waxbills & Allies) | ||
| Family Fringillidae (Finches) | ||
| Family Hirundinidae (Swallows) | ||
| Family Icteridae (Blackbirds, Orioles & Allies) | ||
| Family Laniidae (Shrikes) | ||
| Family Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers) | ||
| Family Motacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits) | ||
| Family Paridae (Titmice and relatives) | ||
| Family Parulidae (Wood Warblers and relatives) | ||
| Family Passeridae (Old World Sparrows) | ||
| Family Ploceidae (Weavers & Allies) | ||
| Family Ptilogonatidae (Silky Flycatchers) | ||
| Family Regulidae (Kinglets) | ||
| Family Remizidae (Verdin) | ||
| Family Saturnidae (Starlings & Allies) | ||
| Family Sittidae (Nuthatches) | ||
| Family Sylviidae (Warblers and Gnatcatchers) | ||
| Family Thraupidae (Tanagers) | ||
| Family Timaliidae (Babblers) | ||
| Family Troglodytidae (Wrens) | ||
| Family Turdidae (Thrushes) | ||
| Family Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers) | ||
| Family Vireonidae (Typical Vireos) | ||
| Order PELECANIFORMES (Tropicbirds, Pelicans, and relatives) | ||
| Family Anhingidae (Darters) | ||
| Family Fregatidae (Frigatebirds) | ||
| Family Pelecanidae (Pelicans) | ||
| Family Phaetontidae (Tropicbirds) | ||
| Family Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants) | ||
| Family Sulidae (Boobies and Gannets) | ||
| Order PICIFORMES (Woodpeckers and relatives) | ||
| Family Picidae (Woodpeckers and Wrynecks) | ||
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Order PODICIPEDIFORMES (Grebes) |
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| Family Podicipedidae (Grebes) | ||
| Order PROCELLARIIFORMES (Albatrosses, Shearwaters, Petrels, and relatives) | ||
| Family Diomedeidae (Albatrosses) | ||
| Family Hydrobatidae (Storm Petrels) | ||
| Family Procellariidae (Shearwaters, Fulmars) | ||
| Order PSITTACIFORMES (Parrots and relatives) | ||
| Family Psittacidae (Lories, Parakeets, Macaws, and Parrots) | ||
| Order STRIGIFORMES (Owls) | ||
| Family Strigidae (Typical Owls) | ||
| Family Tytonidae (Barn Owls) | ||
