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Birds of California: Search

Search the California Bird List by Standard English Name. The best search strategy is to enter a partial name, e.g. "pipit" will bring up the four species of pipit recorded from California.

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Note: the search engine does not recognized apostrophes (the ', single quote mark). To find a bird with an apostrophe, search only for the base name (e.g. "Abert" will bring up "Abert's Towhee." 

English Name: Abert's Towhee
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae (Finches and allies )
Bird Banding Lab 4-letter Code: ABTO
Also listed by: ABA California Bird Records Committee Listed
Scientific Name: Pipilo  aberti   
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CA Counties this bird has been recorded from (partial list): Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino,
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English Name: Acorn Woodpecker
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae (Woodpeckers )
Bird Banding Lab 4-letter Code: ACWO
Also listed by: ABA California Bird Records Committee Listed
Scientific Name: Melanerpes  formicivorus   
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CA Counties this bird has been recorded from (partial list): Alameda, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer
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Spanish Name(s): Carpintero Careto
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