A SYSTEMATIC LIST OF THE BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA. 



Class AVES Birds 



Subclass NEORNITHES Latter-day Birds 



Order COLYMBIFORMES Loon-like Birds 



Suborder COLYMBI Loons 



Family GAVIIDAE Loons 



1. Gavia immer (Briinnich). Common Loon. 



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 Grebe. 



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.] Daption capense (Linnaeus). Pintado Petrel. 



14. Puffinus creatopus Coues. Pink-footed Shearwater. 



15. Puffinus opisthomelas Coues. Black-vented Shearwater. 



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. New Zealand Shearwater. 

 [20.] Priofinus cinereus (Gmelin). Black-tailed Shearwater. 



21. Oceanodroma furcata (Gmelin). Forked-tailed Petrel. 



22. Oceanodroma kaedingi Anthony. Kaeding Petrel. 



23. Oceanodroma socorroensis Townsend. Socorro Petrel. 



24. Oceanodroma homochroa (Coues). Ashy Petrel. 



25. Oceanodroma melania (Bonaparte). Black Petrel. 

 [26.] Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl). Wilson Petrel. 



