These are the birds within these families that I have recorded within
California. Click on any highlighted name or photo to reach a species page
(not all have species pages):
Family Phaethontidae: Tropicbirds
Family Sulidae: Boobies
Family Pelecanidae: Pelicans
Family Phalacrocoracidae: Cormorants
Family Anhingidae: Anhingas
Family Fregatidae: Frigatebirds
Red-billed Tropicbird |
Red-tailed Tropicbird |
Masked Booby |
Blue-footed Booby |
seen several times in Calif. but not yet photo'd |
Red-footed Booby |
American White Pelican |
Brown Pelican |
Brandt's Cormorant |
Neotropic Cormorant |
Double-crested Cormorant |
Pelagic Cormorant |
Anhinga |
seen several times in s. Calif. but not yet photographed |
Species in this family I have not recorded in California:
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturusCounty abbreviations used on species pages are:
Nazca Booby Sula granti
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
ALA - Alameda, ALP - Alpine, AMA - Amador, BUT - Butte, CC - Contra Costa,All photos & text © 2006 Don Roberson; all rights reserved.
CLV - Calaveras, COL - Colusa, DN - Del Norte, ED - El Dorado, FRE - Fresno
GLE - Glenn, HUM - Humboldt, IMP - Imperial, INY - Inyo, KER - Kern, KIN - Kings
LA - Los Angeles, LAK - Lake, LAS - Lassen, MAD - Madera, MEN - Mendocino
MER - Merced, MNO - Mono, MOD - Modoc, MRN - Marin, MRP - Mariposa
MTY - Monterey, NAP - Napa, NEV - Nevada, ORA - Orange, PLA - Placer
PLU - Plumas, RIV - Riverside, SAC - Sacramento, SBA - Santa Barbara
SBE - San Bernardino, SBT - San Benito, SCL - Santa Clara, SCZ - Santa Cruz
SD - San Diego, SF - San Francisco, SHA - Shasta, SIE - Sierra, SIS - Siskiyou
SJ - San Joaquin, SLO - San Luis Obispo, SM - San Mateo, SOL - Solano
SON - Sonoma, STA - Stanislaus, SUT - Sutter, TEH - Tehama, TRI - Trinity
TUL - Tulare, TUO - Tuolumne, VEN - Ventura, YOL - Yolo, YUB - Yuba
Page created 12 Feb 2006