The 47th Annual Report of the California Bird Records Committee: 2021 Records

From its last report through 2021, the California Bird Records Committee reached decisions on 177 records involving 184 individuals of 71 species and one species group, endorsing 151 records of 158 individuals. The first accepted records for California of the Mexican Duck (Anas diazi) are outlined in this report. The committee also voted to add naturalized populations of the Nanday Parakeet (Aratinga nenday), Mitred Parakeet (Psittacara mitratus), Red-masked Parakeet (Psittacara erythrogenys), and Lilac-crowned Parrot (Amazona finschi) to the state list. These additions bring California’s total list of accepted species to 681, of which 17 represent established introductions. Other especially notable records detailed in this report include those of California’s second through fifth Tundra Bean-Geese (Anser serrirostris), second Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima), third Ross’s Gull (Rhodostethia rosea), fourth Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis), and fourth Common Crane (Grus grus).