The 48th Annual Report of the California Bird Records Committee: 2022 Records

From its last report through 2022, the California Bird Records Committee reached decisions on 161 records of 70 species, endorsing 129 records. The first accepted records for California of Ainley’s Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates cheimomnestes), Small-billed Elaenia (Elaenia parvirostris), Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus), Wood Warbler (P. sibilatrix), and Siberian Rubythroat (Calliope calliope) are outlined in this report. These additions bring California’s total list of accepted bird species to 685, of which 17 represent established introductions. Other notable records in this report include California’s second Gray-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes) and fourth Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis), Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola), and Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus).