Current scientific categorization of species (orders, families, species), perhaps showing some of their evolutionary relationships.
The portal: BONA Backed by DNA Order> Family>Species most all birds from North America including our Southern California birds.
eBird's "California Checklist". Click on the Species and you will get an eBird profile ...very informative and more pictorial plumage
others links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_California
http://www.worldbirdnames.org/classification/family-index
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/overview-august-2015
"a positively perfect day to enjoy a plethora of plumage"
The portal: BONA Backed by DNA Order> Family>Species most all birds from North America including our Southern California birds.
eBird's "California Checklist". Click on the Species and you will get an eBird profile ...very informative and more pictorial plumage
others links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_California
http://www.worldbirdnames.org/classification/family-index
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/overview-august-2015
"a positively perfect day to enjoy a plethora of plumage"