Download or read book A Checklist of Birds of the California Channel Islands written by Paul/William Collins and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-23 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an annotated checklist to birds observed on the California Channel Islands, an eight-island archipelago off the coast of southern California. The checklist provides information on the distribution, seasonal status, and abundance of the 422 species, both native and non-native, that reside or have otherwise occurred on the Channel Islands since the mid-1800s. Annotations include current and former breeding status, seasonal status and abundance, and for rarer species, specific dates of occurrence. This is a "must have publication" for ornithologists, paleontologists, archaeologists, ecologists, environmental scientists, resource managers, naturalists, and birders interested in the fauna of the Channel Islands.