Glossary of Archaic Bird Names Found on Old CBC Records
(and other historic bird records)

Archaic Name	Current Name
Holboell's Grebe	Horned Grebe
Farallon Cormorant	Double-crested Cormorant
Baird's Cormorant	Pelagic Cormorant
California Heron	Great Egret
Cackling Goose	Canada Goose
Hutchin's Goose	Canada Goose
Baldpate	American Wigeon
Marsh Hawk	Northern Harrier
Red-bellied Hawk	Red-shouldered Hawk
Sparrow Hawk	American Kestrel
Pigeon Hawk	Merlin
Duck Hawk	Peregrine Falcon
Short-billed Gull	Mew Gull
Hudsonian Curlew	Whimbrel
Wilson's Snipe	Common Snipe
Red-backed Sandpiper	Dunlin
Cabani's Woodpecker	Hairy Woodpecker
Willow Woodpecker	Downy Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow	American Crow
Slender-billed Nuthatch	White-breasted Nuthatch
Tule Wren	Marsh Wren
Vigor's Wren	Bewick's Wren
Lutescent Warbler	Orange-crowned Warbler
Pileoated Warbler	Wilson's Warbler
San Francisco Towhee	Spotted Towhee
(Balding) Marsh Sparrow	Savannah sparrow
Seaside Sparrow	Savannah sparrow (?)
California Linnet	House Finch
Willow Goldfinch	American Goldfinch
Green-backed Goldfinch	Lesser Goldfinch

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