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Bird Checklist for Mount Rainier National Park in Washington. Published by the National Park Service (NPS).
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Name
HC
Sp Su Fa Wi N
Vireos
Name
HC
Sp Su Fa Wi N
Accidentals
Finches
Mount Rainier National Park
(recorded, but not regularly observed)
Solitary Vireo
F
o
o
o
x
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch SA
uc
c
uc r
x
Pied-billed Grebe
Wood Duck
Warbling Vireo
F
uc
uc
uc
x
Pine Grosbeak
F
o
o
o
x
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Purple Finch
F
r
r
r
x
American Wigeon
Ring-necked Duck
Cassin’s Finch
FS
o
uc
uc
x
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Red Crossbill
FS
o
o
o
r
x
Hooded Merganser
Turkey Vulture
White-winged Crossbill
F
r
r
r
r
Ferruginous Hawk
California Quail
Pine Siskin
FS
c
c
c
uc x
Virginia Rail
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Common Snipe
Wilson’s Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Ring-billed Gull
Caspian Tern
Marbled Murrelet
Mourning Dove
Barn Owl
Snowy Owl
Long-eared Owl
Boreal Owl
Williamson’s Sapsucker
Northern Rough-winged
Swallow
Black-billed Magpie
Bushtit
Warblers, Tanagers,
Sparrows, & Blackbirds
Orange-crowned Warbler F
uc
uc
c
r
r
x
r
Nashville Warbler
F
Yellow Warbler
F
uc
o
uc
x
Yellow-rumped Warbler
FS
c
c
c
x
Black-throated
Gray Warbler
F
r
r
r
Townsend’s Warbler
FS
c
c
c
x
Hermit Warbler
F
o
o
o
x
MacGillivray’s Warbler
F
uc
uc
uc
x
Common Yellow-throat
F
o
o
o
x
Wilson’s Warbler
FS
c
c
uc
x
Western Tanager
F
uc
uc
uc
x
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Black-headed Grosbeak
F
r
r
r
x
Canyon Wren
Northern Shrike
Chipping Sparrow
FS
uc
uc
uc
x
Lazuli Bunting
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
FS
r
r
x
Vesper Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Fox Sparrow
FS
uc
uc
uc
x
Western Meadowlark
Common Redpoll
Song Sparrow
FS
uc
uc
uc r
x
Hutton’s vireo
Lincoln’s Sparrow
FS
uc
o
uc
x
White-crowned Sparrow
FS
o
o
uc
x
Golden-crowned Sparrow FS
o
o
uc
Dark-eyed Junco
FS
a
a
a
o x
Red-winged Blackbird
FL
o
o
o
x
Brewer’s Blackbird
FL
r
r
Brown-headed Cowbird
FS
r
r
r
American Goldfinch
F
o
o
r
Evening Grosbeak
FS
o
uc
o
r
x
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
(introduced)
Notes
F
r
r
r
x
National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Bird Checklist
Clark’s Nutcracker
(HC) Habitat Codes
F = forests
S = subalpine forests/meadows
A = alpine areas
R = rivers
L = lakes/marshes
Abundance
Abundance is based on the number of individuals of a
species a competent observer might expect to find in a
single day in suitable habitat.
Sp = Spring
Su = Summer
Fa = Fall
Wi = Winter
a = abundant: easily observed in habitat
c = common: high probability of observation
uc = uncommon: probability of observation low
o = occasional: seldom observed
r = rare: zero to a low number observed annually
Notes
x
(N) Nesting
x = indicates species known or believed to nest in
Mount Rainier National Park
1/18
The names and order of species follow the American Ornithologist’s
Union Checklist (1983) and supplements through 1993. Please give
a park ranger detailed descriptions of any observed species listed as
occasional, rare, or not listed.
Name
HC
Sp Su Fa Wi N
L
r
r
Grebes
Western Grebe
L
r
Sp Su Fa Wi N
Blue Grouse
S
c
c
c
White-tailed Ptarmigan
A
uc
uc
uc uc x
Ruffed Grouse
F
c
c
c
Killdeer
L
uc
uc
Canada Goose
L
r
Green-winged Teal
L
Mallard
L
o
Northern Pintail
L
r
Harlequin Duck
R
r
Barrow’s Goldeneye
L
Common Merganser
L
r
o
r
r
Solitary Sandpiper
L
r
o
Spotted Sandpiper
L
uc
o
California Gull
x
o
x
r
o
x
x
r
r
r
r
uc
uc
x
LS
r
Pigeons
Band-tailed Pigeon
FL
r
r
Bald Eagle
S
o
o
Northern Harrier
S
uc
uc
Sharp-shined Hawk
S
o
o
o
Cooper’s hawk
S
o
uc
uc o
Northern Goshawk
S
o
o
o
Swainson’s Hawk
S
r
uc
Red-tailed Hawk
S
c
c
Rough-legged Hawk
S
Golden Eagle
S
o
o x
x
o
x
F
uc
uc
uc
x
American Kestrel
S
Merlin
S
Peregrine Falcon
S
Prairie Falcon
S
o
r
Sp Su Fa Wi N
RL
o
uc
o
x
Lewis’ Woodpecker
F
o
o
o
Red-breasted Sapsucker
FS
uc
uc
uc uc x
Downy Woodpecker
F
o
o
o
r
x
Hairy Woodpecker
FS
c
c
c
c
x
Three-toed Woodpecker
F
o
o
o
o x
Black-backed Woodpecker F
r
r
r
r
Northern Flicker
FS
c
c
c
o x
Pileated Woodpecker
F
o
o
o
o x
o x
x
c
x
a
a
a
x
RL
uc
uc
uc uc x
FS
c
c
c
FS
c
c
uc
x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
FS
uc
o
c
Western Bluebird
S
r
r
Mountain Bluebird
S
o
uc
o
x
Townsend’s Solitaire
F
o
uc
uc
x
Swainson’s Thrush
F
c
c
uc
x
Horned Lark
S
o
o
o
x
Swallows
Tree Swallow
F
o
o
o
x
Violet-green Swallow
FS
c
c
c
x
Barn Swallow
F
c
c
c
x
Kinglets & Thrushes
r
x
Hermit Thrush
FS
c
c
uc
x
American Robin
FS
c
c
c
x
Varied Thrush
FS
c
c
c
o x
S
uc
c
c
x
FS
uc
uc
uc
x
F
r
r
r
x
Pipits
Crows & Jays
c
a
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
o x
c
FS
Wrens
x
o
FSA
x
r
o
Rufous Hummingbird
c
r
o
x
c
r
FS
r
c
FS
Northern Saw-whet Owl
r
c
Brown Creeper
Dusky Flycatcher
o x
r
F
Creepers
x
o
F
x
x
o
Calliope Hummingbird
c
r
o
o
c
r
F
o
c
r
Barred Owl
Hummingbirds
c
Red-breasted Nuthatch
r
r
r
FS
Nuthatches
r
r
r
x
r
o
o
c
FS
o
o
c
FS
F
x
c
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Spotted Owl
c
c
Willow Flycatcher
uc uc x
c
FS
American Dipper
uc
c
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
x
uc
F
uc uc x
o
F
Vaux’s Swift
uc
o
Northern Pygmy-Owl
o
uc
r
Larks
o
FS
FS
uc uc x
o
Mountain Chickadee
c
Western Wood-Pewee
uc
F
c
Dippers
uc
Black Swift
c
x
F
uc
c
o
Great Horned Owl
uc
F
uc
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
o
Black-capped Chickadee
uc
uc uc x
F
Sp Su Fa Wi N
FS
uc
Nighthawks
HC
Olive-sided Flycatcher
uc
x
Name
Chickadees
Woodpeckers
F
Swifts
Falcons
Belted Kingfisher
Western Screech-Owl
Common Nighthawk
HC
Flycatchers
Owls
Osprey
uc
c
x
Gulls
o
uc
r
L
Eagles & Hawks
uc
L
Greater Yellowlegs
r
c
Sandpipers
Waterfowl
Name
Kingfisher
Plovers
Herons
Great Blue Heron
HC
Grouse
Loons
Common Loon
Name
Gray Jay
FS
a
a
a
a
x
Steller’s Jay
FS
a
a
a
a
x
Clark’s Nutcracker
FS
uc
c
c
uc x
American Crow
F
r
r
r
Common Raven
FSA
c
c
c
c
x
American Pipit
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Starlings
European Starling
(introduced)