Bird Checklists of the United States
Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Mount Vernon, Washington
Key
Note 1: used to be Arctic Loon (Gavia arctiva)
Note 2: used to be Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
Note 3: used to be Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
SE = State endangered species
ST = State threatened species
SC = State candidate species
SM = State monitor species
FE = Federally endangered species
FT = Federally threatened species
FSC = Federal species of concern
H = Hatten (1984)
M = WDOE (1984)
S = Skagit Audubon (1996)
* = seen < 15 times in Skagit County accd'g to Skagit Audubon.
FAMILY Gaviidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Red-throated Loon - - MS
(Gavia stellata)
___ Pacific Loon - - MS
(Note 1) (Gavia pacifica)
___ Common Loon - SC HMS
(Gavia immer)
___ Yellow-billed Loon * - MS
(Gavia adamsii)
FAMILY Podicipedidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Pied-billed Grebe - - MS
(Podilymbus podiceps)
___ Horned Grebe - SM MS
(Podiceps auritus)
___ Red-necked Grebe - SM MS
(Podiceps grisegena)
___ Eared Grebe - - MS
(Podiceps nigricollis)
___ Western Grebe - SM MS
(Aechmophorus occidentalis)
___ Clark's Grebe * SM S
(Aechmophorus clarkii)
FAMILY Pelecanidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ American White Pelican * SE S
(Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
FAMILY Phalacrocoracidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Double-crested Cormorant - - HMS
(Phalacrocorax auritus)
___ Brandt's Cormorant - SC MS
(Phalacrocorax penicillatus)
___ Pelagic Cormorant - - MS
(Phalacrocorax pelagicus)
FAMILY Ardeidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ American Bittern - - MS
(Botaurus lentiginosus)
___ Great Blue Heron - SM HMS
(Ardea herodias)
___ Great Egret * SM MS
(Casmerodius albus)
___ Cattle Egret - - S
(Bubulcus ibis)
___ Green Heron - SM MS
(Butorides virescens)
___ Black-crowned Night-Heron - SM MS
(Nycticorax nycticorax)
FAMILY Cathartidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Turkey Vulture - SM MS
(Cathartes aura)
FAMILY Anatidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Tundra Swan - - MS
(Cygnus columbianus)
___ Trumpeter Swan - - MS
(Cygnus buccinator)
___ Greater White-fronted Goose - - MS
(Anser albifrons)
___ Snow Goose - - MS
(Chen caerulescens)
___ Brant - - MS
(Branta bernicla)
___ Canada Goose - - HMS
(Branta canadensis)
___ Wood Duck - - MS
(Aix sponsa)
___ Green-winged Teal - - MS
(Anas crecca)
___ Mallard - - HMS
(Anas platyrhynchos)
___ Northern Pintail - - MS
(Anas acuta)
___ Blue-winged Teal - - MS
(Anas discors)
___ Cinnamon Teal - - MS
(Anas cyanoptera)
___ Northern Shoveler - - MS
(Anas clypeata)
___ Gadwall - - MS
(Anas strepera)
___ Eurasian Wigeon - - MS
(Anas penelope)
___ American Wigeon - - MS
(Anas americana)
___ Canvasback - - MS
(Aythya valisineria)
___ Redhead - - MS
(Aythya americana)
___ Ring-necked Duck - - MS
(Aythya collaris)
___ Greater Scaup - - MS
(Aythya marila)
___ Lesser Scaup - - MS
(Aythya affinis)
___ Harlequin Duck - - MS
(Histrionicus histrionicus)
___ Oldsquaw - - MS
(Clangula hyemalis)
___ Black Scoter * - MS
(Melanitta nigra)
___ Surf Scoter - - MS
(Melanitta perspicillata)
___ White-winged Scoter - - MS
(Melanitta fusca)
___ Common Goldeneye - - MS
(Bucephala clangula)
___ Barrow's Goldeneye - - MS
(Bucephala islandica)
___ Bufflehead - - MS
(Bucephala albeola)
___ Hooded Merganser - - MS
(Lophodytes cucullatus)
___ Common Merganser - - MS
(Mergus merganser)
___ Red-breasted Merganser - - MS
(Mergus serrator)
___ Ruddy Duck - - MS
(Oxyura jamaicensis)
FAMILY Accipitridae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Osprey - - MS
(Pandion haliaetus)
___ Bald Eagle - ST,FT HMS
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
___ Northern Harrier - - HMS
(Circus cyaneus)
___ Sharp-shinned Hawk - - MS
(Accipiter striatus)
___ Cooper's Hawk - - HMS
(Accipiter cooperii)
___ Northern Goshawk - SF,FSC MS
(Accipiter gentilis)
___ Red-tailed Hawk - - HMS
(Buteo jamaicensis)
___ Rough-legged Hawk - - MS
(Buteo lagopus)
___ Golden Eagle - SC S
(Aquila chrysaetos)
FAMILY Falconidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ American Kestrel - - MS
(Falco sparverius)
___ Merlin - SC HMS
(Falco columbarius)
___ Peregrine Falcon - SE,FE HMS
(Falco peregrinus)
___ Gyrfalcon - SM MS
(Falco rusticolus)
___ Prairie Falcon - SM MS
(Falco mexicanus)
FAMILY Phasianidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Ring-necked Pheasant - - MS
(Phasianus colchicus)
___ Ruffed Grouse - - MS
(Bonasa umbellus)
___ California Quail - - MS
(Callipepla californica)
FAMILY Rallidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Virginia Rail - - MS
(Rallus limicola)
___ Sora - - MS
(Porzana carolina)
___ American Coot - - MS
(Fulica americana)
FAMILY Gruidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Sandhill Crane - SE,FT MS
(Grus canadensis)
FAMILY Charadriidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Black-bellied Plover - - MS
(Pluvialis squatarola)
___ American Golden-Plover * - MS
(Pluvialis dominica)
___ Pacific Golden-Plover * - S
(Pluvialis fulva)
___ Semipalmated Plover - - MS
(Charadrius semipalmatus)
___ Killdeer - - MS
(Charadrius vociferus)
FAMILY Haematopodidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Black Oystercatcher - - MS
(Haematopus bachmani)
FAMILY Scolopacidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ American Avocet * - S
(Recurvirostra americana)
___ Greater Yellowlegs - - MS
(Tringa melanoleuca)
___ Lesser Yellowlegs - - MS
(Tringa flavipes)
___ Solitary Sandpiper - - MS
(Tringa solitaria)
___ Spotted Sandpiper - - MS
(Actitis macularia)
___ Whimbrel - - MS
(Numenius phaeopus)
___ Long-billed Curlew * - MS
(Numenius americanus)
___ Marbled Godwit - - MS
(Limosa fedoa)
___ Ruddy Turnstone * - MS
(Arenaria interpres)
___ Black Turnstone - - MS
(Arenaria melanocephala)
___ Surfbird - - MS
(Aphriza virgata)
___ Red Knot * - MS
(Calidris canutus)
___ Semipalmated Sandpiper - - MS
(Calidris pusilla)
___ Western Sandpiper - - MS
(Calidris mauri)
FAMILY Scolopacidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Least Sandpiper - - MS
(Calidris minutilla)
___ Baird's Sandpiper * - MS
(Calidris bairdii)
___ Pectoral Sandpiper - - MS
(Calidris melanotos)
___ Dunlin - - MS
(Calidris alpina)
___ Stilt Sandpiper - - MS
(Calidris himantopus)
___ Short-billed Dowitcher - - MS
(Limnodromus griseus)
___ Long-billed Dowitcher - - MS
(Limnodromus scolopaceus)
___ Common Snipe - - MS
(Gallinago gallinago)
___ Wilson's Phalarope - - MS
(Phalaropus tricolor)
___ Red-necked Phalarope - - MS
(Phalaropus lobatus)
FAMILY Laridae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Parasitic Jaeger * - MS
(Stercorarius parasiticus)
___ Franklin's Gull * - MS
(Larus pipixcan)
___ Bonaparte's Gull - - MS
(Larus philadelphia)
___ Heermann's Gull - - MS
(Larus heermanni)
___ Mew Gull - - MS
(Larus canus)
___ Ring-billed Gull - - MS
(Larus delawarensis)
___ California Gull - - MS
(Larus californicus)
___ Herring Gull - - MS
(Larus argentatus)
___ Thayer's Gull - - MS
(Larus thayeri)
___ Western Gull - - MS
(Larus occidentalis)
___ Glaucous-winged Gull - - HMS
(Larus glaucescens)
___ Glaucous Gull * - MS
(Larus hyperboreus)
___ Caspian Tern - SM MS
(Sterna caspia)
___ Common Tern - - MS
(Sterna hirundo)
___ Black Tern * SM S
(Chlidonias niger)
FAMILY Alcidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Common Murre - SC MS
(Uria aalge)
___ Pigeon Guillemot - - MS
(Cepphus columba)
___ Marbled Murrelet - ST,FT MS
(Brachyramphus marmoratus)
___ Rhinoceros Auklet - - MS
(Cerorhinca monocerata)
FAMILY Columbidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Rock Dove - - HMS
(Columba livia)
___ Band-tailed Pigeon - - HMS
(Columba fasciata)
___ Mourning Dove - - HMS
(Zenaida macroura)
FAMILY Tytonidae/Strigidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Barn Owl - - MS
(Tyto alba)
___ Western Screech Owl - - MS
(Otus kennicottii)
___ Great-horned Owl - - HMS
(Bubo virginianus)
___ Snowy Owl - - MS
(Nyctea scandiaca)
___ Northern Pygmy Owl - - MS
(Glaucidium gnoma)
___ Barred Owl - - S
(Strix varia)
___ Great Gray Owl * SM S
(Strix nebulosa)
___ Long-eared Owl * - MS
(Asio otus)
___ Short-eared Owl - - MS
(Asio flammeus)
___ Northern Saw-Whet Owl - - HMS
(Aegolius acadicus)
FAMILY Caprimulgidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Common Nighthawk - - MS
(Chordeiles minor)
FAMILY Apodidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Black Swift - SM MS
(Cypseloides niger)
___ Vaux's Swift - SC MS
(Chaetura vauxi)
FAMILY Trochilidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Rufous Hummingbird - - HMS
(Selasphorus rufus)
FAMILY Alcedinidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Belted Kingfisher - - MS
(Ceryle alcyon)
FAMILY Picidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Lewis' Woodpecker - SC MS
(Melanerpes lewis)
___ Red-breasted Sapsucker * - MS
(Note 2) (Sphyrapicus ruber)
___ Downy Woodpecker - - HMS
(Picoides pubescens)
___ Hairy Woodpecker - - HMS
(Picoides villosus)
___ Northern Flicker - - HMS
(Colaptes auratus)
___ Pileated Woodpecker - SC MS
(Dryocopus pileatus)
FAMILY Tyrannidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Olive-sided Flycatcher - - HMS
(Contopus borealis)
___ Western Wood Pewee - - MS
(Contopus sordidulus)
___ Willow Flycatcher - - MS
(Empidonax traillii)
___ Hammond's Flycatcher - - MS
(Empidonax hammondii)
___ Pacific-slope Flycatcher - - MS
(Note 3) (Empidonax difficilis)
___ Tropical Kingbird * - S
(Tyrannus vociferans)
___ Western Kingbird - - MS
(Tyrannus dominicensis)
___ Eastern Kingbird - - MS
(Tyrannus tyrannus)
FAMILY Laniidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Northern Shrike - - HMS
(Lanius excubitor)
FAMILY Vireonidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Solitary Vireo - - MS
(Vireo solitarius)
___ Hutton's Vireo - - HMS
(Vireo huttoni)
___ Warbling Vireo - - HMS
(Vireo gilvus)
___ Red-eyed Vireo - - HMS
(Vireo olivaceus)
FAMILY Corvidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Steller's Jay - - HMS
(Cyanocitta stelleri)
___ Western Scrub-Jay * - S
(Aphelocoma californica)
___ American Crow - - HMS
(Corvus brachyrhynchos)
___ Northwestern Crow - - S
(Corvus caurinus)
___ Common Raven - - HMS
(Corvus corax)
FAMILY Alaudidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Horned Lark - - MS
(Eremophila alpestris)
FAMILY Hirundinidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Purple Martin * SC MS
(Progne subis)
___ Tree Swallow - - HMS
(Tachycineta bicolor)
___ Violet-green Swallow - - HMS
(Tachycineta thalassina)
___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow - - HMS
(Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
___ Bank Swallow * - MS
(Riparia riparia)
___ Cliff Swallow - - HMS
(Hirundo pyrrhonota)
___ Barn Swallow - - MS
(Hirundo rustica)
FAMILY Paridae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Black-capped Chickadee - - HMS
(Parus atricapillus)
___ Mountain Chickadee - - MS
(Parus gambeli)
___ Chestnut-backed Chickadee - - HMS
(Parus rufescens)
FAMILY Sittidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Red-breasted Nuthatch - - MS
(Sitta canadensis)
___ White-breasted Nuthatch * - HS
(Sitta carolinensis)
FAMILY Certhiidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Brown Creeper - - HMS
(Certhia americana)
FAMILY Troglodytidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Bewick's Wren - - HMS
(Thryomanes bewickii)
___ House Wren * - MS
(Troglodytes aedon)
___ Winter Wren - - HMS
(Troglodytes troglodytes)
___ Marsh Wren - - MS
(Cistothorus palustris)
FAMILY Cinclidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ American Dipper - - MS
(Cinclus mexicanus)
FAMILY Sylvidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Golden-crowned Kinglet - - HMS
(Regulus satrapa)
___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet - - HMS
(Regulus calendula)
FAMILY Muscicapidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Mountain Bluebird - - MS
(Sialia currucoides)
___ Townsend's Solitaire - - MS
(Myadestes townsendi)
___ Veery * - HMS
(Catharus fuscescens)
___ Swainson's Thrush - - MS
(Catharus ustulatus)
___ Hermit Thrush - - HMS
(Catharus guttatus)
___ American Robin - - HMS
(Turdus migratorius)
___ Varied Thrush - - HMS
(Ixoreus naevius)
FAMILY Mimidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Northern Mockingbird * - MS
(Mimus polyglottos)
FAMILY Motacillidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ American Pipit - - MS
(Anthus spinoletta)
FAMILY Bombycillidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Bohemian Waxwing * - HS
(Bombycilla garrulus)
___ Cedar Waxwing - - MS
(Bombycilla cedrorum)
FAMILY Sturnidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ European Starling - - HMS
(Sturnus vulgaris)
FAMILY Parulidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Tennessee Warbler * - HS
(Vermivora peregrina)
___ Orange-winged Warbler - - HMS
(Vermivora celata)
___ Nashville Warbler * - MS
(Vermivora ruficapilla)
___ Yellow Warbler - - MS
(Dendroica petechia)
___ Yellow-rumped Warbler - - HMS
(Dendroica coronata)
___ Black-throated Gray Warbler - - MS
(Dendroica nigrescens)
___ Townsend's Warbler - - MS
(Dendroica townsendi)
___ MacGillivray's Warbler - - MS
(Oporornis tolmiei)
___ Common Yellowthroat - - MS
(Geothylpis trichas)
___ Wilson's Warbler - - HMS
(Wilsonia pusilla)
FAMILY Thraupidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Western Tanager - - MS
(Piranga ludoviciana)
FAMILY Fringillidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Black-headed Grosbeak - - MS
(Pheucticus melanocephalus)
___ Lazuli Bunting - - MS
(Passerina amoena)
___ Spotted Towhee - - HMS
(Pipilo maculatus)
___ American Tree Sparrow * - HMS
(Spizella arborea)
___ Chipping Sparrow - - HMS
(Spizella passerina)
___ Brewer's Sparrow * - MS
(Spizella pallida)
___ Savannah Sparrow - - HMS
(Passerculus sandwichensis)
___ Fox Sparrow - - HMS
(Passerella iliaca)
___ Song Sparrow - - HMS
( Melospiza melodia)
___ Lincoln's Sparrow - - MS
(Melospiza lincolnii)
___ Swamp Sparrow - - MS
(Melospiza georgiana)
___ White-throated Sparrow - - MS
(Zonotrichia albicollis)
___ Golden-crowned Sparrow - - HMS
(Zonotrichia atricapilla)
___ White-crowned Sparrow - - HMS
(Zonotrichia leucophrys)
___ Harris' Sparrow - - MS
(Zonotrichia querula)
___ Dark-eyed Junco - - HMS
(Junco hyemalis)
___ Lapland Longspur - - MS
(Calcarius lapponicus)
___ Snow Bunting - - MS
(Plectrophenax nivalis)
FAMILY Icteridae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ Red-winged Blackbird - - MS
(Agelaius phoeniceus)
___ Western Meadowlark - - MS
(Sturnella neglecta)
___ Yellow-headed Blackbird - - MS
(Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
___ Rusty Blackbird * - S
(Euphagus carolinus)
___ Brewer's Blackbird - - HMS
(Euphagus cyanocephalus)
___ Brown-headed Cowbird - - HMS
(Molothrus ater)
___ Orchard Oriole * - S
(Icterus spurius)
___ Bullock's Oriole - - HMS
(Icterus galbula)
___ Gray-crowned Rosy Finch - - MS
(Leucosticte arctoa)
___ Pine Grosbeak * - MS
(Pinicola enucleator)
___ Purple Finch - - HMS
(Carpodacus purpureus)
___ House Finch - - HMS
(Carpodacus mexicanus)
___ Red Crossbill - - MS
(Loxia curvirostra)
___ Pine Siskin - - HMS
(Carduelis pinus)
___ American Goldfinch - - HMS
(Carduelis tristis)
___ Evening Grosbeak - - MS
(Coccothraustes vespertinus)
FAMILY Ploceidae
COMMON (SCIENTIFIC) <15x STATUS REFERENCE
___ House Sparrow - - HMS
(Passer domesticus)
This checklist was provided by:
Glen "Alex" Alexander
alex@padillabay.gov
(360) 428-1558
For additional information contact:
Padilla Bay NERR
1043 Bayview-Edison Road
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Tel.# (360) 428-1558
This resource should be cited as:
Alexander, Glen. No Date. Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Bird
Checklist. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.govpadbay.htm
(Version 30DEC2002).
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