Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Brigham City, Utah
* - species known to nest on the refuge
C - common: likely to be seen in suitable habitat
U - uncommon: present, but not always seen
O - occasional: seen only a few times per season
R - rare: few records over several years
P - permanent: year round resident
S - summer: present during nesting season
W - winter: November through March
T - transient: seen as a migrant, spring or fall
LOONS ___ Pacific Loon -- RT ___ Common Loon -- UT
GREBES ___ Pied-billed Grebe* CS UW ___ Horned Grebe RT RW ___ Eared Grebe* US CT ___ Western Grebe* CS RW ___ Clark's Grebe* CS RW
PELICANS & CORMORANTS ___ American White Pelican -- CS ___ Double-crested Cormorant* -- CS
HERONS ___ American Bittern -- RS ___ Great Blue Heron -- CP ___ Great Egret -- RS ___ Snowy Egret* -- CS ___ Cattle Egret -- CS ___ Black-crowned Night-Heron* -- CS
IBIS ___ White-faced Ibis* -- CS
SWANS, GEESE, & DUCKS ___ Tundra Swan (Whistling Swan) CT RW ___ Trumpeter Swan -- RW ___ Snow Goose -- UT ___ Ross' Goose -- RT ___ Canada Goose* -- CP ___ Wood Duck -- RW ___ Green-winged Teal* CW US ___ Mallard* -- CP ___ Northern Pintail* CS UW ___ Blue-winged Teal -- US ___ Cinnamon Teal* CS RW ___ Northern Shoveler* CS UW ___ Gadwall* CS UW ___ Eurasian Wigeon -- RT ___ American Wigeon CT UW ___ Canvasback UT RW ___ Redhead* CS RW ___ Ring-necked Duck RT RW ___ Greater Scaup -- RT ___ Lesser Scaup CT UW ___ Oldsquaw -- RW ___ Surf Scoter -- RW ___ White-winged Scoter -- RW ___ Common Goldeneye CT UW ___ Barrow's Goldeneye -- RW ___ Bufflehead CT UW ___ Hooded Merganser RT RW ___ Red-breasted Merganser RW CT ___ Ruddy Duck* CS UW
VULTURES ___ Turkey Vulture -- CS
HAWKS, FALCONS, & EAGLES ___ Osprey -- RT ___ Bald Eagle -- CW ___ Northern Harrier (Marsh Hawk)* -- CP ___ Sharp-shinned Hawk UT UW ___ Cooper's Hawk UT UW ___ Northern Goshawk RT RW ___ Swainson's Hawk -- CS ___ Red-tailed Hawk -- CP ___ Ferruginous Hawk -- US ___ Rough-legged Hawk -- CW ___ Golden Eagle -- UP ___ American Kestrel -- CP ___ Merlin -- UW ___ Peregrine Falcon -- UP ___ Prairie Falcon -- UP
GROUSE & PHEASANT ___ Ring-necked Pheasant* -- UP
CRANES, RAILS, & COOT ___ Virginia Rail* -- CS ___ Sora* -- CS ___ Common Moorhen* -- RP ___ American Coot* -- CP ___ Sandhill Crane CT US
SHOREBIRDS ___ Black-bellied Plover -- UT ___ American Golden Plover (Lesser Gol-Pl.) -- RT ___ Snowy Plover* -- CS ___ Semipalmated Plover -- RT ___ Killdeer* RW CS ___ Black-necked Stilt* -- CS ___ American Avocet* -- CS ___ Greater Yellowlegs -- CT ___ Lesser Yellowlegs -- CT ___ Solitary Sandpiper -- UT ___ Willet* -- CS ___ Spotted Sandpiper -- UT ___ Whimbrel -- RT ___ Long-billed Curlew* -- CS ___ Marbled Godwit -- CT ___ Ruddy Turnstone -- RT ___ Red Knot -- RT ___ Sanderling RT UW ___ Semipalmated Sandpiper -- RT ___ Western Sandpiper -- CT ___ Least Sandpiper CT RW ___ Baird's Sandpiper -- UT ___ Pectoral Sandpiper -- RT ___ Dunlin -- RT ___ Stilt Sandpiper -- RT ___ Short-billed Dowitcher -- RT ___ Long-billed Dowitcher -- CT ___ Common Snipe* CS UW ___ Red-necked Phalarope -- CT ___ Wilson's Phalarope -- CS
GULLS & TERNS ___ Franklin's Gull -- CS ___ Bonaparte's Gull -- UT ___ Ring-billed Gull* US CW ___ California Gull* -- CP ___ Herring Gull -- UW ___ Thayer's Gull -- RW ___ Glaucous Gull -- RW ___ Caspian Tern* -- US ___ Common Tern -- RT ___ Forster's Tern* -- CS ___ Black Tern* CT US
PIGEONS & DOVES ___ Rock Dove* -- CP ___ Mourning Dove* -- CS
OWLS ___ Barn Owl -- UP ___ Great Horned Owl -- UP ___ Burrowing Owl* -- US ___ Short-eared Owl* -- UP
NIGHTHAWKS & POORWILLS ___ Common Nighthawk -- CS ___ Common Poorwill -- US
SWIFTS ___ White-throated Swift -- US
HUMMINGBIRDS ___ Black-chinned Hummingbird -- US ___ Broad-tailed Hummingbird -- US ___ Rufous Hummingbird -- UT
KINGFISHERS ___ Belted Kingfisher -- UP
WOODPECKERS ___ Northern Flicker (Common Flicker) -- UP ___ Downy Woodpecker -- UP
FLYCATCHERS ___ Western Wood-Pewee -- RT ___ Willow Flycatcher -- RT ___ Hammond's Flycatcher -- RT ___ Dusky Flycatcher -- RT ___ Gray Flycatcher -- RT ___ Cordilleran Flycatcher -- RT ___ Say's Phoebe -- UP ___ Ash-throated Flycatcher -- RT ___ Western Kingbird -- US ___ Eastern Kingbird -- RS
LARKS ___ Horned Lark* -- CP
SWALLOWS ___ Tree Swallow CT US ___ Violet-green Swallow CT US ___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow CT US ___ Bank Swallow CT US ___ Cliff Swallow* -- CS ___ Barn Swallow* -- CS
JAYS, CROWS, & MAGPIES ___ Black-billed Magpie* -- CP ___ American Crow -- RW ___ Common Raven* -- CP
CHICKADEES ___ Black-capped Chickadee -- UT ___ Mountain Chickadee -- RT
WRENS ___ Rock Wren -- UT ___ House Wren -- UT ___ Marsh Wren* CS UW
KINGLETS & GNATCATCHERS ___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet -- UT ___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher -- RT
THRUSHES ___ Mountain Bluebird -- UT ___ Townsend's Solitaire -- RT ___ Hermit Thrush -- UT ___ Swainson's Thrush -- RT ___ American Robin -- UP
THRASHERS ___ Northern Mockingbird RT US ___ Sage Thrasher* CT US
PIPITS ___ American Pipit (Water Pipit) CT UW
WAXWINGS ___ Bohemian Waxwing -- RW ___ Cedar Waxwing -- RW
SHRIKES ___ Northern Shrike -- UW ___ Loggerhead Shrike -- UW
STARLINGS ___ European Starling* -- CP
VIREOS ___ Solitary Vireo -- RT ___ Warbling Vireo -- RT
WARBLERS ___ Orange-crowned Warbler -- UT ___ Nashville Warbler -- RT ___ Virginia's Warbler -- RT ___ Yellow Warbler -- UT ___ Yellow-rumped Warbler -- UT ___ MacGillivray's Warbler -- RT ___ Common Yellowthroat* CT CS ___ Wilson's Warbler -- UT
TANAGERS ___ Western Tanager -- UT
GROSBEAKS ___ Black-headed Grosbeak -- UT
SPARROWS & BUNTINGS ___ Lazuli Bunting -- UT ___ Green-tailed Towhee -- UT ___ Rufous-sided Towhee -- UT ___ American Tree Sparrow -- UW ___ Chipping Sparrow -- UT ___ Brewer's Sparrow* CS CT ___ Vesper Sparrow* CS CT ___ Lark Sparrow US UT ___ Lark Bunting -- RT ___ Savannah Sparrow* CS CT ___ Song Sparrow* -- CP ___ Lincoln's Sparrow -- UT ___ White-throated Sparrow -- RW ___ White-crowned Sparrow CT CW ___ Harris' Sparrow -- RW ___ Dark-eyed Junco CT CW ___ Lapland Longspur -- UW ___ Snow Bunting -- UW
BLACKBIRDS & ORIOLES ___ Bobolink -- RT ___ Red-winged Blackbird* -- CP ___ Yellow-headed Blackbird* -- CS ___ Western Meadowlark* -- CP ___ Brewer's Blackbird* -- CP ___ Brown-headed Cowbird* -- CS ___ Bullock's Oriole -- UT
FINCHES ___ House Finch* -- CP ___ Pine Siskin -- UT ___ American Goldfinch -- CP ___ Evening Grosbeak -- RT
WEAVER FINCHES ___ House Sparrow* -- CP
ACCIDENTAL SPECIES ___ Red-throated Loon ___ Greater White-fronted Goose ___ Brant ___ Harlequin Duck ___ Black Scoter ___ Pacific Golden Plover ___ Mountain Plover ___ Buff-breasted Sandpiper ___ Red Phalarope ___ Parasitic Jaegar ___ Long-tailed Jaegar ___ Mew Gull ___ Glaucous-winged Gull ___ Sabine's Gull ___ White-winged Dove
For additional information contact:
Refuge Manager
Bear River Refuge
Brigham City, Utah 84302
Telephone: 801/723-5887
This resource is based on the following source:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1995. Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge birds,
Brigham City, Utah. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Unpaginated.
This resource should be cited as:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1995. Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge birds,
Brigham City, Utah. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Unpaginated.
Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.govbeariver.htm
(Version 22MAY98).
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/chekbird/r6/beariver.htm
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