Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Hamilton, Montana
Seasonal occurrence
PR - Permanent Resident
WR - Winter Resident
SR - Summer Resident
M - Migrant
Habitat
1 - Bitterroot River
2 - wetlands/marshes
3 - open grass/shrubs
4 - mountain streams/lakes
5 - cliffs/canyons
6 - forest edges
7 - dry forest
8 - moist forest
9 - high elevation forests/alpine
WATER BIRDS ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Common Loon r M 2,4 ___ Pied-billed Grebe c PR 2,4 ___ Horned Grebe o SR 2,4 ___ Red-necked Grebe o M 2,4 ___ Eared Grebe o SR 4 ___ Western Grebe o M 2,4 ___ Clark's Grebe r M 2,4 ___ American White Pelican r M 2 ___ Double-crested Cormorant c SR 2 ___ American Bittern u SR 2 ___ Great Blue Heron c PR 1,2,4 ___ Black-crowned Night-Heron r M 2 ___ White-faced Ibis r M 2,3 ___ Tundra Swan c M 1,2,3 ___ Trumpeter Swan r M 1,2 ___ Greater White-fronted Goose r M 2,3 ___ Snow Goose c M 2,3 ___ Ross' Goose o M 1,2 ___ Canada Goose a PR 1-4 ___ Wood Duck c PR 1,2,4 ___ Green-winged Teal c PR 1,2,4 ___ Mallard c PR 1,2,4 ___ Northern Pintail u PR 1,2,4 ___ Blue-winged Teal c SR 1,2,4 ___ Cinnamon Teal a SR 1,2,4 ___ Northern Shoveler c SR 1,2,4 ___ Gadwall u PR 1,2,4 ___ Eurasian Wigeon o M 1,2,4 ___ American Wigeon u PR 1,2,4 ___ Canvasback o PR 1,2,4 ___ Redhead c SR 1,2 ___ Ring-necked Duck u SR 1,2 ___ Greater Scaup r M 1,2 ___ Lesser Scaup u PR 1,2,4 ___ Harlequin Duck r SR 4 ___ White-winged Scoter r M 2 ___ Common Goldeneye u PR 1,2,4 ___ Barrow's Goldeneye o PR 1,2,4 ___ Bufflehead u PR 1,2,4 ___ Hooded Merganser u SR 1,2,4 ___ Common Merganser c PR 1,2,4 ___ Red-breasted Merganser r M 1,2,4 ___ Ruddy Duck u PR 2
BIRDS OF PREY ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Turkey Vulture u SR 3,5,6 ___ Osprey c SR 1,2,4 ___ Bald Eagle u PR 1,2,4 ___ Northern Harrier c PR 2,3 ___ Sharp-shinned Hawk o PR 1,5,6,7 ___ Cooper's Hawk o PR 1,5,6 ___ Northern Goshawk u PR 6,7,8 ___ Swainson's Hawk o SR 3,5,6,9 ___ Red-tailed Hawk c PR 1,3,6,7 ___ Ferruginous Hawk r M 3 ___ Rough-legged Hawk c WR 2,3 ___ Golden Eagle o PR 3,5,6,9 ___ American Kestrel c PR 1,3,6,7 ___ Merlin o PR 2,3,5,6 ___ Peregrine Falcon o SR 2,3,5,6 ___ Gyrfalcon r M 5,9 ___ Prairie Falcon o PR 3,5,6
GAME BIRDS ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Gray Partridge o PR 3 ___ Chukar r PR 3,5 ___ Ring-necked Pheasant a PR 2,3 ___ Spruce Grouse (Franklin's) u PR 6-9 ___ Blue Grouse u PR 6,7,9 ___ Ruffed Grouse c PR 1,4,6 ___ Wild Turkey r PR 6,7
MARSH/SHORE BIRDS ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Virginia Rail u SR 2 ___ Sora u SR 1,2,4 ___ American Coot a PR 1,2,4 ___ Sandhill Crane o SR 2,3 ___ Black-bellied Plover o M 2 ___ Semipalmated Plover c M 2 ___ Killdeer a PR 1-4 ___ American Avocet o M 2 ___ Greater Yellowlegs o M 2 ___ Lesser Yellowlegs u M 2 ___ Solitary Sandpiper o M 1,2,4 ___ Willet r M 2 ___ Spotted Sandpiper c SR 1,2,4 ___ Upland Sandpiper o SR 3 ___ Whimbrel r M 2,3 ___ Long-billed Curlew o SR 2,3,4 ___ Marbled Godwit r M 2 ___ Sanderling r M 2 ___ Semipalmated Sandpiper o M 2 ___ Western Sandpiper o M 1,2 ___ Least Sandpiper o M 2 ___ Baird's Sandpiper o M 2 ___ Pectoral Sandpiper o M 2 ___ Dunlin r M 2 ___ Stilt Sandpiper r M 2 ___ Long-billed Dowitcher c M 2
SNIPE/PHALAROPES ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Common Snipe c PR 2,3,4 ___ Wilson's Phalarope c SR 2 ___ Red-necked Phalarope c M 2
GULLS/TERNS ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Franklin's Gull o M 2 ___ Bonaparte's Gull o M 1,2,4 ___ Ring-billed Gull o M 1,2,4 ___ California Gull o M 1,2,4 ___ Caspian Tern r M 2 ___ Common Tern r M 2 ___ Forster's Tern r M 2 ___ Black Tern u SR 2
DOVES/CUCKOOS ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Rock Dove c PR 3,5 ___ Mourning Dove c PR 3,6 ___ Black-billed Cuckoo r M 1,3,6
OWLS/NIGHTJARS ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Flammulated Owl u SR 6,7,8 ___ Western Screech-Owl u PR 1,6 ___ Great Horned Owl c PR 1-8 ___ Snowy Owl r WR 3 ___ Northern Pygmy-Owl u PR 1,4,6,7,9 ___ Burrowing Owl r SR 3 ___ Great Gray Owl r PR 1,6,7,8 ___ Long-eared Owl o PR 1,3,4,6 ___ Short-eared Owl u PR 2,3 ___ Boreal Owl u PR 6,7,9 ___ Northern Saw-whet Owl u PR 1,7 ___ Common Nighthawk c SR 1,2,3,6
SWIFTS ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Black Swift o SR 4,5,6,9 ___ Vaux's Swift u SR 6,7 ___ White-throated Swift u SR 5,6,7
HUMMINGBIRDS/KINGFISHER ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Black-chinned Hummingbird u SR 1,3,4 ___ Calliope Hummingbird c SR 6-9 ___ Broad-tailed Hummingbird r SR 4,6-9 ___ Rufous Hummingbird c SR 1,3,4,6 ___ Belted Kingfisher c PR 1,2,4
WOODPECKERS ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Lewis' Woodpecker c PR 1,6 ___ Red-naped Sapsucker u SR 1,4-7 ___ Williamson's Sapsucker r SR 6-9 ___ Downy Woodpecker c PR 1,4,6,7 ___ Hairy Woodpecker c PR 1,6-9 ___ Three-toed Woodpecker r PR 6-9 ___ Black-backed Woodpecker u PR 6-9 ___ Northern Flicker c PR 1,3,4,6-8 ___ Pileated Woodpecker u PR 1,7
FLYCATCHERS ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Olive-sided Flycatcher u SR 6,9 ___ Western Wood-pewee c SR 1,4,6 ___ Willow Flycatcher c SR 1,3,4,6 ___ Least Flycatcher u SR 4,6 ___ Hammond's Flycatcher u SR 7,8,9 ___ Dusky Flycatcher u SR 3,6 ___ Cordilleran Flycatcher u SR 1,4,8 ___ Say's Phoebe u SR 3,5 ___ Western Kingbird u SR 3,4,6 ___ Eastern Kingbird c SR 1,3,4,6
LARK/SWALLOWS ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Horned Lark u PR 3,9 ___ Tree Swallow c SR 1-4 ___ Violet-green Swallow u SR 1-6 ___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow u SR 1-5 ___ Bank Swallow c SR 1-5 ___ Cliff Swallow u SR 1-5 ___ Barn Swallow c SR 1-5
JAYS/CROW/RAVEN ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Gray Jay u PR 6-9 ___ Steller's Jay u PR 6-9 ___ Blue Jay r PR 1,2,3,6 ___ Pinon Jay r M 3,6,7 ___ Clark's Nutcracker c PR 6-9 ___ Black-billed Magpie a PR 1-6 ___ American Crow o PR 1,3,6,7 ___ Common Raven u PR 3,5-9
CHICKADEES/NUTHATCHES/CREEPER ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Black-capped Chickadee c PR 1,4,6 ___ Mountain Chickadee u PR 6-9 ___ Boreal Chickadee r M 6,7,8 ___ Chestnut-backed Chickadee r WR 1,4,6,8 ___ Red-breasted Nuthatch c PR 6-9 ___ White-breasted Nuthatch c PR 1,4,6 ___ Pygmy Nuthatch u PR 1,6,7 ___ Brown Creeper u PR 1,7,8,9
WRENS/DIPPER/KINGLETS ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Rock Wren u SR 5 ___ Canyon Wren r PR 5 ___ House Wren c SR 1,3,4,6 ___ Winter Wren u PR 4,6-9 ___ Marsh Wren c PR 2 ___ American Dipper u PR 1,4 ___ Golden-crowned Kinglet u PR 1,4,6-9 ___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet c SR 1,4,6-9
BLUEBIRDS/THRUSHES ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Western Bluebird r SR 3,6 ___ Mountain Bluebird u SR 3,6,9 ___ Townsend's Solitaire u PR 5-9 ___ Veery o SR 1,4 ___ Swainson's Thrush u SR 1,6,7 ___ Hermit Thrush u SR 6,7 ___ American Robin a PR 1,3,4,6-8 ___ Varied Thrush u SR 1,4,8
CATBIRD/THRASHER/PIPIT ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Gray Catbird u SR 1,4 ___ Sage Thrasher r M 3 ___ American Pipit o SR 3,9
WAXWINGS/SHRIKES/STARLING ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Bohemian Waxwing u WR 3,6 ___ Cedar Waxwing u PR 1,3,4,6,8 ___ Northern Shrike u WR 3,6 ___ Loggerhead Shrike r M 3,6 ___ European Starling a PR 3,6
VIREOS/WARBLERS ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Solitary Vireo u SR 1,4,6,7 ___ Warbling Vireo c SR 1,4,6,7,8 ___ Red-eyed Vireo u SR 1,4 ___ Tennessee Warbler r M 1,4,6 ___ Orange-crowned Warbler u SR 3,4,6 ___ Nashville Warbler o SR 1,4,6 ___ Yellow Warbler c SR 1,4 ___ Yellow-rumped Warbler c SR 1,3,4,6-9 ___ Townsend's Warbler u SR 7,8,9 ___ American Redstart o SR 1,4 ___ Northern Waterthrush o SR 4 ___ MacGillivray's Warbler u SR 1,4 ___ Common Yellowthroat c SR 1,2,4 ___ Wilson's Warbler u SR 14 ___ Yellow-breasted Chat r SR 14
TANAGERS/GROSBEAKS ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Western Tanager c SR 1,6-9 ___ Black-headed Grosbeak u SR 1,3,4,6
BUNTING/TOWHEE ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Lazuli Bunting u SR 1,3,4,6 ___ Rufous-sided Towhee u SR 1,4,6
SPARROWS ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ American Tree Sparrow c WR 1,3,4,6 ___ Chipping Sparrow c SR 1,3,4,6,7 ___ Brewer's Sparrow u SR 3,9 ___ Vesper Sparrow c SR 3 ___ Lark Sparrow r SR 3 ___ Savannah Sparrow c SR 3 ___ Fox Sparrow r SR 1,3,4,6 ___ Song Sparrow c PR 1,2,4 ___ Lincoln's Sparrow u SR 1,3,4,6 ___ White-throated Sparrow r M 1,3,6-9 ___ White-crowned Sparrow u SR 1-4,6 ___ Harris' Sparrow r WR 3,4,6 ___ Dark-eyed Junco c PR 1,3,4,6,7 ___ Lapland Longspur r M 3 ___ Snow Bunting r WR 3
BLACKBIRDS/ORIOLE ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Bobolink u SR 2,3 ___ Red-winged Blackbird a PR 1,2,3 ___ Western Meadowlark c PR 3 ___ Yellow-headed Blackbird a SR 2 ___ Brewer's Blackbird c SR 3 ___ Brown-headed Cowbird c SR 1,3 ___ Northern Oriole u SR 1,3
FINCHES ABUNDANCE SEASON HABITAT ___ Rosy Finch r PR 3,9 ___ Pine Grosbeak u PR 1,4,6,7,9 ___ Cassin's Finch u PR 4,6,7,8,9 ___ House Finch c PR 1,3,4,6 ___ Red Crossbill c PR 6-9 ___ White-winged Crossbill r PR 8 ___ Common Redpoll u WR 3,4,6,7,8 ___ Pine Siskin c PR 4,6-9 ___ American Goldfinch u PR 1,3,4,6 ___ Evening Grosbeak c PR 1,4,6,7,8 ___ House Sparrow c PR 1,3
For more information contact:
Forest Supervisor
Bitterroot National Forest
1801 North First Street
Hamilton, MT 59840
Telephone: 406/363-3131
This resource is based on the following source:
Bitterroot National Forest in partnership with Bitterroot Audubon. 1992.
Birds of the Bitterroot. U.S. Forest Service. Unpaginated.
This resource should be cited as:
Bitterroot National Forest in partnership with Bitterroot Audubon. 1992.
Birds of the Bitterroot. U.S. Forest Service. Unpaginated.
Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.govbitterrt.htm
(Version 22MAY98).
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/chekbird/r6/bitterrt.htm
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