Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Dugway, Utah
Also present on the refuge is a variety of mammals, reptiles and amphibians. Mammal species include: mule deer, coyote, bobcat, kit fox, badger, striped skunk, spotted skunk, long-tailed weasel, antelope, ground squirrel, kangaroo rat, wood rat, muskrat, black-tailed jackrabbit, desert cottontail and a variety of mice. Eleven species of reptiles and two species of amphibians are present - collared lizard, leopard lizard, dessert horned lizard, Great Basin sagebrush lizard, western fence lizard, desert side-blotched lizard, Great Basin whiptail lizard, striped whipsnake, wandering garter snake, Great Basin rattlesnake, Great Basin gopher snake, leopard frog and bullfrog. Three species of fish are present: Utah chub, mosquito fish and speckled dace.
a - abundant: certain to be seen, very numerous
c - common: should be seen in suitable habitat
u - uncommon: might be seen in suitable habitat
o - occasional: seen only a few times during a season
r - rare: seen at intervals of 2 to 5 years
Birds nesting on the refuge are indicated by a "*".
The following bird list is in accordance with the 6th A.O.U. Checklist as amended.
LOONS Sp S F W ___ Common Loon o o - -
GREBES Sp S F W ___ Pied-billed Grebe* a a a a ___ Horned Grebe - - - r ___ Eared Grebe a u u u ___ Western Grebe* u u u -
PELICANS, CORMORANTS Sp S F W ___ American White Pelican c o o r ___ Double-crested Cormorant c u - -
HERONS, BITTERNS, IBISES Sp S F W ___ American Bittern* u u u u ___ Great Blue Heron* c c c c ___ Great Egret - o o u ___ Snowy Egret* a a o r ___ Cattle Egret r o - - ___ Black-crowned Night-Heron* a a c c ___ White-faced Ibis* u a o r
SWANS, GEESE, DUCKS Sp S F W ___ Tundra Swan (Whistling Swan) - - c c ___ Trumpeter Swan - - - r ___ Snow Goose - - u - ___ Canada Goose* a a a a ___ Green-winged Teal o - a a ___ Mallard* a a a a ___ Northern Pintail* a a a a ___ Blue-winged Teal* o o o r ___ Cinnamon Teal* a a u o ___ Northern Shoveler* a c a a ___ Gadwall* a a a a ___ American Wigeon o o a a ___ Canvasback* u u u o ___ Redhead* a a a c ___ Ring-necked Duck u u c c ___ Lesser Scaup u o c c ___ Common Goldeneye - - - o ___ Bufflehead o - o u ___ Hooded Merganser - - r r ___ Common Merganser o o u o ___ Red-breasted Merganser o u u - ___ Ruddy Duck* a a a c
HAWKS, EAGLES, FALCONS Sp S F W ___ Osprey r - u - ___ Bald Eagle - - u u ___ Northern Harrier (Marsh Hawk)* c c c c ___ Sharp-shinned Hawk - - o - ___ Cooper's Hawk - - o - ___ Red-tailed Hawk* o o o o ___ Ferruginous Hawk r - - - ___ Rough-legged Hawk o - u u ___ Golden Eagle* u u u u ___ American Kestrel - o o - ___ Merlin - - r r ___ Peregrine Falcon - - o o ___ Prairie Falcon o - u u
PHEASANTS, PARTRIDGES Sp S F W ___ Chukar* o o - - ___ Ring-necked Pheasant* c c c c
RAILS, COOTS, CRANES Sp S F W ___ Virginia Rail* u u u u ___ Sora* u u u u ___ American Coot* a a a a ___ Sandhill Crane o - - -
SHOREBIRDS, GULLS, TERNS Sp S F W ___ Black-bellied Plover r r - - ___ Snowy Plover* u u - - ___ Semipalmated Plover o o o - ___ Killdeer* c a c o ___ Black-necked Stilt* a a - - ___ American Avocet* a a o - ___ Greater Yellowlegs c o a u ___ Lesser Yellowlegs - u - u ___ Solitary Sandpiper - r - - ___ Willet* c c - - ___ Spotted Sandpiper u u - - ___ Long-billed Curlew* u u - - ___ Marbled Godwit o r - - ___ Western Sandpiper o c r - ___ Least Sandpiper - o - - ___ Baird's Sandpiper - r - - ___ Pectoral Sandpiper r r - - ___ Long-billed Dowitcher u o u o ___ Common Snipe o - u u ___ Wilson's Phalarope* o a o - ___ Red-necked Phalarope - u u - ___ Franklin's Gull r r - - ___ Ring-billed Gull a a c o ___ California Gull r o - - ___ Caspian Tern u u - - ___ Forster's Tern* a a o - ___ Black Tern r o - -
DOVES Sp S F W ___ Rock Dove o o - - ___ Mourning Dove* c c u -
OWLS Sp S F W ___ Barn Owl - r - - ___ Great Horned Owl o o o o ___ Burrowing Owl - - r - ___ Short-eared Owl* o o o o
GOATSUCKERS, SWIFTS, HUMMINGBIRDS Sp S F W ___ Common Nighthawk - u - - ___ Common Poorwill - - o - ___ White-throated Swift r - - - ___ Broad-tailed Hummingbird* o u - - ___ Rufous Hummingbird - r - -
KINGFISHERS, WOODPECKERS Sp S F W ___ Belted Kingfisher o - o - ___ Lewis' Woodpecker - - r - ___ Red-naped Sapsucker - - u - ___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - - u - ___ Downy Woodpecker - - u - ___ Northern Flicker r - u u
FLYCATCHERS Sp S F W ___ Western Wood Pewee u u - - ___ Say's Phoebe* u u u - ___ Western Kingbird* u u - - ___ Eastern Kingbird* o o - -
LARKS, SWALLOWS Sp S F W ___ Horned Lark* a a a a ___ Tree Swallow c - - - ___ Violet-green Swallow r - - - ___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow c - - - ___ Cliff Swallow r - - - ___ Barn Swallow* a a - -
JAYS, MAGPIES, CROWS Sp S F W ___ Pinyon Jay r - - - ___ Clark's Nutcracker - r - - ___ Black-billed Magpie - - - r ___ American Crow - - r - ___ Common Raven c c c c
NUTHATCHES Sp S F W ___ Red-breasted Nuthatch - - r -
WRENS, THRUSHES Sp S F W ___ Rock Wren - r r - ___ House Wren - - r - ___ Marsh Wren c c c c ___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet - - r - ___ Western Bluebird o o - - ___ Mountain Bluebird - u o u ___ Townsend's Solitaire* u u u - ___ Hermit Thrush - - r - ___ American Robin* o u c o
THRASHERS Sp S F W ___ Northern Mockingbird* u o o - ___ Sage Thrasher - o o - ___ Brown Thrasher - r r -
PIPITS, WAXWINGS, SHRIKES, STARLINGS Sp S F W ___ American Pipit (Water Pipit) r - - o ___ Bohemian Waxwing - - r r ___ Cedar Waxwing - - o - ___ Loggerhead Shrike o u u u ___ European Starling* c o c -
VIREOS Sp S F W ___ Warbling Vireo o - - -
WOOD WARBLERS Sp S F W ___ Yellow Warbler* c u u - ___ Yellow-rumped Warbler c u u - ___ Townsend's Warbler - - r - ___ Common Yellowthroat* u c - - ___ Wilson's Warbler u - r -
TANAGERS, GROSBEAKS Sp S F W ___ Western Tanager u u - - ___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak r - - - ___ Lazuli Bunting o - - - ___ Evening Grosbeak - - r -
SPARROWS Sp S F W ___ Green-tailed Towhee r - - - ___ American Tree Sparrow o - - u ___ Chipping Sparrow o - o o ___ Lark Sparrow u c o - ___ Black-throated Sparrow o a o - ___ Sage Sparrow - - - o ___ Savannah Sparrow* a a a o ___ Song Sparrow c - c c ___ White-crowned Sparrow c - u u ___ Dark-eyed Junco - - a u
BLACKBIRDS, MEADOWLARKS, FINCHES Sp S F W ___ Bobolink r - - - ___ Red-winged Blackbird* a c a c ___ Western Meadowlark* c a a o ___ Yellow-headed Blackbird* a c u - ___ Brewer's Blackbird* a a a - ___ Northern Oriole* o o - - ___ House Finch* u u - - ___ Pine Siskin o - - - ___ American Goldfinch o - u u ___ House Sparrow o - - -
Refuge Manager
Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge
Dugway, Utah 84022
Telephone: 801/831-5353
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1988. Birds of the Fish Springs
National Wildlife Refuge, Dugway, Utah. U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service. Unpaginated.
This resource should be cited as:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1988. Birds of the Fish Springs
National Wildlife Refuge, Dugway, Utah. U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service. Unpaginated. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife
Research Center Online.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.govfishsprg.htm
(Version 1996).
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/chekbird/r6/fishsprg.htm
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