Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
B - Breeding records for Montana
W - Winter records for Montana (species present from 12/15 thorugh 2/15)
3 - three records for Montana, etc. (listed only for species with 10 or fewer
state records)
lines separate families
LOONS ___ Red-throated Loon 7 ___ Pacific Loon 2 ___ Common Loon B ___ Yellow-billed Loon 1
GREBES ___ Pied-billed Grebe B ___ Horned Grebe B ___ Red-necked Grebe B ___ Eared Grebe B ___ Western Grebe B ___ Clark's Grebe B
PELICANS ___ American White Pelican B
CORMORANTS ___ Double-crested Cormorant B
HERONS, EGRETS ___ American Bittern B ___ Least Bittern 3 ___ Great Blue Heron BW ___ Great Egret ___ Snowy Egret B ___ Little Blue Heron 3 ___ Cattle Egret ___ Green Heron 9 ___ Black-crowned Night-Heron B ___ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 2
IBISES ___ White-faced Ibis B
STORKS ___ Wood Stork 2
WATERFOWL ___ Tundra Swan W ___ Trumpeter Swan BW ___ Mute Swan BW ___ Greater White-fronted Goose ___ Snow Goose ___ Ross' Goose ___ Brant 7 ___ Canada Goose BW ___ Wood Duck BW ___ Green-winged Teal BW ___ American Black Duck W ___ Mallard BW ___ Northern Pintail BW ___ Garganey 2 ___ Blue-winged Teal B ___ Cinnamon Teal BW ___ Northern Shoveler BW ___ Gadwall BW ___ Eurasian Wigeon ___ American Wigeon BW ___ Canvasback BW ___ Redhead BW ___ Ring-necked Duck BW ___ Greater Scaup ___ Lesser Scaup BW ___ Harlequin Duck BW ___ Oldsquaw W ___ Black Scoter 4 ___ Surf Scoter ___ White-winged Scoter ___ Common Goldeneye BW ___ Barrow's Goldeneye BW ___ Bufflehead BW ___ Hooded Merganser BW ___ Common Merganser BW ___ Red-breasted Merganser W ___ Ruddy Duck BW
VULTURES ___ Turkey Vulture B
HAWKS, EAGLES ___ Osprey B ___ Bald Eagle BW ___ Northern Harrier BW ___ Sharp-shinned Hawk BW ___ Cooper's Hawk BW ___ Northern Goshawk BW ___ Red-shouldered Hawk 2 ___ Broad-winged Hawk ___ Swainson's Hawk B ___ Red-tailed Hawk BW ___ Ferruginous Hawk B ___ Rough-legged Hawk W ___ Golden Eagle BW
FALCONS ___ American Kestrel BW ___ Merlin BW ___ Peregrine Falcon BW ___ Gyrfalcon W ___ Prairie Falcon BW
GALLINACEOUS BIRDS ___ Gray Partridge BW ___ Chukar BW ___ Ring-necked Pheasant BW ___ Spruce Grouse BW ___ Blue Grouse BW ___ Willow Ptarmigan 1 ___ White-tailed Ptarmigan BW ___ Ruffed Grouse BW ___ Sage Grouse BW ___ Greater Prairie-Chicken 1 ___ Sharp-tailed Grouse BW ___ Wild Turkey BW ___ Northern Bobwhite 9
RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS ___ Yellow Rail 3 ___ Virginia Rail BW ___ Sora B ___ Common Moorhen 1 ___ American Coot BW
CRANES ___ Sandhill Crane B ___ Whooping Crane
PLOVERS ___ Black-bellied Plover ___ American Golden-Plover ___ Snowy Plover 4 ___ Semipalmated Plover ___ Piping Plover B ___ Killdeer BW ___ Mountain Plover B
STILTS, AVOCETS ___ Black-necked Stilt B ___ American Avocet B
SANDPIPERS ___ Greater Yellowlegs ___ Lesser Yellowlegs ___ Solitary Sandpiper ___ Willet B ___ Spotted Sandpiper B ___ Upland Sandpiper B ___ Whimbrel ___ Long-billed Curlew B ___ Hudsonian Godwit ___ Marbled Godwit B ___ Ruddy Turnstone ___ Black Turnstone 1 ___ Red Knot ___ Sanderling ___ Semipalmated Sandpiper ___ Western Sandpiper ___ Least Sandpiper ___ White-rumped Sandpiper ___ Baird's Sandpiper ___ Pectoral Sandpiper ___ Dunlin ___ Curlew Sandpiper 1 ___ Stilt Sandpiper ___ Buff-breasted Sandpiper ___ Short-billed Dowitcher ___ Long-billed Dowitcher ___ Common Snipe BW ___ American Woodcock 2 ___ Wilson's Phalarope B ___ Red-necked Phalarope ___ Red Phalarope 6
GULLS, TERNS ___ Pomarine Jaeger 4 ___ Parasitic Jaeger ___ Long-tailed Jaeger 6 ___ Laughing Gull 1 ___ Franklin's Gull B ___ Bonaparte's Gull ___ Mew Gull 1 ___ Ring-billed Gull BW ___ California Gull BW ___ Herring Gull B ___ Thayer's Gull 3 ___ Iceland Gull 2 ___ Glaucous Gull ___ Glaucous-winged Gull 2 ___ Great Black-backed Gull 2 ___ Black-legged Kittiwake 4 ___ Sabine's Gull 10 ___ Ivory Gull 1 ___ Caspian Tern B ___ Common Tern B ___ Forster's Tern B ___ Least Tern B (8) ___ Black Tern B
MURRELETS ___ Marbled Murrelet 1 ___ Ancient Murrelet 5
DOVES ___ Rock Dove BW ___ Band-tailed Pigeon ___ White-winged Dove 1 ___ Mourning Dove BW
CUCKOOS ___ Black-billed Cuckoo B ___ Yellow-billed Cuckoo
BARN OWLS ___ Barn Owl 10
TYPICAL OWLS ___ Flammulated Owl B (9) ___ Eastern Screech-Owl BW ___ Western Screech-Owl BW ___ Great Horned Owl BW ___ Snowy Owl W ___ Northern Hawk-Owl ___ Northern Pygmy-Owl BW ___ Burrowing Owl B ___ Barred Owl BW ___ Great Gray Owl BW ___ Long-eared Owl BW ___ Short-eared Owl BW ___ Boreal Owl B ___ Northern Saw-whet Owl BW
NIGHTJARS ___ Common Nighthawk B ___ Common Poorwill B ___ Whip-poor-will 1
SWIFTS ___ Black Swift B ___ Chimney Swift B ___ Vaux's Swift B ___ White-throated Swift B
HUMMINGBIRDS ___ Ruby-throated Hummingbird B (7) ___ Black-chinned Hummingbird B ___ Anna's Hummingbird W (5) ___ Calliope Hummingbird B ___ Broad-tailed Hummingbird 10 ___ Rufous Hummingbird B
KINGFISHERS ___ Belted Kingfisher BW
WOODPECKERS ___ Lewis' Woodpecker BW ___ Red-headed Woodpecker B ___ Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 ___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 ___ Red-naped Sapsucker B ___ Williamson's Sapsucker B ___ Downy Woodpecker BW ___ Hairy Woodpecker BW ___ White-headed Woodpecker 6 ___ Three-toed Woodpecker BW ___ Black-backed Woodpecker BW ___ Northern Flicker BW ___ Pileated Woodpecker BW
FLYCATCHERS ___ Olive-sided Flycatcher B ___ Western Wood-pewee B ___ Eastern Wood-pewee 2 ___ Alder Flycatcher 3 ___ Willow Flycatcher B ___ Least Flycatcher B ___ Hammond's Flycatcher B ___ Dusky Flycatcher B ___ Cordilleran Flycatcher B ___ Eastern Phoebe 5 ___ Say's Phoebe B ___ Ash-throated Flycatcher 9 ___ Great Crested Flycatcher 2 ___ Cassin's Kingbird B ___ Western Kingbird B ___ Eastern Kingbird B ___ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 6
LARK ___ Horned Lark BW
SWALLOWS ___ Purple Martin ___ Tree Swallow B ___ Violet-green Swallow B ___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow B ___ Bank Swallow B ___ Cliff Swallow B ___ Barn Swallow B
JAYS, CROW, RAVEN ___ Gray Jay BW ___ Steller's Jay BW ___ Blue Jay BW ___ Pinon Jay BW ___ Clark's Nutcracker BW ___ Black-billed Magpie BW ___ American Crow BW ___ Common Raven BW
CHICKADEES ___ Black-capped Chickadee BW ___ Mountain Chickadee BW ___ Boreal Chickadee BW ___ Chestnut-backed Chickadee BW
NUTHATCHES ___ Red-breasted Nuthatch BW ___ White-breasted Nuthatch BW ___ Pygmy Nuthatch BW
CREEPER ___ Brown Creeper BW
WRENS ___ Rock Wren B ___ Canyon Wren BW ___ House Wren B ___ Winter Wren BW ___ Sedge Wren 6 ___ Marsh Wren BW
DIPPER ___ American Dipper BW
KINGLETS, BLUEBIRDS, THRUSHES ___ Golden-crowned Kinglet BW ___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet BW ___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 ___ Eastern Bluebird B ___ Western Bluebird B ___ Mountain Bluebird B ___ Townsend's Solitaire BW ___ Veery B ___ Gray-cheeked Thrush ___ Swainson's Thrush B ___ Hermit Thrush BW ___ Wood Thrush 5 ___ American Robin BW ___ Varied Thrush BW
THRASHERS ___ Gray Catbird B ___ Northern Mockingbird BW ___ Sage Thrasher B ___ Brown Thrasher B
PIPITS ___ American Pipit BW ___ Sprague's Pipit B
WAXWINGS ___ Bohemian Waxwing BW ___ Cedar Waxwing BW
SHRIKES ___ Northern Shrike W ___ Loggerhead Shrike B
STARLING ___ European Starling BW
VIREOS ___ Solitary Vireo B ___ Warbling Vireo B ___ Philadelphia Vireo 3 ___ Red-eyed Vireo B
WARBLERS TO BLACKBIRDS ___ Tennessee Warbler B ___ Orange-crowned Warbler B ___ Nashville Warbler B ___ Northern Parula 4 ___ Yellow Warbler B ___ Chestnut-sided Warbler 7 ___ Magnolia Warbler ___ Cape May Warbler 5 ___ Black-throated Blue Warbler 3 ___ Yellow-rumped Warbler BW ___ Black-throated Gray Warbler 3 ___ Townsend's Warbler B ___ Black-throated Green Warbler 5 ___ Blackburnian Warbler 7 ___ Yellow-throated Warbler 1 ___ Pine Warbler 3 ___ Prairie Warbler 1 ___ Palm Warbler ___ Bay-breasted Warbler 5 ___ Blackpoll Warbler ___ Black-and-white Warbler B ___ American Redstart B ___ Ovenbird B ___ Northern Waterthrush B ___ Kentucky Warbler 1 ___ Connecticut Warbler 3 ___ Mourning Warbler 1 ___ MacGillivray's Warbler B ___ Common Yellowthroat B ___ Wilson's Warbler B ___ Canada Warbler 4 ___ Painted Redstart 1 ___ Yellow-breasted Chat B ___ Summer Tanager 1 ___ Scarlet Tanager 6 ___ Western Tanager B ___ Northern Cardinal 1 ___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak ___ Black-headed Grosbeak B ___ Blue Grosbeak 3 ___ Lazuli Bunting B ___ Indigo Bunting ___ Dickcissel B ___ Green-tailed Towhee B ___ Rufous-sided Towhee BW ___ American Tree Sparrow W ___ Chipping Sparrow BW ___ Clay-colored Sparrow B ___ Brewer's Sparrow B ___ Field Sparrow B ___ Vesper Sparrow B ___ Lark Sparrow B ___ Black-throated Sparrow 2 ___ Sage Sparrow B (10) ___ Lark Bunting B ___ Savannah Sparrow B ___ Baird's Sparrow B ___ Grasshopper Sparrow B ___ Le Conte's Sparrow B ___ Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow 2 ___ Fox Sparrow BW ___ Song Sparrow BW ___ Lincoln's Sparrow B ___ Swamp Sparrow W (8) ___ White-throated Sparrow W ___ Golden-crowned Sparrow 4 ___ White-crowned Sparrow BW ___ Harris' Sparrow W ___ Dark-eyed Junco BW ___ McCown's Longspur BW ___ Lapland Longspur W ___ Smith's Longspur 4 ___ Chestnut-collared Longspur B ___ Snow Bunting W ___ Bobolink B ___ Red-winged Blackbird BW ___ Western Meadowlark BW ___ Yellow-headed Blackbird BW ___ Rusty Blackbird W ___ Brewer's Blackbird BW ___ Common Grackle BW ___ Brown-headed Cowbird B ___ Orchard Oriole B ___ Northern Oriole B
FINCHES ___ Brambling 1 ___ Rosy Finch BW ___ Pine Grosbeak BW ___ Purple Finch W ___ Cassin's Finch BW ___ House Finch BW ___ Red Crossbill BW ___ White-winged Crossbill W ___ Common Redpoll W ___ Hoary Redpoll W ___ Pine Siskin BW ___ American Goldfinch BW ___ Evening Grosbeak BW
WEAVER FINCHES ___ House Sparrow BW
Montana Audubon
P.O. Box 595
Helena, MT 59624
Telephone: 406/443-3949
For more information contact:
Montana Natural Heritage Program
1515 East Sixth Avenue
Helena, MT 59620
Telephone: 406/444-3009
This resource is based on the following source:
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks. 1992. A list of Montana
birds. Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, & Parks. Unpaginated.
This resource should be cited as:
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks. 1992. A list of Montana
birds. Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, & Parks. Unpaginated.
Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.govmontana.htm
(Version 22MAY98).
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/chekbird/r6/montana.htm
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