Prairie Basin Wetlands of the Dakotas:
A Community Profile
Tables
Table 6. Percentage distribution of breeding marsh and aquatic birds In North Dakota wetlands in 1968-69 (from Kantrud and Stewart 1984).a
| Wetland classb | ||||
| Species | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Horned grebe | ||||
| (Podiceps auritus) | 64 | 36 | ||
| Eared grebe | ||||
| (Podiceps nigricollis) | 54 | 34 | ||
| Western grebe | ||||
| (Aechmophorus occidentalis) | 5 | |||
| Pied-billed grebe | ||||
| (Podilymbus podiceps) | 23 | 68 | ||
| Black-crowned night heron | ||||
| (Nycticorax nycticorax) | 6 | 75 | ||
| American bittern | ||||
| (Botaurus lentiginosus) | 2 | 30 | 69 | |
| Northern harrier | ||||
| (Circus cyaneus) | 23 | 77 | ||
| Virginia rail | ||||
| (Rallus limicola) | 14 | 86 | ||
| Sora | ||||
| (Porzana carolina) | 1 | 45 | 54 | |
| American coot | ||||
| (Fulica americana) | trc | 24 | 72 | |
| Killdeer | ||||
| (Charadrius vociferus) | 4 | 53 | 39 | |
| Willet | ||||
| (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) | 2 | 56 | 39 | |
| Marbled godwit | ||||
| (Limosa fedoa) | 3 | 57 | 37 | |
| American avocet | ||||
| (Recurvirostra americana) | 38 | 47 | 7 | |
| Wilson's phalarope | ||||
| (Phalaropus tricolor) | 4 | 60 | 30 | 3 |
| Black tern | ||||
| (Chlidonias niger) | tr | 25 | 72 | |
| Marsh wren | ||||
| (Cistothorus palustris) | 9 | 91 | ||
| Common yellowthroat | ||||
| (Geothlypis trichas) | 48 | 52 | ||
| Yellow-headed blackbird | ||||
| (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) | tr | 6 | 94 | |
| Red-winged blackbird | ||||
| (Agelaius phoeniceus) | 2 | 61 | 35 | |
| Savannah sparrow | ||||
| (Passerculus sandwichensis) | 10 | 49 | 38 | |
| Total birds | 1 | 33 | 63 | tr |
aTotal percentages across rows subtracted from 100 = the proportion of populations of these species that used wetland classes not covered in this report.
bTemporary (Class 2), seasonal (Class 3), semipermanent (Class 4), and undifferentiated tillage (Class T) wetlands.
Ctr = <0.5%.
