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Table 7. Density (pairs/km²) of breeding marsh and aquatic birds in North Dakota wetlands in 1965 and 1968-69 (from Kantrud and Stewart 1984).

	Wetland Class^a
Species	2	3	4	T

Horned grebe		1.4	0.6
Eared grebe		3.9	1.9
Western grebe			0.2
Pied-billed grebe		5.4	11.9
Black-crowned night heron		0.4	4.2
American bittern	5.8	3.3	5.8
Northern harrier		0.6	1.5
Virginia rail		0.4	1.8
Sora	10.1	12.9	12.6
American coot	25.2	73.8	180.5
Piping plover (Charadrius melodus)			0.2
Killdeer	20.6	7.2	5.3
Willet	10.1	12.3	7
Marbled godwit	10.1	6.9	3.6
American avocet		3.2	3.2	26.8
Wilson's phalarope	45.4	28.9	11.5	62.5
Black tern	5.8	19	44.9
Marsh wren		4.9	43.8
Common yellowthroat		7.9	7.8
Yellow-headed blackbird	11.1	18.1	253.3
Red-winged blackbird	300	99.8	106.8
Savannah sparrow	188.9	21.5	15.4

Total	633.1	431.8	723.8	89.3

^aTemporary (Class 2), seasonal (Class 3), semipermanent (Class 4) and undifferentiated tillage (Class T) wetlands.

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