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Glacier National Park Treasures

A guide to all of the observed biota of Glacier National Park

Sora 1
Porzana carolina
American Coot 2
Fulica americana
Ruffed Grouse 3
Bonasa umbellus
White-tailed Ptarmigan 4
Lagopus leucura
Ring-necked Pheasant 5
Phasianus colchicus
Sharp-tailed Grouse 6
Tympanuchus phasianellus
Dusky Grouse 7
Dendragapus obscurus
Belted Kingfisher 8
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Pigeon 9
Columba livia
Band-tailed Pigeon 10
Patagioenas fasciata
Mourning Dove 11
Zenaida macroura
Baird's Sandpiper 12
Calidris bairdii
Western Sandpiper 13
Calidris mauri
Pectoral Sandpiper 14
Calidris melanotos
Long-billed Dowitcher 15
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs 16
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 17
Tringa flavipes
Long-billed Curlew 1
Numenius americanus
Marbled Godwit 18
Limosa fedoa
Red-necked Phalarope 1
Phalaropus lobatus
Eared Grebe 14
Podiceps nigricollis
Horned Grebe 19
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 20
Podiceps grisegena
Western Grebe 1
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 21
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 22
Phalacrocorax auritus
American White Pelican 23
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Glaucous Gull 24
Larus hyperboreus
Ring-billed Gull 25
Larus delawarensis
California Gull 26
Larus californicus
Glaucous-winged Gull 27
Larus glaucescens
Common Tern 28
Sterna hirundo
Black-legged Kittiwake 29
Rissa tridactyla
Black Tern 30
Chlidonias niger
Pacific Loon 16
Gavia pacifica
Yellow-billed Loon 31
Gavia adamsii
Common Loon 32
Gavia immer
Red-throated Loon 33
Gavia stellata
Prairie Falcon 18
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 34
Falco peregrinus
Gyrfalcon 35
Falco rusticolus
American Kestrel 36
Falco sparverius
Merlin 18
Falco columbarius
Turkey Vulture 37
Cathartes aura
Killdeer 38
Charadrius vociferus
Semipalmated Plover 39
Charadrius semipalmatus
American Avocet 40
Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover 41
Pluvialis squatarola
Great Blue Heron 42
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 43
Nycticorax nycticorax
Golden Eagle 44
Aquila chrysaetos
Sharp-shinned Hawk 8
Accipiter striatus
Northern Goshawk 45
Accipiter gentilis
Cooper's Hawk 46
Accipiter cooperii
Ferruginous Hawk 47
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 48
Buteo swainsoni
Rough-legged Hawk 49
Buteo lagopus
Red-tailed Hawk 50
Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk 51
Buteo platypterus
Bald Eagle 52
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Rufous Hummingbird 53
Selasphorus rufus
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 54
Selasphorus platycercus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 7
Archilochus alexandri
Vaux's Swift 18
Chaetura vauxi
Black Swift 28
Cypseloides niger
Trumpeter Swan 55
Cygnus buccinator
Tundra Swan 56
Cygnus columbianus
Mallard 57
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail 58
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 59
Anas crecca
Common Goldeneye 60
Bucephala clangula
Bufflehead 61
Bucephala albeola
Barrow's Goldeneye 10
Bucephala islandica
Red-breasted Merganser 62
Mergus serrator
Common Merganser 63
Mergus merganser
Surf Scoter 64
Melanitta perspicillata
Ring-necked Duck 61
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup 65
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup 66
Aythya affinis
Redhead 67
Aythya americana
Canvasback 7
Aythya valisineria
Canada Goose 68
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 69
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 70
Lophodytes cucullatus
Harlequin Duck 71
Histrionicus histrionicus
Long-tailed Duck 72
Clangula hyemalis
Horned Lark 73
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 74
Bombycilla cedrorum
Bohemian Waxwing 74
Bombycilla garrulus
Brown Creeper 75
Certhia americana
Rock Wren 7
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 7
Troglodytes aedon
American Dipper 31
Cinclus mexicanus
Common Raven 76
Corvus corax
American Crow 77
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue Jay 78
Cyanocitta cristata
Steller's Jay 79
Cyanocitta stelleri
True Magpies 80
Pica
Canada Jay 81
Perisoreus canadensis

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