Birds of the Okanagan-Similkameen

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen is a very large (just over 10,000 square km) area with a great deal of natural diversity in both habitat and species. The habitats range from endangered native grasslands and sagebrush scrub, Ponderosa pine meadows, to high sub-alpine. ...more ↓

Baird's Sandpiper ¹
Calidris bairdii

Lesser Yellowlegs ²
Tringa flavipes

Solitary Sandpiper ³
Tringa solitaria

Red-necked Phalarope ⁴
Phalaropus lobatus

Wilson's Phalarope ⁵
Phalaropus tricolor

Spotted Sandpiper ⁶
Actitis macularius

Common Tern ⁷
Sterna hirundo

Bonaparte's Gull ⁸
Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Little Gull ⁹
Hydrocoloeus minutus

California Gull ¹⁰
Larus californicus

Mew Gull ¹¹
Larus canus

Ring-billed Gull ¹²
Larus delawarensis

Glaucous-winged Gull ¹³
Larus glaucescens

Franklin's Gull ¹⁴
Leucophaeus pipixcan

Killdeer ¹⁵
Charadrius vociferus

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Birds of the Okanagan-Similkameen

Baird's Sandpiper 1 Calidris bairdii

Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Tringa flavipes

Solitary Sandpiper 3 Tringa solitaria

Red-necked Phalarope 4 Phalaropus lobatus

Wilson's Phalarope 5 Phalaropus tricolor

Spotted Sandpiper 6 Actitis macularius

Common Tern 7 Sterna hirundo

Bonaparte's Gull 8 Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Little Gull 9 Hydrocoloeus minutus

California Gull 10 Larus californicus

Mew Gull 11 Larus canus

Ring-billed Gull 12 Larus delawarensis

Glaucous-winged Gull 13 Larus glaucescens

Franklin's Gull 14 Leucophaeus pipixcan

Killdeer 15 Charadrius vociferus