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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 ↓

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Aythya valisineria
Blue-winged Teal 2
Spatula discors
Greater Scaup 3
Aythya marila
Red-breasted Merganser 4
Mergus serrator
Cackling Goose 5
Branta hutchinsii
Ruddy Duck 6
Oxyura jamaicensis
Lesser Scaup 7
Aythya affinis
American Wigeon 2
Mareca americana
Gadwall 8
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 9
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 10
Spatula cyanoptera
Trumpeter Swan 11
Cygnus buccinator
Tundra Swan 12
Cygnus columbianus
Northern Pintail 13
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 14
Anas crecca
Mallard 15
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 2
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 16
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 16
Bucephala islandica
Common Merganser 17
Mergus merganser
Snow Goose 15
Anser caerulescens
White-winged Scoter 18
Melanitta fusca
Redhead 19
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 2
Aythya collaris
Ruddy Duck 6
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 20
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 21
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 22
Lophodytes cucullatus
Harlequin Duck 23
Histrionicus histrionicus

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