Salish Sea Species List The SeaDoc Society 942 Deer Harbor Rd This list of 172 birds and 37 mammals that depend on the Salish Sea is taken from the forthcoming paper by Joe Gaydos Eastsound WA 98245 and Scott Pearson, Birds and Mammals that Depend on the 360-376-3910 Salish Sea: a compilation. In press at Northwestern Naturalist. www.seadocsociety.org

BIRDS Anatidae (Ducks, Geese and Swans) Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Northern Pintail Anas acuta Black -Bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica American Wigeon Anas americana Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers) Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Black Oystercatcher Haematopus Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Green-winged Teal Anas crecca bachmani Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera Laridae (Gulls, Terns and Skimmers) Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Black Tern Chlidonias niger Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicaria Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope Bonaparte’s Gull Chroicocephalus Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos philadelphia RuffPhilomachus pugnax Gadwall Anas strepera Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons ridibundus Wandering Tattler Tringa incana Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Redhead Aythya americana Herring Gull Larus argentatus Willet Tringa semipalmata Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris California Gull Larus californicus Buff-breasted SandpiperTryngites Tufted DuckAythya fuligula Mew Gull Larus canus subruficollis Greater Scaup Aythya marila Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Stercorariidae (Skuas and Jaegers) Canvasback Aythya valisineria Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus Brant Branta bernicula Heermann’s Gull Larus heermanni South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Canada Goose Branta canadensis Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus BuffleheadBucephala albeola Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Ardeidae (Bitterns, Herons and Allies) Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Western Gull Larus occidentalis Great Egret Ardea alba Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Thayer’s GullLarus thayeri Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Snow Goose Chen caerulescens Franklin’s Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Emperor Goose Chen canagica Black-Legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Ross’ Goose Chen rossii Caspian Tern Sterna caspia Green Heron Butorides virescens Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Forster’s Tern Sterna forsteri Columbidae (Doves and Pigeons) Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator Common Tern Sterna hirundo Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) Mute Swan Cygnus olor Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Recurvirostridae (Stilts and Avocets) Accipitridae (Kites, Hawks, Eagles and Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Allies) White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca American Avocet Recurvirostra americana Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Black Scoter Melanitta nigra Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Phalaropes and Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Allies) Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus Common Merganser Mergus merganser Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator SurfbirdAphriza virgata Osprey Pandion haliaetus Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Cathartidae (New World Vultures) King Eider Somateria spectabilis Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Alcidae (Auks, Murres and Puffins) Semipalmated Sandpiper Caldris pusilla Falconidae (Falcons) Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Merlin Falco columbarius marmoratus Sanderling Calidris alba Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Dunlin Calidris alpina Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Gaviidae (Loons) Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata Red Knot Calidris canutus Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii Tufted PuffinFatercula cirrhata Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Arctic Loon Gavia arctica Horned PuffinFratercula corniculata Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Common Loon Gavia immer Cassin’s Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Pacific LoonGavia pacifica Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata Common Murre Uria aalge Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis Gruidae (Cranes) Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings) Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago delicata Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis Semipalmated Plover Charadrius Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus Rallidae (Rails) semipalmatus griseus American Coot Fulica americana Killdeer Charadrius vociferous Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus Sora Porzana carolina American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica scolopaceus Virginia Rail Rallus limicola Corvidae (Jays, Magpies and Strigidae (Typical Owls) Crows) Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus American Crow Corvus brachyryhchos Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Northwestern Crow Corvus caurinus Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Common Raven Corvus corax Emberizidae (New World Sparrows and Allies) Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus MAMMALS Savannah Sparrow Passerculus Cervidae (Deer, Elk, Moose and Allies) Ziphiidae (Beaked Whales) sandwichensis Black-tailed Deer Odocoileus hemionus Baird’s Beaked Whale Berardius bairdii Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis columbianus Hubb’s beaked Whale Mesoplodon Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia Canidae (Canids) carlhubbsi atricapilla Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Stejneger’s Beaked whale Mesoplodon White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia Mustelidae (Mustelids) stejnegeri leucophrys Sea Otter Enhydra lutris Cuvier’s Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris Fringillidae (Finches) North American River Otter Lontra Castoridae (Beavers and Muskrats) American GoldfinchSpinus tristis canadensis Beaver Castor canadensis Hirundinidae (Swallows) Mink Neovison vison Muskrat Odatra zibethicus Purple Martin Progne subis Otariidae (Fur Seals and Sea Lions) Troglodytidae (Wrens) Northern Fur Seal Callorhinus ursinus Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris Steller’s Sea Lion Eumetopias jubatus Pelecanidae (Pelicans) California Sea Lion Zalophus californianus American White Pelican Pelecanus Phocidae (Seals) erythrorynchos Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis angustirostris Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants) Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina Double-crested Cormorant Procyonidae (Raccoons) Phalacrocorax auritus Raccoon Procyon lotor Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax Ursidae (Bears) pelagicus Black Bear Ursus americanus Brandt’s Cormorant Phalacrocorax Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos penicillatus Balaenopteridae (Rorquals) Podicipedidae (Grebes) Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata Clark’s Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii Bryde’s Whale Balaenoptera edeni Western Grebe Aechmophorus Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalis occidentalis Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Delphinidae (Dolphins) Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Short-beaked Common Dolphin Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Delphinus delphis Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Long-beaked Common Dolphin Delphinus Diomedeidae (Albatrosses) capensis Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria Short-finned Pilot WhaleGlobicephala nigripes macrorhynchus Hydrobatidae (Storm-Petrels) Risso’s Dolphin Grampus griseus Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma Pacific White-sided Dolphin furcata Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Leach’s Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma Northern Right Whale Dolphin leucorhoa Lissodelphis borealis Procellariidae (Shearwaters and Killer Whale Orcinus orca Petrels) False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba Buller’s Shearwater Puffinus bulleri Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus Eschrichtiidae (Mysticeti baleen whales) carneipes Gray Whale Eschrichtius robustus Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus Kogiidae (Sperm Whales) The SeaDoc Society creatopus Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia brevirostris 942 Deer Harbor Rd Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus Phocoenidae (Porpoises) Eastsound WA 98245 Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus Harbor Porpoise Phocoena phocoena 360-376-3910 tenuirostris Dall’s Porpoise Phocoenoides dalli www.seadocsociety.org