National Park Montana Glacier National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior

Bird Checklist

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Common names conform with the American Birding Association Checklist Update, 2015. List compiled by David S. Shea, November, 1971. Revised by Dave Shea, Steve Gniadek, and Lisa Bate, November, 2015.

TIME OF YEAR RANGE OCCURRENCE S Spring (March-May) E East of Continental Divide ab Abundant S Summer (June-August) W West of Continental Divide a Accidental F Fall (September-November) A Mountainous areas above treeline c Common W Winter (December-February) u Uncommon SPECIAL CONDITIONS r Rare l Introduced u Known to nest in the park

S S F W S S F W S S F W SWANS, GEESE, DUCKS GREBES CRANE Greater White-fronted Goose W r Pied-billed Grebe E, W r r r r Sandhill Crane u E, W r r r Snow Goose E, W u r u Horned Grebe E, W c u u u Ross’s Goose E, W r Eared Grebe u E, W u r r STILT, AVOCET Canada Goose u E, W c c c u Red-necked Grebe u E, W u u u r Black-necked Stilt E, W r Trumpeter Swan u E, W r u r r Western Grebe E, W u r u r American Avocet E, W r r Tundra Swan E, W c c r Wood Duck u E, W r r r r CORMORANT SHOREBIRDS Gadwall E, W u u u r Double-crested Cormorant E,W r r r r Black-bellied Plover E, W a a Eurasian Wigeon W a a a Semipalmated Plover E, W a a American Wigeon E, W c c c r PELICAN Killdeer u E, W c c c r Mallard u E, W c c c c American White Pelican E, W r r Spotted Sandpiper u E, W u c c Blue-winged Teal E, W u u u Solitary Sandpiper E, W u u u Cinnamon Teal E, W u u u HERONS, BITTERNS, IBIS Upland Sandpiper E r Green-winged Teal E, W u u u American Bittern u E, W r r r Baird’s Sandpiper E, W r r r Northern Shoveler E, W c u u r Great Blue Heron u E, W u u u r Least Sandpiper W r Northern Pintail E, W u u u r Black-crowned Night Heron W a Pectoral Sandpiper E, W r Canvasback E, W r r Great Egret W a Semipalmated Sandpiper W r r Redhead E, W u u r Western Sandpiper W r r Ring-necked Duck u E, W c u u IBIS Greater Yellowlegs E, W r Greater Scaup W a White-faced Ibis W a Lesser Yellowlegs E, W r r Lesser Scaup E, W u u u r Willet E, W r r Harlequin Duck u E, W u u r VULTURE, HAWKS, EAGLES, FALCONS Long-billed Curlew E, W u Surf Scoter W r Turkey Vulture E, W u u u Marbled Godwit E, W r White-winged Scoter E, W r r Osprey u E, W u c u Sanderling W r Long-tailed Duck W a Northern Harrier E, W u u u Long-billed Dowitcher E, W r Bufflehead u E, W c c c c Sharp-shinned Hawk u E, W u u u r Wilson's Snipe u E, W c c u Common Goldeneye u E, W c r u c Cooper’s Hawk u E, W u u u r Wilson’s Phalarope E, W u u Barrow’s Goldeneye u E, W c c c r Northern Goshawk u E, W u u u r Red-necked Phalarope E, W r r r Hooded Merganser u E, W u u u r Red-shouldered Hawk W a Common Merganser u E, W c c c c Broad-winged Hawk E, W a a GULLS, TERNS Red-breasted Merganser u E, W r r r r Swainson’s Hawk u E, W r r r Black-legged Kittiwake W a Ruddy Duck E, W u r u Red-tailed Hawk u E, W c c c Sabine's Gull W a Rough-legged Hawk E, W r r r Bonaparte’s Gull E, W r r GROUSE, PTARMIGAN, TURKEY Ferruginous Hawk E, W r Franklin’s Gull E, W u u Ring-necked Pheasant l W a Bald Eagle u E, W u u u u Ring-billed Gull E, W c u c Ruffed Grouse u E, W c c c c Golden Eagle u E, W, A r r r r California Gull E, W c u c Spruce Grouse u E, W c c c c American Kestrel u E, W u u u Herring Gull E, W r Dusky Grouse u E, W, A c c c c Merlin E, W r r r r Glaucous-winged Gull W a Sharp-tailed Grouse E r Gyrfalcon E, W a a Glaucous Gull W a White-tailed Ptarmigan u A u u u u Peregrine Falcon E, W r r r Caspian Tern E, W r r Wild Turkey W r Prairie Falcon u E, W, A u u u r Black Tern u E, W r r Common Tern E r r LOONS RAILS, COOT Forster’s Tern E, W r Red-throated Loon W a Yellow Rail W r Pacific Loon W r r Virginia Rail W r Common Loon u E, W u u u r Sora u E, W u u Yellow-billed Loon W a American Coot E, W c c c r NPS PHOTO / Common Merganser This publication made possible by a donation from the Glacier National Park Conservancy Western Tanager - NPS / DAVID RESTIVO S S F W S S F W S S F W PIGEONS, DOVES LARK WARBLERS Rock Pigeon l E, W r r Horned Lark E,W, A r r r r Tennessee Warbler u E, W u u Eurasian Collared-Dove l W r Orange-crowned Warbler u E, W u u Band-tailed Pigeon W a SWALLOWS Nashville Warbler E, W r Mourning Dove E, W u u u Tree Swallow u E, W abab u MacGillivray’s Warbler u E, W c c Violet-green Swallow u E, W, A c c u Common Yellowthroat u E, W c c OWLS Northern Rough-winged Swallow American Redstart u E, W u u Western Screech-Owl u E, W r r r r u E, W u u u Cape May Warbler E,W a a Great Horned Owl u E, W u u u u Bank Swallow u E, W u u u Northern Parula W a Snowy Owl E, W r r Cliff Swallow u E, W, A c c u Bay-breasted Warbler W a Northern Hawk Owl u E, W r r r r Barn Swallow u E, W c c u Yellow Warbler u E, W c c u Northern Pygmy-Owl u E, W u u u u Blackpoll Warbler E, W r Burrowing Owl W a CHICKADEES Yellow-rumped Warbler u E, W c ab u Barred Owl u E, W u u u u Black-capped Chickadee u E, W c c c c Townsend’s Warbler u E, W c c Great Gray Owl u E, W r r r r Mountain Chickadee u E, W c c c c Wilson’s Warbler u E, W c c Long-eared Owl u E, W r r Boreal Chickadee u E, W u u u u Northern Waterthrush u E, W c c Short-eared Owl E, W r r Chestnut-backed Chickadee u E, W u u u u Ovenbird E, W r Boreal Owl u E, W r r r r Yellow-breasted Chat W a a Northern Saw-whet Owl u E, W r r r r NUTHATCHES, CREEPER Red-breasted Nuthatch u E, W c c c c SPARROWS, TOWHEES NIGHTHAWK White-breasted Nuthatch u E, W r r r r Green-tailed Towhee E a Common Nighthawk u E, W u u r Brown Creeper u E, W u u u u Spotted Towhee u E, W u u American Tree Sparrow E, W r r r SWIFTS WRENS, DIPPER Chipping Sparrow u E, W c ab u Black Swift u E, W r r r Rock Wren u E, W, A u u u Clay-colored Sparrow u E, W u u Vaux’s Swift u E, W u u House Wren u E, W u u Brewer’s Sparrow u E, W u u White-throated Swift E, W, A a a Pacific Wren u E, W c c u r Vesper Sparrow u E, W u u u Marsh Wren W a Lark Sparrow W r HUMMINGBIRDS American Dipper u E, W c c c u Savannah Sparrow u E, W c c Black-chinned Hummingbird u W r r LeConte’s Sparrow u E, W r r Rufous Hummingbird u E, W, A c c KINGLETS Fox Sparrow u E, W c c u Calliope Hummingbird u E, W, A c c Golden-crowned Kinglet u E, W c c c c Song Sparrow u E, W u u u r Ruby-crowned Kinglet u E, W ab ab c Lincoln’s Sparrow u E, W u u u KINGFISHER White-throated Sparrow E, W r r r r Belted Kingfisher u E, W u u u r BLUEBIRDS, THRUSHES, SOLITAIRE White-crowned Sparrow u E, W, A c ab c Eastern Bluebird E a Harris’s Sparrow E, W r r WOODPECKERS Western Bluebird E, W r Dark-eyed Junco u E, W c ab c u Lewis’s Woodpecker u E, W u u r Mountain Bluebird u E, W, A c c c Red-headed Woodpecker E a Swainson’s Thrush u E, W abab c TANAGER, GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS Downy Woodpecker u E, W c c c c Hermit Thrush u E, W, A c c c Western Tanager u E, W c c r Hairy Woodpecker u E, W c c c c Varied Thrush u E, W c c c r Rose-breasted Grosbeak E, W a White-headed Woodpecker W a Veery u E, W r r r Black-headed Grosbeak u E, W u u u American Three-toed Woodpecker American Robin u E, W ab ab c r Evening Grosbeak u E, W c c c c u E, W c c c c Townsend’s Solitaire u E, W, A c c c u Pine Grosbeak u E, W u u u u Black-backed Woodpecker u E, W r r r r Lazuli Bunting u E, W u u Pileated Woodpecker u E, W c c c c MOCKINGBIRD, CATBIRD Indigo Bunting W a Northern Flicker u E, W c c c r Gray Catbird u E, W u u u Lark Bunting E, W a a Williamson’s Sapsucker u E, W r r Sage Thrasher W a Snow Bunting E, W u u u Red-naped Sapsucker u E, W c c u Northern Mockingbird W a BLACKBIRDS FLYCATCHERS STARLING Bobolink E, W r Olive-sided Flycatcher u E, W c c European Starling l u E, W, i u u u r Western Meadowlark u E, W r r r Alder Flycatcher E, W r r Red-winged Blackbird u E, W u u Willow Flycatcher u E, W u u PIPIT Yellow-headed Blackbird E, W r Least Flycatcher u E, W r r American Pipit u E, W, A u u u Rusty Blackbird E, W a a Hammond’s Flycatcher u E, W c c Brewer’s Blackbird E, W r r Dusky Flycatcher u E, W c c WAXWINGS Common Grackle E r Cordilleran Flycatcher E, W r r Bohemian Waxwing E, W r r u Brown-headed Cowbird u E, W u u u Ash-throated Flycatcher W a Cedar Waxwing u E, W c c c Bullock’s Oriole u E, W a a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher W a Western Wood-Pewee u E, W u u LONGSPURS FINCHES, CROSSBILLS Say’s Phoebe E, W r r Lapland Longspur E, W, A r r r Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch u E, W, A u u u u Western Kingbird E, W r r Chestnut-collared Longspur E, W r House Finch W r r Eastern Kingbird u E, W u u McCown’s Longspur E,W r r Cassin’s Finch u E, W u u u American Goldfinch E, W r r r SHRIKES Red Crossbill u E, W c c c c Loggerhead Shrike E, W a a a White-winged Crossbill u E, W u u u u Northern Shrike E, W r r r Common Redpoll E, W u u u Hoary Redpoll W r VIREOS Pine Siskin u E, W, A c c c u Cassin’s Vireo u E, W u u Warbling Vireo u E, W abab Red-eyed Vireo u E, W u u

JAYS, MAGPIE, CROW, RAVEN Gray Jay u E, W c c c c Steller’s Jay u E, W c c c c Blue Jay E, W r r r r Clark’s Nutcracker u E, W, A u u u u Black-billed Magpie u E, W u u u u American Crow u E,W u u u r Common Raven u E, W, A c c c c

Harlequin Ducks - COURTESY JOHN ASHLEY