Atlas of Birds, Mammals, Amphibians, and Reptiles in Wyoming
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ATLAS OF BIRDS, MAMMALS, AMPHIBIANS, AND REPTILES IN WYOMING USFWS National Digital Library USFWS National Digital Library USFWS National Digital Library USFWS National Digital Library Wyoming Game and Fish Department Nongame Program Statewide Wildlife and Habitat Management Section Wildlife Division December 2016 ATLAS OF BIRDS, MAMMALS, AMPHIBIANS, AND REPTILES IN WYOMING Wyoming Game and Fish Department Nongame Program Statewide Wildlife and Habitat Management Section Wildlife Division December 2016 Compiled and edited by: Andrea Orabona, Courtney Rudd, Nichole Bjornlie, Zack Walker, Susan Patla, and Bob Oakleaf Wyoming Game and Fish Department Nongame Program 260 Buena Vista Lander, WY 82520 Suggested Citation: Orabona, A. C., C. K. Rudd, N. L. Bjornlie, Z. J. Walker, S. M. Patla, and R. J. Oakleaf. 2016. Atlas of Birds, Mammals, Amphibians, and Reptiles in Wyoming. Wyoming Game and Fish Department Nongame Program, Lander, USA. TABLE OF CONTENTS Figure 1. Latilongs in Wyoming ........................................................................................................ i Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 1 Methods ........................................................................................................................................... 2 Explanation of Records ..................................................................................................................... 4 Name and Status, WBRC ......................................................................................................... 4 Mgmt. Status .......................................................................................................................... 6 Habitat .................................................................................................................................... 6 Comments ............................................................................................................................... 6 Distribution ............................................................................................................................. 7 Birds – Symbol Definitions ...................................................................................................... 7 Mammals – Symbol Definitions .............................................................................................. 8 Amphibians and Reptiles – Symbol Definitions ...................................................................... 8 Updates to the Atlas ......................................................................................................................... 8 Table 1. Seasonal Status Definitions ................................................................................................ 9 Table 2. Abundance Definitions....................................................................................................... 9 Table 3. Vertebrate Life Forms ...................................................................................................... 10 Table 4. Management Status ......................................................................................................... 11 Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................ 12 Literature Cited ............................................................................................................................... 12 Birds ................................................................................................................................................ 17 Mammals ...................................................................................................................................... 130 Amphibians and Reptiles .............................................................................................................. 162 Index ............................................................................................................................................. 174 Index of Common Names ................................................................................................... 175 Index of Scientific Names ................................................................................................... 196 Appendix I ..................................................................................................................................... 217 Rare and Unusual Bird Sighting Form ................................................................................. 218 Rare and Unusual Bird Sighting Form – Photograph Only .................................................. 220 How to Document Sightings of Rare and Unusual Birds .................................................... 221 Mammal Observation Record Form ................................................................................... 222 Appendix II .................................................................................................................................... 223 Documentation Requested for All Sightings (Birds) ........................................................... 224 Documentation Requested for First Latilong Sightings (Birds)........................................... 225 Appendix III ................................................................................................................................... 226 Habitat Codes and Descriptions ......................................................................................... 227 o 111 o Latitude and Longitude Degree Blocks in Wyoming o o o o o o o 110 105 104 45 109 108 107 106 o Frannie 212 Ranchester 212 45 ¤£ Deaver ¤£ Cowley Lovell Dayton Byron SHERIDAN Hulett «¬120 ¤£14A SHERIDAN Powell ¤£14 310 59 ¤£ Clearmont «¬ Cody CROOK 1 B I G H O R N 2 ¤£14 Burlington 4 5 6 7 Sundance 3 Pine PARK Gillette Haven Basin Buffalo Moorcroft Manderson Meeteetse ¨§¦90 Upton o Worland Ten o 120 CAMPBELL 16 «¬ 16 Sleep JOHNSON CAMPBELL ¤£ 44 44 ¤£89 ¤£ JOHNSON Newcastle WASHAKIE 26 WASHAKIE WESTON ¤£ WESTON ¤£85 HOT Kirby Wright TETON HOT Kaycee SPRINGS Dubois Thermopolis «¬387 «¬22 14 Jackson 8 9 10 11 12 Midwest 13 Edgerton «¬59 Pavillion Shoshoni Alpine ¤£20 NATRONA o NATRONA NIOBRARA o 43 Riverton NIOBRARA 43 Thayne FREMONT CONVERSE Pinedale Evansville Glenrock ¤£18 89 Mills ¤£ Lander Lost Manville Casper 25 Afton SUBLETTE ¨§¦ Douglas Springs Lusk ¤£20 Marbleton Big «¬220 15 ¤£287 Glendo 15 Piney 16 17 18 19 20 21 £85 189 ¤ ¤£ 28 Hartville 89 191 «¬ 487 «¬ ¤£ «¬ Guernsey La Barge Bairoil 26 ¤£ Lingle Cokeville o Wheatland GOSHEN o 42 LINCOLN 42 ¤£30 PLATTE Yoder ALBANY Hanna ¬89 Kemmerer Rawlins Medicine « Diamondville £30 Rock Superior Bow ¤ «¬34 Chugwater Opal ¨§¦80 River SWEETWATER Sinclair Elk Granger Green Mountain La Grange River Wamsutter CARBON ¤£85 22 Rock 24 27 28 Albin ¤£189 23 Springs 24 25 Saratoga26 «¬89 Lyman ¬789 UINTA « «¬130 Laramie LARAMIE Evanston Mountain View £191 Burns ¤ Riverside Pine «¬150 «¬230 Cheyenne o Bluffs o ¤£85 41 41 Baggs Dixon o o o o 111 o o o o 104 110 109 108 107 106 105 0 25 50 100 µ Miles INTRODUCTION In 1979, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (Department) and the Bighorn Audubon Society compiled a working draft of the Wyoming Avian Atlas. The first edition of the Wyoming Avian Atlas was published in 1982 under the authorship of Robert (Bob) Oakleaf, Helen Downing, Bert Raynes, Meg Raynes, and Oliver K. Scott. Updates were provided each year in the Threatened, Endangered, and Nongame Bird and Mammal Investigations Annual Completion Reports. In 1981, Scott Findholt, Bob Oakleaf, and Bill Long published a Working Draft of the Wyoming Mammal Atlas. Updates were provided in some Annual Completion Reports. In 1991, the Department published a revision of both atlases, titled the Draft Distribution and Status of Wyoming Birds and Mammals. This publication included all of the information in the Avian Atlas and the draft Mammal Atlas. Several hundred people, without whom this effort would not have been possible, contributed to the 1991 draft publication. A combined Bird and Mammal Atlas, edited by Bob Oakleaf, Bob Luce, Sharon Ritter, and Andrea Orabona Cerovski, was published in 1992. Annual updates were provided to all persons who received the 1992 Atlas. These updates included hundreds of observations of birds and mammals, including many for which little information was previously available. A large number of bat observations were added due to a special project carried out between 1994 and 1996 to document bat distribution in Wyoming. In 1997, Nongame Program biologist, John Priday, initiated an effort to gather data from a variety of sources to compile current distribution data for the amphibians and reptiles of Wyoming. After initial review within the Department, the decision was made to publish this information with the Bird and Mammal Atlas, and the title was changed to the Atlas of Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, and Amphibians to reflect this inclusion. Updates to the 1997 Atlas continued as new information became available, and reprints occurred in 1999 and 2004. In 2005, the Atlas was made available on the Department’s web site, negating the need for paper copies to be mailed. However, original hard copies and electronic files of both the Atlas and annual Atlas updates remain available from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Nongame Bird Biologist in Lander. The Atlas and annual