List of wildlife of the Skagit River Basin
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This is a list of wildlife found in the Skagit River basin of the Pacific Northwest.
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[edit] Fish
- sockeye salmon
- chinook salmon
- chum salmon
- pink salmon
- coho salmon
- steelhead (rainbow trout)
- cutthroat trout
- Dolly Varden trout
- golden trout
- Eastern Brook Trout
brook trout - bull trout
- mountain whitefish
- peamouth
- northern pikeminnow (formerly known as northern squawfish)
- longnose dace
- redside shiner
- longnose sucker
- largescale sucker
- bridgelip sucker
- burbot (ling)
- slimy sculpin
- torrent sculpin
- coast range sculpin
- prickly sculpin
[edit] Reptiles and Amphibians
- rubber boa
- western garter snake
- common garter snake
- northwestern garter snake
- racer
- gopher snake
- northwestern salamander
- long-toed salamander
- Pacific giant salamander
- rough-skinned newt
- western red-backed salamander
- Van Dyke's salamander
- Cope's giant salamander
- Olympic salamander
- Ensatina
- Pacific treefrog
- tailed frog
- red-legged frog
- Cascades frog
- spotted frog
- bullfrog
- western toad
[edit] Mammals
- California myotis
- Yuma myotis
- little brown myotis
- long-eared myotis
- long-legged myotis
- hoary bat
- Townsend's big-eared bat
- silver-haired bat
- big brown bat
- yellow-pine chipmunk
- Townsend's chipmunk
- hoary marmot
- Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel
- western gray squirrel
- fox squirrel (introduced)
- Douglas's squirrel
- northern flying squirrel
- deermouse
- bushy-tailed woodrat
- red-backed vole
- heather vole
- meadow vole
- Townsend's vole
- long-tailed vole
- creeping vole
- water vole
- muskrat
- northern bog lemming
- Norway rat (introduced)
- black rat (introduced)
- house mouse (introduced)
- Pacific jumping mouse
- nutria (introduced)
- black bear
- grizzly bear (threatened)
- marten
- fisher
- ermine
- long-tailed weasel
- mink
- wolverine
- striped skunk
- western spotted skunk
- river otter
[edit] Birds
- tundra swan
- trumpeter swan
- snow goose
- Canada goose
- wood duck
- mallard
- northern pintail
- green-winged teal
- cinnamon teal
- northern shoveler
- gadwall
- American widgeon
bufflehead - redhead
- ring-necked duck
- greater scaup
- lesser scaup
- harlequin duck
- common goldeneye
- Barrow's goldeneye
- bufflehead
- hooded merganser
- red-breasted merganser
- ruddy duck
- turkey vulture
- osprey
- bald eagle
- northern harrier
- sharp-shinned hawk
- Cooper's hawk
pergrine falcon - northern goshawk
- red-tailed hawk
- rough-legged hawk
- golden eagle
- American kestrel
- merlin
- peregrine falcon
- prairie falcon
- spruce grouse
- blue grouse
- white-tailed ptarmigan
- ruffled grouse
- California grouse (introduced)
- sora
killdeer - American coot
- killdeer
- lesser yellowlegs
common snipe - greater yellowlegs
- solitary sandpiper
- spotted sandpiper
- pectoral sandpiper
- western sandpiper
- least sandpiper
- dunlin
- Baird's sandpiper
- common snipe
- Wilson's phalarope
- red-necked phalarope
- common barn owl
- western screech owl
- great horned owl
- northern pygmy owl
- northern spotted owl
- barred owl
- great grey owl
- long-eared owl
- short-eared owl
great grey owl
Nighthawks and Swifts
- Lewis' woodpecker
- red-breasted sapsucker
- downy woodpecker
pileated woodpecker - hairy woodpecker
- three-toed woodpecker
- northern flicker
- pileated woodpecker
- olive-sided flycatcher
- western wood-peewee
- willow flycatcher
- Hammond's flycatcher
- dusky flycatcher
western kingbird - Say's phoebe
- western kingbird
- eastern kingbird
- gray jay
- Steller's jay
- Clark's nutcracker
- black-billed magpie
common raven - American crow
- common raven
Chickadees, Nuthatche , Creepers
- black-capped chickadee
- mountain chickadee
- boreal chickadee
- chestnut-backed chickadee
- bushtit
- red-breasted nuthatch
- white-breasted nuthatch
- brown creeper
marsh wren
- mountain bluebird
- Townsend's solitaire
- veery
- Swainson's thrush
- hermit thrush
- American robin
- varied thrush
- European starling (introduced)
- orange-crowned warbler
- Nashville warbler
- yellow warbler
- yellow-rumped warbler
- black-throated gray warbler
- Townsend's warbler
- hermit warbler
- American redstart
- northern waterthrush
- Macgillvary's warbler
- common yellowthroat
- Wilson's warbler
Blackbirds, Meadowlarks, Orioles
- red-winged blackbird
- yellow-headed blackbird
- Brewer's blackbird
- western meadowlark
- brown-headed cowbird
- northern oriole
- black-headed grosbeak
- lazuli bunting
- rufous-sided towhee
- chipping sparrow
American goldfinch - Savannah sparrow
- fox sparrow
- song sparrow
- Lincoln's sparrow
- golden-crowned sparrow
- white-crowned sparrow
- white-throated sparrow
- dark-eyed junco
- rosy finch
- pine grosbeak
- purple finch
- house finch
- red crossbill
- white-winged crossbill
- common redpoll
- pine siskin
- American goldfinch
- evening grosbeak
- house sparrow (introduced)
[edit] References
Fish checklist (English). U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2006-05-22.
Mammal checklist (English). U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2006-05-22.
Bird checklist (English). U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2006-05-22.
Weisberg, Saul; Riedel, John; Johannessen, Tracie; and Scherer, Wendy (1993). "Sharing the Skagit, An Educator's Guide to the Skagit River Watershed". North Cascade Institute 0: 49-53.
