Bird List


Birds of Mount Rainier Photo Gallery


Check List for Mount Rainier

Symbols describing Status and Relative Abundance
a - abundant: easily observed in many habitats
c - common: high probability of observation in suitable habitat
uc - uncommon: likely to be present, but probablilty of observation low
o - occasional: seldom observed
r - rare: rarely observed

Observed Species

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

Nesting
LOONS          
Common Loon

r

  

r

    
GREBES          
Western Grebe    

r

    
HERONS          
Great Blue Heron  

uc

uc

    

Observed Species

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

Nesting
WATERFOWL          
Canada Goose

r

  

r

    
Green-winged Teal    

o

    
Mallard  

o

o

o

  
Northern Pintail  

r

  

o

  
Harlequin Duck  

o

o

  

x
Barrow's Goldeneye  

o

o

    
Common Merganser  

r

r

o

x

Observed Species

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

Nesting
EAGLES & HAWKS          
Osprey    

r

    
Bald Eagle  

o

r

    
Northern Harrier    

uc

uc

  
Sharp-shinned Hawk

uc

  

uc

    
Cooper's Hawk

o

o

o

o

x
Northern Goshawk

o

o

o

o

x
Swainson's Hawk  

r

uc

  

x
Red-tailed Hawk

c

c

c

  

x
Rough-legged Hawk    

uc

    
Golden Eagle  

uc

uc

  

x
FALCONS          
American Kestrel

uc

uc

uc

  

x
Merlin      

o

  
Peregrine Falcon      

r

  
Prairie Falcon    

uc

    
GROUSE          
Blue Grouse

c

c

c

c

x
White-tailed Ptarmigan

uc

uc

uc

uc

x
Ruffed Grouse

uc

uc

uc

uc

x

Observed Species

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

Nesting
PLOVERS          
Killdeer    

r

r

  
SANDPIPERS          
Greater Yellowlegs

r

  

r

    
Solitary Sandpiper

r

  

r

    
Spotted Sandpiper

uc

uc

uc

  

x
GULLS          
California Gull  

r

      
PIGEONS          
Band-tailed Pigeon

uc

uc

uc

  

x

Observed Species

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

Nesting
OWLS          
Western Screech-Owl

uc

uc

uc

uc

x
Great Horned Owl

uc

uc

uc

uc

x
Northern Pygmy-Owl

uc

uc

uc

uc

x
Spotted Owl

o

o

o

o

x
Barred Owl

o

o

o

o

x
Long-eared Owl    

r

    
Northern Saw-whet Owl

o

o

o

o

x
NIGHTHAWKS          
Common Nighthawk  

uc

      
SWIFTS          
Black Swift

uc

uc

uc

  

x
Vaux's Swift

c

c

c

  

x

Observed Species

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

Nesting
HUMMINGBIRDS          
Calliope Hummingbird

o

o

o

  

x
Rufous Hummingbird

c

c

c

  

x
KINGFISHERS          
Belted Kingfisher

o

uc

o

  

x
WOODPECKERS          
Lewis' Woodpecker

r

r

r

  

x
Red-breasted Sapsucker

uc

uc

uc

uc

x
Downy Woodpecker

o

o

o

r

x
Hairy Woodpecker

uc

uc

uc

uc

x
Three-toed Woodpecker

o

o

o

o

x
Black-backed Woodpecker

r

r

r

r

x
Northern Flicker

c

c

c

uc

x
Pileated Woodpecker

o

o

o

o

x
FLYCATCHERS          
Olive-sided Flycatcher

uc

uc

uc

  

x
Western Wood-Pewee

o

o

o

  

x
Willow Flycatcher

r

r

r

  

x
Hammond's Flycatcher

r

r

r

  

x
Dusky Flycatcher

o

o

o

  

x
Pacific-slope Flycatcher

c

c

c

  

x

Observed Species

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

Nesting
LARKS          
Horned Lark

uc

uc

uc

  

x
SWALLOWS          
Tree Swallow

o

o

o

  

x
Violet-green Swallow

c

c

c

  

x
Barn Swallow

c

c

c

  

x
CROWS & JAYS          
Gray Jay

a

a

a

a

x
Steller's Jay

c

c

c

c

x
Clark's Nutcracker

c

c

c

uc

x
American Crow  

r

r

r

  
Common Raven

c

c

c

c

x

Observed Species

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

Nesting
CHICKADEES          
Black-capped Chickadee

r

r

r

  

x
Mountain Chickadee

c

c

c

c

x
Chestnut-backed Chickadee

c

c

c

c

x
NUTHATCHES          
Red-breasted Nuthatch

c

c

c

uc

x
CREEPERS          
Brown Creeper

c

c

c

uc

x
WRENS          
Winter Wren

c

c

c

c

x
DIPPERS          
American Dipper

uc

uc

uc

uc

x

Observed Species

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

Nesting
KINGLETS & THRUSHES          
Golden-crowned Kinglet

c

c

c

  

x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

uc

  

uc

    
Western Bluebird

r

r

r

  

x
Mountain Bluebird

o

o

o

  

x
Townsend's Solitaire

o

o

o

    
Swainson's Thrush

uc

uc

uc

  

x
Hermit Thrush

c

c

uc

  

x
American Robin

c

c

c

  

x
Varied Thrush

c

c

c

  

x
PIPITS          
American Pipit

c

c

c

  

x
WAXWINGS          
Cedar Waxwing

uc

uc

uc

  

x
STARLINGS          
European Starling

o

o

o

  

x
VIREOS          
Solitary Vireo

o

o

o

  

x
Warbling Vireo

uc

uc

uc

  

x

Observed Species

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

Nesting
WARBLERS          
Orange-crowned Warbler

uc

uc

uc

  

x
Nashville Warbler

uc

o

uc

  

x
Yellow Warbler

uc

o

uc

  

x
Yellow-rumped Warbler

uc

uc

uc

  

x
Black-throated Gray Warbler

r

r

r

  

x
Townsend's Warbler

uc

uc

uc

  

x
Hermit Warbler  

o

o

  

x
MacGillivray's Warbler

uc

uc

uc

  

x
Common Yellowthroat

o

o

o

  

x
Wilson's Warbler  

o

uc

    
TANAGERS          
Western Tanager

uc

uc

uc

  

x
Black-headed Grosbeak

r

r

r

  

x
SPARROWS          
Chipping Sparrow

uc

uc

uc

  

x
Savannah Sparrow  

r

r

    
Fox Sparrow

uc

uc

uc

  

x
Song Sparrow

uc

uc

uc

  

x
Lincoln's Sparrow

uc

o

uc

  

x
White-crowned Sparrow

o

o

uc

    
Golden-crowned Sparrow

o

o

c

  

x
Dark-eyed Junco

a

a

a

c

x
Snow Bunting      

r

  
OLD WORLD SPARROWS          
House Sparrow (introduced)    

o

o

x
BLACKBIRDS          
Red-winged Blackbird

uc

uc

uc

  

x
Brewer's Blackbird  

o

o

    
Brown-headed Cowbird

r

r

r

  

x

Observed Species

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

Nesting
FINCHES          
Gray crowned rosy finch  

c

c

uc

x
Pine Grosbeak

o

o

o

  

x
Purple Finch

o

o

o

r

x
Cassin's Finch

uc

uc

uc

  

x
Red Crossbill

o

o

o

  

x
White-winged Crossbill

r

r

r

    
Pine Siskin

c

c

c

uc

x
American Goldfinch

o

o

r

  

x
Evening Grosbeak

o

uc

o

r

x

Accidentals: (recorded, but not regularly observed)
American Wigeon Baird's Sandpiper Barn Owl
Black-billed Magpie Blue-winged Teal Boreal Owl
Bufflehead Bushtit California Quail
Canyon Wren Caspian Tern Cinnamon Teal
Common Redpoll Common Snipe Ferruginous Hawk
Hooded Merganser Lazuli Bunting Long-eared Owl
Marbled Murrelet Mourning Dove Northern rough-winged Swallow
Northern Shrike Pied-billed Grebe Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-necked Phalarope Ring-billed Gull Ring-necked Duck
Rock Wren Rufous-sided Towhee Semipalmated Sandpiper
Snow Bunting Snowy Owl Turkey Vulture
Vesper Sparrow Virginia Rail Western Meadowlark
White-breasted Nuthatch White-winged Scoter Williamson's Sapsucker
Wilson's Phalarope Wood Duck  


Last Updated:Thursday, 06-May-2004 13:03:03 Eastern Daylight Time
http://www.nps.gov/archive/mora/ncrd/birdlist.htm
Author: Natural & Cultural Resources Division


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