List of birds of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area
This article is an incomplete list of the bird species found in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area in central Idaho.[1][2] This list is not an official list, but primarily consists of species that are likely to breed or winter in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and may exclude vagrants and migrants that may pass through during migration.
Greese, swans, and ducks
[edit]- Canada goose
- Wood duck
- American wigeon
- Gadwall
- Mallard
- Northern pintail
- Blue-winged teal
- Cinnamon teal
- Northern shoveler
- Green-winged teal
- Canvasback
- Redhead
- Ring-necked duck
- Lesser scaup
- Common goldeneye
- Bufflehead
- Ruddy duck
- Common merganser
- Hooded merganser
Gallinaceous birds
[edit]- Wild turkey
- Greater sage grouse
- Ruffed grouse
- Spruce grouse
- Dusky grouse
- Ring-necked pheasant (not native)
- Grey partridge
- Chukar
Grebes
[edit]Pelicans
[edit]Cormorants
[edit]Bitterns, herons, and allies
[edit]Cranes
[edit]New World vultures
[edit]Hawks, kites, eagles, and allies
[edit]- Bald eagle
- Golden eagle
- Osprey
- Sharp-shinned hawk
- Cooper's hawk
- Northern goshawk
- Northern harrier
- Rough-legged hawk
- Red-tailed hawk
- Swainson's hawk
- Ferruginous hawk
Caracaras and falcons
[edit]Coots, gallinules, and rails
[edit]Plovers
[edit]Sandpipers, phalaropes, and allies
[edit]Gulls
[edit]Pigeons and doves
[edit]- Rock pigeon (not native)
- Mourning dove
Owls
[edit]- Long-eared owl
- Great horned owl
- Barred owl
- Great grey owl
- Snowy owl
- Western screech owl
- Flammulated owl
- Northern saw-whet owl
- Boreal owl
- Mountain pygmy owl
Goatsuckers (nightjars)
[edit]Hummingbirds
[edit]Swifts
[edit]Kingfishers
[edit]Woodpeckers and allies
[edit]- Lewis's woodpecker
- Northern flicker
- Williamson's sapsucker
- Red-naped sapsucker
- Hairy woodpecker
- Downy woodpecker
- American three-toed woodpecker
- Black-backed woodpecker
- Pileated woodpecker
Tyrant flycatchers
[edit]- Olive-sided flycatcher
- Western wood pewee
- Willow flycatcher
- Cordilleran flycatcher
- Hammond's flycatcher
- American dusky flycatcher
Miscellaneous flycatchers
[edit]Shrikes
[edit]Vireos
[edit]Jays, crows, and allies
[edit]Swallows
[edit]- Tree swallow
- Bank swallow
- Northern rough-winged swallow
- Violet-green swallow
- Cliff swallow
- Barn swallow
Larks
[edit]Chickadees and titmice
[edit]Nuthatches
[edit]Creepers
[edit]Wrens
[edit]Dippers
[edit]Kinglets
[edit]Thrushes
[edit]- Western bluebird
- Mountain bluebird
- Townsend's solitaire
- Veery
- Swainson's thrush
- Hermit thrush
- American robin
Mockingbirds and thrashers
[edit]Waxwings
[edit]Starlings
[edit]- European starling (not native)
Wood-warblers
[edit]- Orange-crowned warbler
- Yellow warbler
- Yellow-rumped warbler
- American redstart
- MacGillivray's warbler
- Common yellowthroat
- Wilson's warbler
- Yellow-breasted chat
Tanagers
[edit]Emberizids
[edit]- Spotted towhee
- Lark sparrow
- American tree sparrow
- Chipping sparrow
- Brewer's sparrow
- Savannah sparrow
- Fox sparrow
- Song sparrow
- Lincoln's sparrow
- Vesper sparrow
- White-crowned sparrow
- Dark-eyed junco
- Lapland longspur
- Snow bunting
Cardinals, buntings, and allies
[edit]Blackbirds and orioles
[edit]- Western meadowlark
- Red-winged blackbird
- Yellow-headed blackbird
- Bobolink
- Brewer's blackbird
- Brown-headed cowbird
- Bullock's oriole
Finches and allies
[edit]- Black rosy finch
- Gray-crowned rosy finch
- Red crossbill
- House finch
- Cassin's finch
- Pine grosbeak
- Evening grosbeak
- American goldfinch
- Pine siskin
Old World sparrows
[edit]- House sparrow (not native)
See also
[edit]
- List of animals of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area
- Sawtooth National Forest
- Sawtooth National Recreation Area
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- U.S. Forest Service - Sawtooth National Recreation Area