Custom Species Lists
The following list represents terrestrial vertebrates found within the Puget Sound watershed. Species occurrence is based on distribution maps from the USGS Northwest Gap Analysis Project that intersect with Puget Sound Water Resource Inventory Areas. Read more.
Terrestrial vertebrates: birds
- Recurvirostra americana - (American Avocet)
- Botaurus lentiginosus - (American Bittern)
- Fulica americana - (American Coot)
- Corvus brachyrhynchos - (American Crow)
- Cinclus mexicanus - (American Dipper)
- Pluvialis dominica - (American Golden-Plover)
- Spinus tristis - (American Goldfinch)
- Falco sparverius - (American Kestrel)
- Anthus rubescens - (American Pipit)
- Setophaga ruticilla - (American Redstart)
- Turdus migratorius - (American Robin)
- Picoides dorsalis - (American Three-toed Woodpecker)
- Spizella arborea - (American Tree Sparrow)
- Pelecanus erythrorhynchos - (American White Pelican)
- Anas americana - (American Wigeon)
- Synthliboramphus antiquus - (Ancient Murrelet)
- Calypte anna - (Anna's Hummingbird)
- Sterna paradisaea - (Arctic Tern)
- Myiarchus cinerascens - (Ash-throated Flycatcher)
- Calidris bairdii - (Baird's Sandpiper)
- Haliaeetus leucocephalus - (Bald Eagle)
- Patagioenas fasciata - (Band-tailed Pigeon)
- Riparia riparia - (Bank Swallow)
- Tyto alba - (Barn Owl)
- Hirundo rustica - (Barn Swallow)
- Strix varia - (Barred Owl)
- Bucephala islandica - (Barrow's Goldeneye)
- Megaceryle alcyon - (Belted Kingfisher)
- Thryomanes bewickii - (Bewick's Wren)
- Haematopus bachmani - (Black Oystercatcher)
- Cypseloides niger - (Black Swift)
- Chlidonias niger - (Black Tern)
- Arenaria melanocephala - (Black Turnstone)
- Picoides arcticus - (Black-backed Woodpecker)
- Pluvialis squatarola - (Black-bellied Plover)
- Poecile atricapillus - (Black-capped Chickadee)
- Archilochus alexandri - (Black-chinned Hummingbird)
- Nycticorax nycticorax - (Black-crowned Night-Heron)
- Pheucticus melanocephalus - (Black-headed Grosbeak)
- Himantopus mexicanus - (Black-necked Stilt)
- Dendroica nigrescens - (Black-throated Gray Warbler)
- Amphispiza bilineata - (Black-throated Sparrow)
- Anas discors - (Blue-winged Teal)
- Dolichonyx oryzivorus - (Bobolink)
- Bombycilla garrulus - (Bohemian Waxwing)
- Chroicocephalus philadelphia - (Bonaparte's Gull)
- Poecile hudsonicus - (Boreal Chickadee)
- Aegolius funereus - (Boreal Owl)
- Phalacrocorax penicillatus - (Brandt's Cormorant)
- Branta bernicla - (Brant)
- Euphagus cyanocephalus - (Brewer's Blackbird)
- Spizella breweri - (Brewer's Sparrow)
- Certhia americana - (Brown Creeper)
- Pelecanus occidentalis - (Brown Pelican)
- Molothrus ater - (Brown-headed Cowbird)
- Bucephala albeola - (Bufflehead)
- Icterus bullockii - (Bullock's Oriole)
- Athene cunicularia - (Burrowing Owl)
- Psaltriparus minimus - (Bushtit)
- Branta hutchinsii - (Cackling Goose)
- Larus californicus - (California Gull)
- Callipepla californica - (California Quail)
- Stellula calliope - (Calliope Hummingbird)
- Branta canadensis - (Canada Goose)
- Aythya valisineria - (Canvasback)
- Hydroprogne caspia - (Caspian Tern)
- Ptychoramphus aleuticus - (Cassin's Auklet)
- Carpodacus cassinii - (Cassin's Finch)
- Vireo cassinii - (Cassin's Vireo)
- Bubulcus ibis - (Cattle Egret)
- Bombycilla cedrorum - (Cedar Waxwing)
- Poecile rufescens - (Chestnut-backed Chickadee)
- Spizella passerina - (Chipping Sparrow)
- Anas cyanoptera - (Cinnamon Teal)
- Aechmophorus clarkii - (Clark's Grebe)
- Nucifraga columbiana - (Clark's Nutcracker)
- Spizella pallida - (Clay-colored Sparrow)
- Petrochelidon pyrrhonota - (Cliff Swallow)
- Bucephala clangula - (Common Goldeneye)
- Gavia immer - (Common Loon)
- Mergus merganser - (Common Merganser)
- Uria aalge - (Common Murre)
- Chordeiles minor - (Common Nighthawk)
- Phalaenoptilus nuttallii - (Common Poorwill)
- Corvus corax - (Common Raven)
- Acanthis flammea - (Common Redpoll)
- Melanitta nigra - (Common Scoter)
- Sterna hirundo - (Common Tern)
- Geothlypis trichas - (Common Yellowthroat)
- Accipiter cooperii - (Cooper's Hawk)
- Junco hyemalis - (Dark-eyed Junco)
- Phalacrocorax auritus - (Double-crested Cormorant)
- Picoides pubescens - (Downy Woodpecker)
- Calidris alpina - (Dunlin)
- Empidonax oberholseri - (Dusky Flycatcher)
- Podiceps nigricollis - (Eared Grebe)
- Tyrannus tyrannus - (Eastern Kingbird)
- Streptopelia decaocto - (Eurasian Collared-Dove)
- Anas penelope - (Eurasian Wigeon)
- Sturnus vulgaris - (European Starling)