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
- Coccothraustes vespertinus - (Evening Grosbeak)
- Oceanodroma furcata - (Fork-tailed Storm-petrel)
- Sterna forsteri - (Forster's Tern)
- Passerella iliaca - (Fox Sparrow)
- Leucophaeus pipixcan - (Franklin's Gull)
- Anas strepera - (Gadwall)
- Larus hyperboreus - (Glaucous Gull)
- Larus glaucescens - (Glaucous-winged Gull)
- Aquila chrysaetos - (Golden Eagle)
- Regulus satrapa - (Golden-crowned Kinglet)
- Zonotrichia atricapilla - (Golden-crowned Sparrow)
- Ammodramus savannarum - (Grasshopper Sparrow)
- Dumetella carolinensis - (Gray Catbird)
- Empidonax wrightii - (Gray Flycatcher)
- Perisoreus canadensis - (Gray Jay)
- Leucosticte tephrocotis - (Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch)
- Ardea herodias - (Great Blue Heron)
- Ardea alba - (Great Egret)
- Strix nebulosa - (Great Gray Owl)
- Bubo virginianus - (Great Horned Owl)
- Aythya marila - (Greater Scaup)
- Anser albifrons - (Greater White-fronted Goose)
- Tringa melanoleuca - (Greater Yellowlegs)
- Butorides virescens - (Green Heron)
- Pipilo chlorurus - (Green-tailed Towhee)
- Anas crecca - (Green-winged Teal)
- Falco rusticolus - (Gyrfalcon)
- Picoides villosus - (Hairy Woodpecker)
- Empidonax hammondii - (Hammond's Flycatcher)
- Histrionicus histrionicus - (Harlequin Duck)
- Zonotrichia querula - (Harris's Sparrow)
- Larus heermanni - (Heermann's Gull)
- Catharus guttatus - (Hermit Thrush)
- Dendroica occidentalis - (Hermit Warbler)
- Larus argentatus - (Herring Gull)
- Lophodytes cucullatus - (Hooded Merganser)
- Podiceps auritus - (Horned Grebe)
- Eremophila alpestris - (Horned Lark)
- Carpodacus mexicanus - (House Finch)
- Passer domesticus - (House Sparrow)
- Troglodytes aedon - (House Wren)
- Vireo huttoni - (Hutton's Vireo)
- Charadrius vociferus - (Killdeer)
- Calcarius lapponicus - (Lapland Longspur)
- Chondestes grammacus - (Lark Sparrow)
- Passerina amoena - (Lazuli Bunting)
- Oceanodroma leucorhoa - (Leach's Storm-Petrel)
- Empidonax minimus - (Least Flycatcher)
- Calidris minutilla - (Least Sandpiper)
- Spinus psaltria - (Lesser Goldfinch)
- Aythya affinis - (Lesser Scaup)
- Tringa flavipes - (Lesser Yellowlegs)
- Melanerpes lewis - (Lewis Woodpecker)
- Melospiza lincolnii - (Lincoln's Sparrow)
- Lanius ludovicianus - (Loggerhead Shrike)
- Limnodromus scolopaceus - (Long-billed Dowitcher)
- Asio otus - (Long-eared Owl)
- Clangula hyemalis - (Long-tailed Duck)
- Oporornis tolmiei - (MacGillivray's Warbler)
- Anas platyrhynchos - (Mallard)
- Limosa fedoa - (Marbled Godwit)
- Brachyramphus marmoratus - (Marbled Murrelet)
- Cistothorus palustris - (Marsh Wren)
- Falco columbarius - (Merlin)
- Larus canus - (Mew Gull)
- Sialia currucoides - (Mountain Bluebird)
- Poecile gambeli - (Mountain Chickadee)
- Oreortyx pictus - (Mountain Quail)
- Zenaida macroura - (Mourning Dove)
- Oreothlypis ruficapilla - (Nashville Warbler)
- Colinus virginianus - (Northern Bobwhite)
- Colaptes auratus - (Northern Flicker)
- Accipiter gentilis - (Northern Goshawk)
- Circus cyaneus - (Northern Harrier)
- Mimus polyglottos - (Northern Mockingbird)
- Anas acuta - (Northern Pintail)
- Glaucidium gnoma - (Northern Pygmy-Owl)
- Stelgidopteryx serripennis - (Northern Rough-winged Swallow)
- Anas clypeata - (Northern Shoveler)
- Lanius excubitor - (Northern Shrike)
- Parkesia noveboracensis - (Northern Waterthrush)
- Corvus caurinus - (Northwestern Crow)
- Contopus cooperi - (Olive-sided Flycatcher)
- Oreothlypis celata - (Orange-crowned Warbler)
- Pandion haliaetus - (Osprey)
- Pluvialis fulva - (Pacific Golden-Plover)
- Gavia pacifica - (Pacific Loon)
- Empidonax difficilis - (Pacific-slope Flycatcher)
- Calidris melanotos - (Pectoral Sandpiper)
- Phalacrocorax pelagicus - (Pelagic Cormorant)
- Falco peregrinus - (Peregrine Falcon)
- Podilymbus podiceps - (Pied-billed Grebe)
- Cepphus columba - (Pigeon Guillemot)
- Dryocopus pileatus - (Pileated Woodpecker)
- Pinicola enucleator - (Pine Grosbeak)
- Spinus pinus - (Pine Siskin)
- Falco mexicanus - (Prairie Falcon)
- Carpodacus purpureus - (Purple Finch)
- Progne subis - (Purple Martin)
- Loxia curvirostra - (Red Crossbill)