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
- Mergus serrator - (Red-breasted Merganser)
- Sitta canadensis - (Red-breasted Nuthatch)
- Sphyrapicus ruber - (Red-breasted Sapsucker)
- Vireo olivaceus - (Red-eyed Vireo)
- Sphyrapicus nuchalis - (Red-naped Sapsucker)
- Podiceps grisegena - (Red-necked Grebe)
- Phalaropus lobatus - (Red-necked Phalarope)
- Buteo jamaicensis - (Red-tailed Hawk)
- Gavia stellata - (Red-throated Loon)
- Agelaius phoeniceus - (Red-winged Blackbird)
- Aythya americana - (Redhead)
- Cerorhinca monocerata - (Rhinoceros Auklet)
- Larus delawarensis - (Ring-billed Gull)
- Aythya collaris - (Ring-necked Duck)
- Phasianus colchicus - (Ring-necked Pheasant)
- Columba livia - (Rock Pigeon)
- Calidris ptilocnemis - (Rock Sandpiper)
- Salpinctes obsoletus - (Rock Wren)
- Buteo lagopus - (Rough-legged Hawk)
- Oxyura jamaicensis - (Ruddy Duck)
- Arenaria interpres - (Ruddy Turnstone)
- Bonasa umbellus - (Ruffed Grouse)
- Selasphorus rufus - (Rufous Hummingbird)
- Amphispiza belli - (Sage Sparrow)
- Oreoscoptes montanus - (Sage Thrasher)
- Calidris alba - (Sanderling)
- Grus canadensis - (Sandhill Crane)
- Passerculus sandwichensis - (Savannah Sparrow)
- Sayornis saya - (Say's Phoebe)
- Calidris pusilla - (Semipalmated Sandpiper)
- Accipiter striatus - (Sharp-shinned Hawk)
- Limnodromus griseus - (Short-billed Dowitcher)
- Asio flammeus - (Short-eared Owl)
- Plectrophenax nivalis - (Snow Bunting)
- Chen caerulescens - (Snow Goose)
- Bubo scandiacus - (Snowy Owl)
- Tringa solitaria - (Solitary Sandpiper)
- Melospiza melodia - (Song Sparrow)
- Dendragapus fuliginosus - (Sooty Grouse)
- Porzana carolina - (Sora)
- Strix occidentalis - (Spotted Owl)
- Actitis macularius - (Spotted Sandpiper)
- Pipilo maculatus - (Spotted Towhee)
- Falcipennis canadensis - (Spruce Grouse)
- Cyanocitta stelleri - (Steller's Jay)
- Calidris himantopus - (Stilt Sandpiper)
- Melanitta perspicillata - (Surf Scoter)
- Aphriza virgata - (Surfbird)
- Buteo swainsoni - (Swainson's Hawk)
- Catharus ustulatus - (Swainson's Thrush)
- Larus thayeri - (Thayer's Gull)
- Myadestes townsendi - (Townsend's Solitaire)
- Dendroica townsendi - (Townsend's Warbler)
- Tachycineta bicolor - (Tree Swallow)
- Cygnus buccinator - (Trumpeter Swan)
- Fratercula cirrhata - (Tufted Puffin)
- Cygnus columbianus - (Tundra Swan)
- Cathartes aura - (Turkey Vulture)
- Bartramia longicauda - (Upland Sandpiper)
- Ixoreus naevius - (Varied Thrush)
- Chaetura vauxi - (Vaux's Swift)
- Catharus fuscescens - (Veery)
- Pooecetes gramineus - (Vesper Sparrow)
- Tachycineta thalassina - (Violet-green Swallow)
- Rallus limicola - (Virginia Rail)
- Tringa incana - (Wandering Tattler)
- Vireo gilvus - (Warbling Vireo)
- Sialia mexicana - (Western Bluebird)
- Aechmophorus occidentalis - (Western Grebe)
- Larus occidentalis - (Western Gull)
- Tyrannus verticalis - (Western Kingbird)
- Calidris mauri - (Western Sandpiper)
- Megascops kennicottii - (Western Screech-Owl)
- Aphelocoma californica - (Western Scrub-Jay)
- Piranga ludoviciana - (Western Tanager)
- Contopus sordidulus - (Western Wood-Pewee)
- Numenius phaeopus - (Whimbrel)
- Sitta carolinensis - (White-breasted Nuthatch)
- Zonotrichia leucophrys - (White-crowned Sparrow)
- Picoides albolarvatus - (White-headed Woodpecker)
- Elanus leucurus - (White-tailed Kite)
- Lagopus leucura - (White-tailed Ptarmigan)
- Zonotrichia albicollis - (White-throated Sparrow)
- Aeronautes saxatalis - (White-throated Swift)
- Loxia leucoptera - (White-winged Crossbill)
- Melanitta fusca - (White-winged Scoter)
- Meleagris gallopavo - (Wild Turkey)
- Tringa semipalmata - (Willet)
- Empidonax traillii - (Willow Flycatcher)
- Phalaropus tricolor - (Wilson's Phalarope)
- Gallinago delicata - (Wilson's Snipe)
- Wilsonia pusilla - (Wilson's Warbler)
- Troglodytes troglodytes - (Winter Wren)
- Aix sponsa - (Wood Duck)
- Dendroica petechia - (Yellow Warbler)
- Coccyzus americanus - (Yellow-billed Cuckoo)
- Icteria virens - (Yellow-breasted Chat)
- Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus - (Yellow-headed Blackbird)
- Dendroica coronata - (Yellow-rumped Warbler)