Custom Species Lists
Species of concern in the Salish Sea
The following list is drawn from a 2016 paper written by Joe Gaydos and Jacqlynn Zier of the SeaDoc Society that discusses the increase in species of concern in the Salish Sea. As of December 1, 2015, there were 125 species at risk in the Salish Sea, more than twice the number of species at risk when the indicator was first established in 2002. The paper was presented at the 2016 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, April 13 - April 15, 2016, Vancouver, BC. Read more and download the paper.
The Salish Sea ranges from the Strait of Georgia and Desolation Sound in Canada to the boundaries of Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. View a map of the Salish Sea watershed.
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American Avocet
(Recurvirostra americana) -
American Bittern
(Botaurus lentiginosus) -
American Golden-Plover
(Pluvialis dominica) -
American Kestrel
(Falco sparverius) -
American Peregrine Falcon
(Falco peregrinus anatum) -
American White Pelican
(Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) -
Ancient Murrelet
(Synthliboramphus antiquus) -
Bald Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) -
Band-tailed Pigeon
(Patagioenas fasciata) -
Black-footed Albatross
(Phoebastria nigripes) -
Black-legged Kittiwake
(Rissa tridactyla) -
Brandt's Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax penicillatus) -
Brant
(Branta bernicla) -
Brown Pelican
(Pelecanus occidentalis) -
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
(Tryngites subruficollis) -
Buller's Shearwater
(Puffinus bulleri) -
California Gull
(Larus californicus) -
Caspian Tern
(Hydroprogne caspia) -
Cassin's Auklet
(Ptychoramphus aleuticus) -
Clark's Grebe
(Aechmophorus clarkii) -
Common Loon
(Gavia immer) -
Common Murre
(Uria aalge) -
Common Scoter
(Melanitta nigra) -
Double-crested Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax auritus) -
Dusky Canada Goose
(Branta canadensis occidentalis) -
Eared Grebe
(Podiceps nigricollis) -
Flesh-footed Shearwater
(Puffinus carneipes) -
Forster's Tern
(Sterna forsteri) -
Great Blue Heron
(Ardea herodias) -
Green Heron
(Butorides virescens) -
Gyrfalcon
(Falco rusticolus) -
Horned Grebe
(Podiceps auritus) -
Horned Puffin
(Fratercula corniculata) -
Hudsonian Godwit
(Limosa haemastica) -
Killdeer
(Charadrius vociferus) -
Long-billed Curlew
(Numenius americanus) -
Long-billed Dowitcher
(Limnodromus scolopaceus) -
Long-tailed Duck
(Clangula hyemalis) -
Marbled Murrelet
(Brachyramphus marmoratus) -
Northern Fulmar
(Fulmarus glacialis) -
Parasitic Jaeger
(Stercorarius parasiticus) -
Peale's Peregrine Falcon
(Falco peregrinus pealei) -
Pectoral Sandpiper
(Calidris melanotos) -
Pelagic Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax pelagicus) -
Pink-footed Shearwater
(Puffinus creatopus) -
Purple Martin
(Progne subis) -
Red Knot
(Calidris canutus) -
Red-necked Phalarope
(Phalaropus lobatus) -
Rough-legged Hawk
(Buteo lagopus) -
Sandhill Crane
(Grus canadensis) -
Semipalmated Sandpiper
(Calidris pusilla) -
Short-billed Dowitcher
(Limnodromus griseus) -
Short-eared Owl
(Asio flammeus) -
Surf Scoter
(Melanitta perspicillata) -
Tufted Puffin
(Fratercula cirrhata) -
Tundra Swan
(Cygnus columbianus) -
Wandering Tattler
(Tringa incana) -
Western Grebe
(Aechmophorus occidentalis) -
Yellow-billed Loon
(Gavia adamsii)
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- Abarenicola claparedi - (Rough-skinned lugworm)
- Abarenicola pacifica - (Pacific lugworm)
- Abarenicola sp.
- Abies amabilis - (Pacific Silver Fir)
- Abies concolor - (White Fir)
- Abies grandis - (Grand Fir)
- Abies lasiocarpa - (Subalpine Fir)
- Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa - (Subalpine Fir)
- Abies procera - (Noble Fir)
- Abietinaria sp
Resource attribution
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Species descriptions and data provided by:
External links
- BirdWeb
- Burke Museum
- Native plant list (King County)
- Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program
- USGS: Nonindigenous Aquatic Species in Puget Sound
- Washington Herp Atlas
- Washington Invasive Species Council
- Washington Natural Heritage Program
- Washington Natural Heritage Program species lists
- World Register of Marine Species
