Common Wetland Birds of
Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge
Grebes
Cormorants & Pelicans
Horned
Grebe
Eared
Grebe
Double-crested
Cormorant
American White
Pelican
Pied-billed
Grebe
Western
Grebe
Clark’s
Grebe
Ducks
Dabbling Ducks
Diving Ducks
American
Wigeon
Cinnamon
Teal
Ruddy
Duck
Canvasback
Green-winged
Teal
Bufflehead
Northern
Pintail
Northern
Shoveler
Common
Goldeneye
Created by PRBO Conservation Science’s Education and Outreach Program
through support from National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and in
partnership with Klamath Bird Observatory and US Fish & Wildlife
Service. Artwork by Jerry Buzzell and Alan Pearson.
This and other educational resources available at www.prbo.org/klamath
Herons
Great Blue
Heron
Great Egret
Black-crowned
Night Heron
Coots
Snowy
Egret
American
Coot
Shorebirds
Stilts & Avocets
Western
Sandpiper
Blacknecked
Stilt
Sandpipers
Dowitcher
Dunlin
Least
Sandpiper
American
Avocet
Willet
Plovers
Killdeer
Long-billed Curlew
Gulls & Terns
Special Note:
California
Gull
Forster’s
Tern
Ring-billed
Gull
Caspian
Tern
Artwork by Alan Pearson
Black Tern
A small tern with gray wings and
thin, pointed bill. In spring-summer,
when breeding, its body feathers
are black. Nests along edges of
Refuge wetlands.