chickadees & bushtits
q * chestnut-backed chickadee
q * bushtit
cR
cR
nuthatches & creepers
q * red-breasted nuthatch
q * brown creeper
cR
cR
wrens
q
q
q
q
* Bewick’s wren
* house wren
* winter wren
marsh wren
cR
fcS
cR
fcS raW
dippers
q American dipper
raW
kinglets & thrushes
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
golden-crowned kinglet
ruby-crowned kinglet
Townsend’s solitaire
mountain bluebird
western bluebird
varied thrush
* American robin
* Swainson’s thrush
hermit thrush
uS cW
fcW
uT raT
raS
uS cW
cR
cS
uW fcT
cS raW
wood warblers, tanagers, sparrows,
buntings, meadowlarks & blackbirds
q * orange-crowned warbler
q * yellow warbler
yellow-rumped warbler--
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
* Audubon’s
Myrtle
black-throated gray warbler
* Townsend’s warbler
* MacGillivray’s warbler
* common yellowthroat
* Wilson’s warbler
cS
cS
cS raW
fcT
uS
cS raW
fcS
cS
fcS
q western tanager
fcS
q black-headed grosbeak
uS
* chipping sparrow
* savannah sparrow
vesper sparrow
golden-crowned sparrow
white-throated sparrow
* white-crowned sparrow
fox sparrow
* song sparrow
Lincoln’s sparrow
* dark-eyed junco
Lapland longspur
snow bunting
cS
fcS cT
ca1
cW
uW
cS uW
uS cW
cR
raW uT
cR
raTf
raTf
q
q
q
q
q
western meadowlark
* brown-headed cowbird
yellow-headed blackbird
* red-winged blackbird
* Brewer’s blackbird
raW
fcR
ca2
cR
cS
q evening grosbeak
q pine grosbeak
raR
raW
finches
q
q
q
q
q
q
gray-crowned rosy-finch
* purple finch
* house finch
* red crossbill
pine siskin
* American goldfinch
q * house sparrow
waxwings
q * cedar waxwing
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
raW cT
pipits
q American pipit
cR
ca1
starlings
q * European starling
cR
Bird names & taxonomic order follow
mimids
q northern mockingbird
q * spotted towhee
ca2
cR
cR
cR
cR
cS
old world sparrows
cR
The Sibley Guide to Birds 2000
Very rare, casual or out-of-season sightings
should be immediately reported to:
Additions or corrections to this checklist
are welcome and will be used to update
future editions. Please report sightings
with accompaning field notes or photos to:
great gray owl
orchard oriole
rock wren
scissor-tailed flycatcher
smew snowy egret
www.saltspringconservancy.ca
PO Box 722, SSI, BC V8K 2W3
250-538-0318
[email protected]
Thanks to those birders that reported sightings
and reviewed earlier drafts of this checklist
Prepared (1989) by David E Fraser
Revised (2007) by Donna & John de Haan, Ken Mugridge, Bob Nation, John Sprague & Bob Weeden
182 sq km, plus local waters
Explanation of Symbols:
Relative abundance
N.B.- many species are common but rarely seen
c fc
u ra
ca
*
(1)
common-large numbers 25-100 per day
fairly common-often seen or heard. 5-25 per day
uncommon- small numbers seen or heard 1-5 per day
rare-less than 10 times per year
casual-less than one per year, often outside normal range
known to breed locally
indicates number of records for casual species
Seasonal Status
R
S W
T
Tsp
Tf
white-faced ibis
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Resident, present all year
Summer
Winter
Transient spring & fall
Transient spring
Transient fall loons
q
q
q
q
q
red-throated loon
Pacific loon arctic loon common loon yellow-billed loon raS uW
raS cW
ca1
uS cW
raW
grebes
q
q
q
q
q
q
red-necked grebe horned grebe eared grebe pied-billed grebe western grebe Clark’s grebe raS cW
raS cW
raW
raS fcW
uS cW
ca1
shearwaters & fulmars
q northern fulmar q short-tailed shearwater
q sooty shearwater ca1
ca1
q * double-crested cormorant cR
q * pelagic cormorant cR
q Brandt’s cormorant uS fcW
herons & bitterns
q
q
q
q
American bittern * great blue heron great egret cattle egret ca1
cR
ca1
ca
q mute swan q trumpeter swan q tundra swan uR cW
fcW uT
uT
cR
uTsp
raW uT
ca1
uR
cR
raT
fcW
raS cW
uW
raS uW
raS
raS
raS cW
uW
raW
ca1
* Canada goose brant gtr. white-fronted goose
snow goose * wood duck * mallard gadwall northern pintail American wigeon Eurasian wigeon northern shoveler
cinnamon teal blue-winged teal green-winged teal canvasback redhead tufted duck q * turkey vulture cW raS cW
fcW ca1 uS cW
uW uS cW
uW uS fcW
raS cW
cW raS cW
fcS cW
uS cW uS cW raS uW
ospreys, eagles, hawks & falcons
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
northern harrier sharp-shinned hawk * Cooper’s hawk northern goshawk Swainson’s hawk * red-tailed hawk rough-legged hawk golden eagle * bald eagle * osprey * merlin American kestrel * peregrine falcon q
q
q
q
q
* California quail mountain quail * ring-necked pheasant
* blue grouse * ruffed grouse raW fcR cT fcR raR ca1 uW cS raW raT cR
fcS uR fcT raW raT
uR fcT
raT cR
fcR
sandpipers & phalaropes
q greater yellowlegs q lesser yellowlegs uT uS raW
fcW uT
raW raT
uT uW fcT
uW fcW uT raT cT fcT fcT raR raT uT
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
long-tailed jaeger parasitic jaeger little gull Bonaparte’s gull Franklin’s gull mew gull ring-billed gull California gull herring gull Thayer’s gull glaucous gull
* glaucous-winged gull
western gull Heermann’s gull Caspian tern common tern ca1 raT ca2 uW fcT
raT uS cW raW raW cT
uW cW raW
gucR raS uW
uT raS fcT
q
q
q
q
q
common murre * pigeon guillemot ancient murrelet marbled murrelet rhinoceros auklet fcS cW
fcR uW fcR fcS raW
q mourning dove q * rock dove q band-tailed pigeon uW
uT
goatsuckers
q * common nighthawk q Vaux’s swift q black swift q * Anna’s hummingbird q * rufous hummingbird barn owl short-eared owl * great horned owl snowy owl raR raW raT
uR raW
q
q
q
q
* barred owl n. saw-whet owl
* w. screech owl northern pygmy-owl fcR
raR
fcR
raR
uR
cS
kingfishers
q * belted kingfisher cR
woodpeckers
q
q
q
q
q
* red-breasted sapsucker * downy woodpecker * hairy woodpecker * northern flicker * pileated woodpecker fcR
cR
cR
cR
cR
tyrant flycatchers
q
q
q
q
q
* olive-sided flycatcher western wood-peewee
* Pacific slope flycatcher * willow flycatcher eastern kingbird fcS
raS
cS
cS
ca1
shrikes
q northern shrike raW
vireos
q warbling vireo q Hutton’s vireo q Cassin’s vireo fcS
fcR
fcS
jays, magpies & crows
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
uS
uS
hummingbirds
larks
fcS
swifts
raS cR fcS uW
barn-owls & typical owls
oystercatchers
q * black oystercatcher
solitary sandpiper spotted sandpiper ruddy turnstone black turnstone wandering tattler surfbird rock sandpiper dunlin pectoral sandpiper Baird’s sandpiper western sandpiper long-billed dowitcher
short-billed dowitcher * common snipe red phalarope red-necked phalarope
pigeons & doves
fcW uS raW
rS
plovers
q black-bellied plover q * killdeer q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
auks & murres
cR ca1 uR fcR fcR
rails and coots
q American coot q * Virginia rail q * sora jaegers, gulls & terns
cS
quail, pheasants & grouse
swans, geese & ducks
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
ring-necked duck greater scaup lesser scaup king eider harlequin duck long-tailed duck surf scoter black scoter white-winged scoter common goldeneye Barrow’s goldeneye * bufflehead * hooded merganser common merganser red-breasted merganser
ruddy duck vultures
cormorants
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
q
ca1
ca1
raTf
pelicans
q American white pelican
q brown pelican Steller’s jay gray jay Clark’s nutcracker black-billed magpie * common raven * northwestern crow q horned lark fcR
ca1
ca1
ca2
cR
cR
fcT
swallows
q
q
q
q
q
q
purple martin n. rough-winged swallow
* violet-green swallow tree swallow * cliff swallow * barn swallow raT
uS fcT
cS
uS fcT
uS
cS