This page contains a checklist for VERTEBRATE organisms
of Eagle Lake Basin, Lassen County, California, organized
by class: Amphibia, Aves, Fishes, Mammals, Reptilia
A Checklist of the Amphibians of the Eagle Lake Basin,
Lassen County, California *
Revised by R. J. Bogiatto, 2006
Class: Amphibia - The Amphibians
Order: Caudata - Salamanders
Family: Ambystomatidae - the mole salamanders
Ambystoma macrodactylum - Long-Toed Salamander
Order: Anura - Frogs, Toads, Treefrogs, etc.
Family: Pelobatidae - the spadefoots
Spea intermontana - Great Basin Spadefoot
Family: Bufonidae - the true toads
Bufo boreas - Western Toad
Family: Hylidae - the treefrogs and chorus frogs
Hyla regilla - Pacific Treefrog
Family: Ranidae - the true frogs
Rana catesbeiana - Bullfrog (exotic)
• Taxonomy according to Stebbins, R. C. 2003. A field guide to western
reptiles and amphibians. Houghton Mifflin Co., New York. 533pp.
A Checklist of Bird Species
for the Eagle Lake Basin, Lassen County, California
by R. J. Bogiatto, 2006*
Family: Anatidae
Family: Podicipedidae
_____ Tundra Swan
_____ Greater White-Fronted Goose
_____ Snow Goose
_____ Canada Goose – Western Race
_____ Mallard
_____ Gadwall
_____ Green-Winged Teal
_____ American Wigeon
_____ Northern Pintail
_____ Northern Shoveler
_____ Blue-Winged Teal
_____ Cinnamon Teal
_____ Canvasback
_____ Redhead
_____ Ring-Necked Duck
_____ Greater Scaup
_____ Lesser Scaup
_____ Barrow’s Goldeneye
_____ Common Goldeneye
_____ Bufflehead
_____ Common Merganser
_____ Red-Breasted Merganser
_____ Hooded Merganser
_____ Ruddy Duck
_____ Horned Grebe
_____ Eared Grebe
_____ Pied-Billed Grebe
_____ Red-Necked Grebe
_____ Western Grebe
_____ Clark’s Grebe
Family: Pelecanidae
_____ American White Pelican
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
_____ Double-Crested Cormorant
Family: Ardeidae
_____ American Bittern
_____ Black-Crowned Night-Heron
_____ Snowy Egret
_____ Great Egret
_____ Great Blue Heron
Family: Threskiornithidae
_____ White-Faced Ibis
Family: Cathartidae
_____ Turkey Vulture
Family: Phasianidae
_____ Blue Grouse
_____ Greater Sage-Grouse
_____ _______________
Family: Accipitridae
Family: Odontophoridae
_____ Golden Eagle
_____ Bald Eagle
_____ Sharp-Shinned Hawk
_____ Cooper’s Hawk
_____ California Quail
_____ Mountain Quail
Family: Gaviidae
_____ Common Loon
_____ Pacific Loon
_____ Osprey
_____ White-Tailed Kite
_____ Northern Harrier
_____ Northern Goshawk
_____ Red-Tailed Hawk
_____ Swainson’s Hawk
_____ Rough-Legged Hawk
_____ Ferruginous Hawk
_____ _____________________
Family: Falconidae
Family: Columbidae
_____ American Kestrel
_____ Merlin
_____ Prairie Falcon
_____ Peregrine Falcon
______ Mourning dove
______ Band-tailed Pigeon
______ Rock Pigeon
Family: Tytonidae
Family: Rallidae
_____ Barn Owl
_____ Virginia Rail
_____ Sora
_____ American Coot
Family: Strigidae
_____ Short-Eared Owl
_____ Long-Eared Owl
Family: Gruidae
_____ Sandhill Crane
Family: Charadriidae
_____ Snowy Plover
_____ Semi-Palmated Plover
_____ Killdeer
_____ Great Horned Owl
_____ Northern Saw-Whet Owl
_____ Northern Pygmy-Owl
_____ Flammulated Owl
_____ _______________
Family: Caprimulgidae
_____ Common Nighthawk
Family: Recurvirostridae
_____ Common Poorwill
_____ American Avocet
_____ Black-Necked Stilt
Family: Apodidae
_____ Vaux’s Swift
Family: Scolopacidae
_____ Greater Yellowlegs
_____ Lesser Yellowlegs
_____ Marbled Godwit
_____ Willet
_____ Long-Billed Curlew
_____ Western Sandpiper
_____ Least Sandpiper
_____ Solitary Sandpiper
_____ Spotted Sandpiper
_____ Wilson’s Snipe
_____ Long-Billed Dowitcher
_____ Wilson’s Phalarope
Fa mily: Lar ida e
_____ Ring-Billed Gull
_____ Herring Gull
_____ California Gull
_____ Bonaparte’s Gull
_____ Black Tern
_____ Forster’s Tern
_____ Caspian Tern
Family: Trochilidae
_____ Black-Chinned Hummingbird
_____ Calliope Hummingbird
_____ Rufous Hummingbird
_____ _________________
Family: Alcedinidae
_____ Belted Kingfisher
Family: Picidae
_____ Northern Flicker
_____ Red-Naped Sapsucker
_____ Red-Breasted Sapsucker
_____ Williamson’s Sapsucker
_____ White-Headed Woodpecker
_____ Downy Woodpecker
_____ Hairy Woodpecker
_____ Black-Backed Woodpecker
_____ _________________
Order: Passeriformes – Perching Birds
Family: Tyrannidae
Family: Sittidae
_____ Western Wood-Pewee
_____ Olive-Sided Flycatcher
_____ Gray Flycatcher
_____ Cordilleran Flycatcher
_____ Dusky Flycatcher
_____ Ash-Throated Flycatcher
_____ Western Kingbird
_____ _______________
_____ White-Breasted Nuthatch
_____ Red-Breasted Nuthatch
_____ Pygmy Nuthatch
Family: Certhiidae
_____ Brown Creeper
Family: Troglodytidae
Family: Vireonidae
_____ House Wren
_____ Winter Wren
_____ Bewick’s Wren
_____ Rock Wren
_____ Canyon Wren
_____ Marsh Wren
_____ Plumbeous Vireo
_____ Warbling Vireo
_____ _______________
Family: Cinclidae
Family: Laniidae
_____ Loggerhead Shrike
_____ Northern Shrike
_____ American Dipper
Family: Corvidae
Family: Regulidae
_____ Steller’s Jay
_____ Western Scrub-Jay
_____ Pinon Jay
_____ Black-Billed Magpie
_____ Common Raven
_____ American Crow
_____ Clark’s Nutcracker
_____ Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
_____ Golden-Crowned Kinglet
Family: Sylviidae
_____ Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Family: Turdidae
Family: Hirundinidae
_____ Tree Swallow
_____ Violet-Green Swallow
_____ Bank Swallow
_____ Cliff Swallow
_____ Northern Rough-Winged Swallow
_____ Barn Swallow
_____ American Robin
_____ Varied Thrush
_____ Townsend’s Solitaire
_____ Hermit Thrush
_____ Western Bluebird
_____ Mountain Bluebird
Family: Sturnidae
_____ European Starling
Family: Paridae
Family: Motacillidae
_____ Juniper Titmouse
_____ Mountain Chickadee
_____ American Pipit
Family: Bombycillidae
Family: Aegithalidae
_____ Bushtit
_____ Cedar Waxwing
_____ Bohemian Waxwing
Family: Parulidae
_____ Orange-Crowned Warbler
_____ Nashville Warbler
_____ Yellow-Rumped Warbler
_____ Black-Throated Gray Warbler
_____ Yellow Warbler
_____ Townsend’s Warbler
_____ Hermit Warbler
_____ Wilson’s Warbler
_____ _______________
_____ Purple Finch
_____ Evening Grosbeak
_____ American Goldfinch
_____ Lesser Goldfinch
_____ Pine Siskin
_____ Red Crossbill
_____ ______________
Family: Passeridae
_____ House Sparrow
_____ _______________
Family: Thraupidae
_____ Western Tanager
OTHER AVIAN SIGHTINGS
_____ _______________
_____ _______________
_____ _______________
Family: Emberizidae
_____ Green-Tailed Towhee
_____ Spotted Towhee
_____ Chipping Sparrow
_____ Lark Sparrow
_____ Grasshopper Sparrow
_____ Fox Sparrow
_____ Savannah Sparrow
_____ Sage Sparrow
_____ Song Sparrow
_____ White-Crowned Sparrow
_____ Golden-Crowned Sparrow
_____ Vesper Sparrow
_____ Brewer’s Sparrow
_____ Black-Throated Sparrow
_____ Dark-Eyed Junco
_____ ___________________
Family: Cardinalidae
_____ Black-Headed Grosbeak
_____ Lazuli Bunting
_____ ___________________
Family: Icteridae
_____ Western Meadowlark
_____ Yellow-Headed Blackbird
_____ Red-Winged Blackbird
_____ Tricolored Blackbird
_____ Brewer’s Blackbird
_____ Brown-Headed Cowbird
_____ Bullock’s Oriole
Family: Fringillidae
_____ Cassin’s Finch
_____ House Finch
* Avian species list was compiled based on
records of Dr. Rhys Bowen, UC, Davis and
R. J. Bogiatto, M.S., Department of Biology
CSU, Chico. Taxonomy according to the
A. O. U. Checklist, 7th Edition, and its recent
supplements.
CHECKLIST OF THE FISHES OF THE EAGLE LAKE
BASIN *
Revised in 2006 by R. J. Bogiatto
Family: Salmonidae (Trout, Salmon, and Char)
species: Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout
(Oncorhynchus mykiss aquilarum)
species: Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) - exotic
species: Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) - exotic
Family: Cyprinidae (Minnows)
species: Tui Chub (Siphateles (=Gila) bicolor)
species: Lahontan Redside (Richardsonius egregius)
species: Speckled Dace (Rhinichthys osculus)
Family: Catostomidae (Suckers)
species: Tahoe Sucker (Catostomus tahoensis)
Family: Cottidae (Sculpins)
species: Paiute Sculpin (Cottus beldingi)
----------------------------------------------------------------------* Taxonomy according to Moyle, P. B. 2002. Inland Fishes of
Univ. of California Press, Berkeley. 502pp.
California.
A Checklist of Mammals for the
Eagle Lake Basin, Lassen County, California*
Revised in 2006 by R. J. Bogiatto
ORDER: RODENTIA
Family: Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Yellow-pine Chipmunk - Tamias amoenus
Shadow Chipmunk - Tamias senex
Lodgepole Chipmunk - Tamias speciosus
Yellow-bellied Marmot - Marmota flaviventris
Belding's Ground Squirrel - Spermophilus beldingi
California Ground Squirrel - Spermophilus beecheyi
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel - Spermophilus lateralis
Western Gray Squirrel - Sciurus griseus
Douglas's Squirrel (chickaree) - Tamiasciurus douglasii
Northern Flying Squirrel - Glaucomys sabrinus
Family: Geomyidae (Pocket Gophers)
Mountain Pocket Gopher - Thomomys monticola
Family: Heteromyidae (Pocket Mice and Kangaroo Rats)
Great Basin Pocket Mouse - Perognathus parvus
California Kangaroo Rat - Dipodomys californicus
Family: Dipodidae (Jumping Mice and Allies)
Western Jumping Mouse - Zapus princeps
Family: Cricetidae (New World Rats, Mice, Voles, and Allies)
Western Harvest Mouse - Reithrodontomys megalotis
Pinon Deermouse - Peromyscus truei
North American Deermouse - Peromyscus maniculatus
Brush Deermouse - Peromyscus boylii
Dusky-footed Woodrat - Neotoma fuscipes
Desert Woodrat – Neotoma lepida
Bushy-tailed Woodrat - Neotoma cinerea
Montane Vole - Microtus montanus
Long-tailed Vole - Microtus longicaudus
Common Muskrat - Ondatra zibethicus
Family: Erethizontidae (New World Porcupines)
North American Porcupine - Erethizon dorsatum
ORDER: LAGOMORPHA
Family: Ochotonidae (Pikas)
American Pika - Ochotona princeps
Family: Leporidae (Rabbits and Hares)
Brush Rabbit - Sylvilagus bachmani
Mountain Cottontail - Sylvilagus nuttallii
Black-tailed Jackrabbit - Lepus californicus
ORDER: SORICOMORP HA
Family: Soricidae (Shrews)
Water Shrew - Sorex palustris
Vagrant Shrew – Sorex vagrans
Trowbridge's Shrew - Sorex trowbridgii
Family: Talpidae (Moles)
Broad-footed Mole - Scapanus latimanus
ORDER: CHIROPTERA
Family: Molossidae (Free-tailed Bats)
Mexican Free-tailed Bat - Tadarida brasiliensis
Family: Vespertilionidae (Evening or Vesper Bats)
Little Brown Myotis - Myotis lucifugus
Yuma Myotis - Myotis yumanensis
Long-eared Myotis - Myotis evotis
Fringed Myotis - Myotis thysanodes
California Myotis - Myotis californicus
Long-legged Myotis - Myotis volans
Western Small-footed Myotis - Myotis ciliolabrum
Silver-haired Bat - Lasionycteris noctivagans
Western Pipistrelle - Pipistrellus hesperus
Big Brown Bat - Eptesicus fuscus
Western Red Bat - Lasiurus blossevillii
Hoary Bat - Lasiurus cinereus
Townsend's Big-eared Bat - Corynorhinus townsendii
Pallid Bat - Antrozous pallidus
ORDER: CARNIVORA
Family: Felidae (Cats)
Bobcat - Lynx rufus
Puma (=Mountain Lion) - Puma concolor
Family: Canidae (Dogs)
Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes
Coyote - Canis latrans
Gray Fox - Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Family: Mustelidae (Weasels)
Ermine - Mustela erminea
Long-tailed Weasel - Mustela frenata
American Mink - Neovison vison
American Badger - Taxidea taxus
Northern river Otter - Lontra canadensis
Family: Ursidae (Bears)
Black Bear - Ursus americanus
Family: Mephitidae (Skunks)
Striped Skunk - Mephitis mephitis
Western Spotted Skunk - Spilogale gracilis
Family: Procyonidae (Raccoon and Ringtail)
Ringtail - Bassariscus astutus
Northern Raccoon - Procyon lotor
ORDER: ARTIODACTYLA
Family: Cervidae (Deer)
Mule Deer - Odocoileus hemionus
Family: Antilocapridae (Pronghorn)
Pronghorn - Antilocapra americana
* Taxonomy according to Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds). 2005.
Mammal species of the world. Smithsonian Institution Press.
A CHECKLIST OF THE REPTILES FOUND WITHIN
THE EAGLE LAKE BASIN, LASSEN COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA*
Revised in 2006 by R. J. Bogiatto
CLASS: REPTILIA
Order: Squamata - snakes and lizards
Suborder: Sauria - Lizards
Family: Phrynosomatidae - Phrynosomatid Lizards
Sceloporus occidentalis - Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus graciosus - Sagebrush Lizard
Family: Scincidae - Skinks
Eumeces skiltonianus - Western Skink
Family: Anguidae - the alligator lizards
Elgaria coerulea - Northern Alligator Lizard
Suborder: Serpentes - Snakes
Family: Boidae - Boas
Charina bottae - Rubber Boa
Family: Colubridae - Colubrid Snakes
Coluber constrictor - Racer
Pituophis catenifer - Gopher Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis - Common Garter Snake
Thamnophis elegans - Western Terrestrial Garter Snake
Thamnophis couchii - Sierra Garter Snake
Lampropeltis getula - Common Kingsnake
Lampropeltis zonata - California Mountain Kingsnake
Family: Viperidae - Vipers and Pit Vipers
Crotalus viridis - Western Rattlesnake
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Taxonomy according to Stebbins, R. C. 2003. A field guide to western reptiles
and amphibians. Houghton Mifflin Co., New York. 533pp.