TY - GEN
TI - Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary: Seabirds List
AU - National Marine Sanctuaries
AB - Seabirds, ranging in size from tiny storm-petrels to majestic black-footed albatross roam over the wave tops offshore in Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Sea stacks and islands provide critical nesting habitat for common murres and tufted puffins. Sand and gravel beaches furnish habitat for shorebirds, crows, gulls and a host of others. The coastline forms an important migratory pathway for millions of birds that pass through each year, guiding ducks, geese, cranes and raptors toward northern breeding areas during the spring and southward, as winter approaches.Common NameScientificNameHabitatStatusLOONS AND GREBES:Common LoonGavia immerOcean, baysMBTA, WSSPacific loonGavia pacificaOceanMBTARed-throated loonGavia stellataOcean, baysMBTAHorned grebePodiceps auritusOcean, baysMBTARed-necked grebePodiceps grisegenaCoastal watersMBTAWestern grebeAechmophorus occidentalisOcean, baysMBTA, WSCTUBENOSES:Black-footed albatrossDiomedea nigripesOpen oceanMBTALaysan albatrossDiomedea nigripesOpen oceanMBTABuller's shearwaterPuffinus bulleriOpen oceanMBTAFlesh-footed shearwaterPuffinus carneipesOpen oceanMBTAPink-footed shearwaterPuffinus creatopusOpen oceanMBTAShort-tailed shearwaterPuffinus tenuirostrisOpen oceanMBTASooty shearwaterPuffinus griseusOpen oceanMBTANorthern fulmarFulmaris glacialisOpen oceanMBTAFork-tailed storm petrelOceandroma furcataOpen oceanMBTALeach's storm petrelOceandroma leucorhoaOpen oceanMBTAPELICANS AND CORMORANTS:Brown pelicanPelecanus occidentalisOcean, baysMBTA, FE, WSE*Brandt's cormorantPhalacrocorax penicillatuOcean, coastMBTA, WSCDouble-crested cormorantPhalacrocorax auritisCoast, baysMBTAPelagic cormorantPhalacrocorax pelagicusCoast, cliffsMBTAGEESE AND DUCKS:Aleutian Canada gooseBranta canadensis leucopareiaLakes, bays, marshesMBTA, FCo, WSTBrantBranta berniclaCoastal watersMBTABlack scoterMelanitta nigraCoastal watersMBTASurf scoterMelanitta perspicillataOcean surf, baysMBTAWhite-winged scoterMelanitta fuscaBays, oceanMBTAHarlequin duckHistrionicus histrionicusRough coastal waterMBTAOldsquawClangula hyemalisOceanMBTABuffleheadBucephala albeolaBaysMBTACommon goldeneyeBucephala clangula Bays, oceanMBTAGreater scaupAythya marilaBays, estuariesMBTARed-breasted merganserMergus serratorBays, oceanMBTACommon merganserMergus merganseEstuariesMBTAEAGLES, OSPREYS AND FALCONS:Bald eagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus Coast, cliffMBTA, FT, WST*OspreyPandion haliaetusCoastMBTAPeregrine falconFalco peregrinusCoast, cliffs, MBTA, FCo, WSSOYSTERCATCHERS:Black oystercatcherHaematopus bachmaniRocky coast and islandsMBTAPLOVERS:KilldeerCharadrius vociferusShoreMBTASemipalmated ploverCharadrius semipalmatusShore, tidelandsMBTASnowy ploverCharadrius alexandrinuBeaches, sandflatsMBTA, FT, WSEAmerican golden ploverPluvalis dominicusShores, MudflatsMBTABlack-bellied ploverPluvalis squatarolaMudflats, marshes, shoresMBTASANDPIPERS, TURNSTONES, SURFBIRDS AND PHALAROPES:Black turnstoneArenaria melanocephalaRocky shore and mudflatsMBTARuddy turnstoneArenaria interpresBeaches, rocksMBTAMarbled godwitLimosa fedoaBeaches, tideflatsMBTAGreater yellowlegsTringa melanoleucaMarshes, mudflatsMBTALesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesMarshes, mudflatsMBTASpotted sandpiperActitis maculariaShoreMBTAWhimbrelNumenius phaeopusShores, marshesMBTAWandering tattlerHeteroscelus incanusRocky coasts, beachesMBTALong-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusMudflatsMBTAShort-billed dowitcherLimnodromus griseusMudflatsMBTARock sandpiperCalidris ptilocnemisRocky shoresMBTABaird's sandpiperCalidris bairdiiMudflats, shoresMBTALeast sandpiperCalidris minutillaTideflats, shoresMBTASanderlingCalidris albaOuter beaches, tideflatsMBTAWestern sandpiperCalidris mauriBeaches, marshesMBTARed phalaropePhalaropus fulicariaOcean, estuariesMBTARed-necked phalaropePhalaropus lobatusOcean, baysMBTAJAEGERS AND SKUAS:Long-tailed jaegerStercorarius longicaudusOceanMBTAParasitic jaegerStercorarius parasiticusOcean, baysMBTAPomarine jaegerStercorarius pomarinusOcean, baysMBTASouth polar skuaCatharacta mccormickiOcean, baysMBTAGULLS AND TERNS:Bonaparte's gullLarus philadelphiaOcean, baysMBTACalifornia gullLarus californicusCoast, beachesMBTAGlaucous-winged gullLarus glaucescensCoast, ocean, baysMBTAHeermann's gullLarus heermanniCoast and nearby oceanMBTAHerring gullLarus argentatusCoast, ocean, baysMBTAMew gullLarus brachyrhynchosCoastal watersMBTAThayer's gullLarus thayeriOceanMBTAWestern gullLarus thayeriOceanMBTABlack-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaOceanMBTACaspian ternSterna caspiaCoast, baysMBTACommon ternSterna hirundoOcean, bays, beachesMBTAForster's ternSterna forsteriOcean, bays, marshesMBTAArctic ternSterna paradisaeaOcean, coastMBTAALCIDS:Ancient murreletSynthliboramphus antiquumOceanMBTACassin's aukletPtychoramphus aleuticusOceanMBTA, FCo, WSCCommon murreUria aalgeOcean, baysMBTA, WSCMarbled murreletBrachyramphus marmoratusCoastal waters, baysMBTA, FT, WST*Pigeon guillemotCepphus columbaOcean, rocky coastMBTARhinoceros aukletCerorhinca monocerataOceanMBTATufted puffinLunda cirrhataOceanMBTA, FCo, WSCKINGFISHERS AND HERONS:Belted kingfisherCeryle alcyonMarshes, shores, tideflatsMBTAGreat blue heronArdea herodiasMarshes, tideflatsMBTAFT - Federally Threatened, under the Endangered Species ActFE - Federally Endangered, under the Endangered Species ActFCo - Federal Species of ConcernWST - Washington State ThreatenedWSE - Washington State EndangeredWSS - Washington State SensitiveWSC - Washington State CandidateMBTA - Migratory Bird Treaty ActR- resident (present all year, but could be far out at sea and not visible from shore)W - winterSp - springS - summerF - fall* Indicates the species is under review for a change of status at the Washington State level
DA - 2004/07//
PY - 2004
PB - National Marine Sanctuaries
UR - https://olympiccoast.noaa.gov/living/marinelife/birds/
LA - English
KW - Birds
KW - Raptors
KW - Seabirds
KW - Shorebirds
KW - Waterfowl
ER -