page_title: Birds of North American boreal forests
section_title: Birds that are partially dependent on the boreal forests
hierarchical_section_title: Birds of North American boreal forests / Birds that are partially dependent on the boreal forests
caption_attribution_description: Ixoreus naevius English: Varied Thrush
context_page_description: The boreal forest or taiga of the North American continent stretches through a majority of Canada and most of central Alaska, extending spottily into the beginning of the Rocky Mountain range in Northern Montana and into New England and the Adirondack Mountains of New York. This habitat extends as far north as the tree line and discontinues in mixed deciduous-coniferous forests to the south. The "taiga", as it is called there, of Eurasia occupies a similar range on those continents. Throughout the Northern Hemisphere, the boreal forest covers 2.3 million square miles, a larger area than the remaining Brazilian Amazon rain forest. Although it is largely forest, the boreal forests include a network of lakes, river valleys, wetlands, peat lands and semi-open tundra.
  Only 8% of the Canadian boreal forest is protected and over 30% has already been designated for logging, energy and other development, much of it within the last decade. The U.S. is the leading importer of Canadian wood products as well as oil and gas, having purchased 20 billion dollars worth of Canadian forest products in 2001.
context_section_description: Although less than half of the following birds' North American populations nest in the boreal forests, a major portion of their species is reliant on this habitat. Many of these birds are more often aquatic and woodland generalist than species more dependent on the taiga.
  Greater white-fronted goose Anser albifrons
  Snow goose Chen caerulescens
  Canada goose Branta canadensis
  Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
  Northern shoveler, Anas clypeata
  Northern pintail, Anas acuta
  Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
  Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus
  Common eider, Somateria mollissima
  Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis
  Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator
  Willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus
  Rock ptarmigan, Lagopus muta
  Arctic loon, Gavia arctica
  Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata
  American white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
  Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
  American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus
  Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
  Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  Northern harrier, Circus cyaneus
  Sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter striatus
  Broad-winged hawk, Buteo platypterus
  Swainson's hawk, Buteo swainsoni
  Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
  Rough-legged hawk, Buteo lagopus
  Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
  Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus
  Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis
  Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva
  American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica
  Piping plover, Charadrius melodus
  Rock sandpiper, Calidris ptilocnemis
  Western sandpiper, Calidris mauri
  Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii
  Semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla
  Dunlin, Calidris alpina
  Stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus
  Long-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus
  American woodcock, Scolopax minor
  Wilson's phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor
  Franklin's gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan
  Ring-billed gull, Larus delawarensis
  Black tern, Chlidonias niger
  Long-tailed jaeger, Stercorarius longicaudus
  Parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus
  Black-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus
  Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus
  Barred owl, Strix varia
  Long-eared owl, Asio otus
  Northern saw-whet owl, Aegolius acadicus
  Belted kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon
  Hairy woodpecker, Picoides villosus
  Northern flicker, Colaptes auratus
  Pileated woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus
  Western wood-pewee, Contopus sordidulus
  Eastern phoebe, Sayornis phoebe
  Eastern kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus
  Warbling vireo, Vireo gilvus
  Red-eyed vireo, Vireo olivaceus
  Blue jay, Cyanocitta cristata
  Black-billed magpie, Pica hudsonia
  American crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos
  Common raven, Corvus corax
  Horned lark, Eremophila alpestris
  Tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor
  Bank swallow, Riparia riparia
  Black-capped chickadee, Poecile atricapillus
  Red-breasted nuthatch, Sitta canadensis
  Brown creeper, Certhia americana
  Winter wren, Troglodytes hiemalis
  Golden-crowned kinglet, Regulus satrapa
  Arctic warbler, Phylloscopus borealis
  Veery, Catharus fuscescens
  Varied thrush, Ixoreus naevius
  American pipit, Anthus rubescens
  Sprague's pipit, Anthus spragueii
  Townsend's solitaire, Myadestes townsendi
  American robin, Turdus migratorius
  Cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum
  Yellow warbler, Setophaga petechia
  Black-throated blue warbler, Setophaga caerulescens
  Common yellowthroat, Geothlypis trichas
  American redstart, Setophaga ruticilla
  Chipping sparrow, Spizella passerina
  Nelson's sparrow, Ammodramus nelsoni
  Savannah sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis
  Song sparrow, Melospiza melodia
  Smith's longspur, Calcarius pictus
  Lapland longspur, Calcarius lapponicus
  Snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis
  Rose-breasted grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus
  Common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula
  Purple finch Haemorhous purpureus
  Pine siskin, Spinus pinus
  Hoary redpoll, Acanthis hornemanni
  Evening grosbeak, Hesperiphona vespertina
caption: Varied thrush
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