page_title: List of wildlife of the Skagit River Basin
section_title: Birds
hierarchical_section_title: List of wildlife of the Skagit River Basin / Birds
context_page_description: This is a list of wildlife found in the Skagit River basin of the Pacific Northwest.
context_section_description: Loons
  Common loon
  Grebes
  Pied-billed grebe
  Horned grebe
  Eared grebe
  Western grebe
  Herons and bitterns
  Great blue heron
  Green-backed heron
  Swans, geese, ducks
  Tundra swan
  Trumpeter swan
  Snow goose
  Canada goose
  Wood duck
  Mallard
  Northern pintail
  Green-winged teal
  Cinnamon teal
  Northern shoveler
  Gadwall
  American wigeon
  Redhead
  Ring-necked duck
  Greater scaup
  Lesser scaup
  Harlequin duck
  Common goldeneye
  Barrow's goldeneye
  Bufflehead
  Hooded merganser
  Red-breasted merganser
  Ruddy duck
  Raptors
  Turkey vulture
  Osprey
  Bald eagle
  Northern harrier
  Sharp-shinned hawk
  Cooper's hawk
  Northern goshawk
  Red-tailed hawk
  Rough-legged hawk
  Golden eagle
  American kestrel
  Merlin
  Peregrine falcon
  Prairie falcon
  Grouse, ptarmigan, quail
  Spruce grouse
  Sooty grouse
  White-tailed ptarmigan
  Ruffled grouse
  California grouse (introduced)
  Rails and coots
  Sora
  American coot
  
   
  Shorebirds
  Killdeer
  Lesser yellowlegs
  Greater yellowlegs
  Solitary sandpiper
  Spotted sandpiper
  Pectoral sandpiper
  Western sandpiper
  Least sandpiper
  Dunlin
  Baird's sandpiper
  Common snipe
  Wilson's phalarope
  Red-necked phalarope
  Gulls and terns
  Bonaparte's gull
  Mew gull
  Ring-billed gull
  California gull
  glaucous-winged gull
  Common tern
  Alcids
  Marbled murrelet
  Pigeons and doves
  Rock dove
  Band-tailed pigeon
  Mourning dove
  Owls
  Vommon barn owl
  Western screech owl
  Great horned owl
  Mountain pygmy owl
  Northern spotted owl
  Barred owl
  Great grey owl
  Long-eared owl
  Short-eared owl
  Northern saw-whet owl
  Nighthawks and swifts
  Common nighthawk
  Black swift
  Vaux's swift
  Hummingbirds
  Calliope hummingbird
  Rufous hummingbird
  Kingfishers
  Belted kingfisher
  
   
  Woodpeckers
  Lewis' woodpecker
  Red-breasted sapsucker
  Downy woodpecker
  Hairy woodpecker
  Three-toed woodpecker
  Northern flicker
  Pileated woodpecker
  Flycatchers
  Olive-sided flycatcher
  Western wood pewee
  Willow flycatcher
  Hammond's flycatcher
  Dusky flycatcher
  Say's phoebe
  Western kingbird
  Eastern kingbird
  Larks
  Horned lark
  Swallows
  Tree swallow
  Violet-green swallow
  Northern rough-winged swallow
  Cliff swallow
  Barn swallow
  Jays, crows, ravens
  Canada jay
  Steller's jay
  Clark's nutcracker
  Black-billed magpie
  American crow
  Common raven
  Chickadees, nuthatches, creepers
  Black-capped chickadee
  Mountain chickadee
  Boreal chickadee
  Chestnut-backed chickadee
  Bushtit
  Red-breasted nuthatch
  White-breasted nuthatch
  Brown creeper
  Wrens
  Bewick's wren
  Marsh wren
  Dippers
  American dipper
  Kinglets
  Golden crowned kinglet
  Ruby-crowned kinglet
  Bluebirds, robins, thrushes
  Mountain bluebird
  Townsend's solitaire
  Veery
  Swainson's thrush
  Hermit thrush
  American robin
  Varied thrush
  Catbirds
  Gray catbird
  Pipits 
  American pipit
  Waxwings
  Bohemian waxwing
  Cedar waxwing
  Shrikes
  Northern shrike
  Starlings
  European starling (introduced)
  Vireos 
  Solitary vireo
  Warbling vireo
  Red-eyed vireo
  Warblers
  Orange-crowned warbler
  Nashville warbler
  Yellow warbler
  Yellow-rumped warbler
  Black-throated gray warbler
  Townsend's warbler
  Hermit warbler
  American redstart
  Northern waterthrush
  MacGillivray's warbler
  Common yellowthroat
  Wilson's warbler
  Tanagers 
  Western tanager
  Blackbirds, meadowlarks, orioles
  Red-winged blackbird
  Yellow-headed blackbird
  Brewer's blackbird
  Western meadowlark
  Brown-headed cowbird
  Northern oriole
  Grosbeaks, buntings, sparrows
  Black-headed grosbeak
  Lazuli bunting
  Spotted towhee
  Chipping sparrow
  Savannah sparrow
  Fox sparrow
  Song sparrow
  Lincoln's sparrow
  Golden-crowned sparrow
  White-crowned sparrow
  White-throated sparrow
  Dark-eyed junco
  Rosy finch
  Pine grosbeak
  Purple finch
  House finch
  Red crossbill
  White-winged crossbill
  Common redpoll
  Pine siskin
  American goldfinch
  Evening grosbeak
  House sparrow (introduced)
caption: gray catbird
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