List of wildlife of the Skagit River Basin

This is a list of wildlife found in the Skagit River basin of the Pacific Northwest.

 
Sockeye salmon
 
Brook trout

Salmon and trout

Minnows, carp

Suckers

 
Burbot

Codfishes

Sculpins

Sticklebacks

 
Painted turtle

Turtles

Lizards

 
Common garter snake

Snakes

 
Pacific giant salamander

Salamanders

 
Pacific tree frog

Frogs and toads

 
Opossum

Opossums

Shrews

 
American shrew mole

Moles

Bats

Pikas

 
Snowshoe hare

Rabbits and hares

Mountain beaver

 
Hoary marmot

Chipmunks, marmots, squirrels

 
Beaver

Beavers

 
Meadow vole

Mice, woodrats, voles

 
Porcupine

Porcupines

Nutrias

Coyotes, wolves, foxes

 
Black bear

Bears

Raccoons

Weasels

 
Bobcat

Cats

Elk, deer, moose

Goats

 
Western grebe

Loons

Grebes

 
Great blue heron

Herons and bitterns

 
Trumpeter swan
 
Bufflehead

Swans, geese, ducks

 
Osprey

Raptors

Grouse, ptarmigan, quail

Rails and coots

 
Killdeer
 
Common snipe

Shorebirds

 
California gull

Gulls and terns

 
Marbled murrelet

Alcids

Pigeons and doves

 
Great grey owl

Owls

Nighthawks and swifts

 
Rufous hummingbird

Hummingbirds

Kingfishers

 
Pileated woodpecker

Woodpeckers

 
Western kingbird

Flycatchers

 
Cliff swallow

Larks

Swallows

 
Common raven

Jays, crows, ravens

Chickadees, nuthatches, creepers

 
Marsh wren

Wrens

Dippers

Kinglets

 
Swainson's thrush

Bluebirds, robins, thrushes

 
gray catbird

Catbirds

 
American pipit

Pipits

Waxwings

Shrikes

Starlings

 
Warbling vireo

Vireos

Warblers

 
Western tanager

Tanagers

Blackbirds, meadowlarks, orioles

 
American goldfinch

Grosbeaks, buntings, sparrows

References

edit

"Fish checklist" (PDF). U.S. National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-02-12. Retrieved 2006-05-22.
"Mammal checklist" (PDF). U.S. National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-02-12. Retrieved 2006-05-22.
"Bird checklist". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 2006-05-22.
Weisberg, Saul; Riedel, John; Johannessen, Tracie & Scherer, Wendy (1993). "Sharing the Skagit, An Educator's Guide to the Skagit River Watershed". North Cascade Institute: 49–53. Archived from the original on 2006-05-02.