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

Fish

Salmon and trout

• Sockeye salmon
• Chinook salmon
• Chum salmon
• Pink salmon
• Coho salmon
• Steelhead (coastal rainbow trout)
• Coastal cutthroat trout
• Dolly Varden trout
• Golden trout
• Brook trout
• Bull trout
• Mountain whitefish

Minnows, carp

• Peamouth chub
• Northern pikeminnow (formerly known as northern squawfish)
• Longnose dace
• Redside shiner

Suckers

• Longnose sucker
• Largescale sucker
• Bridgelip sucker

Codfishes

• Burbot (ling)

Sculpins

• Slimy sculpin
• Torrent sculpin
• Coast range sculpin
• Prickly sculpin

Sticklebacks

• Three-spined stickleback

Reptiles and amphibians

Turtles

• Painted turtle

Lizards

• Northern alligator lizard
• Western fence lizard
• Side-blotched lizard

Snakes

• Rubber boa
• Western garter snake
• Common garter snake
• Northwestern garter snake
• Racer
• Gopher snake

Salamanders

• Northwestern salamander
• Long-toed salamander
• Pacific giant salamander
• Rough-skinned newt
• Western redback salamander
• Van Dyke's salamander
• Cope's giant salamander
• Olympic salamander
• Ensatina

Frogs and toads

• Pacific treefrog
• Tailed frog
• Red-legged frog
• Cascades frog
• Spotted frog
• Bullfrog
• Western toad

Mammals

Opossums

• Opossum

Shrews

• Masked shrew
• Vagrant shrew
• Dusky shrew
• Northern water shrew
• Pacific water shrew
• Trowbridge's shrew

Moles

• Shrew-mole
• Coast mole
• Townsend's mole

Bats

• California myotis
• Yuma myotis
• Little brown myotis
• Long-eared myotis
• Long-legged myotis
• Hoary bat
• Townsend's big-eared bat
• Silver-haired bat
• Big brown bat

Pikas

• Pika

Rabbits and hares

• Eastern cottontail
• Snowshoe hare

Mountain beaver

• Mountain beaver

Chipmunks, marmots, squirrels

• Yellow-pine chipmunk
• Townsend's chipmunk
• Hoary marmot
• Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel
• Western gray squirrel
• Fox squirrel (introduced)
• Douglas squirrel
• Northern flying squirrel

Beavers

• Beaver

Mice, woodrats, voles

• Deer mouse
• Bushy-tailed woodrat
• Red-backed vole
• Heather vole
• Meadow vole
• Townsend's vole
• Long-tailed vole
• Creeping vole
• Water vole
• Muskrat
• Northern bog lemming
• Norway rat (introduced)
• Black rat (introduced)
• House mouse (introduced)
• Pacific jumping mouse

Porcupines

• Porcupine

Nutrias

• Nutria (introduced)

Coyotes, wolves, foxes

• Coyote
• Gray wolf (endangered)
• Red fox

Bears

• Black bear
• Grizzly bear (threatened)

Raccoons

• Raccoon

Weasels

• Marten
• Fisher
• Ermine
• Long-tailed weasel
• Mink
• Wolverine
• Striped skunk
• Western spotted skunk
• River otter

Cats

• Mountain lion
• Lynx
• Bobcat

Elk, deer, moose

• Elk
• Mule deer
• White-tailed deer
• Moose

Goats

• Mountain goats

Birds

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

• Common 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)

References

"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.

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