Species List
Below is a summary of all bird and
mammal species seen on a voyage of the Copper Sky
to the Queen Charlotte Islands and Gwaii Haanas National
Park at the end of May in 2002 and 2003. This
is not a listing of overall abundance for the area but
rather the observed abundance during our voyage. A
complete checklist of birds for the region is available
from the Laskeek Bay Conservation Society, Box 867, Queen
Charlotte, BC V0T 1S0. Ask for the Checklist of the Birds
of Haida Gwaii.
a = abundant: more than 100
individuals per day
c = common: between 5 and 100 individuals per
day
u = uncommon: between 2 and 20 individuals per
week
r = rare: only 1 individual
| Species |
Late May 2002 |
Late May 2003 |
| BIRDS |
| Red-throated Loon |
u |
u |
| Pacific Loon |
c |
c |
| Common Loon |
c |
c |
| Horned Grebe |
|
u |
| Red-necked Grebe |
r |
|
| Northern Fulmar |
c |
c |
| Sooty Shearwater |
a |
a |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
r |
|
| Pelagic Cormorant |
c |
c |
| Great Blue Heron |
u |
u |
| Brant |
u |
u |
| Canada Goose |
c |
c |
| Greater Scaup |
u |
u |
| Harlequin Duck |
u |
u |
| White-winged Scoter |
r |
|
| Bufflehead |
|
u |
| Common Merganser |
u |
u |
| Bald Eagle |
c |
c |
| Peregrine Falcon (Peale's) |
r |
r |
| Sandhill Crane |
r |
|
| Black Oystercatcher |
c |
c |
| Bonaparte's Gull |
u |
|
| Glaucous-winged Gull |
c |
c |
| Black-legged Kittiwake |
u |
u |
| Caspian Tern |
|
u |
| Common Murre |
c |
c |
| Pigeon Guillemot |
a |
a |
| Marbled Murrelet |
c |
c |
| Ancient Murrelet |
a |
a |
| Cassin's Auklet |
a |
a |
| Rhinoceros Auklet |
a |
a |
| Tufted Puffin |
u |
u |
| Rufous Hummingbird |
u |
u |
| Belted Kingfisher |
u |
u |
| Red-breasted Sapsucker |
u |
u |
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher |
|
u |
| Tree Swallow |
c |
c |
| Barn Swallow |
u |
|
| Northwestern Crow |
c |
c |
| Common Raven |
c |
c |
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
u |
|
| Winter Wren |
u |
c |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet |
|
u |
| Hermit Thrush |
u |
u |
| American Robin |
c |
c |
| European Starling |
c |
c |
| Song Sparrow |
u |
|
| Dark-eyed Junco |
u |
u |
| |
|
|
| MAMMALS |
| Black Bear |
r |
r |
| River Otter |
r |
r |
| Raccoon |
u |
u |
| Harbor Seal |
c |
c |
| Sea Lion |
c |
c |
| Sitka Blacktail Deer |
c |
c |
| Dall's Porpoise |
u |
|
| Pacific White-sided Dolphin |
c |
u |
| Gray Whale |
u |
u |
| Minke Whale |
|
u |
| Humpback Whale |
c |
c |
|
