Summary of bird taxa from Rice Ridge (49-KOD-363) by time period.
Scientific Name | Common Name | Ocean Bay I | Ocean Bay II | ||
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Early | Middle | Late | Total | ||
Anatidae | |||||
Anatidae | Ducks, geese, swans | 33 | 33 | 14 | 80 |
Cygnus columbianus | Tundra swan | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Anserini | Goose | 173 | 150 | 102 | 425 |
Branta bernicla | Brant | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
Anser albifrons | White-fronted goose | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Anatinae - large | Ducks - large | 40 | 47 | 18 | 105 |
Anatinae - small | Ducks - small | 65 | 86 | 14 | 165 |
Mergini | Sea duck | 94 | 64 | 44 | 202 |
Clangula hyemalis | Long-tailed duck | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Somateria sp. | Eider | 27 | 23 | 11 | 61 |
Somateria spectabilis | King eider | 13 | 13 | 8 | 34 |
Somateria mollissima | Common eider | 79 | 157 | 34 | 270 |
Polysticta stelleri | Steller’s eider | 9 | 14 | 10 | 33 |
Melanitta sp. | Scoter | 12 | 30 | 8 | 50 |
Melanitta fusca | White-winged scoter1 | 20 | 26 | 4 | 50 |
Bucephala sp. | Goldeneye duck | 2 | 10 | — | 12 |
Mergus sp. | Merganser | 5 | 3 | — | 8 |
Histrionicus histrionicus | Harlequin duck | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
Aythya sp. | Pochard | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
Aythya collaris | Ring-necked duck | — | 3 | — | 3 |
Anas sp. | Dabbling duck | 6 | 14 | 4 | 24 |
Phasianidae | |||||
Lagopus sp. | Ptarmigan | 5 | 47 | 11 | 63 |
Lagopus cf. lagopus | Willow ptarmigan | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Podicipedidae | |||||
Podiceps sp. | Grebe | 2 | 10 | — | 12 |
Podiceps cf. auritus | Horned grebe | — | 3 | — | 3 |
Gaviidae | |||||
Gavia sp. | Loon | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Gavia immer | Common loon | 37 | 53 | 11 | 101 |
Diomedeidae | |||||
Phoebastria sp. | Albatross | 8 | 3 | — | 11 |
Procellariidae | |||||
Fulmarus glacialis | Northern fulmar | — | 2 | — | 2 |
Ardenna sp. | Shearwater | 2 | 1 | — | 3 |
Phalacrocoridae | |||||
Phalacrocorax sp. | Cormorant2 | 529 | 433 | 113 | 1075 |
Charadiiforme | Shorebird | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Scolopacidae | Sandpipers | 6 | 4 | — | 10 |
Alcidae | |||||
Uria sp. | Murre | 193 | 313 | 57 | 563 |
Cerorhinca monocerata | Rhinoceros auklet | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
Fratercula sp. | Puffin | 7 | 12 | 4 | 23 |
Ptychoramphus aleuticus | Cassin’s auklet | — | 2 | — | 2 |
Aethia psittacula | Parakeet auklet | 1 | 17 | — | 18 |
Aethia cristatella | Crested auklet | 1 | 85 | 2 | 88 |
Brachyramphus sp. | Murrelet | 2 | 1 | — | 3 |
Cepphus columba | Pigeon guillemot | 3 | 16 | 4 | 23 |
Laridae | 10 | 20 | 5 | 35 | |
Larus sp. | Gull | 37 | 23 | 18 | 78 |
Rissa sp. | Kittiwake | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
Accipitridae | |||||
Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald eagle | 8 | 19 | 3 | 30 |
Aquila chrysaetos | Golden eagle | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Falconidae | |||||
Falco rusticolus | Gyrfalcon | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Corvidae | |||||
Corvus corax | Raven | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
Total | 1447 | 1777 | 520 | 3744 |
↵1 Following the American Ornithological Union Check-list (Chesser et al. 2020), the white-winged scoter is now M. deglandi.
↵2 Following the American Ornithological Union Check-list (Chesser et al. 2020), pelagic, red-faced, and Brant’s cormorant are in the genus Urile, and double-crested cormorant is in the genus Nannopterum.