The black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus ) is a locally abundant shorebird of American wetlands and coastlines. It is found from the coastal areas of California through much of the interior western United States and along the Gulf of Mexico as...
The northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina ) is one of three spotted owl subspecies. A western North American bird in the family Strigidae, genus Strix, it is a medium-sized dark brown owl native to the Pacific Northwest. An important...
Woodhouse's scrub jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii ), is a species of scrub jay native to western North America, ranging from southeastern Oregon and southern Idaho to central Mexico. Woodhouse's scrub jay was until recently considered the same species...
Tyto pollens is an extinct giant barn owl which lived in the Bahamas during the last Ice Age.It is only known from the partial remains of three individuals which have been collected on the islands of Little Exuma (the site was misidentified as on...
Ciconia maltha, also known as the asphalt stork or La Brea stork, is an extinct stork from the Late Pliocene – Late Pleistocene of United States (California, Oregon, Idaho and Florida), Cuba and Bolivia. It has been found in the La Brea Tar Pits.It...
The western snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus ) is a small wader in the plover bird family. It breeds in the southern and western United States and the Caribbean. On March 5, 1993, the western snowy plover was listed as a threatened species...
The Columbian sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus ) is a subspecies of sharp-tailed grouse native to the Western United States and British Columbia.
Cygnus paloregonus is a fossil swan. It is an ancestor of, and distantly allied to, the mute swan. It is known from the Pleistocene from Fossil Lake, Oregon, Froman's Ferry, Idaho, and from Arizona. It is referred to by Hildegarde Howard in...
