NPSpecies

first park record 05/09/2007; Data Source: Patterson, Mike. 05/09/2007 Sunset Beach checklist (LEWI RM files)

Data Source: Marshall, D.B., M.G. Hunter, and A.L. Contreras, Eds. 2006. Birds of Oregon: A General Reference. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR.

uncommon winter visitant in Youngs Bay; Oregon wintering numbers 1994-98 declined 50% from previous years ; Mar-Apr northward migration numbers highest overall; individuals or small flocks regularly summer in coastal estuaries; Data Source: Birds of Youngs Bay, Oregon. Table in Lev et al. Youngs Bay Bottomlands Conservation and Restoration Plan. National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, U S Fish & Wildlife Service, December 2006. Marshall, D.B., M.G. Hunter, and A.L. Contreras, Eds. 2006. Birds of Oregon: A General Reference. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR.

Park Species Detail: Birds of Oregon follows Browning, M.R. 2002. Taxonomic comments on selected species of birds from the Pacific Northwest. Oreg. Birds 28: 69-82 in recognizing the Black Brant as a distinct species from B. bernicula, under the name B. orientalis. Species was reported in Columbia River estuary 1806 by the Lewis and Clark expedition, Park Species Data Source: Marshall, D.B., M.G. Hunter, and A.L. Contreras, Eds. 2006. Birds of Oregon: A General Reference. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR.