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...
The dusky Canada goose (Branta canadensis occidentalis ) is a subspecies of the Canada goose. They are the darkest variant, similar to the Pacific cackling goose. Tagged dusky geese have red bands with white letters on them attached to their neck....
Peale's falcon (Falco peregrinus pealei ) is a subspecies of the peregrine falcon. This race was first identified by the ornithologist Robert Ridgway in 1873, named in honor of Titian Ramsay Peale. These birds are the largest subspecies of...
The Vega gull, East Siberian gull, or East Siberian herring gull (Larus vegae ) is a large gull of the herring gull/lesser black-backed gull complex which breeds in Northeast Asia. Its classification is still controversial and uncertain. It is...
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.
Branta rhuax, the giant Hawaiʻi goose, is an extinct goose endemic to the island of Hawaiʻi. It was initially described as the monotypic genus Geochen, but then reassigned to Branta by Storrs L. Olson in 2013 after reexamination of the subfossil...
The Lord Howe thrush (Turdus poliocephalus vinitinctus ), also known as the vinous-tinted thrush or vinous-tinted blackbird, is an extinct subspecies of the island thrush (Turdus poliocephalus ). It was endemic to Lord Howe Island, an Australian...
Coues's gadwall (Mareca strepera couesi ) or the Washington Island gadwall, is an extinct dabbling duck which is only known by two immature specimens from the Pacific island of Teraina, Line Islands, Kiribati. They are in the National Museum of...
