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Gallinaceous birds, Rails, Cranes, Plovers, Stilts, Avocets, Shorebirds, Snipe, Phalaropes, Gulls, Terns

For help identifying refuge birds, consult the Beginners' Bird Guide (PDF file larger than 500 kb) or a photographic guide to the birds of southern Idaho.

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Gallinaceous birds	H	N	Sp	S	F	W
Gray partridge	GA	-	o	o	o	o
Chukar	SGA	-	o	o	o	o
Ring-necked pheasant	GA	*	c	c	a	a
Wild turkey	SD	-	o	o	o	o
California quail	GDA	*	c	c	a	a
Northern bobwhite	GA	*	r	r	r	r
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Rails	H	N	SP	S	F	W
Virginia rail	W	*	u	c	u	-
Sora	W	*	u	c	u	-
American coot	W	*	a	c	a	u
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Cranes	H	N	SP	S	F	W
Sandhill crane	WG	-	r	r	-	-
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Plovers	H	N	SP	S	F	W
Black-bellied plover	W	-	-	-	r	r
Semi-palmated plover	W	-	-	-	r	u
Killdeer	WG	*	a	a	c	o
Lesser golden plover	W	-	-	-	r	-
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Stilts & Avocets	H	N	SP	S	F	W
Black-necked stilt	W	*	o	o	-	-
American Avocet	W	*	u	c	u	-
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Shorebirds	H	N	SP	S	F	W
Greater yellowlegs	W	-	o	o	o	-
Lesser yellowlegs	W	-	o	o	o	-
Solitary sandpiper	W	-	u	u	o	-
Willet	W	-	o	o	o	-
Spotted sandpiper	SW	*	u	u	o	-
Long-billed curlew	WG	-	o	o	-	-
Marbled godwit	W	-	o	u	u	-
Sanderling	W	-	-	-	r	-
Semi-palmated sandpiper	W	-	-	-	o	-
Western sandpiper	W	-	u	c	c	-
Least sandpiper	W	-	o	r	o	-
Baird's sandpiper	W	-	-	o	o	-
Pectoral sandpiper	W	-	r	o	-	-
Dunlin	W	-	r	-	-	-
Stilt sandpiper	W	-	-	r	o	-
Long-billed dowitcher	W	-	o	u	u	-
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Snipe	H	N	SP	S	F	W
Common snipe	W	*	c	u	u	o
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Phalaropes	H	N	SP	S	F	W
Wilson's phalarope	W	-	u	c	c	-
Red-necked phalarope	W	-	-	r	u	-
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Gulls & Terns	H	N	SP	S	F	W
Franklin's gull	W	-	-	o	o	-
Bonaparte's gull	W	-	r	r	-	-
Ring-billed gull	WA	*	a	a	a	a
California gull	WA	*	a	a	a	c
Caspian tern	W	*	c	c	u	-
Common tern	W	-	o	o	-	-
Forster's tern	W	-	-	r	o	-
Black tern	W	-	u	u	o	-
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Legend:
Habitat (H): W = on or near water, G = grasslands and dry uplands, D = deciduous woodlands and riparian areas, A = agricultural fields, S = species more likely seen on the Snake River Islands.

Nest on the refuge (N): * indicates a species that nests on the refuge

Seasons: SP = spring (March-May) , S = summer (June-August), F = fall (September-November), W = winter (December-February)

Abundance: a = abundant (a common species that is very numerous), c = common (certain to be seen in suitable habitat), u = uncommon (present, but not certain to be seen), o = occasional (seen only a few times during a season), r = rare (seen at intervals of 2-5 years)

Gallinaceous birds, Rails, Cranes, Plovers, Stilts, Avocets, Shorebirds, Snipe, Phalaropes, Gulls, Terns

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