List of wildlife of the Skagit River Basin

This is a list of wildlife found in the Skagit River basin of the Pacific Northwest.

Fish
Salmon and trout
 * Sockeye salmon
 * Chinook salmon
 * Chum salmon
 * Pink salmon
 * Coho salmon
 * Steelhead (coastal rainbow trout)
 * Coastal cutthroat trout
 * Dolly Varden trout
 * Golden trout
 * Brook trout
 * Bull trout
 * Mountain whitefish

Minnows, carp
 * Peamouth chub
 * Northern pikeminnow (formerly known as northern squawfish)
 * Longnose dace
 * Redside shiner

Suckers
 * Longnose sucker
 * Largescale sucker
 * Bridgelip sucker

Codfishes
 * Burbot (ling)

Sculpins
 * Slimy sculpin
 * Torrent sculpin
 * Coast range sculpin
 * Prickly sculpin

Sticklebacks
 * Three-spined stickleback

Reptiles and amphibians
Turtles
 * Painted turtle

Lizards
 * Northern alligator lizard
 * Western fence lizard
 * Side-blotched lizard

Snakes
 * Rubber boa
 * Western garter snake
 * Common garter snake
 * Northwestern garter snake
 * Racer
 * Gopher snake

Salamanders
 * Northwestern salamander
 * Long-toed salamander
 * Pacific giant salamander
 * Rough-skinned newt
 * Western redback salamander
 * Van Dyke's salamander
 * Cope's giant salamander
 * Olympic salamander
 * Ensatina

Frogs and toads
 * Pacific treefrog
 * Tailed frog
 * Red-legged frog
 * Cascades frog
 * Spotted frog
 * Bullfrog
 * Western toad

Mammals
Opossums
 * Opossum

Shrews
 * Masked shrew
 * Vagrant shrew
 * Dusky shrew
 * Northern water shrew
 * Pacific water shrew
 * Trowbridge's shrew

Moles
 * Shrew-mole
 * Coast mole
 * Townsend's mole

Bats
 * California myotis
 * Yuma myotis
 * Little brown myotis
 * Long-eared myotis
 * Long-legged myotis
 * Hoary bat
 * Townsend's big-eared bat
 * Silver-haired bat
 * Big brown bat

Pikas
 * Pika

Rabbits and hares
 * Eastern cottontail
 * Snowshoe hare

Mountain beaver
 * Mountain beaver

Chipmunks, marmots, squirrels 
 * Yellow-pine chipmunk
 * Townsend's chipmunk
 * Hoary marmot
 * Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel
 * Western gray squirrel
 * Fox squirrel (introduced)
 * Douglas squirrel
 * Northern flying squirrel

Beavers
 * Beaver

Mice, woodrats, voles
 * Deer mouse
 * Bushy-tailed woodrat
 * Red-backed vole
 * Heather vole
 * Meadow vole
 * Townsend's vole
 * Long-tailed vole
 * Creeping vole
 * Water vole
 * Muskrat
 * Northern bog lemming
 * Norway rat (introduced)
 * Black rat (introduced)
 * House mouse (introduced)
 * Pacific jumping mouse

Porcupines
 * Porcupine

Nutrias
 * Nutria (introduced)

Coyotes, wolves, foxes
 * Coyote
 * Gray wolf (endangered)
 * Red fox

Bears
 * Black bear
 * Grizzly bear (threatened)

Raccoons
 * Raccoon

Weasels
 * Marten
 * Fisher
 * Ermine
 * Long-tailed weasel
 * Mink
 * Wolverine
 * Striped skunk
 * Western spotted skunk
 * River otter

Cats
 * Mountain lion
 * Lynx
 * Bobcat

Elk, deer, moose
 * Elk
 * Mule deer
 * White-tailed deer
 * Moose

Goats
 * Mountain goats

Birds
Loons
 * Common loon

Grebes
 * Pied-billed grebe
 * Horned grebe
 * Eared grebe
 * Western grebe

Herons and bitterns
 * Great blue heron
 * Green-backed heron

Swans, geese, ducks
 * Tundra swan
 * Trumpeter swan
 * Snow goose
 * Canada goose
 * Wood duck
 * Mallard
 * Northern pintail
 * Green-winged teal
 * Cinnamon teal
 * Northern shoveler
 * Gadwall
 * American wigeon
 * Redhead
 * Ring-necked duck
 * Greater scaup
 * Lesser scaup
 * Harlequin duck
 * Common goldeneye
 * Barrow's goldeneye
 * Bufflehead
 * Hooded merganser
 * Red-breasted merganser
 * Ruddy duck



Raptors
 * Turkey vulture
 * Osprey
 * Bald eagle
 * Northern harrier
 * Sharp-shinned hawk
 * Cooper's hawk
 * Northern goshawk
 * Red-tailed hawk
 * Rough-legged hawk
 * Golden eagle
 * American kestrel
 * Merlin
 * Peregrine falcon
 * Prairie falcon

Grouse, ptarmigan, quail
 * Spruce grouse
 * Sooty grouse
 * White-tailed ptarmigan
 * Ruffled grouse
 * California grouse (introduced)

Rails and coots
 * Sora
 * American coot

Shorebirds
 * Killdeer
 * Lesser yellowlegs
 * Greater yellowlegs
 * Solitary sandpiper
 * Spotted sandpiper
 * Pectoral sandpiper
 * Western sandpiper
 * Least sandpiper
 * Dunlin
 * Baird's sandpiper
 * Common snipe
 * Wilson's phalarope
 * Red-necked phalarope

Gulls and terns
 * Bonaparte's gull
 * Mew gull
 * Ring-billed gull
 * California gull
 * glaucous-winged gull
 * Common tern

Alcids
 * Marbled murrelet

Pigeons and doves
 * Rock dove
 * Band-tailed pigeon
 * Mourning dove

Owls
 * Common barn owl
 * Western screech owl
 * Great horned owl
 * Mountain pygmy owl
 * Northern spotted owl
 * Barred owl
 * Great grey owl
 * Long-eared owl
 * Short-eared owl
 * Northern saw-whet owl

Nighthawks and swifts
 * Common nighthawk
 * Black swift
 * Vaux's swift

Hummingbirds
 * Calliope hummingbird
 * Rufous hummingbird

Kingfishers
 * Belted kingfisher

Woodpeckers
 * Lewis' woodpecker
 * Red-breasted sapsucker
 * Downy woodpecker
 * Hairy woodpecker
 * Three-toed woodpecker
 * Northern flicker
 * Pileated woodpecker

Flycatchers
 * Olive-sided flycatcher
 * Western wood pewee
 * Willow flycatcher
 * Hammond's flycatcher
 * Dusky flycatcher
 * Say's phoebe
 * Western kingbird
 * Eastern kingbird

Larks
 * Horned lark

Swallows
 * Tree swallow
 * Violet-green swallow
 * Northern rough-winged swallow
 * Cliff swallow
 * Barn swallow

Jays, crows, ravens
 * Canada jay
 * Steller's jay
 * Clark's nutcracker
 * Black-billed magpie
 * American crow
 * Common raven

Chickadees, nuthatches, creepers
 * Black-capped chickadee
 * Mountain chickadee
 * Boreal chickadee
 * Chestnut-backed chickadee
 * Bushtit
 * Red-breasted nuthatch
 * White-breasted nuthatch
 * Brown creeper

Wrens
 * Bewick's wren
 * Marsh wren

Dippers
 * American dipper

Kinglets
 * Golden crowned kinglet
 * Ruby-crowned kinglet

Bluebirds, robins, thrushes
 * Mountain bluebird
 * Townsend's solitaire
 * Veery
 * Swainson's thrush
 * Hermit thrush
 * American robin
 * Varied thrush

Catbirds
 * Gray catbird

Pipits
 * American pipit

Waxwings
 * Bohemian waxwing
 * Cedar waxwing

Shrikes
 * Northern shrike

Starlings
 * European starling (introduced)

Vireos
 * Solitary vireo
 * Warbling vireo
 * Red-eyed vireo

Warblers
 * Orange-crowned warbler
 * Nashville warbler
 * Yellow warbler
 * Yellow-rumped warbler
 * Black-throated gray warbler
 * Townsend's warbler
 * Hermit warbler
 * American redstart
 * Northern waterthrush
 * MacGillivray's warbler
 * Common yellowthroat
 * Wilson's warbler

Tanagers
 * Western tanager

Blackbirds, meadowlarks, orioles
 * Red-winged blackbird
 * Yellow-headed blackbird
 * Brewer's blackbird
 * Western meadowlark
 * Brown-headed cowbird
 * Northern oriole

Grosbeaks, buntings, sparrows
 * Black-headed grosbeak
 * Lazuli bunting
 * Spotted towhee
 * Chipping sparrow
 * Savannah sparrow
 * Fox sparrow
 * Song sparrow
 * Lincoln's sparrow
 * Golden-crowned sparrow
 * White-crowned sparrow
 * White-throated sparrow
 * Dark-eyed junco
 * Rosy finch
 * Pine grosbeak
 * Purple finch
 * House finch
 * Red crossbill
 * White-winged crossbill
 * Common redpoll
 * Pine siskin
 * American goldfinch
 * Evening grosbeak
 * House sparrow (introduced)