72 North American Species

Kris Schaumburg

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Was poking around trying to find a list of NA waterfowl and found this instead. Supposedly the 72 species of NA huntable birds (yes I know you could break them down further by subspecies). Thought this was really neat

72 Species Total

DUCKS (32)

1) Mallard x
2) American Black Duck x
3) Northern Pintail x
4) Gadwall x
5) American Wigeon x
Eurasian Wigeon
6) Wood Duck x
Mandarin Duck
7) Blue-Winged Teal x
8) Green-Winged Teal x
9) Cinnamon Teal
10) Northern Shoveler
11) Mottled Duck
12) Fulvous Whistling Duck
13) Black-Bellied Whistling Duck
14) Canvasback
15) Redhead
16) Lesser Scaup
17) Greater Scaup
18) Ring-Necked Duck
19) Common Goldeneye
20) Barrow's Goldeneye
21) Bufflehead
22) Ruddy Duck
Masked Duck
23) Common Merganser
24) Red-Breasted Merganser
25) Hooded Merganser
26) White-Winged Scoter
27) Surf Scoter
28) Black Scoter
29) Common Eider
30) King Eider
31) Oldsquaw
32) Harlequin


GEESE (5)
33) Canada Goose x
Cackling Goose
34) Snow Goose x
35) Greater White-Fronted Goose x
36) Ross Goose x
37) Brant x


SWAN (1)
38) Tundra Swan x
Trumpeter Swan

Chachalaca (1)

Plain Chacalaca


TURKEY (2)
39) Wild Turkey (Eastern, Osceola, Rio Grande, Merriam, Gould are all sub-species) x
40) Ocellated Turkey (this one doesn't belong if you are delaing strictuly with NORTH American
birds.....if you include this species here then there are "MANY" Duck and Upland Species that would
need to be added as well.


PHEASANT (1)
41) Ring-Necked Pheasant


Partridge (2)
42) Chukar Partridge
43) Hungarian Partridge
Himalayan Snowcock


GROUSE (6)
44) Ruffed Grouse
45) Sharp-Tailed Grouse
46) Greater Prairie Chicken
Lesser Prairie Chicken
47) Greater Sage Grouse
48) Blue Grouse
Dusky Grouse
49) Spruce Grouse


PTARMIGAN (3)
50) Willow Ptarmigan
51) Rock Ptarmigan
52) White-Tailed Ptarmigan


QUAIL (6)
53) Bobwhite Quail x
54) California Quail
55) Gambel's Quail
56) Scaled Quail
57) Mearn's Quail
58) Mountain Quail


MIGRATORY UPLAND (6)
59) Woodcock
60) Common Snipe x
61) Mourning Dove x
62) White-Winged Dove
63) White-Tipped Dove
Collared Dove
64) Band-Tailed Pigeon


MARSH (4)
65) Sandhill Crane
66) American Coot x
67) Common Moorhen x
68) Purple Gallinule x

RAIL (4)
69) Sora x
70) Clapper Rail x
71) King Rail x
72) Virginia Rail x
 
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Surprised the mergansers are included with ducks. What about Spectacled and Steller's eiders? Protected? What about the Florida duck? Variation of Mottled duck? Also Masked duck? I shot one in Mexico which is in North America.
 
Of those 26. If you add crows then 27, oh 28 if you count rock doves.
Steve can add the collared dove, himalayan gamecock, mandarin duck and others to the list. Too bad the reeves pheasant didn't take hold somewhere so we could add those.

Tim
 
and left out the "accidentals" that are killed annually.....

I didn't add any species that are present but protected....regardless of their earlier, or hoped for, status....

I included Eurasian Wigeon, Mandarin Duck and Masked Duck because they breed in NA, or are thought to, are killed with enough regularity as to almost be "expected", and are not "protected" as species like Spectacled and Stellar's Eiders are.....

I didn't add the Crows as they aren't typically considered GAME BIRDS....good argument to do so since they are shot in sproting situations...in that situation you are looking at a potential (4) additional species....

I also didn't add Rock Dove....probably should have.....

Didn't adjust the numbers and didn't count the effect of the changes......

My additions are in RED



Was poking around trying to find a list of NA waterfowl and found this instead. Supposedly the 72 species of NA huntable birds (yes I know you could break them down further by subspecies). Thought this was really neat

72 Species Total

DUCKS (32)

1) Mallard x
2) American Black Duck x
3) Northern Pintail x
4) Gadwall x
5) American Wigeon x
Eurasian Wigeon
6) Wood Duck x
Mandarin Duck
7) Blue-Winged Teal x
8) Green-Winged Teal x
9) Cinnamon Teal
10) Northern Shoveler
11) Mottled Duck
12) Fulvous Whistling Duck
13) Black-Bellied Whistling Duck
14) Canvasback
15) Redhead
16) Lesser Scaup
17) Greater Scaup
18) Ring-Necked Duck
19) Common Goldeneye
20) Barrow's Goldeneye
21) Bufflehead
22) Ruddy Duck
Masked Duck
23) Common Merganser
24) Red-Breasted Merganser
25) Hooded Merganser
26) White-Winged Scoter
27) Surf Scoter
28) Black Scoter
29) Common Eider
30) King Eider
31) Oldsquaw
32) Harlequin


GEESE (5)
33) Canada Goose x
Cackling Goose
34) Snow Goose x
35) Greater White-Fronted Goose x
36) Ross Goose x
37) Brant x


SWAN (1)
38) Tundra Swan x
Trumpeter Swan

Chachalaca (1)

Plain Chacalaca


TURKEY (2)
39) Wild Turkey (Eastern, Osceola, Rio Grande, Merriam, Gould are all sub-species) x
40) Ocellated Turkey (this one doesn't belong if you are delaing strictuly with NORTH American
birds.....if you include this species here then there are "MANY" Duck and Upland Species that would
need to be added as well.


PHEASANT (1)
41) Ring-Necked Pheasant


Partridge (2)
42) Chukar Partridge
43) Hungarian Partridge
Himalayan Snowcock


GROUSE (6)
44) Ruffed Grouse
45) Sharp-Tailed Grouse
46) Greater Prairie Chicken
Lesser Prairie Chicken
47) Greater Sage Grouse
48) Blue Grouse
Dusky Grouse
49) Spruce Grouse


PTARMIGAN (3)
50) Willow Ptarmigan
51) Rock Ptarmigan
52) White-Tailed Ptarmigan


QUAIL (6)
53) Bobwhite Quail x
54) California Quail
55) Gambel's Quail
56) Scaled Quail
57) Mearn's Quail
58) Mountain Quail


MIGRATORY UPLAND (6)
59) Woodcock
60) Common Snipe x
61) Mourning Dove x
62) White-Winged Dove
63) White-Tipped Dove
Collared Dove
64) Band-Tailed Pigeon


MARSH (4)
65) Sandhill Crane
66) American Coot x
67) Common Moorhen x
68) Purple Gallinule x

RAIL (4)
69) Sora x
70) Clapper Rail x
71) King Rail x
72) Virginia Rail x
 
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Interesting. This begs a question.

If one of the species in the lists above are not listed in the regs with a bag limit, can you still shoot that bird? What regs do you follow if you can? For instance, the chances of me shooting a Scote/Old Squaw/Harlequin/Eider in MN is pretty slim and because of this are not listed in the MN regs as a duck with a bag limit (at least I don't think they are - I'd have to double check but I don't recall ever seing those bird in the regs).

What happens if I shoot one?

Mark W
 
Federal Regulations and others by State.....

If a bird is "protected" by the Feds then you can't shoot them in any state....and example for you would be "Harlequins"...and I bet if you read your regulations you'll find that listed....

If a bird isn't protected by the Feds and if its not listed in the regs then its legal to shoot as part of your State's "limit".....most reg's will have a "other ducks" clause that covers this.....

As the hunter its your responsibiltity to know what you "can" and "can't" shoot just like its your responsibility to be able to differentiate the species that you shoot....

"TIE" goes to the LEO.....

Steve
 
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For instance, the chances of me shooting a Scote/Old Squaw/Harlequin/Eider in MN is pretty slim and because of this are not listed in the MN regs as a duck with a bag limit (at least I don't think they are - I'd have to double check but I don't recall ever seing those bird in the regs).
Mark,

Same thing here in Iowa. You won't find these species listed as having any restriction in regards to a species specific limit. Therefore they would be counted against your daily bag limit of six ducks.
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[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]If a bird is "protected" by the Feds then you can't shoot them in any state....and example for you would be "Harlequins"...and I bet if you read your regulations you'll find that listed....

Steve,

Are you saying that the Harlequin is protected from hunting in that there is no season on them? I just read the Iowa regs and see absolutely no mention of Harlequin as being protected.
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I just remembered that in Newfoundland they hunt some seabirds like the murre. I don't think they hunt puffins there like they do in greenland.

Tim
 
[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]Mark,

Same thing here in Iowa. You won't find these species listed as having any restriction in regards to a species specific limit. Therefore they would be counted against your daily bag limit of six ducks.
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So I could shoot 6 Harlequins? (Sort of a rhetorical and at the same time serious inquiry)

I guess I've never read the regs that closely on what Steve says above as if I saw a Harlequin in MN, I'd have to recheck the dosages on my meds - kidding, kidding.

I'll have to dig out the WI/MN regs and see what they really say.

Mark W

Mark W
 
of the law better than I do as to whether someone could "legally" shoot a Harlequin when no mention of it is made in their States regulation....

I would state that "AS CONSCIENTIOUS WATERFOWLERS" that we should care about the "intent of the law" and know enough about the birds that we migh encounter that we wouldn't shoot birds that are Federally protected yet not listed in the regs.....

Now, knowing Mark, (and partly because Iknow Mark knows me), I can see him respond....."BACK UP THE TRUCK CHUCK its only the EASTERN population of Harlequins that needs protecting and they aren't even a seperate species so how can anyone know if the SIX HARLEQUINS I shoot weren't out of the Western Harlequin population and therefore not protected"?.....don't have an answer for that one.....

I'll stick with "tie goes to the LEO" and let Mark take another i.d. issue to Court for adjudication.....

Steve
 
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I would state that "AS CONSCIENTIOUS WATERFOWLERS" that we should care about the "intent of the law" and know enough about the birds that we migh encounter that we wouldn't shoot birds that are Federally protected yet not listed in the regs.....


Steve,

I am confused by what you mean when you say "Federally protected" Are you saying that the Harlequin, or Long Tailed duck, or Eider, are protected and that there is no hunting season on them? I was under the impression that these species (along with all migratory birds) were regulated rather than protected.

As long as it is a legal bird, what is the difference if I shoot a Harlequin in Washington or I shoot it here in Iowa?
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of the law better than I do as to whether someone could "legally" shoot a Harlequin when no mention of it is made in their States regulation....

I would state that "AS CONSCIENTIOUS WATERFOWLERS" that we should care about the "intent of the law" and know enough about the birds that we migh encounter that we wouldn't shoot birds that are Federally protected yet not listed in the regs.....

Now, knowing Mark, (and partly because Iknow Mark knows me), I can see him respond....."BACK UP THE TRUCK CHUCK its only the EASTERN population of Harlequins that needs protecting and they aren't even a seperate species so how can anyone know if the SIX HARLEQUINS I shoot weren't out of the Western Harlequin population and therefore not protected"?.....don't have an answer for that one.....

I'll stick with "tie goes to the LEO" and let Mark take another i.d. issue to Court for adjudication.....

Steve


There's a difference (insert smiley emoticon cause I have no idea)? I have no plans of shooting anything that I can't identify prior to pulling the trigger. Now with that said, I have pulled the trigger at what I thought I was shooting only to learn that my intitial ID was incorrect. Wasn't a bad mistake or one that would get me in trouble but a mistake non the less. And some would say that what I did last year was pulling the trigger without knowing what I was shooting at which wasn't the case but I can see the logic behind the argument.

Now having never ever seen a Scoter/Harlequin/Eider except in pictures here, if I saw one flying by me in the blind out here, I know I wouldn't shoot it unless I knew I could. I guess in my wildest dreams I have never thought about what would happen if one was shot in MN/WI if they aren't spelled out int the regs. This post generated my curiousity.

One time in court is enough for me and I've learned my lesson with the CO in 2008. Won't happen again. I can say with certainty based upon the 2008 encounter, if I shot one of these birds the CO would have no idea what it was nor the WI regs were surrounding the taking of them. Even if they were legal in WI, but not spelled out in the regs, the CO would not know enough about it and I'd be taken to court again or at least hasseled which is not my idea of of fun.

Mark W
 
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"totally protected" as in NO HARVEST ALLOWED ANYWHERE....thats specified in the regulations of any state where the birds might be expected to occur......

Common and King Eiders are "regulated"....Spectacleds and Stellar's Eiders are FEDERALLY PROTECTED...again...NO HARVEST ALOWED ANYWHERE....

Longtailed Ducks are "regulated" as are the ducks you find in your marshes...at least that you might find had a migration actually occured to the North of you.......

As I said in my "tongue in cheek" post directed at Mark re: Harlequins....to my way of thinking if the Harlequin you shot in Iowa was from the Eastern population then I can have this "intent of the law" feeling about it...if it was from the Western population then I'd agree there was no difference in taking one here or there....the problem is that you'd never know which population it was from.....and "there" as they say...."lies the rub".....

Steve
 
Michigan still has a few Sichuan pheasants introduced back in the 80's or early 90's as I recall. Cool birds.

Trivia: Where are the highest pheasant concentrations found in Michigan?

A: Downtown Detroit

They say its because of the abundance of habitat opened by the teardown of so many abandoned buildings.

My own theory says it may be true because its just harder to hit them with a Glock 19. Maybe the MP5 would be the better choice.
 
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