Table of Contents 



Dedication iv 



Foreword by Jeff Marks v 



Acknowledgments vi 



Introduction 1 



A History oi' P.D. Skaar's Montana Bird DistTibudi>n 1 



About the Montana Bird Distribution Database 2 



Latilongs and Quarter- latilongs 2 



What is New in this F.dition 3 



New Birds in this Edition 3 



Taxonomic Changes and Subspecies 3 



Maps Reflect Historic Information 3 



Montana Bird Distribution on the Internet 4 



Interpreting the Maps 4 



Bird Status and Number of Reported Sightings 5 



Status Symbols on Distribution Maps 5 



Status Symbol Codes and Criteria 6 



A Summary of Bird Record Information by Latilong 8 



Bird Record Trends: What Can We Learn from Bird Distribution Information? 9 



Submission of New Records 12 



When, How, and Where to Submit Records 12 



Information Required of All Sightings 13 



Rare Birds 14 



Sensitive Species and Subspecies 14 



Legend 15 



Bird Distribution Maps 17 



Appendix A. Threatened, Endangered, and other Species of Concern (TES) and 



Species for which Supplemental Information (SI) is rec]uested 127 



Appendix B. Subspecies 129 



Appendix C. Introduced Species 130 



Appendix D. Hypothetical Records 130 



Appendix E. Extinct Species 131 



Appendix F. Rare Birds 132 



Appendix G. Montana Rare Bird Report Form 133 



Appendix H.Quarter-latilong Report Form 134 



Appendix I. Checklist of Birds of Montana 135 



Appendix J. Contributors to this Edition 138 



References 139 



Index 140 



Notes 144 



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