MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS 

 Common Name: HARLEQUIN DUCK 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: S2B,SZN Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: ABNJB15010. Oil 

 Element occurrence type : 



Survey site name: SWAMP CREEK 



EO rank: D 

 EO rank comments: 1-2 PAIRS PRESENT. 3-4 OTHER STREAMS WITHIN 20 KM 



WITH WITH TOTAL OF 9-12 PAIRS; NO BOATING, LITTLE 



FISHING; DIFFICULT ACCESS. 



County : SANDERS 



USGS quadrangle: GOAT PEAK 



NOXON RAPIDS DAM 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



025N 



031W 



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W2; 4,9,17,19,20 



Precision: M 

 Survey date : 



First Dservation: 1989 



Last observation: 1993-08-02 



Elevation: 2700 

 Slope/aspect: 

 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



FROM SR 200 JUST NORTH OF CABINET RANGER STATION, TAKE COUNTY ROAD AND 

 FS ROAD #1119 NORTH TO SWAMP CREEK TRAILHEAD; THEN WALK UPSTREAM CA. 

 0.5 MILE. 



Element occurrence data: 



SPORADIC SIGHTINGS SINCE 1989; PROBABLY 1 OR 2 BROODS GENERALLY 

 PRODUCED EACH YEAR. (SPECIFIC OBSERVATION DATA ON FILE AT MTNHP . ) 



General site description: ^' 



STREAM REACH WITH NESTING/REARING HABITAT; EXTENDS CA. 

 UPSTREAM FROM LOCATION MAPPED. 



4 MILES 



Land owner /manager : 



KOOTENAI NATIONAL FOREST, CABINET RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 

 NONE. 



Information source : 



Specimens : 



MILLER, V. E. 1989. FIELD SURVEY REPORT, HARLEQUIN 

 DUCK (HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS) : LOWER CLARK FORK 

 RIVER DRAINAGE, WEST- CENTRAL MONTANA. UNPUBLISHED. 

 47 PP. 



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