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 . 020 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: BIG CREEK (KOOCANUSA) 



EO rank : D 

 EO rank comments: A SINGLE OBSERVATION AT AN ISOLATED SITE. 



County: LINCOLN 



USGS quadrangle: PARSNIP MOUNTAIN 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 034N 030W 04 SE4 



Precision: M 



Survey date: 1993-05-30 Elevation: 3300 



First observation: 1990 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1990-08-21 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



FROM THE WEST SIDE OF LAKE KOOCANUSA, TAKE FS ROAD #336 UP BIG CREEK 

 ROAD CA. 2 MILES UP THE SOUTH FORK. 



Element occurrence data : 



ONE JUVENILE OBSERVED. "I • : , .\f , ' 



General site description: 



Land owner/manager : 



KOOTENAI NATIONAL FOREST, REXFORD RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



SURVEYED IN 1993 FROM 1 . 5 MI ABOVE COPELAND CREEK DOWN TO SR 228; NO 

 DUCKS OBSERVED. 



Information source: FAIRMAN, L. M. AND V. E. MILLER. 1990. REStn^TS OF 



1990 SURVEYS FOR HARLEQUIN DUCKS ON THE KOOTENAI 

 AND LOLO NATIONAL FORESTS, MONTANA. •' •■ - 



Specimens : 



I 



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