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 . 029 

 Element occurrence type : 



Survey site name: SPOTTED BEAR RIVER 

 EO rank: D 



EO rank comments: NO RECORDS OF MORE THAN 2 PAIRS PRESENT. SOME 



FISHING AND BOATING. RELATIVELY EASY ACCESS AFTER 

 THE ROAD OPENS (USUALLY AFTER JULY 1) . MAY BE PART 

 OF A LARGER SOUTH FORK FLATHEAD RIVER EO. 



County: FLATHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: WHITCOMB PEAK 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 025N 014W 14 13 



Precision: M 



Survey date: Elevation: 4050 - 4200 



First observation: 1992-08-13 Slope/aspect: -/- 



Last observation: 1994-08-06 Size (acres) : 



Location: "' ' "'"- ''■ ' ' "■ ■ ' -' ■ '■■•- 



FROM HUNGRY HORSE, GO UP EAST SIDE OF RESERVOIR TO SPOTTED BEAR RIVER 

 (CA. 50 MILES) , THEN UP SPOTTED BEAR RIVER TO BEAVER CREEK CAMPGROUND. 



Element occurrence data : 



PROBABLY 1 OR 2 BROODS PRODUCED EACH YEAR. (SPECIFIC OBSERVATION DATA 

 ON FILE AT MTNHP . ) 



General site description: 



STREAM REACH OF CA. 2 MILES. 



Land owner/manager: 



FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, SPOTTED BEAR RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



EXTENT OF OCCUPIED BREEDING HABITAT UNKNOWN. NOTE REPORT OF SINGLE 

 FEMALE AT DEAN FALLS, CA. 10 MILES UPSTREAM OF WHITCOMB CREEK, ON 

 8/4/93. 



Information source : 



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