Global rank: G5 

 State rank: S2 



HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS * 023 

 HARLEQUIN DUCK 



Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 Federal Status: C2 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments: 



LITTLE SALMON CREEK 



County : FLATHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: MARMOT MOUNTAIN 

 PAGODA MOUNTAIN 



Township: 

 022N 



Range: 

 014W 



Section: 

 27 



TRS comments: 

 NE4NW4 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1992-07-23 

 1992-07-24 



Elevation: 4200 -4250 

 Slope/aspect: -/- 

 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



IN THE BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS CA. 1.25 MILES UP LITTLE 

 SALMON CREEK FROM THE SOUTH FORK FLATHEAD RIVER. 



Element occurrence data: 



FEMALE WITH 5 YOUNG (LIGHT COLORED, DOWNY LOOKING) OBSERVED. 

 ALSO FEMALE WITH 3 YOUNG SIGHTED CA. 1 MILE DOWNSTREAM, NEAR 

 PACK BRIDGE. 



General site description: 



CA. 2 MILE SEGMENT OF MOUNTAIN STREAM. 



Land owner/manager: 



BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS 



FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, SPOTTED BEAR RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



EXTENT OF OCCUPIED BREEDING HABITAT UNKNOWN. 



Information source: 



CASTREN, CHAD. 1992. [REPORT ON FIELD SURVEYS FOR HARLEQUIN 

 DUCKS, SUMMER 1992.] 



Specimens: 



Element Occurrence Record 

 Harlequin Duck Surveys in 

 Western Montana: 1992 



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