MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS 

 Common Name: HARLEQUIN DUCK 



Global rank; 

 State rank: 



G5 

 S2B,SZN 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: 

 Element occurrence type: 



ABNJB15010.011 



SENSITIVE 



Survey site name: 



EG rank: 



EG rank comments : 



SWAMP CREEK 



D 



1-2 PAIRS PRESENT. 3-4 OTHER STREAMS WITHIN 20 KM 



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



FISHING; DIFFICULT ACCESS. i 



County: SANDERS 

 USGS quadrangle: 



Township: 

 025N 

 Precision: M 

 Survey date : 

 First observation 

 Last observation: 



GOAT PEAK 



NOXON RAPIDS DAM 

 Range: Section: 

 031W 16 



1989 

 1993-08-02 



TRS comments : 

 W2; 4,9,17,19,20 



Elevation: 2700 

 Slope/aspect: 

 Size (acres) : 



MI 



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. 



Land owner/manager: 



KOOTENAI NATIONAL FOREST, CABINET RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 

 NONE. 



4 MILES 



Information source: 



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 UNPUBLISHED. 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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