MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS 

 Conunon Name: HARLEQUIN DUCK 



Global rank: 

 State rank: 



G5 

 S2B,SZN 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: C2 



SENSITIVE 



Element occurrence code: ABNJB15010 . 019 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: 



EG rank: 



EO rank comments : 



TRAIL CREEK 



C/B 



4-6 PAIRS PRESENT; NO FISHING OR BOATING; ACCESS 



MODERATE TO DIFFICULT EXCEPT TO LANDOWNERS BELOW 



FLATHEAD NF. MAY BE PART OF A LARGER COMPLEX WITH 



KISHENEHN CREEK EO#28. DUCKS HAVE ALSO BEEN 



REPORTED ON RED MEADOW AND WHALE CREEKS WITHIN 20 



KM. 



County: FLATHEAD 

 USGS quadrangle: 



Township: Range: 

 037N 022W 



Precision: M 

 Survey date: 

 First observation; 

 Last observation: 



■'-t'^.v >■:■'-' 



1990 

 1993-08-13 



Slope/aspect: 

 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



TAKE THE NORTH FORK FLATHEAD ROAD PAST POLEBRIDGE TO FS ROAD #114, 

 THEN CA. 3 MILES WEST. 



Element occurrence data: 



PROBABLY 2 TO 4 BROODS PRODUCED EACH YEAR. (SPECIFIC OBSERVATION DATA 

 ON FILE AT MTNHP.) 



General site description: 



A CA. 7 MILE SEGMENT OF MOUNTAIN STREAM, SECTIONS OF WHICH ARE 

 INTERMITTENT DURING LATE SUMMER. 



Land owner/manager: 



FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, GLACIER VIEW RANGER DISTRICT 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 

 STATE LAND - UNDESIGNATED 



Comments : 



EXTENT OF OCCUPIED BREEDING HABITAT UNKNOWN. 



Information source: CARLSON, J, C. 1990. RESULTS OF 1990 SURVEYS FOR 



HARLEQUIN DUCKS ON THE FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, 

 MONTANA. [UNPUBLISHED REPORT] . 31 PP. 



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