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 



SENSITIVE 



Element occurrence code: ABNJB15010. 029 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: 



EG rank: 



EG rank comments : 



SPOTTED BEAR RIVER 



D 



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 EG. 



County: FLATHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: WHITCOMB PEAK 



Township; 

 025N 



Range ; 

 014W 



Section: 

 14 



TRS comments : 

 13 



Precision: M 

 Survey date: 

 First observation: 

 Last observation: 



1992-08-13 

 1993-08-15 



Elevation: 4050 - 4200 

 Slope/aspect: -/- 

 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. 



(SPECIFIC OBSERVATION DATA 



Element occurrence data: 



PROBABLY 1 OR 2 BROODS PRODUCED EACH YEAR. 

 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: GENTER, D. L. 1992. [FIELD NOTES FROM 13 AUGUST 



RE: BANDING HARLEQUIN DUCKS ON SPOTTED BEAR 

 RIVER . ] 



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