American Crow
Listed among the "Birds most Common" by Clark, the American crow was a familiar presence…
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American White Pelican
On August 8, 1804, the expedition encountered a flock of several hundred white pelicans on…
Bald Eagle
Bald eagles were frequently sighted fishing along the Missouri and Columbia Rivers throughout the expedition…
Black-billed Magpie
The black-billed magpie was first encountered on September 17, 1804, near the mouth of the…
Bonaparte’s gull
Brewer’s blackbird
Broad-tailed hummingbird
California Condor
Lewis and Clark observed California condors on at least nine occasions along the lower Columbia…
Canada Goose
Canada geese were a constant presence along the rivers, providing food for the Corps especially…
Canada jay (Pacific)
Carolina parakeet
Clark’s Nutcracker
Clark first observed this distinctive bird on August 22, 1805, along the Lemhi River in…
Columbian sharp-tailed grouse
Common nighthawk
Common Poorwill
The common poorwill was among the Great Plains birds described for the first time by…
Common Raven
Ravens were a common sight in the western territories, frequently listed alongside hawks and crows…
Double-crested cormorant
Dusky Grouse
Forster’s tern
Franklin’s grouse
Glaucous-winged gull
Great Blue Heron
Lewis carefully described the great blue heron along the lower Columbia River, noting it among…
Great horned owl
Greater sage grouse
Greater Sage-Grouse
Lewis first observed the greater sage-grouse on June 6, 1805, near the mouth of the…
Greater white-fronted goose
Hairy woodpecker
Horned lark
Hutchins’s goose; Cackling Goose
Interior least tern
Lesser Canada goose; Cackling Goose
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Lewis's woodpecker was first observed on July 20, 1805, near the present site of Helena,…
Loggerhead shrike
Long-billed curlew
Mallard Duck
Ducks were among the most frequently mentioned waterfowl, observed on virtually every river, lake, and…
Mountain Quail
Lewis described the mountain quail on March 3, 1806, near the Columbia River in the…
Mourning dove
Northern flicker
Northern fulmar
Oregon Ruffed Grouse
Lewis described the Oregon ruffed grouse at Fort Clatsop on February 5, 1806, when Reubin…
Pacific loon
Passenger pigeon
Pileated woodpecker
Pinyon Jay
According to a historical marker at LaHood Park on the Jefferson River in Montana, the…
Prairie sharp-tailed grouse
Red-necked grebe
Red-tailed Hawk
Hawks were among the most frequently noted raptors, observed soaring over the Great Plains and…
Ring-necked duck
Ruffed grouse
Sandhill Crane
Sandhill cranes were observed in grasslands and river valleys, their distinctive calls echoing across the…
Steller’s Jay
Lewis first noted the Steller's jay on September 20, 1805, in the Bitterroot Mountains of…
Thick-billed longspur
Trumpeter Swan
Lewis and Clark observed trumpeter swans at multiple points during the expedition. Large flocks were…
Tundra swan
Western Grebe
Lewis described the western grebe in his natural history observations at Fort Clatsop during the…
Western gull
Western Meadowlark
On June 22, 1805, near the Great Falls of the Missouri, Lewis recorded a bird…
Western Tanager
Lewis first described the western tanager on June 6, 1806, near the Clearwater River in…
Wild Turkey
Wild turkeys were found in the forested river bottoms, their appearance on the return journey…
