COASST Species in 2008

While the COASST species list totals more than 100, the majority of birds found are of only a few species. The following tables (and graphs) provide data on the top 10 species found cumulatively, and in each year. Data include the total number of birds found of each species and the percent of the overall total represented by each species. Note that the increase in number of birds found over time reflects an increase in survey effort (not an increase in the number of dead birds).

Total species: 89

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Species	Count	Percent
Common Murre	867	29.06
Northern Fulmar	740	24.81
Large Immature Gull	242	8.11
Glaucous-Winged Gull	150	5.03
Western Gull	127	4.26
Brandt's Cormorant	89	2.98
Western Grebe	75	2.51
Brown Pelican	50	1.68
Sooty Shearwater	47	1.58
Rhinoceros Auklet	39	1.31
Black-Legged Kittiwake	39	1.31
Dunlin	32	1.07
White-Winged Scoter	31	1.04
Pelagic Cormorant	28	0.94
Common Loon	27	0.91
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel	24	0.80
Cassin's Auklet	23	0.77
Pacific Loon	21	0.70
Surf Scoter	17	0.57
California Gull	17	0.57
Greater White-fronted Goose	15	0.50
Pigeon Guillemot	15	0.50
Black-Footed Albatross	15	0.50
Short-tailed Shearwater	14	0.47
Green-winged Teal	12	0.40
Northern Pintail	12	0.40
Double-Crested Cormorant	12	0.40
Parakeet Auklet	10	0.34
Tufted Puffin	10	0.34
Ancient Murrelet	10	0.34
Marbled Murrelet	9	0.30
Bufflehead	8	0.27
Herring Gull	8	0.27
Mew Gull	8	0.27
Pink-footed Shearwater	7	0.23
Crested Auklet	7	0.23
American Crow	7	0.23
Greater Scaup	6	0.20
Mallard	6	0.20
Whimbrel	5	0.17
Varied Thrush	5	0.17
Thick-billed Murre	5	0.17
Heermann's Gull	5	0.17
Leach's Storm-Petrel	5	0.17
Snow Goose	5	0.17
Caspian Tern	5	0.17
Rock Dove	4	0.13
Red-legged Kittiwake	4	0.13
Bonaparte's Gull	4	0.13
Canada Goose (canadensis)	3	0.10
Canada Goose (aleutian)	3	0.10
Brant Goose	3	0.10
Bald Eagle	3	0.10
Western Sandpiper	3	0.10
Canada Goose (minima)	3	0.10
Red-Throated Loon	3	0.10
Red-necked Grebe	3	0.10
Sabine's Gull	2	0.07
Chicken	2	0.07
Barred Owl	2	0.07
Ring-necked Pheasant	2	0.07
Common Merganser	2	0.07
Red-faced Cormorant	1	0.03
Red-necked Phalarope	1	0.03
Red Phalarope	1	0.03
Ring-billed Gull	1	0.03
Bar-tailed Godwit	1	0.03
American Wigeon	1	0.03
Turkey Vulture	1	0.03
Steller's Jay	1	0.03
Laysan Albatross	1	0.03
American Robin	1	0.03
Harlequin Duck	1	0.03
Trumpeter Swan	1	0.03
Surfbird	1	0.03
Eared Grebe	1	0.03
Clark's Grebe	1	0.03
American Coot	1	0.03
Band-tailed Pigeon	1	0.03
Glaucous Gull	1	0.03
Common Eider	1	0.03
Great Blue Heron	1	0.03
Black Oystercatcher	1	0.03
Northwestern Crow	1	0.03
Wilson's Warbler	1	0.03
Belted Kingfisher	1	0.03
Horned Puffin	1	0.03
Horned Grebe	1	0.03
TOTAL	2983	Representing 11% of carcasses found by COASST

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