Short-term effects of post-fire salvage logging intensity and activity on breeding birds in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, USA

Fogg, Alissa M.; Roberts, L. Jay; Burnett, Ryan D.; Campos, Brent R.

doi:10.1186/s42408-022-00144-5

Fire Ecology

Table 4 All species detected regardless of distance from the observer in the Chips and Rim fires during the 2013–2017 breeding bird surveys. An “X” denotes whether a species was detected in either or both fires

From: Short-term effects of post-fire salvage logging intensity and activity on breeding birds in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, USA

Common name	Scientific name	4-letter code	Chips Fire	Rim Fire
Acorn woodpecker	Melanerpes formicivorus	ACWO		X
American goldfinch	Spinus tristis	AMGO	X	X
American kestrel	Falco sparverius	AMKE	X	X
American robin	Turdus migratorious	AMRO	X	X
Anna’s hummingbird	Calypte anna	ANHU	X	X
Ash-throated flycatcher	Myiarchus cinerascens	ATFL		X
Bald eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	BAEA	X
Black-backed woodpecker	Picoides arcticus	BBWO	X	X
Black-chinned sparrow	Spizella atrogularis	BCSP		X
Bell’s sparrow	Artemisiospiza belli	BESP		X
Bewick’s wren	Thryomanes bewickii	BEWR	X	X
Blue-gray gnatcatcher	Polioptila caerulea	BGGN	X	X
Brown-headed cowbird	Molothrus ater	BHCO	X	X
Black-headed grosbeak	Pheuticus melanocephalus	BHGR	X	X
Black phoebe	Sayornis nigricans	BLPH		X
Brewer’s blackbird	Euphagus cyanocephalus	BRBL	X	X
Brown creeper	Certhia americana	BRCR	X	X
Band-tailed pigeon	Patagioenas fasciata	BTPI	X	X
Black-throated gray warbler	Setophaga nigrescens	BTYW	X	X
Bullock’s oriole	Icterus bullockii	BUOR	X	X
Bushtit	Psaltriparus minimus	BUSH		X
Cassin’s finch	Haemorhous cassinii	CAFI	X	X
Canada goose	Branta canadensis	CAGO	X
Calliope hummingbird	Selasphorus calliope	CAHU	X	X
California towhee	Melozone crissalis	CALT		X
Canyon wren	Catherpes mexicanus	CANW	X	X
California quail	Callipepla californica	CAQU	X	X
California scrub-jay	Aphelocoma californica	CASJ		X
Cassin’s vireo	Vireo cassinii	CAVI	X	X
Cedar waxwing	Bombycilla cedrorum	CEDW		X
Chipping sparrow	Spizella passerina	CHSP	X	X
Cliff swallow	Petrochelidon pyrrhonota	CLSW	X
Cooper’s hawk	Accipiter cooperii	COHA	X	X
Common loon	Gavia immer	COLO	X
Common nighthawk	Chordeiles minor	CONI	X	X
Common raven	Corvus corax	CORA	X	X
Dark-eyed junco	Junco hyemalis	DEJU	X	X
Downy woodpecker	Dryobates pubescens	DOWO	X	X
Dusky flycatcher	Empidonax oberholseri	DUFL	X	X
Eurasian collared dove	Streptopelia decaocto	ECDO		X
European starling	Sturnus vulgaris	EUST		X
Evening grosbeak	Hesperiphona vespertina	EVGR	X	X
Fox sparrow	Passerella iliaca	FOSP	X	X
Great blue heron	Ardea herodias	GBHE	X
Golden-crowned kinglet	Regulus satrapa	GCKI	X	X
Green-tailed towhee	Pipilo chlorurus	GTTO	X	X
Hammond’s flycatcher	Empidonax hammondii	HAFL	X	X
Hairy woodpecker	Leuconotopicus villosus	HAWO	X	X
Hermit thrush	Catharus guttatus	HETH	X	X
Hermit warbler	Setophaga occidentalis	HEWA	X	X
House finch	Haemorhous mexicanus	HOFI		X
House wren	Troglodytes aedon	HOWR	X	X
Hutton’s vireo	Vireo huttoni	HUVI	X	X
Indigo bunting	Passerina cyanea	INBU		X
Killdeer	Charadrius vociferus	KILL	X
Lawrence’s goldfinch	Spinus lawrencei	LAGO	X	X
Lark sparrow	Chondestes grammacus	LASP		X
Lazuli bunting	Passerina amoena	LAZB	X	X
Lesser goldfinch	Spinus psaltria	LEGO	X	X
Lewis’s woodpecker	Melanerpes lewis	LEWO	X
Lincoln’s sparrow	Melospiza lincolnii	LISP	X	X
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	MALL	X	X
MacGillivray’s warbler	Geothlypis tolmiei	MGWA	X	X
Mountain bluebird	Sialia currucoides	MOBL	X	X
Mountain chickadee	Poecile gambeli	MOCH	X	X
Mourning dove	Zenaida macroura	MODO	X	X
Mountain quail	Oreortyx pictus	MOUQ	X	X
Nashville warbler	Leiothlypis ruficapilla	NAWA	X	X
Northern flicker	Colaptes auratus	NOFL	X	X
Northern pygmy-owl	Glaucidium gnoma	NOPO	X	X
Orange-crowned qarbler	Leiothlypis celata	OCWA	X	X
Olive-sided flycatcher	Contopus cooperi	OSFL	X	X
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	OSPR	X	X
Pacific wren	Troglodytes pacificus	PAWR	X	X
Peregrine falcon	Falco peregrinus	PEFA		X
Pine grosbeak	Pinicola enucleator	PIGR		X
Pine siskin	Carduelis pinus	PISI	X	X
Pileated woodpecker	Dryocopus pileatus	PIWO	X	X
Pacific-slope flycatcher	Empidonax difficilis	PSFL	X	X
Purple finch	Haemorhous purpureus	PUFI	X	X
Pygmy nuthatch	Sitta pygmaea	PYNU	X	X
Red-breasted nuthatch	Sitta Canadensis	RBNU	X	X
Red-breasted sapsucker	Sphyrapicus ruber	RBSA	X	X
Rufous-crowned sparrow	Aimophila ruficeps	RCSP		X
Red crossbill	Loxia curvirostra	RECR	X	X
Rock wren	Salpinctes obsoletus	ROWR	X	X
Red-shouldered hawk	Buteo lineatus	RSHA		X
Red-tailed hawk	Buteo jamaicensis	RTHA	X	X
Rufous hummingbird	Selasphorus rufus	RUHU	X
Red-winged blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus	RWBL	X	X
Sandhill crane	Antigona canadensis	SACR	X
Sooty grouse	Dendragapus fuliginosus	SOGR	X
Song sparrow	Melospiza melodia	SOSP	X	X
Spotted owl	Strix occidentalis	SPOW	X
Spotted towhee	Pipilo maculatus	SPTO	X	X
Sharp-shinned hawk	Accipiter striatus	SSHA	X	X
Steller’s jay	Cyanocitta stelleri	STJA	X	X
Townsend’s solitaire	Myadestes townsendi	TOSO	X	X
Townsend’s warbler	Setophaga townsendi	TOWA	X	X
Tree swallow	Tachycineta bicolor	TRES	X
Turkey vulture	Cathartes aura	TUVU	X	X
Violet-green swallow	Tachycineta thalassina	VGSW		X
Warbling vireo	Vireo gilvus	WAVI	X	X
White-breasted nuthatch	Sitta carolinensis	WBNU	X	X
White-crowned sparrow	Zonotrichia leucophrys	WCSP		X
Western bluebird	Sialia mexicana	WEBL	X	X
Western grebe	Aechmophorus occidentalis	WEGR	X
Western tanager	Piranga ludoviciana	WETA	X	X
Western wood-pewee	Contopus sordidulus	WEWP	X	X
White-headed woodpecker	Picoides albolarvatus	WHWO	X	X
Williamson’s sapsucker	Sphyrapicus thyroideus	WISA	X
Wilson’s warbler	Cardellina pusilla	WIWA	X	X
Wrentit	Chamaea fasciata	WREN		X
White-throated swift	Aeronautes saxatalis	WTSW		X
Yellow warbler	Setophaga petechia	YEWA	X	X
Yellow-rumped warbler	Setophaga coronata	YRWA	X	X

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