List of fauna of Washington (state)
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Animals


Birds

* American robin (''Turdus migratorius'') *
Chestnut-backed chickadee The chestnut-backed chickadee (''Poecile rufescens''), formerly ''Parus rufescens'', is a small passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae. It is found in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and western Canada, from southern Alaska to sout ...
(''Poecile rufescens'') *
Spotted towhee The spotted towhee (''Pipilo maculatus'') is a large New World sparrow. The taxonomy of the towhees has been debated in recent decades, and until 1995 this bird and the eastern towhee were considered a single species, the rufous-sided towhee. A ...
(''Pipilo maculatus'') * Steller's jay (''Cyanocitta stelleri'') *
Dark-eyed junco The dark-eyed junco (''Junco hyemalis'') is a species of junco, a group of small, grayish New World sparrows. This bird is common across much of temperate North America and in summer ranges far into the Arctic. It is a very variable species, much ...
(''Junco hyemalis'') * Bald eagle (''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'')


Fish

* Crescent trout (''Oncorhynchus clarki crescenti'') *
Beardslee trout The Beardslee trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus'' f. ''beardsleei''), formerly ''Salmo gairdneri beardsleei'') is a local form of rainbow trout endemic to Lake Crescent in Washington. Some sources treat them as a subspecies. Known to locals a ...
(''Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus var. beardsleei'') * Pink (Humpback) salmon (''Oncorhynchus gorbuscha'') * Coho (Silver) salmon (''Oncorhynchus kisutch'') * Chinook (King) salmon (''Oncorhynchus tshawytscha'') * Sockeye salmon (''Oncorhynchus nerka'') * Coastal cutthroat trout (''Oncorhynchus clarki clarki'') *
Westslope cutthroat trout The westslope cutthroat trout (''Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi''), also known as the black-spotted trout, common cutthroat trout and red-throated trout is a subspecies of the cutthroat trout (''Oncorhynchus clarkii'') and is a freshwater fish in t ...
(''Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi'') * Rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') *
Dolly Varden trout The Dolly Varden trout (''Salvelinus malma'') is a species of salmonid fish native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. It belongs to the genus '' Salvelinus'', or true chars, which includes 51 recognized ...
(''Salvelinus malma'') *
Bull trout The bull trout (''Salvelinus confluentus'') is a char of the family Salmonidae native to northwestern North America. Historically, ''S. confluentus'' has been known as the " Dolly Varden" (''S. malma''), but was reclassified as a separate speci ...
(''Salvelinus confluentus'')


Mammals

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Roosevelt elk The Roosevelt elk (''Cervus canadensis roosevelti)'', also known commonly as the Olympic elk and Roosevelt's wapiti, is the largest of the four surviving subspecies of elk (''Cervus canadensis'') in North America by body mass (although by antl ...
(''Cervus canadensis roosevelti'') * Shrew-mole (''Neurotrichus gibbsii'') *
American pika The American pika (''Ochotona princeps''), a diurnal species of pika, is found in the mountains of western North America, usually in boulder fields at or above the tree line. They are herbivorous, smaller relatives of rabbits and hares. Pikas ...
(''Ochotona princeps'') *
Snowshoe hare The snowshoe hare (''Lepus americanus''), also called the varying hare or snowshoe rabbit, is a species of hare found in North America. It has the name "snowshoe" because of the large size of its hind feet. The animal's feet prevent it from sin ...
(''Lepus americanus'') *
Mountain beaver The mountain beaver (''Aplodontia rufa'')Other names include mountain boomer, ground bear, giant mole, gehalis, lesser sasquatch, sewellel, suwellel, showhurll, showtl, and showte, as well as a number of Chinookan and other Native American terms ...
(''Aplodontia rufa'') *
Olympic marmot The Olympic marmot (''Marmota olympus'') is a rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae; it occurs only in the U.S. state of Washington, on the middle elevations of the Olympic Peninsula. The closest relatives of this species are the hoary marm ...
(''Marmota olympus'') * Grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis'') *
Pygmy rabbit The pygmy rabbit (''Brachylagus idahoensis'') is a rabbit species native to the United States. It is also the only native rabbit species in North America to dig its own burrow. The pygmy rabbit differs significantly from species within either ...
(''Brachylagus idahoensis'') reintroduced *
Black bear Black bear or Blackbear may refer to: Animals * American black bear (''Ursus americanus''), a North American bear species * Asian black bear (''Ursus thibetanus''), an Asian bear species Music * Black Bear (band), a Canadian First Nations group ...
(''Ursus americanus'')


Reptiles


Amphibians

{{main, List of amphibians of Washington


See also

* List of flora of Washington