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 (''Salvelinus confluentus'')


Mammals

*Roosevelt elk (''Cervus canadensis roosevelti'') *Shrew-mole (Neurotrichus), Shrew-mole (''Neurotrichus gibbsii'') *American pika (''Ochotona princeps'') *Snowshoe hare (''Lepus americanus'') *Mountain beaver (''Aplodontia rufa'') *Olympic marmot (''Marmota olympus'') *Grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis'') *Pygmy rabbit (''Brachylagus idahoensis'') reintroduced *American black bear, Black bear (''Ursus americanus'')


Reptiles


Amphibians

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See also

* List of flora of Washington