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Show 212 species prefer the uplands which include the open and weedy fields, sagebrush, and thicket areas which surround the entire Lake. One exception is the raptors, which may frequent all the habitat types in the Great Salt Lake area. The following is a list of the birds classified as abundant and common at the Great Salt Lake ( Eyre 1973, Robbins 1966, Nelsen 1955, Behle 1958). The accompanying maps, Figures 38- 42, show the distribution of selected species. Eared Grebe; Podiceps caspicus ( common) Western Grebe; Aechmorphorus occidentalss ( common) Pied- billed Grebe; Podilymbus podiceps ( common) White Pelican; Pelecanus erythrorhynchos ( abundant) Double- crested Cormorant; Phalacrocorax auritus ( common) Great Blue Heron; Ardea herodias treganzai ( common) Snowy Egret; Leucophoyx thula brewsteri ( common) Black- crowned Night Heron; Nycticorax nyticovax hoactli ( common) White- faced Ibis; Phegadis chiki ( abundant) Whistling Swan; Cygnus columbianus ( abundant) Great Basin Canada Goose; Branta canadensis moffitti ( abundant) Snow- Goose; Chen hypevbovea ( abundant) Mallard; Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos ( abundant) Gadwall; Anas strepera ( abundant) Pintail; Anas acuta ( abundant) Green- winged Teal; Anas carolinensi- s ( abundant) Cinnamon Teal; Anas cyonoptera ( abundant) Widgeon ( Balpete); Mareca amevicana ( abundant) Shoveller; Spatula clypeata ( abundant) |