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Striped Black Fly - Simulium vittatum

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Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNR


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Number of Observations: 1

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References
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    • Coudie. R. I. 1984. Comparative ecology of Common eiders, black scoters, oldsquaws and harlequin ducks wintering in southeast Newfoundland. Thesis. Univ. of W. Ontario. London, Ontario. Canada.
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    • Goudie, R. I. 1988. Breeding distribution of harlequin ducks in northern Labrador. Atlantic Soc. of Fish and Wildl. Biologists. 4(2):17-21.
    • Goudie, R. I. 1993. Harlequin duck status report: eastern Canada. Pp. 65-74 in: Cassirer, E. F., et al., (eds.), Status of Harlequin ducks in North America. Harlequin Duck Working Group. 83 pp.
    • Goudie, R.I. 1989. Historical status of harlequin ducks wintering in eastern North America: a reappraisal. Wilson Bulletin 101(1):112-114.
    • Goudie, R.I. 1991. The status of the Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) in eastern North America. Committee on the status of endangered wildlife in Canada (Cosewic), Ottawa, Ontario. 59 pp. + 4 appendices.
    • Harju, Harry. 1980. Harlequin ducks in Wyoming. Wyoming Wildlife: Jan., 16-17.
    • Harlequin Duck Working Group. 1992. Proceedings of Harlequin Duck Symposium. Northwest Section of the Wildlife Society Meeting, April 23-24, 1992, Moscow, Idaho. Idaho Department of Fish and Game. 45 pp.
    • Harlequin Duck Working Group. 1993. Status of harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus) in North America. iii + 83 pp.
    • Harlequin Duck Working Group. 1994. Proceedings of the second Harlequin duck symposium. March 13-15. Hornby Island, British Columbia. 22 p.
    • Harrison, J. 1967. Drake harlequin escorting its family. Wildfowl Trust Ann. Report 18:155-156.
    • Hunt, B. 1994. Behavioral ecology of breeding Harlequin ducks in Jasper National Park: time-activity budgets and the effects of human disturbance. P. 17 in: Proc. 2nd ann. Harlequin duck symposium, March 13-15, 1994. Harlequin Duck Working Group. 22 pp. plus appendices.
    • Hunt, B. and P. Clarkson. 1993. Preliminary status and distribution of Harlequin ducks on selected breeding ranges in the Canadian Rockies. Pp. 75-83 in: Cassirer, E. F., et al., (eds.), Status of Harlequin ducks in North America. Harlequin Duck Working Group. 83 pp.
    • Hunt, W. A. 1993. Jasper National Park harlequin duck research project, 1992 pilot projects--interim results. Jasper Warden Service Biological Report Series, No. 1. Heritage Resource Conservation, Parks Canada, Box 10, Jasper, Alberta. 67 pp.
    • Jewett, S. G. 1931. Nesting of the Pacific harlequin duck in Oregon. Condor 33:255.
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    • Latta, S. C. 1993. Distribution and status of the Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) in Oregon. Pp. 35-44 in: E. F. Cassirer et al., (eds.), Status of Harlequin ducks in North America. Harlequin Duck Working Group. 83 pp.
    • McEneaney, T. 1994. Status of the Harlequin duck in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. P. 5 in: Proc. 2nd ann. Harlequin duck symposium, March 13-15, 1994. Harlequin Duck Working Group. 22 pp. plus appendices.
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    • Miller, V.E. 1988. Harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus) 1988 results of field survey in west-central Montana. Prepared for Professor James Lowe, Forestry 220. 18 pp.
    • Miller, V.E. 1989. Field Survey Report, Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus): Lower Clark Fork Drainage, West Central Montana. Unpublished, 47 pp.
    • Mittelhauser, G. H. 1990. Survey of harlequin ducks along the Isla au Haut shoreline and adjacent offshore islands, 1989-90. Unpublished report, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine. 25 pp.
    • Mittelhauser, G. H. and M. McCollough. 1993. Harlequin duck status report 1992: Maine. Pp. 55-59 in: Cassirer, E. F., et al., (eds.), Status of Harlequins ducks in North America. Harlequin Duck Working Group. 83 pp.
    • Mittelhauser, G.H. 1989. The ecology and distribution of the harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) wintering off Isle au Haut, Maine. B.A. thesis. College of the Atlantic. 69 pp.
    • Mittlehauser, G. and J. Hazen. 1990. Monitoring harlequins at Acadia. Park Sci. 10(1):18.
    • Montevecchi, W. A., A. Bourget, J. Brazil, R. I. Goudie, A. E. Hutchinson, B. C. Johnson, P. Kehoe, P. Laporte, M. A. McCollough, R. Milton, and N. Seymour. 1995. National recovery plan for the Harlequin Duck in eastern North America. Prepared by the Harlequin Duck (eastern North Am. pop.) Recovery Team for the Recovery of Nationally Endangered Wildlife Committee. 31 pp.
    • Morneau, F. and R. Decarie. 1994. Status and distribution of Harlequin ducks in the Great Whale Watershed, Quebec. Pp. 6-7 in: Proc. 2nd ann. Harlequin duck symposium, March 13-15, 1994. Harlequin Duck Working Group. 22 pp. plus appendices.
    • Parkes, K. C. and C. H. Nelson. 1976. A definite Colorado breeding record for the Harlequin Duck. Auk 93:846-847.
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    • Patten, S. M., Jr. 1994. Assessment of injury to Harlequin ducks from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. P. 8 in: Proc. 2nd ann. Harlequin duck symposium, March 13-15, 1994. Harlequin Duck Working Group. 22 pp. plus appendices.
    • Pearse, T. 1945. Mating of the Pacific Harlequin Duck. Canadian Field-Naturalist 59:66-67.
    • Pinel, H.W., W.W. Smith, and C.R. Wershler. 1991. Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus). Pp. 62-62 in: Alberta Birds, 1971-1980, Vol. 1. Non-Passerines. Natural History Section, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
    • Pool, W. 1962. Feeding habits of the harlequin. Wildfowl Trust Ann. Rep. 13:126-129.
    • Portenko, L.A. 1981. Histrionicus histrionicus pacificus Brooks - Harlequin duck. Pp. 179-182 in: Birds of the Chukchi Peninsula and Wrangel Island. Nauka Publishers, Leningrad. 446 pp.
    • Reichel, J. D. 1996. Literature review and summary of research priorities for Harlequin Duck. Unpublished report, Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena. 37 pp.
    • Reichel, J. D., D. L. Genter, and D. P. Hendricks. 1997. Harlequin Duck research and monitoring in Montana: 1996. Unpublished report, Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena. 77 pp.
    • Reichel, J.D. and D.L. Genter. 1993. Harlequin duck surveys in western Montana: 1992. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena, MT. 67 pp., including appendices and maps.
    • Reichel, J.D. and D.L. Genter. 1994. Harlequin duck surveys in western Montana: 1993. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena, MT. 87 pp.
    • Reichel, J.D. and D.L. Genter. 1995. Harlequin Duck surveys in western Montana: 1994. Montana Natural Heritage Program. 58 pp.
    • Reichel, J.D. and D.L. Genter. 1996. Harlequin duck surveys in western Montana: 1995. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena, MT. vii + 107 pp.
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