Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge
Description:
Summary[edit] Description: English: Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, USAProtection island has over 5,000 nesting gulls and provides valuable seabird habitat. It's 1 of 8 large rhinoceros auklet colonies. The island is closed to public entry to protect breeding seabirds, to limit disturbance and to protect auklet burrows which are easily crushed when walked upon. Date: 5 August 2012, 12:31:51. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwspacific/9559900722/. Author: Roberta Swift/ USFWS.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes (bony fish)
- Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned fishes)
- Tetrapoda (terrestrial vertebrates)
- Amniota (amniote)
- Reptilia (Reptiles)
- Diapsida (diapsid)
- Archosauromorpha (archosauromorph)
- Archosauria (archosaur)
- Dinosauria (dinosaurs and birds)
- Saurischia (saurischian)
- Theropoda (theropods)
- Tetanurae (tetanuran theropod)
- Coelurosauria (coelurosaur)
- Maniraptoriformes
- Maniraptora (maniraptoran)
- Aves (birds)
- Ornithurae
- Neornithes
- Neognathae
- Neoaves
- Charadriiformes (shorebirds and relatives)
- Laridae (gulls, terns, and skimmers)
- Larus
- Paraves
- Larus occidentalis (Western Gull)
This image is not featured in any collections.
Source Information
- license
- cc-by-3.0
- copyright
- Roberta Swift/ USFWS
- creator
- Roberta Swift/ USFWS
- source
- Flickr user ID usfwspacific
- original
- original media file
- visit source
- partner site
- Wikimedia Commons
- ID
