Branta bernicla
Statewide Status: S:11 IBRC Review Species
eBird Species Map

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All Reports (Review Species Only):
- 28-29 March 1899 – (nigricas) – Rathdrum, Kootenai County, Latilong 2 – 1899 Danby (In Litt.) – Birds of Idaho
- 21 March – 7 May 1919 – (nigricas) – Rupert, Minidoka County, Latilong 26 – William Davis – Birds of Idaho
- 27 October 1919 – (nigricas) – Rupert, Minidoka County, Latilong 26 – William Davis – Birds of Idaho
- 13 October 1920 – (nigricas) – Rupert, Minidoka County, Latilong 26 – William Davis – Birds of Idaho
- 7 November 1947 – (1 shot bernicla hrota) – mouth of Clark Fork River, Bonner County, Latilong 1 – Jewett (1948) specimen identified by Alden H. Miller at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Berkeley, CA
- 14 November 1979 – (3) – Dog Beach, Pend Oreille Lake, Bonner County, Latilong 1 – Ward Tollbom – no documentation
- 1 July 1980 – October 1984 – Challis, Custer County, Latilong 13 – Hadley Roberts – (documentation requested) April 1982 – (1) – Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Latilong 4 – AB36(5):875
- »5 January 1992 – 1 collected – Snake River 2 miles south of Glenns Ferry, Elmore County, Latilong 24 – C.B Anderson – University of Arizona Natural History Museum UAZ 016707
Rare Bird Report #:79-B-10 - 26 January – 5 March 1994– (1) – Snake River, Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Latilong 4 – Jim Acton, Warren Hall, Carole Vande Vorde, Dave Holick – AFN48(2):228 and AFN48(3):320 and Birding HotLine – Kas Dumroese, Dale Goble (notes say well documented but the committee has no documentation)
- ♦15 November 1997 – 28 January 1998 – Boise, Ada County, Latilong 17 – Don Morgan+, John Gatchet+ (photo), Dan Svingen+, Dan Taylor, Dave Trochlell+ – AFN52(1):93, CBC Boise, NAB52(2):228
Rare Bird Report #:10-B-97
Voting: 7-0 - ♦30 June 1998 – McArther Lake WMA, Boundary County, Latilong 1 – Pat Cole+
Rare Bird Report #:17-B-98
Voting: 5-2, 7-0 - ♦24 September – 13 October 2000 – (2) – Bruneau Dunes SP, Owyhee County, Latilong 24 – Laurie Goodrich and many observers – NAB55(1):75; photo by Dick Anderson+ 2 October 2000
Rare Bird Report #:4-B-01
Voting: 6-1 - 9 January 2005 – Ann Morrison Park, Boise, Ada County, latilong 17 – Colleen Sweeney – IBLE
- χ15 March 2007 – Camas NWR – Bill Schiess+ Photo
Rare Bird Report #:24-B-07
Voting: 5-2, 0-7 - ♦9 September 2017 – 1 – Sandpoint City Beach, Bonner County, Latilong 1 – Carl Lundblad – eBird photo
Rare Bird Report #:42-B-2017
Voting: 7-0 - ♦18 November 2019 – 1 probable juvenile – first seen on grounds of the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) on State Street – Tom saw it on one of the ponds at Esther Simplot Park a short distance away, Ada County, Latilong 17 – Tom McCabe – photos taken by Luis and Sandra Zarate on the ITD grounds – the bird was found by Tony Azari (a non birder) around November 10th – reported on several eBird lists
Rare Bird Report #:33-B-2019
Voting: 7-0 - ♦22-23 November 2019 – 1 juvenile – Dover, near Sandpoint, Bonner County, Latilong 1 – Greg Lambeth – photo
Rare Bird Report #:5-B-2020
Voting: 7-0 - »November 28, 2021 – 1 – Deerflat NWR-lower dam, Canyon County, Latilong 17- with Katie Sorenson, found the day before by Jim James, Wayne Smith and others – photos
Rare Bird Report #:10-B-2022