Species in Washington

Learn more about a specific fish or wildlife species in Washington.

Species marked with an AIS badge are aquatic invasive species. For more information about these environmentally and economically destructive species, visit the Aquatic invasive species page.

Species Category
Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Birds
Trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator) Birds
Tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) Birds
Tui chub (Siphateles bicolor) Fish
Tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) Birds
Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) Birds
Umatilla dace (Rhinichthys umatilla) Fish
Unknown Oregonian (snail) (Cryptomastix mullani hemphilli) Molluscs
Upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) Birds
Valley silverspot (Argynnis zerene bremnerii) Butterflies and moths
Van Dyke's salamander (Plethodon vandykei) Amphibians
Vaux's swift (Chaetura vauxi) Birds
Vermilion rockfish (Sebastes miniatus) Fish
Vesper sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) Birds
Viceroy (Limenitis archippus lahontani) Butterflies and moths
Violet-green swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) Birds
Virginia rail (Rallus limicola) Birds
Walleye (Sander vitreus) Fish
Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) Fish
Walleye pollock (South Puget Sound) (Gadus chalcogrammus) Fish
Warbling vireo (Vireo gilvus) Birds
Warmouth (Lepomis gulosus) Fish
Washington ground squirrel (Urocitellus washingtoni) Mammals
Wenatchee forestfly (Malenka wenatchee) Arthropods
Western barn owl (Tyto alba) Birds