Idaho Classification of Wildlife (IDAPA)
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission is authorized under Sections 36-104(b) and 36-201, Idaho Code, to adopt rules concerning the taking of wildlife species and the classification of all wildlife in the state of Idaho. These rules shall be cited in full as IDAPA 13.01.06.000, et seq., Rules of the Idaho Fish and Game Commission, IDAPA 13.01.06, "Rules Governing Classification and Protection of Wildlife"
† Indicates species which fall into more than one category.
Big Game
- American Black Bear Ursus americanus
- Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis
- California Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis californiana
- Elk Cervus canadensis
- Gray Wolf Canis lupus
- Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos
- Moose Alces alces
- Mountain Goat Oreamnos americanus
- Mountain Lion, Cougar, or Puma Puma concolor
- Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
- Pronghorn Antilocapra americana
- Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis canadensis
- White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
Furbearing Animals
- American Badger Taxidea taxus
- American Beaver Castor canadensis
- American Marten Martes americana
- American Mink Neogale vison
- Bobcat Lynx rufus
- Canada Lynx Lynx canadensis †
- Common Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
- Fisher Pekania pennanti
- Northern River Otter Lontra canadensis
- Pacific Marten Martes caurina
- Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Game Bird
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
Game Bird Migratory
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Wigeon Anas americana
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
- Brant Branta bernicla
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Emperor Goose Chen canagica
- Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
- Gadwall Anas strepera
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Ross's Goose Chen rossii
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
- Snow Goose or Blue Goose Chen caerulescens
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
Game Fish
- American Shad Alosa sapidissima
- Arctic Char Salvelinus alpinus
- Arctic Grayling Thymallus arcticus
- Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar
- Bear Lake Whitefish Prosopium abyssicola
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Bonneville Cisco Prosopium gemmifer
- Bonneville Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii utah
- Bonneville Whitefish Prosopium spilonotus
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus †
- Burbot Lota lota
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
- Chinook Salmon (Snake River spring/summer-run ESU) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 8
- Cobow - Coho Salmon x Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus kisutch x O. mykiss
- Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch
- Columbia River Redband Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri
- Cutbow - Cutthroat x Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii x O. mykiss
- Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Golden Trout Oncorhynchus aguabonita
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Kokanee Oncorhynchus nerka
- Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi
- Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush
- Lake Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Mountain Whitefish Prosopium williamsoni
- Mountain Whitefish (Big Lost River Population) Prosopium williamsoni pop. 1
- Mountain Whitefish (Wood River Population) Prosopium williamsoni pop. 2
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Pilose Crayfish Pacifastacus gambelii
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pygmy Whitefish Prosopium coulterii
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Sauger Sander canadensis
- Saugeye Sander canadensis x vitreus
- Signal Crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Snake River Fine-spotted Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii ssp. 2
- Snake River Pilose Crayfish Pacifastacus connectens
- Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka
- Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1
- Splake Salvelinus fontinalis x Salvelinus namaycush
- Steelhead (Snake River Basin DPS) Oncorhynchus mykiss pop. 13
- Steelhead Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Sunapee Trout Salvelinus alpinus oquassa
- Tiger Muskellunge Esox lucius x Esox masquinongy
- Tiger Trout Salmo trutta x Salvelinus fontinalis
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Westslope Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- White Sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus
- White Sturgeon (Kootenai River DPS) Acipenser transmontanus pop. 1
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri
Upland Game Animal
- Mountain Cottontail Sylvilagus nuttallii
- Pygmy Rabbit Brachylagus idahoensis
- Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
- Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus
Upland Game Bird
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Chukar Alectoris chukar
- Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus
- Dusky Grouse Dendragapus obscurus
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Gray Partridge Perdix perdix
- Greater Sage-Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus
- Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus
- Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
Predatory
- Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus
- Coyote Canis latrans
- Ermine or Short-tailed Weasel Mustela erminea
- European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata
- Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor
- Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis
- Western Spotted Skunk Spilogale gracilis
- White-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus townsendii
Endangered
- Caribou Rangifer tarandus
- Pacific Lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus
- Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1 †
- White Sturgeon (Kootenai River DPS) Acipenser transmontanus pop. 1 †
- Woodland Caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou
Threatened
- Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus
- Canada Lynx Lynx canadensis
- Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha †
- Chinook Salmon (Snake River spring/summer-run ESU) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 8 †
- Columbia River Redband Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri †
- Steelhead (Snake River Basin DPS) Oncorhynchus mykiss pop. 13 †
Protected Nongame
- Urocitellus mollis mollis
- Urocitellus canus vigilis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- American Pika Ochotona princeps
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Three-Toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis
- American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
- Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Bats Chiroptera
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Bear Lake Sculpin Cottus extensus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Black Rosy-Finch Leucosticte atrata
- Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
- Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris maculata
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- California Myotis Myotis californicus
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis
- Canyon Bat Parastrellus hesperus
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Caribou Rangifer tarandus †
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Cassia Crossbill Loxia sinesciuris
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Cliff Chipmunk Neotamias dorsalis
- Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Coeur d'Alene Salamander Plethodon idahoensis
- Columbia Spotted Frog (Northern Population) Rana luteiventris
- Columbia Spotted Frog (Great Basin DPS) Rana luteiventris pop. 3
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Common Gartersnake Thamnophis sirtalis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Common Raven Corvus corax
- Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Common Rock Squirrel Otospermophilus variegatus
- Common Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
- Cordilleran Flycatcher Empidonax occidentalis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Desert Horned Lizard Phrynosoma platyrhinos
- Desert Nightsnake Hypsiglena chlorophaea
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel Callospermophilus lateralis
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Gophersnake Pituophis catenifer
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
- Great Basin Collared Lizard Crotaphytus bicinctores
- Great Basin Spadefoot Spea intermontana
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
- Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus
- Hoary Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Idaho Giant Salamander Dicamptodon aterrimus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
- Least Chipmunk Neotamias minimus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Little Brown Myotis Myotis lucifugus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Long-eared Myotis Myotis evotis
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
- Long-nosed Leopard Lizard Gambelia wislizenii
- Long-nosed Snake Rhinocheilus lecontei
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Long-toed Salamander Ambystoma macrodactylum
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Merriam's Ground Squirrel Urocitellus canus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus
- Myotis sp. Myotis
- Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla
- North American Racer Coluber constrictor
- Northern Alligator Lizard Elgaria coerulea
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Northern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus
- Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
- Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula
- Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel Urocitellus brunneus
- Northern Leatherside Chub Lepidomeda copei
- Northern Leopard Frog Lithobates pipiens
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Rubber Boa Charina bottae
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Pacific Lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus †
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta
- Pallid Bat Antrozous pallidus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
- Piute Ground Squirrel Urocitellus mollis
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Prairie Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Pygmy Short-horned Lizard Phrynosoma douglasii
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Red-tailed Chipmunk Neotamias ruficaudus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Ring-necked Snake Diadophis punctatus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog Ascaphus montanus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Sand Roller Percopsis transmontana
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Shoshone Sculpin Cottus greenei
- Sierran Treefrog Pseudacris sierra
- Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
- Smooth Greensnake Opheodrys vernalis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
- Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Southern Idaho Ground Squirrel Urocitellus endemicus
- Spotted Bat Euderma maculatum
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Striped Whipsnake Coluber taeniatus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina
- Terrestrial Gartersnake Thamnophis elegans
- Thayer's Gull Larus glaucoides thayeri
- Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii
- Tiger Whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris
- Townsend's Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Uinta Chipmunk Neotamias umbrinus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Virginia's Warbler Oreothlypis virginiae
- Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Western Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Western Groundsnake Sonora semiannulata
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Western Rattlesnake Crotalus oreganus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Western Skink Plestiodon skiltonianus
- Western Small-footed Myotis Myotis ciliolabrum
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Western Tiger Salamander Ambystoma mavortium
- Western Toad Anaxyrus boreas
- Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- White-headed Woodpecker Picoides albolarvatus
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Whooping Crane Grus americana
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Wolverine Gulo gulo
- Wood Frog Lithobates sylvaticus
- Wood River Sculpin Cottus leiopomus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Woodhouse's Toad Anaxyrus woodhousii
- Woodland Caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou †
- Wyoming Ground Squirrel Urocitellus elegans
- Wyoming Ground Squirrel [Southwest Idaho pop.] Urocitellus elegans nevadensis
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Yellow-pine Chipmunk Neotamias amoenus
- Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis