Ryan recorded this image today of Tringa incana, the wandering tattler.
https://racerocks.ca/racerock/taxalab2/2010/tringai/tringai.htm
Category Archives: Species
Dendroica coronata: Audubon’s Yellow-rumped warbler– The Race Rocks Taxonomy
Raisa Mirza took these photos of the first Audubon’s Yellow-rumped warbler to be identified at Race Rocks on September 18, 2010, It was near the solar panels on the south side of the energy building. This is a female which has stopped over at Race Rocks on her migration route . To the left is an example of the full sized photograph for relative size approximation. This warbler is widespread throughout North America.
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Sub-Phylum:Vertebrata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Parulidae
Genus Dendroica
Species coronata, auduboni group (Linnaeus,1776)
Common Name:Audubon’s Yellow-rumped warbler
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Passerella iliaca: Fox Sparrow
Raisa Mirza took these photos of the first Fox Sparrow to be identified at Race Rocks on September 18, 2010, Six subspecies are usually recognized in the Sooty Fox Sparrow complex, ranging from unalaschensis in the Aleutians to fuliginosa in extreme northwestern Washington:
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Sub-Phylum Vertebrata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Emberizidae
Genus Passerella
Species iliaca unalaschcensis group (Gmelin, 1789)
Common Name: Fox Sparrow
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Raisa Mirza (PC) |
Ronquilus jordani: Northern ronquil–The Race Rocks taxonomy
Northern ronquil photo by Ryan Murphy
| Domain | Eukarya |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Actnopterigii |
| Order | Perciformes |
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Bathymasteridae |
| Genus | Ronquilus jordani |
| Species | jordani |
| Common Name: | Northern ronquil |
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Junco hyemalis: Dark-eyed Junco ( Oregon junco)– Race Rocks Taxonomy
The Oregon junco is the most common form of the Black-eyed junco found on the West Coast. Photo by Raisa Mira
These Juncos are common winter residents throughout southern Vancouver Island although this is the first one photographed at Race Rocks in November 2010.
Domain :Eukarya
Kingdom :Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Sub-Phylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family :Emberizidae
Genus: Junco
Species hyemalis (Linnaseus, 1758)
Common Name: (Black-eyed) Oregon Junco
On March 10 , 2015 Nick Townley took these images of the Junco at Race Rocks.
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- Dark eyed “Oregon” junco
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- Photos by Ecoguardian Nick Townley, March 10, 2015
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- An oregon junco near the Energy Building with a fly buzzing overhead
From The Cornell Lab a note on colour variation of the dark-eyed junco:
Regional Differences
“There is a huge range of geographic variation in the Dark-eyed Junco. Among the 15 described races, six forms are easily recognizable in the field and five used to be considered separate species until the 1980s. A field guide is the best place to look for complete illustration of ranges and plumages, but in general there are two widespread forms of the Dark-eyed Junco: “slate-colored” junco of the eastern United States and most of Canada, which is smooth gray above; and “Oregon” junco, found across much of the western U.S., with a dark hood, warm brown back and rufous flanks. Other more restricted variations include the slate-colored-like “white-winged” and Oregon-like “pink-sided” juncos of the Rockies and western Great Plains; and the Yellow-eyed Junco-like “red-backed” and “gray-headed” juncos of the Southwest.”
Other Members of the Class Aves at Race Rocks.
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Bugula californica: Spiral Bryozoan- Race Rocks Taxonomy
Photo by Dr. Anita Brinckmann-Voss
This species is classified in The Lophophorate Phyla of British Columbia: Entoprocts,Bryozoans,Phoronids and Brachiopods by Aaron Baldwin School of Fisheries, U. of Alaska.
We see this bryozoan frequently in the lower intertidal while diving at Race Rocks in 8-12 metres of water.
“Each colony is hte result of budding or cloning from the original individual itself having developed from a planktonic larvae that settled … In the case of this species, the process is programmed as a spiral growth pattern. From ” Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest, Andy Lamb and Bernard P. Hanby ,2005,
| Domain | Eukarya |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Bryozoa |
| Class | Gymnolaemata |
| Order | Cheilostomata |
| Suborder | Anasca |
| Family | Bugulidae |
| Genus | Bulgula |
| Species | californica Robertson,1905 |
| Common Name: | Spiral bryozoan |
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Tringa incana : Wandering Tattler
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- Wandering tattler
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- Images above by Ryan Murphy, 07/Sept/2010
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Scolopacidae
Genus Tringa
Species incana
Common Name: Wandering Tattler (Gmelin, 1789)
August 2025 https://racerocks.ca/wandering-tattler/
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- Pam Birley took these photos in late August 2010 using the remote camera
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- This is the first time the wandering tattler has been photographed on Race Rocks. See her photos on her Flickr site
Other Members of the Class Aves at Race Rocks.
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Sebastes emphaeus: Puget Sound rockfish
Sebastes emphaeus, Puget Sound Rockfish photo by Ryan Murphy
Ryan took this photo in late August 2010, while diving at 10 metres at Race Rocks.
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Scorpaeniformes
Family Sebastidae
Genus Sebastes
Species S. emphaeus (Starks, 1911)
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Other Members of the Class Actinopterigii at Race Rocks.
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| The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams. August 2010- Ryan Murphy |
Stylasterias forreri: Fish-eating star or Velcro seastar–The Race Rocks taxonomy
This photo taken by Andrew McCurdy in August 2010 is from West Race Rocks around 40ft depth. It is not a very common sea star out there..
From Wikipedia: The velcro star feeds on invertebrates such as gastropod molluscs and chitons. When alert to movement in the water nearby, the rings of pedicellariae are extended, ready for action. If anything touches its aboral (upper) surface, the starfish reacts by snapping shut the pedicellariae in the vicinity of the stimulus. By this means it can catch prey items such as small fish.[3] The victim is passed to the mouth by movements of the arms and by actions of the tube feet. The velcro star can also defend itself against attack by predators such as the voracious morning sun star (Solaster dawsoni).[3] To fight back, it coils its arms around the attacker and inflicts thousands of nips with its pedicellariae. The attacker often retreats and the velcro star escapes.[3]
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Forcipulatida
Family Curculionoidea
Genus Stylasterias
Species forreri ( de Loriol, 1887)
Common Name: Fish-eating star or Velc
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Pycnoclavella stanleyi, Yellow Social Ascidian–The Race Rocks taxonomy–
Image by Adam Harding, West Race Rocks July 2010
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Urochordata
Class Ascidiaceae
Order Enterogona
Suborder Aplousobranchia
Family Clavelinidae
Genus Pycnoclavella
Species stanleyi
Common Name: Yellow social ascidian
Pycnoclavella and the nudibranch Flabellina verrucosa
Close up of the tunicate,image by Ryan Murphy
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