and Canada species, and for wide-ranging species the maps have been expanded to include both North and South America. With continuing help and participation from birders throughout the state, this exceptional, and unique to Idaho, resource will represent a more and more complete picture of Idaho’s avifauna.Update Feb 2020: eBird Science data products are now available for 610 U.S. Report all other species using the Latilong Status Change Form.Report species on the List of Idaho Review Species with the Rare Bird Report Form.
eBird checklists fill in some of the gaps, however certain Latilongs are still under-birded and under-covered in the records, in some cases even for the presence of common species.
The book presented seasonal distribution maps for all bird species that were known to have occurred in the state, divided into geographical sections called Latilongs. Sturts, published by the Idaho Museum of Natural History and the Non-game and Endangered Wildlife Program of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. The Distribution section of Idaho Birds is an on-line extension of the 1998 book Idaho Bird Distribution, Mapping by Latilong by Dan A.