Editing Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (section)

===Birds===
{{See also|List of birds of Yellowstone National Park}}
The GYE is home to a variety of birds, including iconic species like [[Bald eagle|Bald Eagles]],<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |title=Bald Eagle - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/bald-eagle.htm |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}</ref> [[Golden eagle|Golden Eagles]]<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Park |first1=Mailing Address: PO Box 168 Yellowstone National |last2=Us |first2=WY 82190-0168 Phone: 307-344-7381 Contact |title=Golden Eagle - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/golden-eagle.htm |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}</ref> and [[Peregrine falcon|Peregrine Falcons]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |title=Peregrine Falcon - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/peregrine.htm |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}</ref> [[Osprey]] populations around [[Yellowstone Lake]], have experienced declines, linked to the decrease in Cutthroat Trout.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Baril |first1=Lisa M. |last2=Smith |first2=Douglas W. |last3=Drummer |first3=Thomas |last4=Koel |first4=Todd M. |date=September 2013 |title=Implications of Cutthroat Trout Declines for Breeding Ospreys and Bald Eagles at Yellowstone Lake |url=http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3356/JRR-11-93.1 |journal=Journal of Raptor Research |language=en |volume=47 |issue=3 |pages=234–245 |doi=10.3356/JRR-11-93.1 |issn=0892-1016}}</ref> Several bird species act as [[keystone species]] within the GYE. For example, the [[Clark's nutcracker|Clark's Nutcracker]] plays a crucial role in the dispersal of the all-important<ref>{{Citation |last1=Buermeyer |first1=Karl |title=Case Study: Whitebark Pine in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem |date=2016 |work=Climate Change in Wildlands: Pioneering Approaches to Science and Management |pages=304–326 |editor-last=Hansen |editor-first=Andrew J. |url=https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-713-1_15 |access-date=2024-07-27 |place=Washington, DC |publisher=Island Press/Center for Resource Economics |language=en |doi=10.5822/978-1-61091-713-1_15 |isbn=978-1-61091-713-1 |last2=Reinhart |first2=Daniel |last3=Legg |first3=Kristin |editor2-last=Monahan |editor2-first=William B. |editor3-last=Olliff |editor3-first=S. Thomas |editor4-last=Theobald |editor4-first=David M.|url-access=subscription }}</ref> [[Pinus albicaulis|Whitebark Pine]] seeds.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hutchins |first1=H. E. |last2=Lanner |first2=R. M. |date=1982-11-01 |title=The central role of Clark's nutcracker in the dispersal and establishment of whitebark pine |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00384487 |journal=Oecologia |language=en |volume=55 |issue=2 |pages=192–201 |doi=10.1007/BF00384487 |pmid=28311233 |bibcode=1982Oecol..55..192H |issn=1432-1939|url-access=subscription }}</ref>