Clark County Wetlands Park BioBlitz Field Guide

Some common animals seen in the winter at Clark County Wetlands Park

Texas Spiny Softshell 2
Apalone spinifera emoryi
Red-eared Slider 3
Trachemys scripta elegans
Greater Roadrunner 4
Geococcyx californianus
Northern Flicker 3
Colaptes auratus
Mourning Dove 5
Zenaida macroura
Common Gallinule 6
Gallinula galeata
American Coot 7
Fulica americana
Anna's Hummingbird 8
Calypte anna
Gambel's Quail 9
Callipepla gambelii
Greater Yellowlegs 10
Tringa melanoleuca
Ring-billed Gull 11
Larus delawarensis
Pied-billed Grebe 12
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 13
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 14
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Snowy Egret 15
Egretta thula
Great Egret 16
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 16
Ardea herodias
Northern Pintail 17
Anas acuta
American Wigeon 18
Anas americana
Northern Shoveler 19
Anas clypeata
Green-winged Teal 20
Anas crecca
Mallard 21
Anas platyrhynchos
Gadwall 22
Anas strepera
Common Merganser 22
Mergus merganser
Ruddy Duck 2
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 23
Branta canadensis
Cooper's Hawk 24
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Harrier 25
Circus cyaneus
Red-tailed Hawk 26
Buteo jamaicensis
Double-crested Cormorant 27
Phalacrocorax auritus
Great-tailed Grackle 16
Quiscalus mexicanus
Red-winged Blackbird 28
Agelaius phoeniceus
Bewick's Wren 29
Thryomanes bewickii
Marsh Wren 19
Cistothorus palustris
Black Phoebe 10
Sayornis nigricans
Say's Phoebe 30
Sayornis saya
Phainopepla 31
Phainopepla nitens
Song Sparrow 32
Melospiza melodia
White-crowned Sparrow 33
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Abert's Towhee 34
Melozone aberti
Northern Mockingbird 25
Mimus polyglottos
American Pipit 35
Anthus rubescens
Yellow-rumped Warbler 35
Setophaga coronata
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 36
Polioptila melanura
Verdin 37
Auriparus flaviceps
Common Raven 38
Corvus corax
Common Raccoon 39
Procyon lotor
American Badger 2
Taxidea taxus
Coyote 33
Canis latrans
Desert Cottontail 40
Sylvilagus audubonii
American Beaver 41
Castor canadensis
Common Carp 42
Cyprinus carpio
Western Mosquitofish 43
Gambusia affinis
Mayflies 45
Ephemeroptera
Water Boatmen 46
Corixidae
Western Pondhawk
Erythemis collocata
Powdered Dancer 48
Argia moesta
Honey mesquite 49
Prosopis glandulosa
screw bean 50
Prosopis pubescens
catclaw acacia 51
Senegalia greggii greggii
four-wing saltbush 35
Atriplex canescens
Big Saltbush 52
Atriplex lentiformis
Saltcedar 53
Tamarix ramosissima
mule fat
Baccharis salicifolia salicifolia
Desert Willow 50
Chilopsis linearis
Desert Mallow 54
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Fremont Cottonwood 55
Populus fremontii
Narrowleaf Willow 56
Salix exigua
Creosote Bush 2
Larrea tridentata
alkali sacaton 57
Sporobolus airoides
Common Reed
Phragmites australis
southern cattail 58
Typha domingensis

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