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Wildlife of Lancaster

Learn about all kinds of animals that live in Lancaster here.

Bufflehead 1
Bucephala albeola
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Mergus serrator
Common Merganser 3
Mergus merganser
Greater White-fronted Goose 4
Anser albifrons
Surf Scoter 5
Melanitta perspicillata
Black Scoter 6
Melanitta nigra
Ring-necked Duck 1
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup 7
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup 8
Aythya affinis
Redhead 9
Aythya americana
Canvasback 10
Aythya valisineria
Canada Goose 11
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 12
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 13
Lophodytes cucullatus
Muscovy Duck 14
Cairina moschata
Long-tailed Duck 15
Clangula hyemalis
Labrador Duck 16
Camptorhynchus labradorius
Horned Lark 17
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 18
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 19
Certhia americana
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 10
Polioptila caerulea
Carolina Wren 20
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 10
Troglodytes aedon
Marsh Wren 1
Cistothorus palustris
Fish Crow 21
Corvus ossifragus
American Crow 22
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue Jay 23
Cyanocitta cristata
Northern Cardinal 24
Cardinalis cardinalis
Lincoln's Sparrow 25
Melospiza lincolnii
Swamp Sparrow 26
Melospiza georgiana
Song Sparrow 27
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 21
Spizella passerina
Clay-colored Sparrow 10
Spizella pallida
Field Sparrow 25
Spizella pusilla
Fox Sparrow 6
Passerella iliaca
White-crowned Sparrow 28
Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated Sparrow 29
Zonotrichia albicollis
Orchard Oriole 30
Icterus spurius
Baltimore Oriole 31
Icterus galbula
Eastern Towhee 32
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Eastern Meadowlark 21
Sturnella magna
Common Grackle 33
Quiscalus quiscula
Yellow-throated Warbler 34
Dendroica dominica
Common Yellowthroat 35
Geothlypis trichas
Red-winged Blackbird 36
Agelaius phoeniceus
Pine Grosbeak 37
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 38
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden-winged Warbler 39
Vermivora chrysoptera
Scarlet Tanager 40
Piranga olivacea
Savannah Sparrow 41
Passerculus sandwichensis
Brambling 42
Fringilla montifringilla
Grasshopper Sparrow 21
Ammodramus savannarum
Vesper Sparrow 21
Pooecetes gramineus
Indigo Bunting 21
Passerina cyanea
Yellow-breasted Chat 43
Icteria virens
American Redstart 30
Setophaga ruticilla
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 44
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-and-white Warbler 45
Mniotilta varia
Rusty Blackbird 46
Euphagus carolinus
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
Molothrus ater
Red Crossbill 47
Loxia curvirostra
White-winged Crossbill 48
Loxia leucoptera
Lark Sparrow 49
Chondestes grammacus
Bobolink 50
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Dickcissel 10
Spiza americana
Prothonotary Warbler 26
Protonotaria citrea
Cliff Swallow 51
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Purple Martin 52
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 53
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 1
Tachycineta bicolor
Bank Swallow 17
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Northern Shrike 54
Lanius excubitor
Loggerhead Shrike 21
Lanius ludovicianus
Swainson's Thrush 55
Catharus ustulatus
Gray-cheeked Thrush 56
Catharus minimus
Hermit Thrush 27
Catharus guttatus
Veery 57
Catharus fuscescens
Eastern Bluebird 58
Sialia sialis
Wood Thrush 59
Hylocichla mustelina
Tufted Titmouse 60
Baeolophus bicolor
American Pipit 10
Anthus rubescens
House Sparrow 61
Passer domesticus
White-breasted Nuthatch 62
Sitta carolinensis
Red-breasted Nuthatch 63
Sitta canadensis
European Starling 64
Sturnus vulgaris
Northern Mockingbird 50
Mimus polyglottos
Brown Thrasher 65
Toxostoma rufum
Gray Catbird 10
Dumetella carolinensis
Great Crested Flycatcher 10
Myiarchus crinitus
Eastern Wood-Pewee 10
Contopus virens
Olive-sided Flycatcher 66
Contopus cooperi
Least Flycatcher 26
Empidonax minimus
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 10
Empidonax flaviventris
Willow Flycatcher 50
Empidonax traillii
Alder Flycatcher 67
Empidonax alnorum
Acadian Flycatcher 68
Empidonax virescens
Eastern Kingbird 69
Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern Phoebe 70
Sayornis phoebe
Philadelphia Vireo 56
Vireo philadelphicus

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