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Wildlife of Lancaster

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

Common Goldeneye 1
Bucephala clangula
Bufflehead 2
Bucephala albeola
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Mergus serrator
Common Merganser 4
Mergus merganser
Greater White-fronted Goose 5
Anser albifrons
Surf Scoter 6
Melanitta perspicillata
Black Scoter 7
Melanitta nigra
Ring-necked Duck 2
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup 8
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup 9
Aythya affinis
Redhead 10
Aythya americana
Canvasback 11
Aythya valisineria
Canada Goose 12
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 13
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 14
Lophodytes cucullatus
Muscovy Duck 15
Cairina moschata
Long-tailed Duck 16
Clangula hyemalis
Labrador Duck 17
Camptorhynchus labradorius
Horned Lark 18
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 19
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 20
Certhia americana
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 11
Polioptila caerulea
Carolina Wren 21
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 11
Troglodytes aedon
Marsh Wren 2
Cistothorus palustris
Fish Crow 22
Corvus ossifragus
American Crow 23
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue Jay 24
Cyanocitta cristata
Northern Cardinal 25
Cardinalis cardinalis
Lincoln's Sparrow 26
Melospiza lincolnii
Swamp Sparrow 27
Melospiza georgiana
Song Sparrow 28
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 22
Spizella passerina
Clay-colored Sparrow 11
Spizella pallida
Field Sparrow 26
Spizella pusilla
Fox Sparrow 7
Passerella iliaca
White-crowned Sparrow 29
Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated Sparrow 30
Zonotrichia albicollis
Orchard Oriole 31
Icterus spurius
Baltimore Oriole 32
Icterus galbula
Eastern Towhee 33
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Eastern Meadowlark 22
Sturnella magna
Common Grackle 34
Quiscalus quiscula
Yellow-throated Warbler 35
Dendroica dominica
Common Yellowthroat 36
Geothlypis trichas
Red-winged Blackbird 37
Agelaius phoeniceus
Pine Grosbeak 38
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 39
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden-winged Warbler 40
Vermivora chrysoptera
Scarlet Tanager 41
Piranga olivacea
Savannah Sparrow 42
Passerculus sandwichensis
Brambling 43
Fringilla montifringilla
Grasshopper Sparrow 22
Ammodramus savannarum
Vesper Sparrow 22
Pooecetes gramineus
Indigo Bunting 22
Passerina cyanea
Yellow-breasted Chat 44
Icteria virens
American Redstart 31
Setophaga ruticilla
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 45
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-and-white Warbler 46
Mniotilta varia
Rusty Blackbird 47
Euphagus carolinus
Brown-headed Cowbird 11
Molothrus ater
Red Crossbill 48
Loxia curvirostra
White-winged Crossbill 49
Loxia leucoptera
Lark Sparrow 50
Chondestes grammacus
Bobolink 51
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Dickcissel 11
Spiza americana
Prothonotary Warbler 27
Protonotaria citrea
Cliff Swallow 52
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Purple Martin 53
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 54
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 2
Tachycineta bicolor
Bank Swallow 18
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 11
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Northern Shrike 55
Lanius excubitor
Loggerhead Shrike 22
Lanius ludovicianus
Swainson's Thrush 56
Catharus ustulatus
Gray-cheeked Thrush 57
Catharus minimus
Hermit Thrush 28
Catharus guttatus
Veery 58
Catharus fuscescens
Eastern Bluebird 59
Sialia sialis
Wood Thrush 60
Hylocichla mustelina
Tufted Titmouse 61
Baeolophus bicolor
American Pipit 11
Anthus rubescens
House Sparrow 62
Passer domesticus
White-breasted Nuthatch 63
Sitta carolinensis
Red-breasted Nuthatch 64
Sitta canadensis
European Starling 65
Sturnus vulgaris
Northern Mockingbird 51
Mimus polyglottos
Brown Thrasher 66
Toxostoma rufum
Gray Catbird 11
Dumetella carolinensis
Great Crested Flycatcher 11
Myiarchus crinitus
Eastern Wood-Pewee 11
Contopus virens
Olive-sided Flycatcher 67
Contopus cooperi
Least Flycatcher 27
Empidonax minimus
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 11
Empidonax flaviventris
Willow Flycatcher 51
Empidonax traillii
Alder Flycatcher 68
Empidonax alnorum
Acadian Flycatcher 69
Empidonax virescens
Eastern Kingbird 70
Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern Phoebe 71
Sayornis phoebe

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