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Wildlife of Lancaster

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

Virginia Opossum 1
Didelphis virginiana
Squirrels 2
Sciuridae
American Robin 3
Turdus migratorius
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Junco hyemalis
Groundhog 5
Marmota monax
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice 6
Paridae
Sora 7
Porzana carolina
King Rail 8
Rallus elegans
Virginia Rail 9
Rallus limicola
Common Moorhen 10
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 11
Fulica americana
Ruffed Grouse 12
Bonasa umbellus
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 13
Phasianus colchicus
Greater Prairie-Chicken 14
Tympanuchus cupido
Indian Peafowl 15
Pavo cristatus
Northern Bobwhite 16
Colinus virginianus
Black-billed Cuckoo 17
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 18
Coccyzus americanus
Belted Kingfisher 19
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Pigeon 20
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 21
Zenaida macroura
Passenger Pigeon 22
Ectopistes migratorius
Stilt Sandpiper 23
Calidris himantopus
Baird's Sandpiper 24
Calidris bairdii
Western Sandpiper 25
Calidris mauri
Dunlin 26
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 27
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper 28
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 29
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper 28
Calidris fuscicollis
Short-billed Dowitcher 30
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 31
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Solitary Sandpiper 32
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs 33
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 34
Tringa flavipes
Whimbrel 35
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 36
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 8
Scolopax minor
Ruddy Turnstone 37
Arenaria interpres
Hudsonian Godwit 38
Limosa haemastica
Marbled Godwit 39
Limosa fedoa
Red-necked Phalarope 7
Phalaropus lobatus
Upland Sandpiper 8
Bartramia longicauda
Horned Grebe 33
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 40
Podiceps grisegena
Pied-billed Grebe 41
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 42
Phalacrocorax auritus
Iceland Gull 43
Larus glaucoides
Ring-billed Gull 44
Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull 45
Larus argentatus
Common Tern 46
Sterna hirundo
Forster's Tern 47
Sterna forsteri
Black Tern 48
Chlidonias niger
Sabine's Gull 8
Xema sabini
Common Loon 8
Gavia immer
Red-throated Loon 49
Gavia stellata
Peregrine Falcon 50
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 43
Falco sparverius
Merlin 39
Falco columbarius
Turkey Vulture 51
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture 52
Coragyps atratus
Killdeer 53
Charadrius vociferus
Piping Plover 54
Charadrius melodus
Semipalmated Plover 55
Charadrius semipalmatus
Black-bellied Plover 28
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover 56
Pluvialis dominica
Little Blue Heron 57
Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron 8
Egretta tricolor
Snowy Egret 58
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 59
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 60
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 61
Nyctanassa violacea
Least Bittern 28
Ixobrychus exilis
Cattle Egret 28
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 62
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 63
Botaurus lentiginosus
Golden Eagle 64
Aquila chrysaetos
Sharp-shinned Hawk 19
Accipiter striatus
Northern Goshawk 65
Accipiter gentilis
Cooper's Hawk 66
Accipiter cooperii
Rough-legged Hawk 67
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 68
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 69
Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk 70
Buteo platypterus
Bald Eagle 71
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Rufous Hummingbird 69
Selasphorus rufus
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 72
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 28
Chaetura pelagica
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 73
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Trumpeter Swan 74
Cygnus buccinator
Tundra Swan 75
Cygnus columbianus
Mute Swan 76
Cygnus olor
American Black Duck 77
Anas rubripes
Mallard 78
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail 79
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 36
Anas crecca
Gadwall 80
Anas strepera
Northern Shoveler 81
Anas clypeata
Common Goldeneye 82
Bucephala clangula

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