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Wildlife of Lancaster

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

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

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