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

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