Wildlife of Lancaster

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

Stilt Sandpiper 1
Calidris himantopus
Baird's Sandpiper 2
Calidris bairdii
Western Sandpiper 3
Calidris mauri
Dunlin 4
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 5
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper 6
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 7
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper 6
Calidris fuscicollis
Short-billed Dowitcher 8
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 9
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Solitary Sandpiper 10
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs 11
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 12
Tringa flavipes
Whimbrel 13
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 14
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 15
Scolopax minor
Ruddy Turnstone 16
Arenaria interpres
Hudsonian Godwit 17
Limosa haemastica
Marbled Godwit 18
Limosa fedoa
Red-necked Phalarope 19
Phalaropus lobatus
Upland Sandpiper 15
Bartramia longicauda
Iceland Gull 20
Larus glaucoides
Ring-billed Gull 21
Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull 22
Larus argentatus
Common Tern 23
Sterna hirundo
Forster's Tern 24
Sterna forsteri
Black Tern 25
Chlidonias niger
Sabine's Gull 15
Xema sabini
Killdeer 26
Charadrius vociferus
Piping Plover 27
Charadrius melodus
Semipalmated Plover 28
Charadrius semipalmatus
Black-bellied Plover 6
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover 29
Pluvialis dominica

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