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Animals of Miami University

These are the animals, big and small, that can be found at any of the Miami University Campuses. This is not a complete list (yet!) and the data is coming from iNat observations to start.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Coccyzus americanus
Black-billed Cuckoo 2
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Melanerpes carolinus
Red-headed Woodpecker 5
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Northern Flicker 6
Colaptes auratus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 7
Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker 8
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 9
Dryobates villosus
Barred Owl 10
Strix varia
Great Horned Owl 11
Bubo virginianus
Belted Kingfisher 12
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Pigeon 13
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 14
Zenaida macroura
Sandhill Crane 15
Antigone canadensis
Turkey Vulture 16
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture 17
Coragyps atratus
Greater Yellowlegs 18
Tringa melanoleuca
Solitary Sandpiper 19
Tringa solitaria
Ring-billed Gull 20
Larus delawarensis
Killdeer 21
Charadrius vociferus
Great Egret 22
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 23
Ardea herodias
American Kestrel 24
Falco sparverius
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 25
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 5
Chaetura pelagica
American Wigeon 26
Mareca americana
Gadwall 5
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 27
Spatula clypeata
Blue-winged Teal 26
Spatula discors
Mallard 10
Anas platyrhynchos
American Black Duck 28
Anas rubripes
Greater Scaup 29
Aythya marila
Canada Goose 30
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 31
Aix sponsa
Osprey 5
Pandion haliaetus
Cooper's Hawk 32
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 12
Accipiter striatus
Red-tailed Hawk 33
Buteo jamaicensis
Red-shouldered Hawk 34
Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk 35
Buteo platypterus
Bald Eagle 30
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Double-crested Cormorant 36
Phalacrocorax auritus
Barn Swallow 37
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 26
Tachycineta bicolor
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 38
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Rusty Blackbird 39
Euphagus carolinus
Brown-headed Cowbird 38
Molothrus ater
Baltimore Oriole 40
Icterus galbula
Orchard Oriole 41
Icterus spurius
Eastern Meadowlark 5
Sturnella magna
Common Grackle 42
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 43
Agelaius phoeniceus
Tufted Titmouse 44
Baeolophus bicolor
Carolina Chickadee 41
Poecile carolinensis
House Sparrow 45
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 7
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 46
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 47
Sturnus vulgaris
Carolina Wren 48
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 38
Troglodytes aedon
American Robin 49
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 50
Catharus guttatus
Gray-cheeked Thrush 51
Catharus minimus
Swainson's Thrush 35
Catharus ustulatus
Eastern Bluebird 52
Sialia sialis
Wood Thrush 53
Hylocichla mustelina
Yellow-throated Vireo 54
Vireo flavifrons
Warbling Vireo 14
Vireo gilvus
White-eyed Vireo 55
Vireo griseus
Red-eyed Vireo 56
Vireo olivaceus
Philadelphia Vireo 51
Vireo philadelphicus
Blue-headed Vireo 57
Vireo solitarius
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 58
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 51
Regulus satrapa
Dark-eyed Junco 59
Junco hyemalis
Grasshopper Sparrow 5
Ammodramus savannarum
American Tree Sparrow 60
Spizelloides arborea
Song Sparrow 50
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 5
Spizella passerina
Field Sparrow 57
Spizella pusilla
Fox Sparrow 61
Passerella iliaca
White-throated Sparrow 62
Zonotrichia albicollis
White-crowned Sparrow 63
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Eastern Towhee 64
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Savannah Sparrow 65
Passerculus sandwichensis
Yellow-breasted Chat 66
Icteria virens
Northern Mockingbird 54
Mimus polyglottos
Brown Thrasher 67
Toxostoma rufum
Gray Catbird 38
Dumetella carolinensis
Indigo Bunting 5
Passerina cyanea
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 68
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Northern Cardinal 69
Cardinalis cardinalis
Summer Tanager 70
Piranga rubra
Ovenbird 71
Seiurus aurocapilla
Northern Parula 72
Setophaga americana
Bay-breasted Warbler 73
Setophaga castanea
Yellow-rumped Warbler 74
Setophaga coronata
Prairie Warbler 75
Setophaga discolor
Yellow-throated Warbler 76
Setophaga dominica

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