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Wildlife of Virginia Beach

The Virginia Beach is home to many non-aquatic, aquatic, and semi-aquatic species. Here is a guide to them all.

Anhinga 1
Anhinga anhinga
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk 3
Accipiter cooperii
Circus cyaneus 4
Red-shouldered Hawk 5
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 6
Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk 7
Buteo platypterus
Bald Eagle 8
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mississippi Kite 9
Ictinia mississippiensis
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 10
Archilochus colubris
Black-chinned Hummingbird 11
Archilochus alexandri
Chimney Swift 12
Chaetura pelagica
Tundra Swan 13
Cygnus columbianus
Mute Swan 14
Cygnus olor
American Black Duck 15
Anas rubripes
Mallard 16
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail 17
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 18
Anas crecca
Common Goldeneye 19
Bucephala clangula
Bufflehead 20
Bucephala albeola
Red-breasted Merganser 21
Mergus serrator
Common Merganser 22
Mergus merganser
Greylag Goose 23
Anser anser
Common Eider 24
Somateria mollissima
Surf Scoter 25
Melanitta perspicillata
Black Scoter 2
Melanitta nigra
Ring-necked Duck 20
Aythya collaris
Tufted Duck 23
Aythya fuligula
Greater Scaup 26
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup 27
Aythya affinis
Redhead 28
Aythya americana
Canvasback 11
Aythya valisineria
Brant 29
Branta bernicla
Canada Goose 30
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 31
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 32
Lophodytes cucullatus
Harlequin Duck 33
Histrionicus histrionicus
Muscovy Duck 34
Cairina moschata
Long-tailed Duck 35
Clangula hyemalis
Horned Lark 36
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 37
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 38
Certhia americana
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 11
Polioptila caerulea
Carolina Wren 39
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 11
Troglodytes aedon
Sedge Wren 11
Cistothorus platensis
Marsh Wren 20
Cistothorus palustris
Fish Crow 12
Corvus ossifragus
American Crow 40
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue Jay 41
Cyanocitta cristata
Northern Cardinal 42
Cardinalis cardinalis
Swamp Sparrow 43
Melospiza georgiana
Song Sparrow 44
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 12
Spizella passerina
Clay-colored Sparrow 12
Spizella pallida
Field Sparrow 45
Spizella pusilla
Fox Sparrow 2
Passerella iliaca
White-crowned Sparrow 46
Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated Sparrow 47
Zonotrichia albicollis
Orchard Oriole 48
Icterus spurius
Baltimore Oriole 49
Icterus galbula
Eastern Towhee 50
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Eastern Meadowlark 51
Sturnella magna
Boat-tailed Grackle 52
Quiscalus major
Common Grackle 53
Quiscalus quiscula
Yellow-throated Warbler 54
Dendroica dominica
Common Yellowthroat 55
Geothlypis trichas
Red-winged Blackbird 56
Agelaius phoeniceus
Evening Grosbeak 57
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Bachman's Warbler 58
Vermivora bachmanii
Golden-winged Warbler 59
Vermivora chrysoptera
Summer Tanager 60
Piranga rubra
Western Tanager 11
Piranga ludoviciana
Scarlet Tanager 61
Piranga olivacea
Savannah Sparrow 62
Passerculus sandwichensis
Dark-eyed Junco 63
Junco hyemalis
Grasshopper Sparrow 12
Ammodramus savannarum
Vesper Sparrow 12
Pooecetes gramineus
Indigo Bunting 12
Passerina cyanea
Yellow-breasted Chat 64
Icteria virens
American Redstart 48
Setophaga ruticilla
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 65
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-and-white Warbler 66
Mniotilta varia
Rusty Blackbird 67
Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird 44
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 11
Molothrus ater
Red Crossbill 68
Loxia curvirostra
Swainson's Warbler 12
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Lark Sparrow 69
Chondestes grammacus
Bobolink 4
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Dickcissel 70
Spiza americana
Prothonotary Warbler 43
Protonotaria citrea
Cliff Swallow 71
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Purple Martin 36
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 72
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 20
Tachycineta bicolor
Bank Swallow 73
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 11
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Loggerhead Shrike 12
Lanius ludovicianus
American Robin 74
Turdus migratorius

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