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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.

Appledore Gull 1
Larus argentatus × fuscus
Sora 2
Porzana carolina
King Rail 3
Rallus elegans
Virginia Rail 4
Rallus limicola
Black Rail
Laterallus jamaicensis
Common Moorhen 5
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 6
Fulica americana
Yellow Rail 7
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Red Junglefowl 8
Gallus gallus
Wild Turkey 9
Meleagris gallopavo
Indian Peafowl 10
Pavo cristatus
Northern Bobwhite 11
Colinus virginianus
Black-billed Cuckoo 12
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 13
Coccyzus americanus
Belted Kingfisher 14
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared-Dove 15
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 16
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 17
Zenaida macroura
Passenger Pigeon 18
Ectopistes migratorius
White Ibis 19
Eudocimus albus
Glossy Ibis 20
Plegadis falcinellus
Northern Gannet 21
Morus bassanus
Red Knot 22
Calidris canutus
Sanderling 23
Calidris alba
Stilt Sandpiper 24
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 25
Calidris mauri
Purple Sandpiper 26
Calidris maritima
Dunlin 27
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 28
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper 22
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 29
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper 22
Calidris fuscicollis
Short-billed Dowitcher 30
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 31
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Solitary Sandpiper 6
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs 32
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 33
Tringa flavipes
Whimbrel 34
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 35
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 36
Scolopax minor
Ruddy Turnstone 37
Arenaria interpres
Hudsonian Godwit 38
Limosa haemastica
Marbled Godwit 39
Limosa fedoa
Upland Sandpiper 3
Bartramia longicauda
Leach's Storm-Petrel 40
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Manx Shearwater 41
Puffinus puffinus
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 42
Oceanites oceanicus
White-faced Storm-Petrel 41
Pelagodroma marina
Horned Grebe 43
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 44
Podiceps grisegena
Pied-billed Grebe 45
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 46
Phalacrocorax auritus
Great Cormorant 47
Phalacrocorax carbo
Brown Pelican 48
Pelecanus occidentalis
American White Pelican 49
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Glaucous Gull 50
Larus hyperboreus
Iceland Gull 51
Larus glaucoides
Ring-billed Gull 52
Larus delawarensis
Great Black-backed Gull 53
Larus marinus
Herring Gull 54
Larus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed Gull 55
Larus fuscus
Common Tern 51
Sterna hirundo
Forster's Tern 56
Sterna forsteri
Parasitic Jaeger 22
Stercorarius parasiticus
Black Skimmer 57
Rynchops niger
Razorbill 58
Alca torda
Black Tern 59
Chlidonias niger
Brown Noddy 30
Anous stolidus
Great Auk 60
Pinguinus impennis
Pacific Loon 32
Gavia pacifica
Common Loon 61
Gavia immer
Red-throated Loon 62
Gavia stellata
Peregrine Falcon 63
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 64
Falco sparverius
Merlin 39
Falco columbarius
Wood Stork 22
Mycteria americana
Turkey Vulture 65
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture 66
Coragyps atratus
Killdeer 67
Charadrius vociferus
Wilson's Plover 32
Charadrius wilsonia
Piping Plover 68
Charadrius melodus
Semipalmated Plover 69
Charadrius semipalmatus
Black-necked Stilt 70
Himantopus mexicanus
American Oystercatcher 71
Haematopus palliatus
American Avocet 72
Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover 73
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover 74
Pluvialis dominica
Little Blue Heron 75
Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron 3
Egretta tricolor
Snowy Egret 76
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 77
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 78
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 38
Nyctanassa violacea
Least Bittern 22
Ixobrychus exilis
Cattle Egret 79
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 80
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 81
Botaurus lentiginosus
Anhinga 82
Anhinga anhinga
Sharp-shinned Hawk 14
Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk 83
Accipiter cooperii

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