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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
Red Knot 2
Calidris canutus
Sanderling 3
Calidris alba
Stilt Sandpiper 4
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 5
Calidris mauri
Purple Sandpiper 6
Calidris maritima
Dunlin 7
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 8
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper 2
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 9
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Calidris fuscicollis
Short-billed Dowitcher 10
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 11
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Solitary Sandpiper 12
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs 13
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 14
Tringa flavipes
Whimbrel 15
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 16
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 17
Scolopax minor
Ruddy Turnstone 18
Arenaria interpres
Hudsonian Godwit 19
Limosa haemastica
Marbled Godwit 20
Limosa fedoa
Upland Sandpiper 21
Bartramia longicauda
Glaucous Gull 22
Larus hyperboreus
Iceland Gull 23
Larus glaucoides
Ring-billed Gull 24
Larus delawarensis
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Larus marinus
Herring Gull 26
Larus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed Gull 27
Larus fuscus
Common Tern 23
Sterna hirundo
Forster's Tern 28
Sterna forsteri
Parasitic Jaeger 2
Stercorarius parasiticus
Black Skimmer 29
Rynchops niger
Razorbill 30
Alca torda
Black Tern 31
Chlidonias niger
Brown Noddy 10
Anous stolidus
Great Auk 32
Pinguinus impennis
Killdeer 33
Charadrius vociferus
Wilson's Plover 13
Charadrius wilsonia
Piping Plover 34
Charadrius melodus
Semipalmated Plover 35
Charadrius semipalmatus
Black-necked Stilt 36
Himantopus mexicanus
American Oystercatcher 37
Haematopus palliatus
American Avocet 38
Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover 39
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover 40
Pluvialis dominica

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