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Fauna of Uplands Park, Oak Bay, BC

This guide does not purport to be an exhaustive guide to all species spotted here, but rather, a living, growing resource to help identify common species likely to be spotted here.

As well, it is possible that there are some inclusions that no longer exist or never ...more ↓

Shiny Red Sea Squirt 1
Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis
Common Wall Lizard 2
Podarcis muralis
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 3
Thamnophis elegans
Northwestern Garter Snake 4
Thamnophis ordinoides
Common Garter Snake 5
Thamnophis sirtalis
Pileated Woodpecker 6
Dryocopus pileatus
Northern Flicker 7
Colaptes auratus
Northern Red-shafted Flicker 8
Colaptes auratus cafer
Yellow-shafted × Red-shafted Flicker 9
Colaptes auratus luteus × cafer
Red-breasted Sapsucker 10
Sphyrapicus ruber
Downy Woodpecker 11
Dryobates pubescens
Barred Owl 12
Strix varia
Great Horned Owl 13
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 14
Asio flammeus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 15
Aegolius acadicus
Belted Kingfisher 16
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared-Dove 17
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 18
Columba livia
Feral Pigeon 19
Columba livia domestica
Band-tailed Pigeon 10
Patagioenas fasciata
Mourning Dove 20
Zenaida macroura
American Coot 21
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 22
Antigone canadensis
Turkey Vulture 23
Cathartes aura
California Quail 24
Callipepla californica
Sooty Grouse 25
Dendragapus fuliginosus
Sanderling 26
Calidris alba
Dunlin 27
Calidris alpina
Baird's Sandpiper 28
Calidris bairdii
Red Knot 19
Calidris canutus
Western Sandpiper 29
Calidris mauri
Pectoral Sandpiper 30
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 19
Calidris minutilla
Rock Sandpiper 31
Calidris ptilocnemis
Semipalmated Sandpiper 19
Calidris pusilla
Surfbird 23
Calidris virgata
Short-billed Dowitcher 32
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 33
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 34
Tringa flavipes
Wandering Tattler 19
Tringa incana
Greater Yellowlegs 35
Tringa melanoleuca
Solitary Sandpiper 21
Tringa solitaria
Whimbrel 36
Numenius phaeopus
Wilson's Snipe 37
Gallinago delicata
Ruddy Turnstone 38
Arenaria interpres
Black Turnstone 10
Arenaria melanocephala
Marbled Godwit 39
Limosa fedoa
Red-necked Phalarope 40
Phalaropus lobatus
Spotted Sandpiper 41
Actitis macularius
Caspian Tern 42
Hydroprogne caspia
Common Tern 18
Sterna hirundo
Bonaparte's Gull 43
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Little Gull 44
Hydrocoloeus minutus
Herring Gull 45
Larus argentatus
California Gull 46
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 47
Larus delawarensis
Glaucous-winged Gull 48
Larus glaucescens
Olympic Gull 49
Larus glaucescens × occidentalis
Iceland Gull 50
Larus glaucoides
Heermann's Gull 51
Larus heermanni
Western Gull 28
Larus occidentalis
Short-billed Gull 19
Larus canus brachyrhynchus
Semipalmated Plover 52
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 53
Charadrius vociferus
Black-bellied Plover 54
Pluvialis squatarola
Pigeon Guillemot 40
Cepphus columba
Common Murre 40
Uria aalge
Marbled Murrelet 55
Brachyramphus marmoratus
Rhinoceros Auklet 56
Cerorhinca monocerata
Ancient Murrelet 57
Synthliboramphus antiquus
Black Oystercatcher 40
Haematopus bachmani
Parasitic Jaeger 19
Stercorarius parasiticus
Common Loon 58
Gavia immer
Pacific Loon 35
Gavia pacifica
Red-throated Loon 59
Gavia stellata
Horned Grebe 60
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 61
Podiceps grisegena
Eared Grebe 36
Podiceps nigricollis
Western Grebe 40
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 62
Podilymbus podiceps
Short-tailed Shearwater 63
Ardenna tenuirostris
American White Pelican 64
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Brown Pelican 65
Pelecanus occidentalis
Great Blue Heron 66
Ardea herodias
Merlin 39
Falco columbarius
Peregrine Falcon 67
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 68
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 19
Chordeiles minor
Anna's Hummingbird 19
Calypte anna
Rufous Hummingbird 69
Selasphorus rufus
Vaux's Swift 70
Chaetura vauxi
Black Swift 50
Cypseloides niger
American Wigeon 15
Mareca americana
Eurasian Wigeon 71
Mareca penelope
Gadwall 19
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 42
Spatula clypeata
Blue-winged Teal 72
Spatula discors
Trumpeter Swan 73
Cygnus buccinator
Northern Pintail 74
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 75
Anas crecca

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