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WNY Camera Trapping Project ID Guide (Canisius College Applied Conservation Team)

This guide has been created to assist students of the Canisius College Applied Conservation Team with identification of animals from trail camera images throughout Western NY. While this is by no means an exhaustive list of the species that may be encountered in our images, it should provide a ...more ↓

American Red Squirrel 1
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Eastern Chipmunk 2
Tamias striatus
Eastern Gray Squirrel 3
Sciurus carolinensis
Fox Squirrel 4
Sciurus niger
Southern Flying Squirrel 5
Glaucomys volans
Woodchuck 2
Marmota monax
American Beaver 6
Castor canadensis
Brown Rat 7
Rattus norvegicus
Muskrat 8
Ondatra zibethicus
North American Porcupine 9
Erethizon dorsatum
Eastern Cottontail 10
Sylvilagus floridanus
Virginia Opossum 11
Didelphis virginiana
Common Raccoon 12
Procyon lotor
Striped Skunk 13
Mephitis mephitis
American Mink 14
Neogale vison
American Stoat (Short-tailed Weasel) 15
Mustela richardsonii
Fisher 16
Pekania pennanti
Long-tailed Weasel 17
Neogale frenata
North American River Otter 18
Lontra canadensis
Coyote 19
Canis latrans
Gray Fox 20
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Red Fox 21
Vulpes vulpes
Bobcat 22
Lynx rufus
American Black Bear 23
Ursus americanus
White-tailed Deer 24
Odocoileus virginianus
Barred Owl 25
Strix varia
Eastern Screech-Owl 26
Megascops asio
Long-eared Owl 27
Asio otus
Great Horned Owl 28
Bubo virginianus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 29
Aegolius acadicus
Short-eared Owl 30
Asio flammeus
Snowy Owl 31
Bubo scandiacus
Northern Harrier 32
Circus hudsonius
Osprey 33
Pandion haliaetus
Bald Eagle 34
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Cooper's Hawk 35
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 36
Accipiter striatus
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk 37
Buteo platypterus
American Kestrel 38
Falco sparverius
Merlin 39
Falco columbarius
Peregrine Falcon 40
Falco peregrinus
Black Vulture 41
Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture 42
Cathartes aura
Black-crowned Night-Heron 43
Nycticorax nycticorax
Great Blue Heron 44
Ardea herodias
Great Egret 45
Ardea alba
Green Heron 46
Butorides virescens
Belted Kingfisher 47
Megaceryle alcyon
Canada Goose 48
Branta canadensis
Mallard 25
Anas platyrhynchos
Wood Duck 49
Aix sponsa
Wild Turkey 50
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 51
Phasianus colchicus
Ruffed Grouse 52
Bonasa umbellus
American Crow 53
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue Jay 54
Cyanocitta cristata
Common Raven 55
Corvus corax
Downy Woodpecker 56
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 57
Dryobates villosus
Northern Flicker 58
Colaptes auratus
Pileated Woodpecker 59
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 60
Melanerpes carolinus
Red-headed Woodpecker 33
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 61
Sphyrapicus varius
Mourning Dove 62
Zenaida macroura
Rock Pigeon 63
Columba livia
American Robin 33
Turdus migratorius
American Goldfinch 64
Spinus tristis
Baltimore Oriole 65
Icterus galbula
Barn Swallow 66
Hirundo rustica
Black-capped Chickadee 67
Poecile atricapillus
Brown-headed Cowbird 68
Molothrus ater
Cedar Waxwing 69
Bombycilla cedrorum
Chipping Sparrow 33
Spizella passerina
Common Grackle 70
Quiscalus quiscula
Dark-eyed Junco 65
Junco hyemalis
Eastern Bluebird 33
Sialia sialis
European Starling 71
Sturnus vulgaris
Gray Catbird 68
Dumetella carolinensis
House Finch 72
Haemorhous mexicanus
House Sparrow 73
Passer domesticus
House Wren 74
Troglodytes aedon
Northern Cardinal 60
Cardinalis cardinalis
Red-breasted Nuthatch 75
Sitta canadensis
Red-winged Blackbird 76
Agelaius phoeniceus
Tree Swallow 77
Tachycineta bicolor
Tufted Titmouse 78
Baeolophus bicolor
White-breasted Nuthatch 79
Sitta carolinensis
Yellow-rumped Warbler 80
Setophaga coronata
Yellow Warbler 81
Setophaga petechia
Common Snapping Turtle 82
Chelydra serpentina
Painted Turtle 83
Chrysemys picta

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