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 ↓

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Barred Owl ¹
Strix varia

Eastern Screech-Owl ²
Megascops asio

Long-eared Owl ³
Asio otus

Great Horned Owl ⁴
Bubo virginianus

Northern Saw-whet Owl ⁵
Aegolius acadicus

Short-eared Owl ⁶
Asio flammeus

Snowy Owl ⁷
Bubo scandiacus

Northern Harrier ⁸
Circus hudsonius

Osprey ⁹
Pandion haliaetus

Bald Eagle ¹⁰
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Cooper's Hawk ¹¹
Accipiter cooperii

Sharp-shinned Hawk ¹²
Accipiter striatus

Red-tailed Hawk ¹³
Buteo jamaicensis

Broad-winged Hawk ¹⁴
Buteo platypterus

American Kestrel ¹⁵
Falco sparverius

Merlin ¹⁶
Falco columbarius

Peregrine Falcon ¹⁷
Falco peregrinus

Black Vulture ¹⁸
Coragyps atratus

Turkey Vulture ¹⁹
Cathartes aura

Black-crowned Night-Heron ²⁰
Nycticorax nycticorax

Great Blue Heron ²¹
Ardea herodias

Great Egret ²²
Ardea alba

Green Heron ²³
Butorides virescens

Belted Kingfisher ²⁴
Megaceryle alcyon

Canada Goose ²⁵
Branta canadensis

Mallard ¹
Anas platyrhynchos

Wood Duck ²⁶
Aix sponsa

Wild Turkey ²⁷
Meleagris gallopavo

Ring-necked Pheasant ²⁸
Phasianus colchicus

Ruffed Grouse ²⁹
Bonasa umbellus

American Crow ³⁰
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Blue Jay ³¹
Cyanocitta cristata

Common Raven ³²
Corvus corax

Downy Woodpecker ³³
Dryobates pubescens

Hairy Woodpecker ³⁴
Dryobates villosus

Northern Flicker ³⁵
Colaptes auratus

Pileated Woodpecker ³⁶
Dryocopus pileatus

Red-bellied Woodpecker ³⁷
Melanerpes carolinus

Red-headed Woodpecker ⁹
Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ³⁸
Sphyrapicus varius

Mourning Dove ³⁹
Zenaida macroura

Rock Pigeon ⁴⁰
Columba livia

American Robin ⁹
Turdus migratorius

American Goldfinch ⁴¹
Spinus tristis

Baltimore Oriole ⁴²
Icterus galbula

Barn Swallow ⁴³
Hirundo rustica

Black-capped Chickadee ⁴⁴
Poecile atricapillus

Brown-headed Cowbird ⁴⁵
Molothrus ater

Cedar Waxwing ⁴⁶
Bombycilla cedrorum

Chipping Sparrow ⁹
Spizella passerina

Common Grackle ⁴⁷
Quiscalus quiscula

Dark-eyed Junco ⁴²
Junco hyemalis

Eastern Bluebird ⁹
Sialia sialis

European Starling ⁴⁸
Sturnus vulgaris

Gray Catbird ⁴⁵
Dumetella carolinensis

House Finch ⁴⁹
Haemorhous mexicanus

House Sparrow ⁵⁰
Passer domesticus

House Wren ⁵¹
Troglodytes aedon

Northern Cardinal ³⁷
Cardinalis cardinalis

Red-breasted Nuthatch ⁵²
Sitta canadensis

Red-winged Blackbird ⁵³
Agelaius phoeniceus

Tree Swallow ⁵⁴
Tachycineta bicolor

Tufted Titmouse ⁵⁵
Baeolophus bicolor

White-breasted Nuthatch ⁵⁶
Sitta carolinensis

Yellow-rumped Warbler ⁵⁷
Setophaga coronata

Yellow Warbler ⁵⁸
Setophaga petechia

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

Barred Owl 1 Strix varia

Eastern Screech-Owl 2 Megascops asio

Long-eared Owl 3 Asio otus

Great Horned Owl 4 Bubo virginianus

Northern Saw-whet Owl 5 Aegolius acadicus

Short-eared Owl 6 Asio flammeus

Snowy Owl 7 Bubo scandiacus

Northern Harrier 8 Circus hudsonius

Osprey 9 Pandion haliaetus

Bald Eagle 10 Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Cooper's Hawk 11 Accipiter cooperii

Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 Accipiter striatus

Red-tailed Hawk 13 Buteo jamaicensis

Broad-winged Hawk 14 Buteo platypterus

American Kestrel 15 Falco sparverius

Merlin 16 Falco columbarius

Peregrine Falcon 17 Falco peregrinus

Black Vulture 18 Coragyps atratus

Turkey Vulture 19 Cathartes aura

Black-crowned Night-Heron 20 Nycticorax nycticorax

Great Blue Heron 21 Ardea herodias

Great Egret 22 Ardea alba

Green Heron 23 Butorides virescens

Belted Kingfisher 24 Megaceryle alcyon

Canada Goose 25 Branta canadensis

Mallard 1 Anas platyrhynchos

Wood Duck 26 Aix sponsa

Wild Turkey 27 Meleagris gallopavo

Ring-necked Pheasant 28 Phasianus colchicus

Ruffed Grouse 29 Bonasa umbellus

American Crow 30 Corvus brachyrhynchos

Blue Jay 31 Cyanocitta cristata

Common Raven 32 Corvus corax

Downy Woodpecker 33 Dryobates pubescens

Hairy Woodpecker 34 Dryobates villosus

Northern Flicker 35 Colaptes auratus

Pileated Woodpecker 36 Dryocopus pileatus

Red-bellied Woodpecker 37 Melanerpes carolinus

Red-headed Woodpecker 9 Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 38 Sphyrapicus varius

Mourning Dove 39 Zenaida macroura

Rock Pigeon 40 Columba livia

American Robin 9 Turdus migratorius

American Goldfinch 41 Spinus tristis

Baltimore Oriole 42 Icterus galbula

Barn Swallow 43 Hirundo rustica

Black-capped Chickadee 44 Poecile atricapillus

Brown-headed Cowbird 45 Molothrus ater

Cedar Waxwing 46 Bombycilla cedrorum

Chipping Sparrow 9 Spizella passerina

Common Grackle 47 Quiscalus quiscula

Dark-eyed Junco 42 Junco hyemalis

Eastern Bluebird 9 Sialia sialis

European Starling 48 Sturnus vulgaris

Gray Catbird 45 Dumetella carolinensis

House Finch 49 Haemorhous mexicanus

House Sparrow 50 Passer domesticus

House Wren 51 Troglodytes aedon

Northern Cardinal 37 Cardinalis cardinalis

Red-breasted Nuthatch 52 Sitta canadensis

Red-winged Blackbird 53 Agelaius phoeniceus

Tree Swallow 54 Tachycineta bicolor

Tufted Titmouse 55 Baeolophus bicolor

White-breasted Nuthatch 56 Sitta carolinensis

Yellow-rumped Warbler 57 Setophaga coronata

Yellow Warbler 58 Setophaga petechia