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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Taxonomy
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- Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies Order Accipitriformes
  - 6 Hawks, Eagles, and Kites Family Accipitridae
  - 1 Ospreys Family Pandionidae

Northern Harrier ¹
Circus hudsonius

Osprey ²
Pandion haliaetus

Bald Eagle ³
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Cooper's Hawk ⁴
Accipiter cooperii

Sharp-shinned Hawk ⁵
Accipiter striatus

Red-tailed Hawk ⁶
Buteo jamaicensis

Broad-winged Hawk ⁷
Buteo platypterus

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Photo Credits

1. (c) Daniel Dorantes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Daniel Dorantes
2. (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Greg Lasley
3. (c) Joe Zigmont, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joe Zigmont
4. (c) Jim Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Jim Johnson
5. (c) Steven McGrath, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Steven McGrath
6. (c) Craig K. Hunt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Craig K. Hunt
7. (c) Tracey Fandre, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Tracey Fandre

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

Northern Harrier 1 Circus hudsonius

Osprey 2 Pandion haliaetus

Bald Eagle 3 Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Cooper's Hawk 4 Accipiter cooperii

Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 Accipiter striatus

Red-tailed Hawk 6 Buteo jamaicensis

Broad-winged Hawk 7 Buteo platypterus