Point Pelee National Park of Canada | Parc national du Canada de la Pointe-Pelée

A guide to species observed in Point Pelee National Park. For more information about Point Pelee National Park, please visit: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/on/pelee/index.aspx

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American Toad ¹
Anaxyrus americanus

American Bullfrog ²
Lithobates catesbeianus

Green Frog ³
Lithobates clamitans

Northern Leopard Frog ⁴
Lithobates pipiens

Spring Peeper ⁵
Pseudacris crucifer

Red-winged Blackbird ⁶
Agelaius phoeniceus

Henslow's Sparrow ⁷
Ammodramus henslowii

Mallard ⁸
Anas platyrhynchos

Eastern Whip-poor-will ⁹
Antrostomus vociferus

Golden Eagle ¹⁰
Aquila chrysaetos

Great Egret ¹¹
Ardea alba

Great Blue Heron ¹¹
Ardea herodias

Canada Goose ¹²
Branta canadensis

Red-shouldered Hawk ¹³
Buteo lineatus

Red Knot - rufa subspecies ¹⁴
Calidris canutus rufa

Semipalmated Sandpiper ¹⁵
Calidris pusilla

Buff-breasted Sandpiper ¹⁰
Calidris subruficollis

Canada Warbler ¹⁶
Cardellina canadensis

Northern Cardinal ¹⁰
Cardinalis cardinalis

Chimney Swift ¹⁷
Chaetura pelagica

Charadrius melodus circumcinctus ¹⁸

Black Tern ¹⁹
Chlidonias niger

Common Nighthawk ¹⁰
Chordeiles minor

Evening Grosbeak ²⁰
Coccothraustes vespertinus

Northern Flicker ²¹
Colaptes auratus

Olive-sided Flycatcher ¹⁰
Contopus cooperi

Eastern Wood-Pewee ¹⁰
Contopus virens

Common Raven ²²
Corvus corax

Pileated Woodpecker ²³
Dryocopus pileatus

Acadian Flycatcher ²⁴
Empidonax virescens

Rusty Blackbird ²⁵
Euphagus carolinus

Peregrine Falcon ²⁶
Falco peregrinus

Bald Eagle ²⁷
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Barn Swallow ²⁸
Hirundo rustica

Wood Thrush ²⁹
Hylocichla mustelina

Eastern Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens virens

Baltimore Oriole ³⁰
Icterus galbula

Least Bittern ³¹
Ixobrychus exilis

Migrant Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus migrans

Herring Gull ³²
Larus argentatus

Ring-billed Gull ³³
Larus delawarensis

Belted Kingfisher ³⁴
Megaceryle alcyon

Red-headed Woodpecker ²⁹
Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Black-crowned Night-Heron ³⁵
Nycticorax nycticorax

Louisiana Waterthrush ⁷
Parkesia motacilla

Double-crested Cormorant ³⁶
Phalacrocorax auritus

Red-necked Phalarope ¹¹
Phalaropus lobatus

Downy Woodpecker ³⁷
Picoides pubescens

Horned Grebe ³⁸
Podiceps auritus

Prothonotary Warbler ³⁹
Protonotaria citrea

Common Grackle ⁴⁰
Quiscalus quiscula

King Rail ⁴¹
Rallus elegans

Cerulean Warbler ¹⁰
Setophaga cerulea

Hooded Warbler ²⁹
Setophaga citrina

Kirtland's Warbler ³⁹
Setophaga kirtlandii

Yellow Warbler ²⁴
Setophaga petechia

Field Sparrow ²⁴
Spizella pusilla

Forster's Tern ⁴²
Sterna forsteri

Tree Swallow ⁴³
Tachycineta bicolor

Carolina Wren ⁴⁴
Thryothorus ludovicianus

Eastern Kingbird ⁴⁵
Tyrannus tyrannus

Golden-winged Warbler ¹⁰
Vermivora chrysoptera

White-eyed Vireo ¹⁰
Vireo griseus

Lake Chubsucker ⁴⁶
Erimyzon sucetta

American pickerel ⁴⁷
Esox americanus

Grass Pickerel ⁴⁸
Esox americanus vermiculatus

Bigmouth Buffalo ⁴⁹
Ictiobus cyprinellus

Spotted Gar ⁵⁰
Lepisosteus oculatus

Warmouth Sunfish ⁵¹
Lepomis gulosus

Canadian Beaver ⁵²
Castor canadensis

Southern Flying Squirrel ⁵³
Glaucomys volans

Little Brown Bat ⁵⁴
Myotis lucifugus

Tricolored Bat ⁵⁵
Perimyotis subflavus

Eastern Mole
Scalopus aquaticus

Spiny Softshell ⁵⁶
Apalone spinifera

Common Snapping Turtle ⁵⁷
Chelydra serpentina

Painted Turtle ⁵⁸
Chrysemys picta

Blanding's Turtle ⁵⁹
Emydoidea blandingii

Northern Map Turtle ⁶⁰
Graptemys geographica

Pantherophis gloydi ⁶¹
Pantherophis vulpinus

Common Five-lined Skink ⁶²
Plestiodon fasciatus

Common Musk Turtle ⁶³
Sternotherus odoratus

Common Box Turtle ¹
Terrapene carolina

Common Garter Snake ⁴⁷
Thamnophis sirtalis

Least Flycatcher ¹⁰
Empidonax minimus

Common Yellowthroat ⁶⁴
Geothlypis trichas

Song Sparrow ⁶⁵
Melospiza melodia

Cape May Warbler ³⁸
Setophaga tigrina

American Goldfinch ⁶⁶
Spinus tristis

Red-eyed Vireo ¹⁰
Vireo olivaceus

Silver-haired Bat ⁶⁷
Lasionycteris noctivagans

White-tailed Deer ⁶⁸
Odocoileus virginianus

Common Raccoon ⁶⁹
Procyon lotor

Lake Erie Water Snake ⁷⁰
Nerodia sipedon insularum

Eastern Garter Snake ⁷¹
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ⁷²
Dendrocygna autumnalis

Fulvous Whistling-Duck ⁷³
Dendrocygna bicolor

Greater White-fronted Goose ³⁴
Anser albifrons

Snow Goose
Chen caerulescens

Ross's Goose ⁷⁴
Chen rossii

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Point Pelee National Park of Canada | Parc national du Canada de la Pointe-Pelée

American Toad 1 Anaxyrus americanus

American Bullfrog 2 Lithobates catesbeianus

Green Frog 3 Lithobates clamitans

Northern Leopard Frog 4 Lithobates pipiens

Spring Peeper 5 Pseudacris crucifer

Red-winged Blackbird 6 Agelaius phoeniceus

Henslow's Sparrow 7 Ammodramus henslowii

Mallard 8 Anas platyrhynchos

Eastern Whip-poor-will 9 Antrostomus vociferus

Golden Eagle 10 Aquila chrysaetos

Great Egret 11 Ardea alba

Great Blue Heron 11 Ardea herodias

Canada Goose 12 Branta canadensis

Red-shouldered Hawk 13 Buteo lineatus

Red Knot - rufa subspecies 14 Calidris canutus rufa

Semipalmated Sandpiper 15 Calidris pusilla

Buff-breasted Sandpiper 10 Calidris subruficollis

Canada Warbler 16 Cardellina canadensis

Northern Cardinal 10 Cardinalis cardinalis

Chimney Swift 17 Chaetura pelagica

Charadrius melodus circumcinctus 18

Black Tern 19 Chlidonias niger

Common Nighthawk 10 Chordeiles minor

Evening Grosbeak 20 Coccothraustes vespertinus

Northern Flicker 21 Colaptes auratus

Olive-sided Flycatcher 10 Contopus cooperi

Eastern Wood-Pewee 10 Contopus virens

Common Raven 22 Corvus corax

Pileated Woodpecker 23 Dryocopus pileatus

Acadian Flycatcher 24 Empidonax virescens

Rusty Blackbird 25 Euphagus carolinus

Peregrine Falcon 26 Falco peregrinus

Bald Eagle 27 Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Barn Swallow 28 Hirundo rustica

Wood Thrush 29 Hylocichla mustelina

Eastern Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens virens

Baltimore Oriole 30 Icterus galbula

Least Bittern 31 Ixobrychus exilis

Migrant Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus migrans

Herring Gull 32 Larus argentatus

Ring-billed Gull 33 Larus delawarensis

Belted Kingfisher 34 Megaceryle alcyon

Red-headed Woodpecker 29 Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Black-crowned Night-Heron 35 Nycticorax nycticorax

Louisiana Waterthrush 7 Parkesia motacilla

Double-crested Cormorant 36 Phalacrocorax auritus

Red-necked Phalarope 11 Phalaropus lobatus

Downy Woodpecker 37 Picoides pubescens

Horned Grebe 38 Podiceps auritus

Prothonotary Warbler 39 Protonotaria citrea

Common Grackle 40 Quiscalus quiscula

King Rail 41 Rallus elegans

Cerulean Warbler 10 Setophaga cerulea

Hooded Warbler 29 Setophaga citrina

Kirtland's Warbler 39 Setophaga kirtlandii

Yellow Warbler 24 Setophaga petechia

Field Sparrow 24 Spizella pusilla

Forster's Tern 42 Sterna forsteri

Tree Swallow 43 Tachycineta bicolor

Carolina Wren 44 Thryothorus ludovicianus

Eastern Kingbird 45 Tyrannus tyrannus

Golden-winged Warbler 10 Vermivora chrysoptera

White-eyed Vireo 10 Vireo griseus

Lake Chubsucker 46 Erimyzon sucetta

American pickerel 47 Esox americanus

Grass Pickerel 48 Esox americanus vermiculatus

Bigmouth Buffalo 49 Ictiobus cyprinellus

Spotted Gar 50 Lepisosteus oculatus

Warmouth Sunfish 51 Lepomis gulosus

Canadian Beaver 52 Castor canadensis

Southern Flying Squirrel 53 Glaucomys volans

Little Brown Bat 54 Myotis lucifugus

Tricolored Bat 55 Perimyotis subflavus

Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus

Spiny Softshell 56 Apalone spinifera

Common Snapping Turtle 57 Chelydra serpentina

Painted Turtle 58 Chrysemys picta

Blanding's Turtle 59 Emydoidea blandingii

Northern Map Turtle 60 Graptemys geographica