Animals of Prince Edward Island National Park | Les animaux du parc national de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard

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Blue-spotted Salamander ¹
Ambystoma laterale

Yellow-Spotted Salamander ¹
Ambystoma maculatum

American Toad ²
Anaxyrus americanus

Green Frog ³
Lithobates clamitans

Northern Leopard Frog ⁴
Lithobates pipiens

Wood Frog ⁵
Lithobates sylvaticus

Eastern Newt ⁶
Notophthalmus viridescens

Eastern Red-backed Salamander ⁷
Plethodon cinereus

Spring Peeper ¹
Pseudacris crucifer

Common Redpoll ⁸
Acanthis flammea

Spotted Sandpiper ⁹
Actitis macularius

Northern Saw-whet Owl ¹⁰
Aegolius acadicus

Red-winged Blackbird ¹¹
Agelaius phoeniceus

Wood Duck ¹²
Aix sponsa

Saltmarsh Sparrow ¹³
Ammodramus caudacutus

Northern Pintail ¹⁴
Anas acuta

American Wigeon ¹⁵
Anas americana

Northern Shoveler ¹⁰
Anas clypeata

Green-winged Teal ¹⁶
Anas crecca

Blue-winged Teal ¹⁰
Anas discors

Mallard ¹⁷
Anas platyrhynchos

American Black Duck ¹⁸
Anas rubripes

Gadwall ¹⁹
Anas strepera

Ruby-throated Hummingbird ²⁰
Archilochus colubris

Great Blue Heron ²¹
Ardea herodias

Ruddy Turnstone ²²
Arenaria interpres

Short-eared Owl ¹⁰
Asio flammeus

Lesser Scaup ²³
Aythya affinis

Redhead
Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck ¹⁰
Aythya collaris

Greater Scaup
Aythya marila

Cedar Waxwing ²⁴
Bombycilla cedrorum

Bohemian Waxwing ¹⁰
Bombycilla garrulus

Ruffed Grouse ²⁵
Bonasa umbellus

American Bittern ²⁶
Botaurus lentiginosus

Brant ²⁷
Branta bernicla

Canada Goose ²⁸
Branta canadensis

Great Horned Owl ²⁹
Bubo virginianus

Common Goldeneye ³⁰
Bucephala clangula

Lapland Longspur ³¹
Calcarius lapponicus

Sanderling ³²
Calidris alba

Dunlin ⁸
Calidris alpina

Baird's Sandpiper ³³
Calidris bairdii

Red Knot - rufa subspecies ³⁴
Calidris canutus rufa

Curlew Sandpiper ³⁵
Calidris ferruginea

White-rumped Sandpiper ³⁶
Calidris fuscicollis

Stilt Sandpiper ³⁷
Calidris himantopus

Purple Sandpiper ³⁸
Calidris maritima

Pectoral Sandpiper ³⁸
Calidris melanotos

Least Sandpiper ³⁹
Calidris minutilla

Semipalmated Sandpiper ⁴⁰
Calidris pusilla

Buff-breasted Sandpiper ³⁶
Calidris subruficollis

Canada Warbler ⁴¹
Cardellina canadensis

Wilson's Warbler ⁴²
Cardellina pusilla

Northern Cardinal ³⁶
Cardinalis cardinalis

Carpodacus mexicanus ¹⁰
Haemorhous mexicanus

Carpodacus purpureus ⁴³
Haemorhous purpureus

Hermit Thrush ³³
Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush ⁴⁴
Catharus ustulatus

Black Guillemot ⁴⁵
Cepphus grylle

Brown Creeper ⁴⁶
Certhia americana

Piping Plover ⁴⁷
Charadrius melodus melodus

Semipalmated Plover ⁴⁸
Charadrius semipalmatus

Killdeer ⁴⁹
Charadrius vociferus

Snow Goose ¹⁰
Chen caerulescens

Bonaparte's Gull ²⁶
Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Black-headed Gull ⁵⁰
Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Long-tailed Duck ³
Clangula hyemalis

Evening Grosbeak ³⁰
Coccothraustes vespertinus

Northern Flicker ⁴⁴
Colaptes auratus

Rock Pigeon ⁵¹
Columba livia

Eastern Wood-Pewee ³⁶
Contopus virens

American Crow ⁵²
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven ⁵³
Corvus corax

Blue Jay ⁵⁴
Cyanocitta cristata

Bobolink ⁵⁵
Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Pileated Woodpecker ⁵⁶
Dryocopus pileatus

Gray Catbird ³⁶
Dumetella carolinensis

Little Blue Heron ⁵⁷
Egretta caerulea

Snowy Egret ³⁹
Egretta thula

Alder Flycatcher ³⁶
Empidonax alnorum

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ³⁶
Empidonax flaviventris

Least Flycatcher ³⁶
Empidonax minimus

Horned Lark ⁵⁸
Eremophila alpestris

Peregrine Falcon ⁵⁹
Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel ⁶⁰
Falco sparverius

Wilson's Snipe ⁶¹
Gallinago delicata

Red-throated Loon ⁶²
Gavia stellata

Mourning Warbler ⁶³
Geothlypis philadelphia

Common Yellowthroat ¹⁸
Geothlypis trichas

Dark-eyed Junco ⁶⁴
Junco hyemalis

Northern Shrike ⁶⁵
Lanius excubitor

Herring Gull ⁶⁶
Larus argentatus

Ring-billed Gull ⁶⁷
Larus delawarensis

Iceland Gull ⁶³
Larus glaucoides

Glaucous Gull ⁶⁸
Larus hyperboreus

Great Black-backed Gull ⁶⁹
Larus marinus

Short-billed Dowitcher ⁷⁰
Limnodromus griseus

Hudsonian Godwit ⁷¹
Limosa haemastica

Hooded Merganser ¹⁸
Lophodytes cucullatus

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Animals of Prince Edward Island National Park | Les animaux du parc national de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard

Blue-spotted Salamander 1 Ambystoma laterale

Yellow-Spotted Salamander 1 Ambystoma maculatum

American Toad 2 Anaxyrus americanus

Green Frog 3 Lithobates clamitans

Northern Leopard Frog 4 Lithobates pipiens

Wood Frog 5 Lithobates sylvaticus

Eastern Newt 6 Notophthalmus viridescens

Eastern Red-backed Salamander 7 Plethodon cinereus

Spring Peeper 1 Pseudacris crucifer

Common Redpoll 8 Acanthis flammea

Spotted Sandpiper 9 Actitis macularius

Northern Saw-whet Owl 10 Aegolius acadicus

Red-winged Blackbird 11 Agelaius phoeniceus

Wood Duck 12 Aix sponsa

Saltmarsh Sparrow 13 Ammodramus caudacutus

Northern Pintail 14 Anas acuta

American Wigeon 15 Anas americana

Northern Shoveler 10 Anas clypeata

Green-winged Teal 16 Anas crecca

Blue-winged Teal 10 Anas discors

Mallard 17 Anas platyrhynchos

American Black Duck 18 Anas rubripes

Gadwall 19 Anas strepera

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 20 Archilochus colubris

Great Blue Heron 21 Ardea herodias

Ruddy Turnstone 22 Arenaria interpres

Short-eared Owl 10 Asio flammeus

Lesser Scaup 23 Aythya affinis

Redhead Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck 10 Aythya collaris

Greater Scaup Aythya marila

Cedar Waxwing 24 Bombycilla cedrorum

Bohemian Waxwing 10 Bombycilla garrulus

Ruffed Grouse 25 Bonasa umbellus

American Bittern 26 Botaurus lentiginosus

Brant 27 Branta bernicla

Canada Goose 28 Branta canadensis

Great Horned Owl 29 Bubo virginianus

Common Goldeneye 30 Bucephala clangula

Lapland Longspur 31 Calcarius lapponicus

Sanderling 32 Calidris alba

Dunlin 8 Calidris alpina

Baird's Sandpiper 33 Calidris bairdii

Red Knot - rufa subspecies 34 Calidris canutus rufa

Curlew Sandpiper 35 Calidris ferruginea

White-rumped Sandpiper 36 Calidris fuscicollis

Stilt Sandpiper 37 Calidris himantopus

Purple Sandpiper 38 Calidris maritima

Pectoral Sandpiper 38 Calidris melanotos

Least Sandpiper 39 Calidris minutilla

Semipalmated Sandpiper 40 Calidris pusilla

Buff-breasted Sandpiper 36 Calidris subruficollis

Canada Warbler 41 Cardellina canadensis

Wilson's Warbler 42 Cardellina pusilla

Northern Cardinal 36 Cardinalis cardinalis

Carpodacus mexicanus 10 Haemorhous mexicanus

Carpodacus purpureus 43 Haemorhous purpureus

Hermit Thrush 33 Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush 44 Catharus ustulatus

Black Guillemot 45 Cepphus grylle

Brown Creeper 46 Certhia americana

Piping Plover 47 Charadrius melodus melodus

Semipalmated Plover 48 Charadrius semipalmatus

Killdeer 49 Charadrius vociferus

Snow Goose 10 Chen caerulescens

Bonaparte's Gull 26 Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Black-headed Gull 50 Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Long-tailed Duck 3 Clangula hyemalis

Evening Grosbeak 30 Coccothraustes vespertinus

Northern Flicker 44 Colaptes auratus

Rock Pigeon 51 Columba livia

Eastern Wood-Pewee 36 Contopus virens

American Crow 52 Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven 53 Corvus corax

Blue Jay 54 Cyanocitta cristata

Bobolink 55 Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Pileated Woodpecker 56 Dryocopus pileatus

Gray Catbird 36 Dumetella carolinensis

Little Blue Heron 57 Egretta caerulea