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Animals of Glacier National Park | Les animaux du parc national des Glaciers

A guide to potential animal species observed in Glacier National Park of Canada. For more information about Glacier National Park, please visit: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/bc/glacier/index.aspx (Note: ...more ↓

Common Redpoll 1
Acanthis flammea
Hoary Redpoll 1
Acanthis hornemanni
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 2
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Accipiter striatus
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Actitis macularius
Northern Saw-whet Owl 5
Aegolius acadicus
Boreal Owl 6
Aegolius funereus
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Agelaius phoeniceus
Wood Duck 8
Aix sponsa
Northern Pintail 9
Anas acuta
American Wigeon 10
Anas americana
Northern Shoveler 5
Anas clypeata
Green-winged Teal 11
Anas crecca
Cinnamon Teal 12
Anas cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 5
Anas discors
Mallard 13
Anas platyrhynchos
Greater White-fronted Goose 14
Anser albifrons
American Pipit 15
Anthus rubescens
Golden Eagle 15
Aquila chrysaetos
Great Blue Heron 16
Ardea herodias
Lesser Scaup 17
Aythya affinis
Redhead
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 5
Aythya collaris
Upland Sandpiper 15
Bartramia longicauda
Cedar Waxwing 18
Bombycilla cedrorum
Bohemian Waxwing 5
Bombycilla garrulus
Ruffed Grouse 19
Bonasa umbellus
Canada Goose 20
Branta canadensis
Great Horned Owl 21
Bubo virginianus
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Bufflehead 5
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 22
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 22
Bucephala islandica
Red-tailed Hawk 23
Buteo jamaicensis
Lapland Longspur 24
Calcarius lapponicus
Baird's Sandpiper 25
Calidris bairdii
Western Sandpiper 8
Calidris mauri
Wilson's Warbler 26
Cardellina pusilla
Carpodacus purpureus 27
Haemorhous purpureus
Veery 28
Catharus fuscescens
Hermit Thrush 25
Catharus guttatus
Gray-cheeked Thrush 7
Catharus minimus
Swainson's Thrush 29
Catharus ustulatus
Brown Creeper 30
Certhia americana
Vaux's Swift 31
Chaetura vauxi
Killdeer 32
Charadrius vociferus
Snow Goose 5
Chen caerulescens
Bonaparte's Gull 33
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
American Dipper 34
Cinclus mexicanus
Northern Harrier 31
Circus cyaneus
Evening Grosbeak 22
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Northern Flicker 29
Colaptes auratus
Rock Pigeon 35
Columba livia
Olive-sided Flycatcher 15
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 14
Contopus sordidulus
American Crow 36
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 37
Corvus corax
Steller's Jay 38
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black Swift 25
Cypseloides niger
Dusky Grouse 15
Dendragapus obscurus
Pileated Woodpecker 39
Dryocopus pileatus
Alder Flycatcher 15
Empidonax alnorum
Hammond's Flycatcher 40
Empidonax hammondii
Least Flycatcher 15
Empidonax minimus
Dusky Flycatcher 15
Empidonax oberholseri
Willow Flycatcher 15
Empidonax traillii
Horned Lark 41
Eremophila alpestris
Brewer's Blackbird 25
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Spruce Grouse 42
Falcipennis canadensis
Merlin 43
Falco columbarius
Prairie Falcon 15
Falco mexicanus
American Kestrel 34
Falco sparverius
American Coot 44
Fulica americana
Wilson's Snipe 45
Gallinago delicata
Common Loon 15
Gavia immer
MacGillivray's Warbler 46
Geothlypis tolmiei
Common Yellowthroat 47
Geothlypis trichas
Northern Pygmy-Owl 48
Glaucidium gnoma
Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis
Bald Eagle 49
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Barn Swallow 50
Hirundo rustica
Harlequin Duck 33
Histrionicus histrionicus
Varied Thrush 51
Ixoreus naevius
Dark-eyed Junco 52
Junco hyemalis
White-tailed Ptarmigan 15
Lagopus leucura
Northern Shrike 53
Lanius excubitor
Ring-billed Gull 54
Larus delawarensis
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 34
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Hooded Merganser 47
Lophodytes cucullatus
Red Crossbill 1
Loxia curvirostra
White-winged Crossbill 55
Loxia leucoptera
Belted Kingfisher 14
Megaceryle alcyon
Lewis's Woodpecker 22
Melanerpes lewis
White-winged Scoter 5
Melanitta fusca
Lincoln's Sparrow 56
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 52
Melospiza melodia
Common Merganser 57
Mergus merganser
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
Molothrus ater
Townsend's Solitaire 15
Myadestes townsendi

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