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Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada | Parc national du Canada des Hautes-Terres-du-Cap-Breton

A guide to potential species observed in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. For more information about Cape Breton Highlands National Park, please visit: ...more ↓

balsam fir 1
Abies balsamea
Northern Goshawk
Accipiter gentilis atricapillus
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Accipiter striatus
Striped Maple 3
Acer pensylvanicum
red maple 4
Acer rubrum
Sugar Maple 5
Acer saccharum
Mountain Maple
Acer spicatum
Common Yarrow 6
Achillea millefolium
Spotted Sandpiper 7
Actitis macularius
Northern Saw-whet Owl 8
Aegolius acadicus
Boreal Owl 9
Aegolius funereus
Canada Darner 10
Aeshna canadensis
Lake Darner 11
Aeshna eremita
Zigzag Darner 12
Aeshna sitchensis
Subarctic Darner 13
Aeshna subarctica
Wood Duck 14
Aix sponsa
Moose 15
Alces americanus
Dovekie 16
Alle alle
Chives 17
Allium schoenoprasum
Allium schoenoprasum var. sibiricum 18
Allium schoenoprasum sibiricum
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa 11
Alnus incana rugosa
Alewife
Alosa pseudoharengus
Blue-spotted Salamander 19
Ambystoma laterale
Yellow-Spotted Salamander 19
Ambystoma maculatum
Eastern Red Damsel 20
Amphiagrion saucium
Northern Pintail 21
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 22
Anas crecca
Blue-winged Teal 8
Anas discors
Mallard 23
Anas platyrhynchos
American Black Duck 24
Anas rubripes
Common Green Darner 25
Anax junius
American Toad 25
Anaxyrus americanus
cutleaf anemone 26
Anemone multifida
Small-flower Anemone
Anemone parviflora
Purplestem Angelica 27
Angelica atropurpurea
American Eel 28
Anguilla rostrata
Slender Silver Moss
Anomobryum filiforme
Thornback 29
Apeltes quadracus
Golden Eagle 30
Aquila chrysaetos
wild sarsaparilla 31
Aralia nudicaulis
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 32
Archilochus colubris
Great Blue Heron 33
Ardea herodias
Ruddy Turnstone 34
Arenaria interpres
Short-eared Owl 8
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 30
Asio otus
maidenhair spleenwort 35
Asplenium trichomanes
green spleenwort 36
Asplenium viride
Ring-necked Duck 8
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Minke Whale 37
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Twining Screwstem 38
Bartonia paniculata
Yellow Birch 39
Betula alleghaniensis
Northern Birch
Betula borealis
dwarf resin birch
Betula glandulosa
Betula michauxii
paper birch 40
Betula papyrifera
Swamp Birch 41
Betula pumila
Northern Short-tailed Shrew 42
Blarina brevicauda
Ruffed Grouse 43
Bonasa umbellus
American Bittern 44
Botaurus lentiginosus
little grapefern 45
Botrychium simplex
Brant 46
Branta bernicla
Canada Goose 47
Branta canadensis
Snowy Owl 48
Bubo scandiacus
Great Horned Owl 49
Bubo virginianus
Bufflehead 8
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 50
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 50
Bucephala islandica
Red-tailed Hawk 51
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 52
Buteo lagopus
Broad-winged Hawk 53
Buteo platypterus
Minakata's Hump-backed Elves Moss
Buxbaumia minakatae
bluejoint 26
Calamagrostis canadensis
Pickering's Reed Bentgrass
Calamagrostis pickeringii
Sanderling 54
Calidris alba
White-rumped Sandpiper 30
Calidris fuscicollis
Purple Sandpiper 55
Calidris maritima
Pectoral Sandpiper 55
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 56
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 57
Calidris pusilla
Coyote 58
Canis latrans
Canada Warbler 59
Cardellina canadensis
scabrous black sedge 60
Carex atratiformis
hair-like sedge 61
Carex capillaris
few-seeded sedge 62
Carex oligosperma
bulrush sedge
Carex scirpoidea
Canadian Beaver 49
Castor canadensis
Bicknell's Thrush 1
Catharus bicknelli
Black Guillemot 63
Cepphus grylle
Brown Creeper 64
Certhia americana
Chimney Swift 65
Chaetura pelagica
Piping Plover 66
Charadrius melodus
Semipalmated Plover 67
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 68
Charadrius vociferus
Black-headed Gull 69
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Aurora Damsel 10
Chromagrion conditum
Northern Harrier 70
Circus cyaneus
Long-tailed Duck 71
Clangula hyemalis
Blue-bead Lily 72
Clintonia borealis
Coeloglossum viride var. viride
Dactylorhiza viridis viride

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