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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 ↓

Northern Flicker 1
Colaptes auratus
Rock Pigeon 2
Columba livia
Bastard Toadflax 3
Comandra umbellata
Star-nosed Mole 4
Condylura cristata
Olive-sided Flycatcher 5
Contopus cooperi
Eastern Wood-Pewee 5
Contopus virens
Threeleaf Goldthread 6
Coptis trifolia
Delta-spotted Spiketail 7
Cordulegaster diastatops
Twin-spotted Spiketail
Cordulegaster maculata
American Emerald 5
Cordulia shurtleffii
Canadian Bunchberry 8
Cornus canadensis
American Crow 9
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 10
Corvus corax
Hairy Cockspurthorn
Crataegus submollis
Blue Jay 11
Cyanocitta cristata
showy lady's slipper 12
Cypripedium reginae
Bladdernose Seal 13
Cystophora cristata
brittle bladderfern 14
Cystopteris fragilis
brittle bladderfern 15
Cystopteris tenuis
Poverty Oatgrass 16
Danthonia spicata
Ringneck Snake 17
Diadophis punctatus
Diapensia 18
Diapensia lapponica
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri
Dichanthelium acuminatum lindheimeri
Stream Cruiser 19
Didymops transversa
Ground-cedar 20
Diphasiastrum complanatum
Petite Emerald 21
Dorocordulia lepida
Racket-tailed Emerald 22
Dorocordulia libera
rock whitlow-mustard 23
Draba arabisans
Rock Whitlow-grass
Draba glabella
Norwegian Whitlow-grass
Draba norvegica
Spoonleaf Sundew 24
Drosera intermedia
Round-leaved Sundew 25
Drosera rotundifolia
Pileated Woodpecker 26
Dryocopus pileatus
Male fern 27
Dryopteris filix-mas
fragrant wood fern 6
Dryopteris fragrans
Little Blue Heron 28
Egretta caerulea
Eastern Elliptio 29
Elliptio complanata
Empetrum atropurpureum
Rock Crowberry
Empetrum eamesii
Alder Flycatcher 5
Empidonax alnorum
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 5
Empidonax flaviventris
Least Flycatcher 5
Empidonax minimus
Boreal Bluet 30
Enallagma boreale
Marsh Bluet 31
Enallagma ebrium
Hagen's Bluet 30
Enallagma hageni
Vernal Bluet
Enallagma vernale
Trailing Arbutus 32
Epigaea repens
Hornemann's Willowherb 33
Epilobium hornemannii
Milkflower Willowherb 34
Epilobium lactiflorum
meadow horsetail 25
Equisetum pratense
Horned Lark 35
Eremophila alpestris
Daisy Fleabane 36
Erigeron hyssopifolius
Rusty Blackbird 37
Euphagus carolinus
American beech 38
Fagus grandifolia
Spruce Grouse 39
Falcipennis canadensis
Merlin 40
Falco columbarius
American Kestrel 41
Falco sparverius
Proliferous Fescue
Festuca prolifera
white ash 42
Fraxinus americana
black ash 43
Fraxinus nigra
American Coot 44
Fulica americana
banded killifish 45
Fundulus diaphanus
Mummichog 13
Fundulus heteroclitus
Boreal Bedstraw
Galium kamtschaticum
Wilson's Snipe 46
Gallinago delicata
Three-spined Stickleback 47
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Thornback
Gasterosteus wheatlandi
Creeping Snowberry 6
Gaultheria hispidula
Common Loon 5
Gavia immer
Red-throated Loon 48
Gavia stellata
Northern Flying Squirrel 49
Glaucomys sabrinus
Long-finned Pilot Whale 50
Globicephala melas
Witch Flounder
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Lancet Clubtail 51
Gomphus exilis
Western rattlesnake plantain 52
Goodyera oblongifolia
Spurred Gentian
Halenia deflexa
Bald Eagle 53
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Atlantic Gray Seal 54
Halichoerus grypus
Robinson's Hawkweed
Hieracium robinsonii
Barn Swallow 55
Hirundo rustica
Harlequin Duck 56
Histrionicus histrionicus
northern golden heather 32
Hudsonia ericoides
northern firmoss 57
Huperzia selago
Yellow-breasted Chat 58
Icteria virens
Blue Flag 59
Iris versicolor
Fragile Forktail
Ischnura posita
butternut 30
Juglans cinerea
dudley's rush
Juncus dudleyi
Juncus stygius ssp. americanus
Juncus stygius americanus
highland rush
Juncus trifidus
sheep laurel 60
Kalmia angustifolia
Chalk-fronted Corporal 61
Ladona julia
Atlantic White-sided Dolphin 62
Lagenorhynchus acutus
Northern Pygmy Clubtail 61
Lanthus parvulus
Tamarack 43
Larix laricina
Herring Gull 63
Larus argentatus
Ring-billed Gull 64
Larus delawarensis
Iceland Gull 65
Larus glaucoides
Glaucous Gull 66
Larus hyperboreus
Great Black-backed Gull 67
Larus marinus

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