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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 ↓

Mummichog 1
Fundulus heteroclitus
Wilson's Snipe 2
Gallinago delicata
Three-spined Stickleback 3
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Thornback
Gasterosteus wheatlandi
Common Loon 4
Gavia immer
Red-throated Loon 5
Gavia stellata
Northern Flying Squirrel 6
Glaucomys sabrinus
Long-finned Pilot Whale 7
Globicephala melas
Witch Flounder
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
Lancet Clubtail 8
Gomphus exilis
Bald Eagle 9
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Atlantic Gray Seal 10
Halichoerus grypus
Barn Swallow 11
Hirundo rustica
Harlequin Duck 12
Histrionicus histrionicus
Yellow-breasted Chat 13
Icteria virens
Fragile Forktail
Ischnura posita
Chalk-fronted Corporal 14
Ladona julia
Atlantic White-sided Dolphin 15
Lagenorhynchus acutus
Northern Pygmy Clubtail 14
Lanthus parvulus
Herring Gull 16
Larus argentatus
Ring-billed Gull 17
Larus delawarensis
Iceland Gull 18
Larus glaucoides
Glaucous Gull 19
Larus hyperboreus
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Larus marinus
Snowshoe Hare
Lepus americanus
Emerald Spreadwing 21
Lestes dryas
Sweetflag Spreadwing 22
Lestes forcipatus
Frosted Whiteface 4
Leucorrhinia frigida
Crimson-ringed Whiteface 23
Leucorrhinia glacialis
Hudsonian Whiteface 24
Leucorrhinia hudsonica
Canada Whiteface 25
Leucorrhinia patricia
Belted Whiteface 21
Leucorrhinia proxima
Short-billed Dowitcher 26
Limnodromus griseus
Green Frog 27
Lithobates clamitans
Pickerel Frog 28
Lithobates palustris
Northern Leopard Frog 29
Lithobates pipiens
Mink Frog 30
Lithobates septentrionalis
Wood Frog 31
Lithobates sylvaticus
North American River Otter 32
Lontra canadensis
Canada Lynx 33
Lynx canadensis
Bobcat 34
Lynx rufus
Freshwater Pearl Mussel 1
Margaritifera margaritifera
American Marten 35
Martes americana
Belted Kingfisher 36
Megaceryle alcyon
White-winged Scoter 37
Melanitta fusca
Common Scoter 38
Melanitta nigra
Surf Scoter 37
Melanitta perspicillata
Atlantic Silverside
Menidia menidia
Common Merganser 39
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 40
Mergus serrator
Atlantic Tomcod
Microgadus tomcod
Rock Vole
Microtus chrotorrhinus
Meadow Vole 41
Microtus pennsylvanicus
White Perch
Morone americana
Striped Bass 42
Morone saxatilis
Northern Gannet 43
Morus bassanus
House Mouse 44
Mus musculus
Stoat 45
Mustela erminea
Southern Red-backed Vole
Myodes gapperi
Little Brown Bat 46
Myotis lucifugus
Woodland Jumping Mouse 47
Napaeozapus insignis
Sedge Sprite 22
Nehalennia irene
American Mink 36
Neovison vison
Eastern Newt 28
Notophthalmus viridescens
Whimbrel 48
Numenius phaeopus
Leach's Storm-Petrel 49
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
White-tailed Deer 50
Odocoileus virginianus
Rainbow Trout 51
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Muskrat 52
Ondatra zibethicus
Smooth Greensnake 53
Opheodrys vernalis
Riffle Snaketail 14
Ophiogomphus carolus
Rainbow Smelt 54
Osmerus mordax
Osprey 55
Pandion haliaetus
Gray Jay 56
Perisoreus canadensis
Deer Mouse 57
Peromyscus maniculatus
Cliff Swallow 58
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Double-crested Cormorant 59
Phalacrocorax auritus
Great Cormorant 59
Phalacrocorax carbo
Ring-necked Pheasant 60
Phasianus colchicus
Western Atlantic Harbor Seal 61
Phoca vitulina concolor
Black-backed Woodpecker 62
Picoides arcticus
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides dorsalis
Downy Woodpecker 63
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 64
Picoides villosus
Eastern Red-backed Salamander 65
Plethodon cinereus
American Golden-Plover 4
Pluvialis dominica
Black-bellied Plover 12
Pluvialis squatarola
Red-necked Grebe 66
Podiceps grisegena
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Boreal Chickadee 67
Poecile hudsonicus
Sora 55
Porzana carolina
Common Raccoon 68
Procyon lotor
Spring Peeper 69
Pseudacris crucifer
Winter flounder 70
Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Puffinus gravis 71
Ardenna gravis
Nine-spined Stickleback 72
Pungitius pungitius
Eastern Floater 73
Pyganodon cataracta
Norway Rat 74
Rattus norvegicus
Bank Swallow 75
Riparia riparia
Atlantic Salmon 76
Salmo salar

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