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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 ↓

Glaucous Gull 1
Larus hyperboreus
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Larus marinus
Snowshoe Hare
Lepus americanus
Short-billed Dowitcher 3
Limnodromus griseus
Green Frog 4
Lithobates clamitans
Pickerel Frog 5
Lithobates palustris
Northern Leopard Frog 6
Lithobates pipiens
Mink Frog 7
Lithobates septentrionalis
Wood Frog 8
Lithobates sylvaticus
North American River Otter 9
Lontra canadensis
Canada Lynx 10
Lynx canadensis
Bobcat 11
Lynx rufus
American Marten 12
Martes americana
Belted Kingfisher 13
Megaceryle alcyon
White-winged Scoter 14
Melanitta fusca
Common Scoter 15
Melanitta nigra
Surf Scoter 14
Melanitta perspicillata
Atlantic Silverside
Menidia menidia
Common Merganser 16
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 17
Mergus serrator
Atlantic Tomcod
Microgadus tomcod
Rock Vole
Microtus chrotorrhinus
Meadow Vole 18
Microtus pennsylvanicus
White Perch
Morone americana
Striped Bass 19
Morone saxatilis
Northern Gannet 20
Morus bassanus
House Mouse 21
Mus musculus
Stoat 22
Mustela erminea
Southern Red-backed Vole
Myodes gapperi
Little Brown Bat 23
Myotis lucifugus
Woodland Jumping Mouse 24
Napaeozapus insignis
American Mink 13
Neovison vison
Eastern Newt 5
Notophthalmus viridescens
Whimbrel 25
Numenius phaeopus
Leach's Storm-Petrel 26
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
White-tailed Deer 27
Odocoileus virginianus
Rainbow Trout 28
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Muskrat 29
Ondatra zibethicus
Smooth Greensnake 30
Opheodrys vernalis
Rainbow Smelt 31
Osmerus mordax
Osprey 32
Pandion haliaetus
Gray Jay 33
Perisoreus canadensis
Deer Mouse 34
Peromyscus maniculatus
Cliff Swallow 35
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Double-crested Cormorant 36
Phalacrocorax auritus
Great Cormorant 36
Phalacrocorax carbo
Ring-necked Pheasant 37
Phasianus colchicus
Western Atlantic Harbor Seal 38
Phoca vitulina concolor
Black-backed Woodpecker 39
Picoides arcticus
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides dorsalis
Downy Woodpecker 40
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 41
Picoides villosus
Eastern Red-backed Salamander 42
Plethodon cinereus
American Golden-Plover 43
Pluvialis dominica
Black-bellied Plover 44
Pluvialis squatarola
Red-necked Grebe 45
Podiceps grisegena
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Boreal Chickadee 46
Poecile hudsonicus
Sora 32
Porzana carolina
Common Raccoon 47
Procyon lotor
Spring Peeper 48
Pseudacris crucifer
Winter flounder 49
Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Puffinus gravis 50
Ardenna gravis
Nine-spined Stickleback 51
Pungitius pungitius
Norway Rat 52
Rattus norvegicus
Bank Swallow 53
Riparia riparia
Atlantic Salmon 54
Salmo salar
Brown Trout 55
Salmo trutta
Brook Trout 56
Salvelinus fontinalis
Eastern Phoebe 57
Sayornis phoebe
American Woodcock 43
Scolopax minor
Red-breasted Nuthatch 58
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 59
Sitta carolinensis
Common Eider 60
Somateria mollissima
Masked Shrew 61
Sorex cinereus
Sorex gaspensis
Sorex dispar
American Pygmy Shrew 62
Sorex hoyi
American Water Shrew 63
Sorex palustris
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 43
Sphyrapicus varius
Common Tern 64
Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern 36
Sterna paradisaea
Redbelly Snake 48
Storeria occipitomaculata
Barred Owl 40
Strix varia
Southern Bog Lemming
Synaptomys cooperi
Northern Pipefish 65
Syngnathus fuscus
Tree Swallow 14
Tachycineta bicolor
Eastern Chipmunk 18
Tamias striatus
American Red Squirrel 18
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Common Garter Snake 66
Thamnophis sirtalis
Lesser Yellowlegs 67
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 44
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 43
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 44
Tringa solitaria
Eurasian Wren 68
Troglodytes troglodytes
Eastern Kingbird 69
Tyrannus tyrannus
Common Murre 70
Uria aalge
Thick-billed Murre 71
Uria lomvia
American Black Bear
Ursus americanus
Red Fox 72
Vulpes vulpes
Meadow Jumping Mouse 73
Zapus hudsonius

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