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

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Black-bellied Plover ¹
Pluvialis squatarola

Red-necked Grebe ²
Podiceps grisegena

Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus

Boreal Chickadee ³
Poecile hudsonicus

Sora ⁴
Porzana carolina

Puffinus gravis ⁵
Ardenna gravis

Bank Swallow ⁶
Riparia riparia

Eastern Phoebe ⁷
Sayornis phoebe

American Woodcock ⁸
Scolopax minor

Red-breasted Nuthatch ⁹
Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch ¹⁰
Sitta carolinensis

Common Eider ¹¹
Somateria mollissima

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ⁸
Sphyrapicus varius

Common Tern ¹²
Sterna hirundo

Arctic Tern ¹³
Sterna paradisaea

Barred Owl ¹⁴
Strix varia

Tree Swallow ¹⁵
Tachycineta bicolor

Lesser Yellowlegs ¹⁶
Tringa flavipes

Greater Yellowlegs ¹
Tringa melanoleuca

Willet ⁸
Tringa semipalmata

Solitary Sandpiper ¹
Tringa solitaria

Eurasian Wren ¹⁷
Troglodytes troglodytes

Eastern Kingbird ¹⁸
Tyrannus tyrannus

Common Murre ¹⁹
Uria aalge

Thick-billed Murre ²⁰
Uria lomvia

Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura

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

Black-bellied Plover 1 Pluvialis squatarola

Red-necked Grebe 2 Podiceps grisegena

Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus

Boreal Chickadee 3 Poecile hudsonicus

Sora 4 Porzana carolina

Puffinus gravis 5 Ardenna gravis

Bank Swallow 6 Riparia riparia

Eastern Phoebe 7 Sayornis phoebe

American Woodcock 8 Scolopax minor

Red-breasted Nuthatch 9 Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch 10 Sitta carolinensis

Common Eider 11 Somateria mollissima

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8 Sphyrapicus varius

Common Tern 12 Sterna hirundo

Arctic Tern 13 Sterna paradisaea

Barred Owl 14 Strix varia

Tree Swallow 15 Tachycineta bicolor

Lesser Yellowlegs 16 Tringa flavipes

Greater Yellowlegs 1 Tringa melanoleuca

Willet 8 Tringa semipalmata

Solitary Sandpiper 1 Tringa solitaria

Eurasian Wren 17 Troglodytes troglodytes

Eastern Kingbird 18 Tyrannus tyrannus

Common Murre 19 Uria aalge

Thick-billed Murre 20 Uria lomvia

Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura