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

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Brown Trout ¹
Salmo trutta

Brook Trout ²
Salvelinus fontinalis

Eastern Phoebe ³
Sayornis phoebe

American Woodcock ⁴
Scolopax minor

Red-breasted Nuthatch ⁵
Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch ⁶
Sitta carolinensis

Common Eider ⁷
Somateria mollissima

Ringed Emerald ⁸
Somatochlora albicincta

Quebec Emerald
Somatochlora brevicincta

Lake Emerald ⁹
Somatochlora cingulata

Ski-tipped Emerald ¹⁰
Somatochlora elongata

Forcipate Emerald ¹⁰
Somatochlora forcipata

Ocellated Emerald ¹¹
Somatochlora minor

Muskeg Emerald
Somatochlora septentrionalis

Masked Shrew ¹²
Sorex cinereus

Sorex gaspensis
Sorex dispar

American Pygmy Shrew ¹³
Sorex hoyi

American Water Shrew ¹⁴
Sorex palustris

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ⁴
Sphyrapicus varius

Common Tern ¹⁵
Sterna hirundo

Arctic Tern ¹⁶
Sterna paradisaea

Redbelly Snake ¹⁷
Storeria occipitomaculata

Barred Owl ¹⁸
Strix varia

Saffron-winged Meadowhawk ¹⁹
Sympetrum costiferum

Black Meadowhawk ¹¹
Sympetrum danae

Ruby Meadowhawk ²⁰
Sympetrum rubicundulum

Southern Bog Lemming
Synaptomys cooperi

Northern Pipefish ²¹
Syngnathus fuscus

Tree Swallow ²²
Tachycineta bicolor

Eastern Chipmunk ²³
Tamias striatus

American Red Squirrel ²³
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Common Garter Snake ²⁴
Thamnophis sirtalis

Lesser Yellowlegs ²⁵
Tringa flavipes

Greater Yellowlegs ¹⁹
Tringa melanoleuca

Willet ⁴
Tringa semipalmata

Solitary Sandpiper ¹⁹
Tringa solitaria

Eurasian Wren ²⁶
Troglodytes troglodytes

Eastern Kingbird ²⁷
Tyrannus tyrannus

Common Murre ²⁸
Uria aalge

Thick-billed Murre ²⁹
Uria lomvia

American Black Bear
Ursus americanus

Red Fox ³⁰
Vulpes vulpes

Meadow Jumping Mouse ³¹
Zapus hudsonius

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

Brown Trout 1 Salmo trutta

Brook Trout 2 Salvelinus fontinalis

Eastern Phoebe 3 Sayornis phoebe

American Woodcock 4 Scolopax minor

Red-breasted Nuthatch 5 Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch 6 Sitta carolinensis

Common Eider 7 Somateria mollissima

Ringed Emerald 8 Somatochlora albicincta

Quebec Emerald Somatochlora brevicincta

Lake Emerald 9 Somatochlora cingulata

Ski-tipped Emerald 10 Somatochlora elongata

Forcipate Emerald 10 Somatochlora forcipata

Ocellated Emerald 11 Somatochlora minor

Muskeg Emerald Somatochlora septentrionalis

Masked Shrew 12 Sorex cinereus

Sorex gaspensis Sorex dispar

American Pygmy Shrew 13 Sorex hoyi

American Water Shrew 14 Sorex palustris

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 Sphyrapicus varius

Common Tern 15 Sterna hirundo

Arctic Tern 16 Sterna paradisaea

Redbelly Snake 17 Storeria occipitomaculata

Barred Owl 18 Strix varia

Saffron-winged Meadowhawk 19 Sympetrum costiferum

Black Meadowhawk 11 Sympetrum danae

Ruby Meadowhawk 20 Sympetrum rubicundulum

Southern Bog Lemming Synaptomys cooperi

Northern Pipefish 21 Syngnathus fuscus

Tree Swallow 22 Tachycineta bicolor

Eastern Chipmunk 23 Tamias striatus

American Red Squirrel 23 Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Common Garter Snake 24 Thamnophis sirtalis

Lesser Yellowlegs 25 Tringa flavipes

Greater Yellowlegs 19 Tringa melanoleuca

Willet 4 Tringa semipalmata

Solitary Sandpiper 19 Tringa solitaria

Eurasian Wren 26 Troglodytes troglodytes

Eastern Kingbird 27 Tyrannus tyrannus

Common Murre 28 Uria aalge

Thick-billed Murre 29 Uria lomvia

American Black Bear Ursus americanus

Red Fox 30 Vulpes vulpes

Meadow Jumping Mouse 31 Zapus hudsonius

Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura