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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 Goshawk
Accipiter gentilis atricapillus
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Accipiter striatus
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Actitis macularius
Northern Saw-whet Owl 3
Aegolius acadicus
Boreal Owl 4
Aegolius funereus
Canada Darner 5
Aeshna canadensis
Lake Darner 6
Aeshna eremita
Zigzag Darner 7
Aeshna sitchensis
Subarctic Darner 8
Aeshna subarctica
Wood Duck 9
Aix sponsa
Moose 10
Alces americanus
Dovekie 11
Alle alle
Alewife
Alosa pseudoharengus
Blue-spotted Salamander 12
Ambystoma laterale
Yellow-Spotted Salamander 12
Ambystoma maculatum
Eastern Red Damsel 13
Amphiagrion saucium
Northern Pintail 14
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 15
Anas crecca
Blue-winged Teal 3
Anas discors
Mallard 16
Anas platyrhynchos
American Black Duck 17
Anas rubripes
Common Green Darner 18
Anax junius
American Toad 18
Anaxyrus americanus
American Eel 19
Anguilla rostrata
Thornback 20
Apeltes quadracus
Golden Eagle 21
Aquila chrysaetos
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 22
Archilochus colubris
Great Blue Heron 23
Ardea herodias
Ruddy Turnstone 24
Arenaria interpres
Short-eared Owl 3
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 21
Asio otus
Ring-necked Duck 3
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Minke Whale 25
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Northern Short-tailed Shrew 26
Blarina brevicauda
Ruffed Grouse 27
Bonasa umbellus
American Bittern 28
Botaurus lentiginosus
Brant 29
Branta bernicla
Canada Goose 30
Branta canadensis
Snowy Owl 31
Bubo scandiacus
Great Horned Owl 32
Bubo virginianus
Bufflehead 3
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 33
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 33
Bucephala islandica
Red-tailed Hawk 34
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 35
Buteo lagopus
Broad-winged Hawk 36
Buteo platypterus
Sanderling 37
Calidris alba
White-rumped Sandpiper 21
Calidris fuscicollis
Purple Sandpiper 38
Calidris maritima
Pectoral Sandpiper 38
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 39
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 40
Calidris pusilla
Coyote 41
Canis latrans
Canada Warbler 42
Cardellina canadensis
Canadian Beaver 32
Castor canadensis
Bicknell's Thrush 43
Catharus bicknelli
Black Guillemot 44
Cepphus grylle
Brown Creeper 45
Certhia americana
Chimney Swift 46
Chaetura pelagica
Piping Plover 47
Charadrius melodus
Semipalmated Plover 48
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 49
Charadrius vociferus
Black-headed Gull 50
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Aurora Damsel 5
Chromagrion conditum
Northern Harrier 51
Circus cyaneus
Long-tailed Duck 52
Clangula hyemalis
Northern Flicker 53
Colaptes auratus
Rock Pigeon 54
Columba livia
Star-nosed Mole 55
Condylura cristata
Olive-sided Flycatcher 21
Contopus cooperi
Eastern Wood-Pewee 21
Contopus virens
Delta-spotted Spiketail 56
Cordulegaster diastatops
Twin-spotted Spiketail
Cordulegaster maculata
American Emerald 21
Cordulia shurtleffii
American Crow 57
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 58
Corvus corax
Blue Jay 59
Cyanocitta cristata
Bladdernose Seal 60
Cystophora cristata
Ringneck Snake 61
Diadophis punctatus
Stream Cruiser 62
Didymops transversa
Petite Emerald 63
Dorocordulia lepida
Racket-tailed Emerald 64
Dorocordulia libera
Pileated Woodpecker 65
Dryocopus pileatus
Little Blue Heron 66
Egretta caerulea
Eastern Elliptio 67
Elliptio complanata
Alder Flycatcher 21
Empidonax alnorum
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 21
Empidonax flaviventris
Least Flycatcher 21
Empidonax minimus
Boreal Bluet 68
Enallagma boreale
Marsh Bluet 69
Enallagma ebrium
Hagen's Bluet 68
Enallagma hageni
Vernal Bluet
Enallagma vernale
Horned Lark 70
Eremophila alpestris
Rusty Blackbird 71
Euphagus carolinus
Spruce Grouse 72
Falcipennis canadensis
Merlin 73
Falco columbarius
American Kestrel 74
Falco sparverius
American Coot 75
Fulica americana
banded killifish 76
Fundulus diaphanus

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