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

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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

Wood Duck ⁵
Aix sponsa

Moose ⁶
Alces americanus

Dovekie ⁷
Alle alle

Alewife
Alosa pseudoharengus

Blue-spotted Salamander ⁸
Ambystoma laterale

Yellow-Spotted Salamander ⁸
Ambystoma maculatum

Northern Pintail ⁹
Anas acuta

Green-winged Teal ¹⁰
Anas crecca

Blue-winged Teal ³
Anas discors

Mallard ¹¹
Anas platyrhynchos

American Black Duck ¹²
Anas rubripes

American Toad ¹³
Anaxyrus americanus

American Eel ¹⁴
Anguilla rostrata

Thornback ¹⁵
Apeltes quadracus

Golden Eagle ¹⁶
Aquila chrysaetos

Ruby-throated Hummingbird ¹⁷
Archilochus colubris

Great Blue Heron ¹⁸
Ardea herodias

Ruddy Turnstone ¹⁹
Arenaria interpres

Short-eared Owl ³
Asio flammeus

Long-eared Owl ¹⁶
Asio otus

Ring-necked Duck ³
Aythya collaris

Greater Scaup
Aythya marila

Minke Whale ²⁰
Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Northern Short-tailed Shrew ²¹
Blarina brevicauda

Ruffed Grouse ²²
Bonasa umbellus

American Bittern ²³
Botaurus lentiginosus

Brant ²⁴
Branta bernicla

Canada Goose ²⁵
Branta canadensis

Snowy Owl ²⁶
Bubo scandiacus

Great Horned Owl ²⁷
Bubo virginianus

Bufflehead ³
Bucephala albeola

Common Goldeneye ²⁸
Bucephala clangula

Barrow's Goldeneye ²⁸
Bucephala islandica

Red-tailed Hawk ²⁹
Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk ³⁰
Buteo lagopus

Broad-winged Hawk ³¹
Buteo platypterus

Sanderling ³²
Calidris alba

White-rumped Sandpiper ¹⁶
Calidris fuscicollis

Purple Sandpiper ³³
Calidris maritima

Pectoral Sandpiper ³³
Calidris melanotos

Least Sandpiper ³⁴
Calidris minutilla

Semipalmated Sandpiper ³⁵
Calidris pusilla

Coyote ³⁶
Canis latrans

Canada Warbler ³⁷
Cardellina canadensis

Canadian Beaver ²⁷
Castor canadensis

Bicknell's Thrush ³⁸
Catharus bicknelli

Black Guillemot ³⁹
Cepphus grylle

Brown Creeper ⁴⁰
Certhia americana

Chimney Swift ⁴¹
Chaetura pelagica

Piping Plover ⁴²
Charadrius melodus

Semipalmated Plover ⁴³
Charadrius semipalmatus

Killdeer ⁴⁴
Charadrius vociferus

Black-headed Gull ⁴⁵
Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Northern Harrier ⁴⁶
Circus cyaneus

Long-tailed Duck ⁴⁷
Clangula hyemalis

Northern Flicker ⁴⁸
Colaptes auratus

Rock Pigeon ⁴⁹
Columba livia

Star-nosed Mole ⁵⁰
Condylura cristata

Olive-sided Flycatcher ¹⁶
Contopus cooperi

Eastern Wood-Pewee ¹⁶
Contopus virens

American Crow ⁵¹
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven ⁵²
Corvus corax

Blue Jay ⁵³
Cyanocitta cristata

Bladdernose Seal ⁵⁴
Cystophora cristata

Ringneck Snake ⁵⁵
Diadophis punctatus

Pileated Woodpecker ⁵⁶
Dryocopus pileatus

Little Blue Heron ⁵⁷
Egretta caerulea

Alder Flycatcher ¹⁶
Empidonax alnorum

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ¹⁶
Empidonax flaviventris

Least Flycatcher ¹⁶
Empidonax minimus

Horned Lark ⁵⁸
Eremophila alpestris

Rusty Blackbird ⁵⁹
Euphagus carolinus

Spruce Grouse ⁶⁰
Falcipennis canadensis

Merlin ⁶¹
Falco columbarius

American Kestrel ⁶²
Falco sparverius

American Coot ⁶³
Fulica americana

banded killifish ⁶⁴
Fundulus diaphanus

Mummichog ⁵⁴
Fundulus heteroclitus

Wilson's Snipe ⁶⁵
Gallinago delicata

Three-spined Stickleback ⁶⁶
Gasterosteus aculeatus

Thornback
Gasterosteus wheatlandi

Common Loon ¹⁶
Gavia immer

Red-throated Loon ⁶⁷
Gavia stellata

Northern Flying Squirrel ⁶⁸
Glaucomys sabrinus

Long-finned Pilot Whale ⁶⁹
Globicephala melas

Witch Flounder
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus

Bald Eagle ⁷⁰
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Atlantic Gray Seal ⁷¹
Halichoerus grypus

Barn Swallow ⁷²
Hirundo rustica

Harlequin Duck ²³
Histrionicus histrionicus

Yellow-breasted Chat ⁷³
Icteria virens

Atlantic White-sided Dolphin ⁷⁴
Lagenorhynchus acutus

Herring Gull ⁷⁵
Larus argentatus

Ring-billed Gull ⁷⁶
Larus delawarensis

Iceland Gull ⁷⁷
Larus glaucoides

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

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

Wood Duck 5 Aix sponsa

Moose 6 Alces americanus

Dovekie 7 Alle alle

Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus

Blue-spotted Salamander 8 Ambystoma laterale

Yellow-Spotted Salamander 8 Ambystoma maculatum

Northern Pintail 9 Anas acuta

Green-winged Teal 10 Anas crecca

Blue-winged Teal 3 Anas discors

Mallard 11 Anas platyrhynchos

American Black Duck 12 Anas rubripes

American Toad 13 Anaxyrus americanus

American Eel 14 Anguilla rostrata

Thornback 15 Apeltes quadracus

Golden Eagle 16 Aquila chrysaetos

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 17 Archilochus colubris

Great Blue Heron 18 Ardea herodias

Ruddy Turnstone 19 Arenaria interpres

Short-eared Owl 3 Asio flammeus

Long-eared Owl 16 Asio otus

Ring-necked Duck 3 Aythya collaris

Greater Scaup Aythya marila

Minke Whale 20 Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Northern Short-tailed Shrew 21 Blarina brevicauda

Ruffed Grouse 22 Bonasa umbellus

American Bittern 23 Botaurus lentiginosus

Brant 24 Branta bernicla

Canada Goose 25 Branta canadensis

Snowy Owl 26 Bubo scandiacus

Great Horned Owl 27 Bubo virginianus

Bufflehead 3 Bucephala albeola

Common Goldeneye 28 Bucephala clangula

Barrow's Goldeneye 28 Bucephala islandica

Red-tailed Hawk 29 Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk 30 Buteo lagopus

Broad-winged Hawk 31 Buteo platypterus

Sanderling 32 Calidris alba

White-rumped Sandpiper 16 Calidris fuscicollis

Purple Sandpiper 33 Calidris maritima

Pectoral Sandpiper 33 Calidris melanotos

Least Sandpiper 34 Calidris minutilla

Semipalmated Sandpiper 35 Calidris pusilla

Coyote 36 Canis latrans

Canada Warbler 37 Cardellina canadensis

Canadian Beaver 27 Castor canadensis

Bicknell's Thrush 38 Catharus bicknelli

Black Guillemot 39 Cepphus grylle

Brown Creeper 40 Certhia americana

Chimney Swift 41 Chaetura pelagica

Piping Plover 42 Charadrius melodus

Semipalmated Plover 43 Charadrius semipalmatus

Killdeer 44 Charadrius vociferus

Black-headed Gull 45 Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Northern Harrier 46 Circus cyaneus

Long-tailed Duck 47 Clangula hyemalis

Northern Flicker 48 Colaptes auratus

Rock Pigeon 49 Columba livia

Star-nosed Mole 50 Condylura cristata

Olive-sided Flycatcher 16 Contopus cooperi

Eastern Wood-Pewee 16 Contopus virens

American Crow 51 Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven 52 Corvus corax

Blue Jay 53 Cyanocitta cristata

Bladdernose Seal 54 Cystophora cristata

Ringneck Snake 55 Diadophis punctatus

Pileated Woodpecker 56 Dryocopus pileatus

Little Blue Heron 57 Egretta caerulea

Alder Flycatcher 16 Empidonax alnorum

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 16 Empidonax flaviventris

Least Flycatcher 16 Empidonax minimus

Horned Lark 58 Eremophila alpestris

Rusty Blackbird 59 Euphagus carolinus

Spruce Grouse 60 Falcipennis canadensis

Merlin 61 Falco columbarius