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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
Wood Duck 5
Aix sponsa
Dovekie 6
Alle alle
Northern Pintail 7
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 8
Anas crecca
Blue-winged Teal 3
Anas discors
Mallard 9
Anas platyrhynchos
American Black Duck 10
Anas rubripes
Golden Eagle 11
Aquila chrysaetos
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 12
Archilochus colubris
Great Blue Heron 13
Ardea herodias
Ruddy Turnstone 14
Arenaria interpres
Short-eared Owl 3
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 11
Asio otus
Ring-necked Duck 3
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Ruffed Grouse 15
Bonasa umbellus
American Bittern 16
Botaurus lentiginosus
Brant 17
Branta bernicla
Canada Goose 18
Branta canadensis
Snowy Owl 19
Bubo scandiacus
Great Horned Owl 20
Bubo virginianus
Bufflehead 3
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 21
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 21
Bucephala islandica
Red-tailed Hawk 22
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 23
Buteo lagopus
Broad-winged Hawk 24
Buteo platypterus
Sanderling 25
Calidris alba
White-rumped Sandpiper 11
Calidris fuscicollis
Purple Sandpiper 26
Calidris maritima
Pectoral Sandpiper 26
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 27
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 28
Calidris pusilla
Canada Warbler 29
Cardellina canadensis
Bicknell's Thrush 30
Catharus bicknelli
Black Guillemot 31
Cepphus grylle
Brown Creeper 32
Certhia americana
Chimney Swift 33
Chaetura pelagica
Piping Plover 34
Charadrius melodus
Semipalmated Plover 35
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 36
Charadrius vociferus
Black-headed Gull 37
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Northern Harrier 38
Circus cyaneus
Long-tailed Duck 39
Clangula hyemalis
Northern Flicker 40
Colaptes auratus
Rock Pigeon 41
Columba livia
Olive-sided Flycatcher 11
Contopus cooperi
Eastern Wood-Pewee 11
Contopus virens
American Crow 42
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 43
Corvus corax
Blue Jay 44
Cyanocitta cristata
Pileated Woodpecker 45
Dryocopus pileatus
Little Blue Heron 46
Egretta caerulea
Alder Flycatcher 11
Empidonax alnorum
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 11
Empidonax flaviventris
Least Flycatcher 11
Empidonax minimus
Horned Lark 47
Eremophila alpestris
Rusty Blackbird 48
Euphagus carolinus
Spruce Grouse 49
Falcipennis canadensis
Merlin 50
Falco columbarius
American Kestrel 51
Falco sparverius
American Coot 52
Fulica americana
Wilson's Snipe 53
Gallinago delicata
Common Loon 11
Gavia immer
Red-throated Loon 54
Gavia stellata
Bald Eagle 55
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Barn Swallow 56
Hirundo rustica
Harlequin Duck 16
Histrionicus histrionicus
Yellow-breasted Chat 57
Icteria virens
Herring Gull 58
Larus argentatus
Ring-billed Gull 59
Larus delawarensis
Iceland Gull 60
Larus glaucoides
Glaucous Gull 61
Larus hyperboreus
Great Black-backed Gull 62
Larus marinus
Short-billed Dowitcher 63
Limnodromus griseus
Belted Kingfisher 64
Megaceryle alcyon
White-winged Scoter 3
Melanitta fusca
Common Scoter 65
Melanitta nigra
Surf Scoter 3
Melanitta perspicillata
Common Merganser 66
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 67
Mergus serrator
Northern Gannet 68
Morus bassanus
Whimbrel 69
Numenius phaeopus
Leach's Storm-Petrel 70
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Osprey 13
Pandion haliaetus
Gray Jay 71
Perisoreus canadensis
Cliff Swallow 72
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Double-crested Cormorant 51
Phalacrocorax auritus
Great Cormorant 51
Phalacrocorax carbo
Ring-necked Pheasant 73
Phasianus colchicus
Black-backed Woodpecker 74
Picoides arcticus
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides dorsalis
Downy Woodpecker 15
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 49
Picoides villosus
American Golden-Plover 11
Pluvialis dominica

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