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Animals of Riding Mountain National Park | Les animaux du parc national du Mont-Riding

A guide to potential animal species observed in Riding Mountain National Park of Canada. For more information about Riding Mountain National Park, please visit: ...more ↓

Eastern Tiger Salamander 1
Ambystoma tigrinum
Cope's Gray Tree Frog 2
Hyla chrysoscelis
Gray Tree Frog 3
Hyla versicolor
Northern Leopard Frog 4
Lithobates pipiens
Wood Frog 5
Lithobates sylvaticus
Boreal Chorus Frog 1
Pseudacris maculata
Northern Goshawk 6
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7
Accipiter striatus
Spotted Sandpiper 8
Actitis macularius
Northern Saw-whet Owl 9
Aegolius acadicus
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Agelaius phoeniceus
Baird's Sparrow 11
Ammodramus bairdii
Le Conte's Sparrow 12
Ammodramus leconteii
Grasshopper Sparrow 12
Ammodramus savannarum
American Wigeon 13
Anas americana
Green-winged Teal 14
Anas crecca
Blue-winged Teal 9
Anas discors
Mallard 15
Anas platyrhynchos
Sprague's Pipit 16
Anthus spragueii
Eastern Whip-poor-will 17
Antrostomus vociferus
Great Blue Heron 18
Ardea herodias
Short-eared Owl 9
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 11
Asio otus
Lesser Scaup 19
Aythya affinis
Ring-necked Duck 9
Aythya collaris
Cedar Waxwing 20
Bombycilla cedrorum
Ruffed Grouse 21
Bonasa umbellus
Canada Goose 22
Branta canadensis
Bufflehead 9
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 23
Bucephala clangula
Red-tailed Hawk 24
Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk 25
Buteo platypterus
Lapland Longspur 12
Calcarius lapponicus
White-rumped Sandpiper 11
Calidris fuscicollis
Stilt Sandpiper 26
Calidris himantopus
Least Sandpiper 27
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 28
Calidris pusilla
Canada Warbler 29
Cardellina canadensis
Wilson's Warbler 30
Cardellina pusilla
Carpodacus purpureus 31
Haemorhous purpureus
Turkey Vulture 32
Cathartes aura
Veery 33
Catharus fuscescens
Hermit Thrush 34
Catharus guttatus
Swainson's Thrush 35
Catharus ustulatus
Brown Creeper 36
Certhia americana
Chimney Swift 37
Chaetura pelagica
Killdeer 38
Charadrius vociferus
Black Tern 39
Chlidonias niger
Common Nighthawk 11
Chordeiles minor
Bonaparte's Gull 40
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Northern Harrier 16
Circus cyaneus
Marsh Wren 9
Cistothorus palustris
Sedge Wren 11
Cistothorus platensis
Evening Grosbeak 23
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Northern Flicker 35
Colaptes auratus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 11
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 41
Contopus sordidulus
Eastern Wood-Pewee 11
Contopus virens
American Crow 42
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 43
Corvus corax
Blue Jay 44
Cyanocitta cristata
Trumpeter Swan 45
Cygnus buccinator
Bobolink 46
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Pileated Woodpecker 47
Dryocopus pileatus
Gray Catbird 11
Dumetella carolinensis
Alder Flycatcher 11
Empidonax alnorum
Least Flycatcher 11
Empidonax minimus
Horned Lark 48
Eremophila alpestris
Rusty Blackbird 49
Euphagus carolinus
Spruce Grouse 50
Falcipennis canadensis
Merlin 51
Falco columbarius
Peregrine Falcon 52
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 53
Falco sparverius
American Coot 54
Fulica americana
Wilson's Snipe 55
Gallinago delicata
Mourning Warbler 56
Geothlypis philadelphia
Common Yellowthroat 57
Geothlypis trichas
Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis
Bald Eagle 58
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Barn Swallow 59
Hirundo rustica
Wood Thrush 60
Hylocichla mustelina
Baltimore Oriole 61
Icterus galbula
Least Bittern 20
Ixobrychus exilis
Dark-eyed Junco 62
Junco hyemalis
Ring-billed Gull 63
Larus delawarensis
Franklin's Gull 64
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Hooded Merganser 57
Lophodytes cucullatus
White-winged Crossbill 65
Loxia leucoptera
Belted Kingfisher 41
Megaceryle alcyon
Red-headed Woodpecker 60
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Wild Turkey 66
Meleagris gallopavo
Swamp Sparrow 67
Melospiza georgiana
Lincoln's Sparrow 68
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 62
Melospiza melodia
Common Merganser 69
Mergus merganser
Black-and-white Warbler 70
Mniotilta varia
Brown-headed Cowbird 11
Molothrus ater
Great Crested Flycatcher 11
Myiarchus crinitus
Black-crowned Night-Heron 71
Nycticorax nycticorax
Connecticut Warbler 72
Oporornis agilis

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