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Animals of Elk Island National Park | Les animaux du parc national Elk Island

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

American Kestrel 1
Falco sparverius
American Coot 2
Fulica americana
Wilson's Snipe 3
Gallinago delicata
Common Loon 4
Gavia immer
Mourning Warbler 5
Geothlypis philadelphia
Common Yellowthroat 6
Geothlypis trichas
Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis
Bald Eagle 7
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Barn Swallow 8
Hirundo rustica
Baltimore Oriole 9
Icterus galbula
Varied Thrush 10
Ixoreus naevius
Dark-eyed Junco 11
Junco hyemalis
Northern Shrike 12
Lanius excubitor
Herring Gull 13
Larus argentatus
California Gull 14
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 15
Larus delawarensis
Franklin's Gull 16
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 1
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Short-billed Dowitcher 17
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 18
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Marbled Godwit 19
Limosa fedoa
Hooded Merganser 6
Lophodytes cucullatus
Red Crossbill 20
Loxia curvirostra
White-winged Crossbill 21
Loxia leucoptera
Belted Kingfisher 22
Megaceryle alcyon
White-winged Scoter 23
Melanitta fusca
Surf Scoter 23
Melanitta perspicillata
Swamp Sparrow 24
Melospiza georgiana
Lincoln's Sparrow 25
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 11
Melospiza melodia
Common Merganser 26
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 27
Mergus serrator
Black-and-white Warbler 28
Mniotilta varia
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Molothrus ater
Townsend's Solitaire 4
Myadestes townsendi
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Myiarchus crinitus
Black-crowned Night-Heron 29
Nycticorax nycticorax
Connecticut Warbler 30
Oporornis agilis
Orange-crowned Warbler 22
Oreothlypis celata
Tennessee Warbler 31
Oreothlypis peregrina
Ruddy Duck 32
Oxyura jamaicensis
Osprey 18
Pandion haliaetus
Northern Waterthrush 33
Parkesia noveboracensis
House Sparrow 34
Passer domesticus
Savannah Sparrow 18
Passerculus sandwichensis
Fox Sparrow 22
Passerella iliaca
American White Pelican 35
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Gray Partridge
Perdix perdix
Gray Jay 36
Perisoreus canadensis
Cliff Swallow 37
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Phalacrocorax auritus
Red-necked Phalarope 18
Phalaropus lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope 38
Phalaropus tricolor
Ring-necked Pheasant 39
Phasianus colchicus
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 40
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-billed Magpie 41
Pica hudsonia
Black-backed Woodpecker 42
Picoides arcticus
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides dorsalis
Downy Woodpecker 43
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 44
Picoides villosus
Pine Grosbeak 45
Pinicola enucleator
Western Tanager 4
Piranga ludoviciana
Snow Bunting 46
Plectrophenax nivalis
American Golden-Plover 4
Pluvialis dominica
Black-bellied Plover 47
Pluvialis squatarola
Horned Grebe 47
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 48
Podiceps grisegena
Eared Grebe 32
Podiceps nigricollis
Pied-billed Grebe 49
Podilymbus podiceps
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Boreal Chickadee 50
Poecile hudsonicus
Vesper Sparrow 4
Pooecetes gramineus
Sora 18
Porzana carolina
Purple Martin 51
Progne subis
Common Grackle 52
Quiscalus quiscula
Virginia Rail 1
Rallus limicola
American Avocet 53
Recurvirostra americana
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 54
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 55
Regulus satrapa
Bank Swallow 56
Riparia riparia
Eastern Phoebe 57
Sayornis phoebe
Say's Phoebe 58
Sayornis saya
Ovenbird 59
Seiurus aurocapilla
Yellow-rumped Warbler 60
Setophaga coronata
Magnolia Warbler 61
Setophaga magnolia
Palm Warbler 62
Setophaga palmarum
Chestnut-sided Warbler 63
Setophaga pensylvanica
Yellow Warbler 25
Setophaga petechia
American Redstart 64
Setophaga ruticilla
Blackpoll Warbler 65
Setophaga striata
Cape May Warbler 47
Setophaga tigrina
Black-throated Green Warbler 54
Setophaga virens
Mountain Bluebird 1
Sialia currucoides
Red-breasted Nuthatch 66
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 67
Sitta carolinensis
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Sphyrapicus varius
Pine Siskin 68
Spinus pinus
American Goldfinch 69
Spinus tristis
Spizella arborea 70
Spizelloides arborea
Clay-colored Sparrow 4
Spizella pallida

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