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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 ↓

Common Yellowthroat 1
Geothlypis trichas
Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis
Bald Eagle 2
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Barn Swallow 3
Hirundo rustica
Baltimore Oriole 4
Icterus galbula
Varied Thrush 5
Ixoreus naevius
Dark-eyed Junco 6
Junco hyemalis
Northern Shrike 7
Lanius excubitor
Herring Gull 8
Larus argentatus
California Gull 9
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 10
Larus delawarensis
Franklin's Gull 11
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 12
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Short-billed Dowitcher 13
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 14
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Marbled Godwit 15
Limosa fedoa
Hooded Merganser 1
Lophodytes cucullatus
Red Crossbill 16
Loxia curvirostra
White-winged Crossbill 17
Loxia leucoptera
Belted Kingfisher 18
Megaceryle alcyon
White-winged Scoter 19
Melanitta fusca
Surf Scoter 19
Melanitta perspicillata
Swamp Sparrow 20
Melospiza georgiana
Lincoln's Sparrow 21
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 6
Melospiza melodia
Common Merganser 22
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 23
Mergus serrator
Black-and-white Warbler 24
Mniotilta varia
Brown-headed Cowbird 25
Molothrus ater
Townsend's Solitaire 25
Myadestes townsendi
Great Crested Flycatcher 25
Myiarchus crinitus
Black-crowned Night-Heron 26
Nycticorax nycticorax
Connecticut Warbler 27
Oporornis agilis
Orange-crowned Warbler 18
Oreothlypis celata
Tennessee Warbler 28
Oreothlypis peregrina
Ruddy Duck 29
Oxyura jamaicensis
Osprey 14
Pandion haliaetus
Northern Waterthrush 30
Parkesia noveboracensis
House Sparrow 31
Passer domesticus
Savannah Sparrow 14
Passerculus sandwichensis
Fox Sparrow 18
Passerella iliaca
American White Pelican 32
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Gray Partridge
Perdix perdix
Gray Jay 33
Perisoreus canadensis
Cliff Swallow 34
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Phalacrocorax auritus
Red-necked Phalarope 14
Phalaropus lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope 35
Phalaropus tricolor
Ring-necked Pheasant 36
Phasianus colchicus
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 37
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-billed Magpie 38
Pica hudsonia
Black-backed Woodpecker 39
Picoides arcticus
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides dorsalis
Downy Woodpecker 40
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 41
Picoides villosus
Pine Grosbeak 42
Pinicola enucleator
Western Tanager 25
Piranga ludoviciana
Snow Bunting 43
Plectrophenax nivalis
American Golden-Plover 25
Pluvialis dominica
Black-bellied Plover 44
Pluvialis squatarola
Horned Grebe 44
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 45
Podiceps grisegena
Eared Grebe 29
Podiceps nigricollis
Pied-billed Grebe 46
Podilymbus podiceps
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Boreal Chickadee 47
Poecile hudsonicus
Vesper Sparrow 25
Pooecetes gramineus
Sora 14
Porzana carolina
Purple Martin 48
Progne subis
Common Grackle 49
Quiscalus quiscula
Virginia Rail 12
Rallus limicola
American Avocet 50
Recurvirostra americana
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 51
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 52
Regulus satrapa
Bank Swallow 53
Riparia riparia
Eastern Phoebe 54
Sayornis phoebe
Say's Phoebe 55
Sayornis saya
Ovenbird 56
Seiurus aurocapilla
Yellow-rumped Warbler 57
Setophaga coronata
Magnolia Warbler 58
Setophaga magnolia
Palm Warbler 59
Setophaga palmarum
Chestnut-sided Warbler 60
Setophaga pensylvanica
Yellow Warbler 21
Setophaga petechia
American Redstart 61
Setophaga ruticilla
Blackpoll Warbler 62
Setophaga striata
Cape May Warbler 44
Setophaga tigrina
Black-throated Green Warbler 51
Setophaga virens
Mountain Bluebird 12
Sialia currucoides
Red-breasted Nuthatch 63
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 64
Sitta carolinensis
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 25
Sphyrapicus varius
Pine Siskin 65
Spinus pinus
American Goldfinch 66
Spinus tristis
Spizella arborea 67
Spizelloides arborea
Clay-colored Sparrow 25
Spizella pallida
Chipping Sparrow 68
Spizella passerina
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 25
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Forster's Tern 69
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 70
Sterna hirundo
Great Gray Owl 71
Strix nebulosa

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