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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 Redpoll 1
Acanthis flammea
Hoary Redpoll 1
Acanthis hornemanni
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 2
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Accipiter striatus
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Actitis macularius
Western Grebe 5
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Northern Saw-whet Owl 6
Aegolius acadicus
Boreal Owl 7
Aegolius funereus
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Agelaius phoeniceus
Le Conte's Sparrow 9
Ammodramus leconteii
Nelson's Sparrow 10
Ammodramus nelsoni
Northern Pintail 11
Anas acuta
American Wigeon 12
Anas americana
Northern Shoveler 6
Anas clypeata
Green-winged Teal 13
Anas crecca
Cinnamon Teal 14
Anas cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 6
Anas discors
Mallard 15
Anas platyrhynchos
Gadwall 16
Anas strepera
Greater White-fronted Goose 17
Anser albifrons
American Pipit 18
Anthus rubescens
Sprague's Pipit 19
Anthus spragueii
Golden Eagle 18
Aquila chrysaetos
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 20
Archilochus colubris
Great Blue Heron 5
Ardea herodias
Long-eared Owl 18
Asio otus
Lesser Scaup 21
Aythya affinis
Redhead
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 6
Aythya collaris
Canvasback 18
Aythya valisineria
Cedar Waxwing 22
Bombycilla cedrorum
Bohemian Waxwing 6
Bombycilla garrulus
Ruffed Grouse 23
Bonasa umbellus
American Bittern 24
Botaurus lentiginosus
Canada Goose 25
Branta canadensis
Snowy Owl 26
Bubo scandiacus
Great Horned Owl 27
Bubo virginianus
Bufflehead 6
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
Swainson's Hawk 32
Buteo swainsoni
Lapland Longspur 9
Calcarius lapponicus
Smith's Longspur 18
Calcarius pictus
Sanderling 33
Calidris alba
Baird's Sandpiper 34
Calidris bairdii
Stilt Sandpiper 35
Calidris himantopus
Pectoral Sandpiper 36
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 37
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 38
Calidris pusilla
Canada Warbler 39
Cardellina canadensis
Wilson's Warbler 40
Cardellina pusilla
Carpodacus purpureus 41
Haemorhous purpureus
Turkey Vulture 42
Cathartes aura
Veery 43
Catharus fuscescens
Hermit Thrush 34
Catharus guttatus
Gray-cheeked Thrush 8
Catharus minimus
Swainson's Thrush 44
Catharus ustulatus
Brown Creeper 45
Certhia americana
Semipalmated Plover 46
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 47
Charadrius vociferus
Snow Goose 6
Chen caerulescens
Ross's Goose 48
Chen rossii
Black Tern 49
Chlidonias niger
Bonaparte's Gull 24
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Northern Harrier 19
Circus cyaneus
Marsh Wren 6
Cistothorus palustris
Sedge Wren 18
Cistothorus platensis
Long-tailed Duck 50
Clangula hyemalis
Evening Grosbeak 28
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Black-billed Cuckoo 18
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Northern Flicker 44
Colaptes auratus
Rock Pigeon 51
Columba livia
Olive-sided Flycatcher 18
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 17
Contopus sordidulus
American Crow 52
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 53
Corvus corax
Blue Jay 54
Cyanocitta cristata
Trumpeter Swan 55
Cygnus buccinator
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus
Bobolink 56
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Pileated Woodpecker 57
Dryocopus pileatus
Gray Catbird 18
Dumetella carolinensis
Alder Flycatcher 18
Empidonax alnorum
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 18
Empidonax flaviventris
Least Flycatcher 18
Empidonax minimus
Horned Lark 58
Eremophila alpestris
Rusty Blackbird 59
Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird 34
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Merlin 60
Falco columbarius
Prairie Falcon 18
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 61
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 62
Falco sparverius
American Coot 63
Fulica americana
Wilson's Snipe 64
Gallinago delicata
Common Loon 18
Gavia immer
Mourning Warbler 65
Geothlypis philadelphia

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