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California Academy of Sciences Living Roof Fauna

A guide to the wildlife species that inhabit the Osher Living Roof of the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California.

Red-tailed Hawk 1
Buteo jamaicensis
Anna's Hummingbird 2
Calypte anna
Brewer's Blackbird 3
Euphagus cyanocephalus
American Robin 4
Turdus migratorius
European Starling 5
Sturnus vulgaris
California Slender Salamander 6
Batrachoseps attenuatus
Honey Bee 7
Apis mellifera
Common Buckeye 8
Junonia coenia
American Lady 9
Vanessa virginiensis
Red Admiral 10
Vanessa atalanta
Seven-spotted Ladybird 11
Coccinella septempunctata
False Black Widow 12
Steatoda grossa
Leopard Slug 13
Limax maximus
Woodlouse Spider 14
Dysdera crocata
Painted Ladybird 15
Mulsantina picta
Chrysolina bankii 16
Lawn Shrimp 17
Arcitalitrus sylvaticus
California Pipevine Swallowtail 18
Battus philenor hirsuta
Sugarcane soldier fly 19
Inopus rubriceps
Porcellionides floria 20
Garden Snail 21
Cornu aspersum
Spotted Cucumber Beetle 22
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Fiery Skipper 23
Hylephila phyleus
California Lady Beetle 24
Coccinella californica
Killdeer 25
Charadrius vociferus
Dark-eyed Junco 26
Junco hyemalis
Earthworms 27
Lumbricidae
Red-shouldered Hawk 28
Buteo lineatus
House Finch 29
Haemorhous mexicanus
Lesser Goldfinch 2
Spinus psaltria
Black Phoebe 30
Sayornis nigricans
Red-winged Blackbird 31
Agelaius phoeniceus
Brown-headed Cowbird 32
Molothrus ater
American Goldfinch 33
Spinus tristis
European Starling 5
Sturnus vulgaris
American Pipit 32
Anthus rubescens

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