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SITP Balboa Park Species Guide

A guide for School in the Park students to help them identify species for their SITP project at The San Diego Natural History Museum.

Green Anole 1
Anolis carolinensis
Southern Alligator Lizard 2
Elgaria multicarinata
San Diego Alligator Lizard 3
Elgaria multicarinata webbii
Western Fence Lizard 4
Sceloporus occidentalis
Great Basin Fence Lizard 5
Sceloporus occidentalis longipes
Granite Spiny Lizard 6
Sceloporus orcutti
Belding’s Orange-throated Whiptail 7
Aspidoscelis hyperythra beldingi
Gopher Snake 8
Pituophis catenifer
San Diego Gopher Snake 9
Pituophis catenifer annectens
California King Snake 10
Lampropeltis californiae
Red-eared Slider 11
Trachemys scripta elegans
Nuttall's Woodpecker 12
Picoides nuttallii
Great Horned Owl 13
Bubo virginianus
Mourning Dove 14
Zenaida macroura
American Coot 15
Fulica americana
Indian Peafowl 16
Pavo cristatus
Snowy Egret 17
Egretta thula
Great Egret 12
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 12
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 18
Nycticorax nycticorax
Green Heron 19
Butorides virescens
Peregrine Falcon 20
Falco peregrinus
Anna's Hummingbird 21
Calypte anna
Allen's Hummingbird 22
Selasphorus sasin
Vaux's Swift 23
Chaetura vauxi
Mallard 24
Anas platyrhynchos
Domestic Duck 25
Anas platyrhynchos domesticus
Wood Duck 26
Aix sponsa
Cooper's Hawk 27
Accipiter cooperii
Red-tailed Hawk 28
Buteo jamaicensis
Red-shouldered Hawk 29
Buteo lineatus
Brewer's Blackbird 30
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Bullock's Oriole 31
Icterus bullockii
Hooded Oriole 32
Icterus cucullatus
Baltimore Oriole 33
Icterus galbula
Orchard Oriole 34
Icterus spurius
House Sparrow 35
Passer domesticus
Bewick's Wren 21
Thryomanes bewickii
American Robin 36
Turdus migratorius
Western Bluebird 30
Sialia mexicana
Black Phoebe 22
Sayornis nigricans
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 34
Regulus calendula
Song Sparrow 37
Melospiza melodia
White-crowned Sparrow 38
Zonotrichia leucophrys
California Towhee 39
Melozone crissalis
Northern Mockingbird 23
Mimus polyglottos
California Thrasher 30
Toxostoma redivivum
Black-headed Grosbeak 21
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western Tanager 31
Piranga ludoviciana
Summer Tanager 40
Piranga rubra
Yellow-rumped Warbler 41
Setophaga coronata
Audubon's Warbler 42
Setophaga coronata auduboni
Chestnut-sided Warbler 43
Setophaga pensylvanica
Townsend's Warbler 44
Setophaga townsendi
Black-and-white Warbler 45
Mniotilta varia
Orange-crowned Warbler 42
Oreothlypis celata
Tennessee Warbler 46
Oreothlypis peregrina
Nashville Warbler 47
Oreothlypis ruficapilla
Painted Redstart 31
Myioborus pictus
Bushtit 48
Psaltriparus minimus
Cedar Waxwing 49
Bombycilla cedrorum
Common Raven 50
Corvus corax
American Goldfinch 51
Spinus tristis
House Finch 52
Haemorhous mexicanus
Virginia Opossum 53
Didelphis virginiana
Desert Cottontail 54
Sylvilagus audubonii
Fox Squirrel 55
Sciurus niger
California Ground Squirrel 56
Otospermophilus beecheyi
European Carp 57
Cyprinus carpio
Western Mosquitofish 58
Gambusia affinis
Milky Slug 59
Deroceras reticulatum
Milk Snail 60
Otala lactea
Garden Snail 61
Cornu aspersum
Brown Widow 62
Latrodectus geometricus
Western Black Widow 63
Latrodectus hesperus
False Black Widow
Steatoda grossa
Silver Argiope 64
Argiope argentata
Banded Garden Spider 65
Argiope trifasciata
Metaltella simoni 66
Sassacus vitis 67
White-lined Sphinx 68
Hyles lineata
Western Giant Swallowtail 69
Papilio rumiko
West Coast Lady 4
Vanessa annabella
Mourning Cloak 70
Nymphalis antiopa
Gulf Fritillary 71
Agraulis vanillae
Monarch 72
Danaus plexippus
Gray Hairstreak 73
Strymon melinus
Marine Blue 74
Leptotes marina
Cloudless Sulphur 31
Phoebis sennae
Eufala Skipper 75
Lerodea eufala
Fiery Skipper 76
Hylephila phyleus
Umber Skipper 77
Poanes melane
Woodland Skipper 78
Ochlodes sylvanoides
Erythrina borer 79
Terastia meticulosalis
Sonoran Bumblebee 80
Bombus sonorus
Honey Bee 81
Apis mellifera
Black and Yellow Mud Dauber 82
Sceliphron caementarium
Argentine Ant 83
Linepithema humile
Western Yellowjacket 84
Vespula pensylvanica
Lesser Eucalyptus Longhorn 85
Phoracantha recurva

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