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Sycamore Island - Species Guide

The flora and fauna known to be on Sycamore Island as a result of observations from the 2011 "Sycamore Island Management Plan," and observations by staff and volunteers since its publication.

Field Chickweed 1
Cerastium arvense
Eastern Phoebe 2
Sayornis phoebe
Tennessee Warbler 3
Oreothlypis peregrina
Nashville Warbler 4
Oreothlypis ruficapilla
Cedar Waxwing 5
Bombycilla cedrorum
Blackpoll Warbler 6
Setophaga striata
Elderberry 7
Sambucus nigra
White-tailed Deer 8
Odocoileus virginianus
Common Raccoon 9
Procyon lotor
American Mink 10
Neovison vison
American Beaver 11
Castor canadensis
Eastern Gray Squirrel 12
Sciurus carolinensis
Muskrat 13
Ondatra zibethicus
American Toad 14
Anaxyrus americanus
Eastern American Toad 15
Anaxyrus americanus americanus
American Bullfrog 16
Lithobates catesbeianus
Northern Green Frog 17
Lithobates clamitans melanota
Turtles and Tortoises 18
Testudines
Eastern Spiny Softshell 19
Apalone spinifera
Spiny Soft-Shell Turtle 19
Apalone spinifera spinifera
Snapping Turtle 20
Chelydra serpentina
Red-eared Slider 21
Trachemys scripta elegans
Downy Woodpecker 22
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 23
Picoides villosus
Pileated Woodpecker 24
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 25
Melanerpes carolinus
Northern Flicker 21
Colaptes auratus
Belted Kingfisher 10
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Dove 26
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 27
Zenaida macroura
American Coot 28
Fulica americana
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 29
Chaetura pelagica
Solitary Sandpiper 30
Tringa solitaria
Spotted Sandpiper 31
Actitis macularius
Herring Gull 32
Larus argentatus
Ring-billed Gull 33
Larus delawarensis
Killdeer 34
Charadrius vociferus
Common Loon 35
Gavia immer
Podiceps 36
Horned Grebe 30
Podiceps auritus
Great Egret 37
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 37
Ardea herodias
Green Heron 38
Butorides virescens
Peregrine Falcon 39
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 40
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 35
Chordeiles minor
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus
American Wigeon 41
Anas americana
Northern Shoveler 42
Anas clypeata
Green-winged Teal 43
Anas crecca
Blue-winged Teal 42
Anas discors
American Black Duck 38
Anas rubripes
Domesticated Duck 44
Anas platyrhynchos domesticus
Bufflehead 42
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 45
Bucephala clangula
Common Merganser 46
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 47
Mergus serrator
Common Scoter 48
Melanitta nigra
Lesser Scaup 49
Aythya affinis
Ring-necked Duck 42
Aythya collaris
Ruddy Duck 19
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 50
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 51
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 52
Lophodytes cucullatus
Osprey 37
Pandion haliaetus
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 53
Accipiter striatus
Red-tailed Hawk 54
Buteo jamaicensis
Red-shouldered Hawk 55
Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk 56
Buteo platypterus
Bald Eagle 57
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Turkey Vulture 58
Cathartes aura
Double-crested Cormorant 40
Phalacrocorax auritus
Barn Swallow 59
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 42
Tachycineta bicolor
Bank Swallow 60
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 35
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Brown-headed Cowbird 35
Molothrus ater
Baltimore Oriole 38
Icterus galbula
Common grackle 61
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 62
Agelaius phoeniceus
Tufted Titmouse 63
Baeolophus bicolor
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Carolina Chickadee 64
Poecile carolinensis
House sparrow 65
Passerine domesticus
White-breasted Nuthatch 66
Sitta carolinensis
Common starling 67
Sturnus vulgaris
Carolina Wren 68
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 35
Troglodytes aedon
American Robin 27
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 69
Catharus guttatus
Swainson's Thrush 70
Catharus ustulatus
Eastern Bluebird 71
Sialia sialis
Wood Thrush 72
Hylocichla mustelina
Great Crested Flycatcher 35
Myiarchus crinitus
Eastern Wood-Pewee 35
Contopus virens
Willow Flycatcher 35
Empidonax traillii
Eastern Kingbird 73
Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern Phoebe 2
Sayornis phoebe

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