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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.

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

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