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BREC's Fauna Conservation Park Guide

This guide provides a resource for a majority of the animals that you may come across within a BREC Conservation Area. Make sure you use it as a checklist to document what you see at our parks! From turtles and snakes, to beavers and dragonflies use this to learn more about your local ...more ↓

American Golden-Plover 1
Pluvialis dominica
Little Blue Heron 2
Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron 1
Egretta tricolor
Snowy Egret 3
Egretta thula
Reddish Egret
Egretta rufescens
Great Blue Heron 4
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 5
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 6
Nyctanassa violacea
Least Bittern 7
Ixobrychus exilis
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 8
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 9
Botaurus lentiginosus
Anhinga 10
Anhinga anhinga
Sharp-shinned Hawk 11
Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Harrier 12
Circus cyaneus
Swainson's Hawk 13
Buteo swainsoni
Rough-legged Hawk 14
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 15
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 16
Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk 17
Buteo platypterus
Swallow-tailed Kite 1
Elanoides forficatus
Bald Eagle 18
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Harris's Hawk 1
Parabuteo unicinctus
Mississippi Kite 1
Ictinia mississippiensis
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Amazilia yucatanensis
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 19
Chaetura pelagica
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 20
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Fulvous Whistling-Duck 21
Dendrocygna bicolor
Black Swan 22
Cygnus atratus
Mute Swan 23
Cygnus olor
American Black Duck 8
Anas rubripes
Eurasian Wigeon 9
Anas penelope
Mallard 24
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail 25
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 26
Anas crecca
Mottled Duck 9
Anas fulvigula
Blue-winged Teal 27
Anas discors
Gadwall 28
Anas strepera
Northern Shoveler 27
Anas clypeata
American Wigeon 29
Anas americana
Common Goldeneye 30
Bucephala clangula
Bufflehead 27
Bucephala albeola
Red-breasted Merganser 31
Mergus serrator
Swan Goose 32
Anser cygnoides
Greater White-fronted Goose 33
Anser albifrons
Surf Scoter 27
Melanitta perspicillata
Ring-necked Duck 27
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup 34
Aythya affinis
Redhead
Aythya americana
Canvasback 1
Aythya valisineria
Ross' Goose 35
Chen rossii
Snow Goose 27
Chen caerulescens
Ruddy Duck 36
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 37
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 38
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 39
Lophodytes cucullatus
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschata
Horned Lark 40
Eremophila alpestris
Brown Creeper 41
Certhia americana
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Polioptila caerulea
Carolina Wren 42
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Winter Wren 26
Troglodytes troglodytes
House Wren 1
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 43
Thryomanes bewickii
Sedge Wren 1
Cistothorus platensis
Marsh Wren 27
Cistothorus palustris
Fish Crow 44
Corvus ossifragus
American Crow 45
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Lincoln's Sparrow 46
Melospiza lincolnii
Swamp Sparrow 47
Melospiza georgiana
Song Sparrow 48
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 49
Spizella passerina
Clay-colored Sparrow 1
Spizella pallida
Field Sparrow 50
Spizella pusilla
Fox Sparrow 33
Passerella iliaca
White-crowned Sparrow 51
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Harris's Sparrow 52
Zonotrichia querula
White-throated Sparrow 53
Zonotrichia albicollis
Orchard Oriole 54
Icterus spurius
Baltimore Oriole 8
Icterus galbula
Eastern Towhee 8
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Eastern Meadowlark 8
Sturnella magna
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Boat-tailed Grackle 55
Quiscalus major
Common Grackle 56
Quiscalus quiscula
Great-tailed Grackle 4
Quiscalus mexicanus
Yellow-throated Warbler 57
Dendroica dominica
Common Yellowthroat 8
Geothlypis trichas
Evening Grosbeak 30
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Bachman's Warbler
Vermivora bachmanii
Golden-winged Warbler 1
Vermivora chrysoptera
Summer Tanager 58
Piranga rubra
Scarlet Tanager 1
Piranga olivacea
Savannah Sparrow 4
Passerculus sandwichensis
Dark-eyed Junco 48
Junco hyemalis
Le Conte's Sparrow
Ammodramus leconteii
Henslow's Sparrow 59
Ammodramus henslowii

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