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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 ↓

Nelson's Sparrow 1
Ammodramus nelsoni
Grasshopper Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum
Seaside Sparrow 2
Ammodramus maritimus
Vesper Sparrow 3
Pooecetes gramineus
Painted Bunting 4
Passerina ciris
Indigo Bunting 4
Passerina cyanea
Yellow-breasted Chat 5
Icteria virens
American Redstart 6
Setophaga ruticilla
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 7
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-and-white Warbler 8
Mniotilta varia
Rusty Blackbird 9
Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird 10
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Bronzed Cowbird 11
Molothrus aeneus
Red Crossbill 12
Loxia curvirostra
Swainson's Warbler 13
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Yellow-headed Blackbird 14
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Lark Sparrow 15
Chondestes grammacus
Bobolink 16
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Dickcissel 3
Spiza americana
Prothonotary Warbler 17
Protonotaria citrea
Cliff Swallow 18
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Purple Martin 19
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 20
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 21
Tachycineta bicolor
Bank Swallow 22
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Loggerhead Shrike 23
Lanius ludovicianus
American Robin 24
Turdus migratorius
Swainson's Thrush 25
Catharus ustulatus
Gray-cheeked Thrush 26
Catharus minimus
Hermit Thrush 10
Catharus guttatus
Veery 23
Catharus fuscescens
Eastern Bluebird 27
Sialia sialis
Wood Thrush 28
Hylocichla mustelina
Sprague's Pipit 3
Anthus spragueii
American Pipit 3
Anthus rubescens
House Sparrow 29
Passer domesticus
White-breasted Nuthatch 30
Sitta carolinensis
Red-breasted Nuthatch 31
Sitta canadensis
Brown-headed Nuthatch 32
Sitta pusilla
European Starling 33
Sturnus vulgaris
Gray Catbird 3
Dumetella carolinensis
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Myiarchus crinitus
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Contopus virens
Vermilion Flycatcher 34
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Least Flycatcher 3
Empidonax minimus
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 3
Empidonax flaviventris
Willow Flycatcher 3
Empidonax traillii
Alder Flycatcher 3
Empidonax alnorum
Acadian Flycatcher 35
Empidonax virescens
Eastern Kingbird 36
Tyrannus tyrannus
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 37
Tyrannus forficatus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Fork-tailed Flycatcher 38
Tyrannus savana
Gray Kingbird 39
Tyrannus dominicensis
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Bell's Vireo 3
Vireo bellii
Philadelphia Vireo 40
Vireo philadelphicus
Yellow-throated Vireo 3
Vireo flavifrons
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Vireo olivaceus
Warbling Vireo 41
Vireo gilvus
Blue-headed Vireo 3
Vireo solitarius
White-eyed Vireo 3
Vireo griseus
Hairy Woodpecker 42
Picoides villosus
Red-cockaded Woodpecker 4
Picoides borealis
Pileated Woodpecker 43
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-headed Woodpecker 28
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Northern Flicker 44
Colaptes auratus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Sphyrapicus varius
Carolina Parakeet 33
Conuropsis carolinensis
Monk Parakeet 29
Myiopsitta monachus
Common Nighthawk 3
Chordeiles minor
Eastern Screech-Owl 45
Megascops asio
Barred Owl 46
Strix varia
Burrowing Owl 47
Athene cunicularia
Great Horned Owl 48
Bubo virginianus
Long-eared Owl 3
Asio otus
Short-eared Owl 21
Asio flammeus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 21
Aegolius acadicus
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Cackling Goose 10
Branta hutchinsii
Roseate Spoonbill 18
Platalea ajaja
Ovenbird 49
Seiurus aurocapilla
Spotted Sandpiper 9
Actitis macularius
Worm-eating Warbler 3
Helmitheros vermivorum
Louisiana Waterthrush 50
Parkesia motacilla
Northern Waterthrush 51
Parkesia noveboracensis
Blue Grosbeak 15
Passerina caerulea
Bachman's Sparrow 9
Peucaea aestivalis
Blue-winged Warbler 28
Vermivora cyanoptera
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicus
Smith's Longspur 3
Calcarius pictus
Osprey 52
Pandion haliaetus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 53
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 54
Regulus satrapa
Eastern Brown Pelican 55
Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
Myrtle Warbler 56
Setophaga coronata coronata
Slate-colored Junco 57
Junco hyemalis hyemalis
Purple Gallinule 58
Porphyrio martinicus
Common Gallinule 59
Gallinula galeata

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