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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 ↓

Indigo Bunting 1
Passerina cyanea
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Icteria virens
American Redstart 3
Setophaga ruticilla
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Mniotilta varia
Rusty Blackbird 6
Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird 7
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Bronzed Cowbird 8
Molothrus aeneus
Red Crossbill 9
Loxia curvirostra
Swainson's Warbler 10
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Yellow-headed Blackbird 11
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Lark Sparrow 12
Chondestes grammacus
Bobolink 13
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Dickcissel 14
Spiza americana
Prothonotary Warbler 15
Protonotaria citrea
Cliff Swallow 16
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Purple Martin 17
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 18
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 19
Tachycineta bicolor
Bank Swallow 20
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 14
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Loggerhead Shrike 21
Lanius ludovicianus
American Robin 22
Turdus migratorius
Swainson's Thrush 23
Catharus ustulatus
Gray-cheeked Thrush 24
Catharus minimus
Hermit Thrush 7
Catharus guttatus
Veery 21
Catharus fuscescens
Eastern Bluebird 25
Sialia sialis
Wood Thrush 26
Hylocichla mustelina
Sprague's Pipit 14
Anthus spragueii
American Pipit 14
Anthus rubescens
House Sparrow 27
Passer domesticus
White-breasted Nuthatch 28
Sitta carolinensis
Red-breasted Nuthatch 29
Sitta canadensis
Brown-headed Nuthatch 30
Sitta pusilla
European Starling 31
Sturnus vulgaris
Gray Catbird 14
Dumetella carolinensis
Great Crested Flycatcher 14
Myiarchus crinitus
Eastern Wood-Pewee 14
Contopus virens
Vermilion Flycatcher 32
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Least Flycatcher 14
Empidonax minimus
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 14
Empidonax flaviventris
Willow Flycatcher 14
Empidonax traillii
Alder Flycatcher 14
Empidonax alnorum
Acadian Flycatcher 33
Empidonax virescens
Eastern Kingbird 34
Tyrannus tyrannus
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 35
Tyrannus forficatus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Fork-tailed Flycatcher 36
Tyrannus savana
Gray Kingbird 37
Tyrannus dominicensis
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Bell's Vireo 14
Vireo bellii
Philadelphia Vireo 38
Vireo philadelphicus
Yellow-throated Vireo 14
Vireo flavifrons
Red-eyed Vireo 14
Vireo olivaceus
Warbling Vireo 39
Vireo gilvus
Blue-headed Vireo 14
Vireo solitarius
White-eyed Vireo 14
Vireo griseus
Hairy Woodpecker 40
Picoides villosus
Red-cockaded Woodpecker 1
Picoides borealis
Pileated Woodpecker 41
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-headed Woodpecker 26
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Northern Flicker 42
Colaptes auratus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 14
Sphyrapicus varius
Carolina Parakeet 31
Conuropsis carolinensis
Monk Parakeet 27
Myiopsitta monachus
Common Nighthawk 14
Chordeiles minor
Eastern Screech-Owl 43
Megascops asio
Barred Owl 44
Strix varia
Burrowing Owl 45
Athene cunicularia
Great Horned Owl 46
Bubo virginianus
Long-eared Owl 14
Asio otus
Short-eared Owl 19
Asio flammeus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 19
Aegolius acadicus
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Cackling Goose 7
Branta hutchinsii
Roseate Spoonbill 16
Platalea ajaja
Ovenbird 47
Seiurus aurocapilla
Spotted Sandpiper 6
Actitis macularius
Worm-eating Warbler 14
Helmitheros vermivorum
Louisiana Waterthrush 48
Parkesia motacilla
Northern Waterthrush 49
Parkesia noveboracensis
Blue Grosbeak 12
Passerina caerulea
Bachman's Sparrow 6
Peucaea aestivalis
Blue-winged Warbler 26
Vermivora cyanoptera
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicus
Smith's Longspur 14
Calcarius pictus
Osprey 50
Pandion haliaetus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 51
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 52
Regulus satrapa
Eastern Brown Pelican 53
Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
Myrtle Warbler 54
Setophaga coronata coronata
Slate-colored Junco 55
Junco hyemalis hyemalis
Purple Gallinule 56
Porphyrio martinicus
Common Gallinule 57
Gallinula galeata
Willet 14
Tringa semipalmata
Wilson's Snipe 58
Gallinago delicata
Wilson's Phalarope 59
Phalaropus tricolor
Bonaparte's Gull 60
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Laughing Gull 14
Leucophaeus atricilla

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