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Biodiversity of Arlington, Virginia

A guide based on public input that seeks to catalog all of the biota observed in Arlington County, Virginia.

Virginia creeper 1
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
pignut hickory 2
Carya glabra
Virginia spring beauty 3
Claytonia virginica
Eastern Gray Squirrel 4
Sciurus carolinensis
Blue Jay 5
Cyanocitta cristata
Green Frog 6
Lithobates clamitans
Sora 7
Porzana carolina
King Rail 8
Rallus elegans
Virginia Rail 9
Rallus limicola
Common Moorhen 10
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 11
Fulica americana
Wild Turkey 12
Meleagris gallopavo
Greater Prairie-Chicken 13
Tympanuchus cupido
Northern Bobwhite 14
Colinus virginianus
Black-billed Cuckoo 8
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 15
Coccyzus americanus
Belted Kingfisher 16
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Dove 17
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 18
Zenaida macroura
Passenger Pigeon 19
Ectopistes migratorius
Sanderling 20
Calidris alba
Stilt Sandpiper 21
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 22
Calidris mauri
Purple Sandpiper 23
Calidris maritima
Dunlin 24
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 20
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper 25
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 23
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper 8
Calidris fuscicollis
Long-billed Dowitcher 26
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Solitary Sandpiper 27
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs 28
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 29
Tringa flavipes
Whimbrel 23
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 30
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 8
Scolopax minor
Ruddy Turnstone 31
Arenaria interpres
Upland Sandpiper 8
Bartramia longicauda
Horned Grebe 28
Podiceps auritus
Pied-billed Grebe 32
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 33
Phalacrocorax auritus
Ring-billed Gull 34
Larus delawarensis
Great Black-backed Gull 35
Larus marinus
Herring Gull 36
Larus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed Gull 37
Larus fuscus
Common Tern 38
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 39
Chlidonias niger
Peregrine Falcon 40
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 41
Falco sparverius
Merlin 42
Falco columbarius
Turkey Vulture 43
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture 44
Coragyps atratus
Killdeer 45
Charadrius vociferus
Semipalmated Plover 46
Charadrius semipalmatus
Black-bellied Plover 47
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden Plover 48
Pluvialis dominica
Little Blue Heron 49
Egretta caerulea
Snowy Egret 50
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 7
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 51
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night Heron 52
Nyctanassa violacea
Least Bittern 47
Ixobrychus exilis
Cattle Egret 47
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 53
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 54
Botaurus lentiginosus
Golden Eagle 55
Aquila chrysaetos
Sharp-shinned Hawk 16
Accipiter striatus
Northern Goshawk 56
Accipiter gentilis
Cooper's Hawk 57
Accipiter cooperii
Rough-legged Hawk 58
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 59
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 60
Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk 61
Buteo platypterus
Bald Eagle 62
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mississippi Kite 41
Ictinia mississippiensis
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 63
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 47
Chaetura pelagica
Tundra Swan 64
Cygnus columbianus
Mute Swan 65
Cygnus olor
American Black Duck 53
Anas rubripes
Mallard 66
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail 67
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 30
Anas crecca
Common Goldeneye 68
Bucephala clangula
Bufflehead 69
Bucephala albeola
Red-breasted Merganser 70
Mergus serrator
Common Merganser 71
Mergus merganser
Surf Scoter 72
Melanitta perspicillata
Ring-necked Duck 69
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Lesser Scaup 73
Aythya affinis
Redhead 74
Aythya americana
Canvasback 8
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 75
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 76
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 22
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 18
Lophodytes cucullatus
Muscovy Duck 77
Cairina moschata
Long-tailed Duck 78
Clangula hyemalis
Horned Lark 79
Eremophila alpestris

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