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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.

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

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