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A full-body African elephant on a rock in the savannah at sunset, with zebras and giraffes behind

Species

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2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

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Showing 45 species · Elk Island

Showing 45 species · Elk Island

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Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Great Grey Owl

Strix nebulosa

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Ruddy Duck

Oxyura jamaicensis

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Northern Hawk-Owl

Surnia ulula

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Lapland Longspur

Calcarius lapponicus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Common Goldeneye

Bucephala clangula

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Red-eyed Vireo

Vireo olivaceus

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Roosevelt Elk

Cervus canadensis

HerbivoreCrepuscularIn herds

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Bohemian Waxwing

Bombycilla garrulus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

North American Porcupine

Erethizon dorsatum

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

American Toad

Anaxyrus americanus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Brown-headed Cowbird

Molothrus ater

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Woodchuck

Marmota monax

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Little Brown Bat

Myotis lucifugus

InsectivoreNocturnalColonial

Wood Frog

Lithobates sylvaticus

InsectivoreDiurnalSolitary

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Black-Capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Red-Winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Mule Deer

Odocoileus hemionus

HerbivoreCrepuscularTemperate forest

Sandhill Crane

Antigone canadensis

OmnivoreDiurnalBird

5 countries25 parks

Moose

Alces alces

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

15 countries57 parks

Coyote

Canis latrans

OmnivoreNocturnalIn pairs

4 countries41 parks

Snowshoe Hare

Lepus americanus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

2 countries35 parks

Trumpeter Swan

Cygnus buccinator

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

2 countries4 parks

Painted Turtle

Chrysemys picta

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

3 countries28 parks4 dive sites

Common Muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus

OmnivoreVariable activityFamily group

37 countries60 parks4 dive sites

American Beaver

Castor canadensis

HerbivoreNocturnalFamily group

8 countries75 parks2 dive sites

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

43 countries95 parks

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

13 countries40 parks

21 countries103 parks

15 countries29 parks

11 countries105 parks

21 countries21 parks

8 countries57 parks

8 countries58 parks

28 countries66 parks

35 countries65 parks

12 countries45 parks

7 countries88 parks

28 countries75 parks

10 countries81 parks

10 countries37 parks

12 countries24 parks

42 countries80 parks

12 countries83 parks

12 countries33 parks

6 countries53 parks

3 countries61 parks

3 countries57 parks

3 countries35 parks

3 countries41 parks

2 countries37 parks

2 countries46 parks

2 countries45 parks

26 countries108 parks

2 countries59 parks

11 countries57 parks

3 countries48 parks

3 countries27 parks