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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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Conservation

Showing 43 species · North Cascades

Showing 43 species · North Cascades

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American Beaver

Castor canadensis

HerbivoreNocturnalFamily group

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

HerbivoreSolitaryInsect

Hercules Ant

Camponotus herculeanus

OmnivoreColonialInsect

Convergent Lady Beetle

Hippodamia convergens

CarnivoreDiurnalInsect

Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Roosevelt Elk

Cervus canadensis

HerbivoreCrepuscularIn herds

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

NectarivoreDiurnalSolitary

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

North American Porcupine

Erethizon dorsatum

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Little Brown Bat

Myotis lucifugus

InsectivoreNocturnalColonial

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Black-Capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Pileated Woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatus

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Clark's Nutcracker

Nucifraga columbiana

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Mule Deer

Odocoileus hemionus

HerbivoreCrepuscularTemperate forest

Dark-eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Brown Bear

Ursus arctos horribilis

OmnivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Coastal Giant Salamander

Dicamptodon tenebrosus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Mountain Goat

Oreamnos americanus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

Fisher

Pekania pennanti

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

White Sturgeon

Acipenser transmontanus

CarnivoreVulnerableFish

Marbled Murrelet

Brachyramphus marmoratus

CarnivoreCrepuscularIn pairs

Puma

Puma concolor

CarnivoreCrepuscularSolitary

25 countries137 parks

Gray Wolf

Canis lupus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs

61 countries76 parks

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

PiscivoreDiurnalIn pairs

3 countries36 parks

Moose

Alces alces

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

15 countries57 parks

Wolverine

Gulo gulo

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

16 countries33 parks

American Black Bear

Ursus americanus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

3 countries41 parks

Snowshoe Hare

Lepus americanus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

2 countries35 parks

Canadian Lynx

Lynx canadensis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

2 countries14 parks

Coho Salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch

CarnivoreColonialEndangered

9 countries15 parks5 dive sites

Chinook Salmon

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

CarnivoreIn schoolsFish

9 countries22 parks7 dive sites

8 countries75 parks2 dive sites

43 countries95 parks

21 countries103 parks

11 countries105 parks

8 countries57 parks

52 countries62 parks

44 countries25 parks

18 countries71 parks

8 countries58 parks

35 countries65 parks

7 countries88 parks

10 countries81 parks

12 countries24 parks

42 countries80 parks

3 countries20 parks

3 countries61 parks

3 countries57 parks

2 countries46 parks

26 countries108 parks

2 countries59 parks

2 countries45 parks

3 countries24 parks

3 countries27 parks

3 countries70 parks

2 countries26 parks

2 countries7 parks

2 countries17 parks

2 countries29 parks

2 countries9 parks

3 countries11 parks