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

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2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

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Showing 55 species · Wood Buffalo

Showing 55 species · Wood Buffalo

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American Beaver

Castor canadensis

HerbivoreNocturnalFamily group

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Great Grey Owl

Strix nebulosa

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Snow Goose

Anser caerulescens

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Common Nighthawk

Chordeiles minor

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

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

Goosander

Mergus merganser

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn 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

Burbot

Lota lota

CarnivoreFishFreshwater

American Mink

Neovison vison

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

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

Woodchuck

Marmota monax

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Gray Wolf

Canis lupus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs

61 countries76 parks

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

PiscivoreDiurnalIn pairs

3 countries36 parks

Sandhill Crane

Antigone canadensis

OmnivoreDiurnalBird

5 countries25 parks

Moose

Alces alces

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

15 countries57 parks

Wolverine

Gulo gulo

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

16 countries33 parks

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

81 countries73 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

Common Muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus

OmnivoreVariable activityFamily group

37 countries60 parks4 dive sites

8 countries75 parks2 dive sites

43 countries95 parks

13 countries40 parks

21 countries103 parks

15 countries29 parks

11 countries105 parks

8 countries57 parks

8 countries24 parks

8 countries58 parks

46 countries46 parks

28 countries66 parks

35 countries65 parks

12 countries45 parks

7 countries88 parks

28 countries75 parks

47 countries86 parks

10 countries43 parks

10 countries81 parks

10 countries37 parks

12 countries24 parks

42 countries80 parks

12 countries83 parks

34 countries105 parks

12 countries36 parks

12 countries33 parks

6 countries53 parks

3 countries61 parks

3 countries57 parks

3 countries35 parks

2 countries37 parks