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Animals of the Lower Mainland

Animals of the Lower Mainland in British Columbia, Canada. Includes Squamish-Lillooet, Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley regions.

Western Toad 1
Anaxyrus boreas
Boreal Toad 1
Anaxyrus boreas boreas
Northern Pacific Treefrog 2
Pseudacris regilla
Northern Red-legged Frog 3
Rana aurora
American Bullfrog 4
Lithobates catesbeianus
Green Frog 5
Lithobates clamitans
Northwestern Salamander 6
Ambystoma gracile
Western Red-backed Salamander 7
Plethodon vehiculum
Ensatina 8
Ensatina eschscholtzii
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 1
Thamnophis elegans
Wandering Garter Snake 9
Thamnophis elegans vagrans
Northwestern Garter Snake 10
Thamnophis ordinoides
Common Garter Snake 11
Thamnophis sirtalis
Painted Turtle 1
Chrysemys picta
Western Painted Turtle 1
Chrysemys picta bellii
Pond Slider 12
Trachemys scripta
Red-eared Slider 13
Trachemys scripta elegans
American Three-toed Woodpecker 14
Picoides dorsalis
Downy Woodpecker 15
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 16
Picoides villosus
Pileated Woodpecker 17
Dryocopus pileatus
Lewis's Woodpecker 18
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Flicker 19
Colaptes auratus
Red-shafted Flicker 19
Colaptes auratus cafer
Yellow-shafted × Red-shafted Flicker intergrade 20
Colaptes auratus luteus × cafer
Red-naped Sapsucker 21
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Red-breasted Sapsucker 18
Sphyrapicus ruber
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 22
Sphyrapicus varius
Northern Pygmy-Owl 23
Glaucidium gnoma
Great Gray Owl 24
Strix nebulosa
Barred Owl 25
Strix varia
Burrowing Owl 26
Athene cunicularia
Snowy Owl 27
Bubo scandiacus
Great Horned Owl 2
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 28
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 22
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 28
Aegolius acadicus
Barn Owl 29
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 30
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared-Dove 31
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 32
Columba livia
Feral Pigeon 24
Columba livia domestica
Band-tailed Pigeon 18
Patagioenas fasciata
Mourning Dove 33
Zenaida macroura
Sora 34
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 35
Rallus limicola
American Coot 26
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane
Antigone canadensis
Sooty Grouse 36
Dendragapus fuliginosus
Spruce Grouse 16
Falcipennis canadensis
White-tailed Ptarmigan 22
Lagopus leucura
Ring-necked Pheasant 37
Phasianus colchicus
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 22
Calidris acuminata
Sanderling 38
Calidris alba
Dunlin 39
Calidris alpina
Baird's Sandpiper 40
Calidris bairdii
Stilt Sandpiper 41
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 42
Calidris mauri
Pectoral Sandpiper 43
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 44
Calidris minutilla
Ruff 45
Calidris pugnax
Semipalmated Sandpiper 46
Calidris pusilla
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 22
Calidris subruficollis
Surfbird 47
Calidris virgata
Short-billed Dowitcher 48
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 49
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 50
Tringa flavipes
Wandering Tattler 24
Tringa incana
Greater Yellowlegs 51
Tringa melanoleuca
Solitary Sandpiper 51
Tringa solitaria
Long-billed Curlew 34
Numenius americanus
Whimbrel 52
Numenius phaeopus
Wilson's Snipe 53
Gallinago delicata
Ruddy Turnstone 54
Arenaria interpres
Black Turnstone 18
Arenaria melanocephala
Marbled Godwit 55
Limosa fedoa
Bar-tailed Godwit 43
Limosa lapponica
Wilson's Phalarope 56
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 57
Actitis macularius
Bonaparte's Gull 51
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Black-headed Gull 58
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring Gull 59
Larus argentatus
California Gull 60
Larus californicus
Mew Gull 61
Larus canus
American Mew Gull 24
Larus canus brachyrhynchus
Ring-billed Gull 62
Larus delawarensis
Glaucous-winged Gull 63
Larus glaucescens
Olympic Gull 64
Larus glaucescens × occidentalis
Western Gull 40
Larus occidentalis
Thayer's Gull 65
Larus thayeri
Ivory Gull 35
Pagophila eburnea
Franklin's Gull 66
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Semipalmated Plover 67
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 68
Charadrius vociferus
Pacific Golden-Plover 69
Pluvialis fulva
Pigeon Guillemot 34
Cepphus columba
Black Oystercatcher 34
Haematopus bachmani
Black-necked Stilt 18
Himantopus mexicanus
Common Loon 22
Gavia immer
Pacific Loon 51
Gavia pacifica

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