Newtown Creek Species

	A	B	C	G	H
1	Newtown Creek Wildlife Survey			Animal Types:
2	observed as of November 2016			Birds	Mollusks
3	(working document to be used as a reference and not a comprehensive guide)			Mammals	Misc. Inverts
4				Fish	Insects
5				Crustaceans	Plankton
6
7		Common Name	Scientific Name
8	BIRDS	American bittern	Botaurus lentiginosus
9		American black duck	Anas rubripes
10		American coot	Fulica americana
11		American crow	Corvus brachyrhynchos
12		American robin	Turdus migratorius
13		Barn swallow	Hirundo rustica
14		Belted kingfisher	Ceryle alcyon
15		Black-crowned night heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
16		Blue-gray gnatcatcher	Polioptila caerulea
17		Brant Goose	Branta bernicla
18		Bufflehead	Bucephala albeola
19		Canada goose	Branta canadensis
20		Common Loon	Gavia immer
21		Common Yellowthroat	Geothlypis trichas
22		Double-crested cormorant	Phalacrocorax auritus
23		Downy woodpecker	Picoides pubescens
24		Eastern kingbird	Tyrannus tyrannus
25		Eastern towhee	Pipilo erythrophthalmus
26		European starling	Sturnus vulgaris
27		Fish crow	Corvus ossifragus
28		Flycatcher
29		Gadwall	Anas strepera
30		Gray catbird	Dumetella carolinensis
31		Great black-backed gull	Larus marinus
32		Great blue heron	Ardea herodias
33		Great egret	Ardea alba
34		Greater Scaup	Aythya marila
35		Greater Yellow Legs
36		Green heron	Butorides virescens
37		Herring gull	Larus argentatus
38		Horned greebe	Podiceps auritus
39		House sparrow	Passer domesticus
40		Killdeer	Charadrius vociferus
41		Laughing gull	Larus atricilla
42		Little blue heron	Egretta caerulea
43		Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos
44		Mourning dove	Zenaida macroura
45		Mute Swan	Cygnus olor
46		Northern cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis
47		Northern mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos
48		Northern Flicker	Colaptes auratus
49		Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
50		Peregrine falcon	Falco peregrinus
51		Semipalmated plover	Charadrius melodus
52		Red breasted merganser	Mergus serrator
53		Red-tailed hawk	Buteo jamaicensis
54		Red-throated loon
55		Red winged blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus
56		Ring-billed gull	Larus delawarensis
57		Rock dove	Columba livia
58		Ruddy duck	Oxyura jamaicensis
59		Sanderling	Caladris alba
60		Song sparrow	Melospiza melodia
61		Spotted sandpiper	Actitis macularia
62		White-throated sparrow	Zonotrichia albicollis
63		Wood duck	Aix sponsa
64		Yellow-crowned night heron	Nyctanassa violacea
65		Yellow-rumped warbler	Dendroica coronata
66
67	MAMMALS	Bottlenose Dolphin	Tursiops truncatus
68		Feral cat	Felis sylvestris
69		Norway rat	Rattus norvigicus
70		Opposum	Didelphimorphia
71		Raccoon	Procyon lotor
72		Muskrat	Ondatra zibethicus
73
74	FISH	American eel	Anguilla rostrata
75		Atlantic menhaden	Brevoortia tyrannus
76		Atlantic silverside
77		Banded killifish	Fundulus diaphanus
78		Bay Anchovy
79		Bluefish
80		Gizzard shad
81		Goby
82		Moonfish
83		Mummichog
84		Northern pipefish
85		Spotted hake
86		Striped bass	Morone saxatilis
87		Summer Flounder
88		Skillet Fish
89		White perch
90
91	CRUSTACEANS	Grass shrimp	Palaemonetes pugio
92		Blue crab	Callinectes sapidus
93		Fiddler Crab	Uca pugilator
94		Asian Shore Crab
95		Mud Crab
96		Horseshoe crab	Limulus polyphemus
97		Barnacle	Balanus spp.
98		tube-building amphipod	Cerapus tubularis
99		tube-building amphipod	Corophium
100		"beach-flea" amphipods, genus only	Gammarus