Wildlife Seen In New Jersey!
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
Northern Red-bellied Cooter (Pseudemys rubriventris)
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
Nelson's Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni)
Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus)
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Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
Northern Red-bellied Cooter (Pseudemys rubriventris)
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
Nelson's Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni)
Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus)
Species seen in the state of New Jersey
Sites Included
Country: United States of America
(15 sites)
- Atlantic City
- Avalon
- Belleplain State Forest
- Cape May National Wildlife Refuge - Cedar Swamp
- Cape May National Wildlife Refuge - Deleware Bay
- Cape May National Wildlife Refuge - Two Mile Beach
- Cape May Point State Park
- Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
- Heislerville Wildlife Management Area
- Higbee Beach
- Jake's Landing
- Ocean View Wildlife Refuge
- Shell Bay Landing
- Stone Harbor Point
- Stone Harbor Wetlands Institute
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (123 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(1 record)
Class: Merostomate
(1 record)
- Order: Xiphosura
(1 record)
- Family: Limulidae
- Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus)
Phylum: Chordates
(122 records)
Class: Birds
(113 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (7 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
- Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(2 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
- Family: Swifts
- Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
- Order: Pelicans
(27 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
- Family: Herons
- Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
- Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Hudsonian Whimbrel (Numenius hudsonicus)
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
- Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
- Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
- Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
- Order: Perching Birds (51 records)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)
- Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)
- Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica)
- Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)
- Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor)
- Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum)
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Family: Nuthatches
- White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Seaside Sparrow (Ammospiza maritima)
- Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
- Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
- Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
- Nelson's Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni)
- Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammospiza caudacuta)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Purple Martin (Progne subis)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
- Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
- Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
- Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
- Family: Vireos
- White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
- Family: Waxwings
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- Family: Wrens
- Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
- Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
- Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(13 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
- Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
- Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
- American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)
- Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
- Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
- Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
- Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
- Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
- Order: Tubenoses
(1 record)
- Family: Southern Storm Petrels
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds
(3 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
- Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
- Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Class: Mammals
(5 records)
- Order: Cetacea
(1 record)
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(1 record)
- Family: Delphinidae
- Tamanend's Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops erebennus)
- Order: Lagomorpha
(1 record)
- Family: Leporidae
- Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
- Order: Rodents
(2 records)
- Family: Squirrels
- Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
- Family: True Mice and Rats, Gerbils, and Allies
- Common American Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
Class: Reptiles
(4 records)
- Order: Turtles (4 records)
- Family: Sea Turtles
- Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)