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Passenger Pigeon | Ectopistes migratorius |
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Greater Prairie-Chicken | Tympanuchus cupido |
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Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
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Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis |
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Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos |
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Henslow's Sparrow | Ammodramus henslowii |
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King Rail | Rallus elegans |
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Kirtland's Warbler | Dendroica kirtlandii |
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Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus |
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Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus |
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Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus |
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Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea |
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Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens virens |
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American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
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Cerulean Warbler | Dendroica cerulea |
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Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica |
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Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis |
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Whip-poor-will | Caprimulgus vociferus |
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Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus alascanus |
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Black Tern | Chlidonias niger |
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Canada Warbler | Cardellina canadensis | |
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Common Nighthawk | Chordelies minor |
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Golden-winged Warbler | Vermicora chrysoptera |
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Louisiana Waterthrush | Seiurus motacilla |
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Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi |
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Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus anatum/tundrius |
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Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus |
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Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus |
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Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus |
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Yellow Rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis |
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Blackfin Cisco | Coregonus nigripinnis |
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Deepwater Cisco | Coregonus johannae |
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Paddlefish | Polyodon spathula |
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American Eel | Anguilla rostrata |
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Aurora Trout | Salvelinus fontinalis timagamiensis |
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Pugnose Shiner | Notropis anogenus |
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Redside Dace | Clinostomus elongatus |
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Shortnose Cisco | Coregonus reighardi |
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Black Redhorse | Moxostoma duquesnei |
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Channel Darter | Percina copelandi |
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Cutlip Minnow | Exoglossum maxillingua |
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Shortjaw Cisco | Coregonus zenithicus |
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Bridle Shiner | Notropis bifrenatus |
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Grass Pickerel | Esox americanus vermiculatus |
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Kiyi (Upper Great Lakes Population) | Coregonus kiyi kiyi |
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Lake Sturgeon | Acipenser fulvescens |
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Northern Brook Lamprey | Ichthyomyzon fossor |
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River Redhorse | Moxostoma carinatum |
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Aweme Borer Moth | Papaipema aweme |
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Monarch Butterfly | Danaus plexippus |
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West Virginia White | Artogeia virginiensis |
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Flooded Jellyskin | Leptogium rivulare |
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Eastern Elk | Cervus elaphus canadensis |
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Eastern Cougar | Felis concolor couguar |
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Grey Fox | Urocyon cinereoargenteus |
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Eastern Wolf | Canis lupus lycaon |
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Rainbow Mussel | Villosa iris |
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Macoun's Shining Moss | Neomacounia nitida | |
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American Ginseng | Panax quinquefolius |
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Bluehearts | Buchnera americana |
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Blunt-lobed Woodsia | Woodsia obtusa |
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Butternut | Juglans cinerea |
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Eastern Prairie Fringed-orchid | Platanthera leucophaea |
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Engelmann's Quillwort | Isoetes engelmannii |
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Forked three-awned Grass | Aristida basiramea |
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Juniper Sedge | Carex juniperorum |
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Spotted Wintergreen | Chimaphila maculata |
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Western Silvery Aster | Symphyotrichum sericeum |
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Branched Bartonia | Bartonia paniculata |
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Crooked-Stem Aster | Symphyotrichum prenanthoides |
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Dwarf Lake Iris | Iris lacustris |
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Goldenseal | Hydrastis canadensis |
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Hill's Thistle | Circium hillii |
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Houghton's Goldenrod | Solidago houghtonii |
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Lakeside Daisy | Hymenoxys herbacea |
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Pitcher's Thistle | Cirsium pitcheri |
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Small-flowered Lipocarpha | Lipocarpha micrantha |
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Broad Beech Fern | Phegopteris hexagonoptera |
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Hart's-tongue Fern | Asplenium scolopendrium |
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Hill's Pondweed | Potamogeton hillii | |
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Tuberous Indian-plantain | Arnoglossum plantagineum |
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Butler's Garter Snake | Thamnophis butleri |
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Gray Ratsnake | Pantherophis spiloides |
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Spotted Turtle | Clemmys guttata |
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Wood Turtle | Glyptemys insculpta |
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Blanding's Turtle | Emydoidea blandingii |
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Eastern Hog-nosed Snake | Heterodon platyrhinos |
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Eastern Musk Turtle | Sternotherus odoratus |
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Massasauga Rattlesnake | Sistrurus catenatus catenatus |
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Queensnake | Regina septemvittata |
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Spiny Softshell | Apalone spinifera spinifera |
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Common Five-lined Skink | Plestiodon fasciatus |
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Eastern Ribbon Snake | thamnophis sauritus |
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Milksnake | Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum |
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Northern Map Turtle | Graptemys geographica |
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Snapping Turtle | Chelydra serpentina |
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