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Wildlife of Virginia Beach

The Virginia Beach is home to many non-aquatic, aquatic, and semi-aquatic species. Here is a guide to them all.

Red Tip Photinia 1
Photinia × fraseri
Border Forsythia 2
Forsythia × intermedia
Appledore Gull 3
Larus argentatus × fuscus
Bearded iris 4
Iris × germanica
Sora 5
Porzana carolina
King Rail 6
Rallus elegans
Virginia Rail 7
Rallus limicola
Black Rail
Laterallus jamaicensis
Common Moorhen 8
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 9
Fulica americana
Yellow Rail 10
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Red Junglefowl 11
Gallus gallus
Wild Turkey 12
Meleagris gallopavo
Indian Peafowl 13
Pavo cristatus
Northern Bobwhite 14
Colinus virginianus
Black-billed Cuckoo 15
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 16
Coccyzus americanus
Belted Kingfisher 17
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared-Dove 18
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 19
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 20
Zenaida macroura
Passenger Pigeon 21
Ectopistes migratorius
White Ibis 22
Eudocimus albus
Glossy Ibis 23
Plegadis falcinellus
Northern Gannet 24
Morus bassanus
Red Knot 25
Calidris canutus
Sanderling 26
Calidris alba
Stilt Sandpiper 27
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 28
Calidris mauri
Purple Sandpiper 29
Calidris maritima
Dunlin 30
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 31
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper 25
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 32
Calidris melanotos
White-rumped Sandpiper 25
Calidris fuscicollis
Short-billed Dowitcher 33
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 34
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Solitary Sandpiper 9
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs 35
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 36
Tringa flavipes
Whimbrel 37
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 38
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 39
Scolopax minor
Ruddy Turnstone 40
Arenaria interpres
Hudsonian Godwit 41
Limosa haemastica
Marbled Godwit 42
Limosa fedoa
Upland Sandpiper 6
Bartramia longicauda
Leach's Storm-Petrel 43
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Manx Shearwater 44
Puffinus puffinus
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 45
Oceanites oceanicus
White-faced Storm-Petrel 44
Pelagodroma marina
Horned Grebe 46
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 47
Podiceps grisegena
Pied-billed Grebe 48
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 49
Phalacrocorax auritus
Great Cormorant 50
Phalacrocorax carbo
Brown Pelican 51
Pelecanus occidentalis
American White Pelican 52
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Glaucous Gull 53
Larus hyperboreus
Iceland Gull 54
Larus glaucoides
Ring-billed Gull 55
Larus delawarensis
Great Black-backed Gull 56
Larus marinus
Herring Gull 57
Larus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed Gull 58
Larus fuscus
Common Tern 54
Sterna hirundo
Forster's Tern 59
Sterna forsteri
Parasitic Jaeger 25
Stercorarius parasiticus
Black Skimmer 60
Rynchops niger
Razorbill 61
Alca torda
Black Tern 62
Chlidonias niger
Brown Noddy 33
Anous stolidus
Great Auk 63
Pinguinus impennis
Pacific Loon 35
Gavia pacifica
Common Loon 64
Gavia immer
Red-throated Loon 65
Gavia stellata
Peregrine Falcon 66
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 67
Falco sparverius
Merlin 42
Falco columbarius
Wood Stork 25
Mycteria americana
Turkey Vulture 68
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture 69
Coragyps atratus
Killdeer 70
Charadrius vociferus
Wilson's Plover 35
Charadrius wilsonia
Piping Plover 71
Charadrius melodus
Semipalmated Plover 72
Charadrius semipalmatus
Black-necked Stilt 73
Himantopus mexicanus
American Oystercatcher 74
Haematopus palliatus
American Avocet 75
Recurvirostra americana
Black-bellied Plover 76
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover 77
Pluvialis dominica
Little Blue Heron 78
Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron 6
Egretta tricolor
Snowy Egret 79
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 80
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 81
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 41
Nyctanassa violacea
Least Bittern 25
Ixobrychus exilis
Cattle Egret 82
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 83
Butorides virescens
American Bittern 84
Botaurus lentiginosus

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