Kentucky's Species Information for Public Hunting Area Twin Eagle WMA

The following is a checklist of observed and expected species for Twin Eagle WMA. The observations are from our biologists, scientific collectors, and researchers. A number (e.g., 3) in the “Observed” column represents sightings of that animal in 1984 or after. A blank means that the species has not been reported. A value of "pre-1984" is displayed for species not reported since 1984. Predicted species occurrences are from Kentucky Gap. A value of ‘predicted’ means the species range and habitat characteristics of the species are present on the WMA. For birds, species were modeled based on likelihood of breeding and wintering, but not on migration. Predictions of fish and mussel species are not available at this time. Species where the common name is bold are Kentucky Wildlife Action Plan species.


Amphibian
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
  Predicted
  Acris crepitansNorthern Cricket Frog  Predicted 
  Ambystoma barbouriStreamside Salamander  Predicted 
  Ambystoma jeffersonianumJefferson Salamander  Predicted 
  Ambystoma maculatumSpotted Salamander  Predicted 
  Bufo americanusAmerican Toad  Predicted 
  Bufo fowleriFowler's Toad  Predicted 
  Eurycea longicauda longicaudaLongtail Salamander  Predicted 
  Hyla chrysoscelisCope's Gray Treefrog  Predicted 
  Necturus maculosusMudpuppy  Predicted 
  Notophthalmus viridescensEastern Newt  Predicted 
  Plethodon cinereusRedback Salamander  Predicted 
  Plethodon dorsalisNorthern Zigzag Salamander  Predicted 
  Plethodon glutinosusSlimy Salamander  Predicted 
  Plethodon richmondiRavine Salamander  Predicted 
  Pseudacris crucifer cruciferNorthern Spring Peeper  Predicted 
  Pseudotriton montanus diastictMidland Mud Salamander  Predicted 
  Rana catesbeianaBullfrog  Predicted 
  Rana clamitans melanotaGreen Frog  Predicted 
  Rana palustrisPickerel Frog  Predicted 
  Rana pipiensNorthern Leopard Frog  Predicted 
Bird
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
  Predicted
  Chen caerulescensSnow Goose  Wintering 
  Branta canadensisCanada Goose  Breeding Wintering 
  Cygnus columbianusTundra Swan  Wintering 
  Aix sponsaWood DuckBreeding Wintering 
  Anas streperaGadwall  Wintering 
  Anas americanaAmerican Wigeon  Wintering 
  Anas rubripesAmerican Black Duck  Wintering 
  Anas platyrhynchosMallard  Breeding Wintering 
  Anas discorsBlue-winged Teal  Breeding 
  Anas acutaNorthern Pintail  Wintering 
  Anas creccaGreen-winged Teal  Wintering 
  Aythya valisineriaCanvasback  Wintering 
  Aythya americanaRedhead  Wintering 
  Aythya collarisRing-necked Duck  Wintering 
  Aythya marilaGreater Scaup  Wintering 
  Aythya affinisLesser Scaup  Wintering 
  Melanitta fuscaWhite-winged Scoter  Wintering 
  Clangula hyemalisLong-tailed Duck  Wintering 
  Bucephala albeolaBufflehead  Wintering 
  Bucephala clangulaCommon Goldeneye  Wintering 
  Lophodytes cucullatusHooded Merganser  Breeding Wintering 
  Mergus merganserCommon Merganser  Wintering 
  Mergus serratorRed-breasted Merganser  Wintering 
  Oxyura jamaicensisRuddy Duck  Wintering 
  Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse  Breeding Wintering 
  Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey  Breeding Wintering 
  Colinus virginianusNorthern BobwhiteBreeding Wintering 
  Gavia immerCommon Loon  Wintering 
  Podilymbus podicepsPied-billed Grebe  Breeding Wintering 
  Podiceps auritusHorned Grebe  Wintering 
  Phalacrocorax auritusDouble-crested Cormorant  Wintering 
  Ixobrychus exilisLeast Bittern  Breeding 
  Ardea herodiasGreat Blue HeronBreeding Wintering 
  Ardea albaGreat Egret  Breeding 
  Butorides virescensGreen HeronBreeding 
  Nycticorax nycticoraxBlack-crowned Night-heron  Breeding 
  Nyctanassa violaceaYellow-crowned Night-heron  Breeding 
  Coragyps atratusBlack VultureBreeding Wintering 
  Cathartes auraTurkey Vulture  Breeding Wintering 
  Pandion haliaetusOsprey  Breeding 
  Haliaeetus leucocephalusBald Eagle  Wintering 
  Circus cyaneusNorthern Harrier  Wintering 
  Accipiter striatusSharp-shinned Hawk  Breeding Wintering 
  Accipiter cooperiiCooper's Hawk  Breeding Wintering 
  Buteo platypterusBroad-winged Hawk  Breeding 
  Buteo jamaicensisRed-tailed Hawk  Breeding Wintering 
  Buteo lagopusRough-legged Hawk  Wintering 
  Falco sparveriusAmerican Kestrel  Breeding Wintering 
  Rallus elegansKing Rail  Breeding 
  Gallinula galeataCommon Gallinule  Breeding 
  Fulica americanaAmerican Coot  Wintering 
  Charadrius vociferusKilldeer  Breeding Wintering 
  Gallinago delicataWilson's Snipe  Wintering 
  Scolopax minorAmerican Woodcock  Breeding 
  Larus philadelphiaBonaparte's Gull  Wintering 
  Larus delawarensisRing-billed Gull  Wintering 
  Zenaida macrouraMourning Dove  Breeding Wintering 
  Coccyzus americanusYellow-billed CuckooBreeding 
  Coccyzus erythropthalmusBlack-billed Cuckoo  Breeding 
  Tyto albaBarn Owl  Breeding Wintering 
  Megascops asioEastern Screech-owl  Breeding Wintering 
  Bubo virginianusGreat Horned Owl  Breeding Wintering 
  Strix variaBarred Owl  Breeding Wintering 
  Asio otusLong-eared Owl  Wintering 
  Asio flammeusShort-eared Owl  Wintering 
  Caprimulgus carolinensisChuck-will's-widow  Breeding 
  Caprimulgus vociferusWhip-poor-will  Breeding 
  Chaetura pelagicaChimney Swift  Breeding 
  Archilochus colubrisRuby-throated Hummingbird  Breeding 
  Ceryle alcyonBelted KingfisherBreeding Wintering 
  Melanerpes erythrocephalusRed-headed Woodpecker  Breeding Wintering 
  Melanerpes carolinusRed-bellied WoodpeckerBreeding Wintering 
  Sphyrapicus variusYellow-bellied Sapsucker  Wintering 
  Picoides pubescensDowny WoodpeckerBreeding Wintering 
  Picoides villosusHairy WoodpeckerBreeding Wintering 
  Colaptes auratusNorthern FlickerBreeding Wintering 
  Dryocopus pileatusPileated WoodpeckerNot predicted 
  Contopus virensEastern Wood-peweeBreeding 
  Sayornis phoebeEastern PhoebeBreeding 
  Myiarchus crinitusGreat Crested FlycatcherBreeding 
  Tyrannus tyrannusEastern Kingbird  Breeding 
  Lanius ludovicianusLoggerhead Shrike  Breeding Wintering 
  Vireo griseusWhite-eyed VireoBreeding 
  Vireo flavifronsYellow-throated Vireo  Breeding 
  Vireo olivaceusRed-eyed VireoBreeding 
  Cyanocitta cristataBlue JayBreeding Wintering 
  Corvus brachyrhynchosAmerican CrowBreeding Wintering 
  Eremophila alpestrisHorned Lark  Breeding Wintering 
  Progne subisPurple Martin  Breeding 
  Tachycineta bicolorTree Swallow  Breeding 
  Stelgidopteryx serripennisNorthern Rough-winged Swallow  Breeding 
  Hirundo rusticaBarn Swallow  Breeding 
  Poecile carolinensisCarolina ChickadeeBreeding Wintering 
  Baeolophus bicolorTufted Titmouse10  Breeding Wintering 
  Sitta canadensisRed-breasted Nuthatch  Wintering 
  Sitta carolinensisWhite-breasted NuthatchBreeding Wintering 
  Certhia americanaBrown Creeper  Wintering 
  Thryothorus ludovicianusCarolina WrenBreeding Wintering 
  Thryomanes bewickiiBewick's Wren  Breeding Wintering 
  Troglodytes troglodytesWinter Wren  Wintering 
  Cistothorus platensisSedge Wren  Breeding 
  Regulus satrapaGolden-crowned Kinglet  Wintering 
  Regulus calendulaRuby-crowned Kinglet  Wintering 
  Polioptila caeruleaBlue-gray Gnatcatcher  Breeding 
  Sialia sialisEastern Bluebird  Breeding Wintering 
  Catharus guttatusHermit Thrush  Wintering 
  Hylocichla mustelinaWood ThrushBreeding 
  Turdus migratoriusAmerican RobinBreeding Wintering 
  Dumetella carolinensisGray CatbirdBreeding 
  Mimus polyglottosNorthern Mockingbird  Breeding Wintering 
  Toxostoma rufumBrown ThrasherBreeding 
  Bombycilla cedrorumCedar Waxwing  Breeding Wintering 
  Vermivora pinusBlue-winged Warbler  Breeding 
  Setophaga americanaNorthern ParulaBreeding 
  Setophaga petechiaYellow Warbler  Breeding 
  Setophaga coronataYellow-rumped Warbler  Wintering 
  Setophaga dominicaYellow-throated Warbler  Breeding 
  Setophaga discolorPrairie WarblerBreeding 
  Protonotaria citreaProthonotary WarblerBreeding 
  Helmitheros vermivorumWorm-eating Warbler  Breeding 
  Seiurus aurocapillaOvenbirdNot predicted 
  Seiurus motacillaLouisiana Waterthrush  Breeding 
  Geothlypis formosaKentucky Warbler  Breeding 
  Geothlypis trichasCommon Yellowthroat  Breeding 
  Setophaga citrinaHooded Warbler  Breeding 
  Icteria virensYellow-breasted ChatBreeding 
  Piranga rubraSummer TanagerBreeding 
  Piranga olivaceaScarlet TanagerBreeding 
  Pipilo erythrophthalmusEastern TowheeBreeding Wintering 
  Spizella arboreaAmerican Tree Sparrow  Wintering 
  Spizella passerinaChipping Sparrow  Breeding 
  Spizella pusillaField Sparrow  Breeding Wintering 
  Chondestes grammacusLark Sparrow  Breeding 
  Passerculus sandwichensisSavannah Sparrow  Breeding 
  Ammodramus savannarumGrasshopper Sparrow  Breeding 
  Ammodramus henslowiiHenslow's Sparrow  Breeding 
  Passerella iliacaFox Sparrow  Wintering 
  Melospiza melodiaSong SparrowBreeding Wintering 
  Melospiza georgianaSwamp Sparrow  Wintering 
  Zonotrichia albicollisWhite-throated Sparrow  Wintering 
  Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow  Wintering 
  Junco hyemalisDark-eyed Junco  Wintering 
  Calcarius lapponicusLapland Longspur  Wintering 
  Cardinalis cardinalisNorthern CardinalBreeding Wintering 
  Passerina caeruleaBlue Grosbeak  Breeding 
  Passerina cyaneaIndigo BuntingBreeding 
  Spiza americanaDickcissel  Breeding 
  Agelaius phoeniceusRed-winged Blackbird  Breeding Wintering 
  Sturnella magnaEastern Meadowlark  Breeding Wintering 
  Euphagus carolinusRusty Blackbird  Wintering 
  Quiscalus quisculaCommon GrackleBreeding Wintering 
  Molothrus aterBrown-headed CowbirdBreeding Wintering 
  Icterus spuriusOrchard Oriole  Breeding 
  Icterus galbulaBaltimore Oriole  Breeding 
  Carpodacus purpureusPurple Finch  Wintering 
  Carduelis pinusPine Siskin  Wintering 
  Carduelis tristisAmerican GoldfinchBreeding Wintering 
  Coccothraustes vespertinusEvening Grosbeak  Wintering 
Mammal
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
  Predicted
  Blarina brevicaudaNorthern Short-tailed Shrew  Predicted 
  Canis latransCoyote  Predicted 
  Castor canadensisAmerican Beaver  Predicted 
  Cryptotis parvaLeast Shrew  Predicted 
  Didelphis virginianaVirginia Opossum  Predicted 
  Eptesicus fuscusBig Brown Bat  Predicted 
  Glaucomys volansSouthern Flying Squirrel  Predicted 
  Lasionycteris noctivagansSilver-haired Bat  Predicted 
  Lasiurus borealisEastern Red Bat  Predicted 
  Lasiurus cinereusHoary Bat  Predicted 
  Lontra canadensisNorthern River Otter  Predicted 
  Lynx rufusBobcat  Predicted 
  Marmota monaxWoodchuck  Predicted 
  Mephitis mephitisStriped Skunk  Predicted 
  Microtus ochrogasterPrairie Vole  Predicted 
  Microtus pennsylvanicusMeadow Vole  Predicted 
  Microtus pinetorumWoodland Vole  Predicted 
  Mustela frenataLong-tailed Weasel  Predicted 
  Mustela nivalisLeast Weasel  Predicted 
  Mustela visonAmerican Mink  Predicted 
  Myotis lucifugusLittle Brown Bat  Predicted 
  Myotis septentrionalisNorthern Myotis  Predicted 
  Myotis sodalisIndiana Bat  Predicted 
  Nycticeius humeralisEvening Bat  Predicted 
  Odocoileus virginianusWhite-tailed Deer  Predicted 
  Ondatra zibethicusMuskrat  Predicted 
  Peromyscus leucopusWhite-footed Mouse  Predicted 
  Peromyscus maniculatusDeer Mouse  Predicted 
  Pipistrellus subflavusEastern Pipistrelle  Predicted 
  Procyon lotorNorthern Raccoon  Predicted 
  Reithrodontomys humulisEastern Harvest Mouse  Predicted 
  Scalopus aquaticusEastern Mole  Predicted 
  Sciurus carolinensisEastern Gray Squirrel  Predicted 
  Sciurus nigerEastern Fox Squirrel  Predicted 
  Sorex fumeusSmoky Shrew  Predicted 
  Sorex longirostrisSoutheastern Shrew  Predicted 
  Sylvilagus floridanusEastern Cottontail  Predicted 
  Synaptomys cooperiSouthern Bog Lemming  Predicted 
  Tamias striatusEastern Chipmunk  Predicted 
  Urocyon cinereoargenteusGray Fox  Predicted 
  Ursus americanusAmerican Black Bear  Predicted 
  Vulpes vulpesRed Fox  Predicted 
  Zapus hudsoniusMeadow Jumping Mouse  Predicted 
Reptile
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
  Predicted
  Agkistrodon contortrixCopperhead  Predicted 
  Apalone spinifera spiniferaEastern Spiny Softshell Turtle  Predicted 
  Chelydra serpentina serpentinaCommon Snapping Turtle  Predicted 
  Chrysemys pictaPainted Turtle  Predicted 
  Coluber constrictorRacer  Predicted 
  Diadophis punctatusRingneck Snake  Predicted 
  Elaphe obsoleta obsoletaBlack Rat Snake  Predicted 
  Eumeces laticepsBroadhead Skink  Predicted 
  Graptemys geographicaCommon Map Turtle  Predicted 
  Heterodon platirhinosEastern Hognose Snake  Predicted 
  Lampropeltis triangulumMilk Snake  Predicted 
  Nerodia sipedonNorthern Water Snake  Predicted 
  Opheodrys aestivusRough Green Snake  Predicted 
  Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthiNorthern Fence Lizard  Predicted 
  Sternotherus odoratusCommon Musk Turtle  Predicted 
  Terrapene carolina carolinaEastern Box Turtle  Predicted 
  Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalisEastern Garter Snake  Predicted 
  Trachemys scripta elegansRed-eared Slider  Predicted 
Fish
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
  Predicted
  Amia calvaBowfinNot modelled 


Additional species information is available



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