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Kentucky's Species Information for Public Hunting Area John A. Kleber WMA
The following is a checklist of observed and expected species for John A. Kleber WMA. The observations are from our biologists, scientific collectors, and researchers. For some of the older data our location precision may only be a mile or two, for example if derived from a quarter of a topographic quad, so the observations may actually just be in the vicinity of the WMA. Species where the common name is bold are Kentucky Wildlife Action Plan species.

A number (e.g., 3) in the “Observed” column represents unique sightings of that species 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.

The Range column indicates whether any part of the WMA is within the ranges developed for the Kentucky Wildlife Action Plan for this species. The habitat at this WMA however, may be such that the species is unlikely to occur there. In 2013 KDFWR implemented the use species ranges to analyze point level occurrences. We are still in the process of refining this analysis in terms of species reported on a WMA and if that is within the range of that species. Our goal is to improve the quality of species occurrences in the KDFWR database. Both species ranges and point occurrences may change as review continues. For migrant birds, we may have only breeding or wintering ranges, so migrants may be displayed as "Not expected".


Amphibian
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
   Predicted   Range
  Acris crepitansNorthern Cricket Frog1  Predicted    
  Ambystoma barbouriStreamside Salamander  Predicted   Current 
  Ambystoma jeffersonianumJefferson Salamander  Predicted    
  Ambystoma maculatumSpotted Salamander  Predicted    
  Bufo americanusAmerican Toad1  Predicted    
  Bufo fowleriFowler's Toad  Predicted    
  Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensisEastern Hellbender  Not modelled  Current 
  Hyla chrysoscelisCope's Gray Treefrog1  Predicted   Current 
  Necturus maculosusMudpuppy  Predicted    
  Notophthalmus viridescensEastern Newt  Predicted    
  Plethodon dorsalisNorthern Zigzag Salamander  Predicted   Current 
  Plethodon glutinosusSlimy Salamander  Predicted   Current 
  Plethodon richmondiRavine Salamander  Predicted    
  Pseudacris crucifer cruciferNorthern Spring Peeper  Predicted    
  Rana catesbeianaBullfrog  Predicted    
  Rana clamitans melanotaGreen Frog1  Not predicted   
  Rana palustrisPickerel Frog  Predicted    
  Rana pipiensNorthern Leopard Frog  Predicted   Current 
Bird
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
   Predicted   Range
  Chen caerulescensSnow Goose  Wintering    
  Branta canadensisCanada Goose1  Breeding Wintering    
  Cygnus buccinatorTrumpeter Swan  Not modelled  Transient 
  Cygnus columbianusTundra Swan  Wintering   Wintering 
  Aix sponsaWood Duck1  Breeding Wintering    
  Anas streperaGadwall  Wintering    
  Anas americanaAmerican Wigeon  Wintering    
  Anas rubripesAmerican Black Duck  Wintering   Wintering 
  Anas platyrhynchosMallard  Breeding Wintering    
  Anas acutaNorthern Pintail  Wintering   Wintering 
  Anas creccaGreen-winged Teal  Wintering    
  Aythya valisineriaCanvasback  Wintering    
  Aythya americanaRedhead  Wintering    
  Aythya collarisRing-necked Duck  Wintering    
  Aythya marilaGreater Scaup  Wintering   Wintering 
  Aythya affinisLesser Scaup  Wintering   Wintering 
  Clangula hyemalisLong-tailed Duck  Wintering    
  Bucephala albeolaBufflehead  Wintering    
  Bucephala clangulaCommon Goldeneye  Wintering    
  Lophodytes cucullatusHooded Merganser  Breeding Wintering   Breeding, Wintering 
  Mergus merganserCommon Merganser  Wintering    
  Oxyura jamaicensisRuddy Duck  Wintering    
  Colinus virginianusNorthern Bobwhite19  Breeding Wintering   Breeding, Wintering 
  Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse  Breeding Wintering   Not expected 
  Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey8  Breeding Wintering    
  Gavia immerCommon Loon  Wintering    
  Podilymbus podicepsPied-billed Grebe  Wintering   Breeding, Wintering 
  Podiceps auritusHorned Grebe  Wintering   Wintering 
  Phalacrocorax auritusDouble-crested Cormorant  Wintering    
  Pelecanus erythrorhynchosAmerican White Pelican  Not modelled  Transient 
  Botaurus lentiginosusAmerican Bittern  Not modelled  Transient 
  Ixobrychus exilisLeast Bittern  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Ardea herodiasGreat Blue Heron2  Breeding Wintering    
  Ardea albaGreat Egret  Breeding   Transient 
  Egretta caeruleaLittle Blue Heron  Not modelled  Transient 
  Butorides virescensGreen Heron  Breeding    
  Nycticorax nycticoraxBlack-crowned Night-heron  Not modelled  Breeding, Transient 
  Nyctanassa violaceaYellow-crowned Night-heron  Breeding   Breeding 
  Coragyps atratusBlack Vulture1  Breeding Wintering    
  Cathartes auraTurkey Vulture4  Breeding Wintering    
  Pandion haliaetusOsprey  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Haliaeetus leucocephalusBald Eagle  Not modelled  Breeding, Wintering 
  Circus cyaneusNorthern Harrier  Wintering   Breeding, Wintering 
  Accipiter striatusSharp-shinned Hawk  Breeding Wintering   Breeding, Wintering 
  Accipiter cooperiiCooper's Hawk  Breeding Wintering    
  Buteo lineatusRed-shouldered Hawk7  Breeding Wintering    
  Buteo platypterusBroad-winged Hawk5  Breeding    
  Buteo jamaicensisRed-tailed Hawk8  Breeding Wintering    
  Buteo lagopusRough-legged Hawk  Wintering    
  Falco sparveriusAmerican Kestrel  Breeding Wintering   Breeding, Wintering 
  Falco peregrinusPeregrine Falcon  Not modelled  Breeding, Wintering 
  Coturnicops noveboracensisYellow Rail  Not modelled  Transient 
  Rallus elegansKing Rail  Not modelled  Transient 
  Rallus limicolaVirginia Rail  Not modelled  Transient 
  Porzana carolinaSora  Not modelled  Transient 
  Gallinula galeataCommon Gallinule  Not modelled  Transient 
  Fulica americanaAmerican Coot  Wintering    
  Grus canadensisSandhill Crane  Not modelled  Transient 
  Grus americanaWhooping Crane  Not modelled  Transient 
  Pluvialis dominicaAmerican Golden-plover  Not modelled  Transient 
  Charadrius melodusPiping Plover  Not modelled  Transient 
  Charadrius vociferusKilldeer  Breeding Wintering    
  Himantopus mexicanusBlack-necked Stilt  Not modelled  Transient 
  Actitis maculariusSpotted Sandpiper  Not modelled  Transient 
  Tringa solitariaSolitary Sandpiper  Not modelled  Transient 
  Tringa flavipesLesser Yellowlegs  Not modelled  Transient 
  Bartramia longicaudaUpland Sandpiper  Not modelled  Transient 
  Calidris albaSanderling  Not modelled  Transient 
  Calidris pusillaSemipalmated Sandpiper  Not modelled  Transient 
  Calidris mauriWestern Sandpiper  Not modelled  Transient 
  Calidris alpinaDunlin  Not modelled  Transient 
  Calidris himantopusStilt Sandpiper  Not modelled  Transient 
  Tryngites subruficollisBuff-breasted Sandpiper  Not modelled  Transient 
  Limnodromus griseusShort-billed Dowitcher  Not modelled  Breeding, Transient 
  Gallinago delicataWilson's Snipe  Wintering   Wintering 
  Scolopax minorAmerican Woodcock1  Breeding   Breeding, Wintering 
  Phalaropus tricolorWilson's Phalarope  Not modelled  Transient 
  Larus delawarensisRing-billed Gull  Wintering    
  Chlidonias nigerBlack Tern  Not modelled  Transient 
  Sterna hirundoCommon Tern  Not modelled  Transient 
  Zenaida macrouraMourning Dove23  Breeding Wintering    
  Coccyzus americanusYellow-billed Cuckoo61  Breeding    
  Coccyzus erythropthalmusBlack-billed Cuckoo1  Breeding    
  Tyto albaBarn Owl  Breeding Wintering   Breeding, Wintering 
  Megascops asioEastern Screech-Owl  Breeding Wintering    
  Bubo virginianusGreat Horned Owl  Breeding Wintering    
  Strix variaBarred Owl3  Breeding Wintering    
  Asio otusLong-eared Owl  Wintering   Breeding, Wintering 
  Asio flammeusShort-eared Owl  Wintering   Wintering 
  Caprimulgus carolinensisChuck-will's-widow  Breeding   Breeding 
  Caprimulgus vociferusEastern Whip-poor-will1  Breeding   Breeding 
  Chaetura pelagicaChimney Swift  Breeding    
  Archilochus colubrisRuby-throated Hummingbird4  Breeding    
  Melanerpes erythrocephalusRed-headed Woodpecker2  Breeding Wintering   Breeding, Wintering 
  Melanerpes carolinusRed-bellied Woodpecker22  Breeding Wintering    
  Sphyrapicus variusYellow-bellied Sapsucker  Wintering    
  Picoides pubescensDowny Woodpecker23  Breeding Wintering    
  Picoides villosusHairy Woodpecker3  Breeding Wintering    
  Colaptes auratusNorthern Flicker26  Breeding Wintering    
  Dryocopus pileatusPileated Woodpecker50  Breeding Wintering    
  Contopus virensEastern Wood-Pewee64  Breeding    
  Empidonax virescensAcadian Flycatcher37  Breeding    
  Empidonax trailliiWillow Flycatcher  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Sayornis phoebeEastern Phoebe9  Breeding    
  Myiarchus crinitusGreat Crested Flycatcher11  Breeding    
  Tyrannus tyrannusEastern Kingbird  Breeding    
  Lanius ludovicianusLoggerhead Shrike  Breeding Wintering   Breeding, Wintering 
  Vireo griseusWhite-eyed Vireo18  Breeding    
  Vireo flavifronsYellow-throated Vireo28  Breeding    
  Vireo gilvusWarbling Vireo1  Not predicted   
  Vireo olivaceusRed-eyed Vireo109  Breeding    
  Cyanocitta cristataBlue Jay82  Breeding Wintering    
  Corvus brachyrhynchosAmerican Crow112  Breeding Wintering    
  Eremophila alpestrisHorned Lark  Breeding Wintering    
  Progne subisPurple Martin  Breeding    
  Tachycineta bicolorTree Swallow  Breeding    
  Stelgidopteryx serripennisNorthern Rough-winged Swallow  Breeding    
  Riparia ripariaBank Swallow  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Hirundo rusticaBarn Swallow  Breeding    
  Poecile carolinensisCarolina Chickadee20  Breeding Wintering    
  Baeolophus bicolorTufted Titmouse92  Breeding Wintering    
  Sitta canadensisRed-breasted Nuthatch  Wintering   Wintering 
  Sitta carolinensisWhite-breasted Nuthatch15  Breeding Wintering    
  Certhia americanaBrown Creeper  Wintering   Wintering 
  Thryothorus ludovicianusCarolina Wren14  Breeding Wintering    
  Thryomanes bewickiiBewick's Wren  Breeding Wintering   Breeding, Wintering 
  Cistothorus platensisSedge Wren  Breeding   Breeding 
  Polioptila caeruleaBlue-gray Gnatcatcher70  Breeding    
  Regulus satrapaGolden-crowned Kinglet  Wintering    
  Regulus calendulaRuby-crowned Kinglet  Wintering    
  Sialia sialisEastern Bluebird1  Breeding Wintering    
  Catharus guttatusHermit Thrush  Wintering    
  Hylocichla mustelinaWood Thrush41  Breeding   Breeding 
  Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin30  Breeding Wintering    
  Dumetella carolinensisGray Catbird3  Breeding    
  Mimus polyglottosNorthern Mockingbird  Breeding Wintering    
  Toxostoma rufumBrown Thrasher20  Breeding    
  Bombycilla cedrorumCedar Waxwing3  Breeding Wintering    
  Calcarius lapponicusLapland Longspur  Wintering    
  Seiurus aurocapillaOvenbird100  Breeding    
  Helmitheros vermivorumWorm-eating Warbler4  Breeding   Breeding 
  Parkesia motacillaLouisiana Waterthrush2  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Vermivora cyanopteraBlue-winged Warbler12  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Mniotilta variaBlack-and-white Warbler1  Breeding    
  Protonotaria citreaProthonotary Warbler  Breeding   Breeding 
  Geothlypis formosaKentucky Warbler21  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Geothlypis trichasCommon Yellowthroat4  Breeding    
  Setophaga citrinaHooded Warbler11  Not modelled   
  Setophaga ceruleaCerulean Warbler  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Setophaga americanaNorthern Parula15  Not modelled   
  Setophaga coronataYellow-rumped Warbler1  Not modelled   
  Setophaga dominicaYellow-throated Warbler1  Not modelled   
  Setophaga discolorPrairie Warbler92  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Icteria virensYellow-breasted Chat37  Breeding    
  Pipilo erythrophthalmusEastern Towhee66  Breeding Wintering    
  Spizella arboreaAmerican Tree Sparrow  Wintering    
  Spizella passerinaChipping Sparrow  Breeding    
  Spizella pusillaField Sparrow74  Breeding Wintering    
  Pooecetes gramineusVesper Sparrow  Not modelled  Breeding, Wintering 
  Chondestes grammacusLark Sparrow  Breeding   Breeding 
  Passerculus sandwichensisSavannah Sparrow  Breeding   Breeding, Wintering 
  Ammodramus savannarumGrasshopper Sparrow  Breeding   Breeding 
  Ammodramus henslowiiHenslow's Sparrow1  Breeding   Breeding 
  Passerella iliacaFox Sparrow  Wintering    
  Melospiza melodiaSong Sparrow2  Breeding Wintering    
  Zonotrichia albicollisWhite-throated Sparrow  Wintering    
  Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow  Wintering    
  Junco hyemalisDark-eyed Junco2  Wintering    
  Piranga rubraSummer Tanager9  Breeding    
  Piranga olivaceaScarlet Tanager37  Breeding    
  Cardinalis cardinalisNorthern Cardinal62  Breeding Wintering    
  Pheucticus ludovicianusRose-breasted Grosbeak1  Not predicted  Not expected 
  Passerina caeruleaBlue Grosbeak  Breeding    
  Passerina cyaneaIndigo Bunting56  Breeding    
  Spiza americanaDickcissel  Breeding   Breeding 
  Dolichonyx oryzivorusBobolink  Breeding   Breeding 
  Agelaius phoeniceusRed-winged Blackbird5  Breeding Wintering    
  Sturnella magnaEastern Meadowlark  Breeding Wintering    
  Euphagus carolinusRusty Blackbird  Wintering   Wintering 
  Quiscalus quisculaCommon Grackle2  Breeding Wintering    
  Molothrus aterBrown-headed Cowbird5  Breeding Wintering    
  Icterus spuriusOrchard Oriole  Breeding    
  Icterus galbulaBaltimore Oriole1  Breeding    
  Carpodacus purpureusPurple Finch  Wintering    
  Spinus tristisAmerican Goldfinch1  Not modelled   
  Coccothraustes vespertinusEvening Grosbeak  Wintering    
Mammal
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
   Predicted   Range
  Blarina brevicaudaNorthern Short-tailed Shrew1  Predicted    
  Canis latransCoyote  Predicted    
  Cryptotis parvaLeast Shrew  Predicted    
  Didelphis virginianaVirginia Opossum  Predicted    
  Eptesicus fuscusBig Brown Bat  Predicted   Current 
  Glaucomys volansSouthern Flying Squirrel  Predicted    
  Lasionycteris noctivagansSilver-haired Bat  Predicted   Current 
  Lasiurus borealisEastern Red Bat  Predicted   Current 
  Lasiurus cinereusHoary Bat  Predicted   Current 
  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 grisescensGray Myotis  Not modelled  Current 
  Myotis lucifugusLittle Brown Bat  Predicted   Current 
  Myotis septentrionalisNorthern Myotis  Predicted   Current 
  Myotis sodalisIndiana Bat  Predicted   Current 
  Nycticeius humeralisEvening Bat  Predicted   Not expected 
  Odocoileus virginianusWhite-tailed Deer2  Predicted    
  Perimyotis subflavusEastern Pipistrelle  Not modelled  Current 
  Peromyscus leucopusWhite-footed Mouse  Predicted    
  Peromyscus maniculatusDeer Mouse  Predicted    
  Procyon lotorNorthern Raccoon2  Predicted    
  Reithrodontomys humulisEastern Harvest Mouse  Predicted    
  Scalopus aquaticusEastern Mole  Predicted    
  Sciurus carolinensisEastern Gray Squirrel1  Predicted    
  Sciurus nigerEastern Fox Squirrel2  Predicted    
  Sorex fumeusSmoky Shrew  Predicted    
  Sorex longirostrisSoutheastern Shrew  Predicted    
  Sylvilagus floridanusEastern Cottontail1  Predicted    
  Synaptomys cooperiSouthern Bog Lemming  Predicted    
  Tamias striatusEastern Chipmunk  Predicted    
  Urocyon cinereoargenteusGray Fox  Predicted    
  Ursus americanusAmerican Black Bear  Predicted   Not expected 
  Vulpes vulpesRed Fox  Predicted    
  Zapus hudsoniusMeadow Jumping Mouse  Predicted    
Reptile
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
   Predicted   Range
  Agkistrodon contortrix mokasenNorthern Copperhead  Predicted    
  Apalone spinifera spiniferaEastern Spiny Softshell Turtle  Predicted    
  Chelydra serpentina serpentinaCommon Snapping Turtle1  Predicted    
  Chrysemys dorsalisSouthern Painted Turtle  Predicted   Not expected 
  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    
  Sternotherus odoratusCommon Musk Turtle  Predicted    
  Terrapene carolina carolinaEastern Box Turtle1  Predicted    
  Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalisEastern Garter Snake1  Predicted    
  Trachemys scripta elegansRed-eared Slider  Predicted    
Crayfish, amphipod, isopod, shrimp
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
   Predicted   Range
  Caecidotea barriClifton Cave Isopod  Not modelled  Current 
Fish
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
   Predicted   Range
  Campostoma oligolepisLargescale StonerollerPre-1984Not modelled   
  Etheostoma blennioidesGreenside DarterPre-1984Not modelled   
  Etheostoma caeruleumRainbow DarterPre-1984Not modelled   
  Etheostoma flabellareFantail DarterPre-1984Not modelled   
  Etheostoma nigrumJohnny Darter  Not modelled  Current 
  Hypentelium nigricansNorthern Hog SuckerPre-1984Not modelled   
  Lepomis cyanellusGreen SunfishPre-1984Not modelled   
  Lepomis megalotisLongear SunfishPre-1984Not modelled   
  Lota lotaBurbot  Not modelled  Historic Only 
  Luxilus chrysocephalusStriped ShinerPre-1984Not modelled   
  Lythrurus fasciolarisScarlet ShinerPre-1984Not modelled   
  Micropterus dolomieuSmallmouth BassPre-1984Not modelled   
  Micropterus punctulatusSpotted BassPre-1984Not modelled   
  Moxostoma erythrurumGolden RedhorsePre-1984Not modelled   
  Notropis boopsBigeye ShinerPre-1984Not modelled   
  Percina caprodesLogperchPre-1984Not modelled   
  Pimephales notatusBluntnose MinnowPre-1984Not modelled   
  Polyodon spathulaPaddlefish  Not modelled  Current 
  Semotilus atromaculatusCreek ChubPre-1984Not modelled   
Mussel
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
   Predicted   Range
  Alasmidonta marginataElktoe  Not modelled  Current 
  Alasmidonta viridisSlippershell Mussel  Not modelled  Current 
  Anodontoides ferussacianusCylindrical Papershell  Not modelled  Current 
  Cyprogenia stegariaFanshell  Not modelled  Historic Only 
  Ellipsaria lineolataButterfly  Not modelled  Current 
  Elliptio crassidensElephantear  Not modelled  Historic Only 
  Epioblasma torulosa rangianaNorthern Riffleshell  Not modelled  Historic Only 
  Fusconaia subrotunda subrotundaLongsolid  Not modelled  Historic Only 
  Hemistena lataCracking Pearlymussel  Not modelled  Historic Only 
  Lampsilis ovataPocketbook  Not modelled  Historic Only 
  Lampsilis siliquoideaFatmucket1  Not modelled   
  Obovaria retusaRing Pink  Not modelled  Historic Only 
  Obovaria subrotundaRound Hickorynut  Not modelled  Historic Only 
  Plethobasus cyphyusSheepnose  Not modelled  Historic Only 
  Pleurobema clavaClubshell  Not modelled  Historic Only 
  Pleurobema plenumRough Pigtoe  Not modelled  Historic Only 
  Pleurobema rubrumPyramid Pigtoe  Not modelled  Historic Only 
  Quadrula cylindrica cylindricaRabbitsfoot  Not modelled  Historic Only 
  Simpsonaias ambiguaSalamander Mussel  Not modelled  Current 
  Toxolasma lividusPurple Lilliput  Not modelled  Historic Only 
  Villosa fabalisRayed Bean  Not modelled  Historic Only 
  Villosa lienosaLittle Spectaclecase  Not modelled  Current 

Additional species information is available


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