Kentucky's Species Information for Public Hunting Area Clay WMA

The following is a checklist of observed and expected species for Clay 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 SalamanderPredicted 
  Ambystoma jeffersonianumJefferson SalamanderPredicted 
  Ambystoma maculatumSpotted SalamanderPredicted 
  Ambystoma opacumMarbled Salamander  Predicted 
  Bufo americanusAmerican Toad  Predicted 
  Bufo fowleriFowler's Toad  Predicted 
  Eurycea cirrigeraSouthern Two-lined SalamanderNot predicted 
  Eurycea longicauda longicaudaLongtail Salamander  Predicted 
  Hyla chrysoscelisCope's Gray Treefrog  Predicted 
  Notophthalmus viridescensEastern NewtPredicted 
  Plethodon glutinosusSlimy Salamander  Predicted 
  Plethodon richmondiRavine Salamander  Predicted 
  Pseudacris brachyphonaMountain Chorus Frog  Predicted 
  Pseudacris crucifer cruciferNorthern Spring PeeperPredicted 
  Pseudotriton montanus diastictMidland Mud Salamander  Predicted 
  Rana catesbeianaBullfrog  Predicted 
  Rana clamitans melanotaGreen FrogPredicted 
  Rana palustrisPickerel Frog  Predicted 
  Rana pipiensNorthern Leopard Frog  Predicted 
  Rana sphenocephalaSouthern 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 Duck  Breeding Wintering 
  Anas streperaGadwall  Wintering 
  Anas americanaAmerican Wigeon  Wintering 
  Anas rubripesAmerican Black Duck  Wintering 
  Anas platyrhynchosMallard  Breeding Wintering 
  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 
  Bucephala albeolaBufflehead  Wintering 
  Bucephala clangulaCommon Goldeneye  Wintering 
  Lophodytes cucullatusHooded Merganser  Breeding Wintering 
  Mergus merganserCommon Merganser  Wintering 
  Oxyura jamaicensisRuddy Duck  Wintering 
  Bonasa umbellusRuffed GrouseBreeding Wintering 
  Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey  Breeding Wintering 
  Colinus virginianusNorthern Bobwhite  Breeding Wintering 
  Gavia immerCommon Loon  Wintering 
  Podilymbus podicepsPied-billed Grebe  Wintering 
  Podiceps auritusHorned Grebe  Wintering 
  Phalacrocorax auritusDouble-crested Cormorant  Wintering 
  Ardea herodiasGreat Blue Heron  Wintering 
  Ardea albaGreat Egret  Breeding 
  Butorides virescensGreen Heron  Breeding 
  Nyctanassa violaceaYellow-crowned Night-heron  Breeding 
  Coragyps atratusBlack Vulture  Breeding 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 
  Fulica americanaAmerican Coot  Wintering 
  Charadrius vociferusKilldeerBreeding Wintering 
  Gallinago delicataWilson's Snipe  Wintering 
  Scolopax minorAmerican Woodcock  Breeding 
  Larus philadelphiaBonaparte's Gull  Wintering 
  Larus delawarensisRing-billed Gull  Wintering 
  Zenaida macrouraMourning DoveBreeding Wintering 
  Coccyzus americanusYellow-billed Cuckoo  Breeding 
  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 Kingfisher  Breeding Wintering 
  Melanerpes erythrocephalusRed-headed Woodpecker  Breeding Wintering 
  Melanerpes carolinusRed-bellied WoodpeckerBreeding Wintering 
  Sphyrapicus variusYellow-bellied Sapsucker  Wintering 
  Picoides pubescensDowny Woodpecker  Breeding Wintering 
  Picoides villosusHairy Woodpecker  Breeding Wintering 
  Colaptes auratusNorthern FlickerBreeding Wintering 
  Dryocopus pileatusPileated Woodpecker  Breeding Wintering 
  Contopus virensEastern Wood-pewee  Breeding 
  Empidonax virescensAcadian Flycatcher  Breeding 
  Empidonax trailliiWillow Flycatcher  Breeding 
  Sayornis phoebeEastern PhoebeBreeding 
  Myiarchus crinitusGreat Crested Flycatcher  Breeding 
  Tyrannus tyrannusEastern Kingbird  Breeding 
  Lanius ludovicianusLoggerhead Shrike  Breeding Wintering 
  Vireo griseusWhite-eyed Vireo  Breeding 
  Vireo flavifronsYellow-throated Vireo  Breeding 
  Vireo olivaceusRed-eyed Vireo  Breeding 
  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 Titmouse  Breeding Wintering 
  Sitta canadensisRed-breasted Nuthatch  Wintering 
  Sitta carolinensisWhite-breasted Nuthatch  Breeding Wintering 
  Certhia americanaBrown Creeper  Wintering 
  Thryothorus ludovicianusCarolina 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 Thrush  Breeding 
  Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin  Breeding Wintering 
  Dumetella carolinensisGray Catbird  Breeding 
  Mimus polyglottosNorthern Mockingbird  Breeding Wintering 
  Toxostoma rufumBrown Thrasher  Breeding 
  Bombycilla cedrorumCedar Waxwing  Breeding Wintering 
  Vermivora pinusBlue-winged Warbler  Breeding 
  Setophaga americanaNorthern Parula  Breeding 
  Setophaga petechiaYellow Warbler  Breeding 
  Setophaga coronataYellow-rumped Warbler  Wintering 
  Setophaga dominicaYellow-throated Warbler  Breeding 
  Setophaga pinusPine Warbler  Breeding 
  Setophaga discolorPrairie Warbler  Breeding 
  Mniotilta variaBlack-and-white Warbler  Breeding 
  Setophaga ruticillaAmerican Redstart  Breeding 
  Protonotaria citreaProthonotary Warbler  Breeding 
  Helmitheros vermivorumWorm-eating Warbler  Breeding 
  Seiurus aurocapillaOvenbird  Breeding 
  Seiurus motacillaLouisiana Waterthrush  Breeding 
  Geothlypis formosaKentucky Warbler  Breeding 
  Geothlypis trichasCommon Yellowthroat  Breeding 
  Setophaga citrinaHooded Warbler  Breeding 
  Icteria virensYellow-breasted Chat  Breeding 
  Piranga rubraSummer Tanager  Breeding 
  Piranga olivaceaScarlet Tanager  Breeding 
  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 Sparrow  Breeding Wintering 
  Melospiza georgianaSwamp Sparrow  Wintering 
  Zonotrichia albicollisWhite-throated SparrowWintering 
  Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow  Wintering 
  Junco hyemalisDark-eyed JuncoWintering 
  Calcarius lapponicusLapland Longspur  Wintering 
  Cardinalis cardinalisNorthern CardinalBreeding Wintering 
  Passerina caeruleaBlue Grosbeak  Breeding 
  Passerina cyaneaIndigo Bunting  Breeding 
  Spiza americanaDickcissel  Breeding 
  Agelaius phoeniceusRed-winged Blackbird  Breeding Wintering 
  Sturnella magnaEastern Meadowlark  Breeding Wintering 
  Euphagus carolinusRusty Blackbird  Wintering 
  Quiscalus quisculaCommon Grackle  Breeding Wintering 
  Molothrus aterBrown-headed Cowbird  Breeding Wintering 
  Icterus spuriusOrchard Oriole  Breeding 
  Icterus galbulaBaltimore Oriole  Breeding 
  Carpodacus purpureusPurple Finch  Wintering 
  Carduelis pinusPine Siskin  Wintering 
  Carduelis tristisAmerican Goldfinch  Breeding Wintering 
  Coccothraustes vespertinusEvening Grosbeak  Wintering 
Mammal
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
  Predicted
  Blarina brevicaudaNorthern Short-tailed Shrew12  Predicted 
  Canis latransCoyote  Predicted 
  Castor canadensisAmerican Beaver  Predicted 
  Corynorhinus rafinesquiiRafinesque's Big-eared Bat  Predicted 
  Cryptotis parvaLeast ShrewPredicted 
  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 VolePredicted 
  Microtus pennsylvanicusMeadow VolePredicted 
  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 
  Neotoma magisterAllegheny Woodrat  Predicted 
  Nycticeius humeralisEvening Bat  Predicted 
  Odocoileus virginianusWhite-tailed DeerPredicted 
  Ondatra zibethicusMuskrat  Predicted 
  Peromyscus leucopusWhite-footed Mouse  Predicted 
  Peromyscus maniculatusDeer Mouse  Predicted 
  Pipistrellus subflavusEastern Pipistrelle  Predicted 
  Procyon lotorNorthern Raccoon  Predicted 
  Reithrodontomys humulisEastern Harvest MousePredicted 
  Scalopus aquaticusEastern Mole  Predicted 
  Sciurus carolinensisEastern Gray Squirrel  Predicted 
  Sciurus nigerEastern Fox Squirrel  Predicted 
  Sorex hoyiPygmy Shrew  Predicted 
  Sorex longirostrisSoutheastern ShrewPredicted 
  Sylvilagus floridanusEastern Cottontail  Predicted 
  Synaptomys cooperiSouthern Bog Lemming  Predicted 
  Tamias striatusEastern ChipmunkPredicted 
  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 mutica muticaMidland Smooth Softshell  Predicted 
  Apalone spinifera spiniferaEastern Spiny Softshell Turtle  Predicted 
  Carphophis amoenusWorm Snake  Predicted 
  Chelydra serpentina serpentinaCommon Snapping TurtlePre-1984Predicted 
  Chrysemys pictaPainted Turtle  Predicted 
  Coluber constrictorRacer  Predicted 
  Crotalus horridusTimber Rattlesnake  Predicted 
  Diadophis punctatusRingneck Snake  Predicted 
  Elaphe obsoleta obsoletaBlack Rat Snake  Predicted 
  Eumeces fasciatusFive-lined Skink  Predicted 
  Eumeces laticepsBroadhead Skink  Predicted 
  Graptemys geographicaCommon Map Turtle  Predicted 
  Heterodon platirhinosEastern Hognose Snake  Predicted 
  Lampropeltis getula nigraBlack Kingsnake  Predicted 
  Lampropeltis triangulumMilk Snake  Predicted 
  Nerodia sipedonNorthern Water Snake  Predicted 
  Opheodrys aestivusRough Green Snake  Predicted 
  Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthiNorthern Fence Lizard  Predicted 
  Scincella lateralisGround Skink  Predicted 
  Sternotherus odoratusCommon Musk Turtle  Predicted 
  Storeria dekayiBrown Snake  Predicted 
  Terrapene carolina carolinaEastern Box Turtle  Predicted 
  Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalisEastern Garter Snake  Predicted 
  Virginia valeriae valeriaeEastern Earth Snake  Predicted 
Fish
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
  Predicted
  Ambloplites rupestrisRock BassPre-1984Not modelled 
  Ameiurus natalisYellow BullheadPre-1984Not modelled 
  Ameiurus nebulosusBrown BullheadPre-1984Not modelled 
  Ammocrypta pellucidaEastern Sand DarterPre-1984Not modelled 
  Aplodinotus grunniensFreshwater DrumNot modelled 
  Campostoma anomalumCentral StonerollerPre-1984Not modelled 
  Carpiodes carpioRiver CarpsuckerNot modelled 
  Carpiodes cyprinusQuillbackNot modelled 
  Catostomus commersoniiWhite SuckerPre-1984Not modelled 
  Cyprinella spilopteraSpotfin ShinerNot modelled 
  Cyprinella whippleiSteelcolor ShinerNot modelled 
  Cyprinus carpioCommon CarpNot modelled 
  Dorosoma cepedianumGizzard ShadNot modelled 
  Etheostoma blennioidesGreenside DarterNot modelled 
  Etheostoma caeruleumRainbow DarterNot modelled 
  Etheostoma flabellareFantail DarterNot modelled 
  Etheostoma nigrumJohnny DarterPre-1984Not modelled 
  Etheostoma spectabileOrangethroat DarterPre-1984Not modelled 
  Etheostoma variatumVariegate DarterPre-1984Not modelled 
  Etheostoma zonaleBanded DarterPre-1984Not modelled 
  Hiodon tergisusMooneyeNot modelled 
  Hybopsis amblopsBigeye ChubPre-1984Not modelled 
  Hypentelium nigricansNorthern Hog SuckerPre-1984Not modelled 
  Ictalurus furcatusBlue CatfishPre-1984Not modelled 
  Ictalurus punctatusChannel CatfishNot modelled 
  Ictiobus bubalusSmallmouth BuffaloNot modelled 
  Ictiobus cyprinellusBigmouth BuffaloPre-1984Not modelled 
  Labidesthes sicculusBrook SilversidePre-1984Not modelled 
  Lepisosteus osseusLongnose GarPre-1984Not modelled 
  Lepomis cyanellusGreen SunfishPre-1984Not modelled 
  Lepomis macrochirusBluegillNot modelled 
  Lepomis megalotisLongear SunfishNot modelled 
  Luxilus chrysocephalusStriped ShinerNot modelled 
  Macrhybopsis hyostomaShoal ChubPre-1984Not modelled 
  Macrhybopsis storerianaSilver ChubPre-1984Not modelled 
  Micropterus dolomieuSmallmouth BassPre-1984Not modelled 
  Micropterus punctulatusSpotted BassNot modelled 
  Micropterus salmoidesLargemouth BassPre-1984Not modelled 
  Moxostoma brevicepsSmallmouth RedhorseNot modelled 
  Moxostoma carinatumRiver RedhorseNot modelled 
  Moxostoma erythrurumGolden RedhorseNot modelled 
  Nocomis micropogonRiver ChubPre-1984Not modelled 
  Notropis atherinoidesEmerald ShinerNot modelled 
  Notropis buccatusSilverjaw MinnowPre-1984Not modelled 
  Notropis photogenisSilver ShinerPre-1984Not modelled 
  Notropis stramineusSand ShinerPre-1984Not modelled 
  Noturus flavusStonecatPre-1984Not modelled 
  Noturus miurusBrindled MadtomPre-1984Not modelled 
  Noturus stigmosusNorthern MadtomNot modelled 
  Percina caprodesLogperchNot modelled 
  Percina copelandiChannel DarterPre-1984Not modelled 
  Percina evidesGilt DarterPre-1984Not modelled 
  Percina maculataBlackside DarterPre-1984Not modelled 
  Percina oxyrhynchusSharpnose DarterNot modelled 
  Percina phoxocephalaSlenderhead DarterPre-1984Not modelled 
  Percina shumardiRiver DarterPre-1984Not modelled 
  Phenacobius mirabilisSuckermouth MinnowPre-1984Not modelled 
  Pimephales notatusBluntnose MinnowNot modelled 
  Pimephales vigilaxBullhead MinnowNot modelled 
  Pylodictis olivarisFlathead CatfishNot modelled 
  Semotilus atromaculatusCreek ChubNot modelled 
Mussel
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
  Predicted
  Amblema plicataThreeridgeNot modelled 
  Cyclonaias tuberculataPurple WartybackNot modelled 
  Elliptio dilatataSpikeNot modelled 
  Fusconaia subrotunda subrotundLongsolidNot modelled 
  Lampsilis cardiumPlain PocketbookNot modelled 
  Lasmigona complanata complanatWhite Heelsplitter (l. C. Complanata)Not modelled 
  Lasmigona costataFlutedshellNot modelled 
  Leptodea fragilisFragile PapershellNot modelled 
  Obovaria subrotundaRound HickorynutNot modelled 
  Potamilus alatusPink HeelsplitterNot modelled 
  Ptychobranchus fasciolarisKidneyshellNot modelled 
  Quadrula pustulosa pustulosaPimplebackNot modelled 
  Quadrula quadrulaMapleleafNot modelled 
  Strophitus undulatusCreeperNot modelled 
  Tritogonia verrucosaPistolgripNot modelled 
  Truncilla truncataDeertoeNot modelled 


Additional species information is available



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