Kentucky's Species Information for Public Hunting Area Beechy Creek WMA

The following is a checklist of observed and expected species for Beechy Creek 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 maculatumSpotted Salamander  Predicted 
  Ambystoma opacumMarbled Salamander  Predicted 
  Ambystoma talpoideumMole Salamander  Predicted 
  Ambystoma texanumSmallmouth Salamander  Predicted 
  Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinumEastern Tiger Salamander  Predicted 
  Bufo americanusAmerican Toad  Predicted 
  Bufo fowleriFowler's Toad  Predicted 
  Desmognathus fuscus conantiSpotted Dusky Salamander  Predicted 
  Eurycea cirrigeraSouthern Two-lined Salamander  Predicted 
  Eurycea guttolineataThree-lined Salamander  Predicted 
  Gastrophryne carolinensisEastern Narrowmouth Toad  Predicted 
  Hemidactylium scutatumFour-toed Salamander  Predicted 
  Hyla chrysoscelisCope's Gray Treefrog  Predicted 
  Hyla cinereaGreen Treefrog  Predicted 
  Notophthalmus viridescensEastern Newt  Predicted 
  Plethodon dorsalisNorthern Zigzag Salamander  Predicted 
  Plethodon glutinosusSlimy Salamander  Predicted 
  Pseudacris crucifer cruciferNorthern Spring Peeper  Predicted 
  Pseudacris triseriata feriarumUpland Chorus Frog  Predicted 
  Pseudotriton ruberRed Salamander  Predicted 
  Rana areolata circulosaNorthern Crawfish Frog  Predicted 
  Rana catesbeianaBullfrog  Predicted 
  Rana clamitans melanotaGreen Frog  Predicted 
  Rana sphenocephalaSouthern Leopard Frog  Predicted 
  Scaphiopus holbrookiiEastern Spadefoot  Predicted 
  Siren intermedia nettingiWestern Lesser Siren  Predicted 
Bird
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
  Predicted
  Anser albifronsGreater White-fronted Goose  Wintering 
  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 
  Lophodytes cucullatusHooded Merganser  Breeding Wintering 
  Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey  Breeding Wintering 
  Colinus virginianusNorthern Bobwhite  Breeding Wintering 
  Phalacrocorax auritusDouble-crested Cormorant  Wintering 
  Ardea herodiasGreat Blue Heron  Breeding Wintering 
  Ardea albaGreat Egret  Breeding 
  Egretta caeruleaLittle Blue Heron  Breeding 
  Butorides virescensGreen Heron  Breeding 
  Nycticorax nycticoraxBlack-crowned Night-heron  Breeding 
  Nyctanassa violaceaYellow-crowned Night-heron  Breeding 
  Coragyps atratusBlack Vulture  Breeding Wintering 
  Cathartes auraTurkey Vulture  Breeding Wintering 
  Haliaeetus leucocephalusBald Eagle  Breeding Wintering 
  Circus cyaneusNorthern Harrier  Wintering 
  Accipiter striatusSharp-shinned Hawk  Breeding Wintering 
  Accipiter cooperiiCooper's Hawk  Breeding Wintering 
  Buteo lineatusRed-shouldered Hawk  Breeding Wintering 
  Buteo platypterusBroad-winged Hawk  Breeding 
  Buteo jamaicensisRed-tailed Hawk  Breeding Wintering 
  Buteo lagopusRough-legged Hawk  Wintering 
  Falco sparveriusAmerican Kestrel  Breeding Wintering 
  Charadrius vociferusKilldeer  Breeding Wintering 
  Gallinago delicataWilson's Snipe  Wintering 
  Scolopax minorAmerican Woodcock  Breeding 
  Larus philadelphiaBonaparte's Gull  Wintering 
  Larus delawarensisRing-billed Gull  Wintering 
  Larus argentatusHerring Gull  Wintering 
  Zenaida macrouraMourning Dove  Breeding Wintering 
  Coccyzus americanusYellow-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 Woodpecker  Breeding Wintering 
  Sphyrapicus variusYellow-bellied Sapsucker  Wintering 
  Picoides pubescensDowny Woodpecker  Breeding Wintering 
  Picoides villosusHairy Woodpecker  Breeding Wintering 
  Colaptes auratusNorthern Flicker  Breeding Wintering 
  Dryocopus pileatusPileated Woodpecker  Breeding Wintering 
  Contopus virensEastern Wood-pewee  Breeding 
  Empidonax virescensAcadian Flycatcher  Breeding 
  Empidonax trailliiWillow Flycatcher  Breeding 
  Sayornis phoebeEastern Phoebe  Breeding Wintering 
  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 gilvusWarbling Vireo  Breeding 
  Vireo olivaceusRed-eyed Vireo  Breeding 
  Cyanocitta cristataBlue Jay  Breeding Wintering 
  Corvus brachyrhynchosAmerican Crow  Breeding 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 Chickadee  Breeding 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 
  Thryomanes bewickiiBewick's Wren  Breeding 
  Troglodytes aedonHouse Wren  Breeding 
  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 Wintering 
  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 
  Limnothlypis swainsoniiSwainson's 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 Towhee  Breeding Wintering 
  Aimophila aestivalisBachman's Sparrow  Breeding 
  Spizella arboreaAmerican Tree Sparrow  Wintering 
  Spizella passerinaChipping Sparrow  Breeding 
  Spizella pusillaField Sparrow  Breeding Wintering 
  Chondestes grammacusLark Sparrow  Breeding 
  Passerculus sandwichensisSavannah Sparrow  Wintering 
  Ammodramus savannarumGrasshopper Sparrow  Breeding 
  Passerella iliacaFox Sparrow  Wintering 
  Melospiza melodiaSong Sparrow  Breeding Wintering 
  Melospiza georgianaSwamp Sparrow  Wintering 
  Zonotrichia albicollisWhite-throated Sparrow  Wintering 
  Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow  Wintering 
  Junco hyemalisDark-eyed Junco  Wintering 
  Cardinalis cardinalisNorthern Cardinal  Breeding 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 
  Euphagus cyanocephalusBrewer's 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 carolinensisSouthern Short-tailed Shrew  Predicted 
  Canis latransCoyote  Predicted 
  Corynorhinus rafinesquiiRafinesque's Big-eared Bat  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 pinetorumWoodland Vole  Predicted 
  Mustela frenataLong-tailed Weasel  Predicted 
  Mustela visonAmerican Mink  Predicted 
  Myotis austroripariusSoutheastern Myotis  Predicted 
  Myotis lucifugusLittle Brown Bat  Predicted 
  Myotis septentrionalisNorthern Myotis  Predicted 
  Myotis sodalisIndiana Bat  Predicted 
  Nycticeius humeralisEvening Bat  Predicted 
  Odocoileus virginianusWhite-tailed Deer  Predicted 
  Oryzomys palustrisMarsh Rice Rat  Predicted 
  Peromyscus gossypinusCotton Mouse  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 
  Sigmodon hispidusHispid Cotton Rat  Predicted 
  Sorex hoyiPygmy Shrew  Predicted 
  Sorex longirostrisSoutheastern Shrew  Predicted 
  Sylvilagus aquaticusSwamp Rabbit  Predicted 
  Sylvilagus floridanusEastern Cottontail  Predicted 
  Tamias striatusEastern Chipmunk  Predicted 
  Urocyon cinereoargenteusGray Fox  Predicted 
  Vulpes vulpesRed Fox  Predicted 
  Zapus hudsoniusMeadow Jumping Mouse  Predicted 
Reptile
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
  Predicted
  Agkistrodon contortrixCopperhead  Predicted 
  Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostWestern Cottonmouth  Predicted 
  Apalone spinifera spiniferaEastern Spiny Softshell Turtle  Predicted 
  Aspidoscelis sexlineataSix-lined Racerunner  Predicted 
  Carphophis amoenusWorm Snake  Predicted 
  Cemophora coccinea copeiNorthern Scarlet Snake  Predicted 
  Chelydra serpentina serpentinaCommon Snapping Turtle  Predicted 
  Chrysemys pictaPainted Turtle  Predicted 
  Coluber constrictorRacer  Predicted 
  Crotalus horridusTimber Rattlesnake  Predicted 
  Diadophis punctatusRingneck Snake  Predicted 
  Elaphe obsoleta obsoletaBlack Rat Snake  Predicted 
  Eumeces anthracinusCoal Skink  Predicted 
  Eumeces fasciatusFive-lined Skink  Predicted 
  Eumeces inexpectatusSoutheastern Five-lined Skink  Predicted 
  Eumeces laticepsBroadhead Skink  Predicted 
  Farancia abacura reinwardtiiWestern Mud Snake  Predicted 
  Graptemys pseudogeographica koMississippi Map Turtle  Predicted 
  Graptemys pseudogeographica psFalse Map Turtle  Predicted 
  Heterodon platirhinosEastern Hognose Snake  Predicted 
  Kinosternon subrubrumEastern Mud Turtle  Predicted 
  Lampropeltis calligaster calliPrairie Kingsnake  Predicted 
  Lampropeltis getula nigraBlack Kingsnake  Predicted 
  Lampropeltis triangulumMilk Snake  Predicted 
  Nerodia erythrogasterPlainbelly Water Snake  Predicted 
  Nerodia rhombifer rhombiferDiamondback Water Snake  Predicted 
  Nerodia sipedonNorthern Water Snake  Predicted 
  Opheodrys aestivusRough Green Snake  Predicted 
  Pituophis melanoleucus melanolNorthern Pine Snake  Predicted 
  Pseudemys concinnaRiver Cooter  Predicted 
  Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthiNorthern Fence Lizard  Predicted 
  Scincella lateralisGround Skink  Predicted 
  Sistrurus miliarius streckeriWestern Pygmy Rattlesnake  Predicted 
  Sternotherus odoratusCommon Musk Turtle  Predicted 
  Storeria dekayiBrown Snake  Predicted 
  Storeria occipitomaculata occiNorthern Redbelly Snake  Predicted 
  Tantilla coronataSoutheastern Crowned Snake  Predicted 
  Terrapene carolina carolinaEastern Box Turtle  Predicted 
  Thamnophis sauritus sauritusEastern Ribbon Snake  Predicted 
  Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalisEastern Garter Snake  Predicted 
  Trachemys scripta elegansRed-eared Slider  Predicted 
  Virginia valeriae elegansWestern Earth Snake  Predicted 


Additional species information is available



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