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Kentucky's Species Information for Public Hunting Area Paintsville Lake WMA
The following is a checklist of observed and expected species for Paintsville Lake 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
  Ambystoma jeffersonianumJefferson Salamander  Predicted    
  Ambystoma maculatumSpotted Salamander  Predicted    
  Ambystoma opacumMarbled Salamander  Predicted    
  Aneides aeneusGreen Salamander3  Predicted   Current 
  Bufo americanusAmerican Toad2  Predicted    
  Bufo fowleriFowler's Toad  Predicted    
  Desmognathus fuscusNorthern Dusky Salamander  Not modelled  Current 
  Desmognathus monticolaSeal Salamander2  Predicted    
  Desmognathus welteriBlack Mountain Salamander  Predicted   Not expected 
  Eurycea cirrigeraSouthern Two-lined Salamander2  Predicted    
  Eurycea longicaudaLongtail Salamander1  Not modelled   
  Eurycea lucifugaCave Salamander  Predicted    
  Gyrinophilus porphyriticus duryiKentucky Spring Salamander  Predicted    
  Hemidactylium scutatumFour-toed Salamander  Predicted   Current 
  Hyla chrysoscelisCope's Gray Treefrog4  Predicted   Current 
  Necturus maculosusMudpuppy  Predicted    
  Notophthalmus viridescensEastern Newt2  Predicted    
  Plethodon glutinosusSlimy Salamander4  Predicted   Current 
  Plethodon kentuckiCumberland Plateau Salamander  Predicted   Current 
  Plethodon richmondiRavine Salamander1  Predicted    
  Pseudacris brachyphonaMountain Chorus Frog1  Predicted    
  Pseudacris crucifer cruciferNorthern Spring Peeper  Predicted    
  Pseudotriton montanus diastictusMidland Mud Salamander  Predicted    
  Pseudotriton ruberRed Salamander  Predicted    
  Rana catesbeianaBullfrog2  Predicted    
  Rana clamitans melanotaGreen Frog4  Predicted    
  Rana palustrisPickerel Frog1  Predicted    
  Rana sylvaticaWood Frog  Predicted   Current 
  Scaphiopus holbrookiiEastern Spadefoot  Predicted   Current 
Bird
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
   Predicted   Range
  Chen caerulescensSnow Goose  Wintering    
  Branta canadensisCanada Goose7  Breeding Wintering    
  Cygnus olorMute Swan1  Not modelled   
  Cygnus columbianusTundra Swan  Not modelled  Wintering 
  Aix sponsaWood Duck3  Breeding Wintering    
  Anas streperaGadwall  Wintering    
  Anas americanaAmerican Wigeon  Wintering    
  Anas rubripesAmerican Black Duck1  Wintering   Wintering 
  Anas platyrhynchosMallard3  Breeding Wintering    
  Anas discorsBlue-winged Teal  Breeding    
  Anas clypeataNorthern Shoveler1  Not predicted   
  Anas acutaNorthern Pintail  Not modelled  Wintering 
  Aythya valisineriaCanvasback  Wintering    
  Aythya collarisRing-necked Duck  Wintering    
  Aythya marilaGreater Scaup  Wintering   Wintering 
  Aythya affinisLesser Scaup  Wintering   Wintering 
  Bucephala albeolaBufflehead  Wintering    
  Bucephala clangulaCommon Goldeneye  Wintering    
  Lophodytes cucullatusHooded Merganser1  Breeding Wintering   Breeding, Wintering 
  Mergus merganserCommon Merganser  Wintering    
  Oxyura jamaicensisRuddy Duck  Wintering    
  Colinus virginianusNorthern Bobwhite4  Breeding Wintering   Breeding, Wintering 
  Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse1  Breeding Wintering   Breeding, Wintering 
  Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey10  Breeding Wintering    
  Gavia immerCommon Loon1  Wintering    
  Podilymbus podicepsPied-billed Grebe2  Breeding Wintering   Breeding, Wintering 
  Podiceps auritusHorned Grebe  Wintering   Wintering 
  Phalacrocorax auritusDouble-crested Cormorant  Wintering    
  Botaurus lentiginosusAmerican Bittern  Not modelled  Transient 
  Ardea herodiasGreat Blue Heron5  Wintering    
  Egretta caeruleaLittle Blue Heron  Not modelled  Transient 
  Butorides virescensGreen Heron  Breeding    
  Nycticorax nycticoraxBlack-crowned Night-heron  Not modelled  Transient 
  Cathartes auraTurkey Vulture2  Breeding    
  Pandion haliaetusOsprey2  Not predicted  Breeding 
  Haliaeetus leucocephalusBald Eagle1  Not predicted  Breeding, Wintering 
  Circus cyaneusNorthern Harrier  Wintering   Wintering 
  Accipiter striatusSharp-shinned Hawk1  Breeding Wintering   Breeding, Wintering 
  Accipiter cooperiiCooper's Hawk1  Breeding Wintering    
  Buteo lineatusRed-shouldered Hawk1  Breeding Wintering    
  Buteo platypterusBroad-winged Hawk3  Breeding    
  Buteo jamaicensisRed-tailed Hawk2  Breeding Wintering    
  Falco sparveriusAmerican Kestrel  Breeding Wintering   Breeding, Wintering 
  Falco peregrinusPeregrine Falcon  Not modelled  Breeding, Wintering 
  Fulica americanaAmerican Coot  Wintering    
  Grus canadensisSandhill Crane1  Not modelled  Not expected 
  Charadrius vociferusKilldeer3  Breeding Wintering    
  Actitis maculariusSpotted Sandpiper  Not modelled  Transient 
  Tringa solitariaSolitary Sandpiper  Not modelled  Transient 
  Tringa flavipesLesser Yellowlegs  Not modelled  Transient 
  Calidris pusillaSemipalmated Sandpiper  Not modelled  Transient 
  Limnodromus griseusShort-billed Dowitcher  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Gallinago delicataWilson's Snipe  Wintering   Wintering 
  Scolopax minorAmerican Woodcock5  Breeding   Breeding, Wintering 
  Chlidonias nigerBlack Tern  Not modelled  Transient 
  Zenaida macrouraMourning Dove6  Breeding Wintering    
  Coccyzus americanusYellow-billed Cuckoo1  Breeding    
  Coccyzus erythropthalmusBlack-billed Cuckoo  Breeding    
  Tyto albaBarn Owl  Breeding Wintering   Breeding, Wintering 
  Megascops asioEastern Screech-Owl  Breeding Wintering    
  Bubo virginianusGreat Horned Owl1  Breeding Wintering    
  Strix variaBarred Owl4  Breeding Wintering    
  Asio flammeusShort-eared Owl  Wintering   Wintering 
  Chordeiles minorCommon Nighthawk  Breeding    
  Caprimulgus carolinensisChuck-will's-widow  Breeding   Not expected 
  Caprimulgus vociferusEastern Whip-poor-will1  Breeding   Breeding 
  Chaetura pelagicaChimney Swift  Breeding    
  Archilochus colubrisRuby-throated Hummingbird  Breeding    
  Megaceryle alcyonBelted Kingfisher2  Not modelled   
  Melanerpes erythrocephalusRed-headed Woodpecker1  Breeding Wintering   Breeding, Wintering 
  Melanerpes carolinusRed-bellied Woodpecker  Breeding Wintering    
  Sphyrapicus variusYellow-bellied Sapsucker  Wintering    
  Picoides pubescensDowny Woodpecker1  Breeding Wintering    
  Picoides villosusHairy Woodpecker1  Breeding Wintering    
  Colaptes auratusNorthern Flicker2  Breeding Wintering    
  Dryocopus pileatusPileated Woodpecker7  Breeding Wintering    
  Contopus virensEastern Wood-Pewee2  Breeding    
  Empidonax virescensAcadian Flycatcher14  Breeding    
  Empidonax trailliiWillow Flycatcher  Breeding   Breeding 
  Sayornis phoebeEastern Phoebe3  Breeding    
  Myiarchus crinitusGreat Crested Flycatcher1  Breeding    
  Tyrannus tyrannusEastern Kingbird  Breeding    
  Vireo griseusWhite-eyed Vireo13  Breeding    
  Vireo flavifronsYellow-throated Vireo7  Breeding    
  Vireo solitariusBlue-headed Vireo4  Breeding    
  Vireo olivaceusRed-eyed Vireo2  Breeding    
  Cyanocitta cristataBlue Jay4  Breeding Wintering    
  Corvus brachyrhynchosAmerican Crow7  Breeding Wintering    
  Corvus coraxCommon Raven4  Not predicted  Breeding, Wintering 
  Eremophila alpestrisHorned Lark  Breeding    
  Progne subisPurple Martin  Breeding    
  Stelgidopteryx serripennisNorthern Rough-winged Swallow  Breeding    
  Hirundo rusticaBarn Swallow  Breeding    
  Poecile carolinensisCarolina Chickadee5  Breeding Wintering    
  Baeolophus bicolorTufted Titmouse1  Breeding Wintering    
  Sitta canadensisRed-breasted Nuthatch1  Wintering   Wintering 
  Sitta carolinensisWhite-breasted Nuthatch4  Breeding Wintering    
  Certhia americanaBrown Creeper  Wintering   Wintering 
  Thryothorus ludovicianusCarolina Wren1  Breeding Wintering    
  Cistothorus platensisSedge Wren1  Breeding   Breeding 
  Polioptila caeruleaBlue-gray Gnatcatcher4  Breeding    
  Regulus satrapaGolden-crowned Kinglet  Wintering    
  Regulus calendulaRuby-crowned Kinglet1  Wintering    
  Sialia sialisEastern Bluebird2  Breeding Wintering    
  Catharus guttatusHermit Thrush1  Wintering    
  Hylocichla mustelinaWood Thrush2  Breeding   Breeding 
  Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin2  Breeding Wintering    
  Dumetella carolinensisGray Catbird1  Breeding    
  Mimus polyglottosNorthern Mockingbird  Breeding Wintering    
  Toxostoma rufumBrown Thrasher2  Breeding    
  Bombycilla cedrorumCedar Waxwing  Breeding Wintering    
  Seiurus aurocapillaOvenbird1  Breeding    
  Helmitheros vermivorumWorm-eating Warbler8  Breeding   Breeding 
  Parkesia motacillaLouisiana Waterthrush1  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Vermivora cyanopteraBlue-winged Warbler14  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Mniotilta variaBlack-and-white Warbler3  Breeding    
  Protonotaria citreaProthonotary Warbler  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Limnothlypis swainsoniiSwainson's Warbler  Breeding   Breeding 
  Geothlypis formosaKentucky Warbler8  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Geothlypis trichasCommon Yellowthroat3  Breeding    
  Setophaga citrinaHooded Warbler31  Not modelled   
  Setophaga ruticillaAmerican Redstart1  Breeding    
  Setophaga ceruleaCerulean Warbler1  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Setophaga americanaNorthern Parula4  Not modelled   
  Setophaga magnoliaMagnolia Warbler1  Not modelled   
  Setophaga pinusPine Warbler1  Not modelled   
  Setophaga discolorPrairie Warbler8  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Setophaga virensBlack-throated Green Warbler1  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Icteria virensYellow-breasted Chat25  Breeding    
  Pipilo erythrophthalmusEastern Towhee3  Breeding Wintering    
  Spizella passerinaChipping Sparrow1  Breeding    
  Spizella pusillaField Sparrow5  Breeding Wintering    
  Pooecetes gramineusVesper Sparrow  Not modelled  Wintering 
  Passerculus sandwichensisSavannah Sparrow  Breeding   Wintering 
  Ammodramus savannarumGrasshopper Sparrow  Breeding   Breeding 
  Ammodramus henslowiiHenslow's Sparrow  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Passerella iliacaFox Sparrow  Wintering    
  Melospiza melodiaSong Sparrow  Breeding Wintering    
  Melospiza georgianaSwamp Sparrow  Wintering    
  Zonotrichia albicollisWhite-throated Sparrow1  Wintering    
  Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow  Wintering    
  Junco hyemalisDark-eyed Junco  Wintering    
  Piranga rubraSummer Tanager1  Breeding    
  Piranga olivaceaScarlet Tanager2  Breeding    
  Cardinalis cardinalisNorthern Cardinal8  Breeding Wintering    
  Pheucticus ludovicianusRose-breasted Grosbeak  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Passerina caeruleaBlue Grosbeak  Breeding    
  Passerina cyaneaIndigo Bunting4  Breeding    
  Spiza americanaDickcissel  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Dolichonyx oryzivorusBobolink  Not modelled  Breeding 
  Agelaius phoeniceusRed-winged Blackbird1  Breeding Wintering    
  Sturnella magnaEastern Meadowlark1  Breeding Wintering    
  Euphagus carolinusRusty Blackbird  Wintering   Wintering 
  Quiscalus quisculaCommon Grackle  Breeding Wintering    
  Molothrus aterBrown-headed Cowbird  Breeding Wintering    
  Icterus spuriusOrchard Oriole  Breeding    
  Icterus galbulaBaltimore Oriole  Breeding    
  Carpodacus purpureusPurple Finch  Wintering    
  Coccothraustes vespertinusEvening Grosbeak  Wintering    
  Passer domesticusHouse Sparrow1  Not modelled   
Mammal
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
   Predicted   Range
  Blarina brevicaudaNorthern Short-tailed Shrew  Predicted    
  Canis latransCoyote  Predicted    
  Castor canadensisAmerican Beaver2  Predicted    
  Cervus elaphusElk1  Predicted    
  Clethrionomys gapperi maurusKentucky Red-backed Vole  Not modelled  Current 
  Corynorhinus rafinesquiiRafinesque's Big-eared Bat  Predicted   Current 
  Corynorhinus townsendii virginianusVirginia Big-eared Bat  Predicted   Current 
  Cryptotis parvaLeast Shrew  Predicted    
  Didelphis virginianaVirginia Opossum  Predicted    
  Eptesicus fuscusBig Brown Bat6  Predicted   Current 
  Glaucomys volansSouthern Flying Squirrel  Predicted    
  Lasionycteris noctivagansSilver-haired Bat  Predicted   Current 
  Lasiurus borealisEastern Red Bat3  Predicted   Current 
  Lasiurus cinereusHoary Bat  Predicted   Current 
  Lontra canadensisNorthern River Otter1  Predicted    
  Lynx rufusBobcat1  Predicted    
  Marmota monaxWoodchuck  Predicted    
  Mephitis mephitisStriped Skunk1  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 leibiiEastern Small-footed Myotis  Not modelled  Current 
  Myotis lucifugusLittle Brown Bat3  Predicted   Current 
  Myotis septentrionalisNorthern Myotis1  Predicted   Current 
  Myotis sodalisIndiana Bat  Predicted   Current 
  Napaeozapus insignisWoodland Jumping Mouse  Predicted    
  Neotoma magisterAllegheny Woodrat  Predicted   Current 
  Ochrotomys nuttalliGolden Mouse  Predicted    
  Odocoileus virginianusWhite-tailed Deer10  Predicted    
  Ondatra zibethicusMuskrat  Predicted    
  Parascalops breweriHairy-tailed Mole1  Predicted    
  Perimyotis subflavusEastern Pipistrelle2  Not modelled  Current 
  Peromyscus leucopusWhite-footed Mouse2  Predicted    
  Peromyscus maniculatusDeer Mouse  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 hoyiPygmy Shrew  Predicted    
  Sorex longirostrisSoutheastern Shrew  Predicted    
  Spilogale putoriusEastern Spotted Skunk  Predicted   Current 
  Sylvilagus floridanusEastern Cottontail4  Predicted    
  Sylvilagus obscurusAppalachian Cottontail  Not modelled  Current 
  Synaptomys cooperiSouthern Bog Lemming  Predicted    
  Tamias striatusEastern Chipmunk4  Predicted    
  Urocyon cinereoargenteusGray Fox  Predicted    
  Ursus americanusAmerican Black Bear  Predicted   Transient 
  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    
  Carphophis amoenusWorm Snake  Predicted    
  Chelydra serpentina serpentinaCommon Snapping Turtle  Predicted    
  Coluber constrictorRacer5  Predicted    
  Crotalus horridusTimber Rattlesnake  Predicted   Current 
  Diadophis punctatusRingneck Snake1  Predicted    
  Elaphe guttataEastern Corn Snake  Not modelled  Current 
  Elaphe obsoleta obsoletaBlack Rat Snake  Predicted    
  Eumeces anthracinusCoal Skink  Not modelled  Current 
  Eumeces fasciatusFive-lined Skink  Predicted    
  Eumeces laticepsBroadhead Skink  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    
  Scincella lateralisGround Skink1  Predicted    
  Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculataNorthern Redbelly Snake1  Predicted    
  Terrapene carolina carolinaEastern Box Turtle10  Predicted    
  Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalisEastern Garter Snake  Predicted    
  Trachemys scripta elegansRed-eared Slider  Predicted    
Crayfish, amphipod, isopod, shrimp
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
   Predicted   Range
  Cambarus veteranusBig Sandy Crayfish  Not modelled  Current 
Fish
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
   Predicted   Range
  Campostoma anomalumCentral Stoneroller2  Not modelled   
  Catostomus commersoniiWhite Sucker2  Not modelled   
  Dorosoma cepedianumGizzard Shad1  Not modelled   
  Etheostoma blennioidesGreenside Darter1  Not modelled   
  Etheostoma caeruleumRainbow Darter1  Not modelled   
  Etheostoma flabellareFantail Darter2  Not modelled   
  Etheostoma nigrumJohnny Darter2  Not modelled  Current 
  Hypentelium nigricansNorthern Hog Sucker2  Not modelled   
  Labidesthes sicculusBrook Silverside1  Not modelled   
  Lepomis macrochirusBluegill2  Not modelled   
  Lepomis megalotisLongear Sunfish2  Not modelled   
  Luxilus chrysocephalusStriped Shiner2  Not modelled   
  Micropterus punctulatusSpotted Bass1  Not modelled   
  Micropterus salmoidesLargemouth Bass1  Not modelled   
  Notropis buccatusSilverjaw Minnow2  Not modelled   
  Notropis volucellusMimic Shiner1  Not modelled   
  Noturus miurusBrindled Madtom1  Not modelled   
  Noturus stigmosusNorthern Madtom  Not modelled  Current 
  Percina caprodesLogperch2  Not modelled   
  Percina macrocephalaLonghead Darter  Not modelled  Historic Only 
  Pimephales notatusBluntnose Minnow2  Not modelled   
  Rhinichthys obtususWestern Blacknose Dace1  Not modelled   
  Semotilus atromaculatusCreek Chub2  Not modelled   
Lamprey
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
   Predicted   Range
  Ichthyomyzon fossorNorthern Brook Lamprey  Not modelled  Current 
  Lampetra aepypteraLeast Brook Lamprey1  Not modelled   
  Lampetra appendixAmerican Brook Lamprey  Not modelled  Historic Only 
Mussel
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
   Predicted   Range
  Anodontoides ferussacianusCylindrical Papershell  Not modelled  Current 
  Cyprogenia stegariaFanshell  Not modelled  Historic Only 
  Fusconaia subrotunda subrotundaLongsolid  Not modelled  Current 
  Quadrula cylindrica cylindricaRabbitsfoot  Not modelled  Historic Only 
  Villosa lienosaLittle Spectaclecase  Not modelled  Historic Only 

Additional species information is available


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