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

The following is a checklist of observed and expected species for Beaver 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 
  Aneides aeneusGreen Salamander  Predicted 
  Bufo americanusAmerican Toad  Predicted 
  Bufo fowleriFowler's Toad  Predicted 
  Desmognathus fuscus fuscusNorthern Dusky Salamander  Predicted 
  Desmognathus monticolaSeal Salamander  Predicted 
  Desmognathus welteriBlack Mountain Salamander  Predicted 
  Eurycea cirrigeraSouthern Two-lined SalamanderPredicted 
  Eurycea longicauda longicaudaLongtail Salamander  Predicted 
  Eurycea lucifugaCave Salamander  Predicted 
  Gyrinophilus porphyriticus durKentucky Spring Salamander  Predicted 
  Hemidactylium scutatumFour-toed Salamander  Predicted 
  Hyla chrysoscelisCope's Gray Treefrog  Predicted 
  Necturus maculosusMudpuppy  Predicted 
  Notophthalmus viridescensEastern NewtPredicted 
  Plethodon dorsalisNorthern Zigzag Salamander  Predicted 
  Plethodon glutinosusSlimy Salamander  Predicted 
  Plethodon kentuckiCumberland Plateau Salamander  Predicted 
  Plethodon ventralisSouthern Zigzag Salamander  Predicted 
  Pseudacris brachyphonaMountain Chorus Frog  Predicted 
  Pseudacris crucifer cruciferNorthern Spring PeeperPredicted 
  Pseudotriton montanus diastictMidland Mud Salamander  Predicted 
  Pseudotriton ruberRed Salamander  Predicted 
  Rana catesbeianaBullfrogPredicted 
  Rana palustrisPickerel Frog  Predicted 
  Rana sphenocephalaSouthern Leopard Frog  Predicted 
  Rana sylvaticaWood Frog  Predicted 
  Scaphiopus holbrookiiEastern Spadefoot  Predicted 
Bird
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
  Predicted
  Chen caerulescensSnow Goose  Wintering 
  Branta canadensisCanada Goose  Breeding Wintering 
  Aix sponsaWood DuckBreeding Wintering 
  Anas streperaGadwall  Wintering 
  Anas americanaAmerican Wigeon  Wintering 
  Anas rubripesAmerican Black Duck  Wintering 
  Anas platyrhynchosMallard  Breeding 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 Grouse  Breeding 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  Breeding Wintering 
  Butorides virescensGreen Heron  Breeding 
  Coragyps atratusBlack Vulture  Breeding Wintering 
  Cathartes auraTurkey Vulture  Breeding 
  Pandion haliaetusOsprey  Breeding 
  Haliaeetus leucocephalusBald Eagle  Wintering 
  Circus cyaneusNorthern Harrier  Wintering 
  Accipiter striatusSharp-shinned HawkBreeding 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 
  Fulica americanaAmerican Coot  Wintering 
  Charadrius vociferusKilldeer  Breeding Wintering 
  Gallinago delicataWilson's Snipe  Wintering 
  Scolopax minorAmerican WoodcockBreeding 
  Larus philadelphiaBonaparte's Gull  Wintering 
  Larus delawarensisRing-billed Gull  Wintering 
  Zenaida macrouraMourning DoveBreeding 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 flammeusShort-eared Owl  Wintering 
  Chordeiles minorCommon Nighthawk  Breeding 
  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 WoodpeckerBreeding Wintering 
  Melanerpes carolinusRed-bellied Woodpecker  Breeding Wintering 
  Sphyrapicus variusYellow-bellied Sapsucker  Wintering 
  Picoides pubescensDowny WoodpeckerBreeding Wintering 
  Picoides villosusHairy WoodpeckerBreeding Wintering 
  Picoides borealisRed-cockaded Woodpecker  Breeding Wintering 
  Colaptes auratusNorthern Flicker  Breeding Wintering 
  Dryocopus pileatusPileated WoodpeckerBreeding Wintering 
  Contopus virensEastern Wood-peweeBreeding 
  Empidonax virescensAcadian Flycatcher  Breeding 
  Empidonax trailliiWillow Flycatcher  Breeding 
  Sayornis phoebeEastern Phoebe  Breeding Wintering 
  Myiarchus crinitusGreat Crested Flycatcher  Breeding 
  Tyrannus tyrannusEastern Kingbird  Breeding 
  Vireo griseusWhite-eyed Vireo  Breeding 
  Vireo flavifronsYellow-throated Vireo  Breeding 
  Vireo solitariusBlue-headed Vireo  Breeding 
  Vireo olivaceusRed-eyed VireoBreeding 
  Cyanocitta cristataBlue JayBreeding Wintering 
  Corvus brachyrhynchosAmerican CrowBreeding Wintering 
  Eremophila alpestrisHorned Lark  Breeding 
  Progne subisPurple Martin  Breeding 
  Tachycineta bicolorTree Swallow  Breeding 
  Stelgidopteryx serripennisNorthern Rough-winged Swallow  Breeding 
  Hirundo rusticaBarn Swallow  Breeding 
  Poecile carolinensisCarolina ChickadeeBreeding Wintering 
  Baeolophus bicolorTufted TitmouseBreeding Wintering 
  Sitta canadensisRed-breasted Nuthatch  Wintering 
  Sitta carolinensisWhite-breasted NuthatchBreeding Wintering 
  Certhia americanaBrown Creeper  Wintering 
  Thryothorus ludovicianusCarolina WrenBreeding Wintering 
  Troglodytes troglodytesWinter Wren  Wintering 
  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 Robin  Breeding Wintering 
  Dumetella carolinensisGray Catbird  Breeding 
  Mimus polyglottosNorthern Mockingbird  Breeding Wintering 
  Toxostoma rufumBrown ThrasherBreeding 
  Bombycilla cedrorumCedar Waxwing  Breeding Wintering 
  Vermivora pinusBlue-winged Warbler  Breeding 
  Setophaga americanaNorthern Parula  Breeding 
  Setophaga petechiaYellow Warbler  Breeding 
  Setophaga coronataYellow-rumped Warbler  Wintering 
  Setophaga virensBlack-throated Green Warbler  Breeding 
  Setophaga dominicaYellow-throated Warbler  Breeding 
  Setophaga pinusPine WarblerBreeding 
  Setophaga discolorPrairie WarblerBreeding 
  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 aurocapillaOvenbirdBreeding 
  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 passerinaChipping SparrowBreeding 
  Spizella pusillaField Sparrow  Breeding Wintering 
  Passerculus sandwichensisSavannah Sparrow  Breeding 
  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 JuncoWintering 
  Cardinalis cardinalisNorthern Cardinal  Breeding 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 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 GoldfinchBreeding Wintering 
  Coccothraustes vespertinusEvening Grosbeak  Wintering 
Mammal
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
  Predicted
  Blarina brevicaudaNorthern Short-tailed Shrew  Predicted 
  Canis latransCoyote  Predicted 
  Castor canadensisAmerican BeaverPredicted 
  Cervus elaphusElk  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 
  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 visonAmerican Mink  Predicted 
  Myotis leibiiEastern Small-footed Myotis  Predicted 
  Myotis lucifugusLittle Brown Bat  Predicted 
  Myotis septentrionalisNorthern Myotis  Predicted 
  Myotis sodalisIndiana Bat  Predicted 
  Napaeozapus insignisWoodland Jumping Mouse  Predicted 
  Neotoma magisterAllegheny Woodrat27  Predicted 
  Nycticeius humeralisEvening Bat  Predicted 
  Ochrotomys nuttalliGolden Mouse  Predicted 
  Odocoileus virginianusWhite-tailed Deer  Predicted 
  Ondatra zibethicusMuskrat  Predicted 
  Oryzomys palustrisMarsh Rice Rat  Predicted 
  Parascalops breweriHairy-tailed Mole  Predicted 
  Peromyscus leucopusWhite-footed Mouse  Predicted 
  Peromyscus maniculatusDeer Mouse  Predicted 
  Pipistrellus subflavusEastern Pipistrelle  Predicted 
  Procyon lotorNorthern RaccoonPredicted 
  Reithrodontomys humulisEastern Harvest Mouse  Predicted 
  Scalopus aquaticusEastern Mole  Predicted 
  Sciurus carolinensisEastern Gray SquirrelPredicted 
  Sciurus nigerEastern Fox Squirrel  Predicted 
  Sigmodon hispidusHispid Cotton Rat  Predicted 
  Sorex fumeusSmoky Shrew  Predicted 
  Sorex hoyiPygmy Shrew  Predicted 
  Sorex longirostrisSoutheastern Shrew  Predicted 
  Spilogale putoriusEastern Spotted Skunk  Predicted 
  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 spinifera spiniferaEastern Spiny Softshell Turtle  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 RattlesnakePredicted 
  Diadophis punctatusRingneck Snake  Predicted 
  Elaphe obsoleta obsoletaBlack Rat Snake  Predicted 
  Eumeces anthracinusCoal Skink  Predicted 
  Eumeces fasciatusFive-lined Skink  Predicted 
  Eumeces inexpectatusSoutheastern Five-lined SkinkPre-1984Predicted 
  Eumeces laticepsBroadhead Skink  Predicted 
  Graptemys geographicaCommon Map Turtle  Predicted 
  Graptemys pseudogeographica psFalse 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 
  Ophisaurus attenuatus longicauEastern Slender Glass Lizard  Predicted 
  Pseudemys concinnaRiver Cooter  Predicted 
  Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthiNorthern Fence Lizard  Predicted 
  Scincella lateralisGround Skink  Predicted 
  Sternotherus odoratusCommon Musk Turtle  Predicted 
  Storeria dekayiBrown Snake  Predicted 
  Storeria occipitomaculata occiNorthern Redbelly Snake  Predicted 
  Terrapene carolina carolinaEastern Box Turtle  Predicted 
  Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalisEastern Garter SnakePredicted 
  Trachemys scripta elegansRed-eared Slider  Predicted 
  Virginia valeriae valeriaeEastern Earth Snake  Predicted 
Fish
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
  Predicted
  Ambloplites rupestrisRock BassNot modelled 
  Campostoma anomalumCentral StonerollerPre-1984Not modelled 
  Campostoma oligolepisLargescale StonerollerNot modelled 
  Catostomus commersoniiWhite SuckerNot modelled 
  Etheostoma blennioidesGreenside DarterNot modelled 
  Etheostoma caeruleumRainbow DarterNot modelled 
  Etheostoma flabellareFantail DarterPre-1984Not modelled 
  Etheostoma kennicottiStripetail DarterNot modelled 
  Etheostoma sagitta sagittaCumberland Arrow DarterNot modelled 
  Etheostoma spectabileOrangethroat DarterNot modelled 
  Etheostoma virgatumStriped DarterNot modelled 
  Hypentelium nigricansNorthern Hog SuckerNot modelled 
  Labidesthes sicculusBrook SilversideNot modelled 
  Lepomis megalotisLongear SunfishNot modelled 
  Luxilus chrysocephalusStriped ShinerNot modelled 
  Lythrurus fasciolarisScarlet ShinerNot modelled 
  Lythrurus umbratilisRedfin ShinerPre-1984Not modelled 
  Micropterus dolomieuSmallmouth BassNot modelled 
  Micropterus punctulatusSpotted BassNot modelled 
  Notropis rubellusRosyface ShinerNot modelled 
  Notropis telescopusTelescope ShinerNot modelled 
  Noturus flavusStonecatNot modelled 
  Oncorhynchus mykissRainbow Trout Or SteelheadNot modelled 
  Percina caprodesLogperchNot modelled 
  Phoxinus cumberlandensisBlackside Dace17  Not modelled 
  Phoxinus erythrogasterSouthern Redbelly DaceNot modelled 
  Semotilus atromaculatusCreek Chub13  Not modelled 
Lamprey
Scientific Name
Common Name
Observed
  Predicted
  Lampetra aepypteraLeast Brook LampreyNot modelled 


Additional species information is available



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