WHEP Species

Birds of the Urban Ecoregion 

1. American robin (pg. 74)
2. bluebird (pg. 94)
3. common nighthawk (pg. 89)
4. European starling (pg. 96)
5. house finch (pg. 109)
6. house sparrow (pg. 110)
7. house wren (pg. 111)
8. northern flicker (pg. 123)
9. peregrine falcon (pg. 129)
10. rock pigeon (pg. 138)
11. ruby-throated hummingbird (pg. 139)
12. song sparrow (pg. 144)

Mammals of the Urban Ecoregion

1. big brown bat (pg. 161)
2. cottontail (pg. 172)
3. coyote (pg. 170)
4. eastern gray squirrel (pg. 174)
5. racoon (pg. 185)
6. white-tailed deer (pg. 191-192)

Birds of the Tallgrass Prairie Ecoregion 

1. blue-winged teal (pg. 82)
2. dickcissel (pg. 92)
3. grasshopper sparrow (pg. 103)
4. greater prairie-chicken (pg. 105)
5. mourning dove (pg. 120)
6. northern bobwhite (pg. 121)
7. northern harrier (pg. 125)
8. ring-necked pheasant (pg. 137)
9. wild turkey (pg. 154)

Mammals, Snakes, and Fish of the Tallgrass Prairie Ecoregion

1. coyote (pg. 170)
2. eastern cottontail (pg. 172)
3. red fox (pg. 186)
4. white-tailed deer (pg. 191)
5. plains hog-nosed snake (pg. 199)
6. bluegill (pg. 210)
7. largemouth bass (pg. 214)

Birds of the Wetland Ecoregion  

1. American bittern (pg. 71)
2. Canada goose (pg. 88)
3. Mallard (pg. 117)
4. northern pintail (pg. 126)
5. Redhead (pg. 136)
6. spotted sandpiper (pg. 147)
7. Virginia rail (pg. 149)
8. Wilson’s snipe (pg. 156)

Mammals, Reptiles, and Fish of the Wetland Ecoregion 

1. American beaver (pg. 159)
2. common muskrat (pg. 169)
3. mink (pg. 179)
4. raccoon (pg. 185)
5. river otter (pg. 188)
6. eastern snapping turtle (pg. 196)
7. American bullfrog (pg. 203)
8. crawfish frog (pg. 204)
9. tiger salamander (pg. 208)
10. bluegill (pg. 210)
11. largemouth bass (pg. 214)