Waterfowl (Anatidae) American Black Duck Anas rubripes American

Waterfowl (Anatidae) American Black Duck Anas rubripes American

Waterfowl (Anatidae)
American Black Duck
American Wigeon
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Brant
Bufflehead
Canada Goose
Canvasback
Common Goldeneye
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Gadwall
Greater Scaup
Greater White-fronted Goose
Green-winged Teal
Hooded merganser
Lesser Scaup
Mallard
Mottled Duck
Northern pintail
Northern shoveler
Red-breasted Merganser
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy duck
Snow Goose
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Anas rubripes
Anas americana
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Anas discors
Branta bernicla
Bucephala albeola
Branta canadensis
Aythya valisineria
Bucephala clangula
Dendrocygna bicolor
Anas strepera
Aythya marila
Anser albifrons
Anas crecca
Lophodytes cucullatus
Aythya affinis
Anas platyrhynchos
Anas fulvigula
Anas acuta
Anas clypeata
Mergus serrator
Aythya americana
Aythya collaris
Oxyura jamaicensis
Chen caerulescens
Cygnus buccinator
Aix sponsa
Pelicans (Pelecaniformes)
American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Diurnal Raptors (Accipitridae, Cathartidae, Falconidae)
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Black vulture
Coragyps atratus
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Merlin
Falco columbarius
Mississippi Kite
Ictinia mississippiensis
Northern Harrier
Circus cyaneus
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Turkey vulture
Cathartes aura
Upland Game Birds (Odontophoridae, Phasianidae)
Northern Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
Wild Turkey
Mealeagris gallopavo
Gruiformes (Rallidae)
American Coot
Fulica americana
Common Moorhen
King Rail
Purple Gallinule
Sora
Virginia Rail
Yellow Rail
Gallinula chloropus
Rallus elegans
Porphyrio martinica
Porzana carolina
Rallus limicola
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Shorebirds (Charadriidae, Recurvistridae, Scolopacidae)
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Bonaparte's Gull
Larus philadelphia
Caspian Tern
Sterna caspia
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Gull-billed Tern
Sterna nilotica
Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Long-billed Dowithcer
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delwarensis
Royal Tern
Sterna maxima
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla
Short-billed Dowithcer
Limnodromus griseus
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularia
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauri
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fusciollis
Willet
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Wading Birds (Ardeidae, Threskiornitidae)
American Bittern
Botaurus lentiginosus
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Least Bittern
Ixobrychus exilis
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Roseate Spoonbill
Platalea ajaja
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
White Ibis
Eudocimus albus
Whiteface ibis
Wood Stork
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Plegadis chihi
Mycteria americana
Nyctanassa violacea
Doves (Columbidae)
Common Ground-Dove
Mourning Dove
Rock Dove
Columbina passerina
Zenaida macroura
Columba livia
Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Black-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Geococcyx californianus
Coccyzus americanus
Owls (Strigidae, Tytonidae)
Barn Owl
Barred Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Tyto alba
Strix varia
Otus asio
Bubo virginianus
Goatsuckers (Caprimulgidae)
Chuck-will's-widow
Common Nighthawk
Whip-poor-will
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Chordeiles minor
Caprimulgus vociferus
Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Belted Kingfisher
Ceryle alcyon
Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Picoides pubescens
Picoides villosus
Colaptes auratus
Dryocopus pileatus
Melanerpes carolinus
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Sphyrapicus varius
Tyrant Flycatcher (Tyrannidae)
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Wood_Pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Tyrannus tyrannus
Sayornis phoebe
Contopus virens
Myiarchus crinitus
Tyrannus forficatus
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Shrikes (Laniidae)
Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus
Vireos (Vireonidae)
Red-eyed Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
Vireo griseus
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
Jays and Crows (Corvidae)
American Crow
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Cyanocitta cristata
Corvus ossifragus
Larks (Alaudidae)
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
Grebes (Podicipedidae)
Horned Grebe
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Podiceps auritus
Tachybaptus dominicus
Podilymbus podiceps
Anhinga (Anhingidae)
Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga
Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Swift (Apodidae)
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Martins and Swallows (Hirundinidae)
Purple Martin
Progne subis
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Jays and Crows (Corvidae)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Cyanocitta cristata
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Corvus ossifragus
Chickadees and Titmice (Paridae)
Carolina Chickadee
Poecile carolinensis
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
Nuthatches (Sittidae)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Sitta canadensis
Creepers (Certhiidae)
Brown Creeper
Certhia americana
Wrens (Tryglodytidae)
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Troglodytes aedon
Troglodytes troglodytes
Cistothorus platensis
Cistothorus palustris
Kinglets (Regulidae)
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Regulus satrapa
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendala
Gnatcatchers (Sylviidae)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Bluebirds, Thrushes, and Robins (Turdidae)
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
Veery
Catharus fuscescens
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Catharus minimus
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatus
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Thrashers/Mimics (Mimidae)
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Dumetella carolinensis
Mimus polyglottos
Toxostoma rufum
Pipits (Motacillidae)
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
Anthus rubescens
Anthus spragueii
Waxwing (Bombycillidae)
Cedar waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Starlings (Sturnidae)
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Corbat, C. Loose Alliance of Casual and Keen Bird Watchers of Central
Louisiana. LSUA. 8100 Hwy 71S.
Alexandria, LA. 71302.
Lowery, G. 1955. Louisiana Birds. Louisiana State University Press. Baton Rouge.
Sibley, D. 2003. Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America. Alfred A. Knopf. New York.
Sirenidae
Western lesser siren
Siren intermedia
Salamandridae
Eastern newt
Notophthalmus viridescens
Proteidae
Gulf Coast Waterdog
Necturus boyeri
Amphiumidae
Three-toed Amphiuma
Amphiuma triactylum
Ambystomidae
Spotted salamander
Marbled salamander
Mole salamander
Small-mouthed salamander
Tiger salamander
Ambystoma maculatum
Ambystoma opacum
Ambystoma talpoideum
Ambystoma texanum
Ambystoma tigrinum
Plethodontidae
Southern dusky salamander
Dward salamander
Desmognathus auriculatus
Eurycea quadridigitta
Pelobatidae
Eastern spadefoot
Scaphiopus holbrooki
Ranidae
Bullfrog
Bronze frog
Pickerel frog
Southern leopard frog
Rana catesbeiana
Rana clamitans
Rana palustris
Rana sphenocephala
Microhylidae
Eastern Narrow-mouthed Frog
Woodhouse's Toad
Gulf Coast Toad
Gastrophryne carolinensis
Bufo woodhousei
Bufo valliceps
Hylidae
Northern Cricket Frog
Bird-voiced Treefrog
Common Gray Treefrog
Green Treefrog
Spring Peeper
Squirrel Treefrog
Chorus frog
Hyla crepitans
Hyla avivoca
Hyla versicolor
Hyla cinerea
Hyla crucifer
Hyla squirella
Pseudacris triseriata
Crocodylidae
American alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
Chelydridae
Snapping turtle
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina
Macrolemys temmincki
Kinosternidae
Mud Turtle
Kinosternon subrubrum
Razor-backed Musk Turtle
Stink pot
Sternotherus carinatus
Sternotherus odoratus
Emydidae
River cooter
Cooter
Painted Turtle
Pond slider
Chicken turtle
Mississippi Map Turtle
False Map Turtle
Eastern Box Turtle
Chrysemys conccinna
Chrysemys floridana
Chrysemys picta
Chrysemys scripta
Deirochelys reticularia
Graptemys kohni
Graptemys pseudogeographica
Terrapene carolina
Trionychidae
Smooth Softshell
Spiny Softshell
Trionyx muticus
Trionyx spiniferus
Iguanidae
Green Anole
Eastern Fence Lizard
Anolis carolinensis
Sceloporus undulatus
Anguidae
Slender Glass Lizard
Ophisaurus attentuatus
Teiidae
Racerunner
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
Scincidae
Five-lined Skink
Broad-headed Skink
Ground Skink
Eumeces fasciatus
Eumeces laticeps
Scincella lateralis
Colubridae
Black racer
Ringneck snake
Corn Snake
Rat Snake
Mud Snake
Eastern Hognose Snake
Scarlet Kingsnake
Prairie Kingsnake
Common Kingsnake
Louisiana Milk Snake
Coachwhip
Green Water Snake
Plain-bellied Water Snake
Southern Water Snake
Diamond Water Snake
Rough Green Snake
Graham's Crayfish Snake
Glossy Crayfish Snake
Brown Snake
Red-bellied Snake
Western Ribbon Snake
Common Garter Snake
Coluber constrictor
Diadophis punctutus
Elaphe guttata
Elaphe obsoleta
Farancia abacura
Heterodon platyrhinos
Lampropeltis trangulum elapsoides
Lampropeltis calligaster
Lampropeltis getulus
Lampropeltis triangulum amaura
Masticophis flagellum
Nerodia cyclopion
Nerodia erythrogaster
Nerodia fasciata
Nerodia rhombifera
Opheodrys aestivus
Regina grahami
Regina rigida
Storeria dekayi
Storeria occipitomaculata
Thamnophis proximus
Thamnophis sirtalis
Rough Earth Snake
Smooth Earth Snake
Virginia striatula
Virginia valeriae
Elapidae
Eastern Coral Snake
Micrurus fulvius
Viperidae
Copperhead
Cottonmouth
Timber Rattlesnake
Pigmy Rattlesnake
Scarlet Snake
Agkistrodon contortrix
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Crotalus horridus
Sistrurus miliarius
Cemophora coccinea
Behler, J.L. and F.W. King. 1988. The Audobon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles &
Amphibians. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. New York.
Didelphidae
Virginia opossum
Didelphis virginiana
Soricidae
Short-tailed shrew
Least shrew
Blarina brevicanda
Cryptotis parva
Talpidae
Eastern mole
Scalopus aquaticus
Vespertilionidae
Southern myotis
Eastern pipistrelle
Big brown bat
Red bat
Seminole bat
Hoary bat
Northern yellow bat
Evening bat
Rafinesque's big-eared bat
Myotis austroriparius
Pipistrellus subflavus
Eptesieus fuscus
Lasiurus borealis
Lasiurus seminolus
Lasiurus cinereus
Lasiurus intermedius
Nycticeius humeralis
Plecotus rafinesquii
Molossidae
Brazilian free-tailed bat
Tadarida brasiliensis
Dasypodidae
Nine-banded armadillo
Dasypus novemcinctus
Leporidae
Eastern cottontail
Swamp rabbit
Sylvilagus floridanus
Sylvilagus aquaticus
Sciuridae
Gray squirrel
Fox squirrel
Southern flying squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
Sciurus niger
Glaucomys volans
Geomyidae
Pocket gopher
Thomomys bottae
Heteromyidae
Pocket mouse
Perognathus hispidus
Castoridae
American beaver
Castor canadensis
Cricetidae
Marsh rice rat
Eastern harvest mouse
Fulvous harvest mouse
White-footed mouse
Cotton mouse
Hispid cotton rat
Eastern wood rat
Pine vole
Common muskrat
Oryzomys palustris
Reithrodontomys humulis
Reithrodontomys fulvescens
Peromyscus leucopus
Peromyschus gossypinus
Sigmodon hispidus
Neotoma floridana
Pitymys pinetorum
Ondatra zibethicus
Golden mouse
Peromyscus nuttalli
Muridae
Roof rat
Norway rat
House mouse
Rattus rattus
Rattus norvegicus
Mus musculus
Capromyidae
Nutria
Myocaster coypus
Canidae
Coyote
Red fox
Gray fox
Black bear
Canis latrans
Vulpes fulva
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Ursus americanus
Procyonidae
Northern raccoon
Procyon lotor
Mustelidae
Long-tailed weasel
Northern american mink
Striped skunk
River otter
Bobcat
Mustela frenata
Mustela vison
Mephitis mephitis
Lutra canadensis
Lynx rufus
Cervidae
White-tailed deer
Odocoileus virginianus
Burt, W. H. and R.P. Grossenheider. 1964. Field Guide to Mammals. The Riverside Press.
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Lowery, G. H. 1974. The Mammals of Louisiana and its Adjacent Waters. Kingsport Press, Inc.
Kingsport, TN.
Acalypha virginica
Aemelia oppositifolia
Aeschynomene virginica
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Ammannia coccinea
Ampelopsis arborea
Bacopa egensis
Bacopa rotundifolia
Bidens cernua
Boehmeria cylindrica
Brunnichia cirrhosa
Brunnichia ovata
Carex sp.
Carya aquatica
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Commelina diffusa
Crataegus sp.
Cuscuta spp.
Cyperus albomarginatus
Cyperus erythrorhizos
Cyperus esculentus
Cyperus polystachyos
Cyperus sp.
Digitaria ciliaris
Digitaria virginica
Diodia virginiana
Diospyros virginiana
Echinochloa colona
Echinochloa muricata
Echinochloa walterii
Echinodorus cordifolius
Echinodorus sp.
Eclipta alba
Eclipta prostrata
Eleocharis parvula
Eleocharis sp.
Eragrostis hypnoides
Eupatorium spp. (suspect)
Fimbristylis
Fimbristylis autumnalis
Fimbristylis miliaceae
Fimbristylis vahlii
Foresteria acuminata
Gleditsia aquatica
Heliotropium indicum
Heteranthera limosa
Hibiscus laevis
Hydrochloa carolinunsis
Hypericum mutilum
Hypericum walteri
Ipomea lacunosa
Leersia lenticularis
Leersia virginica
Leptochloa fasciculata
Leptochloa fusca
virginia threeseed mercury
creeping spotflower
joint vetch
alligator weed
tooth-cup
pepper-vine
water hyssop
water hyssop
nodding bur-marigold
false nettle
eardrop vine
American buckwheat vine
sedge
water hickory
buttonbush
dayflower
hawthorn
dodder
red root sedge
chufa
flat sedge
flat sedge
southern crabgrass
buttonweed
persimmon
barnyard grass
water millet
creeping burrhead
burrhead
Eclipta
pie plant
dwarf spikerush
spikerush
tealgrass
thoroughwort
Fimbry
grasslike fimbry/globe fimbry
Vahl's fimbry
swamp privet
water locust
turnsole
mud plantain (duck salad)
halberdleaf rosemallow
southern water grass
St. John's-wort
St. John's-wort
morning glory
catchflygrass
white grass
sprangletop
Malabar sprangletop
Lindernia anagallidea
Lindernia dubia
Ludwigia alternifolia
Ludwigia decurrens
Ludwigia palustris
Ludwigia peploides
Ludwigia sp.
Luziola fluitans
Marsilea vestita
Mimosa sp.
Mimosa strigillosa
Mollugo verticillata
Oldenlandia boscii
Oldenlandia uniflora
Panicum dichotomiflorum
Panicum rigidulum
Panicum sp.
Paspalum distichum
Phyllanthus caroliniensis
Planera aquatica
Pluchea camphorata
Pluchea sp.
Polypremum procumbens
Rotala ramosior
Quercus lyrata
Sagittaria latifolia
Salix nigra
Sesbania macrocarpa
Setaria sp.
Smilax sp.
Solanum sp.
Sphenoclea zeylanica
Taxodium distichum
Trachelospermum difforme
Triadenum tubulosum
Urena lobata
Vitis aestivalis
Vitis palmata
Xanthium strumarium
false pimpernel
yellowseed false pimpernel
seedbox
wingleaf primrose-willow
marsh purslane
floating primrose-willow
primrose-willow
watergrass
shamrock fern
Mimosa
powderpuff
indian chickweed
Bosc's mille graine
clustered mille graines
fall panic grass
redtop panic grass
panic grass
knotgrass
leaf-flower
waterelm
camphorweed
camphorweed
juniper leaf
Overcup oak
duck potato
black willow
beguilla
Bristlegrass
catbriar
nightshade
chicken spike
bald cypress
climbing dogbane
lesser marsh St. Johnswort
Caesarweed
summer grape
catbird grape
cocklebur
Bruser, Joann. 1994. Catahoula Lake. M.S. Candidate. La State Univ. Baton Rouge. 9 pp.
Micot, Tommy, T. W. Doyle, J.J. Reiser, J.K. Sullivan, R.S. Kemmerer, A. From, and B. Handley.
Vegetation and Bathymetry of Catahoula Lake, Louisiana. U.S. Geological Survey. Lafayette. 2003.
Reid, Chris. 2004. Pers. Comm. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
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habitat on Catahoula Lake. M.S. Thesis. La State Univ. Baton Rouge. 81 pp.