Wildlife in the Kern River Valley

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Wildlife of the Audubon Kern River Preserve

NOTE: There is no collecting, fishing, or hunting on the preserve. If you see any animal or plant on the preserve, please take only pictures and memories. Do not disturb nesting birds. Do not go off trail.

DRAGONFLIES

Blue-eyed Darner

Rhionaeschna multicolor

Common Green Darner

Anax junius

White-belted Ringtail

Erpetogomphus compositus

Pale-faced Clubskimmer

Brechmorhoga mendax

Pacific Spiketail

Cordulegaster dorsalis

Western Pondhawk

Erythemis collocata

Eight-spotted Skimmer

Libellula forensis

Widow Skimmer

Libellula luctuosa

Common Whitetail

Libellula lydia

Flame Skimmer

Libellula saturata

Blue Dasher

Pachydiplax longipennis

Red Rock Skimmer

Paltothemis lineatipes

Wandering Glider

Pantala flavescens

Spot-winged Glider

Pantala hymenaea

Variegated Meadowhawk

Sympetrum corruptum

Cardinal Meadowhawk

Sympetrum illotum

Red-veined Meadowhawk

Sympetrum madidum

Band-winged Meadowhawk

Sympetrum semicinctum

Striped Meadowhawk

Sympetrum pallipes

Black Saddlebags

Tramea lacerata

DAMSELFLIES

American Rubyspot

Hetaerina americana

Spotted Spreadwing

Lestes congener

California Spreadwing

Lestes californica

Western Red Damsel

Amphiagrion abbreviatum

Desert Firetail

Telebasis salva

Emma’s Dancer

Argia emma

Vivid Dancer

Argia vivida

Familiar Bluet

Enallagma civile

Arroyo Bluet

Enallagma praevarum

Western Forktail

Ischnura perparva

Pacific Forktail

Ischnura cervula

Black-fronted Forktail

Ischnura denticollis

GRASSHOPPERS

white-whiskered grasshopper

Ageneotettix deorum

obscure grasshopper

Opeia obscura

cream grasshopper

Cibolacris parviceps

snakeweed grasshopper

Hesperotettix viridis

western sagebrush grasshopper

Melanoplus complanatipes

margined spur-throated grasshopper

Melanoplus marginatus

dapper hopper

Melanoplus yarrowii

groove-headed grasshopper

Conozoa sulcifrons

strenuous grasshopper

Trimerotropis californica

pallid-winged grasshopper

Trimerotropis pallidipennis

alkali grasshopper

Trimerotropis salina

uniform shieldback

Idiostatus aequalis

western meadow katydid

Conocephalus vicinus

angle-wing katydid

Microcentrum sp.

BUTTERFLIES

Anise Swallowtail

Western Tiger Swallowtail

Becker's White

Checkered White

Cabbage White

Sara Orange-tip

Orange Sulphur

Tailed Copper

Great Copper

Purplish Copper

Great Purple Hairstreak

California Hairstreak

Sylvan Hairstreak

Hedgerow Hairstreak

Gray Hairstreak

Marine Blue

Western Pygmy-Blue

Inyo Mountains Blue

Ceraunus Blue

San Emigdio Blue

Acmon Blue

Field Crescent

Mylitta Crescent

Chalcedon Checkerspot

Satyr Anglewing

California Tortoiseshell

Mourning Cloak

Milbert's Tortoiseshell

American Painted Lady

Painted Lady

West Coast Lady

Red Admiral

Common Buckeye

Lorquin's Admiral

California Sister

California Ringlet

Monarch

Queen

Hammock Skipper

Propertius Duskywing

Mournful Duskywing

Funereal Duskywing

White Checkered-Skipper

Northern White Skipper

Fiery Skipper

Alkali Skipper

Juba Skipper

Western Branded Skipper

Sachem

Sandhill Skipper

Woodland Skipper

Umber Skipper

Eufala Skipper

FISH

threadfin shad

common carp

hitch

hardhead

golden shiner

Sacramento pike minnow

Sacramento sucker

black bullhead

brown bullhead

channel catfish

rainbow trout

western mosquitofish

green sunfish

pumpkinseed

bluegill

largemouth bass

white crappie

black crappie

AMPHIBIANS

Pacific chorus frog

Psuedacris sierrae

western toad

Bufo boreas

bullfrog

Rana catesbiana

REPTILES

California legless lizard

Anniella pulchra

side-blotched lizard

Uta stansburiana

southern alligator lizard

long-nosed leopard lizard

western fence lizard

desert spiny lizard

western whiptail

Gilbert's skink

desert banded gecko

coast horned lizard

desert night lizard

desert rosy boa

Mojave glassy snake

ring-necked snake

California night snake

California kingsnake

red racer

Pacific gopher snake

long-nosed snake

Sierra gartersnake

valley gartersnake

northern Pacific rattlesnake

southern Pacific pond turtle

red-eared slider

MAMMALS

Virginia opossum

ornate shrew

long-eared myotis

fringed myotis

western small-footed myotis

California myotis

Yuma myotis

western pipistrelle

big brown bat

hoary bat

western red bat

pale big-eared bat

pallid bat

Mexican free-tailed bat

gray fox

coyote

black bear

raccoon

long-tailed weasel

badger

western spotted skunk

striped skunk

bobcat

mountain lion

mule deer

cattle

Merriam’s chipmunk

white-tailed antelope squirrel

California ground squirrel

western gray squirrel

beaver

Botta’s pocket gopher

little pocket mouse

California pocket mouse

Panamint kangaroo rat

Pacific kangaroo rat

Merriam’s kangaroo rat

desert woodrat

southern grasshopper mouse

canyon mouse

deer mouse

brush mouse

pinyon mouse

western harvest mouse

California vole

house mouse

brush rabbit

desert cottontail

black-tailed jackrabbit

Didelphis virginiana

Sorex ornatus

Myotis evotis

Myotis thysanodes

Myotis ciliolabrum (subulatus)

Myotis californicus

Myotis yumanensis

Pipistrellus hesperus

Eptesicus fuscus

Lasiurus cinereus

Lasiurus blossevillii

Corynrhinus townsendii

Antrozous pallidus

Tadarida brasiliensis

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Canis latrans

Ursus americanus

Procyon lotor

Mustela frenata

Taxidea taxus

Spilogale gracilis

Mephitis mephitis

Lynx rufus

Puma concolor

Odocoileus hemionus

Bos taurus

Tamias merriami

Ammospermophilus leucurus

Spermophilus beecheyi

Sciurus griseus

Castor canadensis

Perognathus inornatus

ornate shrew

long-eared myotis

fringed myotis

western small-footed myotis

California myotis

Yuma myotis

western pipistrelle

big brown bat

hoary bat

western red bat

pale big-eared bat

pallid bat

Mexican free-tailed bat

gray fox

coyote

black bear

raccoon

long-tailed weasel

badger

western spotted skunk

striped skunk

bobcat

mountain lion

mule deer

cattle

Merriam’s chipmunk

white-tailed antelope squirrel

California ground squirrel

beaver

Botta’s pocket gopher

Thomomys bottae

little pocket mouse

Perognathus longimembris

California pocket mouse

Chaetodipus californicus

Panamint kangaroo rat

Dipodomys panamintinus

Pacific kangaroo rat

Dipodomys agilis

Merriam’s kangaroo rat

Dipodomys merriami

desert woodrat

Neotoma lepida

big-eared (dusky-footed) woodrat

Neotoma macrotis (fuscipes)

southern grasshopper mouse

Onychomys torridus

canyon mouse

Peromyscus crinitus

deer mouse

Peromyscus maniculatus

brush mouse

Peromyscus boylii

pinyon mouse

Peromyscus truei

western harvest mouse

Reithrodontomys megalotis

California vole

Microtus californicus

house mouse (I)

Mus musculus

brush rabbit

Sylvilagus bachmani

desert cottontail

Sylvilagus audubonii

black-tailed jackrabbit

Lepus californicus

	BIRDS
		Canada Goose
		Wood Duck
		Green-winged Teal
		Mallard
		Northern Pintail
		Blue-winged Teal
		Cinnamon Teal
		Northern Shoveler
		Gadwall
		American Wigeon
		Canvasback
		Redhead
		Ring-necked Duck
		Lesser Scaup
		Common Goldeneye
		Bufflehead
		Hooded Merganser
		Common Merganser
		Ruddy Duck
		California Quail
		Mountain Quail
		Chukar
		Wild Turkey
		Pied-billed Grebe
		Eared Grebe
		Western Grebe
		Clark's Grebe
		American White Pelican
		Double-crested Cormorant
		American Bittern
		Least Bittern
		Great Blue Heron
		Great Egret
		Snowy Egret
		Green Heron
		Black-crowned Night-Heron
		White-faced Ibis
		Turkey Vulture
		Osprey
		White-tailed Kite
		Mississippi Kite
		Bald Eagle
		Northern Harrier
		Sharp-shinned Hawk
		Cooper's Hawk
		Northern Goshawk
		Red-shouldered Hawk
		Swainson's Hawk
		Zone-tailed Hawk
		Red-tailed Hawk
		Ferruginous Hawk
		Rough-legged Hawk
		Golden Eagle
		Crested Caracara
		American Kestrel
		Merlin
		Peregrine Falcon
		Prairie Falcon
		Virginia Rail
		Sora
		Common Moorhen
		American Coot
		Semipalmated Plover
		Killdeer
		Black-necked Stilt
		American Avocet
		Greater Yellowlegs
		Solitary Sandpiper
		Spotted Sandpiper
		Whimbrel
		Long-billed Curlew
		Western Sandpiper
		Least Sandpiper
		Long-billed Dowitcher
		Wilson's Snipe
		Wilson's Phalarope
		Franklin's Gull
		Ring-billed Gull
		California Gull
		Caspian Tern
		Black Tern
		Rock Pigeon
		Band-tailed Pigeon
		White-winged Dove
		Eurasian Collared Dove
		Mourning Dove
		Yellow-billed Cuckoo
		Greater Roadrunner
		Barn Owl
		Western Screech-Owl
		Great Horned Owl
		Northern Pygmy-Owl
		Long-eared Owl
		Northern Saw-whet Owl
		Lesser Nighthawk
		Common Nighthawk
		Common Poorwill
		Black Swift
		Vaux's Swift
		White-throated Swift
		Black-chinned Hummingbird
		Anna's Hummingbird
		Costa's Hummingbird
		Calliope Hummingbird
		Rufous Hummingbird
		Allen's Hummingbird
		Belted Kingfisher
		Lewis's Woodpecker
		Acorn Woodpecker
		Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
		Red-naped Sapsucker
		Red-breasted Sapsucker
		Ladder-backed Woodpecker
		Nuttall's Woodpecker
		Downy Woodpecker
		Hairy Woodpecker
		White-headed Woodpecker
		Northern Flicker
		Olive-sided Flycatcher
		Western Wood-Pewee
		Willow Flycatcher
		Least Flycatcher
		Hammond's Flycatcher
		Dusky Flycatcher
		Gray Flycatcher
		Pacific-slope Flycatcher
		Black Phoebe
		Say's Phoebe
		Vermilion Flycatcher
		Ash-throated Flycatcher
		Brown-crested Flycatcher
		Cassin's Kingbird
		Western Kingbird
		Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
		Loggerhead Shrike
		White-eyed Vireo
		Bell's Vireo
		Yellow-throated Vireo
		Plumbeous Vireo
		Cassin’s Vireo
		Warbling Vireo
		Red-eyed Vireo
		Steller's Jay
		Western Scrub-Jay
		Pinyon Jay
		Clark's Nutcracker
		American Crow
		Common Raven
		Horned Lark
		Purple Martin
		Tree Swallow
		Violet-green Swallow
		Northern Rough-winged Swallow
		Bank Swallow
		Barn Swallow
		Cliff Swallow
		Mountain Chickadee
		Oak Titmouse
		Bushtit
		Red-breasted Nuthatch
		White-breasted Nuthatch
		Brown Creeper
		Cactus Wren
		Rock Wren
		Canyon Wren
		Bewick's Wren
		House Wren
		Winter Wren
		Marsh Wren
		Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
		Golden-crowned Kinglet
		Ruby-crowned Kinglet
		Western Bluebird
		Mountain Bluebird
		Townsend's Solitaire
		Swainson's Thrush
		Hermit Thrush
		American Robin
		Varied Thrush
		Gray Catbird
		Northern Mockingbird
		Sage Thrasher
		Brown Thrasher
		California Thrasher
		European Starling
		American Pipit
		Cedar Waxwing
		Phainopepla
		Golden-winged Warbler
		Tennessee Warbler
		Orange-crowned Warbler
		Nashville Warbler
		Northern Parula
		Yellow Warbler
		Chestnut-sided Warbler
		Magnolia Warbler
		Black-throated Blue Warbler
		Yellow-rumped Warbler
		Black-throated Gray Warbler
		Townsend's Warbler
		Hermit Warbler
		Blackburnian Warbler
		Black-and-white Warbler
		American Redstart
		Ovenbird
		Northern Waterthrush
		Kentucky Warbler
		MacGillivray's Warbler
		Common Yellowthroat
		Hooded Warbler
		Wilson's Warbler
		Canada Warbler
		Yellow-breasted Chat
		Green-tailed Towhee
		Spotted Towhee
		California Towhee
		Cassin's Sparrow
		Rufous-crowned Sparrow
		Chipping Sparrow
		Brewer's Sparrow
		Vesper Sparrow
		Lark Sparrow
		Black-throated Sparrow
		Sage Sparrow
		Lark Bunting
		Savannah Sparrow
		Grasshopper Sparrow
		Fox Sparrow
		Song Sparrow
		Lincoln's Sparrow
		Swamp Sparrow
		White-throated Sparrow
		White-crowned Sparrow
		Golden-crowned Sparrow
		Dark-eyed Junco
		Summer Tanager
		Western Tanager
		Rose-breasted Grosbeak
		Black-headed Grosbeak
		Blue Grosbeak
		Lazuli Bunting
		Indigo Bunting
		Dickcissel
		Red-winged Blackbird
		Tricolored Blackbird
		Western Meadowlark
		Yellow-headed Blackbird
		Brewer's Blackbird
		Great-tailed Grackle
		Brown-headed Cowbird
		Hooded Oriole
		Baltimore Oriole
		Bullock's Oriole
		Purple Finch
		Cassin's Finch
		House Finch
		Pine Siskin
		Lesser Goldfinch
		Lawrence's Goldfinch
		American Goldfinch
		Evening Grosbeak
		House Sparrow

About Audubon Kern River Preserve

The Kern River Preserve is managed by Audubon California for the preservation of one of California’s largest contiguous cottonwood-willow riparian forests and the wildlife it supports.

Audubon Kern River Preserve supporters provide financial and volunteer support for Preserve outreach, education, wildlife habitat protection & stewardship.

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