Birds

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

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

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

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   

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

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