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Scientific Names
Common names for plants and animals often vary from place to place. To help prevent confusion, this list provides the currently accepted scientific names for extant species found on the Geat Plains. Where common names refer to subspecies, scientific names have been provided to the species level only. Because taxonomy is an ever-evolving science, the names given here may differ somewhat from those found in older field guides and other reference books.
American avocet, Recurvirostra americana
American badger, Taxidea taxus
American black bear, Ursus americanus
American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus
American crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos
American elm, Ulmus americana
American goldfinch, Carduelis tristis
American kestrel, Falco sparverius
American robin, Turdus migratorius
American wigeon, Anas americana
Arkansas River shiner, Notropis girardi
armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus
Ashe juniper, Juniperus ashei
ash-throated flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens
aspen poplar, Populus tremuloides
awned wheatgrass, Elymus trachycaulus
Baird’s sandpiper, Calidris bairdii
Baird’s sparrow, Ammodramus bairdii
balsam poplar, Populus balsamifera
Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula
banded argiope, Argiope trifasciata
barn swallow, Hirundo rustica
barnyard grass, Echinochloa crus-galli
beaver, Castor canadensis
big bluestem, Andropogon gerardii
bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis
bison, Bison bison
black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola
black-billed magpie, Pica hudsonia
black bullhead, Ameiurus melas
black-capped chickadee, Poecile atricapillus
black crappie, Pomoxis nigromaculatus
black-crested titmouse, Baeolophus atricristatus
black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes
black-headed grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus
Black Hills red-bellied snake, Storeria occipitomaculata
blacknose shiner, Notropis heterolepis
black-tailed jackrabbit, Lepus californicus
black-tailed prairie dog, Cynomys ludovicianus
black tern, Chlidonias niger
blowout grass, Redfieldia flexuosa
blowout penstemon, Penstemon haydenii
bluebunch wheatgrass, Pseudoroegneria spicata
bluebur, Lappula echinata
blue grama, Bouteloua gracilis
blue jay, Cyanocitta cristata
blue-stem prickly-poppy, Argemone albiflora
blue vervain, Verbena hastata
blue-winged teal, Anas discors
bobcat, Lynx rufus
bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus
box elder, Acer negundo
brassy minnow, Hybognathus hankinsoni
broomweed, Amphiachyris dracunculoides
brown-eyed susan, Rudbeckia triloba
brown-headed cowbird, Molothrus ater
brown-spotted range grasshopper, Psoloessa delicatula
buffalo grass, Buchloe dactyloides
bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
Bullock’s oriole, Icterus bullockii
bur oak, Quercus macrocarpa
burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia
butterfly milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa
California gull, Larus californicus
Canada goose, Branta canadensis
Canada thistle, Cirsium arvense
Canada wild rye, Elymus canadensis
canvasback, Aythya valisineria
Carlinian snapper grasshopper, Circotettix carlinianus
Carolina chickadee, Poecile carolinensis
cat’s claw mimosa, Mimosa aculeaticarpa
chestnut-collared longspur, Calcarius ornatus
chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
chipping sparrow, Spizella passerina
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