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Wildlife in Wyoming

The birds, plants, and insects most often recorded in Wyoming. A starting field list, drawn from iNaturalist research-grade observations, for what is likely living near you.

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Birds

Birds Commonly Recorded In Wyoming

Most-recorded birds reported across the state.

  1. Common Raven Common Raven Corvus corax 2,518 records
  2. Mountain Bluebird Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides 1,598 records
  3. Canada Goose Branta canadensis 1,457 records
  4. Bald Eagle Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus 1,372 records
  5. Black-Billed Magpie Pica hudsonia 1,367 records
  6. American Robin American Robin Turdus migratorius 1,262 records
  7. Osprey Osprey Pandion haliaetus 1,127 records
  8. Killdeer Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 1,068 records
  9. Red-Tailed Hawk Red-Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 1,053 records
  10. Common Merganser Common Merganser Mergus merganser 998 records
  11. Mallard Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 979 records
  12. Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator 948 records
Plants

Plants Commonly Recorded In Wyoming

Plants observers log most often statewide.

  1. Lodgepole Pine Lodgepole Pine Pinus contorta 2,531 records
  2. Fireweed Fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium 1,989 records
  3. Sticky Geranium Geranium viscosissimum 1,971 records
  4. Creeping Mahonia Creeping Mahonia Berberis repens 1,741 records
  5. Arrowleaf Balsamroot Balsamorhiza sagittata 1,547 records
  6. Lanceleaf Stonecrop Lanceleaf Stonecrop Sedum lanceolatum 1,537 records
  7. Sulfur Buckwheat Sulfur Buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum 1,519 records
  8. Common Yarrow Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium 1,347 records
  9. Monument Plant Monument Plant Frasera speciosa 1,281 records
  10. Quaking Aspen Quaking Aspen Populus tremuloides 1,267 records
  11. Plains Pricklypear Plains Pricklypear Opuntia polyacantha 1,243 records
  12. Western Harebell Campanula petiolata 1,092 records
Insects

Insects Commonly Recorded In Wyoming

The insects that turn up most in records.

  1. White-Spotted Sawyer Monochamus scutellatus 672 records
  2. Hunt's Bumble Bee Hunt's Bumble Bee Bombus huntii 600 records
  3. Rocky Mountain Parnassian Rocky Mountain Parnassian Parnassius smintheus 508 records
  4. Mormon Cricket Mormon Cricket Anabrus simplex 506 records
  5. Painted Lady Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 443 records
  6. Spotted Tussock Moth Spotted Tussock Moth Lophocampa maculata 426 records
  7. Weidemeyer's Admiral Weidemeyer's Admiral Limenitis weidemeyerii 416 records
  8. Boisduval's Blue Boisduval's Blue Icaricia icarioides 363 records
  9. Milbert's Tortoiseshell Milbert's Tortoiseshell Aglais milberti 332 records
  10. Mormon Fritillary Mormon Fritillary Argynnis mormonia 328 records
  11. Nevada Bumble Bee Nevada Bumble Bee Bombus nevadensis 321 records
  12. Police Car Moth Police Car Moth Gnophaela vermiculata 320 records

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