
Wildlife of Canaveral National Seashore
Every animal recorded in Canaveral National Seashore, with a page for each: how to tell it apart, where it lives in the park and when to look for it.
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Being seen in November
The most reported on iNaturalist in Canaveral National Seashore in November, all years together

Sanderling
Calidris alba
37 sightings in November

Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
32 sightings in November

Willet
Tringa semipalmata
16 sightings in November

Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
16 sightings in November

Florida Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma coerulescens
15 sightings in November

Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
15 sightings in November

Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
15 sightings in November

Northern Gannet
Morus bassanus
13 sightings in November

Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
12 sightings in November

Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
11 sightings in November

Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
11 sightings in November

Black Scoter
Melanitta americana
11 sightings in November
Protected species
Listed under the Endangered Species Act, by Florida, or on the IUCN Red List

Florida Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma coerulescens
Federally threatened

Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Vulnerable (IUCN)

American Alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
Federally threatened

Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
Florida: State threatened

Roseate Spoonbill
Platalea ajaja
Florida: State threatened

Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Florida: State threatened

Reddish Egret
Egretta rufescens
Florida: State threatened

Wood Stork
Mycteria americana
Federally threatened

Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger
Florida: State threatened

American Oystercatcher
Haematopus palliatus
Florida: State threatened

Atlantic Salt Marsh Snake
Nerodia clarkii taeniata
Federally threatened

Black Right Whale
Eubalaena glacialis
Federally endangered

Gopher Tortoise
Gopherus polyphemus
Florida: State threatened

Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Federally threatened

Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
Federally endangered

Kemp's Or Atlantic Ridley
Lepidochelys kempii
Federally endangered

Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Federally endangered

Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Caretta caretta
Federally threatened

Florida Manatee
Trichechus manatus
Federally threatened

Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus
Federally threatened

Southeast Beach Mouse
Peromyscus polionotus
Federally threatened







