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Families: 14
Genera: 27
Species: 46 (species rank)
Total Taxa: 46 (including subsp. and var.)
Ardea alba - Great Egret
Ardea herodias - Great Blue Heron
Trachinotus carolinus - Florida Pompano
Charadrius melodus - Piping Plover
Caretta caretta - Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas - Green Sea Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata - Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Lepidochelys kempii - Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea - Leatherback Sea Turtle
Donax variabilis - Variable Coquina
Felis catus - House Cat
Haematopus palliatus - American Oystercatcher
Emerita talpoida - Atlantic Mole Crab
Chlidonias niger - Black Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica - Gull-billed Tern
Hydroprogne caspia - Caspian Tern
Larus argentatus - Herring Gull
Larus atricilla - Laughing Gull
Larus delawarensis - Ring-billed Gull
Larus marinus - Great Black-backed Gull
Larus philadelphia - Bonaparte's Gull
Rynchops niger - Black Skimmer
Sterna dougallii - Roseate Tern
Sterna forsteri - Forster's Tern
Sterna hirundo - Common Tern
Thalasseus maximus - Royal Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis - Sandwich Tern
Ocypode quadrata - Ghost Crab
Procyon lotor - Raccoon
Arenaria interpres - Ruddy Turnstone
Calidris alba - Sanderling
Calidris fuscicollis - White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus - Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris maritima - Purple Sandpiper
Calidris mauri - Western Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos - Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla - Least Sandpiper
Tringa flavipes - Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca - Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa solitaria - Solitary Sandpiper
The Indian River Lagoon Species Inventory is a partner initiative of the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce and
the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program.