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The yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) is a member of the cuckoo family. Common folk names for this bird in the southern United States are rain crow and storm crow. These likely refer to the bird's habit of calling on hot days, often presaging rain or thunderstorms. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek kokkuzo, which means to call ...
FWS ECOS Listed species with spatial current range believed to or known to occur in Virginia; NatureServe Explorer This page was last edited on 5 September 2024, at ...
List of mammals of Virginia. The Virginia big-eared bat ( Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) is the state mammal of Virginia. This is a list of mammals in Virginia, including both current and recently historical inhabitants. Virginia has 77 species of native land mammals (including extirpated species), and the coast is visited by nearly 30 ...
This list of largest reptiles takes into consideration both body length and mass of large reptile species, including average ranges and maximum records.The crocodilians reaching a length of 4 m (13 ft) and a mass of 500 kg (1,100 lb) or more.
The red-cockaded woodpecker feeds primarily on ants, beetles, cockroaches, caterpillars, wood-boring insects, and spiders, and occasionally fruit and berries. The vast majority of foraging is on pines, with a strong preference for large trees, though they will occasionally forage on hardwoods and even on corn earworms in cornfields.
Bombus fraternus. (Smith, 1854) Bombus fraternus is an endangered species of bumblebee known commonly as the Southern Plains bumblebee. [2] It is native to the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. It is most often encountered in the southern Great Plains and along the Gulf Coastal Plain. This species has been found as far north as New ...
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA or "The Act"; 16 U.S.C. ยง 1531 et seq.) is the primary law in the United States for protecting and conserving imperiled species. Designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation", the ESA ...
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement contributes to Service efforts to manage ecosystems, save endangered species, conserve migratory birds, preserve wildlife habitat, restore fisheries, combat invasive species, and promote international wildlife conservation. It is an office of the United States Fish and ...