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E-Fauna BC Species Checklists

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias).  Photo by Fred Lang

Establishing scientifically accurate lists of the wildlife found in British Columbia is important for wildlife management and species protection.  It is a critical step in protecting biodiversity, and highlights species richness in a region as well as spotlighting knowledge gaps about species occurrence.  In E-Fauna BC, we will post checklists of BC's animal groups as they become available. These lists, posted below as PDFs, have been prepared or vetted and recommended by provincial experts. 

Our thanks to the following individuals for providing and updating species lists: Aaron Baldwin, Peter Belton, Robb Bennett, David Blades, Don Buckle, Rob Cannings, Jim Cosgrove, Charles Dondale, Jamie Fenneman, Robert Forsyth, Gordon Green, Cris Guppy, Jennifer Heron, Robert Higgins, Philip Lambert, Staffan Lindgren, Evertt Lindquist, Don McPhail, Sandra Millen, David Nagorsen, Alex Peden, Geoff Scudder, Kelly Sendall, Jon Shepard, Rick Toochin, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Rick C. West, King Wu.

Some of the lists presented below are "firsts" for BC. While information on BC species is often present in the museum collections, sometimes checklists of species have not been worked up. Our thanks to these authorities for doing this in many cases.

SPECIES CHECKLISTS

Vertebrates

Birds of British Columbia (Jamie Fenneman) [PDF]

Rare Birds of British Columbia ( Rich Toochin and Jamie Fenneman) [PDF]

    Birds of the Vancouver Checklist Area (Rick Toochin) [PDF]

    Rare Birds of the Vancouver Checklist Area (Rick Toochin) [PDF]

    Birds of Iona Island, Richmond, BC (GVRD) (Rick Toochin) [PDF]

    Birds of the Juan de Fuca Checklist Area (Rick Toochin) [PDF]

    Rare Birds of the Juan de Fuca Checklist Area (Rick Toochin) [PDF]

    Birds of the Kamloops Area (Rick Howie) [PDF]

    Birds of the Okanagan Valley (Dick Cannings, Chris Charlesworth,

         Chris Siddle and Don Cecile) [PDF]

Freshwater Fish--Native Species (Don McPhail) [PDF]

Freshwater Fish--Introduced Species (Don McPhail) [PDF]
Marine Fish of British Columbia (Alex Peden) [PDF]

Mammals of British Columbia  (David Nagorsen) [PDF] 

Reptiles and Amphibians of British Columbia  [PDF]

Invertebrates

PHYLUM ANNELIDA (EARTHWORMS, SANDWORMS, LEECHES AND MORE)

   Class Polychaeta (Sandworms, Clamworms, etc.)     
          Polychaete Worms of British Columbia (Aaron Baldwin) [PDF]

   Class Cllitellata

   Subclass Oligochaeta (Earthworms, Potworms, Iceworms)
          Earthworms of British Columbia [PDF]

   Subclass Hirudinea (Leeches) [PDF]

PHYLUM ARTHROPODA (INSECTS, ARACHNIDS, CRUSTACEANS AND MORE)

Subphylum Chellicerata

   Class Arachnida (Spiders, Scorpions, Harvestmen, Ticks and Mites)

        Order Araneae
             Spiders (Robb Bennett et al.) [PDF]

        Order Ixodida

            Ticks (King Wu and Evert Lindquist) [PDF]

        SuperOrder Haplocnemata
             Orders Solifugae, Scorpiones, and Pseudoscorpiones (Sun Spiders,
                       Scorpions and Pseudoscorpions)
                Pseudoscorpions and others of BC (Aaron Baldwin) [PDF]

Subphylum Crustacea (Crabs, Shrimps, and more)

              Crustaceans of British Columbia (master list)

   Class Maxillopoda, Subclass Thecostraca, Infraclass Cirripedia

                Barnacles of British Columbia (Aaron Baldwin) [PDF]         

   Class Malacostraca

           Order Decapoda (Crabs, Shrimps, Lobsters and Crayfish)

          (Aaron Baldwin) [PDF]
          Order Amphipoda (Amphipods) (Aaron Baldwin) [PDF]
          Order Isopoda (Isopods) (Aaron Baldwin) [PDF]
   Class Brachiopoda

           Order Cladocerans (Gordon Green) [PDF]
   Class Ostracoda  (Gordon Green) [PDF]

Subphylum Hexapoda

   Class Insecta

          Keys to the Orders of Insects in British Columbia [PDF]

          Orders Coleoptera (Beetles) (extracted from Bousquet 1991) [PDF]
               Tiger Beetles (Carabidae) of BC [PDF]

          Order Diptera (True Flies)

               Black Flies (Simuliidae) (Rob Cannings) [PDF]

               Horse Flies and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) (Rob Cannings) [PDF]

               Mosquitoes (Peter Belton) [PDF]    

          Order Ephemeroptera (Mayflies) (Geoff Scudder) [PDF

          Oder Heteroptera (True Bugs) coming soon!

          Order Hymenoptera (Sawflies, Wasps, Bees and Ants)

              Ants (Higgins and Lindgren) [PDF]

              Bumblebees (Rob Cannings) [PDF]

              Yellow Jackets and Paper Wasps (Rob Cannings) [PDF]

         Order Lepidoptera of BC 2008 (Rob Cannings and Geoff Scudder) [PDF]

              Butterflies of BC (Guppy and Shepard) [PDF]

              Moths of BC ( Lafontaine and Troubridge) [PDF]

         Order Megaloptera (Dobsonflies and Alderflies) (Scudder & Cannings)

                  [PDF]

         Order Mecoptera (Scorpionflies) [PDF]

         Order Neuroptera (Lacewings, Mantidflies, Antlions) (Scudder and

              Cannings)

         Order Odonata (Damselflies and Dragonflies)  (Rob Cannings) [PDF]

         Order: Orthopteroid Insects (Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, Termites

              and Mantids) (Geoff Scudder and Rob Cannings) [PDF] *

         Order Plecoptera (Stoneflies) (Geoff Scudder) [PDF]

         Order Raphidioptera (Snakeflies) (Scudder & Cannings) [PDF]

         Order Siphonaptera (Fleas) [PDF]

         Order Strepsiptera (Twisted-wing Parasites) [PDF]

         Order Trichoptera (Caddisflies) [PDF]

* This list includes the following orders: Blattodea (Cockroaches), Dermaptera (Earwigs), Grylloblattodea (Rock Crawlers), Isoptera (Termites), Orthoptera, (Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids), Mantodea (Mantids).

PHYLUM CNIDARIA and CTENOPHORA (CORALS, HYDROIDS, JELLYFISH, SEA ANEMONES, AND MORE)

   Class Anthozoa (Corals and Sea Anemones)

        Order Actinaria

        Sea Anemones (Kelly Sendall) [PDF]

        Corals (Glen Jamieson) [PDF]

  

   Class Hydrozoa (Fire Corals, Medusa, Hydroids) (note that Leptolida is a junior                    synonym of Hydrozoa)

        Leptolida of British Columbia (A. Brinckmann-Voss/ M. N.

               Aria) [PDF]
        Hydroids of Race Rocks, British Columbia (A. Brinckmann- 

               Voss) [PDF]

    Multiple Classes (Gelatinous zooplankters)
        Jellyfish of British Columbia (Preliminary) (Aaron Baldwin) [PDF]

PHYLUM CHORDATA and PHYLUM HEMICHORDATA

        Invertebrate Chordata (tunicates, salps, and larvaceans) and Hemichordates (acorn worms) (Aaron Baldwin) [PDF]

PHYLUM ECHINODERMATA (SEA STARS, SEA CUCUMBERS, SEA URCHINS)

        Echinoderms of BC (Philip Lambert) [PDF]

        Sea Cucumbers of British Columbia (Philip Lambert) [PDF]

       Sea Stars of British Columbia (Philip Lambert) [PDF]

LOPHOPHORATE PHYLA (ENTOPROCTS, BRYOZOANS, PHORONIDS, AND BRACHIOPODS)

        Lophophorates of BC (Aaron Baldwin) [PDF]
        Brachiopods (Lampshells) of BC (Aaron Baldwin)[PDF]

PHYLUM MOLLUSCA (OCTOPUSES, SQUIDS, SNAILS, CLAMS AND MORE)

Molluscs of BC (master list) (Aaron Baldwin, Robert Forsyth and Jim Cosgrove)

   Class Bivalvia (Clams and Mussells)

        Bivalves of BC (Robert Forsyth) [PDF]

   Class Cephalopoda

        Octopuses/Squids (Jim Cosgrove) [PDF]

   Class Gastropoda

        Terrestrial Molluscs of BC (Snails)  (Robert Forsyth) [PDF]
        Nudibranchs (Kelly Sendall) [PDF]

   Class Polyplacophora
       Chitons of BC (Aaron Baldwin) [PDF]

PHYLUM NEMERTEA (RIBBON WORMS)

         Nemerteans of British Columbia (Aaron Baldwin) [PDF]

PHYLUM PORIFERA (SPONGES)

       Sponges of British Columbia (extracted from Austin et al. n.d.) [PDF]

PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES (FLATWORMS)

       Turbellarians (Flatworms) of British Columbia ( Aaron Baldwin)[PDF]