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Species List for 2008
 

In 2008, more than 4,750 sick, injured, or orphaned wild animals were admitted to Toronto Wildlife Centre. Thank you to everyone who kindly brought animals to the Centre and thank you to our supporters for ensuring that care was available for all of these wild patients.

AMPHIBIANS

 

Species

Number Admitted

Leopard Frog

1

American Toad

1

Gray Treefrog

1

 

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BIRDS

 

Species

Number Admitted

American Bittern

2

Unknown Avian

7

Red-winged Blackbird

10

Bufflehead

4

Northern Cardinal

25

Gray Catbird

11

Black-capped Chickadee

9

American Coot

1

Double-crested Cormorant

13

Brown-headed Cowbird

2

Brown Creeper

46

American Crow

16

Black-billed Cuckoo

3

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

1

Mourning Dove

156

American Black Duck

1

Long-tailed Duck

1

Wood Duck

8

House Finch

10

Unknown Finch

1

Northern Flicker

8

Least Flycatcher

2

Traill's Flycatcher

6

American Goldfinch

22

Canada Goose

202

Northern Goshawk

1

Common Grackle

29

Eared Grebe

2

Horned Grebe

1

Red-necked Grebe

6

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

4

Herring Gull

6

Ring-billed Gull

145

Gyrfalcon

1

Broad-winged Hawk

1

Cooper's Hawk

25

Northern Harrier Hawk

1

Red-tailed Hawk

50

Sharp-shinned Hawk

6

Black-crowned Night Heron

2

Great Blue Heron

15

Green Heron

1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

22

Blue Jay

20

Dark-eyed Junco

42

American Kestrel

21

Killdeer

4

Belted Kingfisher

4

Golden-crowned Kinglet

57

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

32

Common Loon

1

Red-throated Loon

1

Mallard

346

Common Merganser

1

Merlin

7

Common Nighthawk

4

Red-breasted Nuthatch

5

White-breasted Nuthatch

2

Baltimore Oriole

7

Osprey

2

Ovenbird

58

Barred Owl

2

Eastern Screech Owl

8

Great Horned Owl

9

Long-eared Owl

3

Northern Saw-whet Owl

10

Screech Owl

5

Short-eared Owl

1

Snowy Owl

5

Ring-necked Pheasant

1

Rock Pigeon

802

Virginia Rail

4

Common Redpoll

2

American Redstart

1

American Robin

98

Sanderling

1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

11

Greater Scaup

1

Lesser Scaup

2

White-winged Scoter

2

Chipping Sparrow

2

Field Sparrow

1

Fox Sparrow

6

Grasshopper Sparrow

2

House Sparrow

112

Lincoln's Sparrow

9

Song Sparrow

8

Swamp Sparrow

5

White-crowned Sparrow

1

White-throated Sparrow

109

Unknown Sparrow

2

European Starling

78

Barn Swallow

2

Cliff Swallow

2

Mute Swan

26

Trumpeter Swan

9

Scarlet Tanager

3

Caspian Tern

1

Common Tern

2

Brown Thrasher

2

Gray-cheeked Thrush

4

Hermit Thrush

35

Northern Water Thrush

2

Swainson's Thrush

11

Wood Thrush

9

Wild Turkey

1

Red-eyed Vireo

3

Warbling Vireo

1

Yellow-throated Vireo

1

Turkey Vulture

1

Bay-breasted Warbler

1

Black-and-white Warbler

5

Blackburnian Warbler

2

Blackpoll Warbler

1

Black-throated Blue Warbler

13

Black-throated Green Warbler

7

Canada Warbler

4

Chestnut-sided Warbler

5

Magnolia Warbler

20

Nashville Warbler

20

Pine Warbler

2

Tennessee Warbler

3

Wilson's Warbler

3

Yellow Warbler

2

Yellow-rumped Warbler

13

Northern Waterthrush

1

Bohemian Waxwing

4

Cedar Waxwing

16

Whip-poor-will

3

American Woodcock

28

Downy Woodpecker

6

Hairy Woodpecker

2

House Wren

5

Winter Wren

4

Common Yellowthroat

47

 

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MAMMALS

 

Species

Number Admitted

Big Brown Bat

48

Hoary Bat

1

Little Brown Bat

6

Silver-haired Bat

12

Unknown Bat

3

Beaver

4

Eastern Chipmunk

33

Eastern Cottontail

203

Coyote

12

White-tailed Deer

7

Red Fox

19

Groundhog

19

Mink

2

Mole

1

Deer Mouse

16

House Mouse

12

Unknown Mouse

1

Muskrat

5

Virginia Opossum

91

Raccoon

344

Norway Rat

11

Short-tailed Shrew

2

Striped Skunk

68

Eastern Gray Squirrel

504

Red Squirrel

71

Meadow Vole

2

 

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REPTILES

 

Species

Number Admitted

Brown Snake

3

Garter Snake

2

Milk Snake

9

Eastern Box Turtle

1

Map Turtle

2

Painted Turtle

11

Snapping Turtle

50

 

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Please note that included in the 2008 Species list are some species listed as unknown. This is due to a variety of factors, including difficulty to identify because of age, being a non-native species, the animal was released on the scene.

 
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