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Wildlife in Chadron State Park

Here’s what naturalists are spotting in Chadron right now - pulled live from recent research-grade observations. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

782
recent observations
30
species listed
15
insects & arthropods
9
birds
5
plants

Naturalists have logged 782 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in Chadron. The most frequently seen is the Green Claybank Tiger Beetle, with 46 recorded sightings.

Insects & Arthropods account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (15 of the species listed here), followed by birds (9).

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Most-observed species in Chadron

Green Claybank Tiger Beetle
Cicindela denverensis
46 observations · iNaturalist
Pine tree Spur-throat Grasshopper
Melanoplus punctulatus
45 observations · iNaturalist
Velvet-striped Grasshopper
Eritettix simplex
40 observations · iNaturalist
Purple Tiger Beetle
Cicindela purpurea
39 observations · iNaturalist
Eastern Comma
Polygonia comma
39 observations
Hobomok Skipper
Lon hobomok
39 observations · iNaturalist
Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa
31 observations
Big Sand Tiger Beetle
Cicindela formosa
31 observations · iNaturalist
Taxiles Skipper
Lon taxiles
30 observations · iNaturalist
large-flowered beardtongue
Penstemon grandiflorus
29 observations
Small White
Pieris rapae
28 observations
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
28 observations
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
26 observations
Green-striped Grasshopper
Chortophaga viridifasciata
26 observations · iNaturalist
Rocky Mountains Ponderosa Pine
Pinus scopulorum
26 observations · iNaturalist
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
23 observations
great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
23 observations
Coral-winged Grasshopper
Pardalophora apiculata
21 observations · iNaturalist
Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
19 observations
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
19 observations
Northern Yellow Warbler
Setophaga aestiva
19 observations
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
18 observations
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
18 observations
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis
18 observations
Brown Trout
Salmo trutta
18 observations
Great Plains yucca
Yucca glauca
18 observations
upright prairie coneflower
Ratibida columnifera
17 observations
Townsend's Solitaire
Myadestes townsendi
16 observations
Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta
16 observations
Plains Lubber Grasshopper
Brachystola magna
16 observations · iNaturalist

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