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Wildlife near San Bernardino, CA

Illustrated wildlife of San Bernardino

San Bernardino sits at the foot of its steep namesake mountains, where the San Andreas fault has pushed up peaks that top 10,000 feet right behind the city. The wash and foothill scrub hold roadrunners, coyotes, and California quail, and the mountains just above town climb into pine forest with black bears, mule deer, and Steller’s jays. Red-tailed hawks and the occasional golden eagle work the slopes.

Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near San Bernardino. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

72,228
recent observations
30
species listed
16
birds
3
reptiles & amphibians
3
insects & arthropods

Naturalists have logged 72,228 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near San Bernardino. The most frequently seen is the Western Fence Lizard, with 8,434 recorded sightings.

Birds account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (16 of the species listed here), followed by reptiles & amphibians (3).

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Most-observed species near San Bernardino

Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis
8,434 observations
Western Honey Bee
Apis mellifera
5,409 observations
Common Side-blotched Lizard
Uta stansburiana
3,123 observations
California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
3,058 observations · iNaturalist
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
3,041 observations
Black Phoebe
Sayornis nigricans
2,796 observations
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
2,729 observations
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
2,649 observations
California Towhee
Melozone crissalis
2,252 observations
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
2,205 observations
Coyote
Canis latrans
2,154 observations
California Ground Squirrel
Otospermophilus beecheyi
2,027 observations
Common Raccoon
Procyon lotor
2,020 observations
chaparral yucca
Hesperoyucca whipplei
2,012 observations · iNaturalist
Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria
1,931 observations
Desert Cottontail
Sylvilagus audubonii
1,908 observations
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
1,889 observations
Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
1,876 observations · iNaturalist
Granite Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus orcutti
1,851 observations · iNaturalist
American Coot
Fulica americana
1,816 observations
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
1,798 observations
California Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma californica
1,797 observations
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
1,780 observations
Anna's Hummingbird
Calypte anna
1,726 observations
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
1,715 observations
Sacred Datura
Datura wrightii
1,700 observations
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorus
1,663 observations
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
1,638 observations
Gray Bird Grasshopper
Schistocerca nitens
1,624 observations · iNaturalist
Western Bluebird
Sialia mexicana
1,607 observations

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