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Illustrated wildlife of Cincinnati

Cincinnati sits in the wooded hills above a big bend in the Ohio River, and the forest runs deep into the city. White-tailed deer and wild turkeys work the hillside parks, barred owls and pileated woodpeckers call from the ravines, and the river draws bald eagles, herons, and gulls. Northern cardinals (the state bird) hold every yard, and the region’s creeks cut through fossil-rich limestone that also shelters salamanders.

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

52,552
recent observations
30
species listed
10
insects & arthropods
11
plants
5
birds

Naturalists have logged 52,552 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Cincinnati. The most frequently seen is the Monarch, with 2,968 recorded sightings.

Insects & Arthropods account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (10 of the species listed here), followed by plants (11).

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Most-observed species near Cincinnati

Monarch
Danaus plexippus
2,968 observations
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
2,682 observations
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
2,593 observations
Western Honey Bee
Apis mellifera
2,470 observations
Amur honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii
2,304 observations
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa virginica
2,260 observations
white snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
2,105 observations
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
2,043 observations
Virginia Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
1,991 observations
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
1,892 observations
White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
1,850 observations
mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
1,634 observations
Asian Lady Beetle
Harmonia axyridis
1,616 observations
common pawpaw
Asimina triloba
1,600 observations
lesser celandine
Ficaria verna
1,552 observations · iNaturalist
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
1,532 observations
Common Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina
1,517 observations
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
1,501 observations
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
1,500 observations
Common Wall Lizard
Podarcis muralis
1,487 observations
toadshade
Trillium sessile
1,471 observations
Spotted Lanternfly
Lycorma delicatula
1,432 observations
cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
1,425 observations
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
1,373 observations
blue phlox
Phlox divaricata
1,366 observations
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
1,359 observations
Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus
1,294 observations
Eastern Pondhawk
Erythemis simplicicollis
1,287 observations
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
1,243 observations
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
1,205 observations

Built from recent research-grade iNaturalist observations. Identifications are community-sourced and may occasionally be wrong, and the ranking reflects where people record and photograph wildlife, so a species seen often here is not necessarily rare elsewhere. Some plants and animals are only out in certain seasons. Treat this as a lively snapshot of what people are finding, not a formal checklist.

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