Wildlife near Henderson, NV
Henderson spreads across the desert southeast of Las Vegas, and its wildlife surprise is a chain of ponds. The Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, built on water-reclamation basins, pulls in herons, avocets, and wintering ducks in the middle of the Mojave. Around it the desert holds Gambel’s quail, desert cottontails, and roadrunners, and the ridgelines above town see the occasional desert bighorn.
Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Henderson. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
Naturalists have logged 44,629 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Henderson. The most frequently seen is the Creosote Bush, with 9,541 recorded sightings.
Plants account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (10 of the species listed here), followed by birds (17).
Most-observed species near Henderson
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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