Wildlife near Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is a Mojave Desert valley ringed by dry mountains, and the wildlife hangs on where there is water. Desert cottontails and antelope ground squirrels work the washes, greater roadrunners and Gambel’s quail cross the desert edges, and the Clark County Wetlands Park on the east side is a genuine oasis, with herons, coots, and migrating shorebirds. Up in the ring of mountains, desert bighorn sheep look down on the whole valley.
Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Las Vegas. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
Naturalists have logged 56,754 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Las Vegas. The most frequently seen is the Creosote Bush, with 9,641 recorded sightings.
Plants account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (13 of the species listed here), followed by birds (14).
Most-observed species near Las Vegas
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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