Wildlife near North Las Vegas, NV
North Las Vegas runs out into the Mojave north of the city, where the desert takes over fast. The washes and desert edges hold Gambel’s quail, desert cottontails, and roadrunners, antelope ground squirrels dart across the open gravel, and Harris’s and red-tailed hawks hunt from the power poles. Nearby the Sheep Range rises into pinyon-juniper with desert bighorn on the slopes.
Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near North Las Vegas. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
Naturalists have logged 56,195 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near North Las Vegas. The most frequently seen is the Creosote Bush, with 9,519 recorded sightings.
Plants account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (12 of the species listed here), followed by birds (15).
Most-observed species near North 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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