St. Louis sits where the Missouri meets the Mississippi, one of the great river confluences on the continent, and the flyway concentrates wildlife here. Bald eagles gather below the dams in winter, white pelicans stage on the rivers in migration, and the big forest parks hold white-tailed deer, barred owls, and pileated woodpeckers. Northern cardinals and fox squirrels fill the neighborhoods, and the wetlands at the confluence draw huge numbers of ducks and geese.
Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near St. Louis. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
67,018
recent observations
30
species listed
15
insects & arthropods
6
birds
5
plants
Naturalists have logged 67,018 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near St. Louis. The most frequently seen is the Brown-belted Bumble Bee, with 8,585 recorded sightings.
Insects & Arthropods account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (15 of the species listed here), followed by birds (6).