Nature Names for Tourists

Local names for distinctive North American mountain wildlife

	English	French	Spanish	scientific
🌳	arborvitae » cedar, western red
🐦	arsnicker » heron, great blue
J	bear, black	ours noir	oso negro	Ursus americanus
J	bear, brown	ours brun	oso pardo	Ursus arctos
J	bear, grizzly	ours grizzly or gris	oso grizzly or gris	Ursus arctos (horribilis); U. (arctos) horribilis
J	bear, Kodiak			Ursus arctos (middendorfi); U. (arctos) middendorfi
J	bear, skunk » wolverine
🌿🍅	bearberry » cranberry
J	bighorn » sheep
🌳	big tree » sequoia
J	bison; North American bison; "buffalo"	bison (d'Amérique)	bisonte (americano)	Bison bison
🌿🍅	blackberry; bramble Scot	ronce (des haies); "mûre" (sauvage); mûron	zarza; zarzamora	Rubus fruticosus
J	black fox or cat » fisher
🌿🍅	blueberry; also » bilberry	bleuet CA; airelle or myrtille d'Amérique	arándano americano (or azul?)	Vaccinium angustifolium and corymbosum
J	bobcat	lynx roux	lince rojo; gato montés Am?; gato rabón	Lynx rufus; formerly Felis rufa
🌿🍅	bramble » blackberry
J	buffalo » bison
J	carcajou » wolverine
J	caribou » reindeer
🌳	cedar, western red or Pacific red or giant or canoe; arborvitae; shinglewood	thuya géant or de Lobb; cèdre de l'ouest	tuya gigante; cedro canadiense or rojo occidental or rojo del Pacífico	Thuja plicata
🌿🍅	cep; penny bun; king bolete	cèpe de Bordeaux	hongo; calabaza; boleto (comestible)	Boletus edulis
🌿🍅	chanterelle; yellow chanterelle; also » horn of plenty	chanterelle; girolle	rebozuelo	Cantharellus cibarius
🐟	char	omble	umbra?	Salvelinus spp.
🐟	char, Arctic	omble chevalier	trucha alpina	Salvelinus alpinus
🐦	chicken-hawk or –eater » hawk, broad-winged
J	chipmunk, eastern	tamia rayé? suisse rayé CA?		Tamias striatus
J	chipmunk, least	tamia mineur	ardillita rayada	Tamias minimus
J	coyote; prairie or brush or little wolf	coyote	coyote	Canis latrans
🌿🍅	cran– or crane– or bear- or moss|berry; also » lingonberry	airelle; canneberge; atoca or atoka or ataca CA	arándano americano or trepador	Vaccinium oxycoccus and macrocarpon
🐦	crow, carrion Car » vultures
J	deer, mule	cerf-mulet	venado bura	Odocoileus hemionus
J	deer, white-tailed	cerf de Virginie; biche des palétuviers GF	venado cola blanca or coliblanco	Odocoileus virginianus
🐦	diver, great (northern); common loon Am	(plongeon) imbrin Eur; (plongeon) huard or huart, huard or huart (à collier) CA	colimbo grande or mayor; mobella Gal	Gavia immer
🐦	duck hawk » peregrine
🐦	eagle, bald	pygargue à tête blanche; aigle à tête blanche CA?	pigargo de cabeza blanca; pigargo americano; águila cabeza-blanca MX	Haliaeetus leucocephalus
🐦	eagle, golden	aigle royal	águila real; águia real Gal	Aquila chrysaetos
🐦	eagle, sea; also » osprey	pygargue	pigargo	Haliaeetus spp.
🌿💮	edelweiss	édelweiss; immortelle des neiges	edelweiss; flor de nieve; estrella de la nieve	Leontopodium alpinum
J	elk Am » wapiti; Eur » moose
J	ermine » stoat
🌳	fir, Douglas	(sapin) douglas	pino oregón; abeto de Douglas	Pseudotsuga menziesii
🕷	firefly (winged); glowworm (wingless); lightning bug Am	lampyre; luciole; ver luisant (wingless)	luciérnaga	Lampyridae etc.
J	fisher (cat); pekan; black fox or cat; Pennant's marten or cat; fisher or big marten	pékan; martre du Canada or de Pennant	marta del Canadá or de Pennant; pecán; "veso de Virginia"	Martes pennanti
🌿❢	fly agaric	tue-mouches	matamoscas	Amanita muscaria
🌿💮	furze » gorse
🌿💮	gentian	gentiane	genciana	Gentiana spp.
J	glutton » wolverine
J	goat, mountain	chèvre de montagne	cabra montesa or montañesa	Oreamnos americanus
🐦	goose, Canada	bernache du Canada	ganso canadiense (esp. Am?); barnacla canadiense (esp. Eur?)	Branta canadensis
🌿💮	gorse; whin; furze	ajonc; ajoncs	tojo; aulaga; aliaga; escajo; árgoma	Ulex spp.
J	groundhog; woodchuck	marmotte commune CA	marmota	Marmota monax
🐟	gwyniad » whitefish
J	hare, snowshoe	lièvre d'Amérique		Lepus americanus
🐦	hawk, broad-winged or chicken; chicken-eater Car	malfini; manger-poulet Cr? petite buse CA	gavilán aludo; gavilán bebehumo VE; gavilán bobo, guaraguao de bosque Car; gavilán pollero CR; aguililla ala-ancha MX	Buteo platypterus
🐦	hawk, fish » osprey
🌿💮	heather; Scots heather; ling	bruyère commune	brezo común; brecina	Calluna vulgaris
🐦	heron, great blue; grey gaulin, arsnicker, morgan Car	gironde; crabier noir Car? crabier bleu LC; grand héron CA	garzón (azulado); garcilote, guardacosta, garzón cenizo Car; garza ceniza CR; garza morena MX	Ardea herodias
🌳	hickory	hickory	nuez dura?	Carya spp.
🌳	hornbeam	charme	hojaranzo; ojaranzo	Carpinus spp.
🌿🍅	horn of plenty; black chanterelle	corne d'abondance; trompette de la mort; craterelle	cuerno de la abundancia; trompeta de los muertos	Craterellus cornucopioides
🌿🍅	ink cap	coprin	coprino?	Coprinus spp.
🐦	jay, gray; whiskeyjack	geai or mésangeai du Canada	arrendajo gris	Perisoreus canadensis
🐦	John Crow » vultures
🌳	juniper	genièvre	enebro	Juniperus spp.
🐦	kestrel, American Eur; sparrowhawk Am	crécerelle d'Amérique	cernícalo americano; cuyaya; halcón primito VE	Falco sparverius
🌿🍅	king bolete » cep
🕷	lightning bug » firefly
🌿💮	ling » heather
🐦	loon » diver
J	lynx, Canadian	lynx du Canada		Lynx canadensis; formerly Felis or Lynx lynx (canadensis)
J	lynx, northern or Eurasian	lynx; loup-cervier	lince	Lynx lynx; formerly Felis lynx
🌳	mammoth tree » sequoia
🌳	maple, goosefoot or striped; moosewood			Acer pennsylvanicum
🌳	maple, red or scarlet or swamp		arce rojo	Acer rubrum
🌳	maple, silver or soft or white	érable du Canada?	arce plateado	Acer saccharinum
🌳	maple, sugar or hard or rock	érable à sucre	arce azucarero or de(l) azúcar	Acer saccharum
J	marmot, hoary; whistler?	marmotte siffleuse or des rocheuses		Marmota caligata
J	marmot, yellow-bellied	marmotte à ventre jaune		Marmota flaviventris
J	mink, American	vison d'Amérique	visón americano	Mustela vison
J	moose Am; elk Eur	élan Eur; orignal CA	alce; anta	Alces alces
🌳	moosewood » maple
🌿🍅	morel	morille	colmenilla; cagarria; morilla; morquela?	Morchella esculenta
🐦	morgan » herons
🕷	mosquito	moustique; maringouin (esp. outside FR)	mosquito	Culicidae
🌿🍅	mossberry » cranberry
🐦	nutcracker, Clark's	cassenoix américain or d'Amérique or de Clark	cascanueces americano	Nucifraga columbiana
🐦	osprey; fish hawk Am, TT; sea eagle Car?	balbuzard pêcheur or fluviatile; aigle pêcheur CA?; aiglon, malfini de la mer Car	águila pescadora VE; halcón pescador; águila or guaraguao de mar, guincho Car; gavilán pescador CR, MX; águia peixeira Gal	Pandion haliaetus
🌿🍅	oyster mushroom	pleurote en huître	seta de mimbre or de ostra or de alpaca	Pleurotus ostreatus
🌿💮	paint brush; Indian paint brush; painted cup or lady	castilléjie	castilleja?	Castilleja spp.
🌳🍅	pecan	pacanier (tree); pecan	pacano; (nuez encarcelada?)	Carya illinoensis
J	pekan » fisher
J	Pennant's marten or cat » fisher
🌿	penny bun » cep
🐟	perch, (European or Eurasian)	perche (commune)	perca	Perca fluviatilis
🐦	peregrine (falcon); duck hawk Am	faucon pélerin	halcón peregrino VE or común; falcón pelegrín Gal	Falco peregrinus
🐟	pike; northern pike; pickerel (young) Eur	brochet; brocheton (young)	lucio	Esox lucius
🌳	pine, bristlecone	pin à cônes épineux	pino de piñas erizadas	Pinus aristata
🌳	pine, lodgepole	pin tordu (esp. pin tordu latifolié?)	pino contorta or californiano	Pinus contorta (esp. P. contorta latifolia?)
🌳	pine, ponderosa or western yellow	pin à bois lourd? or de Bentham?	pino ponderosa	Pinus ponderosa
🐟	pollan » vendace
🐟	powan » whitefish
J	puma; cougar; mountain lion; red tiger BZ	cougar, couguar etc; puma	puma; león (americano or colorado or de montaña) Am	Puma concolor formerly Felis concolor
🌿🍅	raspberry	framboisier (plant); framboise (fruit)	frambueso	Rubus idaeus
🐦	raven	corbeau, grand	cuervo	Corvus corax
🌳	redwood, (coast)	séquoia	secoya, sequoia etc.	Sequoia sempervirens
J	reindeer Eur; caribou Am	renne Eur; renne du Canada, caribou CA	reno Eur; caribú Am	Rangifer tarandus
🌿💮	rhododendron	rhododendron	rododendro	Rhododendron spp.
🐦	robin, American	merle d'Amérique	primavera; mirlo emigrante	Turdus migratorius
🐟	schelly » whitefish
🌳	sequoia; giant sequoia; big or mammoth tree; Wellingtonia	séquoia géant	secoya gigante, sequoia gigante etc.	Sequoiadendron giganteum
J	sheep, (Canadian or desert) bighorn or Rocky Mountain	mouflon d'Amérique	muflón americano	Ovis canadensis
J	sheep, Dall	mouflon de Dall		Ovis dalli
🌳	shinglewood » cedar, western red
🐦	sparrowhawk Am » kestrel
🌳	spruce	épicea; épinette CA	abeto rojo or falso or del norte	Picea spp.
🐟	squaretail » trout
J	squirrel, grey Eur; gray squirrel Am	écureuil gris	ardilla gris or americana or de las carolinas	Sciurus carolinensis
J	squirrel, Columbian ground	spermophile du Canada		Spermophilus columbianus
J	squirrel, golden-mantled ground	spermophile à mante dorée		Spermophilus lateralis
J	stoat; ermine (winter)	hermine	armiño; erminio Gal	Mustela erminea
🌿🍅	strawberry, wild or wood or alpine	fraise des bois	fresa (silvestre)	Fragaria vesca
🕷	tick	ixode; ricin; tique	garrapata
🐟	trout, brook; squaretail	omble or saumon de fontaine	salvelino (de fuente); trucha de fontana	Salvelinus fontinalis
🐟	trout, lake	omble du Canada; touladi CA	trucha lacustre or de lago americano	Salvelinus namaycush
🐟	trout, rainbow	truite arc-en-ciel	trucha arco-iris	Salmo gairdneri; Oncorhynchus mykiss
🐟	vendace; pollan (Ireland)	corégone blanc; petite marène		Coregonus albula
🐦	vulture, turkey; John Crow JM; carrion crow BS	vautour aura; urubu à tête rouge	zopilote cabecirrojo; urubú or cuervo (de) cabeza roja; zopilote aura MX; aura (tiñosa) Car; zonchiche, noneca CR; guala cabecirroja CO?; zamuro (de cabeza roja), oripopo VE	Cathartes aura
J	wapiti; elk Am	wapiti	uapití	Cervus canadensis
🌳	Wellingtonia » sequoia
🌿💮	whin » gorse
🐦	whiskeyjack » jay, gray
🐟	whitefish	corégone?	corégono	Coregonus spp.
🐟	whitefish, common; schelly (England); powan (Scotland); gwyniad (Wales)	lavaret; féra		Coregonus lavaretus
J	wolf, grey Eur or gray Am or timber	loup; louve ♀; louveteau (young)	lobo; loba ♀	Canis lupus
J	wolf, prairie or brush or little » coyote
J	wolverine; glutton; carcajou; skunk bear	glouton; carcajou CA	glotón	Gulo gulo; G. luscus Am
J	woodchuck » groundhog
🌿	wormwood	génépi; genépi	ajenjo	Artemisia spp.

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