Wisconsin Animals
Wisconsin hosts 668 native vertebrates, including fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Many more species of invertebrates are also present, including important pollinators, snails, dragonflies and mussels. Learn more about some of Wisconsin’s animals and the department's management and conservation programs.
Learn more about some of Wisconsin's animals
Birds
- Bald eagle watching
- Birding and bird conservation
- Checklist of Wisconsin Birds
- Mourning dove
- Ruffed grouse
- Sharp-tailed grouse
- Snowy owls
- Swans in Wisconsin
- Turkey
- Waterfowl
- Wisconsin Birding and Nature Trail
- Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative
- Wisconsin eBird
- Whooping cranes
Fishes
Amphibians and reptiles
Mammals
Invertebrate Animals
- Saving Wisconsin's native pollinators
- Karner blue butterfly
- Wisconsin Bumble Bee Brigade
- Wisconsin dragonflies and damselflies
- Wisconsin Monarch Collaborative
- Butterflies of Wisconsin
- Wisconsin mussel species
General information
- Rare animals of Wisconsin
- Checklists of Wisconsin Vertebrates
- Keep wildlife wild
- Wisconsin wildlife reports