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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

SPECIES ACCOUNTS

Common Name

Scientific Name

Federal Status

State Status and CNPS List (for plants)a

Bald eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Delisted

Endangered & Fully Protected

Swainson's hawk


Buteo swainsoni

None

Threatened

American peregrine falcon


Falco peregrinus

Delisted

Endangered

California black rail

Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus

Species of Conservation Concern

Threatened and Fully Protected

Bank swallow


Riparia riparia

None

Threatened

Burrowing owl

Athene cunicularia

Species of Conservation Concern

Species of Special Concern

Cooper's hawk


Accipiter cooperii

None

Watch List

Loggerhead shrike


Lanius ludovicianus

Species of Conservation Concern

Species of Special Concern

Northern harrier

Circus cyaneus

None

Species of Special Concern

Ferruginous hawk

Buteo regalis

Species of Conservation Concern

Watch List

Yellow warbler

Dendroica petechia (brewsteri)

None

Species of Special Concern

Yellow-breasted chat

Icteria virens

None

Species of Special Concern

Modesto song sparrow

Melospiza melodia mailliardi

None

Species of Special Concern

Grasshopper sparrow

Ammodramus savannarum

None

Species of Special Concern

Tricolored blackbird

Agelaius tricolor

Species of Conservation Concern

Species of Special Concern

Conservancy fairy shrimp


Branchinecta conservatio

Endangered

None

Vernal pool fairy shrimp


Branchinecta lynchi

Threatened

None

Vernal pool tadpole shrimp


Lepidurus packardi

Endangered

None

Valley elderberry longhorn beetle


Desmocerus californicus dimorphus

Threatened

None

Bogg’s Lake hedge-hyssop


Gratiola heterosepala

None

Endangered; CNPS 1B.2

Dwarf downingia


Downingia pusilla

None

CNPS 2.2

Legenere


Legenere limosa

None

CNPS 1B.1

Ahart's dwarf rush

Juncus leiospermus var. ahartii

None

CNPS 1B.2

Red Bluff dwarf rush

Juncus leiospermus var. leiospermus

None

CNPS 1B.1

Western spadefoot

Spea hammondii (formerly Scaphiopus hammondii)

None

Species of Special Concern

Giant garter snake


Thamnophis gigas

Threatened

Threatened

Central Valley steelhead - evolutionarily significant unit


Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus

Threatened

None

Central Valley fall/late fall-run Chinook salmon


Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

None

Species of Special Concern

Foothill yellow-legged frog

Rana boylii

None

Species of Special Concern

California red-legged frog

Rana aurora draytonii

Threatened

Species of Special Concern

Northwestern pond turtle

Actinemys marmorata

None

Species of Special Concern

On hold for now

Pallid bat

Antrozous pallidus

None

Species of Special Concern

Townsend’s big-eared bat

Corynorhinus townsendii

None

Species of Special Concern

Spotted bat

Euderma maculatum

None

Species of Special Concern

Western mastiff bat

Eumops perotis californicus

None

Species of Special Concern

Removed From List

Western yellow-billed cuckoo

Coccyzus americanus occidentalis

Bird of Conservation Concern; ESA candidate

Endangered

Rough-legged hawk

Buteo lagopus

None

None

California tiger salamander

Ambystoma californiense

Threatened

Species of Special Concern; Candidate Endangered


 

a The California Native Plant Society’s (CNPS) List Criteria:
1A. Presumed extinct in California
1B. Rare or Endangered in California and elsewhere
2. Rare or Endangered in California, more common elsewhere
3. Plants for which we need more information - Review list
4. Plants of limited distribution - Watch list

Threat Code extensions and their meanings:
.1 - Seriously endangered in California
.2 – Fairly endangered in California
.3 – Not very endangered in California

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