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Appendix N. Species

Appendix N. Species

Published date: 
Dec. 30, 2014
Document state: 
Published

Focal species are identified in the subbasin plans. Below is a general list of the program’s 275 focal species. However to verify that a species is considered a focal species in a given subbasin, please refer to the subbasin plans.

Anadromous Fish Focal Species (6 species)

Common NameScientific Name
Chinook salmonOnchorynchus tshawytcha
Chum salmonOncorhynchus keta
Coho salmonOncorhynchus kisutch
Pacific lampreyEntosphenus tridentatus
Sockeye salmonOncorhynchus nerka
SteelheadOncorhynchus mykiss

Resident Fish Focal Species (22 species)

Common NameScientific Name
Black crappiePomoxis nigromaculatus
BluegillLepomis macrochirus
Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalis
Bull troutSalvelinus confluentus
BurbotLota lota
Coastal cutthroat troutOnchorynchus clarki clarki
Cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarki
Freshwater spongeEphydatia cooperensi
Green sturgeonAcipenser medirostris
KokaneeOncorhynchus nerka
Largemouth bassMicropterus salmoides
MolluscsMollusca
Mountain whitefishProsopium williamsoni
Oregon chubOregonichthys Crameri
Redband troutOncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri
Smallmouth bassMicropterus dolomieu
WalleyeStitzostedion vitreum vitreum
Westslope cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarki lewisi
White sturgeonAcipenser transmontanus
Wood River sculpinCottus leiopomus
Yellow perchPerca flavescens
Yellowstone cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri

Wildlife Focal Species (209 species)

Common NameScientific Name
Acorn woodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
Agapetus caddislyAgapetus montanu
American avocetRecurvirostra americana
American beaverCastor canadensis
American bitternBotaurus lentiginosus
American crowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American dipperCinclus mexicanus
American martenMartes americana
American pikaOchotona princeps
American white pelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bald eagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Banbury Springs lanxLanx sp.
Band-tailed pigeonColumba fasciata
Barn owlTyto alba
Barrow's goldeneyeBucephala islandica
Big brown batEptesicus fuscus
Bighorn sheepOvis canadensis
Bitterroot mountainsnailOreohelix amariradix
Black bearUrsus americanus
Black swiftCypseloides niger
Black ternChlidonias niger
Black-backed woodpeckerPicoides arcticus
Black-chinned hummingbirdArchilochus alexandr
Black-crowned night heronNycticorax nycticoras
Black-tailed jackrabbitLepus californicus
Bliss Rapids snailTaylorconcha serpenticola
Blue grouseDendragopus obscurus
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
Boreal owlAegolius funereus
Boreal toadAnaxyrus boreas
Brewer's sparrowSpizella breweri
Brown creeperCerthia americana
Brown-headed cowbirdMolothrus ater
Bruneau hot springsnailPyrgulopsis bruneauensis
Burrowing owlAthene cunicularia
Bushy-tailed woodratNeotoma cinerea
California bighorn sheepOvis canadensis californiana
California quailCallipepla californica
Calliope hummingbirdStellula calliope
Canada gooseBranta canadensis
Canada lynxLynx canadensis
Carinate mountainsnailOreohelix elrod
Cascades frogRana cascadae
Caspian ternHydroprogne caspia
Cassin's finchCarpodacus cassinii
Chipping sparrowSpizella passerina
Clark's nutcrackerNucifraga columbiana
Coastal tailed frogAscaphus truei Stejneger
Coeur d'Alene salamanderPlethodon idahoensis
Columbian black-tailed deerOdocoileus hemionus columbianus
Columbian sharp-tailed grouseTympanuchus phasianellus columbianus
Columbian white-tailed deerOdocoileus virginianus leucurus
Common loonGavia immer
Common nighthawkChordeiles minor
Common snipeGallinago gallinago
Common ternSterna hirundo
Common yellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Cordilleran flycatcherEmpidonax occidentalis
Deer mousePeromyscus maniculatus
DunlinCalidris alpina
ElkCervus canadensis
Fender's blue butterflyIcaricia icarioides fenderi
Ferruginous hawkButeo regalis
FisherMartes pennant
Flammulated owlOtus flammeolus
Foster's ternSterna forsteri
Franklin's gullLeucophaeus pipixcan
Fringed myotis batMyotis thysanode
Gillette's checkerspotEuphydryas gillettii
Golden eagleAquila Chrysaetos
Golden-mantled ground squirrelSpermophilus lateralis
Grasshopper sparrowAmmodramus savannarum
Gray (Hungarian) partridgePerdix perdix
Gray flycatcherEmpidonax wrightii
Gray wolfCanis lupus irremotus
Gray-crowned rosy-finchLeucosticte tephrocotis
Great Basin SpadefootSpea intermontana
Great blue heronArdea herodias
Great gray owlStrix nebulosa
Great horned owlBubo virginianus
Greater sandhill craneGrus canadensis tabida
Green heronButorides virescens
Green-tailed towheePipilo chlorurus
Grey flycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta
Grizzly bearUrsus arcto
GyrfalconFalco rusticolus
Hammond's flycatcherEmpidonax hammondii
Harlequin duckHistrionicus histrionicus
Hoary batLasiurus cinereus
Hoary marmotMarmota caligata
Hooded merganserLophodytes cucullatus
Horned grebePodiceps auritus
Horned larkEremophila alpestris
House finchCarpodacus mexicanus
Idaho springsnailPyrgulopsis idahoensis
Larch Mountain salamanderPlethodon larselli
Lark sparrowChondestes grammacus
Lazuli buntingPasserina amoena
LeConte's sparrowAmmodramus leconteii
Leopard frogRana pipiens
Lewis’ woodpeckerMelanerpes lewis
Loggerhead shrikeLanius ludovicianus
Long-billed curlewNumenius americanus
Long-toed salamanderAmbystoma macrodactylum
Lyre mantleslugUdosarx lyrat
Magnum mantleslugMagnipelta mycophag
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Marbled Jumping-slugHemphillia danielsi
Marbled murreletBrachyramphus marmoratus
MerlinFalco columbarius
MillipedeAustrotyla montani
MillipedeCorypus cochlearis
MinkMustela vison
Montane voleMicrotus montanus
MooseAlces alces
Mountain goatOreamnos americanus
Mountain quailOreortyx pictus
Mule deerOdocoileus hemionus
Northern alligator lizardElgaria coerulea
Northern bog lemmingSynaptomys boreali
Northern goshawkAccipiter gentilis
Northern harrierCircus cyaneus
Northern Idaho ground squirrelSpermophilus brunneus brunneus
Northern pocket gopherThomomys talpoides
Northern pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnoma
Northern sagebrush lizardSceloporus graciosus graciosus
Northern spotted owlStrix occidentalis caurina
Nuttall's cottontailSylvilagus nuttallii
Olive-sided flycatcherContopus cooperi
Oregon slender salamanderBatrachoseps wrightorum
Oregon spotted frogRana pretiosa
Peregrine falconFalco peregrinus
Pileated woodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Preble’s shrewSorex preblei
Pronghorn antelopeAntilocapra americana
Purple martinProgne subis
Pygmy nuthatchSitta pygmaea
Pygmy rabbitBrachylagus idahoensis
RaccoonProcyon lotor
Red squirrelTamiasciurus hudsonicus
Red tree voleArborimus longicaudus
Red-eyed vireoVireo Olivaceus
RedheadAythya americana
Red-legged frogRana draytonii
Red-naped sapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalis
Red-winged blackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Ring-necked pheasantPhasianus colchicus
River otterLutra canadensis
Rocky Mountain elkCervus elaphus nelsoni
Rocky Mountain mule deerOdocoileus hemionus hemionus
Ruffed grouseBonasa umbellus
Rufous hummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Sage grouseCentrocercus urophasianus
Sage sparrowAmphispiza belli
Sage thrasherOreoscoptes montanus
Sandhill craneGrus canadensis
Sharp-tailed grouseTympanuchus phasianellus
Sharptailed snakeContia tenuis
Sheathead slugZacoleus idahoensis
Silver-haired batLasionycteris noctivagans
Smoky taildropperProphysaon humil
Snake River physaPhysa natricina
Snowshoe hareLepus americanus
Snowy owlNyctea scandiaca
Snowy porterCharadrius alexandrinus
SoraPorzana carolina
Southern alligator lizardElgaria multicarinatus
Southern red-backed voleMyodes gapperi
Southwestern Willow flycatcherEmpidonax traillii adastus
Spalding's catchflySilene spaldingii
Spotted batEuderma maculatum
Spotted frogRana luteiventris
Spotted owlStrix occidentalis
Spotted skunkSpilogale gracilis
Swainson's hawkButeo swainsoni
Taylor's checkerspot butterflyEuphydryas editha taylori
Three-toed woodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
Townsend’s big-eared batCorynorhinus townsendii
Townsend's western big-eared batCorynorhinus townsendii townsendii
Trumpeter swanCygnus buccinator
Tundra swanCygnus columbianus
Turkey vultureCathartes aura
Utah valvata snailValvata utahensis
Vaux's swiftChaetura vauxi
VeeryCatharus fuscescens
Vesper sparrowPooecetes gramineus
Washington ground squirrelSpermophilus washingtoni
Western bluebirdSialia mexicana
Western GrebeAechmoporus occidentalis
Western grey squirrelSciurus griseus
Western meadowlarkSturnella neglecta
Western pond turtleClemmys marmorata
Western rattlesnakeCrotalus viridis
Western skinkEumeces skiltonianu
Western toadBufo boreas 
Western wood-peweeContopus sordidulus
Western yellow-billed cuckooCoccyzus americanus
White-breasted nuthatchSitta carolinensis
White-faced ibisPlegadis chihi
White-headed woodpeckerPicoides albolarvatus
White-tailed ptarmiganLagopus leucura
Williamson's sapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideus
Willow flycatcherEmpidonax traillii
Winter wrenTroglodytes troglodytes
WolverineGulo gulo
Wood duckAix sponsa
Yellow pine chipmunkNeotamias amoenus
Yellow warblerDendroica petechia
Yellow-breasted chatIcteria virens

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