All Species Lists can be considered current subject to the following changes.
| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Status |
Action |
Date |
Reason |
| Wright's marsh thistle |
Cirsium wrightii |
Species of Concern |
Added to Socorro County - Removed from Lincoln County. |
4/15/09 |
Correction of county occurrence. |
| Southwestern willow flycatcher |
Empidonax traillii extimus |
Endangered |
Added to Eddy County. |
1/5/09 |
Species is found in this county. |
| Pecos sunflower |
Helianthus paradoxus |
Threatened |
Critical Habitat established in Chaves, Cibola and Guadalupe counties. |
4/1/08 |
Habitat was determined to occur in Chaves, Cibola and Guadalupe counties. |
| New Mexican meadow jumping mouse |
Zapus hudsonius luteus |
Candidate |
Reclassified from Species of Concern to a Candidate species. |
12/1/07 |
In December 2007, we concluded that the status of the jumping mouse qualified as a candidate species under the ESA. |
| Bald eagle |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
Not Listed |
Removed as a Threatened Species. |
8/8/07 |
Removed as a Threatened Species. |
| Gray Wolf (Mexican Gray Wolf) |
Canis lupus baileyi |
Endangered |
Dropped from Luna county - Added to Sierra county |
4/9/07 |
Species does not occur in Luna county but does occur in Sierra county. |
| Gila trout |
Oncorhynchus gilae |
Threatened |
Reclassified from Endangered to Threatened. |
7/18/06 |
The Gila trout has been reclassified from endangered to threatened with a special rule to allow recreational fishing opportunities. Threatened status is appropriate because the number of populations has increased from 4 to 12 since recovery efforts began, and all of the threats affecting the species have either been reduced or eliminated. |
| Gould’s turkey |
Meleagris gallopavo mexicana |
Species of Concern |
Corrected spelling. |
7/17/06 |
Mexicana was incorrectly spelled. |
| Mountain plover |
Charadrius montanus |
Species of Concern |
Added to Sierra County. |
7/17/06 |
Species is found in this county. |
| Black-footed ferret |
Mustela nigripes |
Endangered |
Added superscript “2” to all counties except Dona Ana, Hidalgo, and Luna. |
7/5/06 |
To alert action agencies to survey for black-footed ferrets if the project involved disturbance to prairie dog towns or complexes. |
| Rio Grande Sucker |
Catostomus plebeius |
Species of Concern |
Added to Catron, Cibola, Grant, Lincoln Luna, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe, and Taos Counties. |
6/28/06 |
Consulted “The Fishes of New Mexico” by J.E. Sublette, M.D. Hatch and M. Sublette for species distribution. |
| Santa Fe cholla |
Opuntia viridiflora |
Species of Concern |
Dropped from Catron, Cibola, Harding,and San Juan Counties. |
6/28/06 |
Species does not occur in these counties. |
| Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly |
Euphydryas anicia cloudcrofti |
Species of Concern |
Added to Otero County. |
6/28/06 |
Species was omitted from initial list. |
| Goodding's onion |
Allium gooddingii |
Species of Concern |
Dropped from Lincoln and San Juan Counties. |
6/28/06 |
Species does not occur in those counties. |
| Baird's sparrow |
Ammodramus bairdii |
Species of Concern |
Dropped from Cibola and McKinley Counties. |
6/28/06 |
Species does not occur in those counties. |
