Listed and Sensitive Species in Catron County


Total number of species: 39

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Common Name

Scientific Name

Group

Status
Yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Bird Candidate
Gila springsnail Pyrgulopsis gilae Mollusc - Invertebrate Candidate
Least Tern (Interior Population) Sterna antillarum Bird Endangered
Southwestern willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus Bird Endangered
Black-footed ferret 2 Mustela nigripes Mammal Endangered
Gray Wolf (Mexican Gray Wolf) Canis lupus baileyi Mammal Endangered
Chiricahua leopard frog Rana chiricahuensis Amphibian Threatened
Mexican spotted owl
Designated Critical Habitat 		Strix occidentalis lucida Bird Threatened
Gila trout Oncorhynchus gilae Fish Threatened
Loach minnow
Proposed Critical Habitat 		Tiaroga cobitis Fish Threatened
Spikedace
Proposed Critical Habitat 		Meda fulgida Fish Threatened
Zuni fleabane Erigeron rhizomatus Plant Threatened

Species of Concern
Species of Concern are included for planning purposes only.

Common Name

Scientific Name

Group

Status
Lowland leopard frog Rana yavapaiensis Amphibian Species of Concern
New Mexico silverspot butterfly Speyeria nokomis nitocris Arthropod - Invertebrate Species of Concern
Sacramento Mountains silverspot butterfly Speyeria atlantis capitanensis Arthropod - Invertebrate Species of Concern
American peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus anatum Bird Species of Concern
Arctic peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus tundrius Bird Species of Concern
Baird's sparrow Ammodramus bairdii Bird Species of Concern
Bell’s vireo Vireo bellii Bird Species of Concern
Common black hawk Buteogallus anthracinus Bird Species of Concern
Mountain plover Charadrius montanus Bird Species of Concern
Northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis Bird Species of Concern
Western burrowing owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea Bird Species of Concern
Chihuahua catfish 1 Ictalurus sp. Fish Species of Concern
Desert sucker Catostomus clarki Fish Species of Concern
Rio Grande sucker Catostomus plebeius Fish Species of Concern
Roundtail chub Gila robusta Fish Species of Concern
Sonora sucker Catostomus insignis Fish Species of Concern
Allen's big-eared bat Idionycteris phyllotis Mammal Species of Concern
Southwestern otter Lutra canadensis sonorae Mammal Species of Concern
Townsend's big-eared bat Corynorhinus townsendii Mammal Species of Concern
Western red bat Lasiurus blossevillii Mammal Species of Concern
Gila groundsel Senecio quaerens Plant Species of Concern
Goodding's onion Allium gooddingii Plant Species of Concern
Hess' fleabane Erigeron hessii Plant Species of Concern
Mogollon clover Trifolium longipes var. neurophyllum Plant Species of Concern
Parish's alkali grass Puccinellia parishii Plant Species of Concern
Mexican garter snake Thamnophis eques Reptile Species of Concern
Narrowhead garter snake Thamnophis rufipunctatus Reptile Species of Concern

Endangered

Any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.

Threatened

Any species which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.

Candidate

Candidate Species (taxa for which the Service has sufficient information to propose that they be added to list of endangered and threatened species, but the listing action has been precluded by other higher priority listing activities).

Proposed

Any species of fish, wildlife or plant that is proposed in the Federal Register to be listed under section 4 of the Act. This could be either proposed for endangered or threatened status.

Species of Concern

Taxa for which further biological research and field study are needed to resolve their conservation status OR are considered sensitive, rare, or declining on lists maintained by Natural Heritage Programs, State wildlife agencies, other Federal agencies, or professional/academic scientific societies. Species of Concern are included for planning purposes only.

Foot Notes:

D

Designated Critical Habitat.

P

Proposed Critical Habitat.

1

Introduced population.

3

Extirpated in this county.

2

Survey should be conducted if project involves impacts to prairie dog towns or complexes of 200-acres or more for the Gunnison's prairie dog (Cynomys gunnisoni) and/or 80-acres or more for any subspecies of Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus). A complex consists of two or more neighboring prairie dog towns within 4.3 miles (7 kilometers) of each other.