Listed and Sensitive Species in Lea County

Listed and Sensitive Species in Lea County

Total number of species: 12

Common Name

Scientific Name

Group

Status

Lesser prairie-chicken	Tympanuchus pallidicinctus	Bird	Candidate
Sand dune lizard	Sceloporus arenicolus	Reptile	Candidate
Northern aplomado falcon	Falco femoralis septentrionalis	Bird	Endangered
Black-footed ferret ²	Mustela nigripes	Mammal	Endangered

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

Common Name

Scientific Name

Group

Status

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
Western burrowing owl	Athene cunicularia hypugaea	Bird	Species of Concern
Yellow-billed cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus	Bird	Species of Concern
Black-tailed prairie dog	Cynomys ludovicianus	Mammal	Species of Concern
Swift fox	Vulpes velox	Mammal	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.