Listed and Sensitive Species in San Juan County


Total number of species: 24

Print this Page Print  

Common Name

Scientific Name

Group

Status
Yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Bird Candidate
Southwestern willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus Bird Endangered
Colorado pikeminnow Ptychocheilus lucius Fish Endangered
Razorback sucker Xyrauchen texanus Fish Endangered
Black-footed ferret 2 Mustela nigripes Mammal Endangered
Knowlton cactus Pediocactus knowltonii Plant Endangered
Mancos milk-vetch Astragalus humillimus Plant Endangered
Mexican spotted owl
Designated Critical Habitat 		Strix occidentalis lucida Bird Threatened
Mesa Verde cactus Sclerocactus mesae-verdae Plant Threatened

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

Common Name

Scientific Name

Group

Status
New Mexico silverspot butterfly Speyeria nokomis nitocris Arthropod - Invertebrate Species of Concern
San Juan checkerspot butterfly Euphydryas anicia chuskae 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
Black tern Chlidonias niger 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
Roundtail chub Gila robusta Fish Species of Concern
Townsend's big-eared bat Corynorhinus townsendii Mammal Species of Concern
Beautiful gilia Gilia formosa Plant Species of Concern
Bisti fleabane Erigeron bistiensis Plant Species of Concern
Brack's fishhook cactus Sclerocactus cloveriae ssp. brackii Plant Species of Concern
Parish's alkali grass Puccinellia parishii Plant 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.