Listed and Sensitive Species in Socorro County

Listed and Sensitive Species in Socorro County

Total number of species: 32

Common Name

Scientific Name

Group

Status

Yellow-billed cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus	Bird	Candidate
New Mexican meadow jumping mouse	Zapus hudsonius luteus	Mammal	Candidate
Chupadera springsnail	Pyrgulopsis chupaderae	Mollusc - Invertebrate	Candidate
Socorro isopod	Thermosphaeroma thermophilum	Arthropod - Invertebrate	Endangered
Least Tern (Interior Population)	Sterna antillarum	Bird	Endangered
Northern aplomado falcon	Falco femoralis septentrionalis	Bird	Endangered
Southwestern willow flycatcher Designated Critical Habitat	Empidonax traillii extimus	Bird	Endangered
Rio Grande silvery minnow Designated Critical Habitat	Hybognathus amarus	Fish	Endangered
Black-footed ferret ²	Mustela nigripes	Mammal	Endangered
Alamosa springsnail	Psuedotryonia alamosae	Mollusc - Invertebrate	Endangered
Socorro springsnail	Pyrgulopsis neomexicana	Mollusc - Invertebrate	Endangered
Chiricahua leopard frog	Rana chiricahuensis	Amphibian	Threatened
Mexican spotted owl Designated Critical Habitat	Strix occidentalis lucida	Bird	Threatened
Piping plover	Charadrius melodus	Bird	Threatened

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

Common Name

Scientific Name

Group

Status

Desert viceroy butterfly	Limenitis archippus obsoleta	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
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
Allen's big-eared bat	Idionycteris phyllotis	Mammal	Species of Concern
Black-tailed prairie dog	Cynomys ludovicianus	Mammal	Species of Concern
Desert pocket gopher	Geomys arenarius	Mammal	Species of Concern
Organ Mountains Colorado chipmunk	Eutamias quadrivittatus australis	Mammal	Species of Concern
Pecos River muskrat	Ondatra zibethicus ripensis	Mammal	Species of Concern
Townsend's big-eared bat	Corynorhinus townsendii	Mammal	Species of Concern
Fugate's blue-star	Amsonia fugatei	Plant	Species of Concern
Sandhill goosefoot	Chenopodium cycloides	Plant	Species of Concern
Wright's marsh thistle	Cirsium wrightii	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.