Featured Species
Below are the species within our area of responsibility for the Carlsbad and Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife Offices. Our offices cover species in Los Angeles (LA), Orange (OR), San Diego (SD), Inyo (IN), Kern (KE), San Bernardino (SB), Riverside (RI), and Imperial (IM) counties.
A "Threatened" species is likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range, and an "Endangered" species is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
PLANTS
- San Diego thornmint (Threatened) (SD)
- San Clemente Island lotus (Delisted) (LA)
- San Clemente Island paintbrush (Delisted) (LA)
- San Clemente Island larkspur (Delisted) (LA)
- San Clemente Island woodland-star (Endangered) (LA)
- San Clemente Island bush-mallow (Delisted) (LA)
- Cushenbury oxytheca (Endangered) (SB)
- Munz's onion (Endangered) (RI)
- San Diego ambrosia (Endangered) (SD, RI)
- Del Mar manzanita (Endangered) (SD)
- marsh sandwort (Endangered) (LA, SB)
- Cushenbury milk-vetch (Endangered) (SB)
- Braunton's milk-vetch (Endangered) (LA, OR, RI)
- Lane Mountain milk-vetch (Endangered) (SB)
- Coachella Valley milk-vetch (Endangered) (RI)
- Peirson's milk-vetch (Threatened) (IM)
- Ventura marsh milk-vetch (Endangered) (LA, OR)
- coastal dunes milk-vetch (Endangered) (LA, SD)
- triple-ribbed milk-vetch (Endangered) (SB, RI)
- San Jacinto Valley crownscale (Endangered) (RI)
- Encinitas baccharis (Threatened) (SD)
- Nevin's barberry (Endangered) (LA, SD, SB, RI)
- thread-leaved brodiaea (Threatened) (LA, OR, SD, SB, RI)
- ash-grey paintbrush (Threatened) (SB)
- Vail Lake ceanothus (Threatened) (RI)
- Catalina Island mountain-mahogany (Endangered) (LA)
- salt marsh bird's-beak (Endangered) (LA, OR, SD)
- Orcutt's spineflower (Endangered) (SD)
- San Fernando Valley spineflower (LA, OR)
- Otay tarplant (Threatened) (SD)
- slender-horned spineflower (Endangered) (LA, SB, RI)
- Santa Monica Mountains dudleya (Threatened) (LA, OR)
- Laguna Beach liveforever (Threatened) (OR)
- Bear Valley sandwort (Threatened) (SB)
- Santa Ana River woolly-star (Endangered) (OR, SB, RI)
- Parish's daisy (Threatened) (SB, RI)
- southern mountain wild buckwheat (Threatened) (SB)
- Cushenbury buckwheat (Endangered) (SB)
- San Diego button celery (Endangered) (SD, RI)
- Mexican flannelbush (Endangered) (SD)
- Ash Meadows gumplant (Threatened) (IN)
- Island rush-rose (Threatened) (LA)
- willowy monardella (Endangered) (SD)
- Gambel's watercress (Endangered) (LA, OR, SD, SB)
- spreading navarretia (Threatened) (LA, SD, RI)
- Amargosa niterwort (Endangered) (IN)
- Eureka Valley evening-primrose (IN)
- California Orcutt grass (Endangered) (LA, SD, RI)
- Lyon's pentachaeta (Endangered) (LA)
- San Bernardino Mountains bladderpod (Endangered) (SB)
- San Bernardino bluegrass (Endangered) (SD, SB)
- San Diego mesa-mint (Endangered) (SD)
- Otay mesa mint (Endangered) (SD)
- Santa Cruz Island rockcress (Endangered) (LA)
- pedate checker-mallow (Endangered) (SB)
- Eureka Dune grass (Threatened) (IN)
- California taraxacum (Endangered) (SB)
- slender-petaled mustard (Endangered) (SB)
- Hidden Lake bluecurls (RI)
- big-leaved crown beard (Threatened) (OR)
MAMMALS
- San Bernardino kangaroo rat (Endangered) (LA, SB, RI)
- San Bernardino flying squirrel (SB, RI)
- Stephens' kangaroo rat (Threatened) (SD, SB, RI)
- southern sea otter (Threatened) (LA, OR, SD)
- Amargosa vole (Endangered) (IN)
- Nelson bighorn sheep (Peninsular Range DPS; Peninsular bighorn sheep) (Endangered) (SD, RI, IM)
- Pacific pocket mouse (Endangered) (LA, OR, SD)
- Santa Catalina Island fox (Threatened) (LA)
INVERTEBRATES
- vernal pool fairy shrimp (Threatened) (RI)
- San Diego fairy shrimp (Endangered) (OR, SD)
- Casey's June beetle (Endangered) (RI)
- El Segundo blue butterfly (Endangered) (LA)
- Quino checkerspot butterfly (Endangered) (OR, SD, SB, RI)
- Palos Verdes blue butterfly (Endangered) (LA)
- Hermes copper butterfly (Threatened) (SD)
- Laguna Mountains skipper (Endangered) (SD)
- Delhi Sands flower-loving fly (Endangered) (SB, RI)
- Riverside fairy shrimp (Endangered) (LA, OR, SD, RI)
FISH
- Santa Ana sucker (Threatened) (LA, OR, SB, RI)
- desert pupfish (Endangered) (SD, RI, IM)
- tidewater goby (Endangered) (OR, SD)
- unarmored threespine stickleback (Endangered) (LA, SD, SB)
- Mohave tui chub (Endangered) (SB)
- bonytail chub (Endangered) (SB, RI, IM)
- steelhead (southern California ESU) (Endangered) (LA, OR, SD)
- Colorado Pikeminnow (Endangered) (SD, RI, IM)
- razorback sucker (Endangered) (SB, RI, IM)
AMPHIBIANS
- arroyo toad (a. southwestern t.) (Endangered) (LA, OR, SD, SB, RI)
- desert slender salamander (Endangered) (RI)
- foothill yellow-legged frog (LA)
- California red-legged frog (Threatened) (LA, OR, SD, SB, RI)
- mountain yellow-legged frog (southern California DPS) (Endangered) (LA, SB, RI)
- western spadefoot toad (LA, OR, SD, SB, RI)
REPTILES
- Western pond turtle (Under Review) (LA, OR, SD, SB, RI)
- desert tortoise (Mojave population DPS) (Threatened) (SB, RI, IM)
- Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard (Threatened) (RI)
- island night lizard (Delisted) (LA)
BIRDS
- San Clemente Bell's sparrow (Delisted) (LA)
- marbled murrelet (Threatened) (LA, SD)
- western snowy plover (Pacific Coast population DPS) (Threatened) (LA, OR, SD)
- yellow-billed cuckoo (western DPS) (Threatened) (LA, OR, SD, SB, RI, IM)
- southwestern willow flycatcher (Endangered) (LA, OR, SD, SB, RI, IM)
- California condor (Endangered) (LA, SD, SB)
- bald eagle (Delisted) (LA, OR, SD, SB, RI, IM)
- San Clemente loggerhead shrike (Endangered) (LA)
- brown pelican (Delisted) (LA, OR, SD, SB, RI, IM)
- short-tailed albatross (Endangered) (LA, OR, SD)
- Inyo California towhee (Threatened) (LA, OR, SD)
- coastal California gnatcatcher (Threatened) (LA, OR, SD, SB, RI)
- light-footed Ridgway's rail (light-footed clapper rail) (Endangered) (LA, OR, SD)
- Yuma Ridgway's rail (Yuma clapper rail) (Endangered) (SB, RI, IM)
- California least tern (Endangered) (LA, OR, SD, RI, IM)
- least Bell's vireo (Endangered) (LA, OR, SD, SB, RI, IM)