Chapter 9: Sensitive Animals Table

A seagull flies over the California Coastal National Monument which stretches along the entire coast of California and extends 12 miles into the Pacific Ocean. The Monument includes 20,000 rocks, islands, pinnacles and reefs.

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Wagon wheel in the Carrizo Plain National Monument

Three Pump Jacks, Midway-Sunset Oilfield

Painted Rock. Carrizo Plain National Monument.

Piedras Blancas Lightstation, San Simeon

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Sensitive Animals

SENSITIVE ANIMAL SPECIES IN THE CALIENTE RESOURCE

STATUS ¹

OCCURRENCE^2,3

COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	Fed	State	C	V	S
BIRDS
ALEUTIAN CANADA GOOSE	BRANTA CANADENSIS LEUCOPAREIA	FT		N1	L1	N1
AMERICAN PEREGRINE FALCON	FALCO PEREGRINUS ANATUM	FE	CE	K	H	M2
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN	PELECANUS ERYTHRORHYNCHOS		CSC	N1	L	N1
ASHY STORM-PETREL	OCEANODROMA HOMOCHROA	S	CSC	M2	N3	N3
BALD EAGLE	HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS	FT	CE	M2	H	M2
BANK SWALLOW	RIPARIA RIPARIA	CT		L1	L1	L1
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE	BUCEPHALA ISLANDICA		CSC	N1	N1	L1
BELDING'S SAVANNAH SPARROW	PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS BELDINGI	S	CE	N1	N3	N3
BELL'S SAGE SPARROW	AMPHISPIZA BELLI BELLI	S		M1	N3	N3
BENDIRE'S THRASHER	TOXOSTOMA BENDIREI		CSC	N3	N3	M2
BLACK STORM-PETREL	OCEANODROMA MELANIA		CSC	L2	N3	N3
BLACK SWIFT	CYPSELOIDES NIGER		CSC	L2	L2	M2
BLACK TERN	CHLIDONIAS NIGRE	S		L1	L1	L1
BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE	ELANUS CAERULEUS		CFP	K	K	M2
BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER	MYIARCHUS TYRANNULUS		CSC	N3	N3	L1
BURROWING OWL	ATHENE CUNICULARIA	S	CSC	M1	K	M2
CALIFORNIA BLACK RAIL	LATERALLUS JAMAICENSIS COTURNICULUS	S	CT	N1	N3	N3
CALIFORNIA BROWN PELICAN	PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS CALIFORNICUS	FE	CE	K	N1	N1
CALIFORNIA CLAPPER RAIL	RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS OBSOLETUS	FE	CE	N1	N3	N3
CALIFORNIA CONDOR	GYMNOGYPS CALIFORNIANUS	FE	CE	K	K	K
CALIFORNIA GULL	LARUS CALIFORNICUS	FE	CE	H	K	H
CALIFORNIA HORNED LARK	EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS ACTIA	MA		H	K	N3
CALIFORNIA LEAST TERN	STERNA ANTILLARUM BROWNI	FE	CE	H	N3	N3
CALIFORNIA SPOTTED OWL	STRIX OCCIDENTALIS OCCIDENTALIS	S	CSC	M1	N1	K
COMMON LOON	GAVIA IMMER			N1	N1	N1
COOPER'S HAWK	ACCIPITER COOPERII		CSC	K	K	K
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT	PHALACROCORAX AURITUS		CSC	K	K	M1
ELEGANT TERN	STERNA ELEGANS	S		H	N3	N3
FERRUGINOUS HAWK	BUTEO REGALIS	S		H	K	K
FORK-TAILED STORM-PETREL	OCEANODROMA FURCATA		CSC	L2	N3	N3
FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK	DENDROCYGNA BICOLOR	S	CSC	L1	L1	L1
GOLDEN EAGLE	AQUILA CHRYSAETOS		CFP	K	K	K
GRAY VIREO	VIREO VICINIOR		CSC	N3	N3	M2
GREAT BLUE HERON	ARDEA HERODIAS			H	K	K
GREATER SANDHILL CRANE	GRUS CANADENSIS TABIDA	CT		L1	K	L1
HARLEQUIN DUCK	HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS	S	CSC	N1	N1	L1
LARGE-BILLED SAVANNAH SPARROW	PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS ROSTRATUS	S		N1	N3	N3
LE CONTE'S THRASHER	TOXOSTOMA LECONTEI	S	CSC	N1	K	L1
LEAST BELL'S VIREO	VIREO BELLII PUSILLUS	FE	CE	N2	N2	N2
LIGHT-FOOTED CLAPPER RAIL	RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS LEVIPES	FE	CE	N1	N3	N3
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE	LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS			K	K	K
LONG-BILLED CURLEW	NUMENIUS AMERICANUS		CSC	M2	K	M1
LONG-EARED OWLM1	ASIO OTUS		CSC	L2	L2	H
MARBLED MURRELET	BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS	FT	CE	H	N3	N3
MERLIN FALCO	COLUMBARIUS		CSC	K	K	K
MOUNTAIN PLOVER	CHARADRIUS MONTANUS	FC	CSC	M2	K	M1
MOUNTAIN QUAIL	OREORTYX PICTUS	MA		K	K	K
NORTHERN GOSHAWK	ACCIPITER GENTILIS	S	CSC	L1	L1	L2
NORTHERN HARRIER	CIRCUS CYANEUS		CSC	H	K	K
OSPREY	PANDION HALIAETUS		CSC	L1	L1	M1
PRAIRIE FALCON	FALCO MEXICANUS		CSC	K	K	K
PURPLE MARTIN	PROGNE SUBIS		CSC	L1	L1	L1
RHINOCEROS AUKLET	CERORHINCA MONOCERATA		CSC	H	N3	N3
SANTA BARBARA SONG SPARROW	MELOSPIZA MELODIA GRAMINEA	X		N	N	N
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK	ACCIPITER STRIATUS		CSC	K	K	K
SHORT-EARED OWL	ASIO FLAMMEUS		CSC	L2	M2	M2
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RUFOUS-CROWNED	SPARROW AIMOPHILA RUFICEPS CANESCENS	S		H	N3	N3
SOUTHWESTERN WILLOW FLYCATCHER	EMPIDONAX TRAILLII EXTERMIS	FE	CE	N1	N1	K
SUMMER TANAGER	PIRANGA RUBRA		CSC	N3	N3	L1
SWAINSON'S HAWK	BUTEO SWAINSONI	CT		M2	K	M2
TRICOLORED BLACKBIRD	AGELAIUS TRICOLOR	S	CSC	L1	L1	L1
TUFTED PUFFIN	FRATERCULA CIRRHATA		CSC	L2	N3	N3
VERMILION FLYCATCHER	PYROCEPHALUS RUBINUS		CSC	L1	L1	L1
WESTERN LEAST BITTERN	IXOBRYCHUS EXILIS HESPERIS	S	CSC	L1	L1	N1
WESTERN SNOWY PLOVER (COAST)	CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS NIVOSUS	FT	CSC	H	N3	N3
WESTERN SNOWY PLOVER (INTERIOR)	CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS NIVOSUS	MA	CSC	N3	K	N2
WESTERN YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO	COCCYZUS AMERICANUS OCCIDENTALIS	CE		N3	L1	L1
WHITE-FACED IBIS	PLEGADIS CHIHI	S	CSC	L1	H	L1
YELLOW WARBLER	DENDROICA PETECHIA BREWSTERI		CSC	H	H	K
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT	ICTERIA VIRENS		CSC	H	H	H

¹ Status

Federal:
FE, endangered;
FT, threatened;
FPE, proposed endangered;
FPT proposed threatened;
FC, candidate (based on the February 28, 1996 Notice of Review, 61 FR 7596);
S, species which appeared as category 2 candidates in the November 15, 1994 Notice of Review, 56 FR 58982;
X, extinct;
MA, more abundant or widespread than previously believed;
REC, recovered.

State:
CE, endangered;
CT, threatened;
CFP, fully protected;
CSC, species of special concern.

² Occurrence on public land:

K, known;
H, highly likely;
M1, likely but limited habitat;
M2, likely but localized species;
L, unlikely;
L1, unlikely - local species and limited habitat;
L2, unlikely - very localized species;
N, very unlikely;
N1, very unlikely - no suitable habitat;
N2, very unlikely - limited suitable habitat exists but known not to be occupied;
N3, very unlikely - outside of normal range;
U, unknown.

³ Column headings referring to manage- ment areas:

C, Coast;
V, Valley;
S, South Sierra