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Common Name Scientific Name <br />Fed/ <br />State/ <br />CNPS <br />Other <br />Status Habitat Micro Habitat Potential <br />to Occur <br />Justification for <br />Determination <br />depression concealed in <br />vegetation. <br />nesting habitat in the <br />Impact Areas. <br />burrowing owl Athene <br />cunicularia -/- <br />BLM_S- <br />Sensitive | <br />CDFW_SSC- <br />Species of <br />Special <br />Concern | <br />IUCN_LC- <br />Least <br />Concern | <br />USFWS_BCC <br />-Birds of <br />Conservatio <br />n Concern <br />Coastal prairie | Coastal scrub | <br />Great Basin grassland | Great <br />Basin scrub | Mojave Desert <br />scrub | Sonoran desert scrub | <br />Valley & foothill grassland <br />Open, dry annual or perennial <br />grasslands, deserts, and <br />scrublands characterized by low- <br />growing vegetation. <br />Subterranean nester, dependent <br />upon burrowing mammals, such <br />as California ground squirrel. <br />High <br />Several recorded <br />occurrences are located <br />nearby, and suitable <br />habitat exists within the <br />Study Area. <br />ferruginous <br />hawk Buteo regalis -/- <br />CDFW_WL- <br />Watch List | <br />IUCN_LC- <br />Least <br />Concern | <br />USFWS_BCC <br />-Birds of <br />Conservatio <br />n Concern <br />Great Basin grassland | Great <br />Basin scrub | Pinon & juniper <br />woodlands | Valley & foothill <br />grassland <br />Open grasslands, sagebrush <br />flats, desert scrub, low foothills <br />and fringes of pinyon and <br />juniper habitats. Eats mostly <br />lagomorphs, ground squirrels, <br />and mice. Population trends <br />may follow lagomorph <br />population cycles. <br /> <br />Moderate <br />Several documented <br />occurrences of over- <br />wintering birds occur <br />within 0.5 to 3 miles of <br />several of the Impact <br />Areas, and they are <br />observed regularly in the <br />winter, but do not nest in <br />CA <br />Swainson's <br />hawk Buteo swainsoni -/ST <br />BLM_S- <br />Sensitive | <br />IUCN_LC- <br />Least <br />Concern | <br />USFWS_BCC <br />-Birds of <br />Conservatio <br />n Concern <br />Great Basin grassland | Riparian <br />forest | Riparian woodland | <br />Valley & foothill grassland <br />Breeds in grasslands with <br />scattered trees, juniper-sage <br />flats, riparian areas, savannahs, <br />& agricultural or ranch lands <br />with groves or lines of trees. <br />Requires adjacent suitable <br />foraging areas with rodent <br />populations. <br />High <br />Suitable nesting and <br />foraging habitat found <br />throughout the Study <br />Area. There are known <br />occurrences within the <br />Study Area. <br />western snowy <br />plover <br />Charadrius <br />alexandrinus <br />nivosus <br />FT/- <br />CDFW_SSC- <br />Species of <br />Special <br />Concern | <br />NABCI_RWL <br />-Red Watch <br />List | <br />Great Basin standing waters | <br />Sand shore | Wetland <br />Sandy beaches, salt pond levees <br />& shores of large alkali lakes. <br />Needs sandy, gravelly or friable <br />soils for nesting. <br />None <br />The Study Area is not <br />within 5 miles of the <br />known occurrences, and <br />no suitable habitat is <br />located within Study <br />Area.