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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 />-Birds of <br />Conservatio <br />n Concern <br />migration. Minimal <br />habitat of suitable patch <br />size for nesting, and <br />species has not been <br />recorded breeding in the <br />vicinity in recent history. <br /> <br />snowy egret Egretta thula -/- <br />IUCN_LC- <br />Least <br />Concern <br />Marsh & swamp | Meadow & <br />seep | Riparian forest | Riparian <br />woodland | Wetland <br />Colonial nester, with nest sites <br />situated in protected beds of <br />dense tules. Rookery sites <br />situated close to foraging areas: <br />marshes, tidal-flats, streams, <br />wet meadows, and borders of <br />lakes. <br /> <br />High <br />Several recorded <br />occurrences are located <br />near Impact Areas, and <br />suitable habitat exists <br />within the Study Area. <br />white-tailed <br />kite Elanus leucurus -/- <br />BLM_S- <br />Sensitive | <br />CDFW_FP- <br />Fully <br />Protected | <br />IUCN_LC- <br />Least <br />Concern <br />Cismontane woodland | Marsh <br />& swamp | Riparian woodland | <br />Valley & foothill grassland | <br />Wetland <br />Rolling foothills and valley <br />margins with scattered oaks & <br />river bottomlands or marshes <br />next to deciduous woodland. <br />Open grasslands, meadows, or <br />marshes for foraging close to <br />isolated, dense-topped trees for <br />nesting and perching. <br /> <br />Moderate <br />Several recorded <br />occurrences are located <br />near Impact Areas, and <br />suitable habitat exists <br />within the Study Area. <br />California <br />horned lark <br />Eremophila <br />alpestris actia -/- <br />CDFW_WL- <br />Watch List | <br />IUCN_LC- <br />Least <br />Concern <br />Marine intertidal & splash zone <br />communities | Meadow & seep <br />Coastal regions, chiefly from <br />Sonoma County to San Diego <br />County. Also, main part of San <br />Joaquin Valley and east to <br />foothills. Short-grass prairie, <br />"bald" hills, mountain meadows, <br />open coastal plains, fallow grain <br />fields, alkali flats. <br /> <br />Moderate <br />Several of the proposed <br />on-land Impact Areas in <br />Contra Costa County are <br />within 1-2 miles of <br />recorded occurrences, <br />and potentially suitable <br />habitat may be present. <br />Yellow- <br />Breasted Chat Icteria virens -/- <br />CDFW_SSC- <br />Species of <br />Special <br />Concern| <br />USFWS <br />BCC- Bird of <br />Riparian woodland <br />San Joaquin Delta in dense <br />riparian understory with willow, <br />blackberry and wild grape. <br />High <br />Suitable habitat is <br />present and has been <br />observed in riparian <br />thickets and in-channel <br />islands throughout the <br />Sacramento-San Joaquin <br />Delta.