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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 />Conservatio <br />n Concern <br />merlin Falco <br />columbarius -/- <br />CDFW_WL- <br />Watch List | <br />IUCN_LC- <br />Least <br />Concern <br />Estuary | Great Basin grassland <br />| Valley & foothill grassland <br /> <br />Seacoast, tidal estuaries, open <br />woodlands, savannahs, edges of <br />grasslands & deserts, farms & <br />ranches. Clumps of trees or <br />windbreaks are required for <br />roosting in open country. <br /> <br />Low <br />Suitable foraging habitat <br />is present in the Study <br />Area, but species has <br />been observed foraging <br />and several recorded <br />occurrences are located <br />near Impact Areas. <br />prairie falcon Falco mexicanus -/- <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 | Mojave Desert <br />scrub | Sonoran Desert scrub | <br />Valley & foothill grassland <br /> <br />Inhabits dry, open terrain, either <br />level or hilly. Breeding sites <br />located on cliffs. Forages far <br />afield, even to marshlands and <br />ocean shores. <br /> <br />Low <br />No suitable nesting <br />habitat is located in the <br />Study Area, but species <br />has been observed <br />foraging. <br />American <br />peregrine <br />falcon <br />Falco peregrinus <br />anatum FD/SD <br />CDF_S- <br />Sensitive | <br />CDFW_FP- <br />Fully <br />Protected | <br />USFWS_BCC <br />-Birds of <br />Conservatio <br />n Concern <br /> <br /> <br />Near wetlands, lakes, rivers, or <br />other water; on cliffs, banks, <br />dunes, mounds; also, human- <br />made structures. Nest consists <br />of a scrape or a depression or <br />ledge in an open site. <br /> <br />Low <br />No suitable nesting <br />habitat is located in the <br />Study Area, but species <br />has been observed <br />foraging. One recorded <br />occurrence is within 2.5 <br />miles of Impact Areas, on <br />the Rio Vista Bridge. <br /> <br />saltmarsh <br />common <br />yellowthroat <br />Geothlypis trichas <br />sinuosa -/- <br />CDFW_SSC- <br />Species of <br />Special <br />Concern | <br />USFWS_BCC <br />-Birds of <br />Conservatio <br />n Concern <br />Marsh & swamp <br /> <br />Resident of the San Francisco <br />Bay region, in fresh and salt <br />water marshes. Requires thick, <br />continuous cover down to water <br />surface for foraging; tall grasses, <br />tule patches, willows for <br />nesting. <br /> <br />None <br />The Study Area is not <br />within the range of the <br />species. <br />loggerhead <br />shrike <br />Lanius <br />ludovicianus -/- <br />CDFW_SSC- <br />Species of <br />Special <br />Broadleaved upland forest | <br />Desert wash | Joshua tree <br />woodland | Mojave Desert <br />Broken woodlands, savannah, <br />pinyon-juniper, Joshua tree, and <br />riparian woodlands, desert <br />High <br />Several recorded <br />occurrences are located <br />near Impact Areas in