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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 />Concern | <br />IUCN_LC- <br />Least <br />Concern | <br />USFWS_BCC <br />-Birds of <br />Conservatio <br />n Concern <br />scrub | Pinon & juniper <br />woodlands | Riparian woodland <br />| Sonoran Desert scrub <br />oases, scrub & washes. Prefers <br />open country for hunting, with <br />perches for scanning, and fairly <br />dense shrubs and brush for <br />nesting. <br /> <br />Contra Costa and <br />Alameda Counties, and <br />suitable habitat exists <br />within the Study Area. <br />California black <br />rail <br />Laterallus <br />jamaicensis <br />coturniculus <br />-/ST <br />BLM_S- <br />Sensitive | <br />CDFW_FP- <br />Fully <br />Protected | <br />IUCN_NT- <br />Near <br />Threatened <br />| <br />NABCI_RWL <br />-Red Watch <br />List | <br />USFWS_BCC <br />-Birds of <br />Conservatio <br />n Concern <br />Brackish marsh | Freshwater <br />marsh | Marsh & swamp | Salt <br />marsh | Wetland <br />Inhabits freshwater marshes, <br />wet meadows and shallow <br />margins of saltwater marshes <br />bordering larger bays. Needs <br />water depths of about 1 inch <br />that do not fluctuate during the <br />year and dense vegetation for <br />nesting habitat. <br />Moderate <br />Several recorded <br />occurrences are located <br />near Impact Areas, and <br />suitable habitat exists <br />within the Study Area. <br />song sparrow <br />("Modesto" <br />population) <br />Melospiza <br />melodia -/- <br />CDFW_SSC- <br />Species of <br />Special <br />Concern <br />Open Woodlands | Tidal <br />marshes | Grasslands | <br />Chaparral | Agricultural fields <br />Inhabits a wide variety of <br />habitats, nests from on the <br />ground to 15 feet, often near <br />water. <br />High <br />Several recorded <br />occurrences are located <br />near Impact Areas, and <br />suitable habitat exists <br />within the Study Area. <br />Suisun song <br />sparrow <br />Melospiza <br />melodia <br />maxillaris <br />-/- <br />CDFW_SSC- <br />Species of <br />Special <br />Concern | <br />USFWS_BCC <br />-Birds of <br />Conservatio <br />n Concern <br />Marsh & swamp | Wetland <br />Resident of brackish-water <br />marshes surrounding Suisun <br />Bay. Inhabits cattails, tules and <br />other sedges, and Salicornia; <br />also known to frequent tangles <br />bordering sloughs. <br />None <br />The Study Area is not <br />within the range of the <br />species. <br />black-crowned <br />night heron <br />Nycticorax <br />nycticorax -/- <br />IUCN_LC- <br />Least <br />Concern <br />Marsh & swamp | Riparian <br />forest | Riparian woodland | <br />Wetland <br />Colonial nester, usually in trees, <br />occasionally in tule patches. <br />Rookery sites located adjacent <br />High <br />Suitable habitat exists <br />within the Study Area, <br />and several recorded