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Special-status Wildlife Species Evaluated For Jul 30, 2012
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<br /> SORTED BY CLASS
<br /> Scientific Name Habitat Affinities And Potential For
<br /> Common Name Status Reported Distribution Occurrence On Site
<br /> Elanus leucurus Federal none Inhabits rolling foothills andvalley margins with scattered oaks and river Detected:
<br /> State none bottomlands or marshes next to deciduous woodlands. Utilizes open nesting habitat for this
<br /> white-tailed kite grasslands, meadows, or marshes for foraging close to isolated, species is present in large
<br /> Other DFG: FP dense-topped trees for nesting and perching. DFG listing covers nesting valley oak trees adjacent to
<br /> FWS: individuals only. study area.
<br /> MNBMC, Recorded from Alameda, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Marin, Napa,
<br /> MBTA Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo,
<br /> Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma,Tehama, Ventura,Yolo counties.
<br /> Eremophila alpestris actia Federal none Inhabits short-grass prairie,"bald" hills, mountain meadows, open coastal Possible:
<br /> California horned lark State none plains, fallow grain fields,alkali flats. Distributed in coastal regions, chiefly grassland habitat is limited
<br /> from Sonoma County to San Diego County.Also occurs in the main part of to disturbed areas along
<br /> Other DFG: SSC San Joaquin Valley and east to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. levees and roadsides.
<br /> Recorded from Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Merced, Riverside,
<br /> San Benito, San Diego, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Stanislaus counties.
<br /> Falco columbarius Federal none Winters on the seacoast, in tidal estuaries, open woodlands, savannahs, Possible:
<br /> merlin State none edges of grasslands and deserts,farms and ranches. Clumps of trees or species does not nest in
<br /> windbreaks are required for roosting in open country. DFG listing covers San Joaquin Co.
<br /> Other DFG: SSC wintering birds only.
<br /> FWS: MBTA
<br /> Species may forage within
<br /> the study area.
<br /> Falco mexicanus Federal none Inhabits dry, open terrain, either level or hilly. Breeding sites located on cliffs. Detected:
<br /> prairie falcon State none Forages far afield, including marshlands and ocean shores. DFG listing no suitable nesting habitat
<br /> covers nesting birds only. within study area, however
<br /> Other DFG: SSC Recorded from Alameda,Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra species may forage within
<br /> FWS: BCC: Costa, Del Norte, EI Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, study area.
<br /> MBTA Kings, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Observed flying overhead in
<br /> Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, 2008.
<br /> Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San
<br /> Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa
<br /> Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus,
<br /> Sutter, Tehama, Trinity,Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yolo, Yuba counties.
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