Amphibians |
General Ecosystems |
Specific Habitats |
Reasons for Listing |
Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum |
Wetlands |
Ponds and small lakes; grassland |
Small population, small BC range, declining |
Northern Leopard Frog Rana pipiens |
Wetlands |
Marshes |
Sharp population decline;extirpated in S. Okanagan |
Great Basin Spadefoot Toad Spea intermontana |
Grassland / Wetlands |
Dry grasslands and small ponds |
Small BC population concentrated in S. Okanagan |
Reptiles |
General Ecosystems |
Specific Habitats |
Reasons for Listing |
Pigmy Short-horned Lizard
Phrynosoma douglasii |
Grassland |
Dry, sandy grassland |
Small population and range; may be extirpated |
Night Snake Hypsiglena torquata |
Grassland |
Talus, rock outcrops |
Small population and range; little known |
Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta |
Wetlands |
Small ponds |
Habitat threatened |
Rubber Boa Charina bottae |
Forest / Grassland |
Open forests primarily |
Poorly known, small population? |
Yellow-bellied Racer Coluber constrictor |
Cliffs / Grassland / Forest |
Grasslands, rock outcrops, open forest |
Small BC population concentrated in S. Okanagan |
Gopher Snake Pituophis melanoleucus deserticola |
Cliffs / Grassland / Forest |
Grasslands, shrub-steppe, open ponderosa pine forests |
Small BC population concentrated in S. Okanagan |
Western Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis |
Cliffs / Grassland / Forest |
Talus, rock outcrops, grasslands, open forest |
Small BC population, slow reproductive rate, persecution |
Birds |
General Ecosystems |
Specific Habitats |
Reasons for Listing |
Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis |
Wetlands |
Marshy lakes |
Few breeding colonies in BC; migrant only in S. Okanagan |
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchus |
Wetlands |
Shallow lakes |
Only one breeding colony in BC; migrant only in S. Okanagan |
Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsonii |
Grasslands |
Dry grasslands |
Small population in BC; threatened on wintering range
as well |
Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis |
Grasslands |
Dry grasslands |
Small population; no breeding record for South Okanagan |
Peregrine Falcon (anatum) Falco peregrinus |
Cliffs / Wetlands |
Nests on cliffs, forages over wetlands |
Drastic population decline; pesticides, persecution |
Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus |
Cliffs / Grassland |
Dry grassland, cliffs |
Drastic population decline; pesticides, persecution |
Sage Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus |
Grassland |
Sagebrush shrub-steppe |
Extirpated |
Western Screech-Owl Otus kennicottii macfarlanei |
Riparian |
Riparian woodlands in open forest |
Small BC population concentrated in S. Okanagan, habitat
threatened |
Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia |
Grassland |
Dry grasslands |
Extirpated; loss of habitat, persecution |
White-headed Woodpecker Picoides albolarvatus |
Forest |
Mature and old-growth ponderosa pine forests |
Small population and range in BC, sensitive to forestry |
Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus |
Grassland |
Sagebrush shrub-steppe |
Small population and range in BC, habitat threatened |
Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens |
Riparian |
Riparian thickets |
Small population and range in BC; habitat threatened |
Brewer's Sparrow Spizella b. breweri |
Grassland |
Sagebrush shrub-steppe |
Small range in BC |
Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum |
Grassland |
Bunchgrass rangelands |
Small population, sensitive to grazing pressure |
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus |
Grassland |
Antelopebrush |
Small population and restricted habitat |
American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus |
Wetlands |
Cattail/bulrush marshes |
Small population, habitat threatened |
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias |
Wetlands |
Wetlands, nests in riparian woodland |
Habitat threatened, sensitive to pollution |
Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus |
Grasslands |
Dry grasslands |
Drastic population declines; extirpated in S. Okanagan |
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis |
Wetlands |
Marshes |
Small breeding population extirpated in S. Okanagan |
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana |
Wetlands |
Alkali ponds |
Small, localized breeding population (does not breed in
S. Okanagan) |
Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus |
Grasslands |
Dry grassland, moist pastures |
Localized breeding populations, some habitat threatened |
California Gull Larus californicus |
Wetlands |
Lakeshores |
Small, localized breeding population (does not breed in
S. Okanagan) |
Barn Owl Tyto alba |
Grasslands |
Moist pastures, dry grasslands |
Small, localized breeding population, habitat threatened |
Flammulated Owl Otus flammeolus |
Forests |
Ponderosa pine/ Douglas-fir forests |
Narrow habitat niche, sensitive to forestry |
White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatilis |
Cliffs / Grasslands |
Large cliffs in open habitats |
Localized breeding sites |
Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis |
Grasslands / Forests / Riparian |
Large trees in open grasslands |
Habitat threatened, particularly large nesting trees |
Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus t. thyroideus |
Forests |
Mature western larch forests |
Small population; sensitive to forestry |
Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii |
Forests |
Dry, open, ponderosa pine forest |
Small population restricted to S. Okanagan |
Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus |
Cliffs |
Large rock cliffs and talus |
Small population restricted to S. Okanagan |
Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
Grassland |
Moist pastures and hayfields |
Small, localized breeding populations |
Mammals |
General Ecosystems |
Specific Habitats |
Reasons for Listing |
Pallid Bat Antrozous pallidus |
Cliffs / Grassland |
Dry grasslands, rock outcrops and cliffs |
Small population and range in BC |
Western Red Bat Lasiurus blossevilli |
Riparian |
Large stands of old cottonwoods |
Small population and range in BC; habitat threatened |
White-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus townsendi |
Grassland |
Dry grasslands and shrub-steppe |
Extirpated in BC |
Badger Taxidea taxus |
Grasslands |
Grasslands and open forests |
Habitat loss, persecution |
Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes |
Grassland / Riparian |
... |
Small population concentrated in Okanagan |
W. Small-footed Myotis Myotis ciliolabrum |
Cliffs / Grassland |
Roosts in and forages near cliffs and talus slopes in
arid grassland |
Small population |
Spotted Bat Euderma maculatum |
Cliffs / Riparian / Forests |
Roosts on large cliffs; forages over moist pastures and
open pine forests |
Small, isolated populations |
Townsend's Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii |
Forests |
Mature to old growth Douglas-fir forests |
Small population, sensitive to forestry |
Nuttall's Cottontail Sylvilagus nuttallii |
Grassland / Forests |
Dry grasslands and open ponderosa pine forests |
Small range in BC |
W. Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis |
Grassland |
Shrubby thickets in dry grassland |
Very small range in BC; habitat threatened |
Great Basin Pocket Mouse Perognathus parvus |
Grassland |
Bunchgrass and shrub-steppe habitats |
Small range in BC, habitat threatened |
Cascade Groundsquirrel Spermophilus saturatus |
Forests |
Open montane and subalpine forests |
Small population and range in BC |
Wolverine Gulo gulo luscus |
Forests |
Higher elevations |
Habitat loss, sensitive to human activity |
Fisher Martes pennanti |
Forests |
Higher elevations; old growth |
Habitat loss |
Badger Taxidea taxus |
Grasslands |
Grasslands and open forests |
Habitat loss, persecution |
Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos |
Forests |
Requires large undisturbed areas |
Drastic population declines; sensitive to human activity |
California Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis californianus |
Cliffs, Grasslands |
Grasslands for forage, cliffs for escape |
Small isolated populations |
Caribou Rangifer tarandus |
Forests |
Require open, old-growth subalpine forests |
Small isolated populations; extirpated in S. Okanagan |
Northern Bog-lemming Synaptomys borealis artemisiae |
Grassland |
Dry grasslands and open forests |
Small range, almost all of range is in B.C. |