Special-Status Wildlife Species for the Topaz Solar Ranch Site

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Scientific Name                                                          Common Name                       Status
Invertebrates
Branchinecta longiantenna                                          longhorn Fairy Shrimp                              FE
Branchinecta lynchi                                                      vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp                          FT
Euroserpinus euterpe                                                   Kern Primrose Sphinx Moth                     FT

Reptiles
Actinemys marmorata pallida                                        Southwestern pond turtle                         CSC
Anniella pulchra pulchra                                               silvery legless lizard                                  CSC
Gambelia sila                                                               blunt-nosed leopard lizard                      FE, SE, SFP
Masticophis flagellum ruddocki                                       San Joaquin coachwhip                           CSC
Phrynosoma blainvillii                                                   coast horned lizard                                  CSC
Thamnophis hammondii                                               two-striped garter snake                          CSC

Amphibians
Ambystoma californiense                                              California tiger salamander                    FT,CSC, SCL
Spea hammondii                                                          western spadefoot toad                          CSC

Birds
Accipiter cooperii                                                          Cooper’s hawk                                            SPEC
Accipiter striatus                                                           Sharp-shinned hawk                                 SPEC
Agelaius tricolor                                                            Tricolored blackbird                                  CSC – Nesting Colony
Ammodramus savannarum                                           grasshopper sparrow                               CSC - Nesting
Aquila chrysaetos                                                         golden eagle                                               SFP
Ardea alba                                                                   Great egret                                                   SSC – Rookery site
Ardea Herodias                                                            Great blue heron                                        SSC – Rookery site
Asio flammeus                                                              short-eared owl                                          CSC - Nesting
Asio otus                                                                      long-eared owl                                           CSC - Nesting
Athene cunicularia                                                       Burrowing owl                                             CSC
Buteo regalis                                                                Ferruginous hawk                                                        WL
Buteo swainsonii                                                          Swainson’s hawk                                        ST, ABC, BCC
Calypte coastae                                                           Costa’s hummingbird                                ABC - Nesting
Carduelis lawrencei                                                      Lawrence’s goldfinch                                ABC, BCC
Charadrius montanus                                                   Mountain plover                                         FCL, CSC  ABC, BCC
Chondestes grammacus                                               Lark sparrow                                               SPEC - Nesting
Circus cyaneus                                                            northern harrier                                          CSC - Nesting
Elanus leucurus                                                           White-tailed kite                                          SFP
Falco columbarius                                                        Merlin                                                            WL
Falco mexicanus                                                          Prairie falcon WL,                                       BCC - Nesting
Falco peregrinus anatum                                              American peregrine falcon                      SE, SFP
Grus canadensis canadensis                                       Lesser sandhill crane                               CSC
Gymnogyps californianus                                             California condor                                       FE, SE, ABC
Haliaeetus leucocephalus                                            Bald eagle                                                    SE, SFP – Nesting
Lanius ludovicianus                                                      Loggerhead shrike                                  CSC - Nesting
Numenius americanus                                                  Long-billed curlew                                    ABC, WL, BCC
Pandion haliaetus                                                        Osprey                                               WL - Nesting
Pooecetes gramineus affinis                                        Oregon vesper sparrow                           CSC
Toxostoma lecontei                                                      Le Conte’s thrasher                           ABC, CSC, BCC
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus                                 Yellow-headed Blackbird                         CSC - Nesting

Mammals
Ammospermophilus nelsoni                                          San Joaquin antelope squirrel               ST
Antrozous pallidus                                                        pallid bat                                           CSC
Corynorhinus townsendii                                              Townsend’s Big-Eared Bat                      CSC
Dipodomys ingens                                                        giant kangaroo rat                                FE, SE
Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides                                 Tipton’s kangaroo rat                                FE, SE
Dipodomys nitratoides brevinasus                                short-nosed kangaroo rat                        CSC
Myotis cilioabrum                                                          Western small-footed myotis             SPEC
Myotis evotis                                                                Long-eared myotis                            SPEC
Onychomys torridus tularensis                                      Tulare grasshopper mouse                    CSC
Perognathus inoratus neglectus                                     McKittrick pocket mouse                           SPEC
Taxidea taxus                                                              American badger                                       CSC
Vulpes macrotis mutica                                                 San Joaquin kit fox                                     FE/ST

Re-Introduced
Cervus elaphus nonnodes                                                                            Tule Elk
Antilocarpa americana americana                                                              Pronghorn

FE = Federally Endangered.                                            FT = Federally Threatened
SE = State Endangered                                                    SFP = State Fully Protected
CSC = California Species of Special Concern                 WL = CDFG Watch List
SPEC = CDFG Special Animal                                        BCC = USFWS Birds of Conservation Concern
ABC = American Bird Conservancy: U.S. Watch List of Birds of Conservation
SCL = State Candidate for Listing
FCL = Federal Candidate for Listing