Species Conservation Status
The Idaho Fish and Wildlife Information System tracks species that are identified as having special conservation status in the following lists.
- BLM - Bureau of Land Management Sensitive Species of Special Concern
- USESA - United States Endangered Species Act
- USFS1 - US Forest Service Northern Region Sensitive Species
- USFS4 - US Forest Service Intermountain Region Sensitive Species
- GRank - Global Species Rank learn more
- SRank - State Species Rank learn more
- SGCN - Species of Greatest Conservation need identified in the Idaho State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP)
- IDAPA - Classification of wildlife defined in IDAPA 13.01.06
Scientific Name | Common Name | Taxa | Category | USESA | BLM | USFS1 | USFS4 | GRank | SRank | SGCN | ID |
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Recurvirostra americana | American Avocet | Species | Bird | G5 | S3B,S3M | 15289 | |||||
Podiceps nigricollis | Eared Grebe | Species | Bird | G5 | S1N,S2B | 15293 | |||||
Tringa flavipes | Lesser Yellowlegs | Species | Bird | G5 | S2M | 15296 | |||||
Tilapia zillii | Redbelly Tilapia | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 15298 | |||||
Stercorarius longicaudus | Long-tailed Jaeger | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15304 | |||||
Eudocimus albus | White Ibis | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15305 | |||||
Calidris canutus | Red Knot | Species | Bird | G4 | SNA | 15324 | |||||
Sitta pygmaea | Pygmy Nuthatch | Species | Bird | Sensitive | G5 | S4 | 15329 | ||||
Setophaga virens | Black-throated Green Warbler | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15330 | |||||
Setophaga occidentalis | Hermit Warbler | Species | Bird | G4G5 | SNA | 15331 | |||||
Tyrannus forficatus | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15341 | |||||
Sayornis saya | Say's Phoebe | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 15345 | |||||
Empidonax occidentalis | Cordilleran Flycatcher | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 15360 | |||||
Gavia adamsii | Yellow-billed Loon | Species | Bird | G4 | SNA | 15363 | |||||
Melanitta fusca | White-winged Scoter | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15373 | |||||
Vireo cassinii | Cassin's Vireo | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 15392 | |||||
Anas penelope | Eurasian Wigeon | Species | Bird | G5 | S1N | 15402 | |||||
Prosopium coulterii | Pygmy Whitefish | Species | Fish | G5 | S4 | 15409 | |||||
Ardea herodias | Great Blue Heron | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 15430 | |||||
Podilymbus podiceps | Pied-billed Grebe | Species | Bird | G5 | S3 | 15434 | |||||
Coturnicops noveboracensis | Yellow Rail | Species | Bird | G4 | SNA | 15452 | |||||
Anas cyanoptera | Cinnamon Teal | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B | 15453 | |||||
Charina bottae | Northern Rubber Boa | Species | Reptile | G5 | S5 | 15481 | |||||
Richardsonius balteatus | Redside Shiner | Species | Fish | G5 | S5 | 15488 | |||||
Stercorarius parasiticus | Parasitic Jaeger | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15492 | |||||
Zenaida asiatica | White-winged Dove | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15494 | |||||
Taricha granulosa | Rough-skinned Newt | Species | Amphibian | G5 | SNA | 15503 | |||||
Glaucidium gnoma | Northern Pygmy-Owl | Species | Bird | G4G5 | S3 | 15515 | |||||
Cyanocitta stelleri | Steller's Jay | Species | Bird | G5 | S5 | 15519 | |||||
Aythya fuligula | Tufted Duck | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15522 | |||||
Lithobates sylvaticus | Wood Frog | Species | Amphibian | G5 | S? | 15529 | |||||
Ammospiza leconteii | LeConte's Sparrow | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15530 | |||||
Rhinichthys osculus | Speckled Dace | Species | Fish | G5 | S5 | 15531 | |||||
Antilocapra americana | Pronghorn | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 15532 | |||||
Catharus guttatus | Hermit Thrush | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B | 15535 | |||||
Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper Sparrow | Species | Bird | 2 | G5 | S3B | Tier 3 | 15540 | |||
Asio flammeus | Short-eared Owl | Species | Bird | 2 | G5 | S3 | Tier 3 | 15544 | |||
Oxyura jamaicensis | Ruddy Duck | Species | Bird | G5 | S2 | 15551 | |||||
Protonotaria citrea | Prothonotary Warbler | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15557 | |||||
Lepus townsendii | White-tailed Jackrabbit | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 15559 | |||||
Selasphorus calliope | Calliope Hummingbird | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B | 15563 | |||||
Cottus leiopomus | Wood River Sculpin | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G2 | S4 | 15570 | |||
Diadophis punctatus | Ring-necked Snake | Species | Reptile | G5 | S3 | 15582 | |||||
Accipiter cooperii | Cooper's Hawk | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 15590 | |||||
Larus delawarensis | Ring-billed Gull | Species | Bird | G5 | S2B,S2N | Tier 3 Breeding population only | 15595 | ||||
Larus brachyrhynchus | Short-billed Gull | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15597 | |||||
Myotis thysanodes | Fringed Myotis | Species | Mammal | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S3 | 15598 | |||
Calidris himantopus | Stilt Sandpiper | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15599 | |||||
Numenius americanus | Long-billed Curlew | Species | Bird | 2 | G5 | S2B | Tier 2 | 15609 | |||
Icterus parisorum | Scott's Oriole | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 15616 | |||||
Icterus galbula | Baltimore Oriole | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15617 | |||||
Picoides albolarvatus | White-headed Woodpecker | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S2 | Tier 3 | 15618 | |
Alectoris chukar | Chukar | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15628 | |||||
Tachycineta thalassina | Violet-green Swallow | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 15632 | |||||
Myotis lucifugus | Little Brown Myotis | Species | Mammal | 2 | G3 | S3 | Tier 3 | 15639 | |||
Egretta thula | Snowy Egret | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 15646 | |||||
Stelgidopteryx serripennis | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B | 15686 | |||||
Mylocheilus caurinus | Peamouth | Species | Fish | G5 | S3 | 15690 | |||||
Peromyscus truei | Pinyon Deermouse | Species | Mammal | G5 | S1 | 15694 | |||||
Gavia immer | Common Loon | Species | Bird | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S1B,S2N | Tier 2 | 15698 | ||
Plethodon idahoensis | Coeur d'Alene Salamander | Species | Amphibian | 2 | G4 | S3 | 15699 | ||||
Tringa semipalmata | Willet | Species | Bird | G5 | S3B | 15736 | |||||
Vireo philadelphicus | Philadelphia Vireo | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15740 | |||||
Thryomanes bewickii | Bewick's Wren | Species | Bird | G5 | S3 | 15745 | |||||
Aythya collaris | Ring-necked Duck | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B,S4N | 15746 | |||||
Vireo plumbeus | Plumbeous Vireo | Species | Bird | G5 | S2B | 15754 | |||||
Empidonax oberholseri | Dusky Flycatcher | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B | 15770 | |||||
Tyrannus vociferans | Cassin's Kingbird | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15771 | |||||
Empidonax wrightii | Gray Flycatcher | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B | 15772 | |||||
Ursus americanus | American Black Bear | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 15779 | |||||
Calcarius lapponicus | Lapland Longspur | Species | Bird | G5 | S1N | 15783 | |||||
Acipenser transmontanus | White Sturgeon | Species | Fish | 2 | G4 | S2 | 15794 | ||||
Pluvialis dominica | American Golden-Plover | Species | Bird | G5 | S1M | 15795 | |||||
Haemorhous mexicanus | House Finch | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 15830 | |||||
Spizella breweri | Brewer's Sparrow | Species | Bird | 2 | G5 | S4B | 15831 | ||||
Tyto alba | Barn Owl | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 15833 | |||||
Cygnus olor | Mute Swan | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15835 | |||||
Strix nebulosa | Great Gray Owl | Species | Bird | Sensitive | G5 | S3 | Tier 3 | 15848 | |||
Cottus confusus | Shorthead Sculpin | Species | Fish | G5 | S5 | 15853 | |||||
Cardellina pusilla | Wilson's Warbler | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B | 15875 | |||||
Buteo platypterus | Broad-winged Hawk | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15876 | |||||
Plestiodon skiltonianus | Western Skink | Species | Reptile | G5 | S4 | 15879 | |||||
Melanitta perspicillata | Surf Scoter | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15889 | |||||
Larus californicus | California Gull | Species | Bird | G5 | S3B, S2N | Tier 2 Breeding population only | 15895 | ||||
Gavia pacifica | Pacific Loon | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15897 | |||||
Mustela frenata | Long-tailed Weasel | Species | Mammal | G5 | S5 | 15911 | |||||
Limnodromus scolopaceus | Long-billed Dowitcher | Species | Bird | G5 | S4M | 15915 | |||||
Rhinichthys umatilla | Umatilla Dace | Species | Fish | G4 | S4 | 15936 | |||||
Lepus californicus | Black-tailed Jackrabbit | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 15939 | |||||
Toxostoma curvirostre | Curve-billed Thrasher | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15944 | |||||
Empidonax hammondii | Hammond's Flycatcher | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 15966 | |||||
Castor canadensis | American Beaver | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 15973 | |||||
Aquila chrysaetos | Golden Eagle | Species | Bird | 2 | G5 | S3 | Tier 2 | 15974 | |||
Mimus polyglottos | Northern Mockingbird | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 15981 | |||||
Catharus minimus | Gray-cheeked Thrush | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 16002 | |||||
Catharus ustulatus | Swainson's Thrush | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 16003 | |||||
Haemorhous cassinii | Cassin's Finch | Species | Bird | 2 | G5 | S4 | 16011 | ||||
Spizella pallida | Clay-colored Sparrow | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 16012 | |||||
Oncorhynchus nerka | Kokanee | Species | Fish | 1 | G5 | SNR | 16015 | ||||
Vireo bellii | Bell's Vireo | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 16019 |