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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melanchra picta | Zebra Caterpillar Moth | Species | Invertebrate | G4 | S4 | 30804 | |||||
| Melanchra pulverulenta | A Moth | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S4 | 71017 | |||||
| Melanerpes carolinus | Red-bellied Woodpecker | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 16674 | |||||
| Melanerpes erythrocephalus | Red-headed Woodpecker | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17890 | |||||
| Melanerpes lewis | Lewis's Woodpecker | Species | Bird | 2 | G4 | S3B | Tier 2 | 19990 | |||
| Melanips coxalis | A Parasitoid Wasp | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1473312 | |||||
| Melanitta americana | Black Scoter | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 16216 | |||||
| Melanitta fusca | White-winged Scoter | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15373 | |||||
| Melanitta perspicillata | Surf Scoter | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15889 | |||||
| Melanoides tuberculatus | Red-rim Melania | Species | Invertebrate | G5 | SNA | 27099 | |||||
| Melanophthalma americana | A Minute Brown Scavenger Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 72772 | |||||
| Melanoplus aix | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 20739 | |||||
| Melanoplus alector | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G3 | S1 | 21382 | |||||
| Melanoplus artemesiae | Sagebrush Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G3 | S1 | 29866 | |||||
| Melanoplus baldi | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 23239 | |||||
| Melanoplus bivittatus | Two-striped Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G5 | S5 | 20287 | |||||
| Melanoplus cinereus | Grayish Sagebrush Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G5 | S4 | 24176 | |||||
| Melanoplus daemon | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 23423 | |||||
| Melanoplus digitifer | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G2G3 | S4 | 22167 | |||||
| Melanoplus femurrubrum | Red-legged Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G5 | S5 | 23934 | |||||
| Melanoplus foedus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G5 | S5 | 32627 | |||||
| Melanoplus idaho | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 28704 | |||||
| Melanoplus illash | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1475427 | |||||
| Melanoplus indigens | Indigene Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G4 | SNR | 23884 | |||||
| Melanoplus ixalus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | SNR | 21230 | |||||
| Melanoplus latah | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1475429 | |||||
| Melanoplus lemhiensis | Lemhi Short-wing Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 32723 | |||||
| Melanoplus lemurus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 33162 | |||||
| Melanoplus lolo | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 32060 | |||||
| Melanoplus marshallii | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476647 | |||||
| Melanoplus mexicanus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G5 | SNR | 27467 | |||||
| Melanoplus militaris | Military Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | GU | SNR | 26113 | |||||
| Melanoplus obex | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G3 | S1 | 22628 | |||||
| Melanoplus ohadi | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1475430 | |||||
| Melanoplus packardii | Packard Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G5 | S5 | 29948 | |||||
| Melanoplus papoosense | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 24715 | |||||
| Melanoplus papyraedus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 20290 | |||||
| Melanoplus payettei | Payette's Short-wing Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G2G4 | S4 | 23604 | |||||
| Melanoplus phobetico | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 24773 | |||||
| Melanoplus pyro | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 26769 | |||||
| Melanoplus salmonis | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G3 | S1 | 33111 | |||||
| Melanoplus sanguinipes | Migratory Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G5 | S5 | 22441 | |||||
| Melanoplus shoshoni | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476719 | |||||
| Melanoplus sol | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | SNR | 28347 | |||||
| Melanoplus Species Group | Spur-throated Grasshopper Species Group | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S2Q | Tier 3 | 1473949 | ||||
| Melanoplus spretus | Rocky Mountain Locust | Species | Invertebrate | GH | SX | 22916 | |||||
| Melanoplus stipes | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476721 | |||||
| Melanoplus tendoyense | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476723 | |||||
| Melanoplus tincupense | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 25695 | |||||
| Melanoplus trigeminus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 25495 | |||||
| Melanoplus washingtonius | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G4 | SNR | 21261 | |||||
| Melanoplus xenus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G3 | S1 | 26090 | |||||
| Melanoplus zeus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 33139 | |||||
| Melanotrichus albocostatus | A Leaf Bug | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1473313 | |||||
| Melanstrus ater | A Darkling Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1473314 | |||||
| Meleagris gallopavo | Wild Turkey | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 18410 | |||||
| Melecta pacifica | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476111 | |||||
| Melecta separata | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476112 | |||||
| Melecta thoracica | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476113 | |||||
| Melica bulbosa | Western Melicgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54890 | |||||
| Melica fugax | Small Melic Grass | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 40449 | |||||
| Melica smithii | Smith's Melicgrass | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 46633 | |||||
| Melica spectabilis | Showy Melicgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57757 | |||||
| Melica stricta | Nodding Melicgrass | Species | Plant | 4 | G4 | S1 | 57992 | ||||
| Melica subulata | Alaska Onion Grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54917 | |||||
| Melica subulata var. pammelii | Variety | Plant | G5T1T2Q | SNR | 85265 | ||||||
| Melica subulata var. subulata | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85861 | ||||||
| Melilotus indicus | Indian Sweetclover | Species | Plant | GNR | SNA | 58258 | |||||
| Melilotus officinalis | Sweetclover | Species | Plant | GNR | SNA | 51586 | |||||
| Melipotis jucunda | Merry Melipotis Moth | Species | Invertebrate | G5 | S4 | 24974 | |||||
| Melissodes agilis | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476114 | |||||
| Melissodes bimaculata | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476115 | |||||
| Melissodes bimatris | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476116 | |||||
| Melissodes composita | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476117 | |||||
| Melissodes dagosa | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476118 | |||||
| Melissodes desponsa | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476119 | |||||
| Melissodes glenwoodensis | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476121 | |||||
| Melissodes grindeliae | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476123 | |||||
| Melissodes lupina | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476125 | |||||
| Melissodes lutulenta | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476126 | |||||
| Melissodes menuachus | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476129 | |||||
| Melissodes metenua | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476130 | |||||
| Melissodes microsticta | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476132 | |||||
| Melissodes minuscula | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476133 | |||||
| Melissodes ochraea | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476135 | |||||
| Melissodes opuntiella | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476137 | |||||
| Melissodes pallidisignata | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476138 | |||||
| Melissodes rivalis | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476140 | |||||
| Melissodes robustior | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476142 | |||||
| Melissodes subagilis | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476144 | |||||
| Melissodes tepida | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476146 | |||||
| Melissodes trinodis | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476149 | |||||
| Melissodes utahensis | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476150 | |||||
| Melissodes wheeleri | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476152 | |||||
| Melospiza georgiana | Swamp Sparrow | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17975 | |||||
| Melospiza lincolnii | Lincoln's Sparrow | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 19196 | |||||
| Melospiza melodia | Song Sparrow | Species | Bird | G5 | S5 | 18444 | |||||
| Menetus opercularis | Button Sprite | Species | Invertebrate | G5 | S4 | 32313 | |||||
| Mentha arvensis | Wild Mint | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48640 | |||||
| Mentha canadensis | Canadian Mint | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45839 |
