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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Puma concolor | Mountain Lion, Cougar, or Puma | Species | Mammal | G5 | S5 | 16498 | |||||
Oreamnos americanus | Mountain Goat | Species | Mammal | G5 | S3 | Tier 3 | 18271 | ||||
Onychomys leucogaster | Northern Grasshopper Mouse | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 18361 | |||||
Euderma maculatum | Spotted Bat | Species | Mammal | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S3 | 18838 | |||
Neotamias ruficaudus | Red-tailed Chipmunk | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 19600 | |||||
Sorex merriami | Merriam's Shrew | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 19993 | |||||
Ursus arctos pop. 6 | Grizzly Bear (Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Population) | Population | Mammal | Delisted | G4TNR | SNR | Tier 1 | 1867144 | |||
Erethizon dorsatum | North American Porcupine | Species | Mammal | G5 | S5 | 16181 | |||||
Myotis volans | Long-legged Myotis | Species | Mammal | 2 | G4G5 | S3 | 16889 | ||||
Canis latrans | Coyote | Species | Mammal | G5 | S5 | 17263 | |||||
Marmota caligata | Hoary Marmot | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | Tier 3 | 17870 | ||||
Martes americana | American Marten | Species | Mammal | G5 | S5 | 18839 | |||||
Reithrodontomys megalotis | Western Harvest Mouse | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 19182 | |||||
Antrozous pallidus | Pallid Bat | Species | Mammal | 2 | G4 | S3 | 20004 | ||||
Peromyscus boylii | Brush Deermouse | Species | Mammal | G5 | SNA | 76722 | |||||
Urocitellus endemicus | Southern Idaho Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | 2 | G2T1 | S2 | Tier 1 | 80667 | |||
Ursus americanus | American Black Bear | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 15779 | |||||
Mustela frenata | Long-tailed Weasel | Species | Mammal | G5 | S5 | 15911 | |||||
Lemmiscus curtatus | Sagebrush Vole | Species | Mammal | G5 | S5 | 16749 | |||||
Sorex navigator | Western Water Shrew | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 17403 | |||||
Pekania pennanti | Fisher | Species | Mammal | 2 | G5 | S2 | Tier 2 | 18029 | |||
Myotis californicus | California Myotis | Species | Mammal | 2 | G5 | S3 | 18392 | ||||
Lasionycteris noctivagans | Silver-haired Bat | Species | Mammal | 2 | G3G4 | S3 | Tier 2 | 18499 | |||
Charina bottae | Northern Rubber Boa | Species | Reptile | G5 | S5 | 15481 | |||||
Gambelia wislizenii | Long-nosed Leopard Lizard | Species | Reptile | G5 | S4 | 16302 | |||||
Sceloporus occidentalis | Western Fence Lizard | Species | Reptile | G5 | S5 | 20032 | |||||
Phrynosoma platyrhinos | Desert Horned Lizard | Species | Reptile | G5 | S4 | 17641 | |||||
Diadophis punctatus | Ring-necked Snake | Species | Reptile | G5 | S3 | 15582 | |||||
Phrynosoma douglasii | Pygmy Short-horned Lizard | Species | Reptile | G5 | S4 | 17126 | |||||
Chelydra serpentina | Snapping Turtle | Species | Reptile | G5 | SNA | 18060 | |||||
Elgaria coerulea | Northern Alligator Lizard | Species | Reptile | G5 | S4 | 19008 | |||||
Phrynosoma hernandesi | Greater Short-horned Lizard | Species | Reptile | G5 | S3 | 19825 | |||||
Pituophis catenifer | Gophersnake | Species | Reptile | G5 | S5 | 17540 | |||||
Crotalus oreganus | Western Rattlesnake | Species | Reptile | G5 | S4 | 18425 | |||||
Crotaphytus bicinctores | Great Basin Collared Lizard | Species | Reptile | 2 | G5 | S2 | Tier 3 | 18788 | |||
Chrysemys picta | Painted Turtle | Species | Reptile | G5 | S3 | 62042 | |||||
Rhinocheilus lecontei | Long-nosed Snake | Species | Reptile | 2 | G5 | S2 | 16243 | ||||
Trachemys scripta | Pond Slider | Species | Reptile | G5 | SNA | 18324 | |||||
Uta stansburiana | Common Side-blotched Lizard | Species | Reptile | G5 | S4 | 19977 | |||||
Thamnophis elegans | Terrestrial Gartersnake | Species | Reptile | G5 | S5 | 16938 | |||||
Crotalus viridis | Prairie Rattlesnake | Species | Reptile | G5 | S4 | 74348 | |||||
Aspidoscelis tigris | Tiger Whiptail | Species | Reptile | G5 | S4 | 16838 | |||||
Hypsiglena chlorophaea | Desert Nightsnake | Species | Reptile | G5 | S3 | 19741 | |||||
Plestiodon skiltonianus | Western Skink | Species | Reptile | G5 | S4 | 15879 | |||||
Thamnophis sirtalis | Common Gartersnake | Species | Reptile | G5 | S4 | 16152 | |||||
Sceloporus graciosus | Sagebrush Lizard | Species | Reptile | G5 | S5 | 17478 | |||||
Opheodrys vernalis | Smooth Greensnake | Species | Reptile | G5 | SNA | 17584 | |||||
Sonora semiannulata | Western Groundsnake | Species | Reptile | 2 | G5 | S3 | 17968 | ||||
Coluber constrictor | North American Racer | Species | Reptile | G5 | S5 | 17736 | |||||
Coluber taeniatus | Striped Whipsnake | Species | Reptile | G5 | S4 | 19617 | |||||
Calidris canutus | Red Knot | Species | Bird | G4 | SNA | 15324 | |||||
Protonotaria citrea | Prothonotary Warbler | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15557 | |||||
Calcarius lapponicus | Lapland Longspur | Species | Bird | G5 | S1N | 15783 | |||||
Limnodromus scolopaceus | Long-billed Dowitcher | Species | Bird | G5 | S4M | 15915 | |||||
Larus schistisagus | Slaty-backed Gull | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 16035 | |||||
Vireo gilvus | Warbling Vireo | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 16201 | |||||
Sternula antillarum | Least Tern | Species | Bird | G4 | SNA | 16408 | |||||
Fringilla montifringilla | Brambling | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 16516 | |||||
Anas clypeata | Northern Shoveler | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B,S4N | 16757 | |||||
Certhia americana | Brown Creeper | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 17082 | |||||
Quiscalus mexicanus | Great-tailed Grackle | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 17519 | |||||
Setophaga striata | Blackpoll Warbler | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17741 | |||||
Setophaga caerulescens | Black-throated Blue Warbler | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17879 | |||||
Sturnus vulgaris | European Starling | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 18168 | |||||
Sialia currucoides | Mountain Bluebird | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 18274 | |||||
Tympanuchus phasianellus | Sharp-tailed Grouse | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | G5 | S3 | Tier 2 | 18395 | ||
Lophodytes cucullatus | Hooded Merganser | Species | Bird | G5 | S2B,S2N | 18752 | |||||
Anas americana | American Wigeon | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B,S4N | 18845 | |||||
Numenius phaeopus | Whimbrel | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 18980 | |||||
Troglodytes aedon | House Wren | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B | 19194 | |||||
Aphelocoma californica | Western Scrub-Jay | Species | Bird | G5 | S3 | 19360 | |||||
Vermivora cyanoptera | Blue-winged Warbler | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 19471 | |||||
Setophaga townsendi | Townsend's Warbler | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 19626 | |||||
Colaptes auratus | Northern Flicker | Species | Bird | G5 | S5 | 19793 | |||||
Chroicocephalus philadelphia | Bonaparte's Gull | Species | Bird | G5 | S3M | 19920 | |||||
Troglodytes pacificus | Pacific Wren | Species | Bird | G5 | S5 | 668806 | |||||
Sitta pygmaea | Pygmy Nuthatch | Species | Bird | Sensitive | G5 | S4 | 15329 | ||||
Egretta thula | Snowy Egret | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 15646 | |||||
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii | Common Poorwill | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B | 16426 | |||||
Leucophaeus pipixcan | Franklin's Gull | Species | Bird | G4G5 | S3B | Tier 3 | 16522 | ||||
Butorides virescens | Green Heron | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 16901 | |||||
Piranga rubra | Summer Tanager | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17083 | |||||
Zonotrichia albicollis | White-throated Sparrow | Species | Bird | G5 | S1N | 17284 | |||||
Tyrannus tyrannus | Eastern Kingbird | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 17425 | |||||
Gallinago delicata | Wilson's Snipe | Species | Bird | G5 | S3N,S4B | 17532 | |||||
Limosa haemastica | Hudsonian Godwit | Species | Bird | G4 | SNA | 17742 | |||||
Passerculus sandwichensis | Savannah Sparrow | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 17889 | |||||
Corvus corax | Common Raven | Species | Bird | G5 | S5 | 18042 | |||||
Leucosticte tephrocotis | Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 18169 | |||||
Pipilo chlorurus | Green-tailed Towhee | Species | Bird | 2 | G5 | S4B | 18275 | ||||
Hirundo rustica | Barn Swallow | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 18406 | |||||
Setophaga fusca | Blackburnian Warbler | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 18518 | |||||
Larus glaucoides thayeri | Thayer's Gull | Subspecies | Bird | G5T5 | SNA | 18636 | |||||
Oreortyx pictus | Mountain Quail | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | Tier 2 | 18753 | |
Dumetella carolinensis | Gray Catbird | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 18849 | |||||
Larus argentatus | Herring Gull | Species | Bird | G5 | S2N | 18996 | |||||
Melospiza lincolnii | Lincoln's Sparrow | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 19196 | |||||
Gallinula galeata | Common Gallinule | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 19361 | |||||
Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Species | Bird | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G5 | S1B | Tier 1 | 19476 | |
Rallus limicola | Virginia Rail | Species | Bird | G5 | S2N,S3B | 19936 |