Animal Watch Lists
Updated June 21, 2011
The Alberta Conservation Information Management System is compiling detailed information on known locations of the following elements. The Provincial Ranks (S Rank) have been assigned with the assistance of experts and the use of published/non-published data. The Global Ranks (G Rank) were provided by The Nature Conservancy.
If you discover an occurrence, or have new information on existing occurrences, for any of the elements on this list, please contact:
Drajs Vujnovic, Parks Zoologist
Alberta Conservation Information Management System
ph:780-427-7159
fax:780-427-5980
e-mail: Drajs.Vujnovic@gov.ab.ca
Vertebrata
Mammals
| Badger |
Taxidea taxus
|
S4 |
G5 |
| Bobcat |
Lynx rufus
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Canada Lynx |
Lynx canadensis
|
S4 |
G5 |
| Cougar |
Puma concolor
|
S4 |
G5 |
| Fisher |
Martes pennanti
|
S3S4 |
G5 |
| Franklin's Ground Squirrel |
Spermophilus franklinii
|
SU |
G5 |
| Long-eared Bat |
Myotis evotis
|
S3S4 |
G5 |
| Long-tailed Weasel |
Mustela frenata
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Pronghorn |
Antilocapra americana
|
S3S4 |
G5 |
| Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel |
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
|
SU |
G5 |
| Yellow-bellied Marmot |
Marmota flaviventris
|
SU |
G5 |
Birds
| American Bittern |
Botaurus lentiginosus
|
S3S4 |
G4 |
| American Kestrel |
Falco sparverius
|
S5 |
G5 |
| Bald Eagle |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
|
S4 |
G5 |
| Baltimore Oriole |
Icterus galbula
|
S4 |
G5 |
| Barn Swallow |
Hirundo rustica
|
S4 |
G5 |
| Barred Owl |
Strix varia
|
S3S4 |
G5 |
| Bay-breasted Warbler |
Dendroica castanea
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Black Tern |
Chlidonias niger
|
S4 |
G4 |
| Black-backed Woodpecker |
Picoides arcticus
|
S2S3 |
G5 |
| Black-billed Cuckoo |
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
|
SU |
G5 |
| Black-headed Grosbeak |
Pheucticus melanocephalus
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Black-necked Stilt |
Himantopus mexicanus
|
S2S3 |
G5 |
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
Dendroica virens
|
S3S4 |
G5 |
| Bobolink |
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
|
S2S3 |
G5 |
| Brewer's Sparrow |
Spizella breweri
|
S3S4 |
G5 |
| Broad-winged Hawk |
Buteo platypterus
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Brown Creeper |
Certhia americana
|
S3S4 |
G5 |
| Cape May Warbler |
Dendroica tigrina
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Clark's Nutcracker |
Nucifraga columbiana
|
S4 |
G5 |
| Common Yellowthroat |
Geothlypis trichas
|
S4 |
G5 |
| Cordilleran Flycatcher |
Empidonax occidentalis
|
SU |
G5 |
| Eastern Phoebe |
Sayornis phoebe
|
S4 |
G5 |
| Golden Eagle |
Aquila chrysaetos
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Grasshopper Sparrow |
Ammodramus savannarum
|
S3S4 |
G5 |
| Great Blue Heron |
Ardea herodias
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Great Egret |
Ardea albus
|
SNA |
G5 |
| Great Gray Owl |
Strix nebulosa
|
S4 |
G5 |
| Green-winged Teal |
Anas crecca
|
S4S5 |
G5 |
| Horned Grebe |
Podiceps auritus
|
S3 |
G5TNR |
| Least Flycatcher |
Empidonax minimus
|
S5 |
G5 |
| Lesser Scaup |
Aythya affinis
|
S5 |
G5 |
| Lewis's Woodpecker |
Melanerpes lewis
|
SU |
G4 |
| Northern Goshawk |
Accipiter gentilis atricapillus
|
S3S4 |
G5T5 |
| Northern Harrier |
Circus cyaneus
|
S5 |
G5 |
| Northern Pintail |
Anas acuta
|
S4S5 |
G5 |
| Northern Pygmy-Owl |
Glaucidium gnoma
|
S3 |
G4G5 |
| Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus
|
S4 |
G5 |
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher |
Empidonax difficilis
|
SU |
G5 |
| Pied-billed Grebe |
Podilymbus podiceps
|
S4 |
G5 |
| Pileated Woodpecker |
Dryocopus pileatus
|
S3S4 |
G5 |
| Prairie Falcon |
Falco mexicanus
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Purple Martin |
Progne subis
|
S3S4 |
G5 |
| Red-headed Woodpecker |
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
|
SU |
G5 |
| Red-naped Sapsucker |
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
|
SU |
G5 |
| Red-necked Phalarope |
Phalaropus lobatus
|
SU |
G4G5 |
| Sandhill Crane |
Grus canadensis
|
S4 |
G5 |
| Sharp-tailed Grouse |
Tympanuchus phasianellus
|
S3S4 |
G4 |
| Sora |
Porzana carolina
|
S5 |
G5 |
| Swainson's Hawk |
Buteo swainsoni
|
S4 |
G5 |
| Upland Sandpiper |
Bartramia longicauda
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Western Grebe |
Aechmophorus occidentalis
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Western Tanager |
Piranga ludoviciana
|
S3S4 |
G5 |
| Western Wood-Pewee |
Contopus sordidulus
|
S4 |
G5 |
| White-winged Scoter |
Melanitta fusca
|
S3S4 |
G5 |
Reptiles
| Bullsnake |
Pituophis catenifer
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Plains Garter Snake |
Thamnophis radix
|
S4 |
G5 |
| Red-sided Garter Snake |
Thamnophis sirtalis
|
S4 |
G5 |
| Wandering Garter Snake |
Thamnophis elegans
|
S4 |
G5 |
Amphibians
|
No elements on the watch list at this time.
|
|
|
Fish
| Arctic Grayling |
Thymallus arcticus
|
S3S4 |
G5 |
| Bull Trout |
Salvelinus confluentus
|
S3 |
G3 |
| Finescale Dace |
Phoxinus neogaeus
|
SU |
G5 |
| Lake Trout |
Salvelinus namaycush
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Largescale Sucker |
Catostomus macrocheilus
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Ninespine Stickleback |
Pungitius pungitius
|
SU |
G5 |
| Northern Redbelly Dace |
Phoxinus eos
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Pearl Dace |
Margariscus margarita
|
SU |
G5 |
| Quillback |
Carpiodes cyprinus
|
SU |
G5 |
| Sauger |
Stizostedion canadense
|
S3 |
G5 |
*verify extent of pure native populations of Rainbow Trout in the upper Athabasca and McLeod River systems
Invertebrata > Arthropoda > Insects
Lepidoptera
| Afranius Duskywing |
Erynnis afranius
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Barry's Hairstreak |
Callophrys gryneus barryi
|
SP |
G5TUQ |
| Common Sootywing |
Pholisora catullus
|
SR |
G5 |
| Coronis Fritillary |
Speyeria coronis
|
SP |
G5 |
| Edith's Copper |
Lycaena editha
|
SP |
G5 |
| Edwards' Fritillary |
Speyeria edwardsii
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Egleis Fritillary |
Speyeria egleis
|
SP |
G5 |
| Gillette's Checkerspot |
Euphydryas gillettii
|
S3 |
G2G3 |
| Great Gray Copper |
Lycaena dione
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Hedgerow Hairstreak |
Satyrium saepium
|
SP |
G5 |
| Immaculate Hairstreak |
Callophrys affinis
|
SP |
G4 |
| Leonard's Skipper |
Hesperia leonardus
|
SP |
G4 |
| Lilac-bordered Copper |
Lycaena nivalis
|
SP |
G5 |
| Mariposa Copper |
Lycaena mariposa
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Mrs. Nicholl's Brenthis |
Boloria eunomia nichollae
|
S2S3 |
G5T3T4Q |
| Nevada Skipper |
Hesperia nevada
|
S2S3 |
G5 |
| Pahaska Skipper |
Hesperia pahaska
|
SP |
G4G5 |
| Peck's Skipper |
Polites peckius
|
S3S4 |
G5 |
| Polixenes Arctic |
Oeneis polixenes (watch only the non-mountain populations)
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Queen Alexandra's Sulphur |
Colias alexandra
|
S2S3 |
G5 |
| Riding Mts. Arctic |
Oeneis jutta ridingiana
|
SP |
G5TU |
| Ross's Alpine |
Erebia rossii
|
SP |
G5 |
| Simius Roadside Skipper |
Amblyscirtes simius
|
SP |
G4 |
| Smintheus Parnassian |
Parnassius smintheus (watch only the Del Bonita population and for presence in Cypress Hills)
|
S4 |
G5 |
| Theano Alpine |
Erebia theano
|
SP |
G4 |
| Two-banded Checkered-skipper |
Pyrgus ruralis
|
S2S3 |
G5 |
| Uncas Skipper |
Hesperia uncas
|
S2S3 |
G5 |
| Western Tiger Swallowtail |
Papilio rutulus
|
SA |
G5 |
Tiger Beetle
| Beach Tiger Beetle |
Cicindela hirticollis
|
S4S5 |
G5 |
| Festive Tiger Beetle |
Cicindela scutellaris
|
S3S4 |
G5 |
| Shiny Tiger Beetle |
Cicindela fulgida
|
S3S4 |
G5 |
Odonates
| Boreal Snaketail |
Ophiogomphus columbrinus
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Brush-tipped Emerald |
Somatochlora walshii
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Canada Darner |
Aeshna canadensis
|
S4S5 |
G5 |
| Canada Whiteface |
Leucorrhinia patricia
|
SP |
G4 |
| Chalk-fronted Skimmer |
Libellula julia
|
S3S4 |
G5 |
| Muskeg Emerald |
Somatochlora septentrionalis
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Ocellated Emerald |
Somatochlora minor
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Pale Snaketail |
Ophiogomphus severus
|
S4 |
G5 |
| Red-veined Meadowhawk |
Sympetrum madidum
|
S4 |
G4 |
| Saffron Winged Meadowhawk |
Sympetrum costiferum
|
S3 |
G5 |
| Western Meadowhawk |
Sympetrum occidentale
|
S3S4 |
G?Q |
