Washington State Species of Concern Lists

Species of Concern in Washington State

Include those species listed as State Endangered, State Threatened, State Sensitive, or State Candidate, as well as species listed or proposed for listing by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service.

Does not include State Monitored Species

Help Hints: Click the links in the column headers to change ascending/descending order of a column.			Species Status		Mapping Criteria
Common Name	Scientific Name	Animal Type	State	Federal
American white pelican    Annual Report	Pelecanus erythrorhynchos	Bird	SE	none	B,RSC
Bald eagle    Annual Report   Status Report	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Bird	SS	FCo	B,RSC,CR
Beller's ground beetle	Agonum belleri	Other Insect	SC	FCo	IO
Black rockfish	Sebastes melanops	Fish	SC	none	IO
Black-backed woodpecker	Picoides arcticus	Bird	SC	none	B,RI
Black-tailed jackrabbit	Lepus californicus	Mammal	SC	none	IO
Blue whale    Annual Report	Baleonoptera musculus	Mammal	SE	FE	IO
Bluegray Taildropper	Prophysaon coeruleum	Mollusk	SC	none	none
Bocaccio rockfish	Sebastes paucispinis	Fish	SC	FE	IO
Bog idol leaf beetle	Donacia idola	Other Insect	SC	none	IO
Brandt's cormorant	Phalacrocorax penicillatus	Bird	SC	none	B
Brown pelican    Annual Report	Pelecanus occidentalis	Bird	SE	FCo	RSC
Brown rockfish	Sebastes auriculatus	Fish	SC	FCo	IO
Bull trout	Salvelinus confluentus	Fish	SC	FT	none
Burrowing owl    Annual Report	Athene cunicularia	Bird	SC	FCo	B
California floater	Anodonta californiensis	Mollusk	SC	FCo	IO
California mountain kingsnake	Lampropeltis zonata	Reptile	SC	none	IO
Canary rockfish	Sebastes pinniger	Fish	SC	FT	IO
Cascade red fox    Annual Report	Vulpes vulpes cascadensis	Mammal	SC	none	none
Cascade torrent salamander	Rhyacotriton cascadae	Amphibian	SC	none	IO
Cassin's auklet	Ptychoramphus aleuticus	Bird	SC	FCo	B
China rockfish	Sebastes nebulosus	Fish	SC	none	none
Chinook salmon (Lower Columbia)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	Fish	SC	FT	none
Chinook salmon (Puget Sound)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	Fish	SC	FT	none
Chinook salmon (Snake R. Fall)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	Fish	SC	FT	none
Chinook salmon (Snake R. Sp/Su)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	Fish	SC	FT	none
Chinook salmon (Upper Columbia Sp)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	Fish	SC	FE	none
Chinquapin hairstreak	Habrodais grunus herri	Butterfly or Moth	SC	none	IO
Chum salmon (Hood Canal Su)    Recovery Plan	Oncorhynchus keta	Fish	SC	FT	none
Chum salmon (Lower Columbia)	Oncorhynchus keta	Fish	SC	FT	none
Clark's grebe    Annual Report	Aechmophorus clarkii	Bird	SC	none	B
Coho salmon (Lower Columbia/SW WA)	Oncorhynchus kisutch	Fish	none	FT	none
Columbia clubtail (dragonfly)	Gomphus lynnae	Other Insect	SC	FCo	IO
Columbia oregonian	Cryptomastix hendersoni	Mollusk	SC	none	IO
Columbia pebblesnail	Fluminicola columbiana	Mollusk	SC	FCo	IO
Columbia River tiger beetle	Cicindela columbica	Other Insect	SC	none	IO
Columbia spotted frog	Rana luteiventris	Amphibian	SC	none	IO
Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse    Annual Report   Status Report   Recovery Plan	Tympanuchus phasianellus	Bird	ST	FCo	B,RSC
Columbian white-tailed deer    Annual Report	Odocoileus virginianus leucurus	Mammal	SE	FE	IO
Common loon    Annual Report   Status Report	Gavia immer	Bird	SS	none	B
Common murre	Uria aalge	Bird	SC	none	B,RC
Copper rockfish	Sebastes caurinus	Fish	SC	FCo	IO
Dalle's Sideband	Monadenia fidelis minor	Mollusk	SC	none
Dunn's salamander	Plethodon dunni	Amphibian	SC	none	IO
Eulachon	Thaleichthys pacificus	Fish	SC	FT	RC
Ferruginous hawk    Annual Report   Recovery Plan	Buteo regalis	Bird	ST	FCo	B
Fin whale    Annual Report	Baleonoptera physalus	Mammal	SE	FE	IO
Fisher    Annual Report   Status Report   Recovery Plan	Martes pennanti	Mammal	SE	FC	IO
Flammulated owl	Otus flammeolus	Bird	SC	none	B,RI
Giant Columbia River limpet	Fisherola nuttalli	Mollusk	SC	none	IO
Giant Palouse earthworm    Annual Report	Driloleirus americanus	Annelid	SC	none	IO
Golden eagle    Annual Report	Aquila chrysaetos	Bird	SC	none	B
Gray whale    Annual Report   Status Report	Eschrichtius robustus	Mammal	SS	none	IO
Gray wolf    Annual Report	Canis lupus	Mammal	SE	FE	IO
Gray-tailed vole	Microtus canicaudus	Mammal	SC	none	IO
Great arctic	Oeneis nevadensis gigas	Butterfly or Moth	SC	FCo	IO
Greater Sage-grouse    Annual Report   Status Report   Recovery Plan	Centrocercus urophasianus	Bird	ST	FC	B,RSC
Green sea turtle    Annual Report	Chelonia mydas	Reptile	ST	FT	IO
Green sturgeon	Acipenser medirostris	Fish	none	FT	IO
Greenstriped rockfish	Sebastes elongatus	Fish	SC	none	IO
Grizzly bear    Annual Report	Ursus arctos	Mammal	SE	FT	IO
Hatch's click beetle	Eanus hatchi	Other Insect	SC	FCo	IO
Humpback whale    Annual Report	Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammal	SE	FE	IO
Island Marble    Annual Report	Euchloe ausonides	Other Insect	SC	FCo	none
Johnson's hairstreak	Mitoura johnsoni	Butterfly or Moth	SC	none	IO
Juniper hairstreak	Mitoura grynea barryi	Butterfly or Moth	SC	none	IO
Keen's myotis    Annual Report	Myotis keenii	Mammal	SC	none	B,IO
Killer whale    Annual Report   Status Report	Orcinus orca	Mammal	SE	FE	IO
Kokanee (Lk Sammamish)	Oncorhynchus nerka	Fish	none	FC	none
Lake chub	Couesius plumbeus	Fish	SC	none	IO
Larch Mountain salamander    Annual Report	Plethodon larselli	Amphibian	SS	FCo	IO
Leatherback sea turtle    Annual Report	Dermochelys coriacea	Reptile	SE	FE	IO
Leopard dace	Rhinichthys falcatus	Fish	SC	none	IO
Leschi's Millipede	Leschius mcallisteri	Arthropod	SC	none	none
Lewis' woodpecker	Melanerpes lewis	Bird	SC	none	B
Loggerhead sea turtle	Caretta caretta	Reptile	ST	FE	IO
Loggerhead shrike	Lanius ludovicianus	Bird	SC	FCo	B
Lynx    Annual Report   Recovery Plan	Lynx canadensis	Mammal	ST	FT	IO
Makah copper	Lycaena mariposa charlottensis	Butterfly or Moth	SC	FCo	none
Mann's Mollusk-eating Ground Beetle	Scaphinotus mannii	Other Insect	SC	none	IO
Marbled murrelet    Annual Report	Brachyramphus marmoratus	Bird	ST	FT	B
Mardon skipper    Annual Report   Status Report	Polites mardon	Butterfly or Moth	SE	FC	IO
Margined sculpin    Annual Report   Status Report	Cottus marginatus	Fish	SS	FCo	IO
Mazama (Western) pocket gopher    Annual Report   Status Report	Thomomys mazama	Mammal	ST	FC	IO
Merriam's shrew	Sorex merriami	Mammal	SC	none	IO
Mountain sucker	Catostomus platyrhynchus	Fish	SC	none	IO
North Pacific Right Whale    Annual Report	Eubalaena japonica	Mammal	SE	FE	IO
Northern abalone	Haliotis kamtschatkana	Mollusk	SC	FCo	IO
Northern goshawk	Accipiter gentilis	Bird	SC	FCo	B
Northern leopard frog    Annual Report   Status Report	Rana pipiens	Amphibian	SE	FCo	IO
Northern Spotted Owl    Annual Report	Strix occidentalis	Bird	SE	FT	IO
Olympia oyster	Ostrea lurida	Mollusk	SC	none	none
Olympic marmot    Annual Report	Marmota olympus	Mammal	SC	none	IO
Olympic mudminnow    Annual Report   Status Report	Novumbra hubbsi	Fish	SS	none	IO
Oregon silverspot butterfly    Annual Report	Speyeria zerene hippolyta	Butterfly or Moth	SE	FT	IO
Oregon spotted frog    Annual Report   Status Report   Recovery Plan	Rana pretiosa	Amphibian	SE	FC	IO
Oregon vesper sparrow	Pooecetes gramineus affinis	Bird	SC	FCo	B
Pacific clubtail	Gomphus kurilis	Other Insect	SC	none	IO
Pacific cod (S&C Puget Sound)	Gadus macrocephalus	Fish	SC	FCo	IO
Pacific hake (Pacific-Georgia Basin DPS	Merluccius productus	Fish	SC	FCo	IO
Pacific harbor porpoise	Phocoena phocoena	Mammal	SC	none	RSC
Pacific herring	Clupea pallasi	Fish	SC	FCo	none
Peregrine falcon    Annual Report   Status Report	Falco peregrinus	Bird	SS	FCo	B,RI
Pileated woodpecker	Dryocopus pileatus	Bird	SC	none	B
Poplar oregonian	Cryptomastix populi	Mollusk	SC	none	IO
Preble's shrew	Sorex preblei	Mammal	SC	FCo	IO
Puget blue	Plebejus icarioides blackmorei	Butterfly or Moth	SC	none	IO
Purple martin	Progne subis	Bird	SC	none	B
Pygmy rabbit    Annual Report   Recovery Plan	Brachylagus idahoensis	Mammal	SE	FE	none
Pygmy whitefish    Annual Report   Status Report	Prosopium coulteri	Fish	SS	FCo	IO
Quillback rockfish	Sebastes maliger	Fish	SC	FCo	IO
Redstripe rockfish	Sebastes proriger	Fish	SC	none	IO
River lamprey	Lampetra ayresi	Fish	SC	FCo	IO
Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog	Ascaphus montanus	Amphibian	SC	FCo	IO
Sage sparrow	Amphispiza belli	Bird	SC	none	B
Sage thrasher	Oreoscoptes montanus	Bird	SC	none	B
Sagebrush lizard	Sceloporus graciosus	Reptile	SC	FCo	IO
Sand-verbena moth	Copablepharon fuscum	Butterfly or Moth	SC	none	IO
Sandhill crane    Annual Report   Recovery Plan	Grus canadensis	Bird	SE	none	B,RLC
Sea otter    Annual Report   Recovery Plan	Enhydra lutris	Mammal	SE	FCo	B,RI,RSC
Sei whale    Annual Report	Baleonoptera borealis	Mammal	SE	FE	IO
Sharptail snake	Contia tenuis	Reptile	SC	FCo	IO
Shepard's parnassian	Parnassius clodius shepardi	Butterfly or Moth	SC	none	IO
Short-tailed albatross	Diomedea albatrus	Bird	SC	FE	none
Silver-bordered fritillary	Boloria selene atrocostalis	Other Insect	SC	none	none
Slender-billed white-breasted nuthatch	Sitta carolinensis aculeata	Bird	SC	FCo	IO
Snowy plover    Annual Report	Charadrius nivosus	Bird	SE	FT	none
Sockeye salmon (Ozette Lake)	Oncorhynchus nerka	Fish	SC	FT	none
Sockeye salmon (Snake R.)	Oncorhynchus nerka	Fish	SC	FE	none
Sperm whale    Annual Report	Physeter macrocephalus	Mammal	SE	FE	IO
Steelhead (Lower Columbia)	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Fish	SC	FT	none
Steelhead (Middle Columbia)	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Fish	SC	FT	none
Steelhead (Puget Sound)	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Fish	none	FT	none
Steelhead (Snake River)	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Fish	SC	FT	none
Steelhead (Upper Columbia)	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Fish	SC	FT	none
Steller sea lion    Annual Report	Eumetopias jubatus	Mammal	ST	FT	RSC
Streaked horned lark    Annual Report   Status Report   Recovery Plan	Eremophila alpestris strigata	Bird	SE	FC	B
Striped whipsnake    Annual Report	Masticophis taeniatus	Reptile	SC	none	IO
Tacoma pocket gopher - Mazama    Status Report	Thomomys mazama tacomensis	Mammal	ST	FC	none
Taylor's checkerspot    Annual Report   Status Report	Euphydryas editha taylori	Butterfly or Moth	SE	FC	IO
Tiger rockfish	Sebastes nigrocinctus	Fish	SC	none	IO
Townsend's big-eared bat    Annual Report	Corynorhinus townsendii	Mammal	SC	FCo	B,CR
Townsend's ground squirrel    Annual Report	Urocitellus townsendii townsendii	Mammal	SC	FCo	none
Tufted puffin    Annual Report	Fratercula cirrhata	Bird	SC	FCo	RLC
Umatilla dace	Rhinichthys umatilla	Fish	SC	none	IO
Upland sandpiper    Annual Report	Bartramia longicauda	Bird	SE	none	B,RI
Valley silverspot	Speyeria zerene bremnerii	Butterfly or Moth	SC	FCo	IO
Van Dyke's salamander	Plethodon vandykei	Amphibian	SC	FCo	IO
Vaux's swift	Chaetura vauxi	Bird	SC	none	B,CR
Walleye pollock (So. Puget Sound)	Theragra chalcogramma	Fish	SC	FCo	IO
Washington ground squirrel    Annual Report	Urocitellus washingtoni	Mammal	SC	FC	none
Western gray squirrel    Annual Report   Recovery Plan	Sciurus griseus	Mammal	ST	FCo	IO
Western grebe    Annual Report	Aechmophorus occidentalis	Bird	SC	none	B
Western pond turtle    Annual Report   Recovery Plan	Actinemys marmorata	Reptile	SE	FCo	none
Western toad	Anaxyrus boreas	Amphibian	SC	FCo	none
White-headed woodpecker	Picoides albolarvatus	Bird	SC	none	B,RI
White-tailed jackrabbit	Lepus townsendii	Mammal	SC	none	IO
Widow rockfish	Sebastes entomelas	Fish	SC	none	IO
Wolverine    Annual Report	Gulo gulo	Mammal	SC	FC	IO
Woodland caribou    Annual Report	Rangifer tarandus	Mammal	SE	FE	IO
Yellow-billed cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus	Bird	SC	FC	B,RI
Yelloweye rockfish	Sebastes ruberrimus	Fish	SC	FT	IO
Yellowtail rockfish	Sebastes flavidus	Fish	SC	none	IO
Yuma skipper	Ochlodes yuma	Butterfly or Moth	SC	none	IO