Colorado Endangered, Threatened and Species of Special Concern

COMMON  NAME

SCIENTIFIC NAME

STATUS*

American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum SC
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus SC
Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia ST
Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus SC
Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis SC

Greater Sage-Grouse
Statewide Conservation Plan
Local Working Group Plans
Priority Habitat

 Centrocercus urophasianus SC
Greater Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis tabida SC

Gunnison Sage-Grouse
Rangewide Conservation Plan
Local Working Group Plans

 Centrocercus minimus SC
Least Tern Sterna antillarum FE, SE
Lesser Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus ST
Long-Billed Curlew Numenius americanus SC
Mexican Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis lucida FT, ST
Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus SC
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus circumcinctus FT, ST
Plains Sharp-Tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus jamesii SE
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus FE, SE
Western Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus SC
Western Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus SC
Whooping Crane Grus americana FE, SE

*Status Codes:

FE = Federally Endangered
FT = Federally Threatened
SE = State Endangered
ST = State Threatened 
SC = State Special Concern (not a statutory category)

        Last Updated: 4/26/2012 9:28 PM