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APPENDIX A
COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS MENTIONED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE FILE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES

Appendix A. Common and scientific names of plants and animals mentioned in the Environmental Baseline File for Biological Resources and their status as designated under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA), by the Nevada Office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and by the State of Nevada (NV)

Plants | Invertebrates |Fishes |Amphibians |Reptiles |Birds |Mammals


Common Name Scientific Name ESA1 BLM1 NV1

BIRDS        
chukar Alectoris chukar     G
coot, American Fulica americana     G
dove, mourning Zenaida macroura     G
duck, ruddy Oxyura jamaicensis     G
eagle, bald Haliaeetus leucocephalus T   PE
eagle, golden Aquila chrysaetos     P
falcon, American peregrine Falco peregrinus anatum E   PE
falcon, prairie Falco mexicanus      
finch, house Carpodacus mexicanus      
flycatcher, willow Empidonax traillii      
flycatcher, southwestern willow Empidonax traillii extimus E S  
grebe, pied-billed Podilymbus podiceps      
grouse, sage Centrocercus urophasianus     G
hawk, ferruginous Buteo regalis   S P
hawk, red-tailed Buteo jamaicensis     P
heron, great-blue Ardea herodias      
mockingbird, northern Mimus polyglottos      
oriole, northern Icterus galbula      
owl, barn Tyto alba     P
owl, long-eared Asio otus     P
plover, mountain Charadrius montanus C S  
quail, Gambel's Callipepla gambelii     G
raven, common Corvus corax      
roadrunner, greater Geococcyx californianus     P
sparrow, black-throated Amphispiza bilineata      
sparrow, sage Amphispiza belli      
swallow, bank Riparia riparia      
tanager Piranga sp.      
teal, green-winged Anas crecca

G
towhee, spotted Pipilo maculatus      
thrasher, Le Conte's Toxostoma lecontei      
thrush Catharus sp.      
vireo, least Bell's Vireo bellii pusillus E    
warbler, Wilson's Wilsonia pusilla      
wren, rock Salpinctes obsoletus      
yellowthroat, common Geothlypis trichas      

1 Ca = Cactus; C = Candidate; CE = Critically endangered (plants); Ch = Christmas tree; E = Endangered; FB = Furbearing; G = Game; P = Protected; PE = Protected, further classified as endangered; PT = Protected, further classified as threatened; S = Sensitive; T = Threatened; U = Unprotected; Y = Yucca

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