COSEWIC candidate wildlife species
Last updated December 7, 2022
List of wildlife species grouped by the type of wildlife and by its risk of extinction. Each species is assigned to one of 3 groups, depending on how urgently it needs to be assessed. Species in the highest urgency group are reviewed and ranked to create the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) candidate list.
On this page
- Part 1: overview
- Part 2: COSEWIC candidate list
- Part 3: species specialist subcommittees’ candidate list
Part 1: overview
Many species in Canada have not yet been assessed by COSEWIC, but are suspected of being at some risk of extinction or extirpation. These species, referred to as ‘candidate wildlife species’ are identified by the species specialist subcommittees (SSCs) or by the Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge (ATK) subcommittee as candidates for detailed status assessment. Candidates may also include wildlife species already assessed by COSEWIC as not at risk or data deficient, but where new information suggests they may be at risk.
SSC and ATK subcommittee members use their expert knowledge and judgment to identify candidate wildlife species. They draw on numerous sources of information including (where available) the General Status of Wild Species in Canada program, information drawn from other multi-jurisdictional monitoring, jurisdictional and international assessment processes (e.g. IUCN and NatureServe) and published ranking systems in the scientific literature. As time and resources allow, COSEWIC will commission status reports for high priority candidate wildlife species so that an assessment can be undertaken.
Status reports are commissioned by COSEWIC through an open competition. A call for bids is periodically posted on this website both for selected candidate species, and also for species already assessed by COSEWIC that require a reassessment. You can register to be notified when new calls for bids are posted on the website.
For more information on candidate wildlife species, visit COSEWIC wildlife species assessment: process, categories, and guidelines.
Part 2: COSEWIC candidate list
The highest priority wildlife species from the SSC candidate lists are reviewed and ranked by COSEWIC, and result in COSEWIC candidate list. COSEWIC bases its ranking on prioritization data submitted by each SSC. COSEWIC candidate list identifies the highest priority candidate wildlife species for status report production. Wildlife species included in this list include those not yet assessed by COSEWIC and those in the not at risk or data deficient categories, where new information suggests they may be at risk of extinction or extirpation from Canada.
2018 (1) species
Common name: Dwarf Western Trillium
Taxonomic group: Vascular plants
Scientific name: Trilium ovatum hibbersonii
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: British Columbia, Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2020
Rationale: This species occurs only on western Vancouver Island, at a handful of remote and relatively inaccessible sites. Threats include mostly collateral damage from construction of logging roads, increased forest cover as succession proceeds, and rock gardeners who remove plants from the wild.
2019 (13) species
Common name: [a darkling beetle]
Taxonomic group: Arthropods
Scientific name: Ephalus latimanus
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2021
Rationale: This flightless beetle is known in Canada only from Sable Island, Nova Scotia and is perhaps an ice age relict from the Georges Bank refugia. Elsewhere it ranges on coastal dunes on the US Atlantic seaboard from New Jersey to Maine. This species is a common nocturnal species on sand dunes throughout its range. The species lives in loose sand and leaf litter around the roots and at the base of plants such as sea rocket, Cakile edentula (Bigelow) Hook. (Brassicaceae), and seaside goldenrod, Solidago sempervirens L. (Asteraceae).
Common name: Atlantic Mackerel
Taxonomic group: Marine fishes
Scientific name: Scomber scombrus
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Atlantic Ocean, Canadian Wildlife Service, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2022
Rationale: Atlantic Mackerel is found in the waters of the Northwest Atlantic from North Carolina to Newfoundland. During spring and summer, Atlantic Mackerel is found in inshore waters. From late fall and in winter, it is found deeper in warmer waters at the edge of the continental shelf. In Canadian waters, spawning occurs mainly in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence during June and July. Atlantic Mackerel have declined about 80% since the late 1990s. Overfishing is considered the main threat.
Common name: Cleland's Evening-primrose
Taxonomic group: Vascular plants
Scientific name: Oenothera clelandii
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Canadian Wildlife Service, Ontario, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2020
Rationale: This annual/biennial wildflower has a small and localized distribution in Ontario and occurs in very low numbers. Threatened by habitat loss, disturbance and climate change, it has very few extant sites recorded in recent years and is considered critically imperilled in Ontario.
Common name: Large-lipped Sand Beetle
Taxonomic group: Arthropods
Scientific name: Omophron labiatum
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Canadian Wildlife Service, Nova Scotia, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2021
Rationale: This beetle is only known in Canada from Sable Island, and is disjunct from the nearest known populations in New England and Massachusetts. The species occurs in open, sandy, and usually damp ground along the coastal zone, from sea beaches inland to altitudes up to about 275 m, as well as saline beaches or on the bare shores of ponds, lakes and rivers. The species is nocturnal, and adults appear to be gregarious, so it is often found in large numbers where it occurs.
Common name: Rough-leaved Aster
Taxonomic group: Vascular plants
Scientific name: Eurybia radulina
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: British Columbia, Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2020
Rationale: Rough-leaved aster (Eurybia radulina (A. Gray) G.L. Nesom) is a perennial herb with few to several, ascending to erect short-hairy stems, 10-70 cm tall. Stem leaves broadly oblanceolate or spoon-shaped, to 13 cm long, hairy, toothed. Flowering heads with ray and disk flowers; ray flowers white to pale violet; disk flowers yellow. Occurs on dry rock outcrops and open forests in the lowland zone of SE Vancouver Island; known from 4 sites but may occur at one or more of 7 historical sites.
Common name: Sable Island Borer
Taxonomic group: Arthropods
Scientific name: Papaipema sp.
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Canadian Wildlife Service, Nova Scotia, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2021
Rationale: This moth is an undescribed subspecies of Noctuid moth that is globally endemic to Sable Island, Nova Scotia. The larval host is unknown, but it may bore the roots and stems of a single Asteraceae like related species. The larvae of the sister species on mainland Nova Scotia (P. nelita) bore into stems and roots of the aster Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata L.).Adult records are from mid-August and mid-September and are attracted to lights. The habitat is unknown but there are limited possibilities (i.e. grassland/herbaceous, sand/dune, shrubland/chaparral) on Sable Island which is treeless, sandy and dry.
Common name: Sable Island Cutworm Moth
Taxonomic group: Arthropods
Scientific name: Agrotis arenarius
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Canadian Wildlife Service, Nova Scotia, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2021
Rationale: This species is a Noctuid moth endemic to Sable Island, Nova Scotia. The moth has an annual life cycle and is dependent on Ammophila grasses. These grasses are native to coasts of the North Atlantic and are found almost exclusively on the first line of coastal sand dunes, have creeping underground stems or rhizomes allow them to thrive under conditions of shifting sands and high winds, and help to stabilize and prevent coastal erosion. Many species in this genus are of great importance as cutworms, major agricultural pests whose larvae hide by day and emerge at night to feed. Not all species in this genus are agricultural pests.
Common name: Sable Island Eucosma
Taxonomic group: Arthropods
Scientific name: Eucosma sableana
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Canadian Wildlife Service, Nova Scotia, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2021
Rationale: This moth is globally endemic to Sable Island, Nova Scotia. The moth presumably has a 1-year life cycle. The larval food plant is unknown. Eucosma sableana is closely related to the widespread species E. ochrocephala, which feeds on cocklebur (Xanthium spp.) as a larva. Xanthium does not occur on Sable Island, but perhaps the food plant is another Asteraceae species. It is noted as being "common at light in August and September".
Common name: Sable Island Leaf Beetle
Taxonomic group: Arthropods
Scientific name: Tricholochmaea sablensis
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Canadian Wildlife Service, Nova Scotia, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2021
Rationale: This species appears to be a post-glacial relict species found only on Sable Island, Nova Scotia. It has been collected from bog cranberry (Vaccinmium macrocarpon), which is restricted to a cranberry bog near a small freshwater lake on Sable Island. The lake, which had a salinity of 25 ppm was less saline than any of the surrounding lakes. Collecting on Sable Island in 1976-77 and 1989 failed to find any on Sable Island and recent work in 2004 has also failed to turn up any specimens, casting some doubt on whether the species is still extant.
Common name: Short-fruited Rush
Taxonomic group: Vascular plants
Scientific name: Juncus brachycarpus
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Canadian Wildlife Service, Ontario, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2020
Rationale: This perennial rush is restricted in Canada to remnants of moist, sandy prairie in Windsor, Ontario. Major threats include residential and commercial development, transportation corridor development, invasive species and encroachment of trees and shrubs in the prairie habitat due to lack of fire.
Common name: Valley Grasshopper
Taxonomic group: Arthropods
Scientific name: Oedaleontus enigma
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: British Columbia, Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2021
Rationale: This grasshopper is associated with arid shrub-steppe in the intermountain west and reaches its northern limit in the southern Okanagan Valley, British Columbia. Within its Canadian range, it is highly localized and has only been recorded at one site; a parcel of provincial crown land that is under threat of annexation for conversion to residential housing by the Town of Osoyoos. In the US portion of its range, this species sometimes increases to outbreak proportions and is considered a range pest, although it is primarily a forb and shrub feeder and will feed heavily on introduced forbs that themselves degrade range condition. Native host plants include spring parsley, balsamroot, big sagebrush, and rabbitbrush as well as several introduced weeds: redstem filaree, flixweed, and downy brome.
Common name: White-marked Tussock Moth (Sable Island spp.)
Taxonomic group: Arthropods
Scientific name: Orgyia leucostigma sablensis
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2021
Rationale: This moth is globally endemic to Sable Island, Nova Scotia. The species was described as an endemic subspecies of the more widespread White-marked Tussock Moth, based on collections from Sable Island in the 1970s. Larvae were collected from blueberry, cranberry, iris, bayberry and both grasses and sedges. On the mainland other subspecies of White-marked Tussock Moth larvae feed on a wide variety of plants including both conifers and flowering plants. Adults have been collected from early August into mid-September.
Common name: White-winged Grasshopper
Taxonomic group: Arthropods
Scientific name: Dissosteira spurcata
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: British Columbia, Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date:
Rationale: This grasshopper is associated with arid shrub-steppe in the intermountain west. It reaches its northern limit in the southern Okanagan Valley. Within its Canadian range, it is highly localized and has been recently recorded at only two sites. One is a Haynes Lease Wildlife Area at the north end of Osoyoos Lake and the other is a parcel of crown land on the west side of Osoyoos. While the wildlife area is secure, the crown land is under pressure for annexation and development by the town of Osoyoos. It is currently used for off-road driving and hiking. The species could also occur on the east side of Osoyoos Lake on the Osoyoos Indian Reserve. This would not greatly change the status of the species.
2020 (11) species
Common name: Arctic Orangebush Lichen
Taxonomic group: Lichens
Scientific name: Xanthaptychia aurantiaca
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Wildlife Service, Northwest Territories, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2021
Rationale: Xanthaptychia aurantiaca is narrowly restricted to western portions of the Canadian Arctic. It is a relatively large bright orange macrolichen that is conspicuous on the landscape. However, there are only 14 known collections. The region has been thoroughly surveyed for lichens (see map under Search Effort), with over 6600 lichens collections known. This suggests that X. aurantiaca is not only narrowly endemic, but also rare within its range. All collections are coastal. Most collections have been made on Banks Island and the Parry Peninsula in the Northwest Territories. This species is threatened by a loss of habitat from rapidly eroding coasts, saline wash resulting from storm surges, and permafrost melting. These threats are due to a reduction in sea ice cover on the Beaufort Sea and changes in weather patterns caused by on-going climate change.
Common name: Horned Lark
Taxonomic group: Birds
Scientific name: Eremophila alpestris
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Alberta, Alsek Renewable Resources Council, British Columbia, Canadian Museum of Nature, Carmacks Renewable Resources Council, Carcross/Tagish Renewable Resources Council, Canadian Wildlife Service, Dawson District Renewable Resources Council, Dän Keyi Renewable Resources Council, Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Board, Gwich'in Renewable Resources Board, Laberge Renewable Resources Council, Manitoba, Mayo District Renewable Resources Council, New Brunswick, Nisga'a Joint Fisheries Management Committee, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavik Marine Region Wildlife Board, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut Territory, Nisga'a Wildlife Committee, Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, North Yukon Renewable Resources Council, Ontario, Parks Canada Agency, Porcupine Caribou Management Board, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Sahtu Renewable Resources Board, Selkirk Renewable Resources Council, Teslin Renewable Resources Council, Torngat Wildlife and Plants Co-management Board, Wildlife Management Advisory Council - North Slope, Wildlife Management Advisory Council - Northwest Territories, Wekeezhii Renewable Resources Board, Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board, Yukon Territory
Proposed call for bids date: 2022
Rationale: Horned Lark is a Holarctic landbird that occurs in Canada's tundra and prairie grasslands, and other open landscapes from seaside barrens to above the alpine tree-line. One of the eight subspecies that occur in Canada, Streaked Horned Lark, was assessed by COSEWIC as Endangered in 2003 and 2018; the other seven are considered here. Horned Lark subspecies differ in range, body size and colouration. Most subspecies have populations estimated at >1 million mature individuals in Canada, but Pallid Horned Lark and Dusky Horned Lark may have only 15,000 to 20,000 mature individuals each. Overall, the Canadian population of Horned Lark is estimated to be about 28 million mature individuals. After apparent increases in the late 1800s, most populations have declined continuously since the 1940s, with loss of marginal agricultural areas and intensification of agriculture in breeding areas, and loss of native grassland habitat negatively affecting populations on both breeding and wintering grounds. Population estimates and trends are difficult to determine for individual subspecies, and appear to vary substantially. However, at the national level, Breeding Bird Survey data for Horned Lark show a long-term (1970-2018) decline of 89% (95% credible interval: -91%, -86%), corresponding to a trend of -4.4% per year (-4.9%, -4.0%), with a short-term (2008-2018) decline of -58% (-64%, -52%), corresponding to an annual trend of -8.4% (-9.7%, -7.0%).
Common name: Lupine Leafroller Moth
Taxonomic group: Arthropods
Scientific name: Anacampsis lupinella
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ontario, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2022
Rationale: Lupine Leafroller Moth (Anacampsis lupinella) ranges in southern Ontario within the dry, open oak woodland, pitch pine-scrub oak barrens where the host plant, Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis) is present. Wild Lupine is also at-risk and ranked vulnerable (N2N3) in Canada and Ontario (S2S3). Records date from 1901 - 2017 and the species is known from High Park (Toronto), the St. Williams Conservation Reserve (and a nearby private property, both in Norfolk County), and in the Karner Blue Sanctuary( Lambton County). An additional subpopulation may be present in/around Pinery Provincial Park, where a moderate-sized wild lupine population persists. Threats include invasive species that are changing the ecosystem and impacting the host plans, pesticide spray to control non-native Gypsy Moth outbreaks, and habitat conversion and fragmentation.
Common name: Oslar's Roadside Skipper
Taxonomic group: Arthropods
Scientific name: Amblyscirtes oslari
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Alberta, Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada Agency, Saskatchewan
Proposed call for bids date: 2021
Rationale: Oslar's Roadside Skipper (Amblyscirtes oslari) is a dry, mixed grass prairies, open woodlands, ravines, and canyons prairie butterfly with a restricted range in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. Adults fly from May to July, there is one generation per season and the larvae feed on blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) or other grasses. The species is known from eight sites: Lethbridge (AB), Writing-on-stone Provincial Park (AB), Taber (AB), North Pinhorn Grazing Preserve (AB), Estuary (SK), Val Marie (SK), Deer Forks (SK) and Roche Percee (SK). Widespread habitat conversion during the early 1900s and the loss of Plains Bison contributed to the loss of prairie grassland habitat suitable for this species. Current threats include agricultural intensification, habitat fragmentation and lack of connectivity between natural grassland fragments, invasive plants that change soil chemistry and/or outcompete native larval and nectar host plants, and roadside/agricultural pesticide use. There are currently no Canadian records on iNaturalist, BugGuide or other citizen science/online forums.
Common name: Pahaska Skipper
Taxonomic group: Arthropods
Scientific name: Hesperia pahaska
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Wildlife Service, Manitoba, Parks Canada Agency, Saskatchewan
Proposed call for bids date: 2021
Rationale: Pahaska Skipper (Hesperia pahaska) is a dry, mixed grass prairie and open pine forest butterfly with a restricted range in southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Adults fly from June to July, with one generation per season in Canada and larvae feed on blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), with fluff grass (Erioneuron pulchellum) also reported as a host plant in other parts of its US range. Records are from 1928 to 2009 from five sites including Surprise Valley (SK), Rosefield (SK), Minton (1928, SK), Grasslands National Park (SK) and Miniota (MB). Widespread habitat conversion during the early 1900's and the loss of Plains Bison contributed to the loss of prairie grassland habitat suitable for this species. Current threats include agricultural intensification, habitat fragmentation and lack of connectivity between natural grassland fragments, invasive plants that change and/or outcompete native larval and nectar host plants, and roadside/agricultural pesticide use. There are currently no Canadian records on iNaturalist, BugGuide or other citizen science/online forums.
Common name: Paintedhand Mudbug
Taxonomic group: Arthropods
Scientific name: Lacunicambarus polychromatus
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ontario, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2022
Rationale: The Paintedhand Mudbug (Lacunicambarus polychromatus) is a burrowing crayfish known in Canada from one subpopulation in Windsor, Ontario. This freshwater species excavates its own burrows in low-lying habitats close to the water table, including the banks and floodplains of lakes and rivers, roadside ditches, and wetlands. The life history is poorly known although the species consumes both plant material and animals such as insects and worms, seizing passing prey from the mouth of their burrows. Threats include a any form of development that impacts wetland longevity, quality and sustainability: wetland habitat infilling, conversion, water diversion (to wetlands), pesticide/wastewater/roadside salt run-off.
Common name: Pine Broomrape
Taxonomic group: Vascular plants
Scientific name: Aphyllon pinorum
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: British Columbia, Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2021
Rationale: Pine broomrape is a self-fertile achlorophyllous, obligate root parasite that was first observed in 1914 in BC somewhere along the Cowichan River, and then re-discovered in 2000 in Koksilah River Provincial Park. It appears to parasitize Holodiscus exclusively. It is also found outside the park in forest lands that have been and likely will be harvested in the future.
Common name: Prairie Rosinweed
Taxonomic group: Vascular plants
Scientific name: Silphium terebinthinaceum
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ontario, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2021
Rationale: This tall perennial plant is restricted In Canada to small, remnant prairie habitats in southwestern Ontario. There are likely six populations with a total of approximately 2500 plants, most of which are found in one population. Threats to all populations include encroachment by woody plants due to fire suppression and invasive species. Habitat conversion to housing, roads, and agriculture threaten many of the populations.
Common name: Sable Island Bordered Apamea
Taxonomic group: Arthropods
Scientific name: Apamea sordens sableana
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Wildlife Service, Nova Scotia, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2021
Rationale: This subspecies is a noctuid moth endemic to Sable Island, Nova Scotia. It has an annual life cycle and its larvae feed on dune-associated grasses. Many species in this genus are of great importance as cutworms, major agricultural pests whose larvae hide by day and emerge at night to feed. Not all species in this genus are agricultural pests.
Common name: Simius Roadside Skipper
Taxonomic group: Arthropods
Scientific name: Notamblyscirtes simius
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada Agency, Saskatchewan
Proposed call for bids date: 2021
Rationale: Simius Roadside-Skipper (Notamblyscirtes simius) is a mixed grass prairie butterfly with a restricted range in southern Saskatchewan. Adults fly from May to July, there is one generation per season and the larvae feed on blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis). The species is known from three sites in southern Saskatchewan including Rosefeld (1968), Val Marie (1983) and an unknown collection locality that needs further investigation. There are no known documented occurrences in Canada since at least 1998. Widespread habitat conversion during the early 1900's and the loss of Plains Bison contributed to the loss of prairie grassland habitat suitable for this species. Current threats include agricultural intensification, habitat fragmentation and lack of connectivity between natural grassland fragments, invasive plants that change and/or outcompete native larval and nectar host plants, and roadside/agricultural pesticide use. There are currently no Canadian records on iNaturalist, BugGuide or other citizen science/online forums.
Common name: Snowy Owl
Taxonomic group: Birds
Scientific name: Bubo scandiacus
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Alberta, Alsek Renewable Resources Council, British Columbia, Canadian Museum of Nature, Carmacks Renewable Resources Council, Carcross/Tagish Renewable Resources Council, Canadian Wildlife Service, Dawson District Renewable Resources Council, Dän Keyi Renewable Resources Council, Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Board, Gwich'in Renewable Resources Board, Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Coordinating Committee, Inuvialuit Game Council, Laberge Renewable Resources Council, Manitoba, Mayo District Renewable Resources Council, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavik Marine Region Wildlife Board, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut Territory, Nisga'a Wildlife Committee, Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, North Yukon Renewable Resources Council, Ontario, Parks Canada Agency, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Sahtu Renewable Resources Board, Selkirk Renewable Resources Council, Teslin Renewable Resources Council, Torngat Wildlife and Plants Co-management Board, Wildlife Management Advisory Council - North Slope, Wildlife Management Advisory Council - Northwest Territories, Wekeezhii Renewable Resources Board, Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board, Yukon Territory
Proposed call for bids date: 2021
Rationale: Snowy Owl is a large Arctic predator that travels long distances in response to fluctuating prey abundance. Although previously thought to number over 200,000 worldwide, recent studies concluded that the global population is likely to be <30,000 mature individuals, of which approximately 30-40% likely breed in Canada, primarily in the tundra of Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, but also at the northern fringes of Manitoba, Quebec, and Labrador. Data from the Christmas Bird Count indicate a long-term average annual decline of 1.7% year, amounting to 46% over three generations (36 years). Threats underlying this decline are not well known, although the rapid pace of climate change in the Arctic breeding grounds is likely a key factor through altering prey availability and other effects on habitat.
2021 (6) espèces
Common name: Bermuda Petrel
Taxonomic group: Birds
Scientific name: Pterodroma cahow
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Atlantic Ocean, Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Wildlife Service, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Parks Canada Agency, Prince Edward Island
Proposed call for bids date: 2022
Rationale: Bermuda Petrel or Cahow is a small gadfly petrel and one of the world's rarest seabirds. Once thought to be extinct, 8 pairs were found nesting on the Castle Harbour islands in Bermuda in 1951. Numbers have increased to 134 pairs in 2020, in response to intensive conservation and management efforts, with about 80% now nesting in artificial burrows. Recent telemetry tracking studies have shown that Bermuda Petrel regularly forages over deep waters within the Canadian 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone southeast of Nova Scotia, during incubation and chick-rearing periods in April and May. Significant threats at the Bermudan breeding colonies include competition with native White-tailed Tropicbird for nest sites, effects of pesticides, and predation by introduced rats. The primary threat is posed by increasing frequency and intensity of fall storms that periodically inundate colonies and destroy low-lying nest sites, exacerbated by ongoing sea level rise. Threats at sea are poorly known, but likely include lighting on ships and structures, offshore wind power development, and climate-related range shifts in prey species.
Common name: Canadian Philaronia
Taxonomic group: Arthropods
Scientific name: Philaronia canadensis
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Canadian Wildlife Service, Ontario, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2022
Rationale: The Canadian Philaronia is a spittle bug historically known from a small area of distribution in the Great Lakes region where it occurs in southern Ontario and northern Michigan. There are only 5 confirmed records in the Great Lakes region since 1989. The species was once widespread in Southern Ontario and Michigan, and the number of known subpopulations in Ontario has declined from 15 to 5. The species is found along the shores of lakes and rivers in meadow habitat and its host plants are the goldenrods, Solidago canadensis and Solidago ohioensis, as well as Lindley's Aster, Symphyotrichum ciliolatum and White Snakeroot, Ageratina altissima. Fieldwork is required to confirm sites within the Great Lakes region.
Common name: Leadplant Flower Moth
Taxonomic group: Arthropods
Scientific name: Schinia lucens
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Canadian Wildlife Service, Manitoba, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2021
Rationale: Leadplant Flower moth (Schinia lucens) depends on its host, leadplant (Amorpha spp.; Fabaceae) in prairie habitat and rarely strays far from host plants. In Canada known historically from Aweme, MB and photographs in 2011 near Stuartburn, MB. Schinia lucens has one generation per year, overwinters underground in the pupal stage and adults are active near hosts in daylight (Hardwick 1996; Swengel and Swengel 2006). The host Leadplant requires native prairie and occurs from northwestern Ontario, a few sites (A. Harris, pers. comm., Oldham and Brinker 2009), across southern Manitoba and possibly into southern Saskatchewan. In Manitoba, A. canescens is ranked as S3S4. Alternate host plants A. nana (S3S4) and A. fruticosa (S1S2) are mainly confined to southern Manitoba.
Common name: Marbled Godwit
Taxonomic group: Birds
Scientific name: Limosa fedoa
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Alberta, British Columbia, Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Wildlife Service, Manitoba, Ontario, Parks Canada Agency, Saskatchewan
Proposed call for bids date: 2022
Rationale: The Marbled Godwit is a large shorebird that nests in three disjunct areas; by far the largest population in the grasslands and parklands of the northern Great Plains (~170,000 mature individuals, 60% of which are in Canada), with two small, disjunct nesting populations in Alaska and James Bay (~2,000 mature individuals each). Data from the Breeding Bird Survey for the well-monitored midcontinent population indicate a decline of 42% over the past three generations, with the annual rate of decline accelerating to -4.5% over the past decade. Threats underlying this decline are not well known, although the rapid pace of grassland loss, as well as wetland drainage, are likely key factors. Threats on migration and in overwintering areas include the loss of wetland habitat, collisions with power lines and other infrastructure, human disturbance, contamination (including oil spills), climate-change and sea-level rise.
Common name: Plains Spadefoot
Taxonomic group: Amphibians
Scientific name: Spea bombifrons
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Alberta, Canadian Wildlife Service, Manitoba, Parks Canada Agency, Saskatchewan
Proposed call for bids date: 2022
Rationale: Plains Spadefoot has patchy distribution throughout the dry interior of North America, including Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Historically, the species was presumably widespread in native grasslands throughout the Canadian prairies. These habitats have experienced up to 77% loss throughout the 20th century, mostly due to conversion to agriculture. Loss of grasslands continues, primarily due to fire suppression and grazing regimes that allow vegetation succession to proceed. The species is vulnerable to prolonged summer droughts because it breeds in shallow pools that are subject to drying, leading to periodic failures to produce surviving young. While the species is adapted to predictably variable arid environments, disruption of climatic patterns, combined with intensive agriculture and road networks that constrain dispersal, is likely to result in population declines.
Common name: Rufous Hummingbird
Taxonomic group: Birds
Scientific name: Selasphorus rufus
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Alberta, British Columbia, Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada Agency, Yukon Territory
Proposed call for bids date: 2022
Rationale: Rufous Hummingbird remains common throughout its range, with a Canadian population estimate of 12 million mature individuals, comprising 54% of the global total. However, it has experienced a long-term population decline, which has been accelerating recently, with an estimated loss of 31% of the Canadian population between 2009 and 2019. Although causes of the decline remain only partly understood, recent research indicates that pesticides and habitat degradation associated with climate change are increasing threats. As a long-distance migrant, Rufous Hummingbird requires high-quality habitat across multiple areas for breeding, migratory stopovers, and wintering. Consequently, threats are repeatedly encountered over their annual life cycle, increasing their cumulative impact on populations.
2022 (8) species
Common name: Atlantic Mackerel
Taxonomic group: Marine fishes
Scientific name: Scomber scombrus
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Atlantic Ocean, Canadian Wildlife Service, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2022
Rationale: Atlantic Mackerel is found in the waters of the Northwest Atlantic from North Carolina to Newfoundland. During spring and summer, Atlantic Mackerel is found in inshore waters. From late fall and in winter, it is found deeper in warmer waters at the edge of the continental shelf. In Canadian waters, spawning occurs mainly in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence during June and July. Atlantic Mackerel have declined about 80% since the late 1990s. Overfishing is considered the main threat.
Common name: Chinook Salmon
Taxonomic group: Marine fishes
Scientific name: Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Arctic Ocean, British Columbia, Canadian Wildlife Service, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Northwest Territories, Parks Canada Agency, Pacific Ocean, Yukon Territory
Proposed call for bids date: 2018
Rationale: These DUs are in the Skeena and Nass River drainage areas. They are an anadromous species that migrate to sea and return to spawn in natal rivers. Preliminary Predictions based on current data are as follows: Four of the DUs with complete data are ENDANGERED and the fifth is THREATENED. DUs with incomplete data are all ENDANGERED. Two DUs are data deficient. Major threats may exist and vary according to the diversity of habitat used over the Chinook salmon life cycle: (1) Estuary and (2) Coastal areas are subject to possible threats, for example, from pollution, fisheries, and pinniped predation; (3) High Seas area are subject to possible threats, for example, from competition with other salmon species and changes in ocean productivity and (4) Freshwater habitats are exposed to threats within watershed areas, for example, from habitat degradation, dams, and landslides. Skeena Chinook are a high priority species because DUs has been defined, estimated declines are large, and data are readily available, though likely requires some review. It is also in the same geographic region as Skeena Sockeye which are also subject to similar declines, data availability, and threats.
Common name: Giant Candlewax
Taxonomic group: Lichens
Scientific name: Ricasolia amplissima sheiyi
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: British Columbia, Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date:
Rationale: Giant Candlewax Lichen is a large tree-dwelling lichen that forms a symbiosis with both algae and cyanobacteria. It forms large thalli up to a half metre in diameter that are bright white when dry and green when wet. Giant Candlewax Lichen is found disjunct in Europe and western North America. The western North American population is genetically distinct and has been named as an endemic subspecies; the Canadian lichens belong to this subspecies. Giant Candlewax Lichen grows on highly exposed, light-rich trunks of old growth Sitka Spruce in close proximity to coastal shorelines in Alaska and British Columbia. The only verified locality in Canada is in an area with extensive coastal logging, limited buffers, and no formal protection status. Its large size and colour makes it unmistakable but it can live high in the tree canopy.
Common name: Hibernian Jellyskin
Taxonomic group: Lichens
Scientific name: Leptogium hibernicum
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Wildlife Service, Nova Scotia, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date:
Rationale: Leptogium hibernicum is a leafy epiphytic cyanolichen of temperate humid to hyperhumid oceanic/montane occurrence usually inhabiting stands of mature to old deciduous trees with neutral to basic and frequently moss-covered bark. In Nova Scotia, Canada, it also occurs on cedar (Thuja occidentalis). This species requires continual high humidity and moderate temperatures. The known locations are either within 25 kms of the coast and are usually somewhat sheltered by topography or existing forest stands.
Common name: Indra Swallowtail subspecies
Taxonomic group: Arthropods
Scientific name: Papilio indra indra
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: British Columbia, Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date:
Rationale: The Indra Swallowtail is a large, striking butterfly that is restricted in Canada to the Cascade Mountains of southern British Columbia; they are known at present from only three sites. The larvae feed on the foliage of biscuitroots and perhaps other members of the carrot family that grow on sunny, south facing subalpine slopes. The species' extremely small range makes it vulnerable to catastrophic events such as wildfires, which are predicted to increase in size and intensity with climate change. The warming climate may also cause some loss of open subalpine meadows through an increase in tree and shrub cover.
Common name: Mouse Ears
Taxonomic group: Lichens
Scientific name: Erioderma sorediatum
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: British Columbia, Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date:
Rationale: Mouse Ears is a rare cyanolichens restricted to coastal forests. In British Columbia, it is found in four subpopulations in 5-10 locations. However some of the occurrences have not been visited for several decades. The small number of locations and the very low density of thalli found at these locations despite substantial search efforts over the last few decades suggest that this species is very rare in coastal British Columbia and could be getting rarer due to threats. In addition, this species lives on ephemeral habitats and are subject to significant threats such as logging, climate warming (heat dome of 2021), and cabin development and other anthropogenic activities along the coast-line. As a result of this information it is recommended that Erioderma sorediatum be seriously considered for an official priority status assessment.
Common name: Sockeye Salmon
Taxonomic group: Marine fishes
Scientific name: Oncorhynchus nerka
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: Arctic Ocean, British Columbia, Canadian Wildlife Service, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Northwest Territories, Parks Canada Agency, Pacific Ocean, Yukon Territory
Proposed call for bids date:
Rationale: These DUs are in the Skeena and Nass River drainage areas. They are an anadromous species that migrate to sea and return to spawn in natal rivers. Nass-Skeena Sockeye are a high priority species because populations have been defined, and observed declines coupled with small population numbers indicate considerable extinction risk. They are also in the same geographic region as Skeena Chinook which are also subject to similar declines, data availability, and threats. Major threats may exist and vary according to the diversity of habitat used over the Sockeye salmon life cycle: (1) Estuary and (2) Coastal areas are subject to possible threats, for example, from pollution, fisheries, and pinniped predation. (3) High Seas area are subject to possible threats, for example, from competition with other salmon species and changes in ocean productivity. (4) Freshwater habitats are exposed to threats within watershed areas, for example, from habitat degradation, dams, and landslides.
Common name: Western Spotted Skunk
Taxonomic group: Terrestrial mammals
Scientific name: Spilogale gracilis
Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions: British Columbia, Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada Agency
Proposed call for bids date: 2022
Rationale: Western Spotted Skunk in Canada is only found in the southwestern corner of British Columbia. The species is thought to be a habitat generalist, but in BC is found predominantly across deciduous and coniferous forest, riparian areas, and agricultural lands. Although the species is historically rare in Canada, anecdotal fur-trapping records suggest that the species was more common in southwestern BC during the 1950s and 1960s. A number of recent camera-trap studies from across the historical distribution in Canada suggest that the species is now very rare, being found only infrequently. The major threat is habitat loss associated with residential development. Trapping and road mortality could be continuing threats.
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Part 3: species specialist subcommittees’ candidate list
Each SSC annually prepares and maintains a SSC candidate list of wildlife species that it considers at risk of extinction or extirpation nationally. Species on the SSC candidate lists are ranked into three priority groups by the SSCs to reflect the relative urgency with which each wildlife species should receive a COSEWIC assessment.
- Group 1 contains wildlife species of highest priority for assessment by COSEWIC, and includes wildlife species suspected to be extirpated from Canada.
- Groups 2 and 3 contain wildlife species that are of intermediate and lower priority for COSEWIC assessment, respectively.
Rationales for inclusion of wildlife species on the SSC candidate lists differ among the taxonomic groups considered by COSEWIC, reflecting the vast differences in their life history, and differences in our knowledge about the species.
Wildlife species in bold have been selected by COSEWIC for assessment and are currently planned for inclusion in a future call for bids.
Common name | Scientific name | Canadian range / known or potential jurisdictions |
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Amphibians (25) |
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Group 1 - High priority candidates | ||
Canadian Toad | Anaxyrus hemiophrys | AB, CWS, MB, NT, Parks, SK |
Plains Spadefoot | Spea bombifrons | AB, CWS, MB, Parks, SK |
Group 2 - Mid priority candidates | ||
Northwestern Salamander | Ambystoma gracile | BC, CWS, Parks |
Cope's Grey Treefrog | Dryophytes chrysoscelis | CWS, MB, Parks |
Ensatina | Ensatina eschscholtzii | BC, CWS, Parks |
Four-toed Salamander | Hemidactylium scutatum | CWS, NB, NS, ON, Parks, QC |
Eastern Red-backed Salamander | Plethodon cinereus | CWS, NB, NS, ON, Parks, PE, QC |
Columbia Spotted Frog | Rana luteiventris | AB, BC, CWS, Parks, WMAC-NS, YFWMB, YT |
Pickerel Frog | Rana palustris | CWS, NB, NS, ON, Parks, PE, QC |
Rough-skinned Newt | Taricha granulosa | BC, CWS, Parks |
Group 3 - Low priority candidates | ||
Blue-spotted Salamander | Ambystoma laterale | CWS, MB, NB, NL, NS, ON, Parks, PE, QC |
Long-toed Salamander | Ambystoma macrodactylum | AB, BC, CWS, Parks |
Spotted Salamander | Ambystoma maculatum | CWS, MB, NB, NL, NS, ON, Parks, PE, QC |
American Toad | Anaxyrus americanus | CWS, MB, NB, NL, NS, NU, ON, Parks, PE, QC |
Northern Two-lined Salamander | Eurycea bislineata | CWS, NL, ON, Parks, QC |
Gray Treefrog | Hyla versicolor | CWS, MB, NB, NS, ON, Parks, PE, QC |
American Bullfrog | Lithobates catesbeianus | CWS, NB, NS, ON, Parks, PE, QC |
Green Frog | Lithobates clamitans | CWS, NB, NS, ON, Parks, PE, QC |
Mink Frog | Lithobates septentrionalis | CWS, NB, NS, ON, Parks, PE, QC |
Wood Frog | Lithobates sylvaticus | AB, BC, CWS, GRRB, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, ON, Parks, PE, QC, SK, YT |
Eastern Newt | Notophthalmus viridescens | CWS, NB, NL, NS, ON, Parks, PE, QC |
Western Red-backed Salamander | Plethodon vehiculum | BC, CWS, Parks |
Spring Peeper | Pseudacris crucifer | CWS, MB, NB, NS, ON, Parks, PE, QC |
Boreal Chorus Frog | Pseudacris maculata | AB, BC, CWS, MB, NT, ON, Parks, QC, SK, YT |
Northern Pacific Treefrog | Pseudacris regilla | BC, CWS, Parks |
Arthropods (78) |
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Group 1 - High priority candidates | ||
(common name not available) | Andrena caerulea | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Bombus vandykei | BC, CWS, Parks |
Moss's Elfin | Callophrys mossii | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Copablepharon viridisparsa | AB, CWS, MB, Parks, SK |
Nevada Buckmoth | Hemileuca nevadensis | AB, CWS, MB, Parks, SK |
(common name not available) | Hystrichopsylla schefferi | BC, CWS, Parks |
Strecker's Giant Skipper | Megathymus streckeri | AB, CWS, Parks |
Simius Roadside Skipper | Notamblyscirtes simius | CMN, CWS, Parks, SK |
Indra Swallowtail subspecies | Papilio indra indra | BC, CMN, CWS, Parks |
Canadian Philaronia | Philaronia canadensis | CWS, ON, Parks |
Leadplant Flower Moth | Schinia lucens | CWS, MB, Parks |
Group 2 - Mid priority candidates | ||
Barren's Dagger Moth | Acronicta albarufa | CWS, MB, ON, Parks |
Beller's Ground Beetle | Agonum belleri | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Andrena edwardsi | BC, CWS, Parks |
Parasitic Wasp | Apantes samarshalli | CWS, ON, Parks |
(common name not available) | Argyresthia flexilis | AB, BC, CWS, Parks |
Protean Shieldback | Atlanticus testaceus | CWS, ON, Parks |
(common name not available) | Austrotyla borealis | AB, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Bombus morrisoni | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Bombus variabilis | CWS, Parks, QC |
(common name not available) | Calliopsis scitula | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Cambarus bartonii | CWS, NB, ON, Parks, QC |
Whitney's Underwing | Catocala whitneyi | CWS, MB, Parks |
Hoffmann's Checkerspot | Chlosyne hoffmanni | BC, CWS, Parks |
Pacific Coast Tiger Beetle | Cicindela bellisimi | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Coleotechnites lewisi | AB, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Copablepharon hopfingerii | BC, CWS, Parks |
Eastern Tailed Blue (British Columbia population) | Cupido comyntas | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Dendrotettix quercus | CWS, ON, Parks |
(common name not available) | Dicromantispa sayi | CWS, ON, Parks |
(common name not available) | Dufourea monardae | CWS, ON, Parks |
(common name not available) | Ellipes gurneyi | CWS, ON, Parks |
Ghost Tiger Beetle | Ellipsoptera lepida | AB, CWS, MB, ON, Parks, SK |
(common name not available) | Eristalis brousii | CWS, Parks |
Propertius Duskywing | Erynnis propertius | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Eumenes bollii | CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Euxoa unica | CWS, Parks, SK |
(common name not available) | Hesperotettix viridis | BC, CWS, Parks |
Carr's Diving Beetle | Hydroporus carri | AB, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Hyperaspis brunnescens | CWS, NS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Lasioglossum yukonae | BC, CWS, Parks, YT |
(common name not available) | Lasionycta macleani | BC, CWS, Parks |
Minor Ground Mantid | Litaneutria minor | AB, BC, CWS, Parks, SK |
Edith's Copper | Lycaena editha | AB, BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Lypoglossa manitobae | CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Megaphorus willistoni | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Melanoplus digitifer | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Melanoplus rugglesi | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Melanoplus scudderi | CWS, ON, Parks |
Rocky Mountain Grasshopper | Melanoplus spretus | AB, CWS, Parks, SK |
(common name not available) | Melanoplus walshii | CWS, ON, Parks |
(common name not available) | Metator nevadensis | BC, CWS, Parks |
Contracted Bombing Beetle | Metrius contractus contractus | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Naemia seriata | CWS, NB, NS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Nebria charlottae | BC, CWS, Parks |
Gwaii Haanas Ground Beetle | Nebria louisae | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Nephus intrusus | CWS, ON, Parks |
(common name not available) | Nicocles rufus | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Oecanthus laricis | CWS, ON, Parks |
Gaspé Arctic | Oeneis bore gaspeensis | CWS, Parks, QC |
(common name not available) | Omus dejeanii | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Pachybrachis calcaratus | CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Philonthus turbo | CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Polites rhesus | CWS, Parks |
Sandhill Skipper | Polites sabuleti | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Prosimulium doveri | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Scaphinotus merkeli | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Scymnus cervicalis | CWS, ON, Parks |
(common name not available) | Scymnus fraternus | CWS, ON, Parks, QC |
(common name not available) | Scymnus securus | CWS, ON, Parks |
(common name not available) | Sogda enigma | CWS, Parks |
Bremner's Zerene Fritillary | Speyeria zerene bremnerii | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Stereus arenarius | AB, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Stichopogon fragilis | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Stygobromus quatsinensis | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Trichiusa robustula | CWS, ON, Parks |
Olympic Peninsula Millipede | Tubaphe levii | BC, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Xanthorhoe clarkeata | BC, CWS, Parks |
Birds (31) |
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Group 1 - High priority candidates | ||
Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | AB, ARRC, BC, CMN, CRRC, CTRRC, CWS, DDRRC, DKRRC, EMRWB, GRRB, HFTCC, IGC, LRRC, MB, MDRRC, NB, NL, NMRWB, NS, NT, NU, NWC, NWMB, NYRRC, ON, Parks, PE, QC, SK, SRRB, SRRC, TRRC, TWPCB, WMAC-NS, WMAC-NWT, WRRB, YFWMB, YT |
Gray-cheeked Thrush (minimus subspecies) | Catharus minimus minimus | CMN, CWS, NL, NS, Parks, QC |
Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | AB, ARRC, BC, CMN, CRRC, CTRRC, CWS, DDRRC, DKRRC, EMRWB, GRRB, LRRC, MB, MDRRC, NB, NJFMC, NL, NMRWB, NS, NT, NU, NWC, NWMB, NYRRC, ON, Parks, PCMB, PE, QC, SK, SRRB, SRRC, TRRC, TWPCB, WMAC-NS, WMAC-NWT, WRRB, YFWMB, YT |
Yellow-billed Loon | Gavia adamsii | AB, BC, CWS, GRRB, MB, NT, NU, NWMB, Parks, QC, SRRB, WMAC-NS, WMAC-NWT, WRRB, YFWMB, YT |
Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | AB, BC, CMN, CWS, MB, ON, Parks, SK |
Gray-headed Chickadee | Poecile cinctus | CMN, CWS, NT, Parks, YT |
Bermuda Petrel | Pterodroma cahow | Atlantic Ocean, CMN, CWS, NB, NS, Parks, PE |
Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | AB, BC, CMN, CWS, Parks, YT |
Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | BC, CWS, NT, Parks, YT |
Group 2 - Mid priority candidates | ||
Brewer's Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus | AB, BC, CMN, CWS, MB, NT, ON, Parks, SK |
Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis | AB, BC, CWS, MB, NT, NU, ON, Parks, QC, SK |
Chestnut-backed Chickadee | Poecile rufescens | AB, BC, CMN, CWS, Parks, YT |
Hawaiian Petrel | Pterodroma sandwichensis | BC, CMN, CWS, Parks, Pacific Ocean |
Buller's Shearwater | Puffinus bulleri | BC, CMN, CWS, Parks |
Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | AB, ARRC, BC, CMN, CRRC, CTRRC, CWS, DDRRC, DKRRC, EMRWB, GRRB, LRRC, MB, MDRRC, NB, NL, NMRWB, NS, NT, NU, NWC, NWMB, NYRRC, ON, Parks, PCMB, PE, QC, SK, SRRB, SRRC, TRRC, TWPCB, WMAC-NS, WMAC-NWT, WRRB, YFWMB, YT |
Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | AB, ARRC, BC, CRRC, CTRRC, CWS, DDRRC, DKRRC, EMRWB, GRRB, LRRC, MB, MDRRC, NB, NJFMC, NL, NMRWB, NS, NT, NU, NWC, NWMB, NYRRC, ON, Parks, PCMB, PE, QC, SK, SRRB, SRRC, TWPCB, WMAC-NS, WMAC-NWT, WRRB, YT |
Pacific Wren | Troglodytes pacificus | AB, BC, CMN, CWS, Parks, YT |
Group 3 - Low priority candidates | ||
LeConte's Sparrow | Ammospiza leconteii | AB, BC, CWS, MB, NT, ON, Parks, QC, SK |
Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | AB, ARRC, BC, CMN, CRRC, CTRRC, CWS, DDRRC, DKRRC, LRRC, MB, MDRRC, NB, NT, NYRRC, ON, Parks, PE, QC, SK, SRRC, TRRC, YFWMB, YT |
Barrow's Goldeneye (Western population) | Bucephala islandica | AB, BC, CMN, CWS, Parks, YT |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | AB, BC, CWS, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, Parks, QC, SK, WRRB |
Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | AB, BC, CWS, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, NU, ON, Parks, PE, QC, SK, YT |
Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | CMN, CWS, Parks, YT |
Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | CMN, CWS, Parks, YT |
Laysan Albatross | Phoebastria immutabilis | BC, CMN, CWS, Parks |
Purple Martin | Progne subis | AB, BC, CWS, MB, NB, NS, ON, Parks, QC, SK |
Pine Siskin | Spinus pinus | AB, ARRC, BC, CMN, CRRC, CTRRC, CWS, DDRRC, DKRRC, EMRWB, GRRB, HFTCC, LRRC, MB, MDRRC, MNJFC, NB, NL, NMRWB, NS, NT, NWC, NYRRC, ON, Parks, PCMB, PE, QC, SK, SRRB, SRRC, TRRC, TWPCB, WMAC-NS, WMAC-NWT, WRRB, YFWMB, YT |
American Tree Sparrow | Spizella arborea | AB, BC, CMN, CWS, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, NU, ON, Parks, PE, QC, SK, YT |
Bewick's Wren | Thryomanes bewickii | BC, CMN, CWS, Parks |
Winter Wren | Troglodytes hiemalis | AB, BC, CWS, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, ON, Parks, PE, QC, SK, YT |
White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | CMN, CWS, ON, Parks |
Freshwater Fishes (70) |
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Group 1 - High priority candidates | ||
Lake Whitefish | Coregonus clupeaformis | AB, BC, CWS, DFO, FJMC, GRRB, HFTCC, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, NU, NWMB, ON, Parks, QC, SK, SRRB, YFWMB, YT |
European Whitefish | Coregonus lavaretus | CWS, DFO, NT, Parks, YT |
Blackfin Cisco | Coregonus nigripinnis | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks |
Pacific Lamprey | Entosphenus tridentatus | BC, CWS, DFO, Parks |
Banded Killifish (Mainland populations) | Fundulus diaphanus | CWS, DFO, MB, NB, NS, ON, Parks, PE, QC |
Chestnut Lamprey (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations) | Ichthyomyzon castaneus | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks, QC |
Blackchin Shiner | Notropis heterodon | CWS, DFO, MB, ON, Parks, QC |
Stonecat | Noturus flavus | AB, CWS, DFO, MB, ON, Parks, QC, SK |
Coastal Cutthroat Trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii | BC, CWS, DFO, NJFMC, Parks, YT |
Landlocked Arctic Char | Salvelinus alpinus | CWS, DFO, FJMC, GRRB, HFTCC, MB, NB, NL, NT, NU, NWMB, Parks, QC, SRRB, YFWMB, YT |
Arctic Grayling (Western Arctic populations) | Thymallus arcticus | AB, BC, CWS, DFO, GRRB, MB, NT, NU, Parks, SK, YT |
Group 2 - Mid priority candidates | ||
Cisco (Lake Herring) | Coregonus artedi | AB, BC, CWS, DFO, MB, NT, NU, ON, Parks, QC, SK |
Arctic Cisco | Coregonus autumnalis | BC, CWS, DFO, GRRB, NT, NU, Parks, YT |
Least Cisco | Coregonus sardinella | BC, CWS, DFO, GRRB, NT, NU, Parks, YT |
Redbreast Sunfish | Lepomis auritus | CWS, DFO, NB, Parks |
Northern Sunfish (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations) | Lepomis peltastes | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks |
Silver Redhorse | Moxostoma anisurum | AB, CWS, DFO, MB, ON, Parks, QC, SK |
Golden Redhorse | Moxostoma erythrurum | CWS, DFO, MB, ON, Parks |
Greater Redhorse | Moxostoma valenciennesi | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks, QC |
Fourhorn Sculpin (Freshwater form) | Myoxocephalus quadricornis | CWS, DFO, FJMC, GRRB, NL, NT, NU, NWMB, Parks, WRRB |
Hornyhead Chub | Nocomis biguttatus | CWS, DFO, MB, ON, Parks |
Brindled Madtom | Noturus miurus | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks |
Bull Trout (Upper Yukon Watershed populations) | Salvelinus confluentus | BC, CWS, DFO, Parks, YT |
Brook Trout | Salvelinus fontinalis | CWS, DFO, MB, ON, Parks, QC |
Inconnu | Stenodus leucichthys | BC, CWS, DFO, GRRB, NT, Parks, YT |
Group 3 - Low priority candidates | ||
Chiselmouth | Acrocheilus alutaceus | BC, CWS, DFO, Parks |
Yellow Bullhead | Ameiurus natalis | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks, QC |
Central Stoneroller | Campostoma anomalum | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks |
Quillback | Carpiodes cyprinus | AB, CWS, DFO, MB, ON, Parks, QC, SK |
Lake Whitefish (Mira River populations) | Coregonus clupeaformis | CWS, DFO, NS, Parks |
Lake Whitefish (Simcoe Lake populations) | Coregonus clupeaformis | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks |
Bloater | Coregonus hoyi | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks |
Broad Whitefish | Coregonus nasus | BC, CWS, DFO, GRRB, NT, NU, Parks, YT |
Slimy Sculpin | Cottus cognatus | AB, BC, CWS, DFO, GRRB, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, NU, ON, Parks, PE, QC, SK, YT |
Spoonhead Sculpin | Cottus ricei | AB, BC, CWS, DFO, FJMC, GRRB, HFTCC, MB, NT, ON, Parks, QC, SK, SRRB, WRRB, YFWMB, YT |
Redfin Pickerel | Esox americanus americanus | CWS, DFO, Parks, QC |
Muskellunge | Esox masquinongy | CWS, DFO, MB, ON, Parks, QC |
Chain Pickerel | Esox niger | CWS, DFO, Parks, QC |
Greenside Darter | Etheostoma blennioides | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks |
Rainbow Darter | Etheostoma caeruleum | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks |
Least Darter | Etheostoma microperca | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks |
Tessellated Darter | Etheostoma olmstedi | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks, QC |
Eastern Silvery Minnow | Hybognathus regius | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks, QC |
Chestnut Lamprey (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations) | Ichthyomyzon castaneus | CWS, DFO, MB, ON, Parks, SK |
Bigmouth Buffalo (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence Populations) | Ictiobus cyprinellus | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks |
Black Buffalo | Ictiobus niger | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks |
Brook Silverside | Labidesthes sicculus | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks, QC |
Green Sunfish | Lepomis cyanellus | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks |
Alaskan Brook Lamprey | Lethenteron alaskense | CWS, DFO, NT, Parks |
Striped Shiner | Luxilus chrysocephalus | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks |
Redfin Shiner | Lythrurus umbratilis | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks |
Silver Chub (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations) | Macrhybopsis storeriana | CWS, DFO, MB, Parks |
Northern Pearl Dace | Margariscus nachtiebi | AB, BC, CWS, DFO, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, ON, Parks, QC, SK |
River Chub | Nocomis micropogon | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks |
River Shiner | Notropis blennius | AB, CWS, DFO, MB, ON, Parks, SK |
Ghost Shiner | Notropis buchanani | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks |
Bigmouth Shiner | Notropis dorsalis | CWS, DFO, MB, Parks |
Rosyface Shiner | Notropis rubellus | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks, QC |
Weed Shiner | Notropis texanus | CWS, DFO, MB, Parks |
Margined Madtom | Noturus insignis | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks, QC |
Blackside Darter | Percina maculata | CWS, DFO, MB, ON, Parks, SK |
Bluntnose Minnow | Pimephales notatus | CWS, DFO, MB, ON, Parks, QC |
Round Whitefish | Prosopium cylindraceum | AB, BC, CWS, DFO, FJMC, GRRB, HFTCC, MB, NB, NL, NT, NU, NWMB, ON, Parks, QC, SK, SRRB, YFWMB, YT |
Flathead Catfish | Pylodictis olivaris | CWS, DFO, ON, Parks |
Eastern Blacknose Dace | Rhinichthys atratulus | CWS, DFO, NB, ON, Parks, QC |
Leopard Dace | Rhinichthys falcatus | BC, CWS, DFO, Parks |
Western Blacknose Dace | Rhinichthys obtusus | CWS, DFO, MB, ON, Parks, SK |
Bull Trout (Pacific populations) | Salvelinus confluentus | BC, CWS, DFO, Parks |
Lake Trout | Salvelinus namaycush | AB, CWS, DFO, GRRB, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, NU, ON, Parks, QC, SK, YT |
Longfin Smelt | Spirinchus thaleichthys | BC, CWS, DFO, Parks |
Lichens (37) |
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Group 1 - High priority candidates | ||
(common name not available) | Aspicilia aspera | BC, CMN, CWS, Parks |
Desert Tumbleweed Lichen | Aspicilia hispida | CMN, CWS, Parks, SK |
(common name not available) | Aspicilia reptans | BC, CMN, CWS, Parks, SK |
Half Moon Lichen | Dendriscosticta oroborealis | BC, CMN, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Gypsoplaca macrophylla | AB, BC, CMN, CWS, NT, Parks, YT |
White Fringe Lichen | Moelleropsis nebulosa frullaniae | CMN, CWS, NB, NL, NS, Parks |
Giant Candlewax | Ricasolia amplissima sheiyi | BC, CMN, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Rockefellera crossophylla | CMN, CWS, NB, Parks |
Powdered Moon Lichen (Eastern population) | Sticta limbata | CMN, CWS, NB, NS, Parks, QC |
Group 2 - Mid priority candidates | ||
Whiskered Millipede Lichen | Anaptychia elbursiana | AB, BC, CMN, CWS, Parks |
Flexuous Golden Stubble | Chaenotheca servitii | CMN, CWS, NS, Parks |
Hemlock Stubble | Chaenothecopsis tsugae | BC, CMN, CWS, NB, NS, Parks, QC |
(common name not available) | Fuscopannaria ahlneri | BC, CMN, CWS, NL, NS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Fuscopannaria coralloidea | BC, CMN, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Pannaria tavaresii | CMN, CWS, NS, ON, Parks |
Red Oak Stubble | Phaeocalicium minutissimum | CMN, CWS, NB, Parks, QC |
(common name not available) | Sticta canariensis | CMN, CWS, ON, Parks |
(common name not available) | Sticta torrii | BC, CMN, CWS, Parks |
Group 3 - Low priority candidates | ||
(common name not available) | Bryoria carlottae | BC, CMN, CWS, Parks |
Mottled Horsehair Lichen | Bryoria cervinula | BC, CMN, CWS, NT, Parks |
Rosin Whiskers | Chaenothecopsis oregana | AB, CMN, CWS, Parks, QC |
Wright's Spotted Felt Lichen | Dendriscosticta wrightii | BC, CMN, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Dermatocarpon dolomiticum | CMN, CWS, ON, Parks, SK |
(common name not available) | Gabura insignis | BC, CMN, CWS, Parks |
Desert Rock-scab | Glypholecia scabra | AB, BC, CMN, CWS, NT, NU, Parks, SK |
(common name not available) | Heppia adglutianata | CMN, CWS, ON, Parks |
(common name not available) | Leptogium corticola | CMN, CWS, NS, ON, Parks |
(common name not available) | Lichenoidium sirosiphoidium | BC, CMN, CWS, NL, Parks |
(common name not available) | Niebla cephalota | BC, CMN, CWS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Parmeliella parvula | BC, CMN, CWS, NL, NS, Parks |
(common name not available) | Peltula euploca | BC, CMN, CWS, Parks |
Ghost Antler Lichen | Pseudevernia cladonia | CMN, CWS, NB, NS, Parks, QC |
Antler Lichen | Pseudevernia consocians | AB, CMN, CWS, MB, NS, ON, Parks, SK |
(common name not available) | Punctelia borreri | CMN, CWS, ON, Parks |
(common name not available) | Sclerophora amabilis | BC, CMN, CWS, NB, Parks, PE |
Crannied Orangebush Lichen | Seirophora contortuplicata | AB, BC, CMN, CWS, NT, Parks, YT |
(common name not available) | Thyrea confusa | BC, CMN, CWS, ON, Parks, QC |
Marine fishes (13) |
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Group 1 - High priority candidates | ||
Pink Salmon | Oncorhynchus gorbuscha | BC, CWS, DFO, Parks, Pacific Ocean |
Chum Salmon | Oncorhynchus keta | BC, CWS, DFO, NT, Parks, Pacific Ocean |
Chum Salmon (Skeena River populations) | Oncorhynchus keta | BC, CWS, DFO, Parks, Pacific Ocean |
Chinook Salmon (Skeena River populations) | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | BC, CWS, DFO, Parks, Pacific Ocean |
Chinook Salmon (Yukon River and transboundary populations) | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | BC, CWS, DFO, Parks, Pacific Ocean, YT |
Atlantic Mackerel | Scomber scombrus | Atlantic Ocean, CWS, DFO, Parks |
Atlantic Mackerel | Scomber scombrus | Atlantic Ocean, CWS, DFO, Parks |
Group 2 - Mid priority candidates | ||
Alewife | Alosa pseudoharengus | Atlantic Ocean, CWS, DFO, Parks |
American Shad | Alosa sapidissima | Atlantic Ocean, CWS, DFO, NB, NS, Parks, PE, QC |
Pacific Herring | Clupea pallissii | BC, CWS, DFO, Parks, Pacific Ocean |
Yellowtail Flounder | Limanda ferruginea | Atlantic Ocean, CWS, DFO, NB, NL, NS, Parks, PE |
Pollock | Pollachius virens | Atlantic Ocean, CWS, DFO, NB, NL, NS, Parks |
Group 3 - Low priority candidates | ||
Shortspine Thornyhead | Sebastolobus alascanus | BC, CWS, DFO, Parks, Pacific Ocean |
Marine mammals (9) |
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Group 1 - High priority candidates | ||
Guadalupe Fur Seal | Arctocephalus townsendi | CWS, DFO, Parks, Pacific Ocean |
Hooded Seal | Cystophora cristata | Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, CWS, DFO, NU, NWMB, Parks |
Bearded Seal | Erignathus barbatus | Arctic Ocean, CWS, DFO, FJMC, HFTCC, MB, NL, NT, NU, NWMB, ON, Parks, QC, YT |
Harp Seal | Phoca groenlandica | Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, CWS, DFO, NL, Parks |
Group 2 - Mid priority candidates | ||
Baird's Beaked Whale | Berardius bairdii | CWS, DFO, Parks, Pacific Ocean |
Sperm Whale | Physeter macrocephalus | CWS, DFO, NWMB, Parks |
Cuvier's Beaked Whale | Ziphius cavirostris | Atlantic Ocean, CWS, DFO, Parks, Pacific Ocean |
Group 3 - Low priority candidates | ||
Pacific White-sided Dolphin | Lagenorhynchus obliquidens | CWS, DFO, Parks, Pacific Ocean |
Northern Elephant Seal | Mirounga angustirostris | BC, CWS, DFO, Parks, Pacific Ocean |
Molluscs (38) |
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Group 1 - High priority candidates | ||
Ashy Pebblesnail | Fluminicola fuscus | BC, CWS, Parks |
Boreal Awningclam | Solemya borealis | Atlantic Ocean, CWS, Parks |
Bronze Pinecone | Strobilops aeneus | CWS, ON, Parks |
Pyramid Dome | Ventridens intertextus | CWS, ON, Parks |
Globose Dome | Ventridens ligera | CWS, ON, Parks |
Group 2 - Mid priority candidates | ||
Globe Siltsnail | Birgella subglobosa | CWS, MB, ON, Parks, QC |
Bugle Sprite | Micromenetus dilatatus | CWS, NS, Parks |
Boundary Mountainsnail | Oreohelix subrudis limitaris | AB, CWS, Parks |
Blunt Albino Physa | Physella gyrina athearni | AB, CWS, Parks |
Ornamented Peaclam | Pisidium cruciatum | CWS, ON, Parks |
Corpulent Rams-horn | Planorbella corpulenta | CWS, MB, ON, Parks |
Whiteaves's Capacious Rams-horn | Planorbella corpulenta whiteavesi | CWS, ON, Parks |
Western Arctic Stagnicola | Stagnicola kennicotti | CWS, NT, NU, Parks |
Loosely-coiled Valve Snail | Valvata lewisi ontariensis | CWS, ON, Parks |
Flat Dome | Ventridens suppressus | CWS, ON, Parks |
Velvet Wedge | Xolotrema denotatum | CWS, ON, Parks |
Group 3 - Low priority candidates | ||
Spindle Lymnaea | Acella haldemani | CWS, MB, ON, Parks, QC |
Slippershell | Alasmidonta viridis | CWS, ON, Parks |
Slippershell | Alasmidonta viridis | CWS, ON, Parks |
Pimpleback | Cyclonaias pustulosa | CWS, ON, Parks |
Bark Snaggletooth | Gastrocopta corticaria | CWS, NB, ON, Parks, QC |
Lake Superior Rams-horn | Helisoma anceps royalense | CWS, MB, ON, Parks |
Flutedshell | Lasmigona costata | CWS, MB, ON, Parks, QC |
Tidewater Mucket | Leptodea ochracea | CWS, NB, NS, Parks |
Eastern Pearl Mussel | Margaritifera margaritifera | CWS, NB, NL, NS, Parks, PE, QC |
Yellow Globelet | Mesodon clausus | CWS, ON, Parks |
Rotund Physa | Physella columbiana | BC, CWS, Parks |
Haldeman's Physa | Physella concolor | BC, CWS, Parks |
Grain physa | Physella hordacea | BC, CWS, DFO, Parks |
Twisted Physa | Physella lordi | AB, BC, CWS, Parks |
Nuttall's Physa | Physella nuttalli | BC, CWS, Parks |
Tiny Peaclam | Pisidium insigne | AB, BC, CWS, ON, Parks, PE |
Slender Walker | Pomatiopsis lapidaria | CWS, ON, Parks |
Mountain Marshsnail | Stagnicola montanensis | AB, CWS, Parks |
Calabash Pondsnail | Stagnicola walkeriana | CWS, ON, Parks |
Coldwater Pondsnail | Stagnicola woodruffi | CWS, ON, Parks |
Deertoe | Truncilla truncata | CWS, ON, Parks |
Purplecap Valvata | Valvata perdepressa | CWS, ON, Parks |
Mosses (18) |
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Group 1 - High priority candidates | ||
Orkney Notchwort | Anastrepta orcadensis | BC, CWS, Parks |
Velenovsky's Moss | Hilpertia velenovskyi | BC, CWS, NT, NU, Parks |
Woods Whipwort | Mastigophora woodsii | BC, CWS, Parks |
Group 2 - Mid priority candidates | ||
Great Bear Lake Sieve-tooth Moss | Coscinodon arctolimnius | CWS, NT, Parks |
(common name not available) | Gollania turgens | BC, CWS, Parks, YT |
(common name not available) | Trematodon asanoi | BC, CWS, Parks |
Group 3 - Low priority candidates | ||
Pacific Volcano Moss | Brachydontium olympicum | BC, CWS, Parks, YT |
(common name not available) | Buxbaumia minakatae | CWS, NL, NS, ON, Parks |
Blunted Earwort | Diplophyllum obtusatum | CWS, NL, ON, Parks, QC |
Schleicher's Silk Moss | Entodon schleicheri | AB, BC, CWS, NT, Parks |
(common name not available) | Fabronia ciliaris | CWS, MB, Parks |
Pygmy Pocket Moss | Fissidens exilis | BC, CWS, NS, ON, Parks, QC |
River Scalewort | Frullania riparia | CWS, Parks, QC |
Funaria Moss | Funaria flavicans | CWS, ON, Parks |
Mountain Brook Moss | Hygrohypnum montanum | CWS, NB, NL, NS, Parks, PE, QC |
Delicate Luster Moss | Isopterygium tenerum | CWS, NS, Parks |
Porter's Twisted Moss | Tortula porteri | CWS, ON, Parks |
(common name not available) | Trematodon longicollis | CWS, ON, Parks |
Reptiles (12) |
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Group 1 - High priority candidates | ||
No candidates currently listed | ||
Group 2 - Mid priority candidates | ||
Ring-necked Snake | Diadophis punctatus | CWS, MB, NB, NS, ON, Parks, QC |
Smooth Greensnake | Opheodrys vernalis | CWS, MB, NB, NS, ON, Parks, PE, QC, SK |
Plains Gartersnake | Thamnophis radix | AB, CWS, MB, Parks, SK |
Group 3 - Low priority candidates | ||
Green Sea Turtle | Chelonia mydas | CWS, Parks |
Northern Alligator Lizard | Elgaria coerulea | BC, CWS, Parks |
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle | Lepidochelys kempii | Atlantic Ocean, CWS, NS, Parks |
Northern watersnake | Nerodia sipedon sipedon | CWS, ON, Parks, QC |
DeKay's Brownsnake | Storeria dekayi | CWS, ON, Parks, QC |
Red-bellied Snake | Storeria occipitomaculata | CWS, MB, NB, NS, ON, Parks, QC |
Terrestrial Gartersnake | Thamnophis elegans | AB, BC, CWS, Parks |
Northwestern Gartersnake | Thamnophis ordinoides | BC, CWS, Parks |
Common Gartersnake | Thamnophis sirtalis | AB, BC, CWS, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, Parks, QC, SK |
Terrestrial mammals (6) |
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Group 1 - High priority candidates | ||
Western Spotted Skunk | Spilogale gracilis | BC, CWS, Parks |
Group 2 - Mid priority candidates | ||
(common name not available) | Myotis californicus | AB, BC, CWS, Parks, YT |
(common name not available) | Myotis thysanodes | AB, BC, CWS, Parks, SK, YT |
(common name not available) | Myotis volans | AB, BC, CWS, NT, Parks, SK, YT |
(common name not available) | Myotis yumanensis | AB, BC, CWS, Parks, YT |
Columbia Plateau Pocket Mouse | Perognathus parvus | BC, CWS, Parks |
Group 3 - Low priority candidates | ||
No candidates currently listed | ||
Vascular plants (3) |
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Group 1 - High priority candidates | ||
Pine Broomrape | Aphyllon pinorum | BC, CMN, CWS, Parks |
Pale Evening-primrose | Oenothera pallida pallida | BC, CMN, CWS, Parks |
Dwarf Western Trillium | Trilium ovatum hibbersonii | BC, CWS, Parks |
Group 2 - mid priority candidates and group 3 - low priority candidates | ||
An expanded vascular plants candidate list of over 500 vascular plants, grouped into two priority classes, is now available to the public in an excel worksheet file. This list is provided with the understanding that it is a working copy undergoing modification. In preparing the list, information from the General Status of Species in Canada review process, undertaken by all federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions, is taken into account when species are ranked for inclusion on the list. |
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