Wildlife Branch. in prep. Birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians at risk in British Columbia: the 1993 Red and Blue Lists. British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks. Victoria, B.C. ______________________________________________ 1993 Vertebrate Blue List - Listed by Taxonomic Order (87 taxa) April 13, 1993 - Blue-listed species are considered to be vulnerable or sensitive. AMPHIBIANS Anura Ascaphus truei TAILED FROG Scaphiopus intermontanus GREAT BASIN SPADEFOOT TOAD REPTILES Testudines Chrysemys picta PAINTED TURTLE Squamata Charina bottae RUBBER BOA Coluber mormon WESTERN YELLOW-BELLIED RACER Pituophis melanoleucus deserticola GOPHER SNAKE - deserticola subspecies Crotalus viridis WESTERN RATTLESNAKE BIRDS Pelecaniformes Phalacrocorax auritus DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT Ciconiiformes Botaurus lentiginosus AMERICAN BITTERN Ardea herodias GREAT BLUE HERON Butorides striatus GREEN-BACKED HERON Anseriformes Cygnus buccinator TRUMPETER SWAN Clangula hyemalis OLDSQUAW Melanitta perspicillata SURF SCOTER Falconiformes Cathartes aura TURKEY VULTURE Haliaeetus leucocephalus BALD EAGLE Buteo swainsoni SWAINSON'S HAWK Falco peregrinus pealei PEREGRINE FALCON - pealei subspecies Falco rusticolus GYRFALCON Galliformes Lagopus leucurus saxatilis WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN - saxatilis subspecies Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus SHARP-TAILED GROUSE - columbianus subspecies Gruiformes Grus canadensis SANDHILL CRANE Charadriiformes Pluvialis dominica LESSER GOLDEN-PLOVER Recurvirostra americana AMERICAN AVOCET Heteroscelus incanus WANDERING TATTLER Numenius americanus LONG-BILLED CURLEW Limosa haemastica HUDSONIAN GODWIT Limnodromus griseus SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER Phalaropus lobatus RED-NECKED PHALAROPE Larus californicus CALIFORNIA GULL Sterna caspia CASPIAN TERN Brachyramphus marmoratus MARBLED MURRELET Synthliboramphus antiquus ANCIENT MURRELET Ptychoramphus aleuticus CASSIN'S AUKLET Fratercula cirrhata TUFTED PUFFIN Strigiformes Tyto alba BARN OWL Asio flammeus SHORT-EARED OWL Otus flammeolus FLAMMULATED OWL Otus kennicottii kennicottii WESTERN SCREECH-OWL - kennicottii subspecies Otus kennicottii macfarlanei WESTERN SCREECH-OWL - macfarlanei subspecies Glaucidium gnoma swarthi NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL - swarthi subspecies Aegolius acadicus brooksi NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL - brooksi subspecies Apodiformes Aeronautes saxatalis WHITE-THROATED SWIFT Archilochus alexandri BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD Piciformes Melanerpes lewis LEWIS' WOODPECKER Sphyrapicus thyroideus thyroideus WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER - thyroideus subspecies Picoides villosus picoides HAIRY WOODPECKER - picoides subspecies Passeriformes Empidonax flaviventris YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER Empidonax wrightii GRAY FLYCATCHER Cyanocitta stelleri carlottae STELLER'S JAY - carlottae subspecies Catherpes mexicanus CANYON WREN Vireo huttoni HUTTON'S VIREO Vireo philadelphicus PHILADELPHIA VIREO Dendroica virens BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER Dendroica palmarum PALM WARBLER Wilsonia canadensis CANADA WARBLER Chondestes grammacus LARK SPARROW Calcarius pictus SMITH'S LONGSPUR Dolichonyx oryzivorus BOBOLINK Pinicola enucleator carlottae PINE GROSBEAK - carlottae subspecies MAMMALS Insectivora Sorex arcticus BLACK-BACKED SHREW Sorex trowbridgii TROWBRIDGE'S SHREW Chiroptera Myotis thysanodes FRINGED MYOTIS Myotis ciliolabrum WESTERN SMALL-FOOTED MYOTIS Euderma maculatum SPOTTED BAT Plecotus townsendii TOWNSEND'S BIG-EARED BAT Lagomorpha Sylvilagus nuttallii NUTTALL'S COTTONTAIL Rodentia Aplodontia rufa rainieri MOUNTAIN BEAVER - rainieri subspecies Reithrodontomys megalotis WESTERN HARVEST MOUSE Perognathus parvus GREAT BASIN POCKET MOUSE Spermophilus saturatus CASCADE MANTLED GROUND SQUIRREL Tamias minimus oreocetes LEAST CHIPMUNK - oreocetes subspecies Clethrionomys gapperi galei SOUTHERN RED-BACKED VOLE - galei subspecies Synaptomys borealis borealis NORTHERN BOG LEMMING - borealis subspecies Zapus hudsonius alascensis MEADOW JUMPING MOUSE - alascensis subspecies Carnivora Gulo gulo luscus WOLVERINE - luscus subspecies Martes pennanti FISHER Mustela erminea anguinae ERMINE - anguinae subspecies Taxidea taxus BADGER Ursus americanus emmonsi BLACK BEAR -emmonsi subspecies Ursus arctos GRIZZLY BEAR Artiodactyla Bison bison bison PLAINS BISON Cervus elaphus roosevelti ROOSEVELT ELK Ovis canadensis californiana CALIFORNIA BIGHORN SHEEP Ovis canadensis canadensis ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIGHORN SHEEP Ovis dalli stonei STONE SHEEP Rangifer tarandus montanus CARIBOU - southern populations