Special-Status Wildlife Species on the Topaz Solar Ranch and California Valley Solar Ranch Site

Common Name

Scientific Name

Status

Invertebrates

longhorn Fairy Shrimp

Branchinecta longiantenna

FE

vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp

Branchinecta lynchi

FT

Kern Primrose Sphinx Moth

Euroserpinus euterpe

FT

Pocket pouch fairy shrimp

Branchinecta campestris

SA

Reptiles

Southwestern pond turtle

Actinemys marmorata pallida

CSC

silvery legless lizard

Anniella pulchra pulchra

CSC

blunt-nosed leopard lizard

Gambelia sila

FE, SE, SFP

San Joaquin coachwhip

Masticophis flagellum ruddocki

CSC

coast horned lizard

Phrynosoma blainvillii

CSC

two-striped garter snake

Thamnophis hammondii

CSC

Amphibians

California tiger salamander

Ambystoma californiense

FT,CSC, SCL

 western spadefoot toad

Spea hammondii

CSC

Birds

Cooper’s hawk

Accipiter cooperii

SPEC

Sharp-shinned hawk

Accipiter striatus

SPEC

Tricolored blackbird

Agelaius tricolor

CSC – Nesting Colony

grasshopper sparrow

Ammodramus savannarum

CSC - Nesting

golden eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

SFP

Great egret

Ardea alba

SSC – Rookery site

Great blue heron

Ardea Herodias

SSC – Rookery site

short-eared owl

Asio flammeus

CSC - Nesting

long-eared owl

Asio otus

CSC - Nesting

Burrowing owl

Athene cunicularia

CSC

Ferruginous hawk

Buteo regalis

WL

Swainson’s hawk

Buteo swainsonii

ST, ABC, BCC

Costa’s hummingbird

Calypte coastae

ABC - Nesting

Lawrence’s goldfinch

Carduelis lawrencei

ABC, BCC

Mountain plover 

Charadrius montanus

FCL, CSC  ABC, BCC

Lark sparrow

Chondestes grammacus

SPEC - Nesting

northern harrier

Circus cyaneus

CSC - Nesting

White-tailed kite

Elanus leucurus

SFP

Merlin

Falco columbarius

WL

Prairie falcon WL,

Falco mexicanus

BCC - Nesting

American peregrine falcon

Falco peregrinus anatum

SE, SFP

Lesser sandhill crane

Grus canadensis canadensis

CSC

California condor

Gymnogyps californianus

FE, SE, ABC

Bald eagle 

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

SE, SFP – Nesting

Loggerhead shrike

Lanius ludovicianus

CSC - Nesting

Long-billed curlew

Numenius americanus

ABC, WL, BCC

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

WL - Nesting

Oregon vesper sparrow

Pooecetes gramineus affinis

CSC

Le Conte’s thrasher

Toxostoma lecontei

ABC, CSC, BCC

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

CSC - Nesting

Mammals

San Joaquin antelope squirrel

Ammospermophilus nelsoni

ST

Pallid bat

Antrozous pallidus

CSC

Townsend’s Big-Eared Bat

Corynorhinus townsendii

CSC

giant kangaroo rat

Dipodomys ingens

FE, SE

Tipton’s kangaroo rat

Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides

FE, SE

short-nosed kangaroo rat

Dipodomys nitratoides brevinasus

CSC

Western small-footed myotis

Myotis cilioabrum

SPEC

Long-eared myotis

Myotis evotis

SPEC

Tulare grasshopper mouse

Onychomys torridus tularensis

CSC

McKittrick pocket mouse

Perognathus inoratus neglectus

SPEC

American badger

Taxidea taxus

CSC

San Joaquin kit fox

Vulpes macrotis mutica

FE/ST

Legend

FE = Federally Endangered

SE = State Endangered

CSC = California Species of Special Concern

SPEC = CDFG Special Animal

ABC = American Bird Conservancy: U.S. Watch List of Birds of Conservation

SCL = State Candidate for Listing

FCL = Federal Candidate for Listing

FT = Federally Threatened

SFP = State Fully Protected

BCC = USFWS Birds of Conservation Concern