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Species At Risk

Alberta Grasslands Species at Risk

Alberta Grasslands Species At Risk

Listed under the Species at Risk Act as of 2008

 Species
 SARA Category

Bison, Plains

Endangered

Black-Footed Ferret

Extirpated

Burrowing Owl

Endangered

Common Nighthawk

Threatened

Dusky Dune Moth

Endangered

Dwarf Wooly-Heads (prairie population)

Special Concern

Eastslope Sculpin

Threatened

Ferruginous Hawk

Threatened

Five-Spotted Bogus Yucca Moth

Endangered

Gold-Edged Gem

Endangered

Great Plains Toad

Special Concern

Greater Prairie Chicken

Extirpated

Greater Sage-Grouse (urophasianus subspecies)

Endangered

Greater Short-Horned Lizard

Endangered

Grizzly Bear (prairie population)

Extirpated

Halfmoon Hair-Streak

Endangered

Hare-Footed Locoweed

Special Concern

Loggerhead Shrike (excubitorides subspecies)

Threatened

Long-Billed Curlew

Special Concern

McCown's Longspur

Special Concern

Monarch Butterfly

Special Concern

Mountain Plover

Endangered

Non-Pollinating Yucca Moth

Endangered

Northern Leopard Frog

Endangered

Ord's Kangaroo Rat

Endangered

Pale Yellow Dune Moth

Special Concern

Peregrine Falcon

Special Concern

Piping Plover

Endangered

Sage Thrasher

Endangered

Short-Eared Owl

Special Concern

Slender Mouse-Ear-Cress

Threatened

Small-Flowered Sand Verbena

Endangered

Smooth Goosefoot

Threatened

Soapweed

Threatened

Sprague's Pipit

Threatened

Swift Fox (historically common in Alberta prairies)

Endangered (formerly Extirpated)

Tiny Cryptanthe

Endangered

Verna's Flower Moth

Threatened

Weidemeyer's Admiral

Special Concern

Western Blue Flag

Threatened

Western Harvest Mouse

Endangered

Western Silvery Minnow

Endangered

Western Spiderwort

Threatened

Yellow Rail

Special Concern

Yucca Moth

Endangered

Total number of species listed at risk in Alberta (COSEWIC 2008): 68

Proportion of prairie vs. total species at risk in Alberta: 66%

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