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%


