Consolidated Listing of Threatened & Endangered Species; Species in Greatest Need of Conservation; and Endemic / Globally Rare Species in the COA
Threatened & Endangered Species
Flora
Bluehearts (Buchnera americana)
Wooly Buckthorn (Bumelia languginosa)
Whitlow Grass (Draba cuneifolia)
Spurge (Euphorbia spathulata)
Dwarf Bedstraw (Galium virgatum)
Slender Heliotrope (Heliotropium tenellum)
Crested Coralroot Orchid (Hexalectris spicata)
Climbing Milkweed (Matelea obliqua)
Missouri Orange Coneflower (Rudbeckia missouriensis)
Fameflower (Talinum calycinum)
Black-edged Sedge (Carex nigromarginata)
Fauna
NB: For avian species, B=breeding; M=Migratory/Post-breeding dispersal
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) M
Common Striped Scorpian (Centruroides vittatus)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) M
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) M
Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caeulea) M
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) M
Great Plains Rat Snake (Elaphe emoryi)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) B
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) B
Illinois Cave Amphipod (Gammarus acherondytes)
Eastern Narrowmouth Toad (Gastrophryne carolinensis)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) B
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) B
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) B
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) B
Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) M
Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum)
Gray Bat (Myotis grisescens)
Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis)
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) B
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) B
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) M
Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) M
Illinois Chorus Frog (Pseudacris streckeri)
Madonna Cave Springtail (Pygmarrhopalites madonnensis)
Least Tern (Stema antillarum) M
Forster’s Tern (Stema forsteri) M
Common Tern (Stema hirundo) M
Flathead Snake (Tantilla gracilis)
Species in Greatest Need of Conservation
NB: For avian species, B=breeding; M=Migratory/Post-breeding dispersal
Henslow’s Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) B
LeConte’s Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii) M
Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni) M
Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) B
Great Egret (Ardea alba) B
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) M
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) M
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) B
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) B
Chuck-will’s-Widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis) B
Whip-poor-Will (Caprimulgus vociferus) B
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) M
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) B
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) M
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) B
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) B
Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) M
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) B
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus) B
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) B
Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) B
Prairie Warbler (Dendroica siscolor) B
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) M
Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax trailli) B
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) B
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) M
Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicatata) M
Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermiforma) B
Wood Thrush (Hylocichia mustelina) B
Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) B
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodramus griseus) M
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) B
Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) B
Muscrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis formosus) B
Savannah Sparrow(Passerculus sandwichensis)B
American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) M
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) B
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) B
Pickerel Frog (Rana palustris)
Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica)
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) B
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus) B
Dickcissel (Spiza americana) B
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) B
Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurios hudsonicus)
American Badger (Taxidea taxus)
Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata)
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) B
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) M
Buff-breasted Sandpiper(Tryngites subruficollis)M
Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermiforma pinus) B
Bell’s Vireo (Vireo belli) B
Endemic / Globally Rare Species
Illinois Cave Amphipod (Gammarus acherondytes)
Milliped (Chaetaspis sp. (undescribed))
Dipluran (Eumesocampa sp. (undescribed))
Pseudoscorpion (Mundochthonius cavernicolus)
Springtail (Pygmarrhopalites sapo)
Springtail (Pygmarrhopalites sp.(undescribed))
Springtail (Pygmarrhopalites sp.(undescribed))
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