Animal species recommended for phenology monitoring by the USA National Phenology Network January 15, 2010
First 60 species - available spring 2010
Amphibians Barred Tiger Salamander Ambystoma mavortium American Toad Anaxyrus americanus Woodhouse's Toad Anaxyrus woodhousii Cascades Frog Lithobates cascadae Northern Leopard Frog Lithobates pipiens Wood Frog Lithobates sylvaticus Northern Pacific Treefrog Pseudacris regilla Couch's Spadefoot Scaphiopus couchii Plains Spadefoot Spea bombifrons Rough-skinned Newt Taricha granulosa
Birds Brant Branta bernicla American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi Common Loon Gavia immer Osprey Pandion haliaetus Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus American Robin Turdus migratorius
Fish Green Sturgeon Acipenser medirostris American Shad Alosa sapidissima American Eel Anguilla rostrata White sucker Catostomus commersonii Pink Salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Chum Salmon Oncorhynchus keta Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Yellow Perch Perca flavescens Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus
Insects Common Green Darner Anax junius A common bumble bee Bombus impatiens or other Ebony Jewelwing Calopteryx maculata spring azures Celastrina lucia, ladon, idella Punctured Tiger Beetle Cicindela punctulata Six-spotted Tiger Beetle Cicindela sexguttata Seaside Dragonlet Erythrodiplax berenice Tent Caterpillar Malacosoma americana, M. californica Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia Bicolored Sallow Sunira bicolorago
1 Animal species recommended for phenology monitoring by the USA National Phenology Network January 15, 2010
First 60 species - available spring 2010 (continued)
Mammals White-tailed Prairie Dog Cynomys leucurus Yellow-bellied Marmot Marmota flaviventris Woodchuck Marmota monax Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus Townsend's Chipmunk Tamias townsendii Black Bear Ursus americanus Professional biologists only
Reptiles Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina Northern Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata North American Racer Coluber constrictor Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus Professional biologists only Eastern Collared Lizard Crotaphytus collaris Northern Watersnake Nerodia sipedon Gophersnake Pituophis catenifer Common Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus Terrestrial Gartersnake Thamnophis elegans
Second set of species - available autumn 2010
Amphibian Spotted Salamander Ambystoma maculatum Marbled Salamander Ambystoma opacum Western Toad Anaxyrus boreas Great Plains Toad Anaxyrus cognatus Fowler's Toad Anaxyrus fowleri Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne carolinensis Cope's Gray Treefrog Hyla chrysoscelis Green Treefrog Hyla cinerea Pine Woods Treefrog Hyla femoralis Gray Treefrog Hyla versicolor Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus Green Frog Lithobates clamitans Pickerel Frog Lithobates palustris Mink Frog Lithobates septentrionalis Southern Leopard Frog Lithobates sphenocephalus Eastern Newt Notophthalmus viridescens Spring Peeper Pseudacris crucifer Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris maculata Southern Chorus frog Pseudacris nigrita Ornate Chorus Frog Pseudacris ornata Eastern Sapdefoot Scaphiopus holbrookii California Newt Taricha torosa
2 Animal species recommended for phenology monitoring by the USA National Phenology Network January 15, 2010
Second set of species - available autumn 2010 (continued)
Birds Wood Duck Aix sponsa Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus American Kestrel Falco sparverius Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Least Tern Sternula antillarum Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus House Wren Troglodytes aedon Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Baltimore Oriole Icterus glabula Brown pelican Plecanus occidentalis Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Common Eider Somateria mollissima
Fish Pacific Herring Clupea pallasii Bigmouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides Striped Bass Morone saxatilis Bluehead Chub Nocomis leptocephalus River Chub Nocomis micropogon Sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka Logperch Percina caprodes Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix
Insects Luna moth Actias luna River Jewelwing Calopteryx aequabilis Common Wood-Nymph Cercyonis pegala (all subspecies) Eastern Tailed Blue Cupido (Everes) comyntas Monarch Danaus plexippus Carolina Locust Dissosteira carolina Rosy Maple Moth Dryrocampa rubicunda
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Second set of species - available autumn 2010 (continued)
Insects (continued) Quill Gordon Mayfly Epeorus pleuralis Flame Skimmer Libellula saturata Cabbage Butterfly Pieris rapae Salmonfly Pteronarcys californica Isabella tiger moth caterpillar/wooly bear Pyrrharcita isabella Great Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Eastern Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica
Mammals Moose Alces americanus Elk Cervus elaphus Black-tailed Prairie Dog Cynomys ludovicianus Gray Whale Eschrichtius robustus Snowshoe hare Lepus americanus Humpback Whales Megaptera novaeangliae Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina Raccoon Procyon lotor California Ground Squirrel Spermophilus beecheyi Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus Least Chipmunk Tamias minimus West Indian Manatee Trichechus manatus
Reptiles American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis Six-lined Racerunner Aspidoscelis sexlineata Tiger Whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris Eastern Diamond-backed Rattlesnake Crotalus adamanteus Professional biologists only Western Rattlesnake Crotalus oreganus Professional biologists only Pinesnake Pituophis melanoleucus Five-lined Skink Plestiodon fasciatus Western Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata Common Gartersnake Thamnophis sirtalis Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana
Additional species suggested by external reviewers and being considered
Amphibians Northwestern Salamander Ambystoma gracile Long-toed Salamander Ambystoma macrodactylum Yosemite Toad Anaxyrus canorus
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Additional species suggested by external reviewers and being considered (continued)
Amphibians (continued) Plethodontid Salamanders Plethodontidae Northern Red-legged Frog Rana aurora Oregon Spotted Frog Rana pretiosa Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog Rana sierrae
Birds Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri California Quail Callipepla californica Lucifer Hummingbird Calothorax lucifer Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway Lawrence's Goldfinch Carduelis lawrencei Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi Piping Plover Charadrius melodus Snow Goose Chen caerulescens Black Tern Chlidonias niger Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens Magnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
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Additional species suggested by external reviewers and being considered (continued)
Birds (continued) Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis Red-cockaded Woodpecker Picoides borealis Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus American Avocet Recurvirostra americana Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya American Woodcock Scolopax minor Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea Chipping sparrow Spizella passerina European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Fish Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus White Sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus Blueback Herring Alosa aestivalis Alabama Shad Alosa alabamae Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio Fantail Darters Etheostoma flabellare complex Grunion Leuresthes tenuis Steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus Eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus
Insects Io Moth Automeris io Silver spotted skipper Epargyreus clarus American Rubyspot Hetaerina americana Common Buckeye Junonia coenia Fireflies Lampyridae
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Additional species suggested by external reviewers and being considered (continued)
Insects (continued) Eight-spot Skimmer Libellula forensis Twelve-spot Skimmer Libellula pulchella American Snout Libytheana carinenta Tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta Milbert's Tortoiseshell Nymphalis milberti Tiger Swallowtails Papilio glaucus, P. canadensis, P. rutulus Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes Mellissa Blue complex Plebejus melissa complex Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus Cardinal Meadowhawk Sympetrum illotum Painted Lady Vanessa cardui American lady Vanessa virginiensis
Other invertebrates Pillbugs Armadillidilidae American Lobster Homarus americanus Ticks Ixodoidea Horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus
Mammals Pronghorn Antilocapra americana Bats Order Chiroptera Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel Spermophilus lateralis Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
Reptiles Western Pond Turtle Actinemys marmorata Smooth Softshell Apalone mutica Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta caretta Diamond-backed Terrapin Malaclemys terrapin Eastern Fence Lizard Sceloporus undulatus Pacific Coast Garter Snake Thamnophis atratus Pond Slider Trachemys scripta
Migratory status: N = nonmigrant; S = short-distance migrant; M = mid-distance migrant; L = long- distance migrant U.S. ESA status: T = Threatened; E = Endangered; C = Candidate; * = partial status (as for a subspecies or population) IUCN status: CR = Critically Endangered; EN = Endangered; VU = Vulnerable; NT = Near Threatened; LC = Least Concern; DD = Data Deficient; NE = Not Evaluated
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