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RI SGCN 2015 (454)

Contents SGCN Mammals ...... 2 SGCN Birds ...... 3 SGCN Herptofauna ...... 6 SGCN Fish ...... 7 SGCN Invertebrates ...... 9

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SGCN Mammals (21) Scientific Name Common Name Balaenoptera physalus Fin Whale Eptesicus fuscus Big Brown Bat Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic Right Whale Lasionycteris noctivagans Silver-haired Bat Lasiurus borealis Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus cinereus Hoary Bat Lynx rufus Bobcat Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback Whale Microtus pennsylvanicus provectus Block Island Meadow Vole Myotis leibii Eastern Small-footed Myotis Myotis lucifugus Little Brown Myotis Myotis septentrionalis Northern Long-eared Bat Perimyotis subflavus Tri-colored Bat Phoca vitulina Harbor Seal Phocoena phocoena Harbor Porpoise Scalopus aquaticus Eastern Mole Sorex (Otisorex) fumeus Smoky Shrew Sorex (Otisorex) palustris American Water Shrew Sylvilagus transitionalis New England Cottontail Synaptomys cooperi Southern Bog Lemming Ursus americanus Black Bear

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SGCN Birds (123) Scientific Name Common Name Accipiter gentilis Northern Goshawk Actitis macularia Spotted Sandpiper Aix sponsa Wood Duck Alca torda Razorbill Ammadramus nelsoni Nelson's Sparrow Ammodramus caudacutus Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Grasshopper Sparrow Anas acuta Northern Pintail Anas americana American Wigeon Anas rubripes American Black Duck Antrostomus vociferous Eastern Whip-poor-will Ardea alba Great Egret Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone Asio flammeus Short-eared Owl Aythya affinis Lesser Scaup Aythya marila Greater Scaup Aythya valisineria Canvasback Bonasa umbellus Ruffed Grouse Branta bernicla Atlantic Brant Branta canadensis Canada Goose – Atlantic Population Branta canadensis Canada Goose – North Atlantic Pop. Bucephala albeola Bufflehead Bucephala clangula Common Goldeneye Calidris alba Sanderling Calidris alpine Dunlin Calidris canutus Red Knot Calidris fuscicollis White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris maritima Purple Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Least Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Semipalmated Sandpiper Calonectris diomedea Cory'S Shearwater Cardellina canadensis Canada Warbler Catharus fuscenscens Veery Chaetura pelagica Chimney Swift Charadrius melodus Piping Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Semipalmated Plover Circus cyaneus Northern Harrier Cistothorus palustris Marsh Wren Coccyzus americanus Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Black-billed Cuckoo

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Colaptes auratus Northern Flicker Dolichonyx oryzivorus Bobolink Dryocopus pileatus Pileated Dumetella carolinensis Gray Catbird Egretta thula Snowy Egret Empidonax minimus Least Flycatcher Empidonax traillii Willow Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Acadian Flycatcher Eremophila alpestris Horned Lark Euphagus carolinus Rusty Blackbird Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon Falco sparverius American Kestrel Gallinago delicata Wilson's Snipe Gavia immer Common Loon Gavia stellata Red-throated Loon Haematopus palliates American Oystercatcher Haemorhous purpureus Purple Finch Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle Histrionicus histrionicus Harlequin Duck Hylocichla mustelina Wood Thrush Icteria virens Yellow-breasted Chat Ixobrychus exilis Least Bittern Larus argentatus Herring Gull Limnodromus griseus Short-billed Dowitcher Lophodytes cucullatus Hooded Merganser Melanitta americana Black Scoter Melanitta deglandi White-winged Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Surf Scoter Mergus serrator Red-breasted Merganser Mniotilta varia Black-and-white Warbler Morus bassanus Northern Gannet Myiarchus crinitus Great Crested Flycatcher Nyctanassa violacea Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night Heron Oreothlypis ruficapilla Nashville Warbler Oxyura jamaicensis Ruddy Duck Pandion haliaetus Osprey Parkesia noveboracensis Northern Waterthrush Passerculus sandwichensis Savannah Sparrow Passerina cyanea Indigo Bunting Pheucticus ludovicianus Rose-breasted Grosbeak Picoides villosus Hairy Woodpecker Pipilo erythrophthalmus Eastern Towhee

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Piranga olivacea Scarlet Tanager Plegadis falcinellus Glossy Ibis Pluvialis squatarola Black-bellied Plover Podiceps auritus Horned Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Pied-billed Grebe Porzana carolina Sora Protonotaria citrea Prothonotary Warbler Puffinus gravis Great Shearwater Rallus elegans King Rail Rallus limicola Rail Rallus longirostris Clapper Rail Riparia riparia Bank Swallow Scolopax minor American Woodcock Setophaga americana Northern Parula Setophaga caerulescens Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga cerulean Cerulean Warbler Setophaga citrina Hooded Warbler Setophaga coronata Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga discolor Prairie Warbler Setophaga fusca Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga ruticilla American Redstart Setophaga striata Blackpoll Warbler Sialia sialis Eastern Bluebird Somateria mollissima Common Eider Spizella pusilla Field Sparrow Sterna dougallii Roseate Tern Sterna hirundo Common Tern Sternula antillarum Least Tern Sturnella magna Eastern Meadowlark Tachycineta bicolor Tree Swallow Toxostoma rufum Brown Thrasher Tringa melanoleuca Greater Yellowlegs Tringa semipalmata Willet Tyrannus tyrannus Eastern Kingbird Tyto alba Barn Owl Vermivora cyanoptera Blue-winged Warbler Vireo flavifrons Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo solitarius Blue-headed Vireo

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SGCN Herptofauna (23) Scientific Name Common Name Chelonia mydas mydas Atlantic Green Turtle Ambystoma maculatum Spotted Salamander Ambystoma opacum Marbled Salamander Anaxyrus fowleri Fowler'S Toad Caretta caretta Loggerhead Turtle Clemmys guttata Spotted Turtle Coluber constrictor constrictor Northern Black Racer Crotalus horridus Timber Rattlesnake Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Turtle Desmognathus fuscus Northern Dusky Salamander Glyptemys insculpta Wood Turtle Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus Northern Spring Salamander Hemidactylium scutatum Four-toed Salamander Heterodon platirhinos Eastern Hog-nosed Snake Lepidochelys kempii Kemp's Ridley Turtle Lithobates pipiens Northern Leopard Frog Lithobates sylvaticus Wood Frog Malaclemys terrapin terrapin Northern Diamond-backed Terrapin Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens Red-spotted Newt Pantherophis alleghaniensis Eastern Ratsnake Scaphiopus holbrookii Eastern Spadefoot Terrapene carolina carolina Eastern Box Turtle Thamnophis sauritus sauritus Common Ribbonsnake

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SGCN Fish (45) Scientific Name Common Name Alosa pseudoharengus Alewife Acipenser oxyrinchus Atlantic Sturgeon Alosa aestivalis Blueback Herring Alosa sapidissima American Shad Ammodytes americanus American Sand Lance Anchoa mitchilli Bay Anchovy Anguilla rostrata American Eel Brevoortia tyrannus Atlantic Menhaden Buthynnus alletteratus Little Tunny Carcharias taurus Sand Tiger Centropristis striata Black Sea Bass Clupea harengus Atlantic Herring Cynoscion regalis Weakfish Cyprinodon variegates Sheepshead Minnow Fundulus heteroclitus Mummichog Fundulus luciae Spotfin Killifish Fundulus majalis Striped Killifish Gaddus morhua Atlantic Cod Gasterosteus spp Sticklebacks Hippocampus erectus Lined Seahorse Lampetra appendix American Brook Lamprey Lepomis auritus Redbreast Sunfish Lucania parva Rainwater Killifish Luxilus cornutus Common Shiner Menidia beryllina Inland Silverside Menidia menidia Atlantic Silverside Microgadus tomcod Atlantic Tomcod Morone americana White Perch Myoxocephalus aenaeus Grubby Sculpin Notropis bifrenatus Bridle Shiner Opsanus tau Oyster Toadfish Osmerus mordax Rainbow Smelt Pollathius birens Pollock Pomatomus saltatrix Bluefish Poronotus triacanthus Butterfish Prionotus carolinus Northern Sea Robin Pseudopleuronectes americanus Winter Flounder Raja spp. Skates (Sp) Rhinichthys atratulus Blacknose Dace Salmo salar Atlantic Salmon Salvelinus fontinalis Brook Trout

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Scophthalmus aquosus Windowpane Squalus acanthias Spiny Dogfish Tautoga onitis Tautog Trinectes maculatus Hogchoker Alosa pseudoharengus Alewife Acipenser oxyrinchus Atlantic Sturgeon

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SGCN Invertebrates (242) Scientific Name Common Name Abagrotis nefascia benjamini Benjamin's Abagrotis Acronicta fragilis Fragile Dagger Acronicta tritona Triton Daggermoth Actinothoe modesta Burrowing Anemone Agonum darlingtoni Ground Agrotis stigmosa Spotted Dart Moth Alasmidonta undulata Triangle Floater Alderia modesta Modest Alderia Alitta virens Clam Worm Alobates morio False Mealworm Beetle chalcea Seed-eating Ampelisca spp. Tube-dwelling Amphipod Amphiporeia virginiana Sand Burrower Anaedus brunneus Lagriid Beetle Anax longipes Comet Darner Anodonta implicata Alewife Floater Apamea inebriata Drunk Apamea Moth Arctica islandica Ocean Quahog Argopecten irradians Bay Scallop Argyrostrotis anilis Short-lined Chocolate Asterias forbesi Common Sea Star Astrangia poculata Northern Star Coral Atherix spp. Watersnipe Atrytonopsis hianna Dusted Skipper Attaneuria ruralis Giant Stonefly Barnea truncata Atlantic Mud Piddock Bembidion confusum Ground Beetle Bembidion semicinctum Ground Beetle Boloria bellona Meadow Fritillary Boloria selene Silver-bordered Fritillary Bombus affinis Rusty-patched Bumble Bee Bombus terricola Yellow-banded Bumblebee Brachinus cyanipennis Bombardier Beetle Busycon canaliculatus Channeled Whelk Busycon carica Knobbed Whelk Calathus ingratus Ground Beetle Blue Callophrys gryneus Olive Hairstreak Callophrys henrici Henry's Elfin Callophrys hesseli Hessel's Hairstreak Callophrys irus Frosted Elfin

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Callophrys polios Hoary Elfin angulifera Tulip Tree Silkworm Callosamia promethea Promethia Silkmoth Calosoma wilcoxi Hunter Cancer borealis Jonah Crab Cancer irroiatus Rock Crab Canthon pilularus Tumblebug Canthon vigilans Vigilant Tumblebug Capis curvata Curved Halter Moth Carabus serratus Serrate Shoulder Slug Hunter Carabus sylvosus Sylvan Worm & Slug Hunter Carabus vinctus Round Worm & Slug Hunter Catocala badia Bay Underwing Catocala blandula Charming Underwing Catocala crataegi Chokeberry Underwing Catocala n. sp. Underwing Moth Ceratomia undulosa Waved Sphinx Ceriantheopsis americana American Tube-dwelling Anemone Chaetaglaea tremula Barrens Chaetaglaea Chaetopterus variopedatus Parchment Worm Cicindela dorsalis dorsalis Northeast Beach Tiger Beetle Cicindela formosa generosa Big Sand Tiger Beetle Cicindela hirticollis rhodensis Hairy-necked Tiger Beetle Cicindela limbalis Common Claybank Tiger Beetle Cicindela marginata Margined Tiger Beetle Cicindela purpurea purpurea Cow Path Tiger Beetle Cicindela rufiventris rufiventris Eastern Red-bellied Tiger Beetle Cicindela tranquebarica tranquebarica Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle Cicindela scutellaris rugifrons Festive Tiger Beetle Clymenella torquata Bamboo Worm Coccinella novemnotata 9-Spotted Lady Beetle/Ladybug Conservula anodonta Sharp Angle Shades Moth Copris fricator Dung Beetle Cordulegaster diastatops Delta-spotted Spiketail Cordulegaster maculata Twin-spotted Spiketail Cordulegaster obliqua Arrowhead Spiketail Cotalpa lanigera Goldsmith Beetle Crangon septemspinosa Sevenspine Bay Shrimp Crassostrea virginica Eastern Oyster Cratena pilata Striped Nudibranch Cybister fimbriolatus Predaceous Diving Beetle inopinatus Unexpected Cycnia Danaus plexippus Monarch Butterfly

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Darapsa versicolor Hydrangea Sphinx Dargida rubripennis Pink Streak Moth Datana angusii Angus's Datana Datana contracta Contracted Datana Datana perspicua Spotted Datana Derrima stellata Pink Star Moth Desmocerus palliatus Elderberry Borer Dichotomius carolinus Dung Beetle Diopatra cuprea Tube Worm Dodecaceria coralii Coral Worm Eccoptura xanthenes Yellow Stoneflies Echinarachnius parma Common Sand Dollar Edwardsia elegans Burrowing Anemone Elysia catulus Nudibranch Elysia chlorotica Eastern Emerald Elysia Enallagma pictum Scarlet Bluet Enallagma recurvatum Pine Barrens Bluet Enallagma weewa Backwater Bluet Ensis directus Razor Clam Epeorus sp. Mayflies (Little Maryatts) Erynnis brizo Sleepy Duskywing Erynnis persius Persius Duskywing Eubranchus exigus Dwarf Balloon Aeolis Eubranchus pallidus Painted Balloon Worm Euchlaena madusaria Scrub Euchlaena Moth Eucoptocnemis fimbriaris Fringed Dart Eufidonia discospilata Sharp-lined Powder Moth Eumorpha achemon Achemon Sphinx Euphyes conspicua Black Dash Eupsilia devia Lost Sallow Moth Eurypanopeus depressus Flatback Mud Crab Euxoa perpolita Polished Dart Moth Euxoa violaris Violet Dart Moth Exyra fax Pitcher Plant Moth Gammarus faciatus Amphipod Gammarus lawrencianus Amphipod Gammarus tigrinus Amphipod Geopinus incrassatus spell Ground Beetle Geukensia demissa Ribbed Mussel Glycera dibranchiata Blood Worm Gomphaeschna antilope Taper-tailed Darner Gomphus abbreviatus Spine-crowned Clubtail Gomphus adelphus Mustached Clubtail

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Grammia speciosa Bog Tiger Moth Grammia virguncula Little Virgin Tiger Moth Haploperla sp. Sallflies (Green Stoneflies) Haustorius canadensis Digging Amphipod Hemileuca maia Eastern Buck Moth Hemipachnobia subporphyrea Venus Flytrap Cutworm Hesperia metea Cobweb Skipper Hetaerina americana American Rubyspot Heterocloeon sp. Small Minnow Mayflies Homarus americanus American Lobster Hyale plumulosa Amphipod Hyalophora cecropia Cecropia Moth Hyperstrotia flaviguttata Noctuid Moth Hypocoena inquinata Tufted Sedge Moth Hypoprepia miniata Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth Ilexia intractata Black-dotted Ruddy Moth Lacuna vincta Northern Lacuna Laevicardium mortoni Morton’s Eggcockle Lampsilis radiata Lampmussel Lanthus vernalis Southern Pygmy Clubtail Laphria champlainii Bee-like Robber Lestes unguiculatus Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Leucania extincta Dart Moth Leucorrhinia glacialis Crimson-ringed Whiteface Libinia dubia Longnose Spider Crab Libinia emarginata Portly Spider Crab Ligumia nasuta Eastern Pond Mussel Limulus polyphemus Atlantic Horseshore Crab Lithomoia germana American Brindle Moth Lithophane thaxteri Thaxter's Pinon Moth Lithophane viridipallens Pale Green Pinion Moth Loligo pealeii Longfin Inshore Squid Lycaena epixanthe Bog Copper Lycaena hyllus Bronze Copper Macrochilo hypocritalis Twin-dotted Macrochilo Moth Macrochilo louisiana Louisiana Owlet Moth Margaritifera margaritifera Eastern Pearlshell Marphysa belli Red Gilled Worm Melampus bidentatus Marsh Snail Mercenaria mercenaria Bay Quahog Metarranthis pilosaria Coastal Swamp Metarranthis Metaxaglaea violacea Holly Sallow Modiolus modiolus Northern Horse Mussel

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Mya arenaria Soft-shell Clam Mytilus edulis Blue Mussel Nehalennia integricollis Southern Sprite Neurocordulia obsoleta Umber Shadowdragon Nicrophorus americanus American Burying Beetle Ochestia grillus American Marsh Hopper Oligia bridghami Bridgham’s Brocade Oligia minuscula Bog Oligia Omophron tesselatum Ground Beetle Ophioderma brevispinum Short-spined Brittle Star Ophiogomphus aspersus Brook Snaketail Ophiogomphus mainensis Maine Snaketail Ovalipes ocellatus Lady Crab Ovatella myosotis Mouse Ear Marsh Snail Pachysphinx modesta Big Poplar Sphinx Panopeus herbstii Atlantic Mud Crab Papaipema appassionata Pitcher Plant Borer Papaipema stenocelis Chain Fern Borer Moth Paragnetina sp. Golden Stoneflies Pectinaria gouldii Cone Worm Petricola pholadiformis False Angelwing Phalaenostola hanhami Hanham’s Owlet Photedes includens Included Cordgrass Borer Moth Phyllotreta chalybeipennis Flea Beetle Phytometra rhodarialis Pink-border Yellow Placopecten magellanicus Sea Scallop Plagodis kuetzingi Purple Plagodis Moth Pogonosoma dorsatum Robber Fly Progomphus obscurus Common Sanddragon Psaphida thaxterianus Noctuid Moth Rhithropanopeus harrisii Harris Mud Crab Satyrium acadicum Acadian Hairstreak Satyrium caryaevorum Hickory Hairstreak Satyrium edwardsii Edward's Hairstreak Scaphinotus elevatus Eastern Snail Eater Sclerodactyla briareus Hairy Sea Cucumber Scopula purata Chalky Wave Moth reticulatum Purple Marsh Crab Sideridis congermana German Cousin Sideridis maryx Marooning Moth Somatochlora georgiana Coppery Emerald Speranza coortaria Four-spotted Speranza Moth Speranza sulphurea Sulphur Angle Moth

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Speyeria aphrodite Aphrodite Fritillary Sphinx drupiferarum Wild Cherry Sphinx Sphinx eremitus Hermit Sphinx Sphinx kalmiae Laurel Sphinx Spilodiscus arcuatus Hister Beetle Spiochaetopterus costarum oculatus Parchment Tube Worm Spisula solida Atlantic Surf Clam Squilla empusa Mantis Shrimp Stichopogon argenteus Robber Fly Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis Green Sea Urchin Strophitus undulatus Squawfoot Stylurus scudderi Zebra Clubtail Stylurus spiniceps Arrow Clubtail Succinea wilsoni Golden Ambersnail Sympistis dentata Blueberry Sallow Sympistis riparia Dune Noctuid Moth Tergipes tergipes Nudibranch Uca minax Red-jointed Fiddler Crab Uca pugilator Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab Uca pugnax Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab Uholorchestia uhleri Banded Marsh Hopper Upogebia affinis Coastal Mud Shrimp Virbia laeta Joyful Holomelina Moth Williamsonia lintneri Ringed Boghaunter Xylotype capax Barrens Xylotype Zale curema Black-eyed Zale Zale lunifera Pine Barrens Zale Zale submediana Gray Spring Zale Zanclognatha martha Pine Barrens Zanclognatha

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