Appendix 1: Priority Conservation Species of South Carolina
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AP 1: Priority Species List SC CWCS APPENDIX 1: PRIORITY CONSERVATION SPECIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA Common Name Scientific Name Priority Legal Status G Rank S Rank Mammals Black Bear Ursus americanus Highest Of Concern, State G5 S3? Federal and State Florida Manatee Trichechus manatus Highest G2 S1S2 Endangerd Northern Yellow Bat Lasiurus intermedius Highest Of Concern, State G4G5 S? Appalachian Cottontail Sylvilagus obscurus High G4 S3 Federal and State Atlantic Right Whale Eubaleana glacialis High G1 SA Endangerd Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncates High Of Concern, State G5 S4 Carolina Red-backed Vole Clethrionomys gapperi High Of Concern, State G5 S3 Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia sima High Of Concern, State G4 S? Eastern Small-footed Myotis Myotis leibii High State Threatened G3 S1 Hairy-tailed Mole Parascalops breweri High Of Concern, State G5 S? Federal and State Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae High G3 S1 Endangerd Masked Shrew Sorex cinereus High Of Concern, State G5 S? Meadow Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus High Of Concern, State G5 S? Mink Mustela vison High G5 S? Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps High Of Concern, State G4 SA Rafinesque’s Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus rafinesquii High State Endangered G3G4 S2? Southeastern Bat Myotis austroriparius High Of Concern, State G3G4 S1 Star-nosed Mole Condylura cristata High Of Concern, State G5 S3? Swamp Rabbit Sylvilagus aquaticus High Of Concern, State G5 S2S3 Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger Moderate Of Concern, State G5 S4 Eastern Spotted Skunk Spilogale putorius Moderate Of Concern, State G5 S4 Eastern Woodrat Neotoma floridana Moderate Of Concern, State G5 S3S4 Southern Pygmy Shrew Sorex hoyi Moderate G5 S3 Woodland Jumping Mouse Napaeozapus insignis Moderate Of Concern, State G5 S4? AP 1-1 AP 1: Priority Species List SC CWCS Common Name Scientific Name Priority Legal Status G Rank S Rank Birds American Avocet Recurvirostra americana Highest G5 S? American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Highest Of Concern, State G4 S? American Coot Fulica americana Highest G5 SHB,SNRN American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Highest G5 SNA American Kestrel Falco sparverius paulus Highest G5 SNR American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliates Highest Of Concern, State G5 S? Bachman’s Sparrow Aimophila aestivalis Highest Of Concern, State G3 S3 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Highest G5 SNRB,SNRN Black Duck Anas rubripes Highest G5 SNRN Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis Highest Of Concern, State G4 S? Black Skimmer Rynchops niger Highest Of Concern, State G5 S2 Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens wayneii Highest G5 S4 Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla Highest G5 S4 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Highest G4 SNA Common Ground-dove Columbina passerine Highest State Threatened G5 S? Common Tern Sterna hirundo Highest Dunlin Calidris alpina Highest G5 SNR Eastern Brown Pelican Pelicanus occidentalis carolinensis Highest G4 SNR Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna Highest G5 SNR Eastern Wood Peewee Contopus virens Highest G5 S5B Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla Highest G5 S5? Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Highest Of Concern, State G5 S? Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Highest G5 SNRB,SNRN Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica Highest Of Concern, State G5 S? Henslow’s Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii Highest Of Concern, State G4 SZN Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus Highest G5 S4B King Rail Rallus elegans Highest G4 SNR Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Highest G5 SNRB,SNRN Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Highest G5 SNRN Least Tern Sterna antillarum Highest State Threatened G4 S3 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Highest G5 SNRN AP 1-2 AP 1: Priority Species List SC CWCS Common Name Scientific Name Priority Legal Status G Rank S Rank Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Highest G5 SNRN Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Highest Of Concern, State G5 S? Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus Highest Of Concern, State G4 S3 Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Highest G5 SNA Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Highest G5 SNRB,SNRN Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Highest G5 SNRN Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Highest G5 S4 Northern Pintail Anas acuta Highest G5 SNRN Painted Bunting Passerina ciris Highest G5 SNRB Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Highest G5 SNRB,SNRN Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor Highest G5 SRB Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Highest Of Concern, State G5 S4 Federal and State Red-cockaded Woodpecker Picoides borealis Highest Endangerd G3 S2 Red Knot Calidris canutus Highest G5 SNRN Royal Tern Sterna maxima Highest G5 SNRB,SNRN Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus Highest G4 SNRN Sanderling Calidris alba Highest G5 SNRN Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis Highest G5 SNRB Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritime Highest Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Highest G5 SNA Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Highest G5 SNRN Snowy Egret Egretta thula Highest G5 SNRB,SNRN Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Highest G5 SNA Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Highest G5 SNA Swaison’s Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii Highest Of Concern, State G4 S4 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Highest G5 S2 Tricolor Heron Egretta tricolor Highest G5 SNRB,SNRN Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Highest G5 SNRN Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Highest G5 SNRN White Ibis Eudocimus albus Highest G5 Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Highest G5 SNR Wilson’s Plover Charadrius wilsonia Highest State Threatened G5 S3? AP 1-3 AP 1: Priority Species List SC CWCS Common Name Scientific Name Priority Legal Status G Rank S Rank Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago gallinagodelicata Highest Federal and State Wood Stork Mycteria americana Highest Endangerd G4 S1S2 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Highest G5 S3?B Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorus Highest G5 S4B Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Highest G5 SNA Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea Highest G5 SNRB,SNRN Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis Highest G4 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens High G5 S4B Federal Threatened/ State Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus High Endangered G4 S2 Barn Owl Tyto alba High Of Concern, State G5 S4 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola High G5 SNRN Black Scoter Melanitta nigra High G5 SNRN Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens High G5 S4B Blue-winged Teal Anas discors High G5 SNRB,SNRN Canvasback Aythya valisineria High G5 S4 Forster’s Tern Sterna forsteri High G5 SNRN Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus High G4 SHB,SNRN Redhead Aythya Americana High G5 SNRN Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus High G5 SNRN Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia High G5 SNA White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi High G5 SNRN American Woodcock Scolopax minor Moderate G5 S4 Bewick’s Wren Thryomanes bewickii Moderate State Endangered G5 S1? Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica Moderate G5 SNRB Common Loon Gavia immer Moderate G5 SNRN Common Raven Corvus corax Moderate G5 S4 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Moderate G5 SNRB,SNRN Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa Moderate G5 S4 Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis Moderate G5 SNRB,SNRN Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Moderate G5 SNRB,SNRN Great Egret Ardea alba Moderate G5 SNRB,SNRN Greater Scaup Aythya marila Moderate G5 SNRN AP 1-4 AP 1: Priority Species List SC CWCS Common Name Scientific Name Priority Legal Status G Rank S Rank Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Moderate G5 SNRN Green Heron Butorides virescens Moderate G5 SNRB,SNRN Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Moderate G5 SNRN,SNRM Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Moderate G5 SNRN Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla Moderate G5 S4B Top of Form Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula Moderate G4 S? Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Moderate G5 SNA Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Moderate G5 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta Canadensis Moderate G5 S4B Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Moderate G5 S4 Ringneck Aythya collaris Moderate G5 SNRN Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus Moderate G5 S4 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Moderate G5 SNRB Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Moderate G5 SNRN White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Moderate G5 SNA Wood Duck Aix sponsa Moderate G5 SNRB,SNRN,SNRM Herpetofauna Federal and State Bog Turtle Glyptemys muhlenbergii Highest Threatened G3 S1 Broad-striped Dwarf Siren Pseudobranchus striatus striatus Highest G5 S2 Federal Threatened/ State Carolina Gopher Frog Rana capito capito Highest Endangered G3/G4 S1 Chamberlain’s Dwarf Salamander Eurycea chamberlainii Highest Coal Skink Eumeces anthracinus Highest State Threatened G5 S1 Coral Snake Micrurus fulvius Highest Of Concern, State G5 S2 Eastern Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum Highest Of Concern, State G5 S2 Federal Threatened/ State Flatwoods Salamander Ambystoma cingulatum Highest Endangered G2G3 S1 Florida Green Watersnake Nerodia floridana Highest Of Concern, State G5 S2 Florida Pine Snake Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus Highest Of Concern, State G4T3? S2 Green Salamander Aneides aeneus Highest Of Concern, State G3G4 S1 Federal and State Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas Highest Endangered G3 SNR Gopher Tortoise Gopherus polyphemus Highest State Endangered G3 S1 AP 1-5 AP 1: Priority Species List SC CWCS Common Name Scientific Name Priority Legal Status G Rank S Rank Federal and State Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata Highest Endangered G3 SNR Island Glass Lizard Ophisaurus compressus Highest Of Concern, State G3G4 S1S2 Federal and State Leatherback Sea Turle Demochelys coriacea Highest Endangered G2 S? Federal and State Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta Caretta