STATE LISTED SPECIES Revised June 2019 The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission has classified the following 45 species as Endangered, Threatened, or Sensitive. The federal status of species under the Endangered Species Act differs in some cases from state status; federal status is indicated by: Federal Endangered (FE), Threatened (FT), Candidate (FC), or Species of Concern (FSC).
STATE ENDANGERED STATE THREATENED STATE SENSITIVE A species native to the State of A species native to the state of Washington A species native to the state of Washington that is seriously threatened that is likely to become endangered within Washington that is vulnerable or with extinction throughout all or a the foreseeable future throughout a declining and is likely to become significant portion of its range within the significant portion of its range within the endangered or threatened in a state. state without cooperative management or significant portion of its range within removal of threats. the state without cooperative The 32 State Endangered species are management or removal of threats. designated in Washington Administrative The 7 State Threatened species are designated in The 6 State Sensitive species are Code 220-610-010 Washington Administrative Code 220-200-100 designated in Washington Administrative Code 220-200-100
MAMMALS (14) MAMMALS (3) MAMMALS (1) Pygmy Rabbit FE Sea Otter FSC Gray Whale FE# Fin Whale FE Western Gray Squirrel - #Western North Pacific Stock Sei Whale FE Mazama Pocket Gopher Blue Whale FE subsp. glacialis, pugetensis, tumuli, yelmensis FT BIRDS (1) Humpback Whale FT/FE# …subsp. couchi, louiei, melanops - Common Loon - #Mexico DPS=T; Central America DPS=E North Pacific Right Whale FE BIRDS (3) FISH (3) Sperm Whale FE American White Pelican - # Pygmy Whitefish - Killer Whale FE Greater Sage-Grouse FSC # Margined Sculpin - Southern Residents only Ferruginous Hawk - Gray Wolf FE# Olympic Mudminnow -
#Federally listed west of north-south line following Highways 97, 17, and 395. REPTILES (1) AMPHIBIAN (1) Grizzly Bear FT Green Sea Turtle FT Larch Mountain Salamander - Lynx FT Fisher FC Columbian White-tailed Deer FT Woodland Caribou FE
BIRDS (9) Sandhill Crane -
Snowy Plover FT
Upland Sandpiper -
Marbled Murrelet FT Tufted Puffin - For more information, check our website: Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse - http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/species/ Northern Spotted Owl FT Yellow-billed Cuckoo FT Or contact us at: Streaked Horned Lark FT Wildlife Program (360) 902-2515 Fish Program (360) 902-2700 REPTILES (3) Western Pond Turtle - Leatherback Sea Turtle FE Loggerhead Sea Turtle FE For more information on federal status, check the US Fish and Wildlife Service or the National AMPHIBIANS (2) Marine Fisheries Service Oregon Spotted Frog FT Northern Leopard Frog -
INVERTEBRATES (4) Oregon Silverspot Butterfly FT Taylor’s Checkerspot FE Mardon Skipper - Pinto Abalone FSC
STATE CANDIDATE SPECIES Revised June 2019
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has designated the following 102 species as Candidates for listing in Washington as State Endangered, Threatened, or Sensitive. The Department reviews species for listing following procedures in Washington Administrative Code 220-610-110. The federal status of species under the Endangered Species Act differs in some cases from state status; federal status is indicated by: Federal Endangered (FE), Threatened (FT), Candidate (FC), or Species of Concern (FSC). MAMMALS (10) Walleye Pollock MOLLUSKS (9) Townsend’s Big-eared Bat - South Puget Sound - Shortface Lanx - Keen’s Myotis Bat - Pacific Hake (Whiting) Georgia Basin FSC Ashy (Columbia) Pebblesnail - White-tailed Jackrabbit - Black Rockfish# - California Floater - Black-tailed Jackrabbit - Brown Rockfish# - Olympia Oyster - Washington Ground Squirrel - Copper Rockfish# - Columbia Oregonian (snail) - Townsend’s Ground Squirrel Quillback Rockfish# - Poplar Oregonian (snail) - South of the Yakima River - Tiger Rockfish# - Dalles Sideband (snail) - Olympic Marmot - Bocaccio Rockfish# FE Blue-gray Taildropper (slug) - Cascade Red Fox - Canary Rockfish - Wolverine FC Yelloweye Rockfish# FT INSECTS (18) Pacific Harbor Porpoise - Yellowtail Rockfish# - Beller’s Ground Beetle - Greenstriped Rockfish# - Mann’s Mollusk-eating Ground Beetle - BIRDS (17) Widow Rockfish# - Columbia River Tiger Beetle - Western Grebe - Redstripe Rockfish# - Hatch’s Click Beetle - Clark’s Grebe - China Rockfish# - Columbia Clubtail (dragonfly) - Short-tailed Albatross FE #Puget Sound, the San Juan Islands, and the Strait of Pacific Clubtail - Northern Goshawk - Juan de Fuca east of the Sekiu R. Sand-verbena Moth - Golden Eagle - Chinook Salmon Yuma Skipper - Cassin’s Auklet - Snake River Fall FT Shepard’s Parnassian - Flammulated Owl - Snake River Spring/Summer FT Makah Copper - Burrowing Owl - Puget Sound FT Chinquapin Hairstreak - Vaux’s Swift - Upper Columbia Spring FE Johnson’s Hairstreak - White-headed Woodpecker - Lower Columbia FT Juniper Hairstreak - Black-backed Woodpecker - Chum Salmon Puget Blue - Pileated Woodpecker - Hood Canal Summer FT Valley Silverspot - (includes Strait of Juan de Fuca, not Puget Sound) Loggerhead Shrike - Silver-bordered Fritillary - Columbia River FT Slender-billed White-breasted Nuthatch - Great Arctic - Sockeye Salmon Sage Thrasher - Island Marble FC Snake River FE Oregon Vesper Sparrow - Ozette Lake FT Sagebrush Sparrow - Steelhead OTHER INVERTEBRATES (2)
Snake River FT Giant Palouse Earthworm - REPTILES and AMPHIBIANS (10) Upper Columbia FT Leschi’s Millipede - Sagebrush Lizard - Middle Columbia FT Common Sharp-tailed Snake - Lower Columbia FT California Mountain Kingsnake - Bull Trout FT Striped Whipsnake - Dunn’s Salamander - Van Dyke’s Salamander - Cascade Torrent Salamander - Western Toad - Columbia Spotted Frog - NOT STATE CANDIDATES Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog - Fish stocks that have been the subjects of federal register notices, but have not yet been added to the state candidate list. FISH (37) Coho Salmon Many species of uncertain conservation need Mountain Sucker - Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia FSC are listed in our State Wildlife Action Plan: Lake Chub - Lower Columbia FT https://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/cwcs/ Leopard Dace - Steelhead, Puget Sound FT Green Sturgeon FT Umatilla Dace - For more information, check our website: River Lamprey - http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/species/ Pacific Herring - Or contact us: Eulachon –Southern DPS FT Wildlife Program (360) 902-2515 Pacific Cod Fish Program (360) 902-2700 South and Central Puget Sound FSC