Appendix E: Species List E. Species List This appendix contains a list of over 1,600 species identified on Texas Mid-coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex. E.1. Mammals ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHA — Marsupials FAMILY DIDELPHIDAE Virginia Oppossum (Didelphis virginiana) ORDER XENARTHRA — Edentates FAMILY DASYPODIDAE Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) ORDER INSECTIVORA — Insectivores FAMILY SORICIDAE Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevidcauda) Least Shrew (Cryptotis parva) FAMILY TALPIDAE Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus) ORDER CHIROPTERA — Bats FAMILY VESPERTILIONIDAE Big Brown Bat (Estesicus fuscus) Northern Yellow Bat (Lasiurus Eastern Pipestrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus) intermedius) Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) Refinesque’s Big-eared Bat (Plecotus Evening Bat (Nycticeius humeralis) rafinesquii) Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus) Seminole Bat (Lasiurus seminolus) Brazilian Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris brasiliensis) noctivagans) ORDER CARNIVORA — Carnivores FAMILY CANIDAE Coyote (Canis latrans) Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) FAMILY PROCYONIDAE Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) Texas Mid‐coast NWR Complex Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment E-1 Appendix E: Species List FAMILY MUSTELIDAE Long-tailed Weasel (Mustela frenata) Spotted Skunk (Spilagale putorius) American Mink (Mustela vison) Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis Northern River Otter (Lutra canadensis) FAMILY FELIDAE Bobcat (Felis rufus) Cougar (Felis concolor) ORDER ARTIODACTYLA — Ungulates FAMILY SUIDAE Pig (Sus scrofa) FAMILY CERVIDAE White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) ORDER RODENTIA — Rodents FAMILY SCIURIDAE Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys carolinensis) volans) Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) FAMILY GEOMYIDAE Attwater’s Packet Gopher (Geomys attwateri) Baird’s Pocket Gopher (Geomys breviceps) FAMILY CASTORIDAE American Beaver (Castor canadensis) FAMILY MURIDAE Deer Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) House Mouse (Mus musculus) Eastern Woodrat (Neotoma floridana) Roof Rat (Rattus rattus) Eastern Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) humulis) Marsh Rice Rat (Oryzomys palustris) Fulvous Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys Northern Pygmy Mouse (Baiomys taylori) fulvescens) Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus) Hispid Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus hispidus) leucopus) FAMILY CRICETIDAE Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) FAMILY MYOCASTORIDAE Nutria (Myocastor coypus) Appendix E: Species List ORDER LAGOMORPHA — Lagomorphs FAMILY LEPORIDAE Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) California Jackrabbit (Lepus califorinicus) Swamp Rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) E.2. Birds ORDER PODICIPEDIFORMES FAMILY GAVIIDAE - Loons Common Loon (Gavia immer) FAMILY PODICIPEDIDAE – Grebes Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) Western Grebe (Aechomorphus Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus) occidentalis) ORDER PELECANIFORMES FAMILY PELECANIDAE – Pelicans American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) FAMILY PHALACROCORACIDAE – Cormorants Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianis) Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) FAMILY ANHINGIDAE – Anhingas Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) FAMILY FREGATIDAE - Frigatebirds Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) ORDER CICONIFORMES FAMILY ARDEIDAE – Bitterns, Herons, Egrets American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Green Heron (Butorides virescens) Great Egret (Ardea alba) Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) nycticorax) Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Tri-colored Heron (Egretta tricolor) (Nyctanassa violacea) Texas Mid‐coast NWR Complex Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment E-3 Appendix E: Species List FAMILY THRESKIORNITHIDAE – Ibises and Spoonbills White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinus) Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) FAMILY CICONIIDAE - Storks Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) ORDER ANSERIFORMES FAMILY ANATIDAE – Waterfowl Black-bellied Whistling Duck Gadwall (Anas strepera) (Dendrocygna autumnalis) American Wigeon (Anas americana) Fulvous Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) bicolor) Redhead (Aythya americana) Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) albifrons) Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) Ross’ Goose (Chen rossii) Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula) cucullatus) Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera) Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) serrator) Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) Masked Duck (Nomonyx dominicus) Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensisz) ORDER FALCONIFORMES FAMILY CATHARTIDAE – Vultures Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) FAMILY ACCIPITRIDAE – Hawks Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) FAMILY FALCONIDAE – Falcons Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Merlin (Falco columbarius) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) E-4 Texas Mid‐coast NWR Complex Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment Appendix E: Species List FAMILY PHASIANIDAE & ODONTOPHORIDAE – Turkey & Quail Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Attwater’s Greater Prairie Chicken Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) (extirpated) ORDER GRUIFORMES FAMILY RALLIDAE – Rails Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) Sora (Porzana carolina) Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) Purple Gallinule (Porphrio porphyrio) Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris) Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) King Rail (Rallus elegans) American Coot (Fulica americana) Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) ORDER CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY CHARADRIIDAE – Plovers Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis Wilson’s Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) squatarola) Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius American Golden Plover (Pluvialis semipalmatus) dominica) Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferous) FAMILY HAEMATOPODIDAE - Oystercatchers American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) FAMILY RECURVIROSTRIDAE - Stilts and Avocets Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus American Avocet (Recurvirostra mexicanus) americana) FAMILY SCOLOPACIDAE – Sandpipers Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)) Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia) Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica) White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) fuscicollis) Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) Baird’s Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) Long-billed Curlew (Numenius Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) americanus) Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites Upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) subruficollis) Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus Red Knot (Calidris canutus) griseus) Sanderling (Calidris alba) E-5 Texas Mid‐coast NWR Complex Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment Appendix E: Species List Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) scolopaceus) Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata) FAMILY LARIDAE – Gulls, Terns and Skimmers Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla) Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia) Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) Royal Tern (Sterna maxima) Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan) Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis) Bonaparte’s Gull (Larus philadelphia) Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) Least Tern (Sterna antillarum) Greater Black-backed Gull (Larus Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) marinus) Black Skimmer (Rhynchops niger) Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica) ORDER COLUMBIFORMES FAMILY COLUMBIDAE – Pigeons White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Common Ground Dove (Columbina Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) passerina) Inca Dove (Columbina inca) ORDER CUCULIFORMES FAMILY CUCULIDAE – Cuckoos Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga erythropthalmus) sulcirostris) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) ORDER STRIGIFORMES FAMILY TYTONIDAE - Barn Owls Barn Owl (Tyto alba) FAMILY STRIGIDAE – Typical Owls Eastern