Appendix C: Species Lists Appendix C: Species Lists Birds of Seney NWR and Nearby Lands / page 89 Bird Species of Whitefish Point / page 104 Seney NWR 2004 Butterfly List / page 113 Herptofauna List, Seney NWR / page 118 List of Fish Species Found on Seney NWR / page 120 Mammal Species Found on Seney NWR / page 123 Seney NWR Herbarium / page 130 Seney National Wildlife Refuge / Comprehensive Conservation Plan 87 Appendix C: Species Lists Birds of Seney NWR and Nearby Lands Abundance by Species that are Possible, Probable, or Confirmed Breeders in Schoolcraft County Occassional- Rare-Vagrant Abundant Common Uncommon Non- Breeders Special Preferred Common Name Scientific Name Designation Habitat(s)1 Common Loon Gavia immer 3 Region 3 OWA Conservation Priorities, Regional Forester Sensitive, Michigan Special Animal Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 3 OWA Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 3 OWA Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 3 OWA Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 3 OWA American White Pelican Pelecanus 3 OWA erythrorhynchos Double-crested Phalacrocorax auritus 3 Region 3 OWA Cormorant Conservation Priorities American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus 3 Region 3 OWE Conservation Priorities, Michigan Special Animal Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis 3 Region 3 OWE Conservation Priorities, Regional Forester Sensitive, Michigan Special Animal Black-crowned Night Nycticorax nycticorax 3 Region 3 OWE Heron Conservation Priorities, Regional Forester Sensitive, Michigan Special Animal Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 3 OWA, OWE Green Heron Butorides virescens 3 OWA, OWE Great Egret Ardea alba 3 OWA, OWE Seney National Wildlife Refuge / Comprehensive Conservation Plan 89 Appendix C: Species Lists Birds of Seney NWR and Nearby Lands (Continued) Abundance by Species that are Possible, Probable, or Confirmed Breeders in Schoolcraft County Occassional- Rare-Vagrant Abundant Common Uncommon Non- Breeders Special Preferred Common Name Scientific Name Designation Habitat(s)1 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 3 OWA Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator 3 3 3 Region 3 OWA Conservation Priorities, Regional Forester Sensitive, Michigan Special Animal Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 3 OWA Snow Goose Chen caerulescens 3 Region 3 OWA Conservation Priorities Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Region 3 OWA Conservation Priorities American Black Duck Anas rubripes 3 Region 3 OWA Conservation Priorities Canvasback Aythya valisineria 3 Region 3 OWA Conservation Priorities Redhead Aythya americana 3 OWA Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 3 Region 3 OWA Conservation Priorities Black Scoter Melanitta nigra 3 OWA White-winged Scoter Melanitta nigra 3 OWA Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 3 OWA Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 3 OWA Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 3 OWA Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 3 OWA Wood Duck Aix sponsa 3 Region 3 OWA, OWE Conservation Priorities Gadwall Anas strepera 3 OWA, OWE Seney National Wildlife Refuge / Comprehensive Conservation Plan 90 Appendix C: Species Lists Birds of Seney NWR and Nearby Lands (Continued) Abundance by Species that are Possible, Probable, or Confirmed Breeders in Schoolcraft County Occassional- Rare-Vagrant Abundant Common Uncommon Non- Breeders Special Preferred Common Name Scientific Name Designation Habitat(s)1 American Widgeon Anas americana 3 OWA, OWE Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 3 Region 3 OWA, OWE Conservation Priorities Blue-winged Teal Anas discors 3 Region 3 OWA, OWE Conservation Priorities Green-winged Teal Anas crecca 3 OWA, OWE Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 3 OWA, OWE Northern Pintail Anas acuta 3 Region 3 OWA, OWE Conservation Priorities Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 3 OWA, OWE Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 3 OWA, OWE Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 3 OWA, OWE Common Merganser Mergus merganser 3 OWA, OWE Osprey Pandion haliaetus 3 Michigan Special OWA Animal Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus 3 Region 3 OWA Conservation Priorities, Michigan Special Animal Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 3 OWE, GRA, HAY, OLD Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 3 GRA, HAY, OLD Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 3 Region 3 OWE, GRA, Conservation HAY Priorities, Regional Forester Sensitive, Michigan Special Animal Merlin Falco columbarius 3 Michigan Special DCF, DMF, Animal MCF, MMF, WCF, WMF Seney National Wildlife Refuge / Comprehensive Conservation Plan 91 Appendix C: Species Lists Birds of Seney NWR and Nearby Lands (Continued) Abundance by Species that are Possible, Probable, or Confirmed Breeders in Schoolcraft County Occassional- Rare-Vagrant Abundant Common Uncommon Non- Breeders Special Preferred Common Name Scientific Name Designation Habitat(s)1 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 3 GRA, HAY, OLD Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 3 GRA, HAY, OLD Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus 3 OWE, GRA, HAY, OLD Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus 3 DCF, DMF, WCF, WMF Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus 3 Region 3 WMF, WCF Conservation Priorities, Regional Forester Sensitive, Michigan Special Animal Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 3 DCF, DMF, MCF, MMF, WCF, WMF Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 3 Michigan Special DCF, DMF, Animal MCF, MMF, WCF, WMF Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 3 Region 3 DCF, DMF, Conservation MCF, MMF, Priorities, WCF, WMF Regional Forester Sensitive, Michigan Special Animal Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 3 Region 3 OWE, GRA, Conservation HAY, OLD Priorities, Regional Forester Sensitive, Michigan Special Animal Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis 3 Regional Forester DCF, WCF Sensitive, Michigan Special Animal Seney National Wildlife Refuge / Comprehensive Conservation Plan 92 Appendix C: Species Lists Birds of Seney NWR and Nearby Lands (Continued) Abundance by Species that are Possible, Probable, or Confirmed Breeders in Schoolcraft County Occassional- Rare-Vagrant Abundant Common Uncommon Non- Breeders Special Preferred Common Name Scientific Name Designation Habitat(s)1 Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus 3 DCF, DMF, MCF, MMF, WCF, WMF Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus 3 Regional Forester GRA, HAY, phasianellus Sensitive, OLD Michigan Special Animal Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 3 GRA, HAY, OLD American Coot Fulica americana 3 OWA, OWE Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis 3 OWE, GRA, HAY, OLD Yellow Rail Coturnicops 3 Region 3 OWE noveboracensis Conservation Priorities, Regional Forester Sensitive, Michigan Special Animal Virginia Rail Rallus limicola 3 OWE Sora Porzana carolina 3 OWE Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda 3 Region 3 GRA, HAY, Conservation OLD Priorities, Regional Forester Sensitive Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 3 GRA, HAY, OLD American Woodcock Scolopax minor 3 Region 3 SUP Conservation Priorities Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 3 Region 3 SHO Conservation Priorities Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 3 SHO Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 3 SHO Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia 3 SHO Seney National Wildlife Refuge / Comprehensive Conservation Plan 93 Appendix C: Species Lists Birds of Seney NWR and Nearby Lands (Continued) Abundance by Species that are Possible, Probable, or Confirmed Breeders in Schoolcraft County Occassional- Rare-Vagrant Abundant Common Uncommon Non- Breeders Special Preferred Common Name Scientific Name Designation Habitat(s)1 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 3 SHO Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 3 SHO White-rumped Calidris fuscicollis 3 Sandpiper SHO Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 3 SHO Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 3 SHO Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 3 OWE, SHO Dunlin Calidris alpina 3 SHO Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola 3 OWE Semipalmated Plover Charadrius 3 OWE semipalmatus Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia 3 OWA Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 3 OWA Herring Gull Larus argentatus 3 OWA Caspian Tern Sterna caspia 3 Regional Forester OWA Sensitive, Michigan Special Animal Common Tern Sterna hirundo 3 Region 3 OWA Conservation Priorities, Regional Forester Sensitive, Michigan Special Animal Black Tern Chlidonias niger 3 Region 3 OWA, OWE Conservation Priorities, Regional Forester Sensitive, Michigan Special Animal Rock Dove Columba livia 3 RES Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 3 RES Seney National Wildlife Refuge / Comprehensive Conservation Plan 94 Appendix C: Species Lists Birds of Seney NWR and Nearby Lands (Continued) Abundance by Species that are Possible, Probable, or Confirmed Breeders in Schoolcraft County Occassional- Rare-Vagrant Abundant Common Uncommon Non- Breeders Special Preferred Common Name Scientific Name Designation Habitat(s)1 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 3 DCF, DMF Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus 3 Region 3 SWE, SUP erythropthalmus Conservation Priorities Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 3 DCF, DMF, MCF, MMF, WCF, WMF Barred Owl Strix varia 3 DCF, DMF, MCF, MMF, WCF, WMF Long-eared Owl Asio otus 3 Region 3 DCF, DMF, Conservation WCF, WMF Priorities, Michigan Special Animal Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca 3 OWE, GRA, HAY, OLD Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula 3 OWE, GRA, HAY, OLD Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa 3 Regional Forester OWE, GRA, Sensitive HAY, OLD Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 3 Regional Forester OWE, GRA, Sensitive, HAY, OLD Michigan Special Animal Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus 3 Regional Forester WDF Sensitive Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus 3 WDF, WMF Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 3 RES Common Nighthawk Caprimulgus vociferus 3 DCF, GRA, HAY, OLD Whip-poor-will Troglodytes aedon 3 Region 3 DCF, GRA, Conservation HAY, OLD Priorities Ruby-throated Archilochus colubris 3 DCF, DMF, Hummingbird MCF, MMF, W C F, W M F, RES Seney National Wildlife Refuge / Comprehensive Conservation