APPENDIX VIII: MISSISSIPPI’S SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVATION NEED BY ECOREGION GROUP SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME UEGCP* EGCP* MSRAP* NGM* TIER** Amphibians Ambystoma tigrinum Tiger Salamander Yes 4 Amphiuma pholeter One-Toed Amphiuma Yes 1 Aneides aeneus Green Salamander Yes 2 Bufo nebulifer Gulf Coast Toad Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Cryptobranchus alleganiensis Hellbender Yes 1 Eurycea lucifuga Cave Salamander Yes 2 Gyrinophilus porphyriticus Spring Salamander Yes 2 Hemidactylium scutatum Four-Toed Salamander Yes Yes 2 Plethodon ainsworthi Baysprings Salamander Yes 4 Plethodon ventralis Southern Zigzag Salamander Yes 2 Plethodon websteri Webster's Salamander Yes 2 Pseudacris brachyphona Mountain Chorus Frog Yes 3 Pseudacris ornata Ornate Chorus Frog Yes 2 Pseudotriton montanus Mud Salamander Yes 2 Pseudotriton ruber Red Salamander Yes Yes 3 Rana areolata Crawfish Frog Yes 2 Rana heckscheri River Frog Yes 1 Rana sevosa Mississippi Gopher Frog Yes 1 Birds Aimophila aestivalis Bachman's Sparrow Yes Yes 2 Ammodramus henslowii Henslow's Sparrow Yes 2 Ammodramus leconteii Le Conte's Sparrow Yes Yes Yes 2 Ammodramus maritimus Seaside Sparrow Yes Yes 2 Ammodramus nelsoni Nelson's Sharp-Tailed Sparrow Yes Yes 2 Ammodramus savannarum Grasshopper Sparrow Yes Yes Yes 2 Anas acuta Northern Pintail Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Anas fulvigula Mottled Duck Yes Yes 2 Anas rubripes American Black Duck Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Anhinga anhinga Anhinga Yes Yes Yes 3 Asio flammeus Short-Eared Owl Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 Aythya affinis Lesser Scaup Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Botaurus lentiginosus American Bittern Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Calidris alpina Dunlin Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Calidris canutus Red Knot Yes Yes 2 Calidris mauri Western Sandpiper Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Campephilus principalis Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Yes Yes Yes 4 Caprimulgus carolinensis Chuck-Will's-Widow Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Charadrius alexandrinus tenuirostris Southeastern Snowy Plover Yes Yes 1 Charadrius melodus Piping Plover Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 Charadrius wilsonia Wilson's Plover Yes Yes 1 Colinus virginianus Northern Bobwhite Yes Yes Yes 3 Columbina passerina Common Ground-Dove Yes Yes Yes 2 Coturnicops noveboracensis Yellow Rail Yes Yes Yes 1 Dendroica cerulea Cerulean Warbler Yes Yes Yes 2 Dendroica discolor Prairie Warbler Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Egretta caerulea Little Blue Heron Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 Egretta rufescens Reddish Egret Yes Yes 2 APPENDIX VIII 375 GROUP SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME UEGCP EGCP MSRAP NGM TIER Egretta rufescens Reddish Egret Yes Yes 2 Egretta thula Snowy Egret Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Egretta tricolor Tricolored Heron Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Elanoides forficatus Swallow-Tailed Kite Yes Yes Yes 2 Eudocimus albus White Ibis Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 Euphagus carolinus Rusty Blackbird Yes Yes Yes 2 Falco sparverius paulus Southeastern American Kestrel Yes 1 Grus canadensis pulla Mississippi Sandhill Crane Yes 1 Haematopus palliatus American Oystercatcher Yes Yes 1 Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 Helmitheros vermivorus Worm-Eating Warbler Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Hylocichla mustelina Wood Thrush Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Ixobrychus exilis Least Bittern Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Lanius ludovicianus Loggerhead Shrike Yes Yes Yes 3 Laterallus jamaicensis Black Rail Yes Yes Yes 1 Limnothlypis swainsonii Swainson's Warbler Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 Limosa fedoa Marbled Godwit Yes Yes 2 Melanerpes erythrocephalus Red-Headed Woodpecker Yes Yes Yes 3 Mycteria americana Wood Stork Yes Yes Yes 2 Nycticorax nycticorax Black-Crowned Night-Heron Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Nycticorax violaceus Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Oporornis formosus Kentucky Warbler Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Pandion haliaetus Osprey Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Passerina ciris Painted Bunting Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos American White Pelican Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Pelecanus occidentalis Brown Pelican Yes Yes 2 Picoides borealis Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Yes Yes 2 Piranga olivacea Scarlet Tanager Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Porphyrula martinica Purple Gallinule Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Protonotaria citrea Prothonotary Warbler Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Rallus elegans King Rail Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 Rynchops niger Black Skimmer Yes Yes Yes 2 Scolopax minor American Woodcock Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Seiurus motacilla Louisiana Waterthrush Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Sitta pusilla Brown-Headed Nuthatch Yes Yes Yes 3 Sterna antillarum Least Tern Yes Yes Yes 2 Sterna antillarum athalassos Interior Least Tern Yes 2 Sterna maxima Royal Tern Yes Yes 2 Sterna nilotica Gull-Billed Tern Yes Yes Yes 2 Sterna sandvicensis Sandwich Tern Yes Yes 2 Thryomanes bewickii Bewick's Wren Yes Yes Yes 1 Tyto alba Common Barn-Owl Yes Yes Yes 3 Vermivora bachmanii Bachman's Warbler Yes Yes 4 Crustaceans Cambarellus diminutus Least Crayfish Yes 2 Cambarellus lesliei A Crayfish Yes 2 Cambarus girardianus A Crayfish Yes 3 Cambarus latimanus A Crayfish Yes 2 Fallicambarus burrisi Burris' Burrowing Crawfish Yes 1 Fallicambarus byersi Lavender Burrowing Crayfish Yes 2 Fallicambarus danielae Speckled Burrowing Crayfish Yes 1 Fallicambarus gordoni Camp Shelby Burrowing Crawfish Yes 1 Hobbseus attenuatus Pearl Rivulet Crayfish Yes 1 Hobbseus cristatus A Crayfish Yes 1 Hobbseus orconectoides Oktibbeha Rivulet Crayfish Yes 1 Hobbseus petilus Tombigbee Rivulet Crayfish Yes 1 Hobbseus prominens A Crayfish Yes 2 Hobbseus valleculus Choctaw Rivulet Crayfish Yes 1 APPENDIX VIII 376 GROUP SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME UEGCP EGCP MSRAP NGM TIER Hobbseus yalobushensis A Crayfish Yes 1 Orconectes etnieri A Crayfish Yes 2 Orconectes hartfieldi A Crayfish Yes 1 Orconectes jonesi A Crayfish Yes 2 Orconectes mississippiensis A Crayfish Yes 1 Orconectes validus A Crayfish Yes 3 Procambarus ablusus A Crayfish Yes 2 Procambarus barbiger Jackson Prairie Crayfish Yes Yes 1 Procambarus bivittatus Ribbon Crayfish Yes 2 Procambarus cometes Mississippi Flatwoods Crayfish Yes 1 Procambarus connus Carrollton Crayfish Yes 1 Procambarus elegans A Crayfish Yes 2 Procambarus fitzpatricki Spiny-Tailed Crayfish Yes 1 Procambarus hagenianus vesticeps A Crayfish Yes 2 Procambarus lagniappe Lagniappe Crayfish Yes 1 Procambarus lecontei Mobile Crayfish Yes 2 Procambarus lylei Shutispear Crayfish Yes 1 Procambarus penni Pearl Blackwater Crayfish Yes 2 Procambarus pogum Bearded Red Crayfish Yes 1 Procambarus shermani A Crayfish Yes 3 Fishes Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi Gulf Sturgeon Yes Yes Yes 1 Alosa alabamae Alabama Shad Yes Yes Yes 1 Ambloplites rupestris Rock Bass Yes 4 Ammocrypta clara Western Sand Darter Yes 4 Ammocrypta meridiana Southern Sand Darter Yes 2 Atractosteus spatula Alligator Gar Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Clinostomus funduloides Rosyside Dace Yes 3 Cottus carolinae Banded Sculpin Yes 2 Crystallaria asprella Crystal Darter Yes Yes 1 Cycleptus elongatus Blue Sucker Yes Yes Yes 2 Cycleptus meridionalis Southeastern Blue Sucker Yes Yes 2 Cyprinella callistia Alabama Shiner Yes 2 Cyprinella galactura Whitetail Shiner Yes 2 Cyprinella spiloptera Spotfin Shiner Yes 3 Cyprinella whipplei Steelcolor Shiner Yes Yes 2 Enneacanthus gloriosus Bluespotted Sunfish Yes Yes Yes 3 Etheostoma asprigene Mud Darter Yes Yes Yes 3 Etheostoma blennioides Greenside Darter Yes 2 Etheostoma duryi Black Darter Yes 2 Etheostoma flabellare Fantail Darter Yes 3 Etheostoma kennicotti Stripetail Darter Yes 2 Etheostoma lachneri Tombigbee Darter Yes 2 Etheostoma nigripinne Blackfin Darter Yes 2 Etheostoma raneyi Yazoo Darter Yes 1 Etheostoma rubrum Bayou Darter Yes 1 Etheostoma rufilineatum Redline Darter Yes 3 Etheostoma rupestre Rock Darter Yes 3 Etheostoma zonifer Backwater Darter Yes 1 Etheostoma zonistium Bandfin Darter Yes 2 Fundulus dispar Northern Starhead Topminnow Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 Fundulus euryzonus Broadstripe Topminnow Yes 2 Fundulus jenkinsi Saltmarsh Topminnow Yes Yes 2 Heterandria formosa Least Killifish Yes Yes 3 Hypentelium etowanum Alabama Hog Sucker Yes 3 Ichthyomyzon castaneus Chestnut Lamprey Yes Yes Yes 2 Ictiobus niger Black Buffalo Yes Yes Yes 3 Leptolucania ommata Pygmy Killifish Yes Yes 4 APPENDIX VIII 377 GROUP SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME UEGCP EGCP MSRAP NGM TIER Lythrurus fasciolaris Rosefin Shiner Yes 3 Macrhybopsis gelida Sturgeon Chub Yes 4 Macrhybopsis meeki Sicklefin Chub Yes 4 Morone saxatilis Striped Bass Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 Moxostoma anisurum Silver Redhorse Yes 2 Moxostoma carinatum River Redhorse Yes Yes 2 Moxostoma duquesnei Black Redhorse Yes 2 Moxostoma erythrurum Golden Redhorse Yes Yes 3 Moxostoma macrolepidotum Shorthead Redhorse Yes 2 Notropis amnis Pallid Shiner Yes 2 Notropis boops Bigeye Shiner Yes 2 Notropis candidus Silverside Shiner Yes 2 Notropis chalybaeus Ironcolor Shiner Yes Yes 1 Notropis edwardraneyi Fluvial Shiner Yes 2 Notropis melanostomus Blackmouth Shiner Yes Yes 1 Notropis micropteryx Rosyface Shiner Yes 2 Notropis sabinae Sabine Shiner Yes 3 Noturus exilis Slender Madtom Yes 4 Noturus flavus Stonecat Yes 2 Noturus munitus Frecklebelly Madtom Yes Yes 1 Noturus gladiator Piebald Madtom Yes 1 Percina aurora Pearl Darter Yes Yes 1 Percina evides Gilt Darter Yes 2 Percina kathae Mobile Logperch Yes 3 Percina lenticula Freckled Darter Yes Yes 1 Percina phoxocephala Slenderhead Darter Yes 2 Phenacobius mirabilis Suckermouth Minnow Yes 2 Phoxinus erythrogaster Southern Redbelly Dace Yes Yes 2 Platygobio gracilis Flathead Chub Yes 4 Polyodon spathula Paddlefish Yes Yes Yes 3 Pteronotropis welaka Bluenose Shiner Yes 2 Rhinichthys atratulus Blacknose Dace Yes 2 Scaphirhynchus albus Pallid Sturgeon Yes 1 Scaphirhynchus suttkusi Alabama Sturgeon Yes 1 Stizostedion canadense Sauger Yes Yes Yes 3 Stizostedion sp 1 Southern Walleye Yes Yes Yes 2 Stizostedion vitreum Walleye