Species Summaries

Do you want to know more about species at risk in Alberta?

We have many resources to help you learn about some of Alberta's unique wildlife. Depending on how much information you want, you can choose from the new ESCC Species At Risk fact sheets, the Alberta's Species At Risk profiles (formerly the Threatened Wildlife series) and the Alberta Wildlife Status Report series. To access these information summaries, find your species of interest on the list below and follow the appropriate link at the top of the list. The profiles and status reports, and many of the ESCC fact sheets, are available as searchable HTML documents. The ESCC fact sheets and status reports are available as PDF files, to download and print if desired.

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SPECIES ESCC
SPECIES AT RISK FACT SHEETS
avaliable on
Endangered Species Conservation website		 SPECIES AT RISK PROFILES DETAILED STATUS REPORTS
PLANTS      
whitebark pine     Checkmark
slender mouse-ear-cress     Checkmark
soapweed     Checkmark
tiny cryptanthe     Checkmark
western blue flag Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
western spiderwort Checkmark   Checkmark
small flowered sand verbena     Checkmark
Porsild's bryum     Checkmark
Limber Pine     Checkmark
       
INVERTEBRATES      
Verna’s flower moth     Checkmark
Banff springs snail     Checkmark
yucca moth     Checkmark
Weidemeyer's Admiral     Checkmark
  ESCC
SPECIES AT RISK FACT SHEETS		 SPECIES AT RISK PROFILES DETAILED STATUS REPORTS
SMALL MAMMALS:      
western small-footed bat     Checkmark
northern long-eared bat     Checkmark
Ord's kangaroo rat Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
red-tailed chipmunk     Checkmark
       
CARNIVORES      
American badger     Checkmark
grizzly bear     Checkmark
swift fox Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
wolverine Checkmark    
  ESCC
SPECIES AT RISK FACT SHEETS		 SPECIES AT RISK PROFILES DETAILED STATUS REPORTS
UNGULATES      
wood bison     Checkmark
woodland caribou Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
       
REPTILES      
plains hognose snake     Checkmark
prairie rattlesnake Checkmark   Checkmark
eastern short-horned lizard     Checkmark
  ESCC
SPECIES AT RISK FACT SHEETS		 SPECIES AT RISK PROFILES DETAILED STATUS REPORTS
AMPHIBIANS      
Columbia spotted frog     Checkmark
Canadian toad Checkmark   Checkmark
Great Plains toad Checkmark   Checkmark
long-toed salamander Checkmark   Checkmark
northern leopard frog   Checkmark Checkmark
plains spadefoot     Checkmark
       
FISH      
arctic grayling     Checkmark
bull trout Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
lake sturgeon     Checkmark
pygmy whitefish     Checkmark
shortjaw cisco     Checkmark
St. Mary shorthead sculpin     Checkmark
stonecat     Checkmark
western silvery minnow     Checkmark
westslope cutthroat trout     Checkmark
  ESCC
SPECIES AT RISK FACT SHEETS		 SPECIES AT RISK PROFILES DETAILED STATUS REPORTS
DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY      
ferruginous hawk   Checkmark Checkmark
peregrine falcon Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
prairie falcon     Checkmark
       
OWLS      
barred owl     Checkmark
burrowing owl Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
northern pygmy owl     Checkmark
short-eared owl     Checkmark
  ESCC
SPECIES AT RISK FACT SHEETS		 SPECIES AT RISK PROFILES DETAILED STATUS REPORTS
WATERBIRDS      
harlequin duck Checkmark   Checkmark
trumpeter swan Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
white-winged scoter     Checkmark
whooping crane Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
western grebe     Checkmark
American White Pelican   Checkmark  
       
SHOREBIRDS      
long-billed curlew Checkmark   Checkmark
mountain plover     Checkmark
piping plover Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
  ESCC
SPECIES AT RISK FACT SHEETS		 SPECIES AT RISK PROFILES DETAILED STATUS REPORTS
GROUSE      
sage grouse Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
       
SONGBIRDS      
bay-breasted warbler Checkmark   Checkmark
black-throated green warbler Checkmark   Checkmark
Cape May warbler Checkmark   Checkmark
loggerhead shrike Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Sprague's pipit Checkmark   Checkmark
willow flycatcher     Checkmark
brown creeper     Checkmark
sage thrasher     Checkmark