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Endangered Species in Sierra County
New Mexico · species whose current range includes this county
- Listed species
- 13
- Endangered
- 7
- Threatened
- 6
Species are listed under the Endangered Species Act as endangered or threatened, with the counties where the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service records their current range. A county listing means the species is known or believed to occur there, not that it lives at any particular property. Some species protected only by NOAA Fisheries may not be listed. For a project site, use the Fish and Wildlife Service IPaC tool for an official species list.
Fishes (5)
- Chihuahua chubGila nigrescensThreatenedListed 10/11/1983
- Gila topminnow (incl. Yaqui)Poeciliopsis occidentalisEndangeredListed 03/11/1967
- Gila troutOncorhynchus gilaeThreatenedListed 03/11/1967
- Loach minnowTiaroga cobitisEndangeredListed 10/28/1986
- SpikedaceMeda fulgidaEndangeredListed 07/01/1986
Birds (3)
- Mexican spotted owlStrix occidentalis lucidaThreatenedListed 03/16/1993
- Southwestern willow flycatcherEmpidonax traillii extimusEndangeredListed 02/27/1995
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusWestern DPS: U.S.A. (AZ, CA, CO (western), ID, MT (western), NM (western), NV, OR, TX (western), UT, WA, WY (western)); Canada (British Columbia (southwestern); Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Durango (western), Sinaloa, Sonora)ThreatenedListed 11/03/2014
Amphibians (1)
- Chiricahua leopard frogRana chiricahuensisThreatenedListed 06/13/2002
Flowering Plants (1)
- Todsen's pennyroyalHedeoma todseniiEndangeredListed 01/19/1981
Mammals (1)
- Mexican long-nosed batLeptonycteris nivalisEndangeredListed 09/30/1988
Reptiles (1)
- Narrow-headed gartersnakeThamnophis rufipunctatusThreatenedListed 07/08/2014
Snails (1)
- Alamosa springsnailTryonia alamosaeEndangeredListed 09/30/1991
Environmental hazards in Sierra County
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ECOS