Species Conservation Targets

Species Targets

Within its productive riparian areas, freshwater wetlands, and intact forests, there are 33 terrestrial Species at Risk (2 COSEWIC and 31 SARA)

Birds

Photo: Frank Vassen

Bank Swallow
(Riparia riparia)

Photo: Robert Shortall

Barn Swallow
(Hirundo rustica)

Photo: Ryan Mandelbaum

Bicknell’s Thrush
(Catharus bicknelli)

Photo: Robert Shortall

Bobolink
(Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

Photo: Carl Savignac

Canada Warbler
(Cardellina canadensis)

Photo: Jim McCulloch

Chimney Swift
(Chaetura pelagica)

Photo: Tom Koerner

Common Nighthawk
(Chordeiles minor)

Photo: Charles J. Sharp

Eastern Meadowlark
(Sturnella magna)

Photo: Mykola Swarnyk

Eastern Whip-poor-will
(Antrostomus vociferus)

Photo: lwolfartist

Eastern Wood-pewee
(Contopus virens)

Photo: Robert Shortall

Evening Grosbeak
(Coccothraustes vespertinus)

Photo: lwolfartist

Least Bittern
(Ixobrychus exilis)

Photo: Félix Uribe

Olive-sided Flycatcher
(Contopus cooperi)

Photo: Wildreturn

Rusty Blackbird
(Euphagus carolinus)

Photo: Dario Sanches

Short-eared Owl
(Asio flammeus)

Photo: Steve Maslowski

Wood Thrush
(Hylocichla mustelina)

Insects

Photo: Jimmy Dee

Cobblestone Tiger Beetle
(Cicindela marginipennis)

Photo: Arnstein Staverløkk

Bohemian Cuckoo Bumble Bee
(Bombus bohemicus)

Photo: Derek Ramsey

Monarch
(Danaus plexippus)

Photo: Denis Doucet

Pygmy Snaketail
(Ophiogomphus howei)

Photo: Danny O'Shea

Skillet Clubtail
(Gomphurus ventricosus)

Photo Credit: Rob Foster

Yellow-banded Bumblebee
(Bombus terricola)

Mammals

Photo: Ann Froschauer

Little Brown Myotis
(Myotis lucifugus)

Photo: Keith Shannon

Northern Myotis
(Myotis septentrionalis)

Photo: Bob Richmond

Tri-colored Bat
(Perimyotis subflavus)

Lichen

Photo: Jason Hollinger

Black-foam Lichen
(Anzia colpodes)

Reptiles

Photo: Greg Schechter

Eastern Painted Turtle
(Chrysemys picta picta)

Photo: Cephas

Snapping Turtle
(Chelydra serpentina)

Photo: Ltshears

Wood Turtle
(Glyptemys insculpta)

Vascular Plants

Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan

Anticosti Aster
(Symphyotrichum anticostense)

Photo: Keith Kanoti

Black Ash
(Fraxinus nigra)

Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień

Butternut
(Juglans cinerea)

Photo: Meagan Racey

Furbish’s Lousewort
(Pedicularis furbishiae)

Other

Photo: Hans-Petter Fjeld

Atlantic Salmon
(Salmo salar)

Wolastoq / Saint John River Priority Place Collaborative

Working together to conserve Species at Risk in the Wolastoq / Saint John River Priority Place