Code of Maine Rules
09 - DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE
137 - DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE - GENERAL
Chapter 29 - SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN
Section 137-29-04 - List of Species of Special Concern
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BIRDS |
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Leach's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea Herodias) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) |
Special Concern |
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Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) |
Special Concern |
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American Coot (breeding population only) (Fulica americana) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliates) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Red Knot (Calidris canutus) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) |
Special Concern |
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Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Bonaparte's Gull (breeding population only) (Chroicocephalus Philadelphia) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla) |
Special Concern |
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Common Murre (Uria aalge) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) |
Special Concern |
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Olive-sided Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) |
Special Concern |
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Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) |
Special Concern |
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Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) |
Special Concern |
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Horned Lark (breeding population only) (Eremophila alpestris) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Purple Martin (Progne subis) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) |
Special Concern |
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) |
Special Concern |
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Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus bicknelli) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) |
Special Concern |
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Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castariea) |
Special Concern |
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Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrine) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Blackpoll Warbler (Setaphaga striata) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis) |
Special Concern |
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Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora peregrina) |
Special Concern |
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Fox Sparrow (breeding population only) (Passerella iliaca) |
Special Concern |
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Nelson's Sparrow (Ammodramus nelson) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) |
Special Concern |
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Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) |
Special Concern |
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Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Evening Grosbeak (breeding population only) (Coccothraustes vespertinus) |
Special Concern |
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Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) |
Special Concern |
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Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) |
Special Concern |
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American Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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INVERTEBRATES |
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Mayflies |
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Brown's Comb Minnow Mayfly (Ameletus browni) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Bumble Bees |
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Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus citrinus) |
Special Concern |
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Ashton's Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus ashtoni) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Yellow Bumble Bee (Bombus fervidus) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus insularis) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Butterflies |
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Dusted Skipper (Atrytonopsis hianna) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Early Hairstreak (Erora laeta) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Leonard's Skipper (Hesperia leonardus) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Cobweb Skipper (Hesperia metea) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Northern Blue (Plebejus idas scudderi) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Crowberry Blue (Plebejus idas empetri) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Satyr Comma (Polygonia satyrus) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Coral Hairstreak (Satyrium titus) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Hoary Elfin (Callophrys polios) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Short-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio brevicauda gaspeensis) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) |
Special Concern |
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Moths |
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Barrens Itame (Macaria exonerata; f. Itame sp. 1 nr inextricata, Speranza ) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Bold-based Zale Moth (Zale lunifera; f. Z. sp. 1 nr. lunifera) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Eastern Buckmoth (Hemileuca maia maia) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Broad Sallow Moth (Xylotype capax) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Oblique Zale (Zale obliqua) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Red-winged Sallow (Xystopeplus rufago) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Similar Underwing (Catocala similis) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Damselflies |
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New England Bluet (Enallagma laterale) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Citrine Forktail (Ishnura hastata) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Dusky Dancer (Argia translata) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Big Bluet (Enallagma durum) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Scarlet Bluet (Enallagma pictum) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Dragonflies |
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Canada Whiteface (Leucorrhinia patricia) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Southern Pygmy Clubtail (Lanthus vernalis) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Sedge Darner (Aeshna juncea) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Arrowhead Spiketail (Cordulegaster obliqua) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Swamp Darner (Epiaeschna heros) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Cobra Clubtail (Gomphus vastus) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Pygmy Snaketail (Ophiogomphus howei) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Common Sanddragon (Progomphus obscurus) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Spatterdock Darner (Rhionaeschna mutata) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Ringed Emerald (Somatochlora albicincta) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Quebec Emerald (Somatochlora brevicincta) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Arrow Clubtail (Stylurus spiniceps) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Tiger Beetles |
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White Mountain Tiger Beetle (Cicindela ancocisconensis) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Salt Marsh Tiger Beetle (Cicindela marginata) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Snails |
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Bigmouth Pond Snail (Stagnicola mighelsi) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Malleated Vertigo (Vertigo malleata) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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HERPETOFAUNA |
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Reptiles |
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Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis sauritus) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Amphibians |
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Northern Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphryticus) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens) |
Special Concern |
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INLAND FISH |
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Arctic Charr |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Bridle Shiner |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Creek Chubsucker |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Longnose Dace |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Lake Whitefish |
Special Concern - RARE |
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MAMMALS |
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Carnivores |
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Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis) |
Special Concern |
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Bats |
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Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus) |
Special Concern |
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Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) |
Special Concern |
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Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus) |
Special Concern |
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Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivigans) |
Special Concern |
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Tri-colored Bat (Perimyotis subflavus) |
Special Concern - RARE |
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Rodents |
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Penobscot Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus shattucki) |
Special Concern - RARE |
