What is a Species of Greatest Conservation Need?
Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) are species whose populations are declining or who have limited abundance in the state. The SGCN list is indicative of the diversity of fish and wildlife in Indiana, with more than 150 species included. Identifying SGCN is a required component of the State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP).
How are Species of Greatest Conservation Need decided?
The list of Species of Greatest Conservation Need is reviewed and updated periodically, using expertise from scientists who study these species within the state. Species of Greatest Conservation Need are those listed as Federally Endangered, Threatened or Candidate species and species determined to be State Endangered or of State Special Concern.
- State Endangered: Any animal species whose prospects for survival or recruitment within the state are in immediate jeopardy and are in danger of disappearing from the state. This includes all species listed as endangered or threatened by the federal government that occur in Indiana.
- State Special Concern: Any animal species requiring monitoring because of known/suspected limited abundance or distribution or because of a recent change in legal status or required habitat.
- Federal Endangered: Any species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
- Federal Threatened: Any species that is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Listings
Mammals
Endangered
Common Name | Scientific Name | Federal Status |
---|---|---|
Gray Myotis | Myotis grisescens | Endangered |
Little Brown Myotis | Myotis lucifugus | |
Northern Long-eared Myotis | Myotis septentrionalis | Threatened |
Indiana Myotis | Myotis sodalis | Endangered |
Tri-colored Bat | Perimyotis subflavus | |
Evening Bat | Nycticeius humeralis | |
Swamp Rabbit | Sylvilagus aquaticus | |
Franklin's Ground Squirrel | Poliocitellus franklinii | |
Allegheny Woodrat | Neotoma magister |
Special Concern
Common Name | Scientific Name | Federal Status |
---|---|---|
Smoky Shrew | Sorex fumeus | |
Pygmy Shrew | Sorex hoyi | |
Star-nosed Mole | Condylura cristata | |
Southeastern Myotis | Myotis austroriparius | |
Eastern Small-footed Myotis | Myotis leibii | |
Silver-haired Bat | Lasionycteris noctivagans | |
Eastern Red Bat | Lasiurus borealis | |
Hoary Bat | Lasiurus cinereus | |
Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat | Corynorhinus rafinesquii | |
Plains Pocket Gopher | Geomys bursarius | |
Black Bear | Ursus americanus | |
Least Weasel | Mustela nivalis | |
Badger | Taxidea taxus |
Birds
Endangered
Common Name | Scientific Name | Federal Status |
---|---|---|
Trumpeter Swan | Cygnus buccinator | |
Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus | |
King Rail | Rallus elegans | |
Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | |
Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis | Threatened |
Whooping Crane | Grus americana | Endangered |
Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | Endangered |
Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | |
Rufa Red Knot | Calidris canutus rufa | Threatened |
Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | |
Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | |
Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | |
Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | |
Sedge Wren | Cistothorus platensis | |
Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris | |
Henslow's Sparrow | Centronyx henslowii | |
Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | |
Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | |
Kirtland's Warbler | Setophaga kirtlandii | |
Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea |
Special Concern
Common Name | Scientific Name | Federal Status |
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Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus | |
Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | |
Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
Eastern Whip-poor-will | Antrostomus vociferus | |
Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | |
American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | |
Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | |
Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | |
American Woodcock | Scolopax minor | |
Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | |
Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | |
Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis | |
Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | |
Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | |
Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | |
Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorum | |
Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | |
Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina |
Reptiles
Endangered
Common Name | Scientific Name | Federal Status |
---|---|---|
Alligator Snapping Turtle | Macrochelys temminckii | |
Eastern Mud Turtle | Kinosternon subrubrum | |
Spotted Turtle | Clemmys guttata | |
Blanding's Turtle | Emydoidea blandingii | |
Ornate Box Turtle | Terrapene ornata | |
River Cooter | Pseudemys concinna | |
Butler's Gartersnake | Thamnophis butleri | |
Copper-bellied watersnake | Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta | Threatened * |
Kirtland's Snake | Clonophis kirtlandii | |
Smooth Greensnake | Opheodrys vernalis | |
Scarletsnake | Cemophora coccinea | |
Southeastern Crowned Snake | Tantilla coronata | |
Cottonmouth | Agkistrodon piscivorous | |
Eastern Massasauga | Sistrurus catenatus | Threatened |
Timber Rattlesnake | Crotalus horridus |
* Only the Distinct Population Segment of copper-bellied watersnake in northern Indiana is federally threatened.
Special Concern
Common Name | Scientific Name | Federal Status |
---|---|---|
Eastern Box Turtle | Terrapene carolina | |
False Map Turtle | Graptemys pseudogeographica | |
Plains Gartersnake | Thamnophis radix | |
Western Ribbonsnake | Thamnophis proximus | |
Rough Greensnake | Opheodrys aestivus | |
Red-bellied Mudsnake | Farancia abacura |
Amphibians
Endangered
Common Name | Scientific Name | Federal Status |
---|---|---|
Hellbender | Cryptobranchus alleganiensis | |
Mole Salamander | Ambystoma talpoideum | |
Red Salamander | Pseudotriton ruber | |
Green Salamander | Aneides aeneus | |
Crawfish Frog | Lithobates areolatus | |
Plains Leopard Frog | Lithobates blairi |
Special Concern
Common Name | Scientific Name | Federal Status |
---|---|---|
Mudpuppy | Necturus maculosus | |
Blue-spotted Salamander | Ambystoma laterale | |
Streamside Salamander | Ambystoma barbouri | |
Four-toed Salamander | Hemidactylium scutatum | |
Blanchard's Cricket Frog | Acris blanchardi | |
Boreal Chorus Frog | Pseudacris maculata |
Fishes
Endangered
Common Name | Scientific Name | Federal Status |
---|---|---|
Lake Sturgeon | Acipenser fulvescens | |
Redside Dace | Clinostomus elongatus | |
Pallid Shiner | Hybopsis amnis | |
Greater Redhorse | Moxostoma valenciennesi | |
Cisco | Coregonus artedi | |
Hoosier Cavefish | Amblyopsis hoosieri | |
Bantam Sunfish | Lepomis symmetricus | |
Western Sand Darter | Ammocrypta clara | |
Variegate Darter | Etheostoma variatum | |
Channel Darter | Percina copelandi | |
Gilt Darter | Percina evides |
Special Concern
Common Name | Scientific Name | Federal Status |
---|---|---|
Northern Brook Lamprey | Ichthyomyzon fossor | |
Alligator Gar | Atractosteus spatula | |
American Eel | Anguilla rostrata | |
Pugnose Shiner | Notropis anogenus | |
Bigmouth Shiner | Notropis dorsalis | |
Longnose Dace | Rhinichthys cataractae | |
Northern Madtom | Noturus stigmosus | |
Trout-perch | Percopsis omiscomaycus | |
Slimy Sculpin | Cottus cognatus | |
Spotted Darter | Etheostoma maculatum | |
Banded Pygmy Sunfish | Elassoma zonatum |
Mollusks
Endangered
Common Name | Scientific Name | Federal Status |
---|---|---|
Fanshell | Cyprogenia stegaria | Endangered |
White Catspaw | Epioblasma perobliqua | Endangered |
Northern Riffleshell | Epioblasma rangiana | Endangered |
Snuffbox | Epioblasma triquetra | Endangered |
Round Hickorynut | Obovaria subrotunda | Threatened* |
Sheepnose | Pletheobasus cyphyus | Endangered |
Clubshell | Pletheobasus clava | Endangered |
Rough Pigtoe | Pleurobema plenum | Endangered |
Fat Pocketbook | Potamilus capax | Endangered |
Rabbitsfoot | Theliderma cylindrica | Threatened |
Rayed Bean | Villosa fabalis | Endangered |
* Proposed as Threatened.
Special Concern
Common Name | Scientific Name | Federal Status |
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Slippershell Mussel | Alasmidonta viridis | |
Salamander Mussel | Simpsonaias ambigua | |
Elephantear | Elliptio crassidens | |
Spike | Eurynia dilatata | |
Wavyrayed Lampmussel | Lampsilis fasciola | |
Pocketbook | Lampsilis ovata | |
Black Sandshell | Legumia recta | |
Ohio Pigtoe | Pleurobema cordatum | |
Kidneyshell | Ptychobranchus fasciolaris | |
Ebonyshell | Reginaia ebenus | |
Purple Lilliput | Toxolasma lividum | |
Texas Lilliput | Toxolasma texasiense | |
Rainbow | Villosa iris | |
Little Spectaclecase | Villosa lienosa | |
Pointed Campeloma | Campeloma decisum | |
Swamp Lymnaea | Lymnaea stagnalis |