At-risk Species

Washington Gap Analysis Project selected species considered to be most at risk of continued or future population declines due to human activities.This at-risk group includes species (1) poorly adapted to development, agriculture, and logging, (2) declining for reasons other than habitat loss (e.g. over-trapping, competition by non-native species), (3) with poorly known habitat requirements, especially if the species have limited distribution in the state.

Amphibians (12 total)

Cascades frog

Cascades torrent salamander

Columbia spotted frog

Columbia torrent salamander

Cope's giant salamander

Dunn's salamander

Larch mountain salamander

Northern leopard frog

Olympic torrent salamander

Oregon spotted frog

Tailed frog

Van Dyke's salamander

Reptiles (7 total)

California mountain kingsnake

Night snake

Sagebrush lizard

Short-horned lizard

Side-blotched lizard

Striped whipsnake

Western pond turtle

Mammals (24 total)

Badger

Bighorn sheep

Black-tailed jack rabbit

Fisher

Gray wolf

Grizzly bear

Keen's myotis

Least chipmunk

Lynx

Marten

Mazama pocket gopher

(also known as Western pocket gopher)

Merriam's shrew

Mountain caribou

Northern grasshopper mouse

Pygmy rabbit

Pygmy shrew

Sagebrush vole

Silver-haired bat

Townsend's big-eared bat

Townsend's ground squirrel

Washington ground squirrel

Western gray squirrel

White-tailed jack rabbit

Wolverine

Birds (36 total)

American bittern

Black tern

Brewer's sparrow

Burrowing owl

Canvasback

Caspian tern

Chipping sparrow

Clark's grebe

Common loon

Cooper's hawk

Ferruginous hawk

Flammulated owl

Gray catbird

Great gray owl

Harlequin duck

Lewis' woodpecker

Loggerhead shrike

Long-billed curlew

Marbled murrelet

Peregrine falcon

Pileated woodpecker

Prairie falcon

Purple martin

Sage grouse

Sage sparrow

Sage thrasher

Sandhill crane

Sharp-tailed grouse

Short-eared owl

Snowy plover

Spotted owl

Western bluebird

Western grebe

White-headed woodpecker

Yellow-breasted chat

Yellow warbler