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Chapters 1 - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Chapter 4 <br />

Presented in Table 4-12 are plant <strong>and</strong> animal species, identified as Special Status Species by the<br />

State of California, which have been observed on the Refuge in the past or have the potential to<br />

occur on the Refuge based on their habitat needs <strong>and</strong> historic distribution.<br />

Table 4-12<br />

California Special Status Species Observed or with the Potential to Occur on the<br />

Seal Beach NWR<br />

Scientific Name Common Name<br />

INSECTS<br />

Cicindela gabbii western tidal-flat tiger beetle<br />

Cicindela senilis frosti Senile tiger beetle<br />

Panoquina errans w<strong>and</strong>ering skipper<br />

REPTILES<br />

Anniella pulchra pulchra silvery legless lizard<br />

Aspidoscelis hyperythra orange-throated whiptail<br />

Chelonia mydas eastern Pacific green sea turtle<br />

Phrynosoma coronatum blainvillii coast (San Diego) horned lizard<br />

BIRDS<br />

Agelaius tricolor tricolored blackbird<br />

Asio flammeus short-eared owl<br />

Athene cunicularia burrowing owl<br />

Aythya americana redhead<br />

Branta bernicla black brant<br />

Circus cyaneus northern harrier<br />

Cistothorus palustris clarkae Clark’s marsh wren<br />

Charadrius montanus mountain plover<br />

Chlidonias niger black tern<br />

Dendroica petechia yellow warbler<br />

Lanius ludovicianus loggerhead shrike<br />

Passerculus s<strong>and</strong>wichensis rostratus large-billed savannah sparrow<br />

Pelecanus erythrorynchos American white pelican<br />

Rynchops niger black skimmer<br />

Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus yellow-headed blackbird<br />

PLANTS<br />

Atriplex coulteri Coulter’s saltbush<br />

Atriplex serenana var. davidsonii Davidson’s saltscale<br />

Cal<strong>and</strong>rinia maritima seaside cal<strong>and</strong>rinia<br />

Camissonia lewisii Lewis’ evening primrose<br />

Centromadia parryi australis southern tarplant<br />

Lasthenia glabrata coulteri Coulter’s goldfields<br />

Suaeda esteroa estuary seablite<br />

The large-billed savannah sparrow (Passerculus s<strong>and</strong>wichensis rostratus), a California Species of<br />

Special Concern (Shuford <strong>and</strong> Gardali 2008), also occurs on the Refuge during the winter. This<br />

subspecies is typically found in the same areas occupied by the Refuge’s Belding’s savannah<br />

4-74 Seal Beach National <strong>Wildlife</strong> Refuge

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