Species at Risk

Galleries featuring some of the vulnerable species known to Galiano Island, BC, as documented by community members

Lindley's False Silverpuffs (Uroppapus lindleyi) – Endangered (SARA 2010) — Lindley's False Silverpuffs (Uroppapus lindleyi)
Endangered (SARA 2010) – photo credit Andrew Simon

Dense-flower Spike-primrose (Epilobium densiflorum) – Endangered (SARA 2006) — Dense-flower Spike-primrose (Epilobium densiflorum)
Endangered (SARA 2005) – photo credit Andrew Simon

Columbian watermeal (Wolffia columbiana) – Blue-Listed — Columbian watermeal (Wolffia columbiana)
Blue-Listed S3 (2017) – photo credit Ayla Malcolm

Gray's Desert Parsley (Lomatium grayi) – Threatened (SARA 2011) — Gray's Desert Parsley (Lomatium grayi)
Threatened (SARA 2011) – photo credit Andrew Simon

Bird's-foot Wing-moss (Nogopterium gracile) – Red-Listed S2 (2015) — Bird's-foot Wing-moss (Nogopterium gracile)
Red-Listed S2 (2015) – photo credit Andrew Simon

Sand Fringepod (Thysanocarpus curvipes) – Blue-Listed S3 (2015) — Sand Fringepod (Thysanocarpus curvipes)
Blue-Listed S3 (2015) – photo credit Andrew Simon

Watch your step! This is the only place in Canada that this critically imperilled moss is known! — Coastal Triquetrella (Triquetrella californica)
G1 Critically Imperiled – photo credit Andrew Simon

Ozette's Coral-root Orchid (Corallorhiza maculata var. ozettensis) – Red-Listed S2 (2017) — Ozette's Coral-root Orchid (Corallorhiza maculata var. ozettensis)
Red-Listed S2 (2017) – photo credit Andrew Simon

Twisted Oak Moss (Syntrichia laevipila) – Blue-Listed S3 (2015) — Twisted Oak Moss (Syntrichia laevipila)
Blue-Listed S3 (2015) – photo credit Andrew Simon

Slimleaf Onion (Allium amplectens) – Blue-Listed S3 (2015) — Slimleaf Onion (Allium amplectens)
Blue-Listed S3 (2015) – photo credit Sarah Tweedale

Texas Balloon-wort (Sphaerocarpos texanus) – Red-Listed S2 (2005) — Texas Balloon-wort (Sphaerocarpos texanus)
Red-Listed S2 (2005) – photo credit Ryan Batten

Scalepod (Idahoa scapigera – Blue-listed (S2S3 2015) — Scalepod (Idahoa scapigera
Blue-listed (S2S3 2015) – photo credit Ryan Batten

Funaria muhlenbergii – Blue-listed (S3? 2011) — Funaria muhlenbergii
Blue-listed (S3? 2011) – photo credit Ryan Batten

White Meconella (Meconella oregana) – Endangered (SARA 2006) — White Meconella (Meconella oregana)
Endangered (SARA 2006) – photo credit Ryan Batten

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The Batwing Vinyl Lichen (Leptogium platynum) –
Endangered (SARA) — The Batwing Vinyl Lichen (Leptogium platynum)
Endangered (SARA) – photo credit Andrew Simon

The Peacock Vinyl Lichen (Leptogium polycarpum) – Species of Special Concern (COSEWIC 2011) — The Peacock Vinyl Lichen (Leptogium polycarpum)
Species of Special Concern (COSEWIC 2011) – photo credit Lauren Magner

Starfish Vinyl (Leptogium plicatile) – Blue-Listed S3?(2010) — Starfish Vinyl (Leptogium plicatile)
Blue-Listed S3?(2010) – photo credit Ryan Batten

The Blue-shift Speckleback (Punctelia stictica) – Blue-Listed S2S3 (2010) — The Blue-shift Speckleback (Punctelia stictica)
Blue-Listed S2S3 (2010) – photo credit Andrew Simon

The Pitted Beard (Usnea cavernosa) – Blue-Listed S2S3 (2010) — The Pitted Beard (Usnea cavernosa)
Blue-Listed S2S3 (2010) – photo credit Andrew Simon

Exploding Beard (Usnea intermedia) – Red-Listed S1S2 (2010) — Exploding Beard (Usnea intermedia)
Red-Listed S1S2 (2010) – photo credit Andrew Simon

Thin-lipped Sunburst (Xanthomendoza oregana) – Red-Listed S1S2 (2010) — Thin-lipped Sunburst (Xanthomendoza oregana)
Red-Listed S1S2 (2010) – photo credit Andrew Simon

Spotted Beard (Usnea glabrescens) – Blue-Listed S3 (2010) — Spotted Beard (Usnea glabrescens)
Blue-Listed S3 (2010) – photo credit Andrew Simon

The Lustrous Beard (Usnea glabrata) – Blue-Listed S3 (2010) — The Lustrous Beard (Usnea glabrata)
Blue-Listed S3 (2010) – photo credit Andrew Simon

Speckled Mantle (Flavopunctelia flaventior) – Red-Listed S1S2 (2010) — Speckled Mantle (Flavopunctelia flaventior)
Red-Listed S1S2 (2010) – photo credit Andrew Simon

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Evening grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) – Species of Special Concern (SARA 2016) — Coccothraustes vespertinus
Species of Special Concern (SARA 2016) - photo credit Sarah Tweedale

Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata) – Blue-Listed S3S4B (2015) — Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)
Blue-Listed S3S4B (2015) – photo credit Michael Hoebel

Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus) – Blue-Listed — Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus)
Blue-Listed – photo credit Ayla Malcolm

Peregrine (Falco peregrinus) – Red-Listed S2?B (2010) ssp. anatum; Blue-Listed S3B (2010) ssp. pealei — Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Red-Listed S2?B (2010) ssp. anatum; Blue-Listed S3B (2010) ssp. pealei – photo credit Michael Hoebel

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) – Blue-Listed S3S4B (2015) — Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Blue-Listed S3S4B (2015) – photo credit Andrew Simon

Barn Owl (Tyto alba) – Red-Listed S2? (2015) — Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Red-Listed S2? (2015) – photo credit Sarah Tweedale

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) – Blue-Listed S3S4B (2015) — Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Blue-Listed S3S4B (2015) – photo credit Kathleen Buckley

Pacific Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias fannini) – Blue-Listed S2S3B,S4N (2009) — Pacific Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias fannini)
Blue-Listed S2S3B,S4N (2009) – photo credit Karolle Wall

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooper) – Blue-Listed S3S4B (2015) — Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooper)
Blue-Listed S3S4B (2015) – photo credit Michael Hoebel

Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) – Blue-Listed S3B,S3N (2015) — Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
Blue-Listed S3B,S3N (2015) – photo credit Andrew Simon

Purple Martin (Progne subis) – Blue-Listed S3B (2015) — Purple Martin (Progne subis)
Blue-Listed S3B (2015) – photo credit Mike

Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) – Blue-Listed S3B,S4N (2015) — Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
Blue-Listed S3B,S4N (2015) – photo credit Kathleen Buckley

Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) – Red-Listed S1B,S4N (2015) — Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus)
Red-Listed S1B,S4N (2015) – photo credit Michael Hoebel

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Orca (Orcinus orca) southern resident population – Red-Listed S1 (2011) — Orca (Orcinus orca) southern resident population
Red-Listed S1 (2011) – photo credit Kris Krüg

Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) – Blue-Listed S3S4 N3 — Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii)
Blue-Listed S3S4 N3 – photo credit Michael Keefer

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Propertius Duskywing (Erynnis propertius) – Red-Listed S2 (2013) — Propertius Duskywing (Erynnis propertius)
Red-Listed S2 (2013) photo credit Scott Gilmore

Rosy Aemilia (Lophocampa roseata) – N1 critically imperiled in Canada — Rosy Aemilia (Lophocampa roseata)
N1 Critically Imperilled in Canada – photo credit Sarah Tweedale

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Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora) – Blue-Listed S3 (2016) — Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora)
Blue-Listed S3 (2016) – photo credit Christopher King

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