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

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
BIRDS
Leach's Storm-petrel (
Oceanodroma
							 leucorhoa)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Great Blue Heron
(Ardea
							 Herodias)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Greater Scaup (
Aythya
							 marila)
Special Concern
Northern Harrier
(Circus
							 cyaneus)
Special Concern
American Coot (breeding population only)
(Fulica americana)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Lesser Yellowlegs
(Tringa
							 flavipes)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
American Oystercatcher
							 (
Haematopus palliates)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Whimbrel (
Numenius
							 phaeopus)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Red Knot (
Calidris
							 canutus)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Red-necked Phalarope (
Phalaropus
							 lobatus)
Special Concern
Semipalmated Sandpiper (
Calidris
							 pusilla)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Purple Sandpiper (
Calidris
							 maritima)
Special Concern - RARE
Bonaparte's Gull (breeding population
							 only) (
Chroicocephalus Philadelphia)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Laughing Gull (
Larus
							 atricilla)
Special Concern
Common Murre (
Uria
							 aalge)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Eastern Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus
							 vociferus)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Chimney Swift (
Chaetura
							 pelagica)
Special Concern
Olive-sided Flycatcher (
Empidonax
							 minimus)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Eastern Kingbird (T
yrannus
							 tyrannus)
Special Concern
Eastern Wood-Pewee (
Contopus
							 virens)
Special Concern
Loggerhead Shrike (
Lanius
							 ludovicianus)
Special Concern
Horned Lark (breeding population only)
							 (
Eremophila alpestris)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Purple Martin (
Progne
							 subis)
Special Concern - RARE
Barn Swallow (
Hirundo
							 rustica)
Special Concern
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
							 (
Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Cliff Swallow (
Petrochelidon
							 pyrrhonota)
Special Concern - RARE
Bank Swallow (
Riparia
							 riparia)
Special Concern - RARE
Tree Swallow (
Tachycineta
							 bicolor)
Special Concern
Bicknell's Thrush (
Catharus
							 bicknelli)
Special Concern - RARE
Brown Thrasher (
Toxostoma
							 rufum)
Special Concern
Bay-breasted Warbler (
Setophaga
							 castariea)
Special Concern
Cape May Warbler (
Setophaga
							 tigrine)
Special Concern - RARE
Blackpoll Warbler (
Setaphaga
							 striata)
Special Concern - RARE
Common Nighthawk (
Chordeiles
							 minor)
Special Concern - RARE
Canada Warbler (
Wilsonia
							 canadensis)
Special Concern
Tennessee Warbler (
Vermivora
							 peregrina)
Special Concern
Fox Sparrow (breeding population only)
							 (
Passerella iliaca)
Special Concern
Nelson's Sparrow (
Ammodramus
							 nelson)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Saltmarsh Sparrow (
Ammodramus
							 caudacutus)
Special Concern - RARE
Vesper Sparrow (
Pooecetes
							 gramineus)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
American Kestrel (
Falco
							 sparverius)
Special Concern
Eastern Towhee (
Pipilo
							 erythrophthalmus)
Special Concern
Rusty Blackbird (
Euphagus
							 carolinus)
Special Concern - RARE
Eastern Meadowlark (
Sturnella
							 magna)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Evening Grosbeak (breeding population
							 only)
(
Coccothraustes vespertinus)
Special Concern
Field Sparrow (
Spizella
							 pusilla)
Special Concern
Bobolink (
Dolichonyx
							 oryzivorus)
Special Concern
American Three-toed Woodpecker
							 (
Picoides dorsalis)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
INVERTEBRATES
Mayflies
Brown's Comb Minnow Mayfly
							 (
Ameletus browni
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Bumble Bees
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (
Bombus
							 affinis
)
Special Concern - RARE
Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee (
Bombus
							 citrinus
)
Special Concern
Ashton's Cuckoo Bumble Bee
							 (
Bombus ashtoni
)
Special Concern - RARE
Yellow Bumble Bee (
Bombus
							 fervidus
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee
							 (
Bombus insularis
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Butterflies
Dusted Skipper (
Atrytonopsis
							 hianna
)
Special Concern - RARE
Early Hairstreak (
Erora
							 laeta
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Leonard's Skipper (
Hesperia
							 leonardus
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Cobweb Skipper (
Hesperia
							 metea
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Spicebush Swallowtail (
Papilio
							 troilus
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Northern Blue (
Plebejus idas
							 scudderi
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Crowberry Blue (
Plebejus idas
							 empetri
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Satyr Comma (
Polygonia
							 satyrus
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Coral Hairstreak (
Satyrium
							 titus
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Hoary Elfin (
Callophrys
							 polios
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Silvery Checkerspot (
Chlosyne
							 nycteis
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Short-tailed Swallowtail (
Papilio
							 brevicauda gaspeensis
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Monarch (
Danaus
							 plexippus
)
Special Concern
Moths
Barrens Itame (
Macaria
exonerata; f. Itame sp. 1 nr inextricata, Speranza
)
Special Concern - RARE
Bold-based Zale Moth (
Zale
							 lunifera; f. Z. sp. 1 nr. lunifera)
Special Concern - RARE
Eastern Buckmoth (
Hemileuca maia
							 maia
)
Special Concern - RARE
Broad Sallow Moth (
Xylotype
							 capax
)
Special Concern - RARE
Oblique Zale (
Zale
							 obliqua
)
Special Concern - RARE
Red-winged Sallow (
Xystopeplus
							 rufago
)
Special Concern - RARE
Similar Underwing (
Catocala
							 similis
)
Special Concern - RARE
Damselflies
New England Bluet (
Enallagma
							 laterale
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Citrine Forktail (
Ishnura
							 hastata
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Dusky Dancer (
Argia
							 translata
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Tule Bluet (
Enallagma
							 carunculatum
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Big Bluet (
Enallagma
							 durum
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Scarlet Bluet (
Enallagma
							 pictum
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Dragonflies
Canada Whiteface (
Leucorrhinia
							 patricia
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Southern Pygmy Clubtail (
Lanthus
							 vernalis
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Sedge Darner (
Aeshna
							 juncea
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Arrowhead Spiketail
							 (
Cordulegaster obliqua
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Swamp Darner (
Epiaeschna
							 heros
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Cobra Clubtail (
Gomphus
							 vastus
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Pygmy Snaketail (
Ophiogomphus
							 howei
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Common Sanddragon (
Progomphus
							 obscurus
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Spatterdock Darner (
Rhionaeschna
							 mutata
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Ringed Emerald (
Somatochlora
							 albicincta
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Quebec Emerald (
Somatochlora
							 brevicincta
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Arrow Clubtail (
Stylurus
							 spiniceps
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Tiger Beetles
White Mountain Tiger Beetle
							 (
Cicindela ancocisconensis
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Salt Marsh Tiger Beetle
							 (
Cicindela marginata
)
Special Concern - RARE
Snails
Bigmouth Pond Snail (
Stagnicola
							 mighelsi
)
Special Concern - RARE
Malleated Vertigo (
Vertigo
							 malleata
)
Special Concern - RARE
HERPETOFAUNA
Reptiles
Wood Turtle (
Glyptemys
							 insculpta
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Ribbon Snake (
Thamnophis
							 sauritus
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Amphibians
Northern Spring Salamander
							 (
Gyrinophilus porphryticus
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Northern Leopard Frog (
Lithobates
							 pipiens
)
Special Concern
INLAND FISH
Arctic Charr
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Bridle Shiner
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Creek Chubsucker
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Longnose Dace
Special Concern -
							 RARE
Lake Whitefish
Special Concern -
							 RARE
MAMMALS
Carnivores
Canada Lynx (
Lynx
							 canadensis
)
Special Concern
Bats
Big Brown Bat (
Eptesicus
							 fuscus
)
Special Concern
Red Bat (
Lasiurus
							 borealis
)
Special Concern
Hoary Bat (
Lasiurus
							 cinereus
)
Special Concern
Silver-haired Bat (
Lasionycteris
							 noctivigans
)
Special Concern
Tri-colored Bat (
Perimyotis
							 subflavus
)
Special Concern - RARE
Rodents
Penobscot Meadow Vole (
Microtus
							 pennsylvanicus shattucki
)
Special Concern -
							 RARE