Species at Risk in Ontario (SARO) List

Note: updated May 14, 2013.

This list is a summary of Species at Risk in Ontario.

For the complete Species at Risk in Ontario List regulation (O. Reg. 230/08) please consult e-Laws.

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Image	Species Grouping	Common Name	Scientific Name	Status
Image	Species Grouping	Common Name	Scientific Name	Status
	Amphibians	Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander	Desmognathus ochrophaeus	endangered
	Amphibians	Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Northern Cricket Frog)	Acris crepitanis	extirpated
	Amphibians	Eastern Tiger Salamander	Ambystoma tigrinum	extirpated
	Amphibians	Fowler's Toad	Anaxyrus fowleri	endangered
	Amphibians	Jefferson Salamander	Ambystoma jeffersonianum	endangered
	Amphibians	Northern Dusky Salamander	Desmognathus fuscus	endangered
	Amphibians	Small-mouthed Salamander	Ambystoma texanum	endangered
	Amphibians	Spring Salamander	Gyrinophilus porphyriticus	extirpated
	Birds	Acadian Flycatcher	Empidonax virescens	endangered
	Birds	American White Pelican	Pelecanus erythrorhynchos	threatened
	Birds	Bald Eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	special concern
	Birds	Barn Owl	Tyto alba	endangered
	Birds	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	threatened
	Birds	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	special concern
	Birds	Bobolink	Dolichonyx oryzivorus	threatened
	Birds	Canada Warbler	Wilsonia Canadensis	special concern
	Birds	Cerulean Warbler	Dendroica cerulea	threatened
	Birds	Chimney Swift	Chaetura pelagica	threatened
	Birds	Common Nighthawk	Chordeiles minor	special concern
	Birds	Eastern Meadowlark	Sturnella magna	threatened
	Birds	Eastern Whip-poor-will	Caprimulgus vociferus	threatened
	Birds	Eskimo Curlew	Numenius borealis	extirpated
	Birds	Golden Eagle	Aquila chrysaetos	endangered
	Birds	Golden-winged Warbler	Vermivora chrysoptera	special concern
	Birds	Greater Prairie-Chicken	Tympanuchus cupido	extirpated
	Birds	Henslow’s Sparrow	Ammodramus henslowii	endangered
	Birds	Hooded Warbler	Wilsonia citrina	special concern
	Birds	Horned Grebe	Podiceps auritus	special concern
	Birds	King Rail	Rallus elegans	endangered
	Birds	Kirtland’s Warbler	Dendroica kirtlandii	endangered
	Birds	Least Bittern	Ixobrychus exilis	threatened
	Birds	Loggerhead Shrike	Lanius ludovicianus	endangered
	Birds	Louisiana Waterthrush	Seiurus motacilla	special concern
	Birds	Northern Bobwhite	Colinus virginianus	endangered
	Birds	Olive-sided Flycatcher	Contopus cooperi	special concern
	Birds	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	special concern
	Birds	Piping Plover	Charadrius melodus	endangered
	Birds	Prothonotary Warbler	Protonotaria citrea	endangered
	Birds	Red Knot rufa subspecies	Calidris canutus rufa	endangered
	Birds	Red-headed Woodpecker	Melanerpes erythrocephalus	special concern
	Birds	Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus	special concern
	Birds	Yellow Rail	Coturnicops noveboracensis	special concern
	Birds	Yellow-breasted Chat	Icteria virens	endangered
	Fish and Mussels	American Eel	Anguilla rostrata	endangered
	Fish and Mussels	Black Redhorse	Moxostoma duquesnei	threatened
	Fish and Mussels	Blackstripe Topminnow	Fundulus notatus	special concern
	Fish and Mussels	Bridle Shiner	Notropis bifrenatus	special concern
	Fish and Mussels	Channel Darter	Percina copelandi	threatened
	Fish and Mussels	Cutlip Minnow	Exoglossum maxillingua	threatened
	Fish and Mussels	Eastern Sand Darter	Ammocrypta pellucida	endangered
	Fish and Mussels	Grass Pickerel	Esox americanus vermiculatus	special concern
	Fish and Mussels	Gravel Chub	Erimystax x-punctata	extirpated
	Fish and Mussels	Lake Chubsucker	Erimyzon sucetta	threatened
	Fish and Mussels	Lake Sturgeon	Acipenser fulvescens	special concern (Southern Hudson Bay/James Bay population), threatened (Northwestern Ontario and Great Lakes-Upper St. Lawrence River populations)
	Fish and Mussels	Northern Brook Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon fossor	special concern
	Fish and Mussels	Northern Madtom	Noturus stigmosus	endangered
	Fish and Mussels	Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula	extirpated
	Fish and Mussels	Pugnose Minnow	Opsopoeodus emiliae	threatened
	Fish and Mussels	Pugnose Shiner	Notropis anogenus	endangered
	Fish and Mussels	Redside Dace	Clinostomus elongatus	endangered
	Fish and Mussels	River Redhorse	Moxostoma carinatum	special concern
	Fish and Mussels	Shortjaw Cisco	Coregonus zenithicus	threatened
	Fish and Mussels	Shortnose Cisco	Coregonus reighardi	endangered
	Fish and Mussels	Silver Chub	Macrhybopsis storeriana	special concern
	Fish and Mussels	Silver Lamprey	Ichthyomyzon unicuspis	Special Concern (Great Lakes — Upper St. Lawrence River Population)
	Fish and Mussels	Silver Shiner	Notropis photogenis	special concern
	Fish and Mussels	Spotted Gar	Lepisosteus oculatus	threatened
	Fish and Mussels	Spotted Sucker	Minytrema melanops	special concern
	Fish and Mussels	Upper Great Lakes Kiyi	Coregonus kiyi kiyi	special concern
	Fish and Mussels	Warmouth	Lepomis gulosus	special concern
	Insects	American Burying Beetle	Nicrophorus americanus	extirpated
	Insects	Aweme Borer Moth	Papaipema aweme	endangered
	Insects	Bogbean Buckmoth	Hemileuca sp.	endangered
	Insects	Eastern Persius Duskywing	Erynnis persius persius	extirpated
	Insects	Frosted Elfin	Callophrys irus	extirpated
	Insects	Hine's Emerald	Somatochlora hineana	endangered
	Insects	Hungerford's Crawling Water Beetle	Brychius hungerfordi	endangered
	Insects	Karner Blue	Lycaeides Melissa Samuelis	extirpated
	Insects	Laura’s Clubtail	Stylurus laurae	endangered
	Insects	Monarch	Danaus plexippus	special concern
	Insects	Northern Barrens Tiger Beetle	Cicindela patruela	endangered
	Insects	Pygmy Snaketail	Ophiogomphus howei	endangered
	Insects	Rapids Clubtail	Gomphus quadricolor	endangered
	Insects	Rusty-patched Bumble Bee	Bombus affinis	endangered
	Insects	West Virginia White	Pieris virginiensis	special concern
	Plants and Lichens	Flooded Jellyskin	Leptogium rivulare	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Pale-bellied Frost Lichen	Physconia subpallida	endangered
	Snakes and Lizards	Common Five-lined Skink	Plestiodon fasciatus	endangered (Carolinian population), special concern (Great Lakes/St. Lawrence population)
	Mammals	American Badger	Taxidea taxus	endangered
	Mammals	Beluga	Delphinapterus leucas	special concern
	Mammals	Eastern Mole	Scalopus aquaticus	special concern
	Mammals	Eastern Wolf	Canis lupus lycaon	special concern
	Mammals	Grey Fox	Urocyon cinereoargenteus	threatened
	Mammals	Little Brown Bat	Myotis lucifugus	endangered
	Mammals	Mountain Lion (Cougar)	Puma concolor	endangered
	Mammals	Northern Long-eared Bat	Myotis septentrionalis	endangered
	Mammals	Polar Bear	Ursus maritimus	threatened
	Mammals	Wolverine	Gulo gulo	threatened
	Mammals	Woodland Caribou (Forest-dwelling boreal population)	Rangifer tarandus caribou	threatened
	Mammals	Woodland Vole	Microtus pinetorum	special concern
	Fish and Mussels	Eastern Pondmussel	Ligumia nasuta	endangered
	Fish and Mussels	Fawnsfoot	Truncilla donaciformis	endangered
	Fish and Mussels	Kidneyshell	Ptychobranchus fasciolaris	endangered
	Fish and Mussels	Mapleleaf Mussel	Quadrula quadrula	threatened
	Fish and Mussels	Salamander Mussel	Simpsonaias ambigua	endangered
	Fish and Mussels	Northern Riffleshell	Epioblasma torulosa rangiana	endangered
	Fish and Mussels	Rainbow Mussel	Villosa iris	threatened
	Fish and Mussels	Rayed Bean	Villosa fabalis	endangered
	Fish and Mussels	Round Hickorynut	Obovaria subrotunda	endangered
	Fish and Mussels	Round Pigtoe	Pleurobema sintoxia	endangered
	Fish and Mussels	Wavy-rayed Lampmussel	Lampsilis fasciola	threatened
	Fish and Mussels	Hickorynut	Obovaria olivaria	endangered
	Fish and Mussels	Snuffbox	Epioblasma triquetra	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	American Chestnut	Castanea dentata	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	American Columbo	Frasera caroliniensis	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	American Ginseng	Panax quinquefolius	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	American Water-willow	Justicia americana	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Bent spike-rush	Eleocharis geniculata	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Bird's-foot Violet	Viola pedata	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Blue Ash	Fraxinus quadrangulata	special concern
	Plants and Lichens	Bluehearts	Buchnera americana	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Blunt-lobed Woodsia	Woodsia obtusa	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Branched Bartonia	Bartonia paniculata	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Broad Beech Fern	Phegopteris hexagonoptera	special concern
	Plants and Lichens	Butternut	Juglans cinerea	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Cherry Birch	Betula lenta	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Climbing Prairie Rose	Rosa setigera	special concern
	Plants and Lichens	Colicroot	Aletris farinosa	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Common Hoptree	Ptelea trifoliata	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Crooked-stem Aster	Symphyotrichum prenanthoides	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Cucumber Tree	Magnolia acuminata	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Deerberry	Vaccinium stamineum	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Dense Blazing Star	Liatris spicata	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Drooping Trillium	Trillium flexipes	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Dwarf Hackberry	Celtis tenuifolia	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Dwarf Lake Iris	Iris lacustris	special concern
	Plants and Lichens	Eastern Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Eastern Prairie Fringed-orchid	Platanthera leucophaea	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus	Opuntia humifusa	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Engelmann's Quillwort	Isoetes engelmannii	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	False Hop Sedge	Carex lupuliformis	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	False Rue-anemone	Enemion biternatum	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Few-flowered Club-rush	Trichophorum planifolium	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Forked Three-awned Grass	Aristida basiramea	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Four-leaved Milkweed	Asclepias quadrifolia	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Gattinger's Agalinis	Agalinis gattingeri	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Goldenseal	Hydrastis canadensis	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Green Dragon	Arisaema dracontium	special concern
	Plants and Lichens	American Hart's-tongue Fern	Asplenium scolopendrium	special concern
	Plants and Lichens	Heart-leaved Plantain	Plantago cordata	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Hill's Pondweed	Potamogeton hillii	special concern
	Plants and Lichens	Hill's Thistle	Cirsium hillii	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Hoary Mountain-mint	Pycnanthemum incanum	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Horsetail Spike-rush	Eleocharis equisetoides	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Houghton's Goldenrod	Solidago houghtonii	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Illinois Tick-trefoil	Desmodium illinoense	extirpated
	Plants and Lichens	Incurved Grizzled Moss	Ptychomitrium incurvum	extirpated
	Plants and Lichens	Juniper Sedge	Carex juniperorum	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Kentucky Coffee-tree	Gymnocladus dioicus	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Lakeside Daisy	Tetraneuris herbacea	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Large Whorled Pogonia	Isotria verticillata	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Nodding Pogonia	Triphora trianthophora	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Ogden's Pondweed	Potamogeton ogdenii	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Pink Milkwort	Polygala incarnata	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Pitcher's Thistle	Cirsium pitcheri	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Purple Twayblade	Liparis liliifolia	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Pygmy Pocket Moss	Fissidens exilis	special concern
	Plants and Lichens	Red Mulberry	Morus rubra	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Riddell's Goldenrod	Solidago riddellii	special concern
	Plants and Lichens	Round-leaved Greenbrier	Smilax rotundifolia	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Scarlet Ammannia	Ammannia robusta	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Showy Goldenrod	Solidago speciosa	threatened (Boreal population), endangered (Great Lakes Plains population)
	Plants and Lichens	Shumard Oak	Quercus shumardii	special concern
	Plants and Lichens	Skinner's Agalinis	Agalinis skinneriana	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Slender Bush-clover	Lespedeza virginica	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Small White Lady's-slipper	Cypripedium candidum	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Small Whorled Pogonia	Isotria medeoloides	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Small-flowered Lipocarpha	Lipocarpha micrantha	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Spoon-leaved Moss	Bryoandersonia illecebra	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Spotted Wintergreen	Chimaphila maculata	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Spring Blue-eyed Mary	Collinsia verna	extirpated
	Plants and Lichens	Swamp Rose-mallow	Hibiscus moscheutos	special concern
	Plants and Lichens	Toothcup	Rotala ramosior	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Tuberous Indian-plantain	Arnoglossum plantagineum	special concern
	Plants and Lichens	Virginia Goat's-rue	Tephrosia virginiana	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Virginia Mallow	Sida hermaphrodita	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	Western Silvery Aster	Symphyotrichum sericeum	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	White Prairie Gentian	Gentiana alba	endangered
	Plants and Lichens	White Wood Aster	Eurybia divaricata	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Wild Hyacinth	Camassia scilloides	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Willowleaf Aster	Symphyotrichum praealtum	threatened
	Plants and Lichens	Wood-poppy	Stylophorum diphyllum	endangered
	Snakes and Lizards	Blue Racer	Coluber constrictor foxii	endangered
	Snakes and Lizards	Butler's Gartersnake	Thamnophis butleri	endangered
	Snakes and Lizards	Eastern Foxsnake	Pantherophis gloydi	endangered (Carolinian population), threatened (Georgian Bay population)
	Snakes and Lizards	Eastern Hog-nosed Snake	Heterodon platirhinos	threatened
	Snakes and Lizards	Eastern Ribbonsnake	Thamnophis sauritus	special concern
	Snakes and Lizards	Gray Ratsnake	Pantherophis spiloides	endangered (Carolinian population), threatened (Frontenac Axis population)
	Snakes and Lizards	Lake Erie Watersnake	Nerodia sipedon insularum	endangered
	Snakes and Lizards	Massasauga Rattlesnake	Sistrurus catenatus	threatened
	Snakes and Lizards	Milksnake	Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum	special concern
	Snakes and Lizards	Queensnake	Regina septemvittata	threatened
	Snakes and Lizards	Timber Ratlesnake	Crotalus horridus	extirpated
	Turtles	Blanding's Turtle	Emydoidea blandingii	threatened
	Turtles	Eastern Musk Turtle (Stinkpot)	Sternotherus odoratus	threatened
	Turtles	Northern Map Turtle	Graptemys geographica	special concern
	Turtles	Snapping Turtle	Chelydra serpentina	special concern
	Turtles	Spiny Softshell	Apalone spinifera spinifera	threatened
	Turtles	Spotted Turtle	Clemmys guttata	endangered
	Turtles	Wood Turtle	Glyptemys insculpta	endangered

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