List of Species at Risk on PEI

Endangered

Mammals

• Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus)

• Northern Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis)

Birds

• Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus melodus)

• Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis)

Arthropods

• Gypsy Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus bohemicus)

Threatened

Birds

• Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)

• Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)*

• Leach’s Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)*

• Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)*

• Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)

• Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)

• Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

• Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)

• Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

Fishes

• American Eel (Anguilla rostrata)*

Arthropods

• Suckley’s Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus suckleyi)*

Lichens

• White-rimmed Shingle Lichen (Fuscopannaria leucosticta)*

• Wrinkled Shingle Lichen (Pannaria lurida)

Vascular Plants

• Gulf of St. Lawrence Aster (Symphyotrichum laurentianum)

• Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra)*

Special Concern

Birds

• Barrow’s Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)

• Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)

• Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

• Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens)

•Red Knot (Calidris canutus rufa)*

• Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)

• Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus)

Fishes

• Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)*

• Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis)*

Arthropods

• Monarch (Danaus plexippus)

• Yellow-banded Bumble Bee (Bombus terricola)

• Transverse Lady Beetle (Coccinella transversoguttata)

Lichens

•  Blue Felt Lichen (Degelia plumbea)

•  Frosted Glass-whiskers (Sclerophora peronella)

Vascular Plants

• Beach Pinweed (Lechea maritima)

Species Already Lost:

Extirpated

Mammals

• Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis)*

• Wolf (Canis lupus)*

• Atlantic Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus)

• American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)*

• American Marten (Martes americana)*

• Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)*

Birds

Extinct

• Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius)

*Recognized by COSEWIC but not SARA