The NBHCP Species
Get an inside look at our protected species and learn why they are listed as endangered or threatened.
Covered Wildlife
Listed, Candidate, and Other Species
Aleutian cackling goose
Branta hutchinsii leucopareia
Bank swallow
Riparia riparia
Burrowing owl
Athene cunicularia
California tiger salamander
Ambystoma californiense
Giant garter snake
Thamnophis gigas
Loggerhead shrike
Lanius ludovicianus
Midvalley fairy shrimp
Branchinecta mesovallensis
Northwestern pond turtle
Actinemys marmorata
Swainson’s hawk
Buteo swainsoni
Tricolored blackbird
Agelaius tricolor
Valley elderberry longhorn beetle
Desmocerus californicus dimorphus
Vernal pool fairy shrimp
Branchinecta lynchi
Vernal pool tadpole shrimp
Lepidurus packardi
Western spadefoot
Spea hammondii
White-faced ibis
Plegadis chihi
Covered Plants
Listed, Candidate, and Other Species
Boggs lake hedge-hyssop
Gratiola heterosepala
Colusa grass
Neostapfia colusana
Delta tule pea
Lathyrus jepsonii var. jepsonii
Legenere
Legenere limosa
Sacramento orcutt grass
Orcuttia viscida
Slender orcutt grass
Orcuttia tenuis
Valley arrowhead
Sagittaria sanfordii
HCP “Covered Species” Catalog
Available
The Conservancy, acting as Plan Operator for the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan (NBHCP), and the Metro Air Park Habitat Conservation Plan (MAPHCP), is charged with the conservation and protection of the 22 species “covered” by both Habitat Conservation Plans and Incidental Take Permits.
These Covered Species are catalogued in a publication produced by the Conservancy. The Covered Species catalog is available at no cost as a free download. It is useful as an educational tool for field personnel, consultants, visitors, researchers and others with a general interest in the NBHCP and MAPHCP.