Species at Risk

To help us understand the stability of Alberta’s wild species and the level of monitoring and protection they may need, each species in Alberta is assigned a status. Secure, May Be at Risk, At Risk, Sensitive, and Undetermined are the species statuses in Alberta.

To receive a status, species go through a dynamic cycle of assessments and status designation. Species re-enter the cycle for assessment when new information becomes available. The cycle forms the basis for management actions to prevent wild species from becoming at risk or to recover populations that are at risk (Government of Alberta, 2024).

In the LICA Region, there are 6 At Risk, 12 May be At Risk, 50 Sensitive, and 12 Undetermined Species.

Birds

1. American Bittern: Sensitive
2. American Kestrel: Sensitive
3. American White Pelican: Sensitive
4. Bald Eagle: Sensitive
5. Bank Swallow: Sensitive
6. Barred Owl: Sensitive
7. Bay-breasted Warbler: Sensitive
8. Black Tern: Sensitive
9. Black-backed Woodpecker: Sensitive
10. Black-throated Green Warbler: Sensitive
11. Broad-winged Hawk: Sensitive
12. Brown Creeper: Sensitive
13. Cape May Warbler: Sensitive
14. Caspian Tern: Sensitive (During migration)
15. Common Nighthawk: Sensitive
16. Common Yellowthroat: Sensitive
17. Eared Grebe: Sensitive
18. Eastern Kingbird: Sensitive
19. Eastern Phoebe: Sensitive
20. Golden Eagle: Sensitive

21. Gray-cheeked Thrush: Undetermined
22. Great Blue Heron: Sensitive
23. Great Gray Owl: Sensitive
24. Great-crested Flycatcher: Sensitive
25. Horned Grebe: Sensitive
26. Northern Goshawk: Sensitive
27. Northern Pygmy Owl: Sensitive
28. Pied-billed Grebe: Sensitive
29. Pileated Woodpecker: Sensitive
30. Purple Martin: Sensitive
31. Rusty Blackbird: Sensitive
32. Sandhill Crane: Sensitive
33. Sharp-tailed Grouse: Sensitive
34. Short-billed Dowitcher: Undetermined
35. Sora: Sensitive
36. Sprague’s Pipit: Sensitive
37. Trumpeter Swan: Sensitive
38. Virginia Rail: Undetermined
39. Western Tanager: Sensitive
40. White-winged Scoter: Sensitive
41. Yellow Rail: Undetermined
42. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher: Undetermined

Mammals

1. American Badger: Sensitive
2. Bobcat: Sensitive
3. Canada Lynx: Sensitive
4. Fisher: Sensitive
5. Franklin’s Ground Squirrel: Undetermined
6. Hoary Bat: Sensitive
7. Red Bat: Sensitive
8. Silver-Haired Bat: Sensitive

Fish

1. Finescale Dace: Undetermined
2. Lake Trout: Sensitive
3. Logperch: Undermined
4. Ninespine Stickleback: Undetermined
5. Northern Redbelly Dace: Sensitive
6. Pearl Dace: Undetermined
7. Quillback: Undetermined
8. Sauger: Sensitive