Provincially-listed animal species confirmed present in the Discovery Islands area

The list below is being updated on an ongoing basis...

To see the Province's account of listed species that potentially occur on the Discovery Islands, click here.

 

Western Branded Skipper, Hesperia colorado ssp. oregonia

Provincial status: Red (S1)

Photographed August 2018 beside the wetland furthest east from Reed Lake on Hyacinthe Bay Creek (Lunabelle Loisseau).

 

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Northern Red-legged Frog, Rana aurora

Provincial status: Blue (S3)

Photographed July 2019 near Hummingbird Lake, Quadra Island (David Broadland).

Read more about the Red-Legged Frog.pdf

 

 

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Western Toad, Anaxyrus boreas

Provincial status: Yellow (S4)

Photographed October 2017 in an old-growth Douglas fir forest near Clear Lake, Quadra Island (Leslie Campbell).

Read more about the Western Toad.pdf

 

 

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Wandering Salamander, Aneides vagrans

Provincial status: Blue (S3)

Photographed June 2019 at the Darkwater Mountain old-growth reserve on Quadra Island (David Broadland).

Read more about the Wandering Salamander.pdf

 

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Pacific Sideband Snail, Monadenia fidelis

Provincial status: Yellow (S4)

Photographed May 2018 on a rocky ledge above Hyacinthe Bay, Quadra Island (David Broadland).

Read more about the Pacific Sideband Snail.pdf

 

 

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Northern Alligator Lizard, Elgaria coerulea

Provincial status: Yellow (S4)

Photographed July 2018 on a rocky bluff above Hyacinthe Bay, Quadra Island (David Broadland).

Read more about the Northern Alligator Lizard.pdf

 

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Orca, Orcinus orca

Provincial status: Red (S1 to S2)

Photographed March 2013 in Hyacinthe Bay, Quadra Island (David Broadland).

Read more about the Southern Resident Orca.pdf

Recovery Strategy for the Northern and Southern Resident Killer Whales in Canada 2018.pdf

 

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Double-Crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus

Provincial status: Blue (S3S4)

Photographed March 2019 at Cyrus Rocks off Quadra Island (David Broadland).

Read more about the Double-Crested Cormorant.pdf

 

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Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae

Provincial status: Blue (S3)

Photographed June 2019 off Quadra Island (David Broadland).

 

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Dun Skipper, Euphyes vestris

Provincial status: Red (S2)

Photographed July 9, 2019 in a marsh beside Walcan Road by Lunabelle Loiseau Tremblay.

Read more about the Dun Skipper.pdf

 

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Common Woodnymph, Cercyonis petals sip. incana

Provincial status: Red (S2)

Photographed July 17, 2019 in the Hyacinthe Bay Stewardship Area by David Broadland.

 

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Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias fannini

Provincial status: Blue (S2S3B,S4N)

Photographed in Hyacinthe Bay August, 2019.

Read more about the Great Blue Heron ssp fannini.pdf

 

 

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Barn Swallow, Rana aurora

Provincial status: Blue (S3)

Observed in Hyacinthe Bay July, 2019.

Read more about the Barn Swallow.pdf

 

 

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Purple Martin, Progne subis

Provincial status: Blue (S3)

Photographed at nesting boxes near Heriot Bay public wharf in August, 2019.

Read more about the Purple Martin.pdf

 

 

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Band-Tailed Pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata

Provincial status: Blue (S3S4)

Photographed in the Hyacinthe Bay Stewardship Area in August, 2019.

Read more about the Band-Tailed Pigeon.pdf

 

 

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Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus

This bird may have been Falco peregrinus pealei, whose Provincial status is: Blue (S3)

Photographed in the Hyacinthe Bay Stewardship Area in August, 2019.

Read more about the Peregrine Falcon.pdf

 

 

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Surf Scoter, Melanitta perspicillata

Provincial status is: Blue (S3B,S4N))

Photographed in the Hyacinthe Bay Stewardship Area in December, 2019.

 

 

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Northern Pygmy-owl, Glaucidium gnoma swarthi

Provincial status is: Blue (S3)

Photographed in the Hyacinthe Bay Stewardship Area in March, 2020.

Read more about the Northern Pygmy Owl.pdf

 

 

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Horned Grebe, Podiceps auritus

COSEWIC status is: Species of Concern

IUCN Red List

Photographed in the Hyacinthe Bay Stewardship Area in March, 2020.

Read more about the Horned Grebe.pdf

 

 

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