This list was taken from Threatened and Endangered Wildlife, a State of Washington Annual Report from 2011. It includes all species considered as threatened, endangered, and sensitive within the boundaries of the Puget Sound Basin, as well as candidate species for the endangered species list within that region.
Custom Species Lists
This list includes species of the Puget Sound watershed classified as "species of concern" by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). Species were classified by the agency as threatened, endangered, sensitive, or candidate species. Species occurrence in the Puget Sound watershed was determined by cross referencing USGS distribution maps and WDFW range data.
Species of concern in the Puget Sound watershed
- Sitta carolinensis aculeata
- Pelecanus erythrorhynchos - (American White Pelican)
- Haliaeetus leucocephalus - (Bald Eagle)
- Sebastes melanops - (Black Rockfish)
- Picoides arcticus - (Black-backed Woodpecker)
- Sebastes paucispinis - (Bocaccio)
- Ursus arctos - (Brown Bear)
- Pelecanus occidentalis - (Brown Pelican)
- Sebastes auriculatus - (Brown Rockfish)
- Salvelinus confluentus - (Bull Trout)
- Sebastes pinniger - (Canary Rockfish)
- Rhyacotriton cascadae - (Cascade Torrent Salamander)
- Ptychoramphus aleuticus - (Cassin's Auklet)
- Sebastes nebulosus - (China Rockfish)
- Oncorhynchus tshawytscha - (Chinook Salmon)
- Oncorhynchus keta - (Chum Salmon)
- Aechmophorus clarkii - (Clark's Grebe)
- Rana luteiventris - (Columbia Spotted Frog)
- Gavia immer - (Common Loon)
- Uria aalge - (Common Murre)
- Contia tenuis - (Common Sharp-tailed Snake)
- Sebastes caurinus - (Copper Rockfish)
- Thaleichthys pacificus - (Eulachon)
- Balaenoptera physalus - (Fin Whale)
- Martes pennanti - (Fisher)
- Aquila chrysaetos - (Golden Eagle)
- Eschrichtius robustus - (Gray Whale)
- Canis lupus - (Gray Wolf)
- Sebastes elongatus - (Greenstriped Rockfish)
- Megaptera novaeangliae - (Humpback Whale)
- Euchloe ausonides insulanus - (Island Large Marble)
- Myotis keenii - (Keen's Myotis)
- Orcinus orca - (Killer Whale)
- Plethodon larselli - (Larch Mountain Salamander)
- Rhinichthys falcatus - (Leopard Dace)
- Melanerpes lewis - (Lewis Woodpecker)
- Lanius ludovicianus - (Loggerhead Shrike)
- Brachyramphus marmoratus - (Marbled Murrelet)
- Polites mardon - (Mardon Skipper)
- Cottus marginatus - (Margined Sculpin)
- Eubalaena japonica - (North Pacific Right Whale)
- Accipiter gentilis - (Northern Goshawk)
- Strix occidentalis caurina - (Northern Spotted Owl)
- Ostrea lurida - (Olympia Oyster)
- Marmota olympus - (Olympic Marmot)
- Novumbra hubbsi - (Olympic Mudminnow)
- Speyeria zerene hippolyta - (Oregon Silverspot)
- Rana pretiosa - (Oregon Spotted Frog)
- Pooecetes gramineus affinis - (Oregon Vesper Sparrow)
- Gadus macrocephalus - (Pacific Cod)
- Merluccius productus - (Pacific Hake)
- Clupea pallasii - (Pacific Herring)
- Falco peregrinus - (Peregrine Falcon)
- Dryocopus pileatus - (Pileated Woodpecker)
- Haliotis kamtschatkana - (Pinto Abalone)
- Progne subis - (Purple Martin)
- Prosopium coulterii - (Pygmy Whitefish)
- Sebastes maliger - (Quillback Rockfish)
- Oncorhynchus mykiss - (Rainbow Trout or Steelhead)
- Sebastes proriger - (Redstripe Rockfish)
- Histriophoca fasciata - (Ribbon Seal)
- Lampetra ayresii - (River Lamprey)
- Amphispiza belli - (Sage Sparrow)
- Oreoscoptes montanus - (Sage Thrasher)
- Grus canadensis - (Sandhill Crane)
- Enhydra lutris - (Sea Otter)
- Oncorhynchus nerka - (Sockeye Salmon)
- Strix occidentalis - (Spotted Owl)
- Eumetopias jubatus - (Steller Sea Lion)
- Eremophila alpestris strigata - (Streaked Horned Lark)
- Euphydryas editha taylori - (Taylor's Checkerspot)
- Sebastes nigrocinctus - (Tiger Rockfish)
- Corynorhinus townsendii - (Townsend's Big-eared Bat)
- Fratercula cirrhata - (Tufted Puffin)
- Rhinichthys umatilla - (Umatilla Dace)
- Bartramia longicauda - (Upland Sandpiper)
- Plethodon vandykei - (Van Dyke's Salamander)
- Chaetura vauxi - (Vaux's Swift)
- Theragra chalcogramma - (Walleye Pollock)
- Sciurus griseus - (Western Gray Squirrel)
- Aechmophorus occidentalis - (Western Grebe)
- Thomomys mazama - (Western Pocket Gopher)
- Actinemys marmorata - (Western Pond Turtle)
- Sitta carolinensis - (White-breasted Nuthatch)
- Picoides albolarvatus - (White-headed Woodpecker)
- Sebastes entomelas - (Widow Rockfish)
- Gulo gulo - (Wolverine)
- Coccyzus americanus - (Yellow-billed Cuckoo)
- Sebastes ruberrimus - (Yelloweye Rockfish)
- Sebastes flavidus - (Yellowtail Rockfish)