Species

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Click on the icons above to see the species currently featured in the Biodiversity Atlas by taxonomic group. You may also view common native species, threatened species, and non-native species by visiting their respective pages.

Birds

Common Name	Scientific Name
Bald eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus
California condor	Gymnogyps californianus
California least tern	Sterna antillarum browni
California spotted owl	Strix occidentalis ssp. occidentalis
Coastal California gnatcatcher	Polioptila californica californica
Least Bell’s vireo	Vireo bellii pusillus
Red-crowned parrot	Amazona viridigenalis
San Clemente loggerhead shrike	Lanius ludovicianus mearnsi
Yellow-chevroned parakeet	Brotogeris chiriri
Yellow-headed parrot	Amazona oratrix
Western snowy plover	Charadrius nivosus nivosus

Fishes

Common Name	Scientific Name
Barred sand bass	Paralabrax nebulifer
Cabezon	Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
California sheephead	Bodianus pulcher
Kelp bass	Paralabrax clathratus
Lingcod	Ophiodon elongatus
Rockfish	Sebastes spp.
Santa Ana sucker	Catostomus santaanae
Steelhead	Oncorhynchus mykiss
Tidewater goby	Eucyclogobius newberryi
Unarmored threespine stickleback	Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni

Invertebrates

Common Name	Scientific Name
Black abalone	Haliotis cracherodii
California spiny lobster	Panulirus interruptus
El Segundo blue butterfly	Euphilotes battoides allyni
Giant keyhole limpet	Megathura crenulata
Green abalone	Haliotis fulgens
Invasive shot-hole borer	Euwallacea nr. fornicatus
Kellet’s whelk	Kelletia kelletii
Palos Verdes blue butterfly	Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis
Pink abalone	Haliotis corrugata
Red sea urchin	Mesocentrotus franciscanus
Vernal pool fairy shrimp	Branchinecta lynchi
White abalone	Haliotis sorenseni

Mammals

Common Name	Scientific Name
Black bear	Ursus americanus
Blue whale	Balaenoptera musculus
California ground squirrel	Otospermophilus beecheyi
Coyote	Canis latrans
Desert bighorn sheep	Ovis canadensis nelsoni
Dusky-footed woodrat	Neotoma fuscipes
Eastern fox squirrel	Sciurus niger
Fin whale	Balaenoptera physalus
Humpback whale	Megaptera novaeangliae
Mojave ground squirrel	Xerospermophilus mohavensis
Mountain lion	Puma concolor
North Pacific right whale	Eubalaena japonica
Santa Catalina Island fox	Urocyon littoralis catalinae
Sei whale	Balaenoptera borealis
Sperm whale	Physeter macrocephalus

Plants

Common Name	Scientific Name
Bigcone Douglas-fir	Pseudotsuga macrocarpa
Black mustard	Brassica nigra
Braunton’s milk-vetch	Astragalus brauntonii
California black walnut	Juglans californica
California fan palm	Washingtonia filifera
California poppy	Eschscholzia californica
Engelmann oak	Quercus engelmannii
Fountain grass	Pennisetum setaceum
Giant reed	Arundo donax
Joshua tree	Yucca brevifolia
Kelp forest species	Multiple species
Lyon’s pentachaeta	Pentachaeta lyonii
Marcescent dudleya	Dudleya cymosa ssp. marcescens
Nevin’s barberry	Berberis nevinii
Thread-leaved brodiaea	Brodiaea filifolia
Valley oak	Quercus lobata

Reptiles and Amphibians

Common Name	Scientific Name
American bullfrog	Lithobates catesbeianus
Arroyo toad	Anaxyrus californicus
California red-legged frog	Rana draytonii
Desert tortoise	Gopherus agassizii
Green sea turtle	Chelonia mydas
Pacific leatherback sea turtle	Dermochelys coriacea
Southern mountain yellow-legged frog	Rana muscosa
Western rattlesnake	Crotalus oreganus