It is the policy of The Habitat Trust for Wildlife to compile a list of species that are known and/or expected to occur within the Nature Sanctuaries. This species list may be derived from surveys past or present, published or unpublished and may be updated as additional species information is made available. The Board of Directors may hire a qualified botanist and/or biologist on occasions when funding for such specified activities are available and/or needed.
The following is a partial list of rare animal species that have been confirmed or have moderate to high occurrence of probability in the area:
Fish
- Arroyo chub (Gila orcutti) CSC
- Santa Ana speckled dace (Rhinichthys oscultus ssp.3) FSC/CSC
- Santa Ana sucker (Catostomus santaanae) FPT
Amphibians
- Arroyo southwestern toad (Bufo microscaphus californicus) FE/CSC/SP
- Coast range newt (Taricha torosa torosa) CSC
- California Legless lizard (Aniella pulchra) CSC
- California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii) FT/CSC/SP
- Mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) FPE/CSC/SP
- Western spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus hammondii) FSC/CSC/SP
- Western skink
- Yellow-blotched salamander (Ensatina eschscholtziicroceator) CSC
Reptiles
- Coast Patch-nosed snake (Salvadora hexalepis virgultea) FSC/CSC
- Coastal Rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata rosafusca) FSC/CSC
- Coastal western whiptail (Cnemidophorus tigris multiscutatus) FSC
- Night snake,
- San Diego banded gecko (Coleonyx variegatus abbottii) CSC
- San Diego horned lizard (Phrynosoma coronatium blainvillei) FSC/CSC/SP
- San Bernardino mountain king snake (Lampropeltis zonata parvirubra) FSC/CSC
- San Bernardino ring-neck snake (Diadophis punctatus modestus) FSC
- Southern Alligator lizard.
- Two-striped garter snake (Thamnophis hammondii) FSC/CSC/SP
- Western Yellowbelly Racer snake
Birds
- Acorn Woodpecker
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- Anna's Hummingbird
- Ash-throated Flycatcher
- Ashy rufous-crowned sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps canescens) CSC
- Band-tailed Pigeon
- Barn Owl
- Barn Swallow
- Bell’s sage sparrow (Amphispiza belli belli) CSC
- Belted Kingfisher
- Bewick's Wren
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Black-chinned Sparrow
- Black-headed Grosbeak
- Black Phoebe
- Black shouldered Kite
- Black Throated, Gray Warbler
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Blue Grosbeak
- Brewer's Blackbird
- Brewer’s Sparrow
- Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugea) FSC/CSC
- Cactus wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) CSC FE
- California Gnatcatcher FT
- California Thrasher
- California Towhee
- California Quail
- Canyon Wren
- Cassin's Kingbird
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chipping sparrow
- Cliff Swallow
- Common Bushtit
- Common Crow
- Common Raven
- Common Snipe
- Cooper’s hawk (Accipiter cooperi) CSC
- Costa's Hummingbird
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Dipper
- Downy Woodpecker
- Dusky Flycatcher
- Ferruginous Hawk
- Golden-crowned Sparrow
- Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) CSC/SFP
- Great Blue Heron
- Great horned Owl
- Greater Roadrunner
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Hammond's Flycatcher
- Hermit Thrush
- Hooded Oriole
- Horned lark (Eremophilus alpestris actia) CSC
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- House Wren
- Hutton's Vireo
- Killdeer
- Lark Sparrow
- Lazuli Bunting
- Least Bell's Vireo FE
- Lesser Goldfinch
- Lesser Nighthawk
- Loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) CSC
- Long-eared owl (Asio otus) CSC
- Mallard Duck
- Mockingbird
- Mountain Chickadee
- Mountain quail (Oreotyx picta) CSC
- Mourning Dove
- Nashville Warbler
- Northern Flicker
- Northern harrier (Circus cyaneus) CSC
- Northern Oriole
- Nuttall’s Woodpecker
- Oak Titmouse
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Pacific Slope Flycatcher
- Peregrine Falcon FE
- Phainopepla
- Pine Siskin
- Poorwill
- Prairie Falcon
- Red-breasted Sapsucker
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Robin
- Rock Dove
- Rock Wren
- Rough winged Swallow
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow
- Rufous Hummingbird
- Say's Phoebe
- Scrub Jay
- Sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter straighus) CSC
- Short-eared Owl
- Song Sparrow
- Sora Rail
- Southwestern Willow flycatcher FE
- Spotted Towhee
- Steller's Jay
- Turkey Vulture
- Vaux’s swift (Chaetura vauxi) CSC
- Vesper Sparrow
- Violet-green Swallow
- Warbling Vireo
- Western Bluebird
- Western Kingbird
- Western Meadowlark
- Western Screech Owl
- Western Tanager
- Western wood Pewee
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-throated Swift
- Wilson's Warbler
- Wrentit
- Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) CSC
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Yellowthroat Warbler
- Brown-headed Cowbird (non-native)
- European Starling (non-native)
Mammals
- American badger (Taxidea taxus) SA
- Bobcat
- Los Angeles pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris brevinasus) FSC/CSC
- Mountain lion (Felis concolor) SP
- Pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus) CSC
- Ringtail cat (Bassariscus astutus octarus) SFP
- San Diego black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus bennettii) CSC
- San Diego desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida intermedia) FSC/CSC
- San Diego pocket mouse (Chaetodipus fallax) FSC/CSC
- Southern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys torridus ramona) FSC/CSC
- Townsend’s big-eared bat (Plecotus townsendii townsendii) FSC/CSC
- Yuma myotis (Yuma myotis) FSC/CSC
Rare plant species confirmed or that have high probability of occurrence in the area:
- Many-stemmed dudleya (Dudleya multicaulis) 1B
- Plummer’s mariposa lily (Calochortus plummerae) 1B
- Slender-horned spineflower (Dodecahema leptoceras) FE, SE, 1B
- Parry’s spineflower (Chorizanthe parryi ver. parryi) 3
- Pious daisy (Erigeron breweri var. bisanctus) 1B
- California muhly (Muhlenbergia californica) 1B
- Ashy spike-moss (Selaginella cinerascens) 4
- Plummer’s baccharis (Baccharis plummerae ssp. Plummerae) 4
- Nevin’s barberry (Berberis nevinii) FE, SE, 1B
- Southern California black walnut (Juglans californica var. californica) 4
- Rock monardella (Monardella virdis ssp. saxicloa) 4
- California androsace (Adrosace elongata ssp. acuta) 4
Literature References
- BIRDS OF DAY CANYON 1981- 2001, San Bernardino Co., CA.
Unpublished surveys compiled by James des Lauriers, Department of Biology, Chaffey College, Alta Loma, CA 91737.
- VERTIBRATES OF DAY CANYON 1987, San Bernardino Co., CA.
Unpublished surveys compiled by James des Lauriers, Department of Biology, Chaffey College, Alta Loma, CA 91737.
- PLANTS OF DAY CANYON edited 1995,
Unpublished surveys compiled by James des Lauriers, Department of Biology, Chaffey College, Alta Loma,
CA 91737.Contributors to this list; Greg Bartman, David Bixler, Rose Ann Cobos, Deborah Dorsett,
- Jeff Glazner, Michelle Havener, Robert Muns, Michele Myers, Jean Nelson, Wally Spaulding, Robert Thorne, Diana Six, John F. Wear, Nathan T Moorhatch, [Gerald Benny & Colin Wainwright 1971 (Students of Robert Thorne)], Steve Fischer = @, CSU, Los Angeles (1995), Jack Easton = #. Tierra Madre Consultants.
- “BIRDS, VERTEBRATES AND PLANTS FOUND IN CANYONS OF THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS, CA” 1996,
unpublished USFWS database, provided by James Burns.