Species At Risk

The following Newfoundland and Labrador species have fact sheets prepared by the Canadian Wildlife Service of Environment Canada. Click on a species to be access the fact sheet. For species not listed and for the most current status please visit the Species at Risk site.

SPECIES/POPULATION COSEWIC STATUS SARA - Schedule
Atlantic Walrus Special Concern §
Banded Killifish (NL Population) Special Concern 1
Barrens Willow Endangered 1
Barrow's Goldeneye Special Concern 1
Boreal Felt Lichen (Boreal Population) Special Concern 1
Eskimo Curlew Endangered 1
Fernald's Braya Threatened 1
Fernald's Milk-vetch Special Concern 1
Great Auk Extinct not applicable
Harlequin Duck (Eastern Population) Special Concern 1
Ivory Gull Endangered §
Labrador Duck Extinct not applicable
Long's Braya Endangered 1
Mountain Holly Fern Threatened 1
Newfoundland Marten Endangered 1
Peregrine Falcon (anatum) Special Concern 1
Peregrine Falcon (tundrius) Special Concern 3
Piping Plover Endangered 1
Polar Bear Special Concern *
Porsild's Bryum Threatened *
Red Crossbill (NL Population) Endangered 1
Rusty Blackbird Special Concern §
Short-eared Owl Special Concern 3
Wolverine Endangered 1
Woodland Caribou (Boreal Population) Threatened 1

* - Assesed by COSEWIC but after consultation period not placed on legal list.
€ - COSEWIC assessed - May 2005
§ - COSEWIC assessed - April 2006