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Locally Endangered Species Langley is home to several species that have been designated as endangered, threatened, vulnerable or sensitive by COSEWIC (Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada), and the Conservation Data Centre of the BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management.

Birds

Red-Listed Species	Blue-Listed Species
(endangered or threatened)	(vulnerable or sensitive)

Western grebe Horned lark (strigata subsp.)** Peregrine falcon (anatum subsp.) Sandhill crane (Georgian Depression pop.) Yellow-breasted chat Lewis's woodpecker** Double-crested cormorant Western meadowlark (Georgian Depression pop.)	Great blue heron Short-eared owl American bittern Green heron Band-tailed pigeon Gyrfalcon** California Gull Short-billed dowitcher Western screech owl (kennicotti subsp.) Barn owl Trumpeter swan

** Not to be expected (uncommon vagrants)

Mammals

Red-Listed Species	Blue-Listed Species
(endangered or threatened)	(vulnerable or sensitive)

Mountain beaver (rufa subsp.) Southern red-backed vole (occidentalis subsp.) Snowshoe hare (washintgtonii subsp.) Long-tailed weasel Keen’s long-eared myotis Townsend’s mole Pacific water shrew	Townsend’s big-eared bat Trowbridge’s shrew

Amphibians

Red-Listed Species	Blue-Listed Species
(endangered or threatened)	(vulnerable or sensitive)

Oregon spotted frog	Red-legged frog

Reptiles

Red-Listed Species	Blue-Listed Species
(endangered or threatened)	(vulnerable or sensitive)

Western pond turtle (XT)	Painted turtle