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List of wildlife species associated with cavities in snags or live trees, Westside Lowland Conifer-Hardwood Forest, Larger Trees. Derived from the Species-Habitat Project database of O'Neil et al. (2001).


This list, taken from the wildlife-habitat relations database (cited above), includes all wildlife species (and may also include species groups) that use the specified wood decay element for this vegetation condition. The list likely includes species not shown on the cumulative species curves of field data, because this is more of a maximum species list.

Species Code Common Name Scientific Name
AMKE American Kestrel Falco sparverius
  Barred Owl Strix varia
BBBA Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus
BCCH Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
BTWR Bushy-tailed Woodrat Neotoma cinerea
CAMY California Myotis Myotis californicus
CBCH Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
COME Common Merganser Mergus merganser
EUST European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
FRMY Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes
  Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
  Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
HOWR House Wren Troglodytes aedon
  Keen's Myotis Myotis keenii
LBMY Little Brown Myotis Myotis lucifugus
LLMY Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
NOFL Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
NFSQ Northern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus
NPOW Northern Pygmy-owl Glaucidium gnoma
NSWO Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
  Purple Martin Progne subis
RBNU Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
SHBA Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
SPOW Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis
TRSW Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
  Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
VASW Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
VGSW Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
WEBL Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
  Western Gray Squirrel Sciurus griseus
  Western Screech-owl Otus kennicottii
WIWR Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
  Wood Duck Aix sponsa
  Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis