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Comprehensive Plan Conservation Element <br />TABLE 8AA <br />STATUS OF SPECIES OF FAUNA IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME <br />BIRDS: <br />Designated Status <br />COMMUNITY <br />FWC USFWS <br />Falco sparveriuspaulus <br />Southeast American kestrel <br />T <br />- <br />3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 <br />Grus canadensis pratensis <br />Florida sandhill crane <br />T <br />- <br />3 <br />Haematopus palliates <br />American oystercatcher <br />SSC <br />- <br />1,8,9 <br />Haliaetus leucocephalus <br />Bald eagle <br />T <br />T <br />2,3,4,6,7,10,11,12,13 <br />Mycteria americana <br />Wood stork <br />E <br />E <br />7,8,9,10,12 <br />Pelecanus occidentalis <br />Brown pelican <br />SSC <br />- <br />9 <br />Picoides borealis <br />Red -cockaded woodpecker <br />T <br />E <br />3 <br />Polyborus plancus <br />Audubon's crested caracara <br />T <br />T <br />3 <br />Speotyto Cunicularia <br />Burrowing owl <br />SSC <br />- <br />3,4,13 <br />Sterna antillarum <br />Least tern <br />T <br />- <br />1 <br />FISH: <br />Acipenser oxyrhynchus <br />Atlantic sturgeon <br />SSC <br />T <br />14,15 <br />Centropomus undecimalis <br />Common snook <br />SSC <br />- <br />9,14,15 <br />Rivulus marmoratus <br />Mangrove rivulus; rivulus <br />SSC <br />- <br />14,15 <br />MAMMALS: <br />Balaena glacialis <br />Right whale (2) <br />E <br />E <br />15 <br />Bahaenoptera borealis <br />Sei whale (2) <br />E <br />E <br />15 <br />Bahaenoptera physalus <br />Finback whale (2) <br />E <br />E <br />15 <br />Fells concolor coryi <br />Florida panther (1) <br />E <br />E <br />3,4,6,7,10,11,12,13 <br />Megapter novaeangliae <br />Humpback whale (2) <br />E <br />E <br />15 <br />Peromyscus polionontus <br />Southern beach mouse <br />T <br />T <br />1 <br />niveiventris <br />Physter catodon <br />Sperm whale; cachalot (2) <br />E <br />E <br />15 <br />Trichechus manatus <br />West Indian (Florida) manatee E <br />E <br />14,16 <br />Ursus americanus <br />Black bear (1) <br />T <br />- <br />3,7,10,11 <br />(1) The Florida black bear has not been documented in Indian River County in recent years, though some sources <br />reference potential habitat in the western county. The Atlantic hawksbill turtle and the Atlantic Ridley turtle potentially <br />utilize the coastal waters of Indian River County. <br />(2) The listed whales potentially utilize Atlantic waters off coastal Indian River County. The Atlantic right whale is the <br />species most often reported in nearshore Florida waters. <br />Community Development Department Indian River County 34 <br />