Species Profile
Environmental Conservation Online System

Mountain plover (Charadrius montanus)

Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Charadriidae

Listing Status:   

Lead Region:  Mountain-Prairie Region (Region 6)

  • States/US Territories in which the Mountain plover is known to occur:  Arizona , California , Colorado , Kansas , Montana , Nebraska , Nevada , New Mexico , North Dakota , Oklahoma , South Dakota , Texas , Utah , Wyoming
  • USFWS Refuges in which the Mountain plover is known to occur:  NORTH DAKOTA WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
  • Countries in which the the Mountain plover is known to occur:  Canada , Mexico

» Candidate Information

Candidate Notice of Review Documents (Showing 5 of 10 : view all)
Date Citation Page Title
06/13/2002 67 FR 40657 40679 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Recycled Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions
10/30/2001 66 FR 54807 54832 ETWP; Review of Plant and Animal Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or Threatened,Annual Notice of Findings on Recycled Petitions, and Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions; Proposed Rule
10/25/1999 64 FR 57533 57547 Review of Plant and Animal Taxa That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Recycled Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions
09/19/1997 62 FR 49397 Review of Plant and Animal Taxa
02/28/1996 61 FR 7595 7613 ETWP; Review of Plant and Animal Taxa That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened Species

» Federal Register Documents

Most Recent Federal Register Documents (Showing 5 of 15 : view all)
Date Citation Page Title
03/07/2005 70 FR 11022 11024 Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement for Issuance of an Incidental Take Permit Associated with a Habitat Conservation Plan for Western Placer County, CA
09/09/2003 68 FR 53083 53101 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Withdrawal of the Proposed Rule to List the Mountain Plover as Threatened
02/21/2003 68 FR 8487 8487 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Status and Special Regulation for the Mountain Plover
12/05/2002 67 FR 72396 72407 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and plants; Threatened Status and Special Regulation for the Mountain Plover
06/13/2002 67 FR 40657 40679 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Recycled Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions
Most Recent Special Rule Publications (Showing 1 of 1 )
Date Citation Page Title
12/05/2002 67 FR 72396 72407 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and plants; Threatened Status and Special Regulation for the Mountain Plover

» Recovery

Recovery Plan Information Search

No recovery information is available for the Mountain plover.

» Critical Habitat

No critical habitat rules have been published for the Mountain plover.

» Conservation Plans

Habitat Conservation Plans (HCP) (learn more) (Showing 5 of 10 : view all)
HCP Plan Summaries
Kern Water Bank
MSCP, City of Chula Vista Subarea Plan
MSCP, City of La Mesa Subarea Plan
MSCP, City of Poway Subarea Plan
MSCP, City of San Diego Subarea Plan

» Petitions

No petition findings have been published for the Mountain plover.

» Life History

No Life History information has been entered into this system for this species.

» Other Resources

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Last updated: November 22, 2009