- How to report a species of conservation concern
- What animal species should I report?
- What plant species should I report?
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How to report a species of conservation concern
The Yukon Conservation Data Centre (CDC) tracks over 230 species of plants and animals. We get data from reports submitted by citizen science initiatives. You can submit your sighting reports to:
- iNaturalist.ca for any species;
- eBird for bird species; and
- the Yukon CDC for all species.
Your observations help support biodiversity conservation efforts. Many agencies and researchers use this database to plan, protect and study the Yukon's natural heritage.
Use the iNaturalist app
You can use the iNaturalist.ca website or app to report any species of conservation concern. iNaturalist collects species observations made in Canada by the general public, naturalists and biologists.
Users can download free electronic species guides with over a thousand species, share your species sightings and crowd source photographs.
The Yukon CDC has a project and guide on iNaturalist.ca for rare and at-risk species in the Yukon. It's free to use and makes reporting species data easy. Just take a photo and upload it. We will get an alert about your observation and add it to our database.
- Create an account for free at iNaturalist.ca.
- Download the free iNaturalist app for iOS or Android devices.
- Download the free Yukon Species of Conservation Concern guide.
- Record, share and submit your Yukon species sightings using your smartphone or device.
For more information on using iNaturalist see their website or contact us at [email protected] or 867-667-3684, toll free in the Yukon 1-800-661-0408, ext. 3684.
Use eBird
eBird is the world’s largest biodiversity-related citizen science project. Over 100 million bird sightings are contributed each year. It is free to use and the app allows you to collect data offline, anywhere in the world. We draw our bird species data from this database.
- Create a free account at eBird. Select the "My eBird" tab to get started.
- Download the eBird mobile app to enter sightings on the go.
- Submit bird sightings via the app. or website. Use the "Submit Observations" tab on the website.
Get more information on submitting bird sightings with eBird or email [email protected] or phone: 867-667-3684 or toll-free in the Yukon 1-800-661-0408, ext. 3684.
Submit a species observation form
- Complete an animal observation form or a plant observation form.
- Submit the form.
In person: 10 Burns Road in Whitehorse. We are open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Email: [email protected]
Mail:
Government of Yukon
Yukon Conservation Data Centre (V-5N)
Box 2703
Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6
You may also use your own method of reporting, using the forms as a guide to the type of information we collect.
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What animal species should I report?
Refer to the fact sheets listed under each category for information about a species habitat, distribution, conservation rank and distinguishing features. You can also see our list of all animals you can report.
Amphibians
- Boreal Chorus Frog (Pseudacris maculata)
- Columbia Spotted Frog (Rana luteiventris)
- Western Toad (Bufo boreas)
- Details on all reportable amphibians
Mammals
- Collared Pika (Ochotona collaris)
- Elk or Wapiti (Cervus elaphus)
- Fisher (Martes pennanti)
- Northern Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis)
- Ogilvie Mountains Collared Lemming (Dicrostonyx nunatakensis)
- Woodchuck (Marmota monax)
- Details on all reportable mammals
Birds
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea)
- Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
- Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
- Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
- Brewer’s Sparrow (Spizella breweri)
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis)
- Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis)
- Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina)
- Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
- Common Nighthawk (Chordeilis minor)
- Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
- Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)
- Gray-headed Chickadee (Poecile cincta)
- Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
- Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
- Le Conte’s Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii)
- Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
- Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia)
- Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
- Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
- Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
- Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
- Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)
- Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
- Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
- Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
- Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
- Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- Redhead (Aythya americana)
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
- Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
- Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus)
- Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
- Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
- Smith’s Longspur (Calcarius pictus)
- Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
- Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)
- Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Whooping Crane (Grus americana)
- Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
- Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
- Details on all reportable birds
Invertebrates
Beetles
- Common Claybank Tiger Beetle (Cicindela limbalis)
- Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle (Cicindela tranquebarica)
- Variable Tiger Beetle (Cylindera terricola)
Bi-valve clams
- Yukon Floater (Anodonta beringiana)
Butterflies and moths
- Arctic Tiger Moth (Acerbia alpina)
- Chalcedon Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona)
- Compton Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis l-album)
- Kluane Tiger Moth (Arctia brachyptera)
- Kononenko’s Dodia (Dodia kononenkoi)
- Lafontaine’s Tiger Moth (Neoarctia lafontainei)
- Milbert’s Tortoiseshell (Aglais milberti)
- Nebulous Tiger Moth (Pararctia subnebulosa)
- Pacific Orangetip (Anthocharis sara)
- Philip’s Tiger Moth (Grammia philipiana)
- Rockslide Tiger Moth (Holoarctia sordida)
- Straight-lined Dodia (Dodia verticalis)
Dragonflies
- Boreal Snaketail (Ophiogomphus colubrinus)
- Canada Darner (Aeshna canadensis)
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What plant species should I report?
See our list of all plants you can report. This list includes information on a species habitat, distribution, conservation rank and distinguishing features.
- Alaska Dwarf Primrose (Douglasia alaskana)
- Alaska Starwort (Stellaria alaskana)
- Alaskan Bugseed (Corispermum ochotense)
- Aleutian Cress (Aphragmus eschscholtzianus)
- Alpine Bog Swertia (Swertia perennis)
- Alpine Lewisia (Lewisia pygmaea)
- Alpine Spring Beauty (Claytonia megarhiza)
- American Alpine Lady Fern (Athyrium alpestre)
- Arctic Glasswort (Salicornia borealis)
- Arctic Larkspur (Delphinium brachycentrum)
- Arctic Marsh Sedge (Carex holostoma)
- Arctic Seashore Saxifrage (Saxifraga rivularis)
- Arctic Thrift (Armeria maritima)
- Baikal Sedge (Carex sabulosa)
- Beach Pea (Lathyrus japonicus)
- Beach-head Iris (Iris setosa)
- Bering Sea Dock (Rumex beringensis)
- Blunt-leaved Pondweed (Potamogeton obtusifolius)
- Bog Adder's-mouth (Malaxis paludosa)
- Buff Fleabane (Erigeron ochroleucus)
- Caswell's Draba (Draba caswellii)
- Coast Mountain Draba (Draba ruaxes)
- Common Goat's-beard (Aruncus dioicus)
- Common Pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata)
- Dawson Wallflower (Erysimum angustatum)
- Dense-leaved Draba (Draba densifolia)
- Douglas' Knotweed (Polygonum douglasii)
- Dryland Sedge (Carex xerantica)
- Few-seeded Sedge (Carex oligosperma)
- Five-leaved Dwarf Bramble (Rubus pedatus)
- Four-leaved Mare's-tail (Hippuris tetraphylla)
- Great Northern Aster (Canadanthus modestus)
- Green Spleenwort (Asplenium viride)
- High-Arctic Dandelion (Taraxacum hyparcticum)
- Hooker's Oatgrass (Avenula hookeri)
- Horned Pondweed (Zannichellia palustris)
- Hudson Bay Sedge (Carex heleonastes)
- Inland Sedge (Carex interior)
- Jepson's Cinquefoil (Potentilla jepsonii)
- Kamchatka Fritillary (Fritillaria camschatcensis)
- Klaza Draba (Draba bruce-bennettii)
- Kluane Draba (Draba kluanei)
- Lapland Sorrel (Rumex lapponicus)
- Leafy Aster (Symphyotrichum foliaceum)
- Leafy Thistle (Cirsium foliosum)
- Leathery Grapefern (Sceptridium multifidum)
- MacCalla's Willow (Salix maccalliana)
- Many-headed Sedge (Carex sychnocephala)
- Maritime Quillwort (Isoetes maritima)
- Matted Starwort (Stellaria dicranoides)
- Mertens' Locoweed (Oxytropis mertensiana)
- Mexican Muhly (Muhlenbergia mexicana)
- Mount Sheldon Ragwort (Senecio sheldonensis)
- Muir's Fleabane (Erigeron muirii)
- Mulligan's Draba (Draba mulliganii)
- Murray's Arctic Locoweed (Oxytropis arctica)
- Murray's Draba (Draba murrayi)
- Narrowleaf Goosefoot (Chenopodium leptophyllum)
- Narrow-leaved Moonwort (Botrychium lineare)
- Northern Beech Fern (Phegopteris connectilis)
- Northern Bog Violet (Viola nephrophylla)
- Northern Water-plantain (Alisma triviale)
- Northern Wild Comfrey (Andersonglossum boreale)
- Ogilvie Mountains Spring Beauty (Claytonia ogilviensis)
- Oriental June Grass (Koeleria asiatica)
- Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
- Pale Comandra (Comandra umbellata)
- Pallas' Bugseed (Corispermum pallasii)
- Parry's Arnica (Arnica parryi)
- Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
- Pennsylvania Pellitory (Parietaria pensylvanica)
- Pink Dandelion (Taraxacum carneocoloratum)
- Polar Bluegrass (Poa pseudoabbreviata)
- Porsild's Draba (Draba porsildii)
- Porsild's Smelowskia (Smelowskia porsildii)
- Poverty Oat Grass (Danthonia spicata)
- Prairie Sedge (Carex prairea)
- Purple Wormwood (Artemisia globularia)
- Pygmy Water-lily (Nymphaea tetragona)
- Rattlesnake Fern (Botrypus virginianus)
- Raup's Willow (Salix raupii)
- Rayless Alkali Aster (Symphyotrichum ciliatum)
- Red Bulrush (Blysmopsis rufa)
- Saline Saltbush (Atriplex dioica)
- Saltwater Cress (Eutrema salsuginea)
- Sand-dune Rockcress (Arabidopsis lyrata)
- Sartwell's Sedge (Carex sartwellii)
- Seaside Plantain (Plantago maritima)
- Selkirk's Violet (Viola selkirkii)
- Sheep Cinquefoil (Potentilla ovina)
- Showy Forget-me-not (Eritrichium splendens)
- Siberian False Oats (Trisetum sibiricum)
- Siberian Polypody (Polypodium sibiricum)
- Siberian Wormwood (Artemisia laciniata)
- Slender Gentian (Comastoma tenellum)
- Slender Naiad (Najas flexilis)
- Soldier Rockcress (Boechera drepanoloba)
- Spike Muhly (Muhlenbergia glomerata)
- Spiked Saxifrage (Micranthes spicata)
- Spiny-spored Quillwort (Isoetes echinospora)
- Spiral Ditchgrass (Ruppia cirrhosa)
- Star-flowered Draba (Draba stenopetala)
- Straight-leaved Pondweed (Potamogeton strictifolius)
- Tall Blue Lettuce (Lactuca biennis)
- Tawny Paintbrush (Castilleja miniata)
- Three-flowered Avens (Geum triflorum)
- Twin-flowered Violet (Viola biflora)
- Vahl's Alkali Grass (Puccinellia vahliana)
- Walpole's Poppy (Papaver walpolei)
- Water Awlwort (Subularia aquatica)
- Water Blinks (Montia fontana)
- Water Mudwort (Limosella aquatica)
- Water Pygmyweed (Crassula aquatica)
- Weak Sedge (Carex laxa)
- Wedge-leaved Willow (Salix sphenophylla)
- Western Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)
- White Mountain Heather (Cassiope mertensiana)
- Williams' Catchfly (Silene williamsii)
- Wind River Draba (Draba ventosa)
- Winterfat (Krascheninnikovia lanata)
- Wood’s Wormwood (Artemisia woodii)
- Yellow Lady's-slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum)
- Yellow Owl's-clover (Orthocarpus luteus)
- Yellow Sedge (Carex flava)
- Yenisei River Pondweed (Potamogeton subsibiricus)
- Yukon Aster (Symphyotrichum yukonense)
- Yukon Draba (Draba yukonensis)
- Yukon Goldenweed (Nestotus macleanii)
- Yukon Podistera (Podistera yukonensis)
- Yukon Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum flavum)
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