RARE SPECIES ON THE RANDALL PRESERVE

The following rare species are found on or next to the Randall Preserve

  • California Gnatcatcher
  • Loggerhead Shrike
  • White-tailed Kite
  • Southern Tar Plant
  • California Horned Lark
  • Least Bell’s Vireo
  • San Diego Fairy Shrimp
    Yellow Warbler
  • Yellow-breasted Chat
  • Cooper’s Hawk
  • Cactus Wren (last documented in 2009)
    Belding’s Savannah Sparrow
  • Merlin
  • Sharped-shinned Hawk
  • Northern Harrier
  • Peregrine Falcon
  • Osprey
  • Ashy Rufous-Crowned Sparrow
  • California Least Tern (found next to the Randall Preserve)
  • Light-footed Clapper Rail (found next to the Randall Preserve):
Burrowing owls have disappeared from much of their historic range. With year-round breeding populations gone, Banning Ranch is one of the only places in Orange County where owls migrate for the winter.

Burrowing owls have disappeared from much of their historic range. With year-round breeding populations gone, the Randall Preserve is one of the only places in Orange County where owls migrate for the winter.

The entire Banning Ranch is federally-declared critical habitat for the California Gnatcatcher.

The entire Randall Preserve is federally-declared critical habitat for the California Gnatcatcher.

Banning Ranch contains Orange County's only federally declared critical habitat for the San Diego Fairy Shrimp.

Randall Preserve contains Orange County’s only federally declared critical habitat for the San Diego Fairy Shrimp.