BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Ischnura erratica
Swift Forktail
| Scientific Name: | Ischnura erratica Calvert, 1895 | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | Swift Forktail | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Paulson, D.R. and S.W. Dunkle. 1999. A checklist of North American Odonata. Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound Occasional Paper, 56: 86 pp. Available: http://www.ups.edu/x7015.xml. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Invertebrate Animal | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | OD-ISCERR | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G4 (Jun 1990) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S4 (Mar 2023) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
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| General Status Canada: | 4 - Secure (2005) | ||||||||||
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Cannings, R.A. 2002b. Introducing the dragonflies of British Columbia and the Yukon. Royal B.C. Mus., Victoria, BC. 96pp. |
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Ischnura erratica. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 4, 2026).