Maine Endangered and Threatened Fish and Wildlife Species List
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For an explanation of terms and listing categories, see Listing Categories.
Maine Endangered Species
Birds
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) (Breeding population only)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
Least Bittern (Lxobrychus exilis)
Least Tern (Sterna antillarum)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) (Breeding population only)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) **
Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) *
Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis)
Fish
Redfin Pickerel (Esox americanus americanu)
Invertebrates
Butterflies and Skippers
Clayton's Copper (Lycaena dorcas claytoni)
Edwards' Hairstreak (Satyrium edwardsii)
Hessel's Hairstreak (Callophrys hesseli)
Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus)
Katahdin Arctic (Oeneis polixenes katahdin)
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Rapids Clubtail (Gomphus quadricolor)
Mayflies
Flat-headed Mayfly (Roaring Brook Mayfly) (Epeorus
frisoni)
Mammals
New England Cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis)
Reptiles
Snakes
Black Racer (Coluber constrictor)
Turtles
Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)
Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
Maine Threatened Species
Birds
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) **
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) (Breeding population only)
Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) (Breeding population only)
Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
Fish
Swamp Darter (Etheostoma fusiforme)
Invertebrates
Butterflies and Skippers
Purple Lesser Fritillary (Boloria chariclea grandis)
Sleepy Duskywing (Erynnis brizo)
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Boreal Snaketail (Ophiogomphus colubrinus)
Ringed Boghaunter (Williamsonia lintneri)
Freshwater Mussels
Brook Floater (Alasmidonta varicosa)
Tidewater Mucket (Leptodea ochracea)
Yellow Lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa)
Mayflies
Tomah Mayfly (Siphlonisca aerodromia)
Moths
Pine Barrens Zanclognatha (Zanclognatha martha
Twilight Moth (Lycia rachelae)
Mammals
Northern Bog Lemming (Synaptomys borealis)
Reptiles
Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata)
Federally Listed Endangered or Threatened Species,
currently or historically occurring in Maine but not listed under Maine's Endangered Species Act
Birds
Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis) *?
Invertebrates
Butterflies and Skippers
Karner Blue (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) *?
Mammals
Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis) **
Eastern Cougar (Felis concolor couguar) *?
Finback Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) *
Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) **?
Humpback Whale ( Megaptera novaeangliae) *
Northern Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) *
Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis) *
Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) *
Reptiles
Turtles
Atlantic Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) *
Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) *
Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) **
Fish
Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) *
Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) *
Beetles
American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) *?
Note: * = Federally listed endangered species
** = Federally listed threatened species
? = Current presence uncertain in Maine
(For the companion list of endangered and threatened plants in Maine, contact the Maine Natural Areas Program, Department of Conservation, 93 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333. Phone: 207-287-8046)
For more information contact Maine's Endangered Species Program at (207) 941-4466.
