Maine Endangered Species Program/State and Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Species
The following species are listed as endangered or threatened in Maine:
F = Federally Endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
f = federally threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
S= State Endangered under the Maine Endangered Species Act
s = state threatened under the Maine Endangered Species Act
Beetles
American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) F
Birds
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) (Breeding population only) S
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) s
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) s
Barrow's Goldeneye (Buchephala islandica) s
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) s
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) S
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) s
Eskimo Curlew (Numenius
borealis) F
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) S
Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus
savannarum) S
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) (Breeding population only) s
Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) s
Least Bittern (Lxobrychus exilis) S
Least Tern (Sterna antillarum) S
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) (Breeding population only) S
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) S f
Razorbill (Alca torda) s
Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) S F
Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) S
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) (Breeding population only) s
Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) s
Fish
Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) F
Redfin Pickerel (Esox americanus americanus) S
Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) F
Swamp Darter (Etheostoma
fusiforme) s
Invertebrates
Butterflies and Skippers
Clayton's Copper (Lycaena
dorcas claytoni) S
Edwards' Hairstreak (Satyrium edwardsii) S
Hessel's Hairstreak (Callophrys
hesseli) S
Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus) S
Karner Blue (Lycaeides
melissa samuelis) F
Katahdin Arctic (Oeneis polixenes katahdin) S
Purple Lesser Fritillary (Boloria chariclea grandis) s
Sleepy Duskywing (Erynnis brizo) s
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Boreal Snaketail (Ophiogomphus colubrinus) s
Rapids Clubtail (Gomphus quadricolor) S
Ringed Boghaunter (Williamsonia
lintneri) s
Freshwater Mussels
Brook Floater (Alasmidonta varicosa) s
Tidewater Mucket (Leptodea
ochracea) s
Yellow Lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa) s
Mayflies
Flat-headed Mayfly (Roaring Brook Mayfly) (Epeorus
frisoni) S
Tomah Mayfly (Siphlonisca aerodromia) s
Moths
Pine Barrens Zanclognatha (Zanclognatha
martha) s
Twilight Moth (Lycia rachelae) s
Mammals
Canada
Lynx (Lynx canadensis) f
Eastern Cougar (Felis
concolor couguar) F
Finback Whale (Balaenoptera
physalus) F
Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) F
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) F
New England Cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis) S
Northern Bog Lemming (Synaptomys
borealis) s
Northern Right Whale (Eubalaena
glacialis) F
Sei Whale (Balaenoptera
borealis) F
Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon) F
Reptiles
Snakes
Black Racer (Coluber constrictor) S
Turtles
Atlantic Ridley (Lepidochelys kempi) F
Blanding's Turtle (Emys
blandingii) S
Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) S
Leatherback (Dermochelys
coriacea) F
Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) f
Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) s
