United States Fish and Wildlife Service list of endangered mammals and birds


This is a list of the bird and mammal species and subspecies described as endangered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. It contains species and subspecies not only in the U.S. and its territories, but also those only found in other parts of the world. It does not include endangered fish, amphibians, reptiles, plants, or invertebrates. The complete list can be found in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Title 50 Part 17.
The listings for status are E for endangered or T for threatened. Species or subspecies may also be endangered or threatened because they are sufficiently similar in appearance to endangered or threatened species or subspecies and are marked for "similarity of appearance" as E or T.
Threatened species are animals and plants that are likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future.
Identifying, protecting, and restoring endangered and threatened species and subspecies are the primary objectives of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's endangered species program.

Mammals

Birds

Common nameScientific nameHome rangestatus
Hawaii akepa Loxops coccineus coccineusU.S. E
Maui ʻakepa Loxops coccineus ochraceusU.S. E
Kauaʻi ʻakialoa Hemignathus procerusU.S. E
Akiapola`au Hemignathus munroiU.S. E
Amsterdam albatrossDiomedea amsterdamensisIndian Ocean - Amsterdam IslandE
Short-tailed albatrossPhoebastria albatrusNorth Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea - Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Taiwan, U.S. E
Thyolo aletheAlethe choloensisMalawi, MozambiqueE
Yellow-shouldered blackbirdAgelaius xanthomusU.S. E
Masked bobwhite Colinus virginianus ridgwayiU.S., Mexico E
Abbott's boobyPapasula abbottiIndian Ocean - Christmas IslandE
Western bristlebirdDasyornis longirostrisAustraliaE
Western rufous bristlebirdDasyornis broadbenti litoralisAustraliaE
Mauritius olivaceous bulbulHypsipetes borbonicus olivaceusIndian Ocean - MauritiusE
Sao Miguel bullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula murinaEastern Atlantic Ocean - AzoresE
Uluguru bushshrikeMalaconotus aliusTanzaniaT
New Zealand bushwrenXenicus longipesNew ZealandE
Great Indian bustardArdeotis nigricepsIndia, PakistanE
CahowPterodroma cahowNorth Atlantic Ocean - BermudaE
Audubon's crested caracaraPolyborus plancus auduboniiU.S. south to Panama; CubaT
Andean condorVultur gryphusColombia to Chile and ArgentinaE
California condorGymnogyps californianusU.S., Mexico E
Hawaiian cootFulica americana alaiU.S. E
Banded cotingaCotinga maculataBrazilE
White-winged cotingaXipholena atropurpureaBrazilE
Black-necked craneGrus nigricollisChina E
Cuba sandhill craneGrus canadensis nesiotesWest Indies - CubaE
Hooded craneGrus monachaJapan, RussiaE
Japanese craneGrus japonensisChina, Japan, Korea, RussiaE
Mississippi sandhill craneGrus canadensis pullaU.S. E
Siberian white craneGrus leucogeranusC.I.S. to India, including Iran and ChinaE
White-naped craneGrus vipioMongoliaE
Whooping craneGrus americanaCanada, U.S., MexicoE
Hawaii creeperOreomystis manaU.S. E
Molokai creeperParoreomyza flammeaU.S. E
Oahu creeperParoreomyza maculataU.S. E
Hawaiian crowCorvus hawaiiensisU.S. E
Mariana crowCorvus kubaryiWestern Pacific Ocean - U.S. E
White-necked crowCorvus leucognaphalusU.S., Dominican Republic, HaitiE
Mauritius cuckoo-shrikeCoracina typicaIndian Ocean - MauritiusE
Reunion cuckoo-shrikeCoracina newtoniIndian Ocean - RéunionE
Razor-billed curassowMitu tuberosumBrazil E
Red-billed curassowCrax blumenbachiiBrazilE
Trinidad white-headed curassowAburria pipileWest Indies - TrinidadE
Eskimo curlewNumenius borealisAlaska and northern Canada to ArgentinaE
Dove, cloven-featheredDrepanoptila holosericeaSouthwest Pacific Ocean - New CaledoniaE
Dove, Grenada gray-frontedLeptotila rufaxilla wellsiWest Indies - GrenadaE
Hawaiian duckAnas wyvillianaU.S. E
Laysan duckAnas laysanensisU.S. E
Pink-headed duckRhodonessa caryophyllaceaIndiaE
White-winged wood duckCairina scutulataIndia, Malaysia, Indonesia, ThailandE
Bald eagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusNorth America south to northern MexicoT
Greenland white-tailed eagleHaliaeetus albicilla groenlandicusGreenland and adjacent Atlantic islandsE
Harpy eagleHarpia harpyjaMexico south to ArgentinaE
Madagascar sea eagleHaliaeetus vociferoidesMadagascarE
Madagascar serpent eagleEutriorchis asturMadagascarE
Philippine eaglePithecophaga jefferyiPhilippinesE
Spanish imperial eagleAquila heliaca adalbertiSpain, Morocco, AlgeriaE
Chinese egretEgretta eulophotesChina, KoreaE
Spectacled eiderSomateria fischeriU.S., RussiaT
Steller's eiderPolysticta stelleriU.S., Russia, winters to ScandinaviaT
O'ahu ‘ElepaioChasiempis ibidisU.S. E
Eurasian peregrine falconFalco peregrinus peregrinusEurope, Eurasia south to Africa and Middle EastE
Northern aplomado falconFalco femoralis septentrionalisU.S., Mexico, GuatemalaE
Laysan finch Telespiza cantansU.S. E
Nihoa finch Telespiza ultimaU.S. E
Euler's flycatcherEmpidonax euleri johnstoneiWest Indies - GrenadaE
Seychelles paradise flycatcherTerpsiphone corvinaIndian Ocean - SeychellesE
Southwestern willow flycatcherEmpidonax traillii extimusU.S., MexicoE
Tahiti flycatcherPomarea nigraSouth Pacific Ocean - TahitiE
Mauritius fodyFoudia rubraIndian Ocean - MauritiusE
Rodrigues fodyFoudia flavicansIndian Ocean - Rodrigues Island E
Seychelles fody Foudia sechellarumIndian Ocean - SeychellesE
Djibouti francolinFrancolinus ochropectusDjiboutiE
FreiraPterodroma madeiraAtlantic Ocean - Madeira IslandE
Andrew's frigatebirdFregata andrewsiEast Indian OceanE
Coastal California gnatcatcherPolioptila californica californicaU.S., MexicoT
Hawaiian gooseBranta sandvicensisU.S. E
Christmas Island goshawkAccipiter fasciatus natalisIndian Ocean - Christmas IslandE
Slender-billed grackleQuiscalus palustrisMexicoE
Eyrean grasswren Amytornis goyderiAustraliaE
Alaotra grebeTachybaptus rufolavatusMadagascarE
Atitlan grebePodilymbus gigasGuatemalaE
Nordmann's greenshankTringa guttiferRussia, Japan, south to Malaya, BorneoE
Horned guanOreophasis derbianusGuatemala, MexicoE
White-winged guanPenelope albipennisPeruE
White-breasted guineafowlAgelastes meleagridesWest AfricaT
Audouin's gullLarus audouiniiMediterranean SeaE
Relict gullLarus relictusIndia, ChinaE
Galapagos hawkButeo galapagoensisEcuador E
Hawaiian hawk Buteo solitariusU.S. E
Puerto Rican broad-winged hawkButeo platypterus brunnescensU.S. E
Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawkAccipiter striatus venatorU.S. E
Hook-billed hermit Ramphodon dohrniiBrazilE
Crested honeycreeperPalmeria doleiU.S. E
Helmeted honeyeaterLichenostomus melanops cassidix AustraliaE
Helmeted hornbillBuceros vigilThailand, MalaysiaE
Japanese crested ibisNipponia nipponChina, Japan, Russia, KoreaE
Northern bald ibisGeronticus eremitaSouthern Europe, southwestern Asia, northern AfricaE
Florida scrub-jayAphelocoma coerulescensU.S. T
KaguRhynochetos jubatusSouth Pacific Ocean - New CaledoniaE
KakapoStrigops habroptilusNew ZealandE
Mauritius kestrelFalco punctatusIndian Ocean - MauritiusE
Seychelles kestrelFalco araeaIndian Ocean - Seychelles IslandsE
Guam Micronesian kingfisherHalcyon cinnamomina cinnamominaWest Pacific Ocean - U.S. E
Cuba hook-billed kiteChondrohierax uncinatus wilsoniiWest Indies - CubaE
Everglade snail kiteRostrhamus sociabilis plumbeusU.S., CubaE
Grenada hook-billed kiteChondrohierax uncinatus mirusWest Indies - GrenadaE
Kokako Callaeas cinereaNew ZealandE
Raso larkAlauda razaeAtlantic Ocean - Raso Island E
Glaucous macawAnodorhynchus glaucusParaguay, Uruguay, BrazilE
Indigo macawAnodorhynchus leariBrazilE
Little blue macawCyanopsitta spixiiBrazilE
Seychelles magpie robin Copsychus sechellarumIndian Ocean - Seychelles IslandsE
Ibadan malimbeMalimbus ibadanensisNigeriaE
Wood storkMycteria americanaU.S., Caribbean Sea, Central America, South AmericaT