ENDANGERED AND NONGAME SPECIES PROGRAM
NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENERGY
DIVISION OF FISH, GAME AND WILDLIFE
Endangered Species are those whose prospects for survival in New Jersey are in immediate danger because of a loss or change in habitat, over-exploitation, predation, competition, disease, disturbance or contamination. Assistance is needed to prevent future extinction in New Jersey.
For more information, visit the
Endangered
and Nongame Species Program web site.
Threatened Species are those who may become endangered if conditions surrounding them begin to or continue to deteriorate.
Endangered
- Pied-billed grebe, Podilymbus podiceps BR
- American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus BR
- Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus **
- Northern harrier, Circus cyaneusBR
- Northern goshawk, Accipiter gentilis BR
- Red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus BR
- Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus
- Piping plover, Charadrius melodus **
- Upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda
- Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii **
- Least tern, Sterna antillarum
- Black skimmer, Rynchops niger BR
- Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus BR
- Sedge wren, Cistothorus platensis
- Loggerhead shrike, Lanius ludovicianus
- Vesper sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus BR
- Henslow’s sparrow, Ammodramus henslowii
Threatened
- Black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax BR
- Yellow-crowned night heron, Nyctanassa violaceus
- Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus NB**
- Red knot, Calidris canutus NB
- Osprey, Pandion haliaetus BR
- Red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus NB
- Cooper’s hawk, Accipiter cooperii
- Black rail, Laterallus jamaicensis
- Long-eared owl, Asio otus
- Barred owl, Strix varia
- Red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Black skimmer, Rynchops niger NB
- Savannah sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis BR
- Grasshopper sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum BR
- Bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus BR
- Vesper sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus NB
BR Only breeding population considered endangered or threatened
NB Non-breeding population only
** Federally endangered or threatened
Endangered
- Bog turtle, Clemmys muhlenbergi **
- Atlantic hawksbill, Eretmochelys imbricata**
- Atlantic loggerhead, Caretta caretta **
- Atlantic ridley, Lepidochelys kempi **
- Atlantic leatherback, Dermochelys coriacea**
- Corn snake, Elaphe g. guttata
- Timber rattlesnake, Crotalus h. horridus
- Queen snake, Regina septemvittata
Threatened
- Wood turtle, Clemmys insculpta
- Atlantic green turtle, Chelonia mydas **
- Northern pine snake, Pituophis m. melanoleucus
** Federally endangered or threatened
Endangered
- Blue-spotted salamander, Ambystoma laterale
- Eastern tiger salamander, Ambystoma t. tigrinum
- Southern gray treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis
Threatened
- Long-tailed salamander, Eurycea longicauda
- Eastern mud salamander, Pseudotriton montanus
- Pine Barrens treefrog, Hyla andersonii
Endangered
- Indiana bat, Myotis sodalis **
- Bobcat, Lynx rufus
- Allegheny woodrat, Neotoma floridana magister
- Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus**
- Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus**
- Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis **
- Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus**
- Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae**
- Black right whale, Balaena glacialis **
** Federally endangered or threatened
Endangered
- Dwarf wedgemussel (mussel), Alasmidonta heterodon**
- Brook Floater (mussel), Alasmidonta varicosa
- Green Floater (mussel), Lasmigona subviridis
- Northeastern beach tiger beetle, Cicindela d. dorsalis **
- American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus **
- Mitchell’s satyr (butterfly), Neonympha m. mitchellii **
- Appalachian Grizzled Skipper (butterfly), Pyrgus wyandot
- Arogos Skipper (butterfly), Atrytone arogos arogos
- Bronze Copper (butterfly), Lycaena hyllus
Threatened
- Eastern Lampmussel (mussel), Lampsilis radiata
- Tidewater Mucket (mussel), Leptodea ochracea
- Yellow Lampmussel (mussel), Lampsilis cariosa
- Triangle Floater (mussel), Alasmidonta undulata
- Eastern Pondmussel (mussel), Ligumia nasuta
- Checkered White (butterfly), Pontia protodice
- Frosted Elfin (butterfly), Callophrys irus
- Silver-bordered Fritillary (butterfly), Bolaria selene
myrina
** Federally endangered or threatened
Endangered
- Shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum**
** Federally endangered or threatened
List revisions:
- March 29,1979
- January 17, 1984
- May 6, 1985
- July 20, 1987
- June 3, 1991
- July 19, 1999
- March 18, 2002
- March 11, 2004
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