ENDANGERED AND THREATENED 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.
Threatened Species are those who may become endangered if conditions surrounding them begin to or continue to deteriorate.
Endangered
- Pied-billed Grebe,* Podilymbus podiceps
- Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocepha/us **
- Northern Harrier,+ Circus cyaneus
- Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperri
- Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus (Breeding)
- Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus **
- Piping Plover, Charadrius melodus **
- Upland Sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda
- Roseate Tern, Sterna dougallii
- Least Tern, Sterna antillarum
- Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger
- Short-eared Owl, * Asio flammeus
- Sedge Wren, Cistothorus platensis
- Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus
- Vesper Sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus
- Henslow's Sparrow, Ammodramus henslowlii
Threatened
- American Bittern*, Botaurus lentiginosos
- Great Blue Heron+, Ardea herodias
- Little Blue Heron, Egretta caerulea*
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Nyctanassa violaceus
- Osprey, Pandion haliaaetus
- Northern Goshawk, Accipiter gentilis
- Red-shouldered Hawk, Butea lineatus (Non-breeding)
- Black Rail, Laterallus jamaicensis
- Long-eared Owl, Asia otus
- Barred Owl, Strix varia
- Red-headed Woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Cliff Swallow,* Hirundo pyrrihonota
- Savannah Sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis
- Ipswich Sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis pinceps
- Grasshopper Sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum
- Bobolink, Do/ichonyx oryzivorus
Endangered
- Bog Turtle, Clemmys muhlenbergi
- Atlantic Hawksbiil, Eretmochelys imbricata **
- Atlantic Loggerhead, Caretta caretta **
- Atlantic Ridley, Lepidochelys kempi**
- Atlantic Leatherback, Dermochelys coriacea **
- Corn Snake, Elaphe g. guttata
- Timber Rattlesnake, Crotalus h. horridus
Threatened
- Wood Turtle, Clemmys insculpta
- Atlantic Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas**
- Northern Pine Snake, Pituophis m. melanoleucus
* Only breeding population considered endangered or threatened
** Federally endangered or threatened
Endangered
- Tremblay's Salamander, Ambystoma tremblayi
- Blue-spotted Salamander, Ambystoma laterale
- Eastern Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma L tigrinum
- Pine Barrens Treefrog, Hyla andersonii
- Southern Gray Treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis
Threatened
- Long-tailed Salamander, Eurycea Iongicauda
- Eastern Mud Salamander, Pseudotriton montanus
Endangered
- Inidana Bat, Myotis sodalis
- Bobcat, Lynx Rufus
- Eastern Woodrat, Neotoma floridana
- Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus **
- Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus
- Se Whale, Balaenoptera borealis **
- Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus**
- Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae~
- Black Right Whale, Balaena glacialls **
Endangered
- Mitchell's Satyr (butterfly), Neonympha m. mitchellii **
- Northeastern Beaach Tiger Beetle, Cicindela d. dorsalis
- American Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus americanus **
- Dwarf Wedge Mussel, Alasmidonta heterodon **
Endangered
- Shortnose Sturgeon, Acinenser brevirostrum **
* Only breeding population considered endangered or threatened
** Federally endangered or threatened
List revisions:
- March 29,1979
- January 17, 1984
- May 6, 1985
- July 20, 1987
- June 3, 1991
The lists of New Jersey's endangered and nongame wildlife species are maintained by the DEP&E's Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife's, Endangered and Nongame Species Program. These lists are used to determine protection and management actions necessary to insure the survival of the State's endangered and nongame wildlife. This work is made possible only through voluntary contributions received through the Wildlife Check-off on the New Jersey State Tax Form. The Wildlife Check-off is the only major funding source for the protection and management of the State's endangered and nongame wildlife resource.
For more information about the Endangered and Nongame Species Program or to report a sighting of endangered or threatened wildlife contact: Endangered and Nongame Species Program, Northern District Office Box 383 R.D. 1, Hampton, N.J. 08827 or call (908) 735-8975.
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