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Endangered Species in Alaska

Endangered and threatened species with a current range in this state

Listed species
7
Endangered
3
Threatened
4

Species are listed under the Endangered Species Act as endangered or threatened, with the counties where the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service records their current range. A county listing means the species is known or believed to occur there, not that it lives at any particular property. Some species protected only by NOAA Fisheries may not be listed.

Birds (4)

  • Eskimo curlewNumenius borealisEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 1 county
  • Short-tailed albatrossPhoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrusEndangeredListed 06/02/1970 · 16 counties
  • Spectacled eiderSomateria fischeriThreatenedListed 05/10/1993 · 5 counties
  • Steller's EiderPolysticta stelleriU.S. Alaska breeding population onlyThreatenedListed 06/11/1997 · 12 counties

Mammals (2)

  • Northern Sea OtterEnhydra lutris kenyoniSouthwest Alaska, from Attu Island to Western Cook Inlet, including Bristol Bay, the Kodiak Archipelago, and the Barren IslandsThreatenedListed 08/09/2005 · 7 counties
  • Polar bearUrsus maritimusThreatenedListed 05/15/2008 · 4 counties

Ferns and Allies (1)

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ECOS

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