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Endangered Species in New York

Endangered and threatened species with a current range in this state

Listed species
25
Endangered
13
Threatened
12

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.

By county

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Clams (6)

  • ClubshellPleurobema clavaWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 01/22/1993 · 3 counties
  • Dwarf wedgemusselAlasmidonta heterodonEndangeredListed 03/14/1990 · 5 counties
  • LongsolidFusconaia subrotundaThreatenedListed 04/10/2023 · 2 counties
  • Northern riffleshellEpioblasma rangianaEndangeredListed 01/22/1993 · 3 counties
  • Rayed BeanVillosa fabalisEndangeredListed 03/15/2012 · 3 counties
  • Snuffbox musselEpioblasma triquetraEndangeredListed 03/15/2012 · 1 county

Flowering Plants (6)

Birds (4)

  • Piping PloverCharadrius melodus[Great Lakes watershed DPS] - Great Lakes, watershed in States of IL, IN, MI, MN, NY, OH, PA, and WI and Canada (Ont.)EndangeredListed 12/11/1985 · 2 counties
  • Piping PloverCharadrius melodus[Atlantic Coast and Northern Great Plains populations] - Wherever found, except those areas where listed as endangered.ThreatenedListed 12/11/1985 · 7 counties
  • Roseate ternSterna dougallii dougalliiU.S.A. (Atlantic Coast south to NC), Canada (Newf., N.S, Que.), BermudaEndangeredListed 11/02/1987 · 5 counties
  • rufa red knotCalidris canutus rufaThreatenedListed 01/12/2015 · 4 counties

Reptiles (3)

Insects (2)

  • Karner blue butterflyLycaeides melissa samuelisEndangeredListed 12/14/1992 · 4 counties
  • bog buck mothHemileuca maia menyanthevora (=H. iroquois)EndangeredListed 04/14/2023 · 1 county

Mammals (2)

Ferns and Allies (1)

Snails (1)

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